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    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Inspiration in DnD 5e
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
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    • A guide to powerful spellcasting builds in 5e
    • A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e
    • Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide
    • Can a druid shapeshift into an owlbear?
    • DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained
    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
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    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best beginner campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • D&D cuisine: What are your players eating?
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
    • A D&D dragon’s diet: What do they eat?
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    • Blink spell in 5e explained
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
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    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
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    • 147 world building questions
    • Best DnD familiars ranked
    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
    • Top 5 least popular DnD 5e classes
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  • How To Play
    • Ability Score Improvement (ASI) in DnD 5e explained
    • Crafting magic items in 5e
    • Dash action in DnD 5e explained
    • Drowning & suffocating in DnD 5e explained
    • DnD 5e guide to grappling
    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Inspiration in DnD 5e
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
    • Simple weapons in DnD 5e explained
  • Player Guides
    • A guide to powerful spellcasting builds in 5e
    • A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e
    • Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide
    • Can a druid shapeshift into an owlbear?
    • DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained
    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
  • DM Guides
    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best beginner campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • D&D cuisine: What are your players eating?
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
    • A D&D dragon’s diet: What do they eat?
  • Spells
    • Blink spell in 5e explained
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
  • Feats
    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
  • Resources
    • 147 world building questions
    • Best DnD familiars ranked
    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
    • Top 5 least popular DnD 5e classes
    • Web Stories
A fighter with a glaive using the Sentinel feat

DnD 5e Feats, Player Guides

Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e

Learn to control the battlefield, protect your allies and dominate in melee combat with this guide to the Sentinel feat.

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Written by: Josh Kerr

Published on: 31 March 2023

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DM Guides

Best beginner campaigns for new DMs

Starting out as a new DM but don’t know which campaign you should run? Check out these 4 campaign overviews along with pros and cons for new DMs.

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Written by: Matt Wright

Published on: 30 March 2023

DnD 5e Bag of Holding

Player Guides

Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide

Only using your Bag of Holding to store things? Follow our guide to find out how to use your Bag of Holding to its full potential, whether it’s smuggling, survival or teleporting!

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 23 March 2023

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Dungeons & Dragons Resources, Player Guides

Best DnD familiars ranked for every situation

The 32 familiars in 5e can be overwhelming. Fear not! We’re going to explore the best familiars for specific situations, as well as ranking the best all-rounders. Strap in!

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Written by: Harry Shaw

Published on: 15 March 2023

An unconscious player hoping the DM won't finish them off

DM Guides

Attacking unconscious players

You’ve incapacitated one of your players and their party isn’t near, but the question is: should you press the attack and kill them or move to another player?

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 12 March 2023

dnd 5e monk class

Classes, Dungeons & Dragons Resources

Least popular DnD 5e classes in 2023

After gathering 2 separate surveys of over 3,000 DnD 5e players, we have compiled the 5 least popular classes, and why people dislike playing them.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 9 March 2023

Dnd 5e Healer's Kit

Player Guides

DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained

Adventuring is a dangerous hobby, but with the right know-how, a Healer’s Kit can make an indispensable addition to any party’s inventory.

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Written by: Matt Wright

Published on: 3 March 2023

DnD 5e Feats, How To Play

Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e

Picture the scene, orcs charging at you as your adventuring party cower in fear behind you. Raising your halberd high, before the orc can even get in range, you say “Can I make an attack of opportunity?”

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Written by: Josh Kerr

Published on: 1 March 2023

A drow dual-wielding two weapons

Player Guides

A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e

Are two weapons better than one? Learn the ins-and-outs of two-weapon fighting in this guide so your left is as deadly as your right!

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Written by: Lucy Spacey

Published on: 27 February 2023

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How To Play

Drowning & suffocating in DnD 5e explained

Turn the liquidy tables on your opponents with our guide to the ins and outs of drowning, suffocating and being underwater in 5e.

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Written by: Mark Williams-Cook

Published on: 8 February 2023

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  • How To Play
    • Ability Score Improvement (ASI) in DnD 5e explained
    • Crafting magic items in 5e
    • Dash action in DnD 5e explained
    • Drowning & suffocating in DnD 5e explained
    • DnD 5e guide to grappling
    • Fall damage in 5e: Rules and calculations
    • Hit Dice in 5e explained – A full guide with examples
    • How do you determine spellcasting ability?
    • Inspiration in DnD 5e
    • Saving throws and multiclassing
    • Simple weapons in DnD 5e explained
  • Player Guides
    • A guide to powerful spellcasting builds in 5e
    • A guide to two-weapon fighting in DnD 5e
    • Bag of Holding in DnD 5e: An adventurer’s guide
    • Can a druid shapeshift into an owlbear?
    • DnD 5e Healer’s Kit explained
    • Healer classes in DnD 5e
    • Multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3
    • What are the odds of rolling the ‘perfect’ DnD character?
    • What can you do with Prestidigitation in 5e?
  • DM Guides
    • Attacking unconscious players
    • Best beginner campaigns for new DMs
    • 7 DnD 5e house rules to avoid at all costs
    • 10 DnD 5e house rules for DMs to try
    • D&D cuisine: What are your players eating?
    • How to put Dungeon Master on your resume or CV
    • A D&D dragon’s diet: What do they eat?
  • Spells
    • Blink spell in 5e explained
    • Counterspell in 5e: A complete guide with rule clarifications
    • Feather Fall spell in 5e explained
    • Mirror Image Spell in 5e explained
    • Shadow Blade spell in 5e explained
    • Speak With Dead spell in 5e explained
  • Feats
    • Actor feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Alert feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Sentinel feat guide for DnD 5e
    • Polearm Master feat guide for DnD 5e
  • Resources
    • 147 world building questions
    • Best DnD familiars ranked
    • The history of the Gelatinous Cube
    • Top 5 least popular DnD 5e classes
    • Web Stories