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Cooperation Versus Character – Player Tips for Your Gaming Table

player tipsLoud footsteps echo through the stonework halls as you pursue the fleet goblin. The breath comes heavy and hot in your lungs as you round a corner and, without warning, there he is. A dead end! You have the jewel thief dead to rights. He throws his dagger to the ground with a clatter.

MARLENE (playing Warner, the paladin): “All right, give it up. You’re all out of options.”

JEFF (the Dungeon Master, voicing the goblin thief): The goblin cringes, then lets out a long breath, his eyes downcast. “Okay. Okay. I don’t have the Egret’s Emerald on me, though.” His eyes brighten slightly. “We can make a deal though. If I show you where the emerald is, I’ll leave town. I was just trying to get out from under the Guild anyway. Just don’t turn me in. They’ll kill me in jail.”

Do you Cooperate at Your Gaming Table

The Dam in West Rustoch – Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

AarakocraHello today I present you a Dungeons and Dragons story.  This is written by Micheal Rovinski.

Ephram is an Aarakocra, commonly referred to as Bird-Folk, Bird People, or Avian Humanoids. At a young age, he joined a monastery to learn the way of martial arts, and once he learned enough he was sent on a pilgrimage. During his pilgrimage, Ephram seeks out those in need of help. It is a part of his martial philosophy, the Way of the Open Palm; a martial philosophy considered the key to maintaining harmony with nature, one’s surroundings, and the place that one has with the Celestial Bureaucracy.

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Ecology of the Golden Chimera – Dungeons and Dragons Monsters

Dungeons and DragonsLast week I talked about the creation of the Golden Chimera.  While the chimera is built as a monster of Demons combining all the worst of each of the component monsters, the olden Chimera actually combines the best of each of the creatures combining together.

As the Demon Prince created the regular chimera a powerful Solar, perhaps the first,  created a creature in its image to be a positive force on the world below, but powerful enough to defend itself and its kind.

As the dragon half of the regular strives to raid and plunder the Golden Chimera craves its wealth but usually through trade and service and is interested in acquiring knowledge above actual material possessions.

Golden Chimera in Dungeons and Dragons

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Creation of the Golden Chimera – Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

Dungeons and DragonsLong ago I came up with this creature.  Inspired by the regular Chimera I set out to make something personnel and cool.  I never truly gave it a name because it was more of a unique creature in my mind then one of many.  But over the years the idea has changed and grew.

Now Nerdarchy did a video on the chimera For Dungeons and Dragons, you can watch that below, and I talked about my version.  The Golden Chimera like the regular has the head of a lion and a dragon.  The lion looks more regal than vicious.  The dragon is that of a gold dragon rather than that of a red dragon.

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Warlock

5th Edition – The Warlock: Are You Playing It Right?

One of the grumblings I sometimes hear or read about fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons concerns the warlock class. Almost always these center around the fact the warlock has so few spell slots, only one initially and then only two until 11th level, eventually ending with a maximum of four at 17th level. While it’s true the warlock does not have as many spell slots as other spellcasting classes, and it’s true the warlock does not have the diversity of spells available to many classes, the warlock has so many unique abilities I am left wondering if some players simply are not sure of how to play a warlock.

Ecology of the Mage Eater – Fast and Dirty Monsters

Mage EaterSpell Casters of the worlds beware.  The Mage Eater lurks above stalking and hunting lone travelers with magical abilities.  I present to you the Fast and Dirty Monster: The Mage Eater.

Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition presents many useful creatures to use against your player characters but perhaps that is not enough.  Fast and Dirty Monsters is a series where we take a concept and convert an already created monster and give it a whole new life as a completely different monster.  In this edition we have taken the Coalt, a generally good monster and turn it into something a little more vial and monster-like.

Fast and Dirty Monster: The Mage Eater

Fast and Dirty Monsters – Ecology of the Skleee

Greetings, Nerdarchist Ted here and and today I present to you a new race and its ecology.  I offer up the Skleee.  These are from our Fast and Dirty monsters series.  Tune in below to see how the race came about.  Lets see how they stack up against other creatures in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Fast and Dirty Monster

The Skleee get their name from the sound they make when startled.  I would like to thank Jerel Fontenot  for his suggestion for the name and concept for the name.   The Sklee are an insectoid race that combines several insectoid concepts together.  They have a hive mind like that of ants as well as their ability to function together as a unit.

In addition their great carrying capacity is inherent within all Skleee.  But they also posses the abilities of termites in chewing through would and other things to burrow and make their dwellings.

The Sklee in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition – Custom Race – Boarks

Dungeons and DragonsNerdarchist Ted here and I get to present you an entirely new race created by Nerdarchy.  Over on YouTube we do a video series called Fast and Dirty Monsters.

We take an idea for a new monster and open up our Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition Monster Manual and show you how to take a thing that already exists and change it to match our creation.

You can jump below to watch the video of how we made these pig people.

Boarks in 5th edition

Boarks are a race of gluttonous pig people.  The term pig headed would most apply in more ways then one.  They are possessed of an tapped well of determination.  Once they are set upon a path they will not waver short of their own decision to alter their course.

Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition – World Building – Gnar-Kee-Tis

Blood DemonNerdarchist Ted here and I have been running my Dungeons and Dragons campaign for around 8 months. The inspiration for my game came from one of our earlier videos.


Well now that we are well into the thick of the campaign I figured I would give you some background information on my blood demon. I am not going to give any stats as I am not sure whether the players or their characters will ever want to try and slay him.

I would hate to spoil the surprise for my players in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.  As many of them I would guess read this.

Who is this Blood Demon

Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition – Race – Catfolk

With the amount of attention that cats and kittens get on the internet I am surprised that the catfolk are not even in the monster manual let alone have the stats to use them as player characters.  So let me fix that for you.  Here is my take on catfolk for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition with a little bonus.

Catfolk in 5th edition

Catfolk are nomadic hunters.  They have no land that they can call a determinant home in an of the known Dungeons and Dragons realms.  As long as they have food and family they can be secure in any place.

Guest Post – Class Options For Your Steampunk 5th Edition Game – The GM’s Table

SteampunkHey guys, it’s Bobby from The GM;s Table.  You can check out my blog here.  Or catch me on facebook over here.
One of the great additions to Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition is the addition of sub classes.They let you toys with new class options without having to completely reinvent the wheel. With that in mind here are a couple option for the Bard, Fighter, and Rogue for you more steampunk or Eberron style magic and science setting.

Steampunk Class options for 5th Edition

Note: With the steampunk concept it is assumed that you would be using the firearms rules from the DMG.