DND 5e Tips

Check out the full Underdark 5e campaign guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/pages/how-to-run-underdark-campaigns-in-dungeons-and-dragons-pathfinder-and-rpgs Whether a brief interlude in your campaign or somewhere you plan to send your player characters for the next six months of roleplay, the Underdark can provide a fascinating world for you and your players. The Underdark is a world un...

Check out the full Bahamut 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/bahamut-5e Dragon God of Goodness - The noble and honorable counterpart and rival to Tiamat, Bahamut is the platinum dragon darling of paladins, dragonborn, and the draconic faithful everywhere and has been a major part of the dungeons & dragons pantheon all the way back to the 1st edition. Even if it’s only due...

Check out the full Unearthed Arcana guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/unearthed-arcana The Playtest Laboratory of D&D D&D is not a dead and static game, it's a living one that constantly changes. Wizards of the Coast is constantly brewing up new content ideas and has been since 5th edition started and making new content that you won't find in the Player's Handbook. But new co...

Check out the full Hexblood 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/hexblood-5e-guide With funky horns and skin tones in all your favorite primary colors, the hexbloods from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft are one of 5e’s newest creations sure to be hitting a game table near you. Essentially a reimagining of the “changelings” of old, hexbloods are born either through curses, wi...

Check out the full Magic Items 101 guide blog post here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/magic-items-101 Our guide to magic items 5e is here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/pages/magic-item-guide From simple +1 swords to all-powerful artifacts, your average DnD player is going to encounter a lot of magical bits and bobs throughout their adventures and your average DM must create and...

Check out the full Find Familiar 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/5e-find-familiar-guide A SPELLCASTER'S BEST FRIEND! Partway between a servant and a magical pet, in dnd 5e, a familiar shares a magical bond with their summoner and is often an integral part of their lives as they master the arcane arts. In 5e D&D a little animal companion seems simple but can have deceptiv...

Check out the full Bonds 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/5e-bonds New players often get confused by the personal characteristics and veterans usually skip this section altogether. But what are they? What are they for? Take just a minute and we’ll go through everything you need to know about D&D bonds and how they can link you into the world and story, even if they’re oft...

Check out the full Reborn 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/reborn-5e-guide Death isn’t the handicap it used to be, and you can still haul your dead carcass off to the next adventure as a reborn! Newly introduced in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, 5e players can customize the undead monstrosity of their dreams and unleash them into their next campaign. Rather than specif...

Check out the full Dhampir 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/dhampir-5e-guide While a vampire is far too powerful to put into the character’s hands as a playable race, dhampirs fit the power level just fine with all the style, black eyeliner, and edgy fangs you could want. Dhampirs have been stalking DnD for quite some time, sometimes as monsters, sometimes as playable cha...

Check out the full Deck Of Many Things guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/the-deck-of-many-things-5e This innocuous deck of cards has had countless incarnations, starting all the way back in the very first Grayhawk supplement for 1st edition D&D. And while it has gone through various changes it has remained true to its core concept of throwing a big pile of chaos into a stale...

Check out the full Backgrounds guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/5e-background-for-dungeons-and-dragons Backgrounds in 5th edition D&D are a small component of every character. They’re 90% flavor with a little smattering of mechanical features. If you're reading through the Player's Handbook you're probably wondering "How do they work?" Which background is right for you? Allo...

Check out the full Multiclassing guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/multiclassing-5e 5e D&D has a plethora of options for you to choose from when making a new character, but what if they aren't enough? What if you want to don a paladin's armor while strumming a bardic lute? Or what if you want to channel the might of your god, while also transforming into a giant eagle? Multic...

Check out the full Hold Person guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/orcus-5e A DEMONIC SUCCESS STORY...Winner of the often disputed title “Lord of the Undead”, Orcus has been the big bad demon plotting the downfall of life itself since the 1st edition of D&D. Recently demoted somewhat from evil god to demon lord, Orcus is a supremely powerful but potentially defeatable foe for t...

Check out the full Hold Person guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/hold-person-5e-guide Hold person is a sweet and simple way of saying "screw you in particular" that's been with dnd 5e from the very start at the first iteration of the game. And while it doesn't seem that complicated as spells go, there are countless potential uses and quite a few questions and misconceptions s...

Check out the full Tarrasque guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/yuan-ti-pureblood-5e Yuan-ti are the terrifying snake people of D&D, they’ve been slithering their way through ancient temples and dungeons since all the way back in 1st edition. 3rd edition brought us the Yuan-ti Pureblood, who lean hard on the human half of their snake/human heritage and can even pass for human...

Check out the full Tarrasque guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/tarrasque-5e The tarrasque is a creature of legend, both in fantastical worlds and around the game table. The tarrasque has been terrifying players since the very first edition of dnd and while stats and lore may have changed as the years and editions have passed its role in your games hasn't. It's the biggest, th...

Check out the full Tarrasque guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/tarrasque-5e The tarrasque is a creature of legend, both in fantastical worlds and around the game table. The tarrasque has been terrifying players since the very first edition of dnd and while stats and lore may have changed as the years and editions have passed its role in your games hasn't. It's the biggest, th...

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Check out the full D100 guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/pages/how-to-use-a-d100 The dice you use are incredibly important in how you play Dungeons and Dragons. Use this guide to discover how to use a D&D dice d100 in your game. Playing Dungeons and Dragons is gaining momentum everywhere, with more players engaging in their own exciting adventures than ever before. What was once consi...

Check out the full Fall Damage 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/fall-damage-5e So, you’ve slipped off the edge of a cliff and are plummeting to your death, we’ve all been there. Falls and great heights are some of the few things that can outright kill a player and most veteran TTRPG players can recount at least one or two characters that have met an untimely end with an i...

Check out the full Point Buy 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/point-buy-5e So, you’ve got your character sheet and you’re all ready to go, then your DM casually mentions that you’ll be making your characters using point buy. What is point buy in 5e? How does point buy work in 5e? Gasp! Is math involved? No worries! 5e made this whole process super easy and we’ll teach you...

Check out the full Top 10 Storytelling tips for DMs guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/pages/top-ten-dungeon-master-tips In todays episode we are going to be talking about one of our favorite topics to discuss in all of D&D, and that’s how to tell a good story as a DM. Surely we don’t have to tell all of you dungeon masters out there that it is already hard to learn all of the rules in...

Check out the full Mystic 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/mystic-5e-guide Parry, thrust, now for witty banter! Swashbucklers dance their way through combat with a flashing blade and a disarming smile. They’ve gone through multiple iterations as D&D has gone on, sometimes blending elements of both rogue and fighter and sometimes becoming something altogether new. If the t...

Check out the full Mystic 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/mystic-5e-guide Ever since their early introductions to the game, psionics have been something of a dirty word in D&D. Psychic powers were a cool idea but they were built as a sort of separate thing that got dropped into an existing finely tuned machine. The end result was like trying to add a new engine part to a...

Check out the full Bugbear 5e guide here: https://www.skullsplitterdice.com/blogs/dnd/bugbear-5e Perhaps the most misleadingly named of the fantasy races, bugbears are the hairy goblinoid boogeymen that have stalked the bestiaries since the very first edition of D&D. Now in 5th edition we get a chance to play the fuzzy beasties for ourselves. What are they? How do they play? Grab your talking trop...