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Ari Ashkenazi
Last week, I wrapped up my bard subclass rankings. Now, it’s time for the cleric. As a reminder, there are three main categories I look at as I judge the power level of each subclass: combat strength, allowance for a range of powerful builds, and … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
Last week, I wrapped up my barbarian subclass rankings. This week, it’s time for the bard. As a reminder, there are three main categories I will be looking at as I judge the power level of each subclass: combat strength, allowance for a range of … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
Last week, I ranked the artificer’s subclasses from weakest to strongest, and this week, it’s time for the barbarian. As a reminder, there are three main categories I look at as I judge the power level of each of these subclasses: combat strength, allowance for … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
I’ve written a lot on how the various classes in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons compare to each other. I think it’s important for players to have accurate expectations of what their chosen class can do going into a session. Someone that picks up a … read more »Roleplaying
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Fay Onyx
People create monsters that reflect the fears of their society, including fears about disability. Because of this, ableism has been incorporated into our depictions of monsters. In some cases, disability is used to make monsters seem dangerous, unsettling, or unpredictable. Other times, it’s used to … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
Multiclassing is by far my favorite mechanic in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. I love the weird and powerful combinations it unlocks and how it allows me to demonstrate an amount of creativity monoclassing simply can’t match. However, just because there are a ton of … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
Last time, we looked at the Path of the Beast, and now let’s look at the second of the barbarian subclasses found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything: Path of Wild Magic. As the name suggests, this barbarian shares some design space with the Wild Magic … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
Barbarians have been defined by the Totem Warrior subclass since Dungeons and Dragons 5E’s release, namely the Bear Totem Spirit feature that expands the class’s Rage damage resistance from bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing to everything except psychic damage. Nothing other subclasses bring to the table … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
As much as I love 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, it’s not the most balanced of games. Some mechanics are numerically stronger than others. This doesn’t just hold true for items and spells, but for entire classes as well. I’ve written a lot here on … read more »Roleplaying
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Ari Ashkenazi
The bard has managed to grow beyond the subpar abilities of previous editions to become one of the best classes in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. It is a full caster class boasting a robust spell list and has the ability to steal a total … read more »
Last week, I wrapped up my bard subclass rankings. Now, it’s time for the cleric. As a reminder, there are three main categories I look at as I judge the power level of each subclass: combat strength, allowance for a range of powerful builds, and … read more » 
Last week, I wrapped up my barbarian subclass rankings. This week, it’s time for the bard. As a reminder, there are three main categories I will be looking at as I judge the power level of each subclass: combat strength, allowance for a range of … read more » 
Last week, I ranked the artificer’s subclasses from weakest to strongest, and this week, it’s time for the barbarian. As a reminder, there are three main categories I look at as I judge the power level of each of these subclasses: combat strength, allowance for … read more » 
I’ve written a lot on how the various classes in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons compare to each other. I think it’s important for players to have accurate expectations of what their chosen class can do going into a session. Someone that picks up a … read more » 
People create monsters that reflect the fears of their society, including fears about disability. Because of this, ableism has been incorporated into our depictions of monsters. In some cases, disability is used to make monsters seem dangerous, unsettling, or unpredictable. Other times, it’s used to … read more » 
Multiclassing is by far my favorite mechanic in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. I love the weird and powerful combinations it unlocks and how it allows me to demonstrate an amount of creativity monoclassing simply can’t match. However, just because there are a ton of … read more » 
Last time, we looked at the Path of the Beast, and now let’s look at the second of the barbarian subclasses found in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything: Path of Wild Magic. As the name suggests, this barbarian shares some design space with the Wild Magic … read more » 
Barbarians have been defined by the Totem Warrior subclass since Dungeons and Dragons 5E’s release, namely the Bear Totem Spirit feature that expands the class’s Rage damage resistance from bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing to everything except psychic damage. Nothing other subclasses bring to the table … read more » 
As much as I love 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, it’s not the most balanced of games. Some mechanics are numerically stronger than others. This doesn’t just hold true for items and spells, but for entire classes as well. I’ve written a lot here on … read more » 
The bard has managed to grow beyond the subpar abilities of previous editions to become one of the best classes in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. It is a full caster class boasting a robust spell list and has the ability to steal a total … read more » 
