D&D Articles

Below are all the posts I've written about Dungeons & Dragons since I discovered it in 2015. I hope to add more to this over time. There's still a lot I feel like I can contribute to the D&D community despite this not being a blog specifically focused on it. Articles with a star next to them are ones I'm particularly proud of.

Mechanics and Resources

Mechanics you can inject directly into your own games. Please note that some of the earlier articles at the top have imbalanced mechanics, as I had much less experience as a DM at the time of writing them.

• D&D Magic Items Sheet (with sample items)
• 🌟Abelhawk's Coded D&D Tools
• 🌟Abelhawk's Coded D&D Tools (part 2)
• My 10 Favorite Homebrew Rules
• 16 Carnival Games
• 11 Custom Feats
• 4 Tables for Exploration Inspiration
• Ways to Switch Up D&D Monsters
• 10 D&D Monster Templates
• D&D for Kids: Basic Rules & Choosing a Race
• D&D for Kids: Choosing a Class
• D&D for Kids: Combat
• D&D for Kids: Magic & Spellcasting
• D&D for Kids (Bonus): Rare Races
• D&D for Kids (Bonus): Warlock Class
• Magic Items: The Holiday Stones
• 🌟Lingering Injuries by Damage Type
• 🌟Extended Wild Magic Surge Table
• Mechanics Inspired by Divinity: Original Sin 2
• 🌟1d100 Curses for Magic Items
• 🌟Better Infernal War Machine Tokens for Roll20
• Infernal War Machine Tokens: Warlords of the Avernian Wastelands
• 1d20 Interesting Ships
• 🌟My 10 Favorite Creative D&D Tools
• 🌟Fixing (or at Least Improving) the Crafting Systems in D&D 5e
• Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
• Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
• Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Origins
• Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
• MORE Mechanics Inspired by Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (Fate of Atlantis)
• 🌟A Better Way to Run Chases in D&D 5e
• Subclass: Earth Domain Cleric
• 🌟Improving the Bastion / Stronghold System in 5e
• 🌟Better 5e Bastion Facility Boons
• 🌟Worldbuilding More Interesting Deities in 5e
• Mechanics Inspired by StarCraft II
• 10 More Magic Items Analyzed with My Crafting System
• Bastions that Level Up Like Characters
• Bastion: Soldier Barracks

Homebrew Settings

Mechanics, monsters, spells, and magic items from my settings I've created and adapted, both before and after finding D&D. 

• Warcraft Resources for D&D 5e
• Knight Guy 5e
• The World of Hearth
• The Scourge of Lordaeron, Chapter 1
• Map of Sylvaranth, Home of the Wood Elves
• Heroes of Might and Magic Spells (sample)
• 🌟Heroes of Might and Magic Spells on DMsGuild!
• 🌟The Pentatheon: Deities of Hearth (with links to all 5 gods)
• Deities of Hearth: Divine Artifacts
• 🌟Argaenothruzil Setting (with links to races, gods, and artifacts)

Gameplay Stories & Art

My own artistic D&D-based projects, as well as stories of my own adventures and those of my players while playing and DMing D&D.

• Arena Games: My Experience Finally Being a DM!
• Vox Machina Critical Role Fanart
• Painted Talisman Figurines!
• D&D Spell Cards
• 🌟Heroes of Silvermoon Chapter 1 (with links to all other chapters)
• My D&D Player Characters, to Date
• Eden: Argaenothruzil Re-imagined
• 🌟DM Quest: The Firebrands
• Adventures in Evimeria (part 1)
• 🌟The Horned Lord of Witherstone Tower (part 1 and 2)
• Dakren's Visit (short story)
• Gods of Argae and Hearth: Mirror AI