D&D

Steven Pete has a rare genetic condition that prevents him from feeling pain. What does that have to do with the hit point system of D&D?

The focus on a character's backstory has never been greater in roleplaying games. But the emphasis should be on what's ahead, not what's in the past. So here is a simple formula for creating a character's backstory.

We have looked at the players and their characters in the first 25 episodes of the Critical Role web series, where a bunch of nerdy voice actors play Dungeons and Dragons. Here is that look at the main Critical Role characters.It is…

Are "sandbox" adventures always superior to an adventure on "rails." Listen, I'm not saying they ain't. I'm merely saying that it need not be such a drastic either/or.

Use a paper character sheet, at least once. Then, by all means, grab those digital tools.

While Critical Role takes a break to move into their new studio space, Nerds on Earth takes the opportunity to check in on the Mighty Nein 25 episodes into their second campaign.

Don't spend an hour creating a stat block for a simple bartender in D&D. Here's how to quickly and easily stat D&D 5e NPCs.

Wizkids has a line of unpainted miniatures for your D&D or Pathfinder games. Nerds on Earth takes a closer look.

D&D has a long history of frog-type creatures that are mostly hapless. But if the Navy SEALs have taught us anything, its that Frogmen are deadly.

What do Dungeons and Dragons and professional wrestling have in common? Alignment, that's what. We assign the classic D&D alignments to the superstars of pro wrestling.