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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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    • New Player’s Guide: Send in Your Questions!
      Jul 24, 2020 by James Haeck

      New Player's Guide is taking a break. In the meantime, we want to hear from you. What questions should we answer next on New Player's Guide when it returns?

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    • Encounter of the Week: Shelter from the Storm
      Jul 20, 2020 by James Haeck

      Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part five of this ongoing mini-series. The characters land in the port of Fireshear and make a pit stop at an inland town on their journey to Ten-Towns and the lands of Icewind Dale.

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    • New Player’s Guide: Customizing Spells
      Jul 17, 2020 by MellieDM

      Learn how to modify spells to tailor your D&D experience to the needs of your group. Want an iceball spell instead of a fireball? What if cure wounds were a wizard spell? Learn the basics of homebrew in this installment of New Player's Guide!

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    • Worldbuilding with Magic
      Jul 15, 2020 by James Haeck

      What spells are common in your world? How many high-level magic-users are there? Ask yourself these questions to reveal surprising information about your homebrew campaign setting!

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    • Encounter of the Week: Evil on the Icy Sea
      Jul 13, 2020 by James Haeck

      Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part four of this ongoing mini-series. While returning to the port town of Fireshear, a giant skeletal shark bursts forth from the icy sea and tries to take down their ship!

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    • New Player’s Guide: How to Homebrew on D&D Beyond
      Jul 11, 2020 by James Haeck

      So, you’re a player or a DM who wants to go beyond the rulebooks and create your own subclasses, races, feats, magic items, monsters, and spells? It will take some creativity, but D&D Beyond is here to help you do it with ease. Here’s how.

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    • Encounter of the Week: Ambush at Aurilssbarg
      Jul 8, 2020 by James Haeck

      Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part three of this mini-series of adventures in Icewind Dale and the Sword Coast North. The characters come to the island town of Aurilssbarg and discover that they are being hunted by a shadowy killer with a shocking past!

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    • Worldbuilding with your Players
      Jul 1, 2020 by James Haeck

      Why leave all the work of worldbuilding to the Dungeon Master, when you could share the load with yours? Dungeon Masters willing to let go of a little creative control over the campaign setting can actually make their game more fun and immersive by worldbuilding with their players! Here’s how.

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    • Encounter of the Week: Frost and Fear in Fireshear
      Jun 29, 2020 by James Haeck

      Prepare for Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden with part two of this mini-series of adventures in Icewind Dale and the Sword Coast North. The characters arrive in the coastal town of Fireshear, and discover that their first package delivery might be more complicated than they expected.

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    • Spell Spotlight: Healing Word and Spiritual Weapon
      Jun 24, 2020 by James Haeck

      Spell Spotlight puts D&D’s most turbulent spells under a microscope. This time, two mighty low-level spells that form the core of many clerics’ offensive and defensive powers.

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    • Encounter of the Week: Icewind Mail
      Jun 22, 2020 by James Haeck

      The new D&D adventure is a fantasy horror story set in the frigid land of Icewind Dale. This Encounter of the Week series is a dark comedy that helps introduce your players to.

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    • Returning to Icewind Dale in ‘Rime of the Frostmaiden’
      Jun 19, 2020 by Todd Kenreck

      Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme

      Chris Perkins discusses the challenges of returning to Icewind Dale and what parts of the book have him most excited.

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    • What are Ten Towns & the Frostmaiden?
      Jun 19, 2020 by Todd Kenreck

      Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme

      Chris Perkins discusses the frontier settlements known as Ten Towns and sheds some light on the icy goddess who is plaguing them - Auril the Frostmaiden.

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    • Features of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - D&D Beyond
      Jun 19, 2020 by Todd Kenreck

      Pre-Order Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden on D&D Beyond to unlock pre-order rewards, including digital dice: https://dndbeyond.link/RIme Chris Perkins discusses some of the features in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, and hints at new magic items and spells in Dungeons and Dragons latest official adventure.

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