So it really is no secret that I hate the THAC0 system with all of my heart. It is without a doubt the absolute worst part of 2nd Edition, and I celebrated at the day of its death.
A few times people have asked me why I hate THAC0 so much. The answer is… a lot of reasons, really.
But mostly, it just sucks.
Continue reading “Advancing Editions – THAC0: Thoroughly Hating Advanced Calculus 0!”
While “save-or-die” isn’t really what we’re talking about here, it sure makes for a catchy buzzword. But instead of that, we’ll be looking more generally at the evolution of the saving throw in general – from its humble and confusing beginnings to the modern day.
Also get the d20’s ready. When I say the old system is confusing, I mean like in the confusion spell. Hope you’ve got a good Wisdom save bonus.
Just as a note, it may take a year but by god do I follow up on my stupid title jokes.
Psionics is interesting, isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever seen something else so divisive in Dungeons and Dragons. I mean sure, people can argue about racial traits and ranger reworks, but psionics is where the arguments get real. Since the upcoming Tasha’s Guide to Everything looks to have multiple of those topics it should make the D&D social network quite… interesting.
Anyway it’s been a while since the last time I ended up out of my depth, so here we are!
Let’s talk psionics. Just don’t go mental on me, alright?
Magic is a tool like any other. It exists to be learned and mastered by those with the dedication, patience, and aptitude to do so. Many wizards embrace the diversity of magic and hone their skills in a favored school or technique.
But to the mage, a student of the School of Arcana, all magic is fair game. After all, why play favorites? No one school is better than another, but combined the possibilities are limitless.
Come learn the basics below, with the School of Arcana wizard!
Continue reading “School of Arcana Wizard – The Know-It-All Mage! (v3)”
To a god, belief is an acceptance of their philosophy and ideas, and also a confidence the god will still be there tomorrow. This faith is self-fulfilling; so long as you believe, the god will be. If you forget, then it won’t.
To a forgotten god, belief is something much different. It is the futile, desperate hope that things will change. Bereft of evidence or proof, belief is all that is left. To a forgotten god, belief is the hope that you will bring it back to life.
Remember more below, with the Forgotten God warlock!
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Welcome to a brand new series of exceedingly late reviews for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition sourcebooks! I mean, it’s only 31 years late, right?
First up we have The Complete Thief’s Handbook, a good ol’ guide to our favorite class, the thief rogue!
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I’m just joking about the artificer subclass… for now, at least.
So, you know how powerful wizards can scribble on paper and make it do crazy stuff? Alright, and bear with me here… what if we did that to your skin? Wouldn’t that be rad or what?
Have I ever done this before? Nah, but don’t worry about it. How hard can a tattoo really be?
Click here to follow through with the Path of Inks barbarian!
Continue reading “Path of Inks Barbarian – Next Up: Tattoo Artist Artificer! (v1)”
Oh no, it’s a skeleton! What do you do?
Well, if its just a skeleton then Turn Undead should be fine. But it could also be a particularly decayed lich, so that’d be bad news and you should run. Is it solid? It could be some sort of skeletal specter or something. And hey, does anyone actually know what mummies look like under all those bandages?
It could be anything! But no worries, it just killed you. Looks like it was a lich after all. Now are you going to come back as a zombie, or would it be more of a ghoul or ghast situation…?
Click through below to learn all about the common knowledge of undead!
Downsides to serving a coven of powerful hags:
1. Three shrill whispering voices in your mind, all disagreeing with each other.
2. Dream sequence visions from your Patrons play out like jump scares.
Upsides to serving a coven of powerful hags:
1. Free grandma candy!
Click through to find out more about the Horrid Coven warlock! Its not as bad as it sounds, I swear!
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Recently, my home game encountered a mind flayer. It’s a new campaign, and so far everyone is 1st level. Regardless, we all obviously know a mind flayer when we see one. It’d be hard not to!
But our characters are still 1st level. Would they know what an illithid is? And if so, how? I’ve read the mind flayer statblock a million times, but why would my sheltered young noble alchemist have even the slightest clue? Shouldn’t it just be a weird gross purple thing with tentacles?
There’s always been solutions to this, but it would be nice to have a more… specific sort of answer. So, to get to that, click on through below and learn all about common knowledge!
Continue reading “Common Knowledge – Roll-Enforced Metagaming!”