Saurial Playable Race for 5E D&D
Hey Nerdarchists out there, Nerdarchist Ted here and it is time for yet another installment of customized races for D&D 5th edition. Saurials, humanoid Dinosaurs brought to you by the Finders stone trilogy. It was an amazing read all those years ago. But after reading it...
Forging Bastion — 5E D&D Magic Item
Nerdarchist Ted here and I am hear to expand on our video series Mage Forge making customized magic items for 5th edition. Today we delve more into the magic item we created for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition; Bastion the Pact of the Ogre Magi.
Alex Maxwell gave us the inspiration for reskinning a magic item and making it something unique and interesting. I feel that making new customized magic items makes the party more excited because it is not something out of the book and it enriches the world because someone had to have made it.
Rise of the Mongrelfolk in Chimes of Discordia for 5E D&D
Hello loyal Nerdarchist and readers. Nerdarchist Ted here and today I want to do something a little bit different. Last week I brought you an article talking about how to use the Mongrelfolk in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. So today I want to talk about how they came to be in our home brew: Chimes of Discordia.
Far to the south of our lovely town of Griphongaff lies a swamp. A place teeming with life of all sort. Though everything living there needs to be hearty as it is a rough place to live. Many dangerous creatures call this place home.
5E D&D Fighter Archetype — Weapon Master
Nerdarchist Ted here and today I am breaking the mold. Normally I do a board game review on Mondays and instead today I am going to give you a Customized Archetype for your fighter for Dungeons and Dragons 5th ed.
New Archetype for fighter in Dungeons and Dragons
The fighter presented in thePlayers Handbook is an all around fighter, able to pick up any weapon and excel almost equally with it. The Weapon Master is the opposite. They have toiled long hours in hard disciplined practice to truly master a weapon of choice.
As this is an archetype the rest of the fighters skills apply to anything the fighter chooses to wield but the remainder of the benefits only work when they are wielding the weapon of choice.
Mogrelfolk Playable Race for 5E D&D
Hey Nerdarchists out there, Nerdarchist Ted here and it is time for yet another installment of customized races for D&D 5th edition. Today I wanted to bring you the Mongrelfolk. Nerdarchy received a request for us to talk about this and I never would have guessed how pumped it would make me want to play one.
In D and D mongrelfolk are a race of creatures you would never take for a race. Through generations of cross breeding you have outcasts that look nothing like anything else, even each other. Potentially possessing horns, tails, talons or anything else from wild creatures, Mogrelfolk are asymmetrical. They are hardy folk living in the wilds since most civilized people are unwilling to take in the freaks.
Customized Races – The Saurials| Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition
Hey Nerdarchists out there, Nerdarchist Ted here and it is time for yet another installment of customized races for D&D 5th edition. Saurials, humanoid Dinosaurs brought to you by the Finders stone trilogy. It was an amazing read all those years ago. But after reading it plagued the question, well how do I play a humanoid dinosaur in my game.
Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition
I will level with you. I love playing unique races in Dungeons and Dragons and I have loved dinosaurs since I was a kid. When I was in fourth grade I got the illustrated dinosaur dictionary and I have read through it many times. Now as scientists uncover more facts about dinosaurs and change in some or many ways the way they are viewed the coolness factor of them have not changed.
Grimlock as a Playable Race for 5E D&D
Hey Nerdarchists out there, Nerdarchist Ted here and it is time for yet another installment of customized races for D&D 5th edition. Inspired by the name alone can make one remember the quote, “Grimlock strongest of the . . .” If you remember that, I hope I made you chuckle.
Grimlocks are descended from humans but being worshipers of evil for so long and living underground has caused them to change. They no longer posses the ability to see adapting their senses to just know what is around them instead of actually trying to see it.
