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Dungeons & Dragons


D&D: Calibrating Your Expectations
Dungeons: Player Mapping
A Nomenclature of D&D Editions
E(X): The Many Games Inside the World’s Most Popular Roleplaying Game
Framing Combat Encounters
Soloing Smaug: The Struggle for the Soul of D&D
Whither the Dungeon? Decline and Fall of D&D Adventures
Whither Exploration? The Invisible Pillar of 5th Edition
Seal of the 3rd Edition

The Jokes of Strahd

RANDOM D&D TIPS

Random D&D Tip: Adjusting Encounters by Party Size
Random D&D Tip: Inverting Challenge
Random D&D Tip: NPC Spell Lists
Random D&D Tip: Reactions & Relationships
Random D&D Tip: Better Passive Perception
Random D&D Tip: Rolling Treasure in 2024
Random D&D Tip: Acrobatics vs. Athletics

REVIEWS

Review: Raiders of the Serpent Sea – Player’s Guide
Review: Gardens of Ynn & Stygian Library
Review: Ptolus – City of Adventure
Review: Ultraviolet Grasslands
D&D Next Playtest: First Impressions
Review: Isle of the Unknown
Review: Carcosa
Review: The Halls of the Mountain King

5th EDITION REVIEWS
Review: The Shattered Obelisk
Review: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Review: Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Review: Call of the Netherdeep
Review: Candlekeep Mysteries
Review: Icewind Dale – Rime of the Frostmaiden
Review: Descent Into Avernus
Review: Dragon Heist
Review: Storm King’s Thunder
Review: Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Review: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Review: D&D Essentials Kit
Review: D&D Starter Set
Review: Legacy of the Crystal Shard

Capsule Reviews: DMs Guild – Avernus
Capsule Reviews: Adventurers League – Avernus

SCENARIOS

Tomb of Horrors

The Black Eagle
Halls of the Mad Mage
Lost Laboratories of Arn
The Ruined Temple of Illhan
Valley of the Sapphire Waves

REMIXES & PREP NOTES
Descent Into Avernus Remix
Dragon Heist Remix
Icewind Dale
Storm King’s Thunder Remix
The Tomb of Horrors Remix

CALL OF THE NETHERDEEP
Remixing Call of the Netherdeep
Call of the Netherdeep: Running Betrayers’ Rise
Call of the Netherdeep: Running the Rivals

PHANDELVER
Phandalin Region Map – Label Layers
Phandalin Hexmap
Remixing the Shattered Obelisk

RAPPAN ATHUK
The Lost Goblins
Level 5A: The Caverns of Mist
Level 7B – The Ethereal Palace
Level 6 MazesLevel 7A Mazes

OTHER
City State of the Invincible Overlord: Temple Street
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel: A List of Names
Remixing Hoard of the Dragon Queen

OD&D

Dungeons & Dragons - Dave Arneson & Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax’s House Rules for OD&D
Justin’s House Rules for OD&D

(Re-)Running the Megadungeon
Keep on the Borderlands – Factions in the Dungeon
Treasures Maps & The Unknown: Goals in the Megadungeon
Running Castle Blackmoor
Bachelor Party OD&D
Size Does Matter?
Alexander’s Rule / Update from the Crypt of Luan Phien
The Blackmoor Cruxes

Character Creation in 5 Sentences: D&D 1974
OD&D Encumbrance by Stone
Escaping the Dungeon!
Hexcrawls
Untested: At Death’s Door
Untested: Loot Damage!
OD&D Hirelings

OD&D IN THE CAVERNS OF THRACIA
OD&D in the Caverns of Thracia
The Intemperate Jungle
My Favorite Character Sheet

REACTIONS TO OD&D
Reactions to OD&D
The Ur-Game
Thinking About Morale
Ranged Combat
Prime Requisites
The Scope of the Game
OD&D Character Sheets
Gygaxian Rulebooks
Experience Points
Encounter Probability
Turns, Rounds, and Segments… Oh My!
Wandering Adventures
Interesting Facts About the Blood Shield Bandits
Vampires as Lycanthropes
Turn Undead in Blackmoor
The Arnesonian Dungeon
Arneson’s Machines
Hex-Clearing Procedures
Gods & Clerics

4th EDITION

Dungeons & Dragons - 4th Edition

Keep on the Shadowfell – The Complete Collection
Playtesting 4th Edition

Thoughts on 4th Edition
Skill Challenges – WTF?
I Miss My 10-Foot Pole…
The Princess Bride – 4th Edition
4th Edition – Thoughts on Skills
Dungeon Delve – WTF?
Fumbling Your Design Check
Pathfinder vs. 4th Edition (Grrr…)
Essentials Starter Set
D&D Core Sets: Driving 4th Edition from the Backseat

