Yearly Archives: 2015


D&D 5e: The Trouble with Friends

A conversation sprang up yesterday in my blog post about the Royal Sorcerer origin subclass. In that conversation, I was correctly called out for some shoddy design. Specifically, I gave the royal sorcerer the ability to make the friends cantrip cover its tracks with 100% effectiveness. This isn’t a good idea, […]


D&D 5e Playtest: Waterborne Adventures

Okay, I’m a month late to the game on this one, but I’ve only now found time to write about the most recent release from Unearthed Arcana: Waterborne Adventures. It’s a rules module for things that like water, but prefer to stay above it rather than in it. In particular, […]