Wild Beyond the Witchlight Begins with a Perfect 5E D&D Halloween Opening
Wild Beyond the Witchlight is the newest book for fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons and it has the most Studio Ghibli vibes I’ve seen in any book from Wizards of the Coast. Think Spirited Away for this one. Wild Beyond the Witchlight comes at the perfect time as it offers some major creepy carnival vibes. This 5E D&D adventure absolutely embraces everything witchy and spooky about the Feywild. When I tell you one of the best parts of the book is in the beginning, it’s no trick — this section is a treat.
D&D Ideas — Vacations
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is vacations, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of vacations when’s the last time the adventurers in your life got away from it all? Wizard’s Wake includes a map and details about the Gylathacean Isles along with the colorful folk who make their home on the sea, plus a one shot adventure to discover the mysteries within the wreckage of an ancient ship. You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
Wild Beyond the Witchlight Brings D&D Backgrounds to Vibrant Life
Despite a lack of snazzy features and potent powers a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons character’s background represents perhaps the most impactful part of their creation. Whenever I create a character their background is something I put a lot of thought into because it’s such an important part of their identity. Background illustrates who the character was prior to taking steps on the road to adventure. Wild Beyond the Witchlight introduces two new backgrounds for 5E D&D characters perfect for the newest campaign adventure. Let’s get into it.
D&D Ideas — Vision & Light
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is vision and light, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of visions when a ghostly isle draws adventurers into Eternal Night they may persuade the spirits to let them leave but a haunting tale leaves them with visions of a parent in despair. See how flexible these topical terms can be? You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
D&D Ideas — Clockwork
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is clockwork, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of clockwork in Pay to Play adventures discover an unusual clockwork device and must decide if activating the device is worth the risk! You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
Pocket Full of NPCs for 5E D&D — The Identify Intern
Salutations, nerds! I’ve got another fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons NPC for your pocket today. Last time we went with a fence for shady types to give their ill begotten gains to for payment and now we’re going to be talking about the Identify Intern. This is the 5E D&D wizard the party can bring their magic items to if none of them knows how to cast identify themselves. Pocket Full of NPCs gives 5E D&D Dungeon Masters a variety of characters you can pull off the shelf whenever you happen to need them.
Pocket Full of NPCs for 5E D&D — The Fence
Salutations, nerds! I’m back with another fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons NPC for you, something to keep in your back pocket for when your 5E D&D players need them. Last time we spent some time with a lycanthropic barbarian and this time we’re looking at something a little bit more utilitarian and subtle. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation where your rogue characters stole something and needed to get rid of it, right? Well, you’re in luck. That is the very situation this NPC was geared toward.
D&D Ideas — Oozes, Slimes and Jellies
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is oozes, slimes and jellies, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of oozes, slimes and jellies what if a normally nonspellcasting creature had access to a spell or spell like effect and creates a mystical shell game with one ooze and one item? You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
How the Cruella Movie Made Me Rethink Fashion in 5E D&D
You’re probably going to get the wrong impression when I tell you this entire article was inspired by the Cruella movie. It’s not readily apparent how exactly fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons meshes with this zany, beautiful disaster of a movie. Much like the Cruella movie, which doesn’t quite know what it wants to be at any given moment, so too this post may seem haphazard at first. Let’s hone in on the thing — fashion — something underrated by a great many 5E D&D players.
Pocket Full of NPCs for 5E D&D — The Ulfhednar
Salutations, nerds! I keep a pocket full of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons NPCs I can reach for whenever I need to stall characters or they’ve made a request I wasn’t specifically ready for. Honestly, pulling characters out of the ether is a strong point of mine but I know for a lot of people this isn’t the case. And so, Pocket Full of NPCs gives 5E D&D Dungeon Masters a variety of characters you can pull off the shelf whenever you happen to need them.
D&D Ideas — Apocalypse
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is apocalypse, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of apocalypse in Dark Paths: The Chained One a secretive order of monks loses control of the mystical chains binding a terrible being of malediction and if things aren’t set aright can apocalypse be far behind? You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
D&D Ideas — Force & Psychic
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is force & psychic, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of force & psychic in Mirror, Mirror a forlorn Hearth Hope creature’s psychic feedback assaults the living with images of their own past failures while in Mirrors of the Soul a mystical force shifts adventurers between the real world and one of shadowy illusions… You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
Character Death in 5E D&D is Boring!
Character death is a staple of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons lore. In dark fantasy settings like Wildemount, Dark Sun and Ravenloft, character death is an ever-present looming danger. But sometimes character death is lame, or worse — boring. Today I’m sharing some thoughts and ideas on how we can mix up death in our 5E D&D games to keep things new and fresh (no pun intended).
Worldbuilding and Character Development for 5E D&D Inspired by Game of Thrones — Chain Shirt
While rewatching Game of Thrones all the way through for a second time recently the series engaged me in different ways this time around. It’s fun knowing the fate of characters and watching how each step along the way influences the outcomes. In addition being caught up in the spectacle the first time around I simply missed a lot of the nuance. Like countless other fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons nerds the show appeals to me as a source of gaming inspiration too. One particular standout from Game of Thrones is the armor worn by warriors across Westeros and Essos. A wealth of worldbuilding and character development potential for 5E D&D awaits through armor and I’m excited to explore them. Let’s get into it.
D&D Ideas — Radiant & Necrotic
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is radiant & necrotic, which we discussed in our weekly live chat. We hangout every Monday evening at 8 p.m. EST on Nerdarchy Live to talk about D&D, RPGs, gaming, life and whatever nerdy stuff comes up. Speaking of radiant & necrotic the two are often intertwined and closely related as opposing forces of spiritual life and undeath. You can get the Nerdarchy Newsletter delivered to your inbox each week, along with updates and info on how to game with Nerdarchy plus snag a FREE GIFT by signing up here.
