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 […]

Olmec (from Legends of the Hidden Temple) | For Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (with Design Notes)

This is a great request. It comes in as part of a contest I held recently to pick a special attack for the blutgeist monster I created here on the blog. The winner got to put in a request that appeared at the top of the request pile. Whoop whoop! And here’s what he asked […]

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 […]

Treant Playable Race | New Player Option for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (Updated 12/26/2018)

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 […]

Kitsune 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. Also, be sure to FOLLOW Felipe 5 Horas who jumped in to offer […]

Half-Mindflayer Playable Race | New Player Options for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

Today being Christmas, I decided to give the gift of marketing. Haha! Let me explain. Not too long ago I stumbled across the account of a hard-working artisan living in England with the Instagram handle @trayedandtested. She creates custom dice trays and dice bags. Really awesome stuff! Check out Aby’s (aka @trayedandtested) Etsy shop. Anyways, […]

10 Ways to Make Death Matter in D&D | the DM Lair [Video]

Except in the early levels, when a character dies in D&D, it’s usually not a big deal. Magic such as revivify and raise dead can be so easy to come by that resurrecting a dead PC is often a trivial matter. So, what can Dungeon Masters do if they want to make death matter in […]