Tallis Spalding

As she sits in the tree, she steadies her hand, the hand crossbow aimed at a target a couple of dozen feet away. She can make them out between the leaves and boughs of the tree. A heavy crossbow would be too loud, too difficult to carry up; a bow too large or too unwieldy […]

There are some skills and abilities different classes have within Dungeons and Dragons 5e that allow you to become the main target of your enemies. This can spare your squishiest of teammates from being hit or draw attention away from Clerics and glass canon spellcasters. Fighters have access to a maneuver called Goading Strike and

When I first started playing Dungeons and Dragons, I could never understand why I would ever use the spell Darkness. Considering that I was playing as a Drow, the spell was available to me as a racial ability. Regardless, I never once touched it. Thinking back on it and how my first campaign played out,

There are a lot of spells in Dungeons and Dragons that seem useless at face value. When you’re a min-maxer, you want to take the most powerful spells right off of the bat. Why would you take a 1d6 cantrip when a 1d8 cantrip exists? Of course, there are other factors to consider when looking

Let’s be honest here: that cursed weapon is super tempting. Not only does it deal a metric ton of damage, but it looks super cool and gives you some perks for the time being. Sure, after a long rest, it may start to consume your soul, but who needs a soul when you can look absolutely

It’s just playing safe. That’s all you want to do as a Paladin – play it carefully and know who and what could be around you. So silently, in a single action, you activate your Divine Sense. For sixty feet around you, you become incredibly aware of powerful beings around you. Not a single undead,

Ray of Sickness is the spell we all wish we had as children. Not only can it help you fake sick long enough to get out of going to school, but you also wouldn’t need to mix up your own fake vomit (did anyone actually do that?). Now, you can bring it into your Dungeon

You and your partner had too many drinks the night before. When you woke up, all but one of your coin purses had been snatched from your belt, the ties cut with a sharp and small blade. The only sober one, the Paladin, begrudgingly paid the tab built up before you left, though you all

Having a low Spell Save Difficulty Class (DC) sucks. Nearly every enemy you face quickly surpasses your Spell Save DC, making it, so you not only wasted a spell slot, but you didn’t contribute all that much in that round of battle. If you’re like me, being unable to contribute to a fight makes you

You were thrilled when you first killed a Rakshasa. It was a new enemy to mark off the list, something you could boast about to your fellow party members and to whoever would listen at the Tavern. You felt a great deal of pride over it at first until it returned. You didn’t even realize