Divinations from the Collective
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Reading Dragon: A Look Back at ‘You Again! Enemies Who Never Go Away – and How to Create Them’
TSR’s Dragon Magazine, over the years, proposed and developed a variety of classes, monsters, gods, and characters for Dungeons and Dragons. It als...
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Running Clue in Ravenloft: A Fun Halloween One-shot for Boardgame Lovers
Fall is officially upon us. Leaves are falling (in places where leaves actually fall), days are getting shorter, and the spooks are coming out each...
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4 Elven Prestige Classes to Inspire (or Adapt for) your 5e Game
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Dungeons and Dragons 5e has nothing on its previous editions for customization. It’s partly to do with ...
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Reading Dragon: A Look Back at 'Horses Are People, Too'
In 1993, TSR published edition #191 of Dragon Magazine. In it was a variety of fantastic articles on Dungeons and Dragons, as well as various other...
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5 (More) Cool 3.5e Magical Armors/Shields to Use in Your Current Campaign
A while back, we posted an article discussing some of our favorite 3.5e magical items here: 5 Cool 3.5e Magical Items to Include in Your Current Du...
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Dragon Magazine: A Brief History and Explanation
If you’ve played Dungeons and Dragons for a long time, chances are that you’ve already heard about Dragon Magazine. It’s possibly the best-known ro...
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Oath of Nerull: A Brief Review of a DnD Novel and Tips on Adapting it Into a Module
If you like the lore and style of Dungeons and Dragons’ fantasy, and not just the actual rules and play themselves, you’ll probably enjoy some of t...
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6 (More) Cool Swords to Flavor your Dungeons and Dragons Weapons As
One of the biggest decisions you make when creating your Dungeons and Dragons character is the weapon that they’ll wield. Each option deals slightl...
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Steampunk as a Dungeons and Dragons Setting: Worlds, NPCs, Gods, and Media Inspiration
DnD is traditionally played with a high fantasy setting – that the genre for Faerun and the Forgotten Realms. Other subsettings that have been publ...
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5 (More) Valentine’s Day Oneshot Ideas for Dungeons and Dragons
Last year, D20Collective published a list of ideas for Valentine’s Day oneshots, suitable for use with DnD, or any other fantasy tabletop game. The...
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4 Unique Ideas for a Holiday DnD Oneshot
Like most special events, we here at D20Collective like to celebrate our holidays by way of tabletop gaming. And like any other festival, it’s grea...
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Plague of Ice: a Dungeons and Dragons Novel Review
Last week, Divinations from the Collective presented a brief rundown of the history, and notable entries, to the canon of Dungeons and Dragons nove...