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The Urban Ranger For D&D 5th Edition

This is part of my look back at the source books from 3rd edition to see what we can use in D&D 5th edition.

Back in 3rd edition there were four source books released which covered each of the classes in more detail and gave even more options.

They were:

  • Defenders of the Faith (covering Clerics, Paladins)
  • Masters of the Wild (covering Barbarians, Druids, and Rangers)
  • Song & Silence (covering Bards & Rogues)
  • Sword & Fist (covering Fighters & Monks)

Each of these books had new options and abilities that allowed players to grow their characters.

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Creating A Pantheon Of Gods For Dungeons And Dragons

It’s tme to create a pantheon of gods for your D&D campaign!

I was watching Matt Colville’s video on creating a panteon of gods today and while I admire Matt’s level of detail I really don’t know if 1) it was the best way to create gods, and 2) if anyone (other than Matt) has time for that.

So, I want to show you an alternative way of creating some gods – which I have for my own sandbox world.

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Skills In D&D 5TH Edition

Skills in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons are pretty limiting.

You get your allotted number of skills at first level, and they stay pretty static throughout the game; only really getting better when you level up and your proficiency bonus (slowly) increases.

I find this a little odd, given that in the real world a person can get better at a skill, and I don’t think it’s a great leap to think fantasy characters could as well.

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Using Random Encounter Tables To Add History To Your World

One thing that makes a lot of the great D&D world, like Forgotten Realms, so good is they a steeped in history.

And this history comes to life to such an extent that it impacts on current events.

This is something I have always liked and something I wanted to add to my new sandbox campaign world.

However, it can be difficult to come up with so much vivid history for your own world. Or you may be too worried about what is happening now to give it much thought.

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How To Easily Create Cool Stuff For Your Campaign World

I love creating new and interesting things for my sandbox campaign world – new nations, tribes, organisations, locations, whatever!

But sometimes my imagination lets me down and I get stuck with what to create next.

When this happen I like to do one of my favourite things to shake me out of the mental/creative block – character generation.

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