Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage is a hardcover adventure produced for use with 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons. The physical product is 320 pages packed full with detail after detail of 23 levels of the megadungeon under the Yawning Portal tavern in Waterdeep. My short take: This book contains a massive amount of information […]
D&D Ghosts of Saltmarsh? Yes Please!!
So this rumor is floating around that the next release for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons is a remake or re-envisioning of the Saltmarsh series – a.k.a. the Underwater Series from the old AD&D 1e days… That series includes U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, U2: Danger at Dunwater, and U3: The Final Enemy. I […]
How to Run a Megadungeon in D&D
Wizards of the Coast recently released Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, which features Undermountain, one of the most iconic locations in the Forgotten Realms setting. This location has a long history, seeing first publication in 1991 – just a couple of years after the publication of the 2nd edition D&D Player’s Handbook. It was […]
Inspiration (D&D) and Obligation (FFG)
Caution! This is a long post (almost 5400 words) and I don’t have any fancy art to break up the text monotony – sorry! But still, please read this if you want to know why I love the Obligation mechanic and don’t love the Inspiration mechanic. TL;DR I do not use the Inspiration mechanic in […]