Category Archives: Dungeons & Dragons

What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part Two

Okay, let’s tackle the next part of the recent Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin. We touched on Druids in the last post, so I swear a sacred Oath that I will now cover the Paladin! Let’s smite this thing. Dead Levels and the Commentators Who Reference Them I received a few comments about the terminology of “dead

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part One

Yes, I’m lagging behind with this First Impression of the most recent Unearthed Arcana in the One D&D Playtest. Not only did I get busy breaking down the individual chapters in Keys from the Golden Vault, but it was also a bit of a challenge getting back in the swing of One D&D after the January of Broken Dreams. Plus,

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What Do I Know About Books? Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves-The Road to Neverwinter

If you are in the United States, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a live-action D&D movie, is set to arrive in theaters March 31st, 2023. Thank goodness this is the first live-action D&D movie we’ve ever gotten. Yeah, I know. I don’t want to erase one of Jeremy Irons most over-the-top performances (although if you want to see Jeremy

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Conclusion (D&D 5e)

We’ve reached the end of the book, so it’s time to look back over everything inside and make some broader observations. One of the things that I wanted to address right up front is that I noticed a lot of skepticism about this book online. Much of it was criticizing the concept without actually addressing the execution. There are other

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Thirteen (D&D 5e)

We’ve finally come to the end, the final adventure in this anthology, Fire and Darkness. Suitably, the PCs get to attempt to steal something famous. In this case, they will be sneaking into an efreeti warlord’s fortress, past fiends and dragons, to steal the Book of Vile Darkness. This final adventure in the anthology is for 11th-level characters. Spoiler Warning

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Twelve, (D&D 5e)

The Feywild is the next stop on our tour of the adventures features in the Keys from the Golden Vault anthology series, Party at Paliset Hall. This time around, the PCs get to steal a potentially very dangerous necklace from a retired elf adventurer during a Winter Solstice event. This adventure is for 10th-level adventurers. Spoiler Warning Of the 100%

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Twelve (D&D 5e)

Everyone get aboard, because this next adventure, Affair on the Concordant Express, is a railroad. Okay, not really in the sense that you have no agency. Only in the sense that it’s set on a train that travels across multiple planes while building and disassembling its own tracks as it goes. This adventure from Keys from the Golden Vault is

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Eleven (D&D 5e)

The next stop on our tour of the adventures in Keys from the Golden Vault is another 8th-level adventure, Heart of Ashes. The PCs will be trying to steal something, but there is a whole lot going on, meaning that the description of the job leaves a lot left to the imagination. Spoiler Warning As with the other adventures I’ve

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What Do I Know About Reviews? Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Ten (D&D 5e)

This next adventure is categorized in the description as a “reverse heist,” and if you have read through Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, the location of this adventure might be familiar. Shard of the Accursed is the first of two 8th-level adventures presented in this anthology. Spoiler Warning As with the other adventures I’m looking at, you may find out

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