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    • Building Your Character to Survive and Thrive in Draconic Adventures
      Jun 26, 2025 by Damen Cook

      Do you want to survive a dragon's fury—or earn its favor? Explore thematic spells, feats, subclasses, species, and backgrounds for adventurers dealing with draconic foes and allies!

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    • Foray into a Frigid Lair in Dragon Delves’ Shivering Death Adventure
      Jun 17, 2025 by Damen Cook

      Navigate the lair of a vicious white dragon to find a lost ritual and end a searing heat wave! Will you negotiate, deceive, or battle your way through?

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    • Drop Your Barbarian from Orbit! Surprising Ways to Defeat Monsters
      Jun 13, 2025 by Damen Cook

      You don’t need to always outmuscle the foes when you can outwit them instead! Click here to learn how to succeed in your next encounter with manipulation, magic, and good old-fashioned physics.

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    • Explore a Fairytale Forest in Dragon Delves' Baker's Doesn't Adventure
      Jun 2, 2025 by Damen Cook

      Venture into a confectionary conundrum where secrets simmer beneath frosting and a mischievous gold dragon wyrmling needs your help. Baker's Doesn't is a fairytale-flavored mystery for level 3 characters with whimsy, wonder, and a dash of danger!

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    • Wizard 201: Best Spells for Wizards
      May 12, 2025 by Damen Cook

      With the unlimited potential of magic at their fingertips, which spells will your Wizard choose to adventure with? Click here to learn more about some useful, fun, and practical Wizard spells!

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    • Druid 101: Wild Shape Guide
      Mar 21, 2025 by Damen Cook

      Unleash your wild side with the Druid's Wild Shape feature! With so many Beast stat blocks to choose from, we break down some excellent options for all sorts of scenarios in your games.

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    • An NPC for Every Occasion: A Look at Humanoids in the New Monster Manual
      Feb 10, 2025 by Damen Cook

      From classic cultists to phenomenal performers, get a sneak peak at some of the 40+ Humanoid stat blocks in the new Monster Manual here!

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    • Challenge Your Party with High-Level Threats in the New Monster Manual
      Jan 20, 2025 by Damen Cook

      From world-ending threats to devious BBEGs—and potentially potent allies—the new Monster Manual has new high-level threats to face off against your players. Get a sneak peek at three of these powerful creatures here.

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    • Updating Your Campaign to the 2024 D&D Rules
      Dec 16, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Planning to switch your campaign to the new rules found in the 2024 Core Rulebooks? Check out our tips for a smooth transition here!

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    • Illrigger 101: A Guide to Building Your Hell Knight with MCDM's Devilish Class
      Nov 19, 2024 by Damen Cook

      MCDM's Illrigger class is now available on D&D Beyond! Learn more about this devious devil of a class and how to optimize their abilities here!

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    • 10 New Magic Items from the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide
      Nov 12, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Learn more about some of the new magic items and enchanted trinkets featured in the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide here!

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    • 10 More New Magic Items from the Dungeon Master's Guide
      Oct 29, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Rolling for loot will never get boring with over 400 magic items included in the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide. Learn more about new additions to this trove of treasures here!

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    • 12 Best Ranger Feats in the 2024 Player's Handbook
      Sep 24, 2024 by Damen Cook

      The Ranger is one of the most versatile classes, able to excel in exploration and combat, with a knack for healing, utility, and battlefield control magic to boot. Here's our pick for feats well-suited to the Ranger and their varied skill set.

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    • The 12 Best Feats for the Sorcerer in the 2024 Player’s Handbook
      Sep 13, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Enhance your innate magic with feats from the 2024 Player's Handbook! Click here to see our favorite picks for the Sorcerer class to get your imagination for character builds flowing.

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    • First Look: The 2024 Wild Magic Sorcery Sorcerer
      Jul 17, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Get ready to cause chaos with the Wild Magic Sorcerer from the 2024 Player's Handbook! Come take a look at how this subclass's signature abilities have been tweaked to ensure your spells erupt with even more unpredictable magic!

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    • 2024 Sorcerer vs. 2014 Sorcerer: What’s New
      Jul 12, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Channel the innate magic that runs through your veins in the new Sorcerer found in the 2024 Player's Handbook. Preview new and revised class features here, including four sorcerous subclasses!

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    • Go on a Heavenly Pursuit in When a Star Falls
      Jul 1, 2024 by Damen Cook

      Embark on a celestial quest to retrieve a star foretold in ancient prophecies in this first edition adventure—remastered for fifth edition!

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    • 2024 Ranger vs. 2014 Ranger: What’s New
      Jun 28, 2024 by Damen Cook

      The revised Ranger from the 2024 Player's Handbook makes greater use of their trademark spell Hunter's Mark, get spellcasting earlier, and a lot more. Get a first look here!

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    • Enter a Land of Whimsy and Mischief in Beyond the Crystal Cave
      Jun 13, 2024 by Damen Cook

      In this adventure from Quests from the Infinite Staircase, two rival families have settled a feud and now plea for your aid in bringing back two star-crossed lovers from the Feywild!

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    • Face Off Against the Cult of an Elder Evil in The Lost City
      Jun 3, 2024 by Damen Cook

      The Lost City adventure arrives to fifth edition in Quests from the Infinite Staircase! In it, an Elder Evil stirs in the bowels of a buried ziggurat. How will your party deal with its sinister influence on a lost civilization?

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