Santa character DnD 5e

Guide to Building Santa Claus Character: DnD 5e

When building Santa Claus in DnD 5e, the Druid Circle of Land is the best choice.  This is a fantastic character build for a friendly beer and pretzels night of Dungeons and Dragons 5e.  Naturally, you choose the Arctic Druid and base spells around Santa’s …

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write ranger characters in fantasy stories with wisdom and focus in mind

Guide to Writing a Ranger Character: Fantasy Archetypes

Rangers in the fantasy genre are professional adventurers.  Hunters, survivalists, and martially capable, the ranger is like a guide to other characters in the story.  However, whenever we write these woodland-loving characters, how can we enhance their backstories to something worth buying into? These characters …

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write a space story with these elements in mind

Let’s Write a Space Story

Writing a space story inherently means an exploration of the universe as an expanded idea of the world we inhabit.  No matter if the genre is hard sci fi or science fantasy, the idea of space exploration is a fundamental human thing.  It’s the same …

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Lets write a samurai or ronin character in a fantasy setting

Let’s Write a Samurai in Fantasy Stories

Writing a samurai or ronin character in fantasy stories takes the legendary figures of real-world Japanese history and placing them against a magical world.  They are defined by their skill with the blade and the discipline it takes to get that skill.  The warrior is …

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Guide to writing a necromancer character

Guide to Writing a Necromancer Character

Writing a necromancer character can vary depending on the culture, aesthetic, or character journey you are trying to develope.  Naturally, they make terrifying villains with the ability to summon undead hordes.  However, the archetype has a vast history of heroes and villains intertwined in its …

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write a paladin character with these archetypes

Guide to Writing a Paladin Character

Writing a paladin character includes internal struggle, discipline and courage.  They fight for something bigger than themselves, fully committed to their cause in thought and action. The paladin archetype as we know it today is basically just a Holy Knight—The Knights of the Round table, …

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best homebrew monster builds DnD 5e.

Guide to Building DnD 5e Homebrew Monsters

Building homemade monsters in Dungeons and Dragons 5e or any other TTRPG gives you an opportunity to customize your game with special villains and creatures with unique features.  If you’ve been running games for a while, you start to understand the mechanics and flow of …

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guide to building side quests DnD 5e

Guide to Building Side Quests: DnD 5e

Side quests can be refreshing—a change of pace during a long Dungeons and Dragons campaign.  You can throw them in here and there to give your players new challenges and play with their characters’ strengths and weaknesses.  Whether you need to bridge your story from …

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guide to building underwater campaigns in DnD 5e

Guide to Building an Underwater Campaign: DnD 5e

Underwater adventures in Dungeons and Dragons 5e can open a unique world of aquatic cities, monsters and landscapes for players to explore. When building an Underwater Campaign in DnD 5e, consider the following elements and prompts: How do the characters breathe? Underwater Combat Varying environments …

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Guide to Building a desert druid dnd 5e

Guide to Building a Desert Druid Circle of the Land: DnD 5e

When building and playing a desert druid Circle of the Land in DnD 5e, consider the following: Try lizardfolk, Arakocra or Loxodon Backstories of arid desert life—mystical origins Use animal forms with a desert theme Bonus Desert Spells Complementary Druid Spells Desert druids in DnD …

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