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Aaron K
- May 6
- 4 min
5 Accuracies of D&D Weapons and Armor
"I've bashed the weapons and armor system in D&D in the past, but today I want to highlight 5 things that are accurate in the D&D system."
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Aaron K
- Jan 14
- 5 min
New: D&D Wizard Astrologer
"A student of the heavens, the astrologer is a wizened sage whose power is enhanced at night."
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Aaron K
- Dec 17, 2021
- 12 min
Top 10 Attack Cantrips
"Today we're reviewing all of the attack cantrips in D&D and ranking them from worst to best based on their performance in four categories."
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Aaron K
- Dec 10, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Way of the Seven Fonts Monk
"The Way of the Seven Fonts is the result of a research project into the Eastern concept of the chakras, and draws heavily from that."
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Aaron K
- Dec 3, 2021
- 9 min
Fixing the Barbarian Berserker
"It's funny how close the design team was with this subclass: things are going great and then boom: small thing makes it impossible to use."
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Aaron K
- Nov 26, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Faerie-Kin Sorcerer
Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! Today we're looking at a new sorcerer subclass, with a lineage that descends from a fey...
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Aaron K
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Death Knight Paladin
"Today we're looking at a subclass intended to be used as an NPC, but could be used by players if they are more evil-aligned."
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Aaron K
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Druid Circle of the Guardians
"The Circle of the Guardians marries martial prowess to natural magic to protect the Material Plane from extraplanar forces."
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Aaron K
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
New: D&D Bard College of Chanting
"Based on cultures that used oral traditions to pass on stories, the College of Chanting heavily draws from Homer and the bards of old."
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Aaron K
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Bloodstained Sorcerer
"This subclass is a 'lineage agnostic' sorcerer: you use the magic in your blood to power up your spells and unlock new magical abilities."
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Aaron K
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
New: D&D Blood Acolyte Cleric
"The Blood Acolyte is exactly what it sounds like: a person who serves a deity from any domain so long as the god accepts blood sacrifices."
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Aaron K
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
New: D&D Shinobu Rogue
"This is not 'the best rogue subclass,' but this will be the best subclass for playing a ninja in the game - from a certain point of view."
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Aaron K
- Sep 10, 2021
- 18 min
We Need More Illusion Spells!
"The number of illusion spells in the game are lower than other schools of magic. And that's unfortunate because illusion spells are cool."
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Aaron K
- Sep 3, 2021
- 13 min
We Need Better Necromancy Spells!
"For some reason, the game designers must not like the necromancy school of magic, because those spells just underperform at every level."
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Aaron K
- Aug 6, 2021
- 4 min
D&D Weapon Update
"The bigger issue with weapons in D&D, though, is that they just aren't as cool as spells, even once you factor in magic items."
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Aaron K
- Jun 11, 2021
- 5 min
New: D&D Artificer Stitchling
"Artificers are by nature tinkerers...but some tinkerers like to experiment with organic material, and the stitchling is the result."
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Aaron K
- Jun 4, 2021
- 7 min
Top 10 Starter Pack for Alphas
When you start as an alpha, your starting pack will be one CR1/4 creature, two CR1/8 creatures, or four CR0 creatures. You can tame others.
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Aaron K
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Investigation: The Unnecessary Skill
"The issue with Investigation is that it's a catch-all for many things, and thus becomes a default skill to replace other skills."
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Aaron K
- Apr 23, 2021
- 6 min
Fixing the Lizardfolk Race
"The problem is that it doesn't do a lot of the things you'd expect of a monster race, and a number of the features get outpaced quickly."
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Aaron K
- Apr 16, 2021
- 4 min
Fixing the Dragonborn Race
"We have things that need adjusting, but not actually that much: we need a better thematic presentation of the dragonborn."
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