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Recent RPGBOT Updates
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DnD 5e to 2024 DnD Transition Guide and Change Log: Everything That’s Different in the New 2024 Player’s Handbook
Introductions A lot has changed in the DnD 2024 rules. In this horrendously long article, we’ve dug into everything that has changed in the Player’s Handbook in excruciating detail. There’s a lot here. It is possible that we have missed things. If we have, please let us know so that we can make updates. 2024…
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2024 DnD 5e Monster Manual Change Log
Introduction The 2024 Monster Manual promised that every monster from the 2014 Monster Manual was reexamined. Creatures were updated to fit their CR better, to be easier to play, and ideally to surprise long-time players who have developed an encyclopedic knowledge of the Monster Manual’s contents. This article contains a comprehensive change log comparing the…
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W40K IMPERIUM MALEDICTUM – Shadows in the Hive Scarthias: An RPGBOT How to Play – RPGBOT.Podcast S5E57
Show Notes Ever wanted to see psychic bar fights, grenade-happy cultists, and heresy investigations go completely off the rails? Welcome to Hive Scarthias—hope you brought a bucket. In this explosive actual play episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, our investigators dive headfirst into the grimdark world of Imperium Maledictum. Set in the smog-choked depths of Hive Scarthias, the…
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New Guide to DND 5e’s Area of Effect Rules
A lot of people get these rules wrong in one way or another, myself included, so I dug into the rules and wrote a comprehensive guide explaining how they all work and how to apply them. DnD 5e’s Area of Effect Rules – A Guide
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TOMB OF HORRORS Pt 2 (Remastered) – The Funhouse that Hates You – RPGBOT.Podcast S5E56
Show Notes Before narrative arcs, there was Acererak.” Dive into Tomb of Horrors Part II and uncover how D&D’s most infamous deathtrap shaped the game we love (and sometimes fear). In Part II of the RPGBOT.Podcast’s deep dive into Tomb of Horrors, the hosts examine the legendary module not just as a harrowing dungeon crawl, but as a historical artifact that reflects the design philosophies, challenges, and mindset of early Dungeons & Dragons. The discussion unpacks how Tomb of Horrors shaped player expectations, influenced dungeon design, and helped define the adversarial relationship between dungeon masters and players in early editions. The episode also explores how Gary Gygax’s approach to game balance, storytelling, and player mortality in Tomb of Horrors laid the groundwork for decades of D&D design choices—both embraced and rejected by later generations. Content Referenced in This Episode Support RPGBOT by Visiting our Affiliate Partners Support the Pod