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  • How to Play Icewind Dale's Mid-Game Boss like a Magical Superweapon
    Oct 7, 2020 by James Haeck

    Spoiler alert! Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden pits the heroes against a fearsome foe whose evil power could spell doom for the North. Here’s how to run this deadly encounter!

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  • Paladin 101: Oath of Vengeance
    Oct 5, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is the Oath of Vengeance, a paladin oath that channels wrath into divine retribution.

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  • Design Better Adventures Instantly with Outlines
    Sep 30, 2020 by James Haeck

    Blank page got you spooked? Whether you’re an overworked home DM or an overworked DMs Guild author, here’s one trick that’ll make your adventure-writing more efficient: start by outlining!

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  • Monk 101: Way of Shadows
    Sep 28, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is the Way of Shadows, a monk who can dissolve into darkness and fight and escape unseen.

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  • The Best Monsters From Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
    Sep 23, 2020 by James Haeck

    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is flush with over 50 cool new monsters. Take a look at some of the new creatures you can find in the frozen north!

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  • Creating Terror without Being a Jerk
    Sep 18, 2020 by James Haeck

    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is all about horror and eerie encounters in the snowy wastes. How can you make your players feel the horror without killing the fun?

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  • Character Ideas for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
    Sep 16, 2020 by James Haeck

    Are you making a character for your upcoming Icewind Dale campaign? Here are some great character options that you can use to thrive in the horrific cold!

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  • Buy Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden now on D&D Beyond
    Sep 15, 2020 by Todd Kenreck

    Buy Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden to start playing a chilling horror adventure. Beneath the unyielding night sky, you stand before a towering glacier and recite an ancient rhyme, causing a crack to form in the great wall of ice. Beyond this yawning fissure, the Caves of Hunger await. What fantastic secrets and treasures are entombed in the sunless heart of the glacier, and what will their discovery mean for the denizens of Icewind Dale?

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  • Encounter of the Week: Remorhaz Ruckus
    Sep 14, 2020 by James Haeck

    What’s cold on the outside and hot on the inside? The gigantic frost insect known as a remorhaz! If you ever feel the ground trembling beneath your feet while exploring a snowfield—run!

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  • Homebrew Horrors: Monsters of War
    Sep 9, 2020 by James Haeck

    Want new monsters? Come and get ‘em! Ride across the frozen fields of Icewind Dale upon a mammoth-of-war, face war parties on dragonback, and create your own war monsters using a brand-new monster template!

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  • Fighter 101: Eldritch Knight
    Sep 4, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is the Eldritch Knight, a fighter who can hurl fire just as easily as they can swing a sword.

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  • Spell Spotlight: Polymorph
    Sep 2, 2020 by James Haeck

    Spell Spotlight puts D&D’s most turbulent spells under a microscope. This time, we take a look at a spell that’s as iconic and wizardly as they come, the king of creative exploration and the czar of crowd control: polymorph!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Frozen Memories
    Aug 31, 2020 by James Haeck

    Encounter of the Week provides you with a full, free adventure that you can play as the days grow short and the weather grows cold! If you don’t have time to play a full Icewind Dale campaign, you can still enjoy the horrors await you in the ice…

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  • Druid 101: Circle of Spores
    Aug 28, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is a new subclass from Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica: a flourishing creator of decay, the fungal Circle of Spores druid!

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  • Epic House Rules: Talented Checks
    Aug 26, 2020 by James Haeck

    Expand your D&D game with new unofficial house rules. Try this method for speeding up gameplay: characters with certain skill or tool proficiencies automatically succeed on certain ability checks.

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  • Cleric 101: Light Domain
    Aug 24, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is a radiant warrior of the gods, the brilliant Light Domain cleric!

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  • Behold their Majesty! Three Brand-New Dragons from WizKids!
    Aug 19, 2020 by James Haeck

    Three new gargantuan dragons have swooped upon us from their dangerous lairs to add some style to your encounters. Check out the impossibly rare Sapphire Dragon, the fearsome and bestial White Dragon, and a deadly villain from the next D&D adventure: the Chardalyn Dragon!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Vanifer’s Repentance
    Aug 17, 2020 by James Haeck

    Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with the ninth and final part of this mini-series. The characters have trekked to the vast, frigid Reghed Glacier to meet your final parcel’s recipient: the repentant cult leader Vanifer!

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  • Bard 101: College of Eloquence
    Aug 14, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is a brand-new subclass from Mythic Odysseys of Theros: a silver-tongued orator from the bardic College of Eloquence!

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  • Eberron: Where to Begin
    Aug 12, 2020 by Keith Baker

    Eberron is an incredible setting filled with everyday magic, simmering war, alien monsters, and creatures from the Plane of Dreams itself. Go on a grand, pulp-adventure journey 'round the world, or engage in fantasy-noir investigations on the grimy lower streets of Sharn, City of Towers. Eberron's creator, Keith Baker, is here to show you the way!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Jarlaxle’s Reversal
    Aug 10, 2020 by James Haeck

    Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part eight of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have just explored the caverns within Kelvin’s Cairn—but upon returning to town, they hear a rumor that might send them right back up to the mountain’s peak!

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  • Barbarian 101: Path of the Battlerager
    Aug 7, 2020 by James Haeck

    Let’s take it from the top! Become a master of every subclass in D&D with Class 101. This week’s entry is a lesser-known warrior; the spikiest, angriest, dwarfiest warrior around: the Battlerager!

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  • Brand-New Digital Dice of Healing Free for D&D Beyond Subscribers!
    Aug 5, 2020 by James Haeck

    D&D Beyond subscribers rejoice! It's a brand-new, free set of digital dice for you to celebrate our third anniversary! Not a subscriber? Don't worry, if you subscribe this month, you'll get these dice too!

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  • Homebrew Horrors: Three New Hydras
    Aug 5, 2020 by James Haeck

    Want new monsters? Come and get ‘em! Let Theros and Icewind Dale combine with the frigid cryohydra—plus two other many-headed monsters: the magma-born pyrohydra and the verdant, spore-spawning floralhydra!

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  • Encounter of the Week: Chaos in Kelvin’s Cairn
    Aug 3, 2020 by James Haeck

    Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part seven of this ongoing mini-series. The characters have journeyed through ice and snow from Ten-Towns to a frigid peak, all to deliver one important package to an immortal man: Artus Cimber.  

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  • Artificer 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Making Magical Marvels
    Jul 30, 2020 by James Haeck

    Class 101 returns with a vengeance with this TRIPLE-SIZED guide to the Artificer class and all of its subclasses from Eberron: Rising from the Last War. Let this be your one-stop guide to playing and creating a fun, low-level artificer character.

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  • Encounter of the Week: Trek to Ten-Towns
    Jul 27, 2020 by James Haeck

    Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part six of this ongoing mini-series. The characters now travel on foot through ice and snow to reach the largest settlement in Icewind Dale, the town of Bryn Shander in Ten-Towns. Wanna meet a talking dragon skull? Now's your chance!

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