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    • How to Play a Demon like an Engine of Chaos
      Sep 20, 2019 by James Haeck

      Demons are terrifying beasts that would like nothing more than to tear your soul from your body and gnaw on your still-beating heart. They’re monstrous, from top to bottom. How do you play this sort of senseless evil?

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    • The Dopiest Demons of D&D: MAD Magazine Sneak Peak!
      Sep 20, 2019 by Dan Telfer

      See a full 2-page spread from the upcoming MAD Magazine, Issue #10, in comic book stores on October 8th!

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    • The Harshest Reviews of Avernus Businesses
      Sep 19, 2019 by Dan Telfer

      When visiting the Nine Hells, be mindful where you spend your soul... er, money.

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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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