Matthew Rossi
How to use material from previous editions of Dungeons and Dragons in your 5e campaign
I have been playing D&D for a long time and I've loved a lot of adventures and campaign settings over the years, but of course, some of that material has never been converted to more recent editions.
Upcoming Guide Mentor System has new requirements in the Shadowlands beta
The idea of a system that connects experienced players who want to help and newer players who could use the help is a pretty good one, and that idea is one coming to Shadowlands with the Guide Mentor System.
Shadowlands changes how secondary stats scale on gear
Gear scaling is always an issue at the end of every expansion, and has been for a long time -- the very concept of ratings for secondary stats like Crit, Haste, and so on was brought in to fix an issue where items that granted a flat percentage to a secondary stat remained good indefinitely.
What’s the best approach to gearing up in World of Warcraft?
Should we use a token system, like the ones coming in Shadowlands?
Set bonuses we think might be fun to see on Heirlooms when they lose their XP bonus
So I'm still thinking about those Heirloom set bonuses coming in Shadowlands -- or at least the pre-patch for it, when the level squish is slated to happen.
Castle Nathria shakes up raid loot with weapon tokens replacing weapon drops
The latest Shadowlands build includes a pretty significant change to gear drops in raids: instead of weapon drops, there will be tokens you can turn in for weapons of your choice. These tokens are called Anima Spherules, and they can be turned in at your Covenant Sanctum for weapons and offhand items.
The Queue: Dwarf girl with axe
Today’s Queue uses a header image from Dusk, it’s a picture of my Dwarf Barbarian Ristana oc Kaltjarn, whose friends call her Rista. She enjoys cold weather, has a polecat for a pet, and her glowing greataxe tends to disintegrate things she kills with it. I’m showing y’all her art because the last month has just sucked so so much, my cats are sick, my life is a continuous series of dumpster fires and I’m just trying to distract myself.
This is the Queue.
The many styles of roleplaying in tabletop RPGs
I run games a lot more than I get to play them, so when I do get to play, I tend to RP as hard as I can.
Images of Diablo 3 from Blizzard North’s original development show a much darker game — but that doesn’t mean it would’ve been better
If Blizzard North, the original developers of the Diablo series, had completed their version of Diablo 3, it would have been a different game.
The best way to make use of Diablo 3 Season 21’s double caches
Diablo 3 recently buffed up Season 21 with an extra seasonal bonus that should leave you rolling in loot.
