It is a collection of encounters and adventures themed around folklore in which players might encounter a mythological monster like a hag, harpy or medusa, only to discover their assumptions challenged as tropes are torn up.
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Superhero Week: This monk subclass lets you become Batman in D&D
Bat-Monk: The Way of the Bat is a D&D character class supplement available on the Dungeon Masters Guild from the Twitch streamer ActualJake.
$2 million and growing! Middara: Unintentional Malum
You would think that starting and concluding your Kickstarter video by reminding people that your first project was late, thwart with problems and that your backers had to be very patient would be an unwise tactic.
Dice Spice: D&D fans find an alternative use for a spice rack
It looks like something you might find at an alchemists shop.
A good look at Age of Sigmar: Soulbound’s Skyrigger
What challenges do you think Cubicle 7 face when it comes to making the tabletop roleplaying game?
Superhero Week: City of Mist starter set free at DrivethruRPG
It’s an RPG about gritty detectives in a world in which city folk have access to mythical powers.
Reinventing virtual tabletops: Talespire soars on Kickstarter
There’s a duopoly of virtual tabletops in the roleplaying world. There’s the browser-based Roll20 and the software-based Fantasy Grounds. A newcomer, a dark horse in the race, is the DrivethruRPG backed Astral and it is hard to say how they’re doing. There are two main reasons why this duopoly has formed. The first is due […]
Genre Police: Sir, Reality
‘That session was pretty surreal’ is a term that gets thrown around a lot in our games.
Cyberpunk dystopian D&D: A review of Carbon 2185
A review of the 5e powered cyberpunk Carbon 2185.
World of Revilo complete with 5e bestiary closes in on $20,000 Kickstarter target
‘D&D mundane’ races like humans, elves and dwarves are washing ashore in sufficient numbers for it to be having an impact on the land.
