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Spells that let players skip the dungeons in Dungeons & Dragons

Posted on September 16, 2016 by David Hartlage

In today’s Dungeons & Dragons game, player characters gain experience by overcoming obstacles and defeating monsters. In the original game, PCs got most of their experience for claiming treasure. (For more, see “The fun and realism of unrealistically awarding experience … Continue reading →

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How Queen of the Demonweb Pits opened Dungeons & Dragons to the multiverse

Posted on January 27, 2015 by David Hartlage

In Dragon magazine issue 8, published July 1977, Gary Gygax proposed the Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, a great wheel of planes surrounding the prime material. The existence of infinite planes “will vastly expand the potential of all campaigns which adopt … Continue reading →

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