Justin Stewart

Demons are demons, right? Monsters from Hell, the Abyss, or whatever else you want to call it. What more is there to know? Well, the lore of D&D has demons operating differently than most other depictions of demons in the fantasy world, and in this DnD demons guide, we are going to break them down. […]

One of the coolest powers that your spellcasters in 5e can have is the ability to use psychic abilities to read minds. It’s not throwing fireballs around and not summoning elementals from the depths of the earth, but rather getting inside your enemy’s head and seeing what you can do to mess them up from

Whenever you hear about this spell, or even see its name, you might start thinking about the whole ‘Bring Out Your Dead’ scene from Monty Python. This spell is almost the same, and it is actually a very interesting spell to use on wounded targets. It is more of a spell done for flavor rather

There are 13 main damage types in D&D: acidity, bludgeoning, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, piercing, toxin, psychic, radiant, slashing, and thunder. Of these types, every monster, NPC, and even your PCs might have some resistances, vulnerabilities, and even immunities to these types of damages. Now, what if there was another way you could handle

“These aren’t the droids you are looking for” might be a Jedi mind trick, but in the world of Faerun, people would call it a use of the Suggestion spell. This spell is an enchantment that is very fun to use if you know what you are doing, and it can be used both in

Not all magic in 5e D&D is something you can deal damage with. There’s more than one way to defeat a monster, and it’s not all fireball spells and ice spikes to deal damage. Sometimes playing on how dumb most monsters are can really help you out of a jam. Using spells such as minor

There are lots of different ways to damage enemies in 5e D&D, and not all of them are created equally. You might be able to hit a bandit with a sword and cut him in half, but a skeleton will be able to resist the blow. You can throw cold water on a fire elemental

There are a lot of battlefield control spells in the world of Faerun. These can include the spells ‘Fireball’ which of course does massive damage and also is something that can change the entire view of a battle. Thunderwave is another battlefield control spell that can be used during battles where you won’t just do

Your party is too late, the evil cultists have summoned their demon overlord, and your party of adventurers is outmatched. Your weapons are useless, the powerful spells of your mages and warlocks don’t work, and the demon is charging up an attack that you are sure will wipe out everyone nearby. There’s nothing else you

You can often pick and choose between spells for your characters in D&D 5e, picking an arsenal of magic that will be dependent on who your character will be on the battlefield. An offensive spell caster will probably choose spells like fireball and ice knife to deal magical damage to their enemies. A defensive spellcaster