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Essentially an expanded list of creatures qualifying for the "giant class" damage bonus. I also thought they got an additional weapon proficiency, but I see I misread that. Edit: I see that someone else already answered this!

As you probably know, Caldwell was quite infamous for his cheesecake art. If you look at his modern paintings, not much has changed! Regardless, I do think this is a particularly beautiful painting - one of his best. I notice that its featured prominently on his home page, so I think he must...

I think this was scheduled for the front page on July 2nd, so not sure why it has appeared here a few days early. All good - we'll treat it as a sneak preview :-)

It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features the second creature catalog, Solemnic Knights, and the ecology of the chimera! The cover art is by Clyde Caldwell. Titled "Female Ranger," it depicts a striking ranger accompanied by her fierce animal companion. It's a...

ChatGPT is getting pretty clever at images. I took the first image (from the cover of dragon 8) gave the following prompt, and got the image below it. take this image and redraw it in the style of a 1980s fantasy RPG cover, in an acrylic and airbrush style. remove all writing. Use saturated colours

I've been on Wegovy for about six months and have lost 16kg (35 lbs). Feeling better than I have for 20 years. My exercise at the moment is pretty much just weights, in order to maintain/rebuild muscle in my arms. Current workout is with a single dumbbell (17.5kg/39lbs). 3 sets each: 5...

Thank you for the responses - they've been most helpful. Someone asked for a definition of "prep." To my mind, it is dedicated time spent reading material and/or preparing notes for the upcoming session. A couple of minutes in the shower thinking about tomorrow night's game is not "prep" by...

There are people who claim to run D&D with zero prep (google "no prep D&D"). I was hoping to hear from someone who is actually doing it to see how they achieve it. It sounds like an interesting experiment.

Is anyone here running a zero-prep game of D&D (any edition or clone)? A game where you, as DM, just show up and start playing each session, and it results in a satisfying experience? If so, can you please explain your approach, tools, etc?

Yes, it does have those maps, but there's no map for the initial bandit camp, which is what got me a bit confused (specifically what side of the Ravine it was one). And the maps are all split up. A simple 2d map showing the entire location with a numbered key would have made all the difference.

This is the Free League version. I think the classes are pretty well done. Actually, I think the whole system is pretty well done, but above were some of the difficulties I had in my first play through.

I finally got around to playing The Lord of the Rings 5E last night. My regular D&D group is playing the sample adventure, "The Star of the Mist". We were using the version in D&D Beyond, which has some definite problems with the implementation. The most serious is that it lacks the new skills...

As others have noted, Asmodee still have the rights to some good RPG IP (Star Wars, Legend of the Five Rings, Arkham Horror, Genesys, and more). Assuming that's where Mearls is going, I'll be fascinated to see where he takes these games.

I like it to, and it was undoubtedly the most influential article coming out of this issue. Still, I wish they hadn't given alternate pronunciations and had just nailed their colours to the mast for each one.

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #93 in January 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features world crafting, high-level druids, and a fishy ecology! The cover is by Jeff Busch and depicts the transformation of a weretiger, with a real tiger standing guard in...

Yeah, they were certainly popular in my neck of the woods (Australia). They were seen as adult and literate in a way that a lot of fantasy was not. The tone was depressing and pace pretty slow. I read the first six books with decreasing pleasure. There were a few really epic scenes, but it was a...

When I started writing my Iskandar setting, I did a deep dive into real medieval societies. One thing I noticed was that holy days/fairs/festivals were really common and important in those societies, and none of the D&D games I'd run or played in ever reflected that well. I wanted to change...

Or... if the elves were baddies... it was in a cold, imperious, "don't bother us with your problems, mortal" sort of way. Not just plain hot-blooded murderers.