Matthew Rossi

We've talked about house rules before, and they are a big part of a DM's journey through learning how to run D&D games.

I know that's assuming you picked any up -- I actually didn't, myself, but I have been playing a lot of games this Holiday season.

In Diablo 3 Season 25, you'll be using the power of the seven Evils against them by collecting Soul Shards that contain a fraction of the Demon Lords' own power.

If you're playing Diablo 3's Season 25, you're probably already hard at work collecting Soul Shards, the Season-only gems that can be socketed in helms and weapons which grant powerful bonuses based on one of the seven Evils.

I am an ardent believer that not only is it fun to play a wide variety of TTRPGs, it can also improve your skill as a player or game master in every system you play.

Yes, this is purely my opinion, art and game quality are both subjective, others may prefer a different game. I know all that. I also know that I’ve now played quite a few Assassin’s Creed games, and for me, the best one hands down is Odyssey. It’s three years old and it’s still the one I play the most, by a long margin. I played and liked Valhalla — Eivor’s a cool protagonist, I have no beef with her — but for me Odyssey is absolutely my favorite of the entire series, and it’s not even close.

And since it’s nearly the end of 2021, I felt like a replay was in order. So I’m back flinging myself off cliffs, playing the new DLC for both Odyssey and Valhalla, and generally having a grand time doing it.

With people traveling everywhere right about now, I am struck by two thoughts.

Though it's still in development, the Paragon system in Diablo 4 will add a new way to approach character customization to the game with the Paragon Board. It builds on Diablo 3's Paragon system, where you start earning Paragon points at max level which you can spend to get a fixed bonus to certain abilities, giving you a way to keep progressing.

If you played Diablo 2 back in the day, you may already be familiar with the Ladder, but if Diablo 2: Resurrected is your first time playing the game, you may not know what it is or why it's cool that the Ladder is coming to the remake in patch 2.4.

If you'd have told me that they would be doing significant class balance changes to Diablo 2: Resurrected I would likely not have believed you.