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I was gonna wait until tomorrow to kick this off but...nah. LET'S GOOOOO! It's the final round--all those weeks of voting has lead us to this moment. It was no surprise that the #3-ranked Paladin defeated the #6-ranked Monk. And it was only a very minor upset when the Paladin went on to...

The #1-ranked Fighter vs. the #3-ranked Paladin! Only one can advance to the Finals--so who will it be? Here's where the bracket currently stands. How This Works This is the fifth round of elimination, and it will focus only on the two remaining "Martial" classes on the right side of the...

In another thread, folks are discussing the different mechanics of different spellcasters. Specifically how the wizard's spellcasting ability is different from the sorcerer's, even though most of their spells are the same. And while that discussion is leaning more in the direction of "innate...

For all my long history with the hobby--I've been playing since the late 1980s--I've never played the original 1974 version of Dungeons & Dragons. And that's about to change! A bit of background: I have three gaming groups--my "main" gaming group plays 5E D&D every Friday night over Roll20...

I'm writing an adventure where the heroes are exploring an ancient crypt...a very very ancient crypt, one that predates the previous age--it's tens of thousands of years old. Older than the elves. Older than dragons. Older than many of the gods. When this crypt was built, the continents were...

The #1-ranked Wizard vs. the #6-ranked Druid! Only one can advance to the Finals--so who will it be? Here's where the bracket currently stands. How This Works This is the fifth round of elimination, and it will focus only on the two remaining "Caster" classes on the left side of the...

Welcome to Round 4, the Martials Quarter-Finals! We're moving back to the right side of the bracket again, to revisit the Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, and Rogue: How This Works This is the fourth round of elimination, and it will focus only on the four remaining "Martial" classes on the right...

Last Friday night I put a Deck of Many Things into my game world. Just, ya know, dropped it on a table and left it there, just to see what would happen. Shenanigans ensued. ----- The party consists of five, 10th and 11th level characters: a human gunslinger, a human assassin, a firbolg...

And we're moving into Round 3, the Casters Quarter-Finals! We're moving back to the left side of the bracket now: How This Works This is the first round of elimination, and it will focus only on the four "Caster" classes on the left side of the bracket. The "Martial" quarter-finals will be...

Suppose you were going to make the Extra Attack class feature also available as a feat. You have your reasons: maybe you love clerics but hate multiclassing, maybe you want to play some kind of weird "half-martial" character, maybe you just like hitting things with a hammer, whatever. You've...

Time for Round 2 of March Madness (D&D Classes) 2024! Today we're focusing on the right side of the bracket, for the Martials round: How This Works This is the first round of elimination, and it will focus only on the eight "Caster" classes on the left side of the bracket. The "Martial"...

Here we go, sports fans! Time for the first round of March Madness (D&D Classes) 2024! We're starting out with the Casters, on the left side of the bracket: How This Works This is the first round of elimination, and it will focus only on the eight "Caster" classes on the left side of the...

I just saw the headline on the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68444060?fbclid=IwAR3qDpLLSV6p0ACN4Dxf807hEnSWUXFRHdQw1A2-cvu9AXG3-qlgmaRXzXM Rest in peace, Akira, and thank you for the memories.

This is it...the final round! On the Casters side of the bracket, we have the #6-ranked Druid, and on the Martials side of the bracket is the #3-ranked Paladin! So much for all of those "Core Four" naysayers, huh? Here is where the bracket stands so far: How to Play Fill out the attached...

I thought it might be fun to set up a little NCAA-style "March Madness" bracket for next week. (On the other hand, it might be a colossal train wreck of arguments. Or both!) The first thing I need to do is set up the bracket...I'll need 16 slots, and I'll need to rank them. And that's where...

As of today, the 10 Top-Selling RPG titles on Steam are as follows: Last Epoch Elden Ring Stardew Valley Baldur's Gate 3 Palworld Nightingale Enshrouded RoboCop: Rogue City Horizon Zero DawnTM Complete Edition Borderlands 3 As you can see in the screenshot, I narrowed the search by the tag...

I think it's safe to say that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here, and it's probably here to stay--at least in the gaming industry, anyway. I don't know how well this is going to work out for me here at EN World, but I wanted to at least try to talk about it from a gamer geek's point of view...

Suppose you are browsing the Internet, and you see an ad for a new TTRPG project over on Kickstarter. It captures your interest, so you click over to the page to give it a closer look. And after a few minutes, you decide "Hmm, no, this is not for me" and click away, never to return. What made...

Suppose you are browsing the Internet, and you see a new TTRPG project pop up on Kickstarter. You are interested, so you click over to the page and check it out. And after a few minutes, you decide "Hmm, no, this is not for me" and click away, never to return. What made you click away? Vote...

Riddles have always been a part of roleplaying games...and stories, and mythology, and the Bible. From The Hobbit to the Book of Judges, from The Odyssey to the Poetic Edda, you don't have to look very far to find a riddle or word puzzle tucked in there among heroes and villains. But...