Category: Player Options

Path of the Pyromaniac | Barbarian Subclass for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

It’s late. I’ve eaten a cake that was in the disguise of a donut (thanks Hurts Donuts, Norman) and drank a lot of stale, three-hour old coffee. If you thought I made some goofy shit earlier today, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. This comes in as “kind of” a request from one of my Facebook […]

Tarrasqueborn Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Christmas Day, I threw out a bonus to my Patrons to let them request new races along with the Trayed and Tested promotional races. And here is what I got back: Qunari (from Dragon Age) Panda People Playable Tarrasques (this article) Playable tarrasques was something that I threw out to my Patrons as sort of a joke. […]

Shungmo (Pandafolk) Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (Updated 12/28/18)

Christmas Day, I threw out a bonus to my Patrons to let them request new races along with the Trayed and Tested promotional races. And here is what I got back: Qunari (from Dragon Age) Panda People (this article) Playable Tarrasques (seriously) The request for pandafolk had the following notes: I wouldn’t mind an anthropomorphic Panda race […]

Qunari Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Christmas Day, I threw out a bonus to my Patrons to let them request new races along with the Trayed and Tested promotional races. And here is what I got back: Qunari (from Dragon Age) Panda People Playable Tarrasques (seriously) After getting the other 6 races knocked out, it’s now time to turn to those […]

Archivist Domain | Cleric Subclass for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (with Design Notes)

Continuing the archivist series (just finished up the Bard subclass), I’m now moving on to the Cleric, which in many ways, seems like the most obvious choice for the Archivist subclass. Playtest Content The material here is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your campaign but […]

College of Archives | Bard Subclass for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (with Design Notes)

Recently, I created a full-fledged class option for the Archivist which felt a little funky to me in the end. So I thought I might change things up a little and turn the Archivist into subclass options for each class. Playtest Content The material here is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game […]

6 New Playable Races for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (Includes FREE PDF)

Christmas Day, 2018, I helped a fellow roleplaying creative boost her Instagram account. As part of this spontaneous promotion, I offered to create a new playable race for every 200 people that followed along with her page. And the results were astounding! In less than twelve hours, @trayedandtested went from 191 followers to 1,150. We […]

Half-Golem Playable Race | New Class Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Wow! Can you believe that @trayedandtested on Instagram got more than 1,000 followers yesterday? And that’s all because of you, the D&D community. So, as promised, I’ll be making a whole slew of new playable races for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. Also, be sure to FOLLOW Felipe 5 Horas who jumped in to offer up artwork, too. His […]

Fairy Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Wow! Can you believe that @trayedandtested on Instagram got more than 1,000 followers yesterday? And that’s all because of you, the D&D community. So, as promised, I’ll be making a whole slew of new playable races for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. Here is what is on the slate: Half-mindflayers (done) Kitsune (done) Treants (done) Fairies (this […]

Oni Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Wow! Can you believe that @trayedandtested on Instagram got more than 1,000 followers yesterday? And that’s all because of you, the D&D community. So, as promised, I’ll be making a whole slew of new playable races for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. Here is what is on the slate: Half-mindflayers (done) Kitsune (done) Treants (done) Fairies Oni […]