One of the fun things about creating a new character in Dungeons and Dragons is picking tool proficiencies, but it can be daunting when you’re new to the game. For my first character I chose proficiency with Tinkers Tools, and I’m not sure I ever used them. Aside from their typical usage, tool proficiencies can …
Rather than sugar plums, some of us have visions of candy corn and pumpkins dancing in our heads year round. After a completely bonkers summer, some of us are just ready to slide into that cool fall sweater weather and focus on the spooky things life has to offer. In that spirit (pun intended) I …
When I was coming into the TTRPG hobby, I was so excited that “all I would need” is a sheet of paper and some dice. While that statement is technically true, what I wasn’t told was just how much work it takes to create that sheet of paper! Character Sheets are used to keep track …
Hello, Variants! This is the first post of many that will feature our cook-through of the Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook, so I wanted to start our first installment with the first recipe: Traveler’s Stew from the Human Cuisine category. Author’s Note: I did make some flavor modifications for preference, but this didn’t detract …
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Ability Scores, Attributes, Stats – no matter what you call them, they help determine the effectiveness of the everything your player character does in Dungeons and Dragons. Today in the Port of Entry we’re covering stats – what they do and how they are generated. Ability scores are used to determine how good or experienced …
Welcome Travelers to this week’s Port of Entry! Today we are focusing on some Tabletop Role Playing Game (TTRPG) terms and acronyms that you may have heard, but aren’t so sure what they mean. When I first started out, I was afraid to ask what a d8 was (It’s an 8 sided die). While I …
Volcanoes erupting over a village, dancing in Hell Fire and Dante’s Inferno are all imagery you can draw on for fiery encounters in your Dungeons and Dragons sessions. For those who prefer Charmander over Squirtle, this is your time to shine like a great flaming star in the sky! From the goofy to the noble, …
Who Is Your Character? Last time on Dragonball Z Port of Entry, we reviewed Session 0. While our session 0 outlines a lot of social and safety tools, we also love to cover character creation, or the building of the character you are going to role play throughout your session or campaign. To a seasoned role player, …
I still remember my first set of dice from Gods & Monsters– A tiny set of 7 purple click clacks suitable for a Halfling. I was really excited to roll them for my first session (which I subsequently learned is actually Session 0 and didn’t roll dice) but I did get to roll them for Session …
Welcome to another War Talk! Today we are taking a trip back to a time before the Medieval roots of many TTRPGs and talk about a tactic first popularized in antiquity: the pike phalanx. The phalanx was a formation of spearmen popular among Greek and early Roman city-states prior to the Punic Wars. Phalanxes contained …
