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It's fifteen pages, but a vast majority of the content is reminding a creator what is new. There are also revisions, name changes and format changes to track. https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/srd/guide/converting-to-srd-5.2.1.pdf

In the past D&D listed the Appendix N in the back. It was a large bundle of inspiring materials, absent from direct connections to various archetypes or concepts. Within Dragon magazine and various other essays official creators with TSR/WotC might share a more specific set of inspirations...

I've been playing with the idea that a Human should be able to take two Backgrounds. That would be their feature, which in 2024 means they get two Origin Feats (already the rule), two skills (one more than the standard Human) and a tool (one more than standard). Plus the added story, which...

Let's say you started play in a realm where there are tornadoes or hailstorms. Your characters level up to 5th level. Do those weather conditions get more severe because the group is now Tier 2? What would that mean for the town or village where they are? Would your heroes help the commoners...

Yes, the D&D movie was on Netflix previously (Canada, SE Asia/Pacific and some Europe), but Netflix makes its money and reputation in the US. They've spent some amount of money to get the US rights to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which releases in the USA on Feb. 26. It remains...

On a day with a new UA and a deep dive into 2025 Giants and a video about MagicCon's D&D presence, DnD Beyond also released a second Humblewood book. Humblewood Tales has light player options, and seems to be mostly adventure with setting material. Though I am interested in the Field Medic Feat...

One of the things that late-5e systems try to do better than the 2014 base model is making every monster interesting. In 2024 WotC D&D an example is the Ape, which now has a rock throwing ability. When perusing the Monster Vault from Kobold Press I went straight to the NPCs today. I've liked...

These weapons aren't about causing damage like a club. They're generally perceived in the Appendix N-ish literature to be light and/or finesse weapons that knock people unconscious. Well, due to hit points being that mush of meat and morale, that can't happen. So, let's say you had a 1d4...

The 2024 Ritual Caster feat is gated to level 4 and requires spell casting or pact magic to take it. How would an origin feat version of this need to be adjusted? I think there's space for a similar feat to tell the story of the not-quite caster who always has to have all of the accoutrements...

Up against powerhouses like Barbie and Spider-Man: Across the Universe it was D&D: Honor Among Thieves that won the Hugo as the best sci-fi/fantasy film of the last year. Honor Among Thieves was second in every round but the final one, finally surpassing Barbie. It currently sits as the 11th...

I'm playing D&D as a PC in my current primary campaign and my player role is as the notetaker (not mapmaker or treasurer). It's a role I've had before, mostly in my 1st era of TTRPGs in the late 80s and early 90s (D&D, GURPS, RIFTS, Paladium, Synnibar, Twilight:2000, Albedo, others). One of...

Yes, that's mindflayer based armor. Yes, that's a beholder robot sentinel. That's also probably an emote for the glowing d20. No, this makes no sense to me, but it looks cool

It's just a tease right now, but there's a beholder trying to breakout of a jail. More info next Tuesday.

Kobold Press is fully releasing this in the Player's Guide, but their not-Artificer seems to lean more into the skill monkey than the magic-maker https://koboldpress.com/tov-tuesday-mechanist-excerpt-from-the-tales-of-the-valiant-players-guide/

Anyone make and/or play a druid dedicated to the purifying nature of cataclysms (this may even be the druid version of an death knight)? They would be a druid that worships the power of tornados, quakes, volcanos, hurricanes/typhoons, ice storms,etc I think this is open space and could allow...

https://www.gamesradar.com/dungeons-and-dragons-2-chris-pine-interview/

Wizards of the Coast is releasing a new D&D novel series. This is unusual, as there haven't been many novels is the 5e era. In it a party of five adventurers travel together, adopt a party pet and you know -- all that traditional D&D stuff. AND YET There are websites out there insisting that...

The end of Critical Role 's relationship with WotC isn't nigh.

I'm a huge fan of Dragons of Wales. I just received my copy of Dragons of Deep Time, and was thinking I would love to integrate those dragons into my world. Now, my world is nearly ten years old and has featured traditional chromatic and some other dragons. But I like the concepts of the...

You probably heard of Onslaught, the skirmish game. This is Trials of Tempus, which blog Meeple Mountain calls D&D meets Hunger Games meets League of Legends. And I'm intrigued, but the standard edition is $100 US. The premium comes in at $200