Damage Threshold for Spelljammers
Damage Threshold for Spelljammers like this one is new, but the concept of damage threshold in Dungeons and Dragons 5e is not. The rules for damage thresholds are listed in the Dungeons Master’s Guide on page 247: Damage Threshold. Big objects such as castle walls often have extra resilience represented by a damage threshold. An…
Lateral Regression: Part 1
[Begin Past Life Regression Transcript Excerpt] DR. THOMPSON: Now, imagine you’re walking down a flight of stairs. With each step you become more and more relaxed and at piece. Each step is sure and steady, but your concerns fall away 10…9…8…. and as you approach the bottom of the stairs, you can see a room.…
Mordenkainen Presents: Duergar and More!
The new Dungeons and Dragons supplement, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, reprints a large number of existing monsters with updated stat blocks. Here’s a review of who’s there and what’s changed. I will only list values that have changed, and traits/abilities that have been added or removed. If you’re looking for the first part…
Mordenkainen Updated Some Monsters
The new latest supplement for Dungeons and Dragons 5e, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (MPMM) reprints a large number of creatures from Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. My review of stat blocks is underway. I want to know how the changes will effect combat. Look for that work in progress…
Speedy Combat Encounters
Combat encounters in Dungeons and Dragons can easily last one and a half hours or more. The tactical combat lovers at your table will enjoy every minute of it. However, players who are more interested in role playing, exploration and world building may feel like getting back to other parts of the game as quickly…
Pangoliath: Community Monster #2
We wrapped up our second community monster, the pangoliath! This beasty is a gentle giant of the Feywild. It’s ancestors accidentally found there way into that mercurial plane of existence, and it seems they’ve thrived there. Their massive, scaled bulks hidden among the brambles, keep them safe from fomorians, hags and other nightmares of the…
Monster Point Buy
For as long as I’ve been creating NPCs for D&D 5e, I’ve really struggled with assigning stats. A lot of the time I would modify the stats of an existing creatures to make sure I kept them consistent with published materials. That made me feel like maybe I was just reskinning existing creatures more than…
DungeonTracts #2
