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The ongoing debate about the D&D 5e Ranger class has inspired me to take matters into my own hands and come up with a new, more fun and more satisfying class. My design goals are: Building a class that is meant to replace the Ranger class, which is why it borrows from the regular 5e Ranger...

D&D’s unique ruleset and multiple settings make it very easy to tell stories where characters from one universe end up somewhere else. One could say that Planescape and Spelljammer both offered ways to make that even easier. Have you ever tried anything like that? Is it something you’re...

Firearms, steam engines, clocks, explosives, siege weapons, automata: should "Level Up" include detailed rules about technology and science? What kind of stuff would you include? What should absolutely not be there? Should there be a Savant class? How would you balance science with magic?

If we're serious about getting rid of stereotyping and othering in Dungeons & Dragons, I think it's time to act on one of the worst offenders: the Monster Manual. In my opinion, there's nothing wrong per se about a book which lists opponents and adversaries. But let's call it what it is: a...

Thinking about the 5e PHB and how it’s trying to be as inclusive as possible to gamers of past edition, I’ve been wondering if it’s always the best idea. One example that springs to mind is the Half-Orc race. Apart from tradition, is there any reason to play Half-Orcs instead of Orcs? Orcs...

One of the most interesting aspects of 5E is that backgrounds have been turned into a core feature of character creation, almost on a par with classes and races. What's fascinating is that, thanks to that system, you could come up with fairly imaginative character concepts with little to no...

I've just posted on deviantART the portraits of the six main player characters in my current D&D campaign. ;) A male Human Paladin A male Dwarf Warlord A female Human Fighter A male Human Wizard A male Pookan Rogue A male Selenite Warlock Anyone else want to show us what their party looks like?

I've just opened a little gallery at deviantArt. You can find it here: http://the-mirrorball-man.deviantart.com/stats/gallery/ I've already posted a couple of fantasy characters from my D&D campaign, with more on the way. Any comment is appreciated and thanks in advance! I'm pretty new at that...