Gather. Laugh. Roll
Gather. Laugh. Roll
DM’s Corner
Grum’shar, the half-orc arcanist of the Xanathar Guild, gets a dedicated 5e stat block built for tactical urban encounters. Perfect for upgrading the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist sewer hideout and completing the Waterdeep Urban Faction Pack.
Lighting is one of the most powerful, and overlooked, tools for immersion at the tabletop. In this installment of Ritual at the Table, we explore how subtle changes in lighting shape attention, tension, and atmosphere during long-form RPG campaigns.
Player power in 5e doesn’t rise in a straight line — it jumps. Learn how to recognize when your campaign baseline has shifted and how to adapt without escalating into an arms race.
A psychic threat beneath Waterdeep forces the party to confront something far worse than steel. With Floon rescued and Trollskull Manor deeded into their care, Session 19 closes A Friend in Need and marks a pivotal transition in the Dragon Heist campaign.
Krentz and Zemk return with fully developed stat blocks built for tactical urban encounters in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Faction muscle that actually shapes the fight.
Before the music swells or the lights dim, someone rolls the dice. In this first installment of Ritual at the Table, we explore how weight, sound, maps, and physical tools shape consequence and immersion in long-form tabletop RPG campaigns.
At level 4, I gave my party rare-tier magic items and quietly rewrote my entire campaign. Here’s the framework I now use to design balanced magic items in 5e without shifting encounter math, collapsing attrition, or accelerating escalation.
In the sewers beneath Waterdeep, trust is tested, mercy is weighed, and the party finally finds Floon, just as the true power behind the Xanathar Guild reveals itself.
When the Redbrand Hideout stopped feeling like a dungeon and started responding like a faction, the standard stat block wasn’t enough.
The Redbrand Ranks bring structure, pressure, and scalable escalation to 5e bandits.
