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Play Your Next 5E D&D Game as a Public Domain Cleric

Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted explore one of the Top 10 homebrew lists from here at the website, in this case the highest rated, most viewed and most added Divine Domains for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. In the comments for the video someone mentions an idea for a cleric option called the Public Domain and several responses enthusiastically support the idea of creating this homebrew option. So let’s get into it and come up with the Public Domain for 5E D&D clerics.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Feats by a Factor of Three

I’ve gone through all the schools of magic, subclasses for every class and a few other categories of content for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons when it comes to homebrew material found at D&D Beyond. This time around I’m looking at homebrew feats for 5E D&D and there’s a whopping 21,400+ over at DDB. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

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Knock ‘Em Dead in 5E D&D as a College of PUNishment Bard

Dungeons & Dragons games can be full of laughs and comedy. From wacky scenarios to moments where the dice have the greatest sens of humor at all there’s no shortage of silly D&D stories. When it comes to our own games, Nerdarchy Live is choc full of comedy gold, enough to sate the greediest of dragons. Whether it’s Nerditor Doug’s current game, Ingest Quest 2, or Dave’s homage to Thundarr the Barbarian with Moon Rises, we’ve got loads of live play campaigns with goofy premises. Through all the silly game sessions there’s one star who shines brightest in the Nerdarchy galaxy, and that’s Nerdarchist Ted with his plethora of puns. This got me to thinking about a way to show him how much we feel PUNished by his unique style of gaming — an homage to the maestro of word play. A set of fifth edition D&D subclass mechanics feels right at home and if the subclass in question were anything other than a Bard College I’d be truly remiss. Therefore ladies, gentlemen and otherwise I present for your players and Dungeon Masters’ pleasure the College of PUNishment bard.

Full warning: I will not hold back.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Ray Spells by a Factor of Three

A recent Reddit thread inspired this week’s look at homebrew content for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. I came across a wonderful web comic called Socks and Puppets shared over there and the particular strip titled Summoning Ray. Creator David Birch illustrated a variety of manta rays each themed after a type of 5E D&D ray spell. I reached out to the creator to ask about including his comic in this post but didn’t get a reply. (I’ll include links below so you can check it out.) Regardless I’m checking out the 480+ homebrew ray spells at D&D Beyond and since ray isn’t a codified keyword I suspect the results are going to be quite unusual. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Evocation Spells by a Factor of Three

Manipulating magical energy takes center stage for this week’s look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. There’s currently over a whopping 20,320 homebrew evocation spells at D&D Beyond so while Nerdarchists Dave and Ted examine the bloodlines of homebrew Sorcerous Origins for 5E D&D at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel I’m channeling magic in this post to blast through the most blasty magic around. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Divination Spells by a Factor of Three

Glimpses of the future may have unveiled this week’s look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. There’s currently over 3,880 homebrew divination spells at D&D Beyond so while Nerdarchists Dave and Ted study up on homebrew Arcane Traditions for 5E D&D at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel I’m revealing hidden information in this post. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

Add Summer Fun to Your Next 5E D&D Game with 5 NEW Magic Items

Summer is in full swing, and with more fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons groups getting together in person by the day the phrase “sun’s out, fun’s out” has never been more apt. Going to the beach this past week for an all day event with my own gaming group reminded us how much fun it can be to take a break for a day and get outside. Incorporating seasons is a great way to ground your D&D world. And who doesn’t love a good beach episode now and again? There’s a reason that beach episodes are staples in anime.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Necromancy Spells by a Factor of Three

The weekly look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons takes a dark turn into spells to manipulate the energies of life and death. There’s currently over 10,650 homebrew necromancy spells at D&D Beyond so while Nerdarchists Dave and Ted tracked the homebrew Ranger Archetypes for 5E D&D at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel I’m dabbling in dark magic in this post. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Conjuration Spells by a Factor of Three

This look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons involves the transportation of objects and creatures from one location to another. There’s currently over 13,220 homebrew conjuration spells at D&D Beyond so while Nerdarchists Dave and Ted skillfully looked at the homebrew Roguish Archetypes for 5E D&D there I’m cracking open the spellbook in this post. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Let’s get into it.

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Adapting Dreams of Fire for 5E D&D Plus a New Feat for Sorcerers

Council of Geeks is a nerdy YouTube channel where Author Nathaniel Wayne discusses everything from Doctor Who to the Marvel multiverses, Netflix series, movies and general nerd-dom. But Nathaniel just couldn’t stop at talking about their favorite geeky stories — they needed to write their own! Enter the new electropunk fantasy novel with a fey twist: Dreams of Fire. Having shared my review of the book I feel it’s fairly apparent I enjoyed Dreams of Fire thoroughly. As such, of course my mind began swirling around how to adapt Dreams of Fire into fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons play.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Enchantment Spells by a Factor of Three

I’m continuing with a look at homebrew spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons this week by checking out the enchantment spells over at D&D Beyond while on Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted studied the homebrew Arcane Traditions for 5E D&D wizards. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) There’s currently over 7,380 homebrew enchantment spells at DDB, so let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Transmutation Spells by a Factor of Three

You thought this week would be conjuration spells didn’t you? Those who follow along each week might notice my penchant for following alphabetical order so I’m mixing it up this week to check out what rose to the top when it comes to homebrew transmutation spells for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted snuck a look at homebrew Roguish Archetypes for 5E D&D from D&D Beyond. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) Incidentally our upcoming July rewards include a bunch of new spells we created ourselves and several of them are transmutation spells so changing the properties of creatures, objects or environments is already on my mind. There’s currently over 10,180 of them at DDB, which I believe may be the highest number of anything I’ve looked at here before. So let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Abjuration Spells by a Factor of Three

Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted sneak a look at homebrew Roguish Archetypes for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons from D&D Beyond. We get a kick out of checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) This time around discrete magical effects — single shapings of the magical energies suffusing the multiverse into specific, limited expressions — get the spotlight when I check out out the Top 10 homebrew abjuration spells for 5E D&D. There’s currently over 5,560 homebrew of them so let’s get into it.

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Top 10 5E D&D Homebrew Arcane Traditions by a Factor of Three

Over at Nerdarchy the YouTube channel Nerdarchists Dave and Ted explore homebrew feats for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons from D&D Beyond. We have a lot of fun checking out the 5E D&D content folks come up with and sharing their homebrew creations. (There’s lots of these posts whether for homebrew subclasses, magic items, spells, feats and more floating around for the curious.) This time around I’m peering into the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos to check out the most scholarly class in 5E D&D — the wizard — and checking out the Top 10 homebrew Arcane Traditions. There’s currently over 1,500 homebrew of them so let’s get into it.

Play Your Next 5E D&D Game with Pride as a Rainbow Domain Cleric

Happy Pride Month! As a proud member of the Queer+ community and a Nerdarchy staff writer I really wanted to do something special for Pride Month this year — something that screams “I love Dungeons & Dragons and rainbows and all of that!” I kept wracking my brain of what we could do to offer some Pride positivity into the 5E D&D sphere. Chromatic spells are an obvious hook but they’re not quite potent enough for what I wanted to create. The more I thought the more the notion of a subclass surfaced in my mind.