5th EDITION

5E Hexcrawls
5E Encumbrance by Stone

Lore of Sagrathea: Brain Pulp Potions
Lore of Sagrathea: Experimental Potions Workbook
Lore of Sagrathea: Zombie Exmortisection Notes
Lore of Sagrathea: Boneforging
Lore of Sagrathea: The Weaving of Glyphs

5E Monster: Ash Wraith
5E Monster: Blood Terror
5E Monster: Bloodwight, Desiccated
5E Monster: Bloodwight, Lesser
5E Monster: Cerberus Spawn
5E Monster: Corpsedamp Zombie
5E Monster: Frostbane
5E Monster: Honeytrap
5E Monster: Likho
5E Monster: Tentacular

Untested: Advanced Resting
Untested: Dynamic Save Responses
Untested: Fighting Kaiju
Untested: Streamlined Skills
Untested: Called Shots
Untested: Hydroid Monsters
Untested: Situational Advantage
Untested: Loot Damage!
Untested: Hardcore Opportunity Attacks

Guidance Sucks in Fifth Edition
Vicious Mockery – Back to the Drawing Board
1D&D: The 5E Skill System is Bad
D&D 2024: Why Rule Glossaries Kinda Suck

FORGOTTEN REALMS LORE

Forgotten Realms – The Trade Way
Forgotten Realms – Arveiaturace, the White Wyrm
A Textual History of Elturel
A Textual History of the Yawning Portal
A Textual History of Zariel
Forgotten Realms – The Kraken Society

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS

A History of the Stat Block
The Subtle Shifts in Play
On the Importance of Character Creation
Does Format Matter? / Stat Blocking with the Barghest
The Importance of Choice
Design Notes: War-Trained
D&D Word Clouds
Putting the “Magic” in Magic Items
The Death of the Wandering Monster
Save-or-Die Effects
Explaining Hit Points
Reflections on Gnomes
The Day the Old School Died
Resting in the Dungeon
Dark Tower: Level Connections
Open Gaming License: A Brief History
Types of Dungeons

Fun With Vornheim
In the Vile Places of the Earth
Rope Trick: Beyond Gray Walls
Scrolls: Bonds of Power
Spells: Parasites of the Mind
UA-Style Rumors for D&D

Sunless Citadel – Unofficial Soundtrack

MONSTERS

Enter, Pursued by a Monster... - Alex Drummond

Ash Wraiths / Ash Wraith 5E
Blood Terror
Bloodwight, Desiccated
Bloodwight, Lesser
Cerberus Spawn
Corpsedamp Zombie
Elemental Terror
Frostbane
Gemini Beast
Honeytrap / Honeytrap 5E
Likho
Lycanthropic Ghouls
Ocular Tyrant
Template: Adamantine Skeleton
Template: Dire Animals
Template: Faceless Rage
Template: Lycanthropic Templates
Tentacular

REVISED 3.5 STAT BLOCKS

Monster Tactics: Ethereal Marauder / vs. the Ethereal Maruder
Monster Tactics: Mimic / vs. the Mimic

FEATS, MAGIC ITEMS, SPELLS

101 Curious Items
Dreaming Arts
Kitchen Sinking

Feat: Sacred Heat

Magic Item: Experimental Potions Workbook
Magic Item: Brain Pulp Potions
Magic Item: Coins of the Damned
Magic Item: Gilted Fiends – Cursed Coins
Magic Item: Draconic Memory Crystals

Spell: Flame of the Phoenix
Spell: Spell of Babel
Spell: Two Spells of Darkness

ADVANCED D20 RULES

Alternate Magic Item Creation
Crowds
Diplomacy
Drugs
Encumbrance by Stone
Extra Effort
Fire
Kaostech
Lack of Sleep
New Combat Maneuvers
Ritual Magic
Starting Combat
Super Simple Grappling
Taint
Thoughts on Tumbling

Skill Use: Counter-Intelligence

Optional Death & Dying Rules
Optional Turning Rules
Scry and Die 1: Optional Teleport Rules
Scry and Die 2: Advanced Scrying

Untested: UVG Market Research
Untested: Bribing
Untested: D20 Playing Card Initiative
Untested: D20 Piggybacking
Untested: Fungal Traps
Untested: Inspiration Points
Untested: Interrogation
Untested: Local Magic Market
Untested: NPCs On-the-Fly
Untested: Research Tests
Untested: Reserve Items
Untested: Super Simple Ability Score Damage
Untested: Surprise Damage Threshold
Untested: Sword and Board
Untested: Weapons of Legacy

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