Since I started playing D&D Fifth Edition, I’ve written quite a bit on it. Here’s a handy guide for some of the more interesting posts.
Game Mechanics
Here are various articles and posts touching on D&D game mechanics.
- Heretical DnD: More thoughts on the Stress Threshold
- Armor as DR in DnD5 – corrections must be made
- Heretic DnD5: Hit, Miss, Armor, Shield
- Naval Cannons in DnD – Responding to a comment
- Alternate Disarms in D&D5
- Naval Cannon for D&D
- Reloading Press: D&D conversions for more cartridges
- Melee Academy: Disarms in four systems
- Other People’s Posts – Crit Hit Range based on Armor worn (D&D)
- Thoughts from the WRX: Critical death
- Everything’s a Ritual if you have the time
- Run, Forrest . . . Run (D&D5)MAD about weapons
- It’s a Mad, MAD world
- Combat Maneuvers – Anything can be attempted (DnD5)
- DnD5: The Standard Array
- Variant D&D Rule: Spend HP for extra damage
- D&D Firearms Damage – conversion musings
- Rules for Grappling Rules
- DEX Bonus Maxima for Armor?
- You got your GURPS in my D&D 2 – slashing mace
- You got your GURPS in my D&D!
- Attunement in D&D5e
- RPG Mechanics: Don’t fight the system
- Exploring HP variations in D&D
- Three Takes on Sleep (DnD/S&W, GURPS, Night’s Black Agents)
- Violent Resolution – Never Tell Me the Odds 1
- Advantaged, Raw 1d20, and GURPS 3d6 (roll high)
- Nuanced Advantage and Disadvantage in Basic DnD
- The DnD Basic Advantaged/Disadvantaged mechanic
Character Builds
To familiarize myself with the various character classes and determine the “most effective” at a combat role (because a lot of time is spent fighting in the campaign that introduced me to D&D5), I started going through and creating a character for each class and trying to optimize a bit for lethality. The resulting posts are the fruits of this effort.
- Samurai in D&D5
- A really nice document comparing racial bonuses
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Barbarian Pirate
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Bard
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Cleric
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Druid
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Champion Fighter
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Battle Master Fighter
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Eldritch Knight Fighter
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th level Monk of the Four Elements
- Sample 5e Characters – 6th Level Paladin
- Sample 5e Character – 6th Level Ranger (Hunter)
- Sample 5e Characters – Rogue (Assassin)
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – 6th Level Tiefling Draconic Sorcerer
- Playing with DnD5 Characters – Sample 6th Level Warlock
- Sample DnD5e Characters – 6th Level Evocation Wizard
Other characters and questions I’ve thought about as I started playing 5e
- My first D&D 5e Character
- What would you do with these rolls (DnD5 character challenge)?
- Nosphryc Azurecoat – 5th Level D&D5 Fighter
- Mark Bludiell – 5e Paladin
- Spell Choices for the 4th-level paladin
- Have I been playing my paladin wrong?
Analysis and Outcomes
- Heretical DnD: More on armor and combat simulations
- Orcpower quick summary – Barb thru Paladin
- Behold! Now introducing the Orc-o-Matic (v1)
- Now That’s More Orcpower! (Champion Fighter)
- Even More Orcpower (Druid)
- More Horcpower!
- DnD5e 6th Level Beatdown – Tactics and Tables 1
- DnD5e 6th Level Beatdown table (preparation)
Play Reports
- Majestic Wilderlands – I’m cheating. This is just a link to the search results for the play reports from +Rob Conley‘s Majestic Wilderlands campaign, played this time in D&D5.
- Monteporte Dungeon – +Ken H ran the game that introduced me to Fifth Edition. Classic Dungeon Crawl action.