Stoic stone-faced fighters stand in a line as a group of brigands charge, until sudden attacks hit with a whirl of blades, freezing the surprised and stunned attackers in their tracks. A cleric steps forward to call on his ancestral spirits, and when a hint of a smile appears on the fighters’ faces, the brigands …
Polearm Master is a feat that just sounds badass right out of the gate, and it’s one of those feats that actually lives up to the sound of its name. This is a very popular feat for certain armored melee classes in 5th Edition D&D, especially those clerics who like to be able to load …
The armored dwarf grins knowingly as the shocked goblin shaman is hit with a fireball despite not seeing any signs of spellcasting, but the halfling sorcerer had taught his adventuring friend well. On the other side of the battlefield an elderly gnome wizard splits one fireball into two and smiles, satisfied at his own metamagic …
Medium Armor Master feat is an interesting feat that gives a nice little boost to the narrow medium armor route and attempts to give those with medium armor another option as opposed to upgrading to heavy or multi-classing. While medium armor master is a feat that works to make medium armor objectively measurably better, does …
Moderately armored is one of those feats that gets overlooked quite a bit in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, as many of the more mechanically-inclined feats are. In the race towards heavy armor, or upping stats for unarmored defense, many times it feels like that medium armor is left behind. So where does medium armor …
Would you like a little more fighter with your fighter, or do you want some of the training without multiple levels of multi-classing? Martial adept is an interesting feat that takes one of the more interesting potential builds of the fighter class and makes a small bit of that available to other classes without having …
Magic initiate is a powerful and extremely versatile feat that can do some pretty cool things, but many relatively new players make some basic beginner mistakes when it comes to what this feat does and does not allow. From a flavor standpoint and a story-telling standpoint, this can be a really interesting feat (and one …
Sometimes that magic wielder just has to die, and at mid to high levels that is a tall order if your party is facing anyone even remotely competent. Also depending on the type of campaign your table is playing, the inevitable betrayal of a double agent wizard in the group can be a serious problem …