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
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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
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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.
D&D Ranger 5e – Best Race in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons
On today’s video transcription post we’ve got a special guest, Kraul the Lizardfolk. He’s dropped by to give us a little help talking about the D&D ranger. Kraul has appeared on several of our video now. He seems to be a bit of a crowd favorite.
D&D Ranger 5e – Best Race in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Video
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3 Most Broken Dungeons and Dragons Combos| D&D Discussions
We’ve decided to take some of our old videos, give their thumbnails a facelift, and why not transcribe them here on the website. This video 3 Most Broken Dungeons and Dragons Combos comes directly from our D&D Discussion playlist. It is currently our most popular D&D video on the channel with the most views.
3 Most Broken Dungeons and Dragons Combos| D&D Discussions Video
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D&D Feats 5e – Multiclassing without Multiclassing
Today’s video and transcription is all about multiclassing without actually taking levels in another character class. Instead we use feats from 5e D&D to give us that feel of having multiclassing levels.
D&D Feats 5e – Multiclassing without Multiclassing Video
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Shades of Magic in 5E D&D — Necromancers and Necromancy
Ah, necromancy. The gift that keeps on giving, even beyond death. In fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons, the Arcane Tradition of Necromancy deals largely with animate dead and bringing other undead under your control. Nerdarchy’s longtime stance on bringing skeletons and zombies into the world remains rooted in the undead creatures’ evil nature, making this sort of magic straight up evil. But that’s Nerdarchists Dave and Ted. I’ve got my own opinions about necromancy, necromancers and their supernatural relationship to life and death. So I’m going to smudge the palette of black, gray and white necromancy for 5E D&D a bit and add a few more shades of magic.
D&D Death From Real World Threats- Fire Coral, Jumping Cholla, and Sandbox Tree
Todays topic is taking real world threats and natural hazards and turning them into things to use in your D&D game. We’ve aptly named the video and article D&D Death from Real world Threats. We may turn this into a regular series of converting crazy real world critters, hazards, and phenomenons for your D&D game.
Sometimes the real world can be more bizarre and scary than fantasy worlds of Dungeons and Dragons.
D&D Death From Real World Threats- Fire Coral, Jumping Cholla, and Sandbox Tree Video
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D&D Ideas — Downtime
D&D Dwarf Lore – Do Dwarven Women Have Beards
Today’s article and video focuses on the D&D Dwarf and their beards. Specifically dwarven women and do they have beards or not in D&D.
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Kobold Press Embroils D&D 5E Adventurers in Otherworldly Intrigue with Courts of the Shadow Fey
If you’re a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master, and your campaign goals are a Venn diagram where courtly intrigue and the politics of fey intersect, you’ll find Courts of the Shadow Fey from Kobold Press in the space where those circles overlap. The campaign for 7th-10th level characters begins with an assassination attempt and leads adventurers from the mortal world to the realm of fey. They’ll learn how fickle and capricious the Courts of the Shadow Fey can be, while earning Status and discovering opportunities both alluring and treacherous.
D&D Session 0 – Make D&D Awesome for Your Group| GM Tips
In our latest video we dive into DM and Player Tips for running a Session Zero for D&D. Below you can find the full transcription from the video.
