Divinations from the Collective

Planescape: A Brief Primer on the Great Wheel, the Outer Planes, and Sigil
WotC recently opened preorders on a new collection of sourcebooks, titled Planescape. This setting is a popular one, connecting various worlds in a...

4 Prestige Classes to Match a Drow Deity
A couple of months ago, we went over the drow pantheon of Faerun – a collection of gods worshipped by those elves who dwell deep beneath the earth,...

Creature Feature: Faerie Dragons, their History, and How to Include them in Campaigns
When you’re playing Dungeons and Dragons, you’re going to expect 2 things: Dungeons, and, well, Dragons. To facilitate this, the game’s lore includ...

A Brief Overview of the Mulhorandi Pantheon (part 1)
The Forgotten Realms have a broad and varied pantheon, featuring dozens of unique gods, each with their own powers and domains within the land of T...

Reading Dragon: A Look Back at Dragon Dweomers
In 1995, TSR published edition #218 of Dragon Magazine. In it were a variety of fantastic articles on Dungeons and Dragons, as well as various oth...

A Brief Overview of the Gnome Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms
Often known as the Forgotten Folk, gnomes are a race of small humanoids known for their speed, stealth, and love of illusions. Unlike their small c...

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...

A Brief Overview of the Halfling Pantheon in the Forgotten Realms
Small, stout, and often sneaky, Halflings are a race of small humanoids derived from Tolkien’s hobbits. Like Tolkien’s version, they’re a people w...

A Review of Dungeons and Dragons Clue (5th Edition Version, 2019)
It’s almost always fun when Dungeons and Dragons crosses over with other kinds of media. It’s great to see them utilize the story and lore that has...

A Look Back at Our Controversial and Uncommon DnD Advice
Over the last couple of years, Divinations from the Collective has attempted to bring good information about boardgames, DnD, and other tabletop RP...

Dungeons and Dragons and Me: A Personal History with Tabletop Roleplaying, and What It Means Over the Holiday Season
You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again, that the holidays are once again here to greet us. Friends and family gather as they do once a yea...

The Dragons of Spelljammer
When you run Dungeons and Dragons, you’re probably going to want to include some dragons (even if you leave out the dungeons). Most settings have t...