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Skill Challenges in 5e Review

Prolific Dungeon Masters Guild writer and editor R P Davis has released Skill Challenges in 5e as a conversion of the Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition mechanic to the bounded accuracy of 5th edition. It comes complete with examples and a stat block of sorts. Looking for a structured system for handling complex investigations, challenging social interactions, or simply a way to measure the challenge difficulty of non-combat encounters to award experience points for something other than killing monsters? This is gonna be your jam.

Rating: Content 5/5 and Form 5/5

Pick up Skill Challenges in 5e at DMsGuild today.

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Baby Bestiary Index of Monster Traits and Stats

The Baby Bestiary by Metal Weave Games is a brilliantly inspired two-volume set (as of this writing) of cute and cuddly — and sometimes horrifically dangerous! — monsters that are perfect for rearing in the fantasy roleplaying game of your choice. I’ve created a shared Google Sheet that acts as an index for all of the monsters that appear across both volumes, lists their rearing traits for easy reference, and links to several monster stat blocks for your game of choice, whether it’s Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, Swords & Wizardry, or Pathfinder (1e)! Click below to check out the table.

Here’s the link!

Note that some of the monsters don’t appear in online SRDs, so you’re going to have to go to the official monster book of choice and find the monster or some equivalent. If you have ideas for cool variants and other references, post ’em in the comments below!

Gygax’s Legendarium: A Compilation of Original Articles, Essays, and Interviews

Gary Gygax was not an idle person. Outside of co-creating Dungeons & Dragons with Dave Arneson and becoming a driving force of the expansion of the game into later editions, he was a prolific article writer (see the pages of early Dragon Magazines!) and was more than happy to share his anecdotes, thoughts, and tales with friends and fans of all ages. Here then is a compilation of several of his earliest articles and a few later ones, alongside an interview and more. These were originally compiled as the Gygax Legendarium site, which has since gone dark.

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Rolled & Told #0 July 2018 Free Issue Review

Rolled & Told is a new monthly series of comics that are actually full-length, lovingly mapped and illustrated Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition adventures. Brilliant!

Rating: Content 4/5 and Form 5/5

Subscribe to Rolled & Told at Comixology or your favorite local comic book shop!

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How the Marvel Super Heroes Roleplaying Game Lives On

Let’s take a look at all the current superhero roleplaying games that proudly carry the flag of the mid-1980’s Marvel Super Heroes Roleplaying Game by cloning or remixing the much-loved ‘FASERIP’ game mechanics, creating a wild, nostalgia-fueled supers experience for modern gamers.

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