Artificers. Let’s talk about a unique class. This class is really the only one that has a focus on items. And boy, artificers really love stuff. Stuff and things for days!!

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Doing crimes isn’t inherently cool. But, in D&D, being a rogue and doing crimes is. Disclaimer: please don’t actually commit any crimes. They’re certainly not the biggest team player of the bunch, but they more than make up for it with the sheer number of useful skills they bring to the party. Let’s take a look at these sneaky bastards, Rogues.

We aim to misbehave

Smiting one's foes never felt so good. Yes that’s right, today we are going to be taking a look at Clerics. Some would say this is one of the most useful, most powerful, and maybe the easiest classes to play. We know that Clerics/healers are often pigeonholed in RPGs as a support character or a holy goody-two-shoes. When in reality, they are actually one of the most versatile options adventurers can pick and if you have ever played one you know that after tasting that sweet power rush from smiting all the “sinners” it is a class that you struggle to not play again and again. So let’s jump right in.

Tempus take the Mace

Sometimes faith in your Deity isn’t enough to keep you and your loved ones safe while adventuring. For those times, a strong sword arm and encasing yourself in armor is the key to success. Paladins in D&D are what happens when a Cleric and a Fighter have a love child.

And now, judgement! Our guide to playing a paladin and learning to judge others

Technically the term barbarian came from Rome and it was a derogatory term for anybody not from Rome. In dungeons and dragons 5e we mostly get the term from "Conan the Barbarian '', a musclebound survivor of savage wastelands dressed in a leather loincloth and madly hacking away at evil cultists with a massive axe. So think of a barbarian as character that can survive almost anything as they murder everything around them in a bloody frenzy.

Episode 6- She's big, and she's mean, but only if you take away her caffeine!

Music has been used to influence moods from the time someone figured out how to bang to rocks together rhymically. It inspires warriors to push on in battle, and lulls babes to sleep. It enthralls you with its melody, and weaves itself into your memories. Bards offer excellent role play opportunities and provide a wide range of skills from battle bards to healers. A true support character, a well constructed bard can give your party the edge it needs to succeed. The bard is a charisma class, so you should make sure that is your highest ability. Dex is a good recommended second, but that really depends on what type of a bard you want to make.

I don’t like to repeat successes, I like to go on to doooo (wink) other things.

Blood hunters are the monsters who hunt monsters, these masters of hemocraft sacrifice themselves to banish evil from this world. Matt Mercer (of Critical Role fame) added these warriors to 5e D&D. The Blood hunter definitely appears to be an ediger version of the Ranger 5e class, but it also combines some Warlock class flavor with a martial Fighter class. If you have played a previous version of a Blood Hunter it is important to know that there were some changes to the class in 2020.

No one makes me bleed my own blood!

Come my pretties, let us tell you the reasons why the Warlocks are the best of the spell casters, and why we’re offering this one time only discounted price of your soul. You’re not using it anyway right?

Episode 3- Selling your Soul at a Premium

Sorcerers, unlike wizards or warlocks, get their spell casting ability naturally. Whether it be in your genes, or a catastrophic event, arcane magic has fused with your soul. One can’t study sorcery as one learns a language, any more than one can learn to live a legendary life. No one chooses sorcery; the power chooses the sorcerer. Think of sorcerers as being a bit like the ‘chosen one’ archetype you find in a lot of fantasy literature - whether it’s through birth or a chance encounter, they’re special because they were made that way.

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Sorcery.

Welcome to the start of season 3! Over the next 14 episodes we’re going to review the 14 5e classes as listed by DnDbeyond, then take a little trip into a variety of fantasy realms to explore the class in it’s home world and see what dnd might be like in that universe. We’re going to start off the season by looking at the Wizard, and of course, Harry Potter.

You're a Wizard Harry!

Welcome to the 12th episode of Season Two!! of Brunches and Dragons! Today’s Episode is brought to you by Unicorn Blood.

Episode 12- Long Journey Home- back to in person DND

Welcome to the 11th episode of Season Two!! of Brunches and Dragons! Today’s Episode is brought to you by Turn undead..

Episode 11- Split the party- combination dnd sessions, accommodating out of staters.

Welcome to the 10th episode of Season Two!! of Brunches and Dragons! Today’s Episode is brought to you by White Christmas Margarita. My (Sami's) audio is awful in this. We had some technical difficulties before the stream and reset everything. I'm so sorry, i hope you can forgive me!!

Episode 10- I’m just going to close my eyes for a minute- dealing with virtual fatigue.

Welcome to the 9th episode of Season Two!! of Brunches and Dragons! Today’s Episode is brought to you by Cocoa Broth.

Episode 9- Playability vs Realism in the RPG World

Welcome to the 8th episode of Season Two!! of Brunches and Dragons! Today’s Episode is brought to you by Peppermint Bark Mimosas. One shot: No no we aren’t talking about drinking. I know that is pretty surprising. So what is a One shot? A one-shot DnD adventure follows the same rules of a typical DnD campaign, the only difference is that it is usually self-contained and only runs for one session.

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