D&D Genasi – What Character Class Should You Play
Diving back into our D&D races- What Character Class should You Should Play series. Below you will find our picks for character classes in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons that are optimal for genasi. We also give our picks for unexpected character class options. You will also find the video and transcription.
D&D Genasi Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video
D&D Genasi Race – What Character Class Should You Play Video Transcription
Your D&D Campaign — There Will Be Narrative
Way back in the mid-1980’s when I started playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid, I feel pretty confident saying the word “narrative” never came up as regards our funny-shaped dice rolling adventures. We played a lot of modules as standalone adventures, and our characters didn’t really engage with the plot very much. A country frozen in time by a strange red light, a town under siege by goblins and a lost valley, rescuing a captive baroness from the evil Temple of the Frog deep in the Great Dismal Swamp… yadda yadda yadda. We go in the ruined palace, slay the white dragon and get the giant ruby. The Iron Ring was defeated after exploring much of Eastern Karameikos. The Fetch paid us as promised and we returned to our own time. And it wasn’t until this moment as I’m writing why back then the narrative was largely irrelevant, but my current D&D campaign — intended to celebrate the old school spirit — wound up with a strong narrative all on it’s own. So let’s get into it and see how a narrative emerges in your D&D campaign, whether you want it or not.
D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only
In 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons words can kill. Especially if you are playing a wizard character. We’ve put together a D&D Wizard 5e guide to the three most potent spells plus a bonus spell. If people enjoy this video and transcription we will make a series of it and break more spells down by their casting components.
D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only Video
D&D Wizard 5E – 3 Deadly Spells Verbal Components Only Video and Transcription
Put a Pin In Your D&D Game — The Pinterest Dungeon Master
Fantasy art influences my fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons games to an extraordinary degree. One of the themes running strongly in the great documentary Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons is how playing D&D gives us an opportunity to discover what would our characters do in these fantastic settings. The fantasy art inspiring our D&D games also provides a tool to help us vividly describe the creatures, places and things adventurers see. For players and Dungeon Masters alike, the fantasy art that speaks to us leaves an indelible mark on our gaming. And for my money, there’s no better place for unending discovery of amazing fantasy art than Pinterest. It’ll improve your D&D games as a player and DM, I guarantee. So let’s get into it.
5 Go to Tier 1 D&D Cleric Spells
Ever wonder what D&D cleric spells you should take at early levels. We go over it for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons. We look at tier 1 D&D spells for clerics. We break it down by attack, buff, defense, overlooked, utility, and the bonus iconic spell category.
5 Go to Tier 1 D&D Cleric Spells Video
5 Go to Tier 1 D&D Cleric Spells Video Transcription
D&D Ideas — Villains
D&D Cartoon – Tiamat at 1st Level Too Much
Journey with us through the world of Dungeons and Dragons as we break down the D&D cartoon. We will be breaking down episode after episode. The first episode is The Night of No Tomorrow. We’ve already down the D&D cartoon adventuring party break down. As long as there is interest we’ll continue to explore this series.
D&D Cartoon – Tiamat at 1st Level Too Much Video
D&D Cartoon – Tiamat at 1st Level Too Much Video Transcription
D&D Barbarian 5E – Things You Can do While you Rage
We take a look at the 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Barbarian character class. Specifically the rage class feature and how it interacts with other class features for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons character classes. Below you can find the video and transcriptions.
D&D Barbarian 5E – Things You Can do While you Rage Video
D&D Barbarian 5E – Things You Can do While you Rage Video Transcription
D&D Metal – Fantasy and Mythical Materials in Dungeons & Dragons
There is a long tradition of fantastical metals and materials in fantasy and science fiction. Mithril and adamantine go back as far as I can remember. Which lead us to do a video on D&D Metal and other materials.
D&D Metal – Fantasy and Mythical Materials in Dungeons & Dragons Video
D&D Metal – Fantasy and Mythical Materials in Dungeons & Dragons Video Transcription
D&D Ideas — Artificer
D&D Dwarves – What 5e Character Class Should You Play
We've got a brand new series over on Nerdarchy the YouTube channel and we are kicking it off talking about D&D Dwarves. Nerdarchy is known for it's love of the bearded folk. We are going to run through all of the 5E D&D races and...
D&D 5e Character Creation Drow Sorcerer Rogue Adventurers League Build
We haven’t done one of our Adventurers League legal character builds in awhile. So here is one that we did as a Patreon request. The request was to create a shadow sorcerer rogue. The rest was left up to us. Nerdarchist Ted and I put our heads together to figure out the rogue subclass, background, and race. Of course as we build the character out it’s fun for us to flesh out the story elements.
D&D 5e Character Creation Drow Sorcerer Rogue Adventurers League Build Video
D&D 5e Character Creation Drow Sorcerer Rogue Adventurers League Build Video Transcription
Roleplaying the Other — Tieflings are Gay
Hello, and welcome to Roleplaying the Other. In this column, I’m going to be largely focused on roleplaying, worldbuilding, and interactions at the table. They will be filtered through my own personal lens of queer experiences in the hobby. Firstly, I should define when I say “queer,” I am referring to LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) experiences. This is a blanket term encompassing asexuality and other distinct identities, as well. If you are not one of these letters of the acronym you may be asking yourself what you’re doing here. I’m glad you asked. I’m going to be sharing insights I’ve gained that can hopefully help anyone’s table run a better game. I am not a spokesperson for all identities and I’ll be reaching out to people within the community for their perspective from time to time.
D&D Cartoon – Breaking Down the D&D Adventuring Party
Another brand new YouTube series about the D&D Cartoon. Every episode of this series we’ll dissect another aspect of the cartoon. The very 1st one we look at the intro and the characters that will make up our Dungeons and Dragons adventuring party.
D&D Cartoon – Breaking Down the D&D Adventuring Party Video
D&D Cartoon – Breaking Down the D&D Adventuring Party Video Transcription
D&D Ideas — Renown
Welcome once again to the weekly Nerdarchy Newsletter. This week we are going to dive into renown in Dungeons & Dragons. You can find rules for it in Chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. You can find additional information in Chapter 2 of the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. Renown gets discussed right in the introduction of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. These three sources alone will give a ton of information and suggestions on how to use renown specifically, which is great for running D&D and using renown in Forgotten Realms or the world of Ravnica. We will explore other options and ideas below from the Nerdarchy team. Remember — just because those are official D&D campaign settings doesn’t mean you can’t pull them apart and reassemble them for your homebrew D&D campaign.
