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  • How to Play a Devil like a Lawyer from Hell
    Sep 18, 2019 by James Haeck

    Devils rejoice in spreading evil throughout the Material Plane with their malicious contracts and deceptive deals. Even in Avernus, where the Blood War rages eternal, mortals must keep their wits about them.

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  • Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is available NOW on D&D Beyond!
    Sep 17, 2019 by Todd Kenreck

    Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is available NOW on D&D Beyond! Become embroiled in a plot that sprawls from the shadows of Baldur’s Gate to the front lines of the planes-spanning Blood War in this adventure for the world's greatest roleplaying game!

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  • Heroes of the Vale – Chapter 2 Episode 12: Mind Blast
    Sep 17, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    Five friends reunite to try and fix what has gone wrong, and save the world from Mind Flayers in the process!

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  • Nightmare NPCs: Shopkeep Inferno
    Sep 17, 2019 by Dan Telfer

    Time to show your players who’s boss by nuking a bunch of lore and making them watch in slow motion.

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  • Road to Baldur’s Gate Wrap-up: Avernus or Bust!
    Sep 16, 2019 by James Haeck

    We’ve reached the end of the Road to Baldur’s Gate. With Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus so close you can taste it, it’s time to think of how you’re going to tie your road trip campaign into the hardcover adventure.

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  • Harper’s Tale is a Fantastical Adventure that Fights Cancer
    Sep 16, 2019 by James Haeck

    From the pens of D&D freelance writers comes a story made in the honor of Harper, a girl who battled cancer and is now in remission. Fight against a terrible plague—and feel good about it, as all proceeds are donated to fighting cancer!

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  • The True Master of Dungeons
    Sep 13, 2019 by DC

    You may be the Dungeon Master, but how can you actually become a masterful DM, the kind that runs legendary games of D&D? 

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  • Nightmare Tavern: The Groaning Leviathan
    Sep 12, 2019 by Dan Telfer

    It’s painful when adventurers behave badly at the tavern. So let’s make this a very painful tavern.

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  • Heroes of the Vale – Chapter 2 Episode 11: Tiny Soldiers
    Sep 11, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    In a world on the brink of war, five friends reunite to try and fix what has gone wrong.

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  • Scumbag Alignments: Lawful Petty
    Sep 10, 2019 by Dan Telfer

    Modern times demand flexible alignment. Let’s add some new ones to the list, and start by making one that's petty as hell.

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  • Encounter of the Week: Fight to the Death
    Sep 9, 2019 by Ashley Warren

    What happens when two immortal undead are locked in a battle to the death? And what happens when a group of unwitting adventurers disturbs their eternal duel? In this encounter by Ashley Warren, your party must face the bitter cold and put an end to a tragic curse.

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  • A Grandmother's D&D Character That Will Never Be Forgotten
    Sep 6, 2019 by Todd Kenreck

    We talked with Antoine H. to learn more about his D&D-loving grandmother, her forest gnome druid Terminatur, and how their times adventuring in the world of D&D brought them closer together.

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  • Heroes of the Vale – Chapter 2, Episode 10: Forty-Two Seconds
    Sep 4, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    In a world on the brink of war, five friends reunite to try and fix what has gone wrong.

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  • Fantasy and Comedy: Part One
    Sep 3, 2019 by Dan Telfer

    Ah yes, fantasy and comedy, two great catharses that taste great together. (Catharses is plural for catharsis, we didn’t make it up.)

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  • Barbarian 101: Path of the Totem Warrior
    Aug 30, 2019 by James Haeck

    It’s time to go beyond the Basic Rules. In this week’s Class 101, we examine the Path of the Totem Warrior, a barbarian subclass from the Player’s Handbook. 

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  • Adapting Other Genres to D&D
    Aug 28, 2019 by James Haeck

    Curse of Strahd adapted the thrills and chills of Gothic Horror to D&D, and the upcoming Eberron hardcover is giving D&D a realm of post-war arcane noir. How can you adapt your favorite fiction genre to the fantasy stylings of D&D?

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  • Heroes of the Vale – Chapter 2, Episode 9: Personal Demons
    Aug 27, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    In a world on the brink of war, five friends reunite to try and fix what has gone wrong.

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  • Encounter of the Week: River of the Damned
    Aug 26, 2019 by James Haeck

    With the adventurers on the run from Elturel, the Road to Baldur’s Gate just got a bit more dangerous. The fastest path to the Gate is down the mighty River Chionthar, but this river of gold may soon become a river of the damned.

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  • Wizard 101: School of Evocation
    Aug 23, 2019 by James Haeck

    In this week’s class 101, we examine the iconic School of Evocation, and use it to build an explosively powerful wizard!

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  • Character Creation and the Importance of Frontstory
    Aug 21, 2019 by DC

    A tale of creating characters with one foot in the past, or with two feet firmly in the present. Also known as the Timeless Epic of Chungus and Grungus.

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  • Heroes of the Vale – Chapter 2, Episode 8: Dragonflayer
    Aug 20, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    In a world on the brink of war, five friends reunite to try and fix what has gone wrong.

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  • PAX West Caricatures Giveaway
    Aug 20, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    We've teamed up with the folks at Idle Champions to bring you a giveaway that could win you a customized caricature drawing!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Escape from Elturel
    Aug 19, 2019 by James Haeck

    The holy city of Elturel is known as a refuge for the good people of the world. It is a bulwark against corruption and chaos—whether it come from the wilderness of the Western Heartlands or the crime-infested streets of Baldur’s Gate.

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  • Reimagining Racial Ability Scores
    Aug 14, 2019 by James Haeck

    How do you improve D&D’s races? Here’s one way for you to try at home: cut out the restrictive ability score modifiers and put them somewhere else!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Crisis in the City of Caravans
    Aug 12, 2019 by James Haeck

    Scornubel, the City of Caravans, is one of the last stops on the Road to Baldur’s Gate. Unfortunately for the travelers, trouble seems to find them wherever they go. Whatever deviltry is at work in Elturgard is alive and well in Scornubel.

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  • Dungeons & Dragons Behind Bars
    Aug 9, 2019 by James Haeck

    A Kickstarted documentary goes into the US prison system to explore its thriving D&D subculture—and the lengths some inmates have to go to in order to play.  

     

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  • Tales of Glory: A Primer on Narrative Combat
    Aug 7, 2019 by DC

    How can you make your combat encounters less of a grind and more of a storytelling experience? DC, designer of Mutants in the Night and plot ARMOR is here to help you craft thrilling narrative combat encounters in D&D!

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