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  • Heroes of the Vale Recap Ep 3 "Fire and Ruin"
    Jan 29, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    A mysterious comet has brought misfortune to Nentir Vale, and heroes must band together to survive the dangers of this forgotten land. A new friend joins the heroes in their fight with Ruin!

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  • Live Interview with Mark Hulmes on Todd Talks at 12pm Pacific Time
    Jan 28, 2019 by Todd Kenreck

    Todd talks with Mark Hulmes about his player and Dungeon Master tips at noon on D&D Beyond's own Twitch channel. 

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  • Encounter of the Week: The Hungry Xorn
    Jan 28, 2019 by James Haeck

    Encounter of the Week brings you a brand-new D&D encounter every week! This week, the characters encounter a xorn—a bizarre creature of elemental earth. This shale-scaled mass of claws and teeth could be a dangerous foe, but it might be able to help the party if its hunger is satisfied. What’s it hungry for? Why, only the finest gemstones!

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  • Critical Role Spotlight: Episode 49
    Jan 25, 2019 by James Haeck

    Critical Role Spotlight is a series of DM and player tips based on the events of this week's episode of Critical Role! Learn from the glowing successes and hilarious mistakes of the Mighty Nein and their illustrious Dungeon Master. This week, we shine a spotlight on the reincarnate spell, with an alternative table that includes all current playable races.

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  • Failing Forward: Losing Without Ending the Campaign
    Jan 24, 2019 by James Haeck

    So the party screwed up. Bad. For players and DMs, this seems like a nightmare scenario. How can the campaign go on after a devastating loss? Here's what to do.

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  • Heroes of the Vale: Episode 3 Fire and Ruin
    Jan 23, 2019 by Todd Kenreck

    Heroes of the Vale returns today with Todd Kenreck now for TJ Storm, Hope LaVelle, Adam Bradford, Lauren Urban and new cast member Jennifer Kretchmer. 

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  • Heroes of the Vale Recap: Episode 2 "King For A Day"
    Jan 22, 2019 by Lauren Urban

    A mysterious comet has brought misfortune to Nentir Vale, and heroes must band together to survive the dangers of this forgotten land. They've been sent to Kiris Dahn on a quest to find and recapture Ruin, but this town holds many secrets!

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  • Encounter of the Week: The Lost Minotaur
    Jan 21, 2019 by James Haeck

    Encounter of the Week brings you a brand-new D&D encounter every week! This week, the characters encounter a minotaur... in an open field? Without a maze to guide it home, this creature is lost and confused! Will they help this creature, or attack it while it’s confused?

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  • Critical Role Spotlight: Episode 48
    Jan 18, 2019 by James Haeck

    Critical Role Spotlight is a series of DM and player tips based on the events of this week's episode of Critical Role! Learn from the glowing successes and hilarious mistakes of the Mighty Nein and their illustrious Dungeon Master. This week: learn how to make memorable NPC patrons!

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  • A Hero’s Welcome: Making Your Characters Feel Good about Saving the World
    Jan 16, 2019 by James Haeck

    NPCs can sure feel like ungrateful jerks sometimes, huh? The characters went out of their way to save the village, the city, the temple, the kingdom, even the entire WORLD, and people still treat them like dirty tomb-robbers—or worse, ignore them! Let’s figure out how to make saving the realm mean something.

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  • Learn about the Boros Legion in 'Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica'
    Jan 15, 2019 by Todd Kenreck

    Today, we are talking with D&D's Ari Levitch about the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica and the Boros Legion. They are so devout to the concept of justice that if they have to, they will even break the laws of Ravnica.

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  • Encounter of the Week: The Dying Unicorn
    Jan 14, 2019 by James Haeck

    Encounter of the Week brings you a brand-new D&D encounter every week! This encounter is ready made to be dropped into a session of your home game, and focuses on one or more of the three pillars of D&D: combat, exploration, or social interaction. This week, the characters find a pool of shadows and encounter a unicorn in peril. Save it in time and they may find an ally. Linger too long, and the shadows may overtake this creature of light.

     

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  • Critical Role Spotlight: Episode 47
    Jan 11, 2019 by James Haeck

    Critical Role Spotlight is a series of DM and player tips based on the events of this week's episode of Critical Role! Learn from the glowing successes and hilarious mistakes of the Mighty Nein and their illustrious Dungeon Master.

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  • How to Play a Giff like a Bombastic Bombadier
    Jan 9, 2019 by James Haeck

    After my appearance on Dice, Camera, Action as a giff with James Introcaso, I’m raring to share my love for these spacefaring hippo-people with the world. Read on for giff roleplaying tips, enemy tactics, and even a super-duper unofficial giff race for players.

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  • Encounter of the Week: The Abandoned Festival
    Jan 7, 2019 by James Haeck

    This new series brings you a brand-new encounter that focuses on one or more of the three pillars of D&D: combat, exploration, or social interaction. It could be as small as a single character or scene, or it be as large as a five-room dungeon that inspires a complete adventure! This week, the characters find the grounds of an abandoned New Years’ festival, and must use their wits to puzzle out what happened.

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  • What Might Be Next for D&D in 2019?
    Jan 4, 2019 by James Haeck

    We're living in a golden age of D&D! Let's look backward to look forward: what new books, games, and accessories can we predict Wizards of the Coast and their partners will publish this year?

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  • Adjudicating Edge Cases in Theater of the Mind
    Jan 2, 2019 by Michael Shea
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  • Critical Role Recap: Episode 46
    Dec 21, 2018 by James Haeck

    Catch up with the latest adventures of the Mighty Nein in our recap of last night's Critical Role episode!

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  • Using Abstract Maps
    Dec 19, 2018 by Michael Shea

    Take a step back from tactical combat and try these alternate ways to create more abstract maps for your theater of the mind games.

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  • Warlock 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Eldritch Might
    Dec 17, 2018 by James Haeck

    Warlocks gain power by making pacts with supernatural entities. Whether they’re making a deal with the devil, bargaining with an archfey, or stealing the power of a slumbering old god, warlocks are always close to power. Sometimes too close.

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  • Critical Role Recap: Episode 45
    Dec 14, 2018 by James Haeck

    Catch up with the latest adventures of the Mighty Nein in our recap of last night's Critical Role episode!

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  • D&D Beyond Dev Update with Adam Bradford
    Dec 13, 2018 by Todd Kenreck

    Adam Bradford answers questions, gets excited about upcoming content, and more! It's the last Dev Update of the year!

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  • How to Run Combat in the Theater of the Mind
    Dec 12, 2018 by Michael Shea

    We show you how to run combat in a theater of the mind game in Dungeons & Dragons.

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  • How to Tell a Story in Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
    Dec 10, 2018 by James Haeck

    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage doesn’t have a singular story to tell. It’s a sandbox megadungeon filled with the pieces of a story that you get to put together in any way you want. If that sounds like too much, read on. It’s not as challenging as you think.

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  • 'Heroes of the Vale Episode 2: King for a Day'
    Dec 7, 2018 by Todd Kenreck

    Watch our noble adventures in "Heroes of the Vale Episode 2: King for a Day" on YouTube.

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  • Critical Role Recap: Episode 44
    Dec 7, 2018 by James Haeck

    Catch up with the latest adventures of the Mighty Nein in our recap of last night's Critical Role episode!

    Read More
  • Critical Role Recap: Episode 43
    Dec 6, 2018 by James Haeck

    Catch up with the latest adventures of the Mighty Nein in our recap of last night's Critical Role episode!

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