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Interestingly the Cleric was designed to be what would later become the Paladin. They were mostly the original Gish, and were invented to fight a Vampire character and were based on the Song of Roland and Peter Cushing's depiction of Van Helsing in B-Rated horror movies. So the Cleric is...

Interestingly the Cleric was designed to be what would later become the Paladin. They were mostly the original Gish, and were invented to fight a Vampire character and were based on the Song of Roland and Peter Cushing's depiction of Van Helsing in B-Rated horror movies. So the Cleric is...

For the record, I think Curse of Strahd plays better if the Church of Lathander Morning Lord is just rewrittern to be a Fantasy Re-imagining of Gothic Literary Christianity.

For the record, I think Curse of Strahd plays better if the Church of Lathander Morning Lord is just rewrittern to be a Fantasy Re-imagining of Gothic Literary Christianity.

Yaarel, I want to agree 100% with what you said. However I also want to pose an idea. With this debate I am interested in how DnD 5E has decided in the Player's Handbooks and descriptions of Cleric Domains to only include those religions that are both European and accepted broadly by our...

Yaarel, I want to agree 100% with what you said. However I also want to pose an idea. With this debate I am interested in how DnD 5E has decided in the Player's Handbooks and descriptions of Cleric Domains to only include those religions that are both European and accepted broadly by our...

As a kid I hunted that book down like Ahab and the white whale. It kept getting mentioned in the Historical Supplements of 2nd Edition but I could never find it. I think it's interesting how enduring the choices made were. Take for instance the Celtic pantheon. All the pantheons are much more...

As a kid I hunted that book down like Ahab and the white whale. It kept getting mentioned in the Historical Supplements of 2nd Edition but I could never find it. I think it's interesting how enduring the choices made were. Take for instance the Celtic pantheon. All the pantheons are much more...

Which I've used, but that method has drawbacks, can't level with the party not at quite the right level doesn't have quite the right abilities isn't beefy enough to act in combat as a little extra bump So I think this article actually helps a lot, but needs to refine itself based on go...

I agree completely that this are more specific and can draw the focus away from the heroes. I really do like the flexibility of telling a story regardless of my party composition, or to allow me to introduce important characters that don't weirdly sit on the sidelines when facing important...

Did you get the higher level set? Because mind definitely had the Mind Flayer in it, used it in a session the other week.

We live in a golden age of cool accessories thanks to Kickstarter. Spell templates, spell effect markers, and flying stands for minis are some of those extras I don’t buy myself but would be thrilled to receive. Wooden deck/dice boxes are great, especially if you see them carting around ye olde...

I actually HAVE noticed that! At one point however they started calling four gospels (and even a few letters from the early church fathers as well as a number of Jewish scriptures) "the Bible" (greek for BOOK!) it's available in many bookstores. There are some scholars, and I include myself...

So for a non magic the gathering fan who knows nothing about Ravinca, what can longer term fans suggest DM's can expect in terms of crunch, I'm thinking specifically of DM's like me who tend to never play in an established setting but love cannibalizing anything they get their hands on. Classes...

Well neither were the Greeks re: faithful to their subject matter. I feel canon is definitely a Judeo-Christian concept because of the single book. Perseus' story gets changed around a lot. What I find most interesting about Clash of the Titans is how the put Thetis as the mother of Calabos. I...

Chrysaor was a giant or a flying boar, not a sword, he goes on to become the king of Iberia with the nymph Callirrhoe and fathers Geryon according to Hesiod.

I definitely felt this was a step back from Volo's Guide. I would have loved to have seen lairs for the different races (Elven manors, Dwarf holds, Githyanki floating bases), and maybe even hooks for how the heroes might get involved in these conflicts. The Eladrin NPC's are to me a HUGE...

I think 4th edition had it right, move away from Spelljammers as dealing with traveling between crystal spheres and instead make it a pathway through the Astral Sea to the outer planes. What I like about the spell jamming helms is that they do provide good resource attrition for the exploration...