Before the dice even roll, take time to figure out who your character really is. Go beyond just subclass, alignment, and race, though these can be helpful guiding principles.

As someone who’s favorite hobby is pouring a stiff one, turning on Buffy, and scrolling through DMs Guild during their spare time, I feel uniquely qualified to speak on this topic.

There are ten parts to making a character in Draw Steel: Think, Ancestry, Culture, Career, Class, Kit, Free Strikes, Complication, Determine Additional Details, and Make Connections.

The concept of “professional Dungeon Master” has been around for years now, but I still get one question whenever my career comes up: who would pay to play Dungeons & Dragons? 

Part of what makes this system great is how easy the character creation process is. It contains enough complexity to allow for fun build options, but is simple enough to not overwhelm the player with too many options and descriptions.

Making your Daggerheart character is not dissimilar to other fantasy tabletop systems with which you might already be familiar.

Wizards of the Coast released its long-promised SRD incorporating DnD 2024 rules. It also clarified how Temp HP spells and Conjure spells are supposed to work. As for business, tariffs are said to have little impact on DnD. Finally, Evil Hat announced an expanded… expansion for Blades in the Dark.

Here are some fun, friendly, and casual ways to get your friends to play Dungeons & Dragons.