Dungeons & Dragons

In today's Primal Power preview, we look at new backgrounds for characters, including geographic, societal and racial options.

Acquisitions Inc. prepares for their ultimate fight against Leer of the Ambershard Dwarves. As they approach the upper chambers, will they simply bust in and take the guards out? Or quietly bar the other doors, and take a sneakier approach?

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This month in Dungeon, the githyanki have been defeated, and the heroes' world is safe. Or so it would appear... here now are a full set of the illustrations from Dungeon 170!

Here now are a full set of the maps -- tagged and untagged -- from Dungeon 170! This month, the githyanki have been defeated, and the heroes' world is safe. Or so it would appear...

Darguun. Heir to an empire long fallen. Forged anew in the fires of the Last War and held together by the iron will of Lhesh Haruuc. But Lhesh Haruuc is dead, assassinated by a warrior sworn to serve him. His trusted inner circle suspects more than treachery. Something darker is at work.

In today's Primal Power preview, we present a new build for druids -- the Swarm Druid... including the return of creeping doom!

This month in Dragon, we present the assassin across all three tiers, the debut of PH3 skill powers, essentials for clerics and wardens, plus the great weapon fighter; here now are a full set of the illustrations from Dragon 379!

The finished versions of the revised Giants of Legend stat cards are ready to be downloaded, printed, and played with. Get 'em while they're hot! And be nice to those hard-working fellas at the DDM Guild.

Building a new character class is the most difficult design task in D&D. In a way, designing a class is like building a narrative and mechanical universe for a gamer to play around in.

The misty past holds many secrets. Great wizards and powerful clerics, not to mention the deities themselves, used spells and created items that are beyond the ken of modern knowledge. These items survive as artifacts...

My good friend Paul needs help. He's polite, funny, Jeopardy-contestant smart and boy band cute. He also claims he's been trying to figure out the dating scene since he was four, and judging from his battle scars and war stories I'm inclined to believe him.

In today's Primal Power preview, we present new primal rituals focusing on the nature skill -- including one to trap your enemies and one to take sanctuary from them!

In this episode, the members of Acquisitions Inc. learn about the death and dying rules… but does it concern them, the boar, or the dwarf? They also learn that intimidating a bloodied enemy may force that enemy to surrender….

This article expands character options by providing new feats and paragon paths for characters from three southern regions that have been vastly altered since the Spellplague -- Akanûl, East Rift, and Tymanther.

The easiest fighter to play is the great weapon fighter. This character uses the biggest weapons -- and takes the most punishment. Here's what you can do to avoid the pitfalls common to these characters.

Panicked refugees are fleeing from barbarian attacks in the north. Something ominous drives the nomads -- a "lost god" from Toril's past stands poised to shatter the ancient monument that keeps him imprisoned.

Here we are on the set, for the release of the DMG2... where our intrepid interviewer attempts his very own skill challenge!

James has been spending time with Dungeon Master's Guide 2 lately and mining it for ideas to plug into his Greenbrier campaign. Along with that, he's started thinking ahead to paragon tier ...

In today's Primal Power preview, we present a new paragon path for barbarians -- the Stonefire Rager!