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Toolkits What are they Good for? Nov 08, 2022

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In D&D tools help you to do something you couldn't otherwise do, such as craft or repair an item, forge a document, or pick a lock. Your character features give you proficiency with certain tools. Proficiency with a tool allows you to add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using that tool. Tool use is not tied to a single ability, since proficiency with a tool represents broader knowledge of its use. For example, a GM might ask a player to make a Dexterity check to carve a fine detail with their woodcarver's tools, or a Strength check to make something out of a particularly hardwood.

We discuss a short list of just some of the things you can do with the different tools. Some of which, aren't as obvious. Xanthar's Guide gives us a great starting point. Join us, as we discuss these options and add our own ideas into the mix. Come and join us live and share your own thoughts and ideas.

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D&D Advice: Progress Clocks| Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast Nov 03, 2022

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D&D Advice: Progress Clocks | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast

Crit Academy drops a new encounter, monster, magic item, and tips and tricks to help improve your Dungeons and Dragons game. We discuss progress clocks, a phenomenal Dungeon Master tool we borrow from the great game of Blades in the Dark!

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Turn Overland Travel in 5e Into an Extraordinary Experience Nov 01, 2022

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Wondrous Expeditions: Forests

Forests are more than a collection of trees-they are the feeling of dew-slicked moss yielding beneath your feet, the subtle smell of petrichor, and the beams of golden sunlight that filter through the canopy. It's the lively cacophony of birds and insects in a summer-soaked glen and the erie, muffled silence of mist-covered deadwood broken only by the groans of dying beeches and the mocking squall of ravens. Join us as we discuss how to turn overland travel into an extraordinary experience.

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D&D Advice: Of Quartz we'll find it | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast Oct 27, 2022

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D&D Advice: Of Quartz we'll find it | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast

Crit Academy drops a new encounter, monster, magic item, and tips and tricks to help improve your Dungeons and Dragons game. Our encounter 'Of Quartz We'll Find it' is a fun race against another adventuring party vying for the same prize.

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The NPC Handbook: How to build Quality NPCs for your D&D Games Oct 25, 2022

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Nonplayer characters (NPCs) are the supporting cast in the drama that stars your players' characters. While you probably create important ones as needed. Having a simple guide can help flesh them out and even create them on the fly. Today we provide you with a Handbook on NPCs.

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D&D Advice: Redefine Races and Lineage Oct 20, 2022

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D&D Advice: Redefine Races and Lineage | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast

Crit Academy drops a new monster, magic item, and tips and tricks to help improve your Dungeons and Dragons game. Our DM tip is a simple but extremely effective tool to bring your world to life and help it stand out among others is to simply redefining the races and their origins.

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D&D: Monster Hunter 5e Oct 18, 2022

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Do you love hunting massive monsters and using their corpses to craft rare and fantastical weapons? Do you wish D&D 5e included good details for this? Well, strap in as we delve into Amellwind's Guide to Monster Hunting!

As part of its core gameplay, players use loot gained from slaying monsters, gathering resources, and quest rewards to craft improved weapons, armor, and other items that allow them to face more powerful monsters.

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D&D Advice: Spell Reagents, Brodents and more Oct 13, 2022

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D&D Advice: Spell Reagents, Brodents and more | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast

Crit Academy drops a new monster, magic item, and tips and tricks to help improve your Dungeons and Dragons game. Our magic item the spell reagent Death Blossom is the perfect exploration reward to enhance even the weakest necromancy minion.

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Better Boss Battles in Dungeons and Dragons with Home-Field Advantage Oct 11, 2022

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Lair actions, introduced in D&D 5th Edition, give shape to epic battles by introducing new gameplay mechanics which the players will associate with a boss monster for years to come. However, despite the fact that player characters face off against boss monsters at every tier of play, only a small portion of creatures, most of which in the 3rd and 4th tiers of play, were given lair actions.

Homefield Advantage provides a collection of over 250 unique sets of lair actions, covering more than 320 of the most iconic D&D creatures, so that you can create thrilling boss battles for every tier of play, and breathe new life into some of your old favorites.

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D&D Advice: Points of Interest Oct 06, 2022

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D&D Advice: Points of Interest | Unearthed Tips and Tricks Podcast 3

Crit Academy drops a new monster, magic item and tips and tricks to help improve your Dungeons and Dragons game. Our monster, the Shadowborn undead will hunt down the bastard who betrayed it while it was still living. No matter who gets in its way...

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