Beautiful and obvious. This class is conceptually what the 3rd Edition Ranger was. An archer that wields the power of nature on his side, shooting arrows and wielding magic. I loved the classic Ranger. One of my favorite characters ever was part of a Ranger-Paladin duo. I’m glad to see it return in spirit with a name that I dig a lot

 
Some people have complained about the Assassin feature in Dragon #379 getting split into three weeks. I feel it is perfectly justified. First of all, this is an entirely new class! There are feats here and multiple class options, things you don’t really get to see in most of the beta tests. Secondly, I think […]

In May we talked with cartoonist Adam Atherton about his 8-page entry in Zuda Comics’ monthly competition. At the end of the month, Adam’s creation, Lily of the Valley, beat nine other webcomics to win a contract to continue his story in DC Comics’ Zuda line. Adam won! And now, with summer having come and […]

This was far more robust than the entry they had on Bahamut awhile back. The stuff detailed in here are the most relevant towards the Shadar-Kai and Revenant races. After giving the Revenants a gander in the Compendium, I’ve come to realize they’ve grown into quite a hefty race.

I wasn’t doing these D&D Insider articles a few months back, so it’s taken me a bit to go back and mentally digest the plethora of material that was already available.

No one ever played a Druid in my campaigns. They were more complicated to play than a Wizard. Wild Shape was very convoluted and having a Beast Companion made it feel like you were juggling far too many things at the same time. If anyone had been willing to sift through all that nonsense, they would have found that they were one of the most powerful classes available…