Presenting an Adventure Hook for 5E D&D
Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition Adventure Hook
– Faslemil’s Glade
LOCATIONS
Faslemil’s Glade – A quiet area where Faslemil is buried \ Population 0
Scrilstarg – Village near Faslemil’s Glade \ Population 800
Wilmvoln Tower – Former home and arcane laboratory of Oda of Tangran \ Population 0
Jofleth – Town near Wilmvoln Tower \ Population 3,700
CHARACTERS
Faslemil – Gold Shadow Dragon (Adult)
Jedumtre – Faslemil’s son
Iscalon – Human Paladin (Folk Hero)
Oda of Tangran – Elf Wizard (Sailor)
Quess – Human (Female) Fighter (Mercenary)
Animal Trainer Background for 5E D&D
Welcome to Nerdarchy as we explore creating custom backgrounds for D&D 5e.Backgrounds are one one of the most innovative additions to this iteration of the game.
They combine role-playing elements and game mechanics right in a characters core concept. The inspiration mechanic is also tied to a characters bonds and flaws.
First let me start off by saying this is something I found very challenging.
5E D&D Character Build — Scout Tracker
Nerdarchist Ted here and I am going to share a cool character build for a character I have recently made for a Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition game. I was asked to play in a game online and it was restricted to humans and no wizards, warlocks, or sorcerers were going to be allowed.
Magic was divine in this world. It was full of wilderness so I though maybe having a woodsman around would be a good thing. Now in D&D anytime Human is mentioned I am always thinking what feat is going to best serve this character.
5E D&D Character Build — The Crossbow Expert
Hello and welcome Nerdarchist Dave here. Today we are doing a character build for an archer character using the seven steps I had laid out previously. Those seven steps are- race, class, background, ability scores, weapon, archetype, and feats.
1st Level Character Build-
We start with human because this build is going to be dependent on feats. I’ve got my eye on three at the moment.
Next we select our class. This is going to be fighter for the fighting style at 1st level. Then we are going to want pick our background. Here we will have a lot more leave way.
In my opinion we do want a background that is going to support our archer character build thematically at least.
5E D&D Character Build — Sorcerer Warlock
I am going to share a cool character build for a character I have played recently in a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons game. I was entering a game that had been going on for a while so I was told to make an 11th level character. When doing a character build all the pieces of the puzzle are important. In my past I have played a lot of strong melee characters but the new edition of D&D offers so many cool powers I wanted to play a spellcaster. I’m Not saying there is not a draw to do a character build for a melee character — there is — but I felt a diversion is necessary. So with this spellcaster, as with any character build, you need all the pieces: race, background and class. I typically like to have these decided for the most part before I focus on stats, but at least race and class before I do stats always. This makes sure I can place my stats as effectively as I can, even if it is not an optimized race and class combination. For this one I certainly veered off the beaten path. I made a multiclass warforged sorcerer/warlock. Getting a bonus to Strength and Constitution does not make for a Charisma focused character, so if you want to use the concept and change the race to a tielfling, half-elf or aasimar I am not going to be able to stop you. On the other hand I like to try interesting character builds based on what I think would make a cool concept rather than focusing entirely on mechanics. So let’s get in my head on these choices. With the Eberron PDF recently released by WotC people are jumping at the chance to try out the new material. I am not immune to this hype or craze so I jumped in head first.
5E D&D Feats — Aberrant Dragonmarks from Unearthed Arcana: Eberron
Nerdarchist Dave here and ready to talk about one of my favorite D&D campaign settings, Eberron. Our first glimpse into Eberron for 5E D&D was just enough to whet my appetite. You can get the free PDF download here. I did a little article talking...
Unearthed Arcana — Eberron for 5E D&D
Unearthed Arcana — Eberron is out and it’s time for Nerdarchy to weigh in. If you haven’t downloaded the free PDF from Wizards of the Coast grab it here.
5E D&D Character Build — The Archer
So you’ve come to talk about archer character builds for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition? Well you’ve come to the right place.
Nerdarchist Dave’s three character building rules to game by:
Character Builds rule #1 FUN
In my opinion a successful character build is fun to play.
Character Builds rule #2 Effective
The build must excel at what it was created for.
Character Build Rule #3 Multidimensional
I want to build a character I could see myself or someone else role-playing in an actual game and have potential to be more than just stats on a piece of paper.
