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I think the real question should be how many classes should be in the core rules vs how many classes there should be total. Personally speaking, I don't mind a huge amount of classes being available as options, but do favor a DM limiting access to fit the particular needs and styles of their...

1. Thank you. I think what works in the latter two's favor is that they don't automatically have "bad guy" vibes so they can be more easily inserted into "heroic/neutral" campaigns. 2. & 3. I started hearing from others that quite a few of these classes were inspired and based on old zine...

Dungeon Master’s Guild Product Page. The sportspeople of Mexican wrestling have an entire mythos built around their personas, from masked identities that evoke various archetypes and gimmicks to horror films where they fight supernatural monsters. The author of this book, Josh Pacheco, sought a...

Location: The Circle of Paljehu the Builder The City of Elantris by Robin COSTET on ArtStation The dragons of the Ancestral Homeland are akin to minor gods, whose respective circles are cosmic clay to be reshaped to their whims. When the Homeland became a solved world and the dragons lost...

Someone raised a similar talking point over at the OSR subreddit. Figured to link to broaden the discussion.

Edit: The author appears to keep company with people whose values are strongly against my ethos, so I deleted this review.

Artwork from Midgard DMs Screen & Character Sheets for 5th Edition A world of dark fantasy and deep magic, Midgard began as a setting inspired by Central and Eastern European history and folklore rather than the Western fantasy counterpart cultures that predominate D&D. Over time, Midgard grew...

Thank you for letting me know the artist. Added their name to the post! I actually did bring up the phanaton in the post when talking about the Tortle and also the Dragon Magazine articles. That said, it's interesting to hear about the creature compendium, but I didn't get much opportunity to...

Builders of Might, Hunters in the Night Part 2 The following classes are taken from Anthology of Heroes, a compilation of classes by Taron Pounds. I haven't done a write-up for the Runekeeper, both because it's the most complicated and also because much of its mechanics are very contingent on...

Mystara Commission: Races of Mystara Lineup by Mischa Cel Frumos Mystara, also referred to as the Known World, is best known as the unofficial supporting setting for the Basic edition of Dungeons & Dragons. In spite of its name, Basic D&D grew to be its own well-supported line, with unique...

Location: The Menagerie of Dawn Spire of the Salt Flats by Mark Fonzen of Art Station. The dangers of the Dungeon are self-evident, from damage to the surrounding environment and monsters getting loose. But what if one incursion of the Dungeon was more targeted, more discriminate in who and...

The Houri is your archetypical seductress, using a combination of magic and social skills to attain power. Like the Demonist they are a class that’s supernatural yet doesn’t use Vancian casting, opting for percentile skills to represent their more magical abilities. They have the Hit Die, THAC0...

Builders of Might, Hunters in the Night: Integrating Other Classes Into the Beast World The Beast World is home to all manner of specialists, drawing upon the three cosmic powers of Nature, Arcana, and Divinity as well as their own gifted talents. While the setting is broad enough to support a...

Dark Mages are spellcasters who bypass the restrictions of Vancian magic by drawing upon their very own life force to power their spellcasting. As this magic draws from realms of nightmares, pain, and negative energy, their disciplines are banned in most lands and they organize in secret...

Drive-Thru RPG Store Page. The evil-aligned PC. The very phrase stirs many emotions: fear by the Dungeon Master, of players indulging in repressed fantasies; frustration from players, suffering from inter-party conflict; curiosity in all, of trying a subversion of the typical RPG story, where...

Dragonlance Dragons of Despair Cover Art, by Clyde Caldwell. With its strong emphasis on character development and plot, it’s no surprise that the Dragonlance setting’s more monstrous races got their fair share of personal expansion beyond dungeon-dwelling enemies. Draconians and minotaurs...

D&D by angiewolf of Fur Affinity. Sometime last year I reviewed the Delver’s Guide to Beast World. The initial concept is a D&D world dominated by anthropomorphic races, with a specialized social class of adventurers roaming the lands in customized wagons. Although not a pre-existing IP, it...

Location: The Biplanar Friendship Summit Edit: Removed AI art image. The bats of the Astral Sea are newcomers to the Beast World, with both discovering each other last year in 1364. The bats have taken well to exploring this strange new land, with some eager to prove themselves as guests with...

About a year ago, I wrote a review for a furry-themed campaign setting for 5th Edition, the Delver's Guide to Beast World. It entranced me with its in-depth world and neat ideas, and over time I began thinking of things to add into a potential campaign. After sprucing some of them up, I'm...

3.0 was the first Edition of D&D that I played. My exposure to TSR-era D&D came through OSR retroclones, and I played quite a bit of those along with some AD&D. I still play my fair share of 5th Edition and am not currently in any old-school campaigns, but I would definitely be up for doing so...