D&D

Hey, Matt?

The greatest power in Dungeons and Dragons -- in most tabletop roleplaying games -- is the dice.

That's right, the Blizzard Watch team once again we braved the virtual tabletop — complete with a 20 minute delay as the DM tried to figure out Roll20 — to play D&D and explore an ancient volcano lair.

Playtest content in Dungeons and Dragons — or Unearthed Arcana — is a lot of fun because it provides new options for everybody to explore and gives you a peek into what's coming out for D&D before it gets a book release.

Update: The game is over, but you can catch the replay on Twitch and it will be up on Soundcloud for podcast listeners soon.

We've talked a bit about how to run a D&D game, and we'll likely talk about it again, but since we've featured several Unearthed Arcana supplements and talked about books like the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, it feels to me like time to discuss a somewhat sensitive topic that every D&D group eventually confronts.

If you remember our Dungeons and Dragons Classes 101 roundup, we're using the same format here for our overview of the various races one can play.

This week our tabletop gaming crew dove back into D&D, but instead of more clone adventures in the Riatan our adventurers found themselves in the town of Last Hope in a Weird West one shot adventure.

When creating your character in Dungeons and Dragons, the first two major decisions you face are choosing your race, and choosing your class.

Before I even get started on this, let's be clear -- while I love Dungeons and Dragons, there are things it does not do as well as other game systems.