How to deal with the resurrection of a PC (DM’s Edition)

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be talking about the resurrection of a PC. Now, I've done a post on this topic for players, but now I'm doing you for DMs. Disclaimer: I know I said this would come out weeks ago, but I got held up by real life. So, I apologize …

How to deal with the resurrection of a PC (Player’s Edition)

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'm going to talk about how to deal with the resurrection of a PC. Now, I did a post on PC death before (you can find it here). But, I thought I should do a post on PC resurrection just because. This post is for the player …

Bad news about D&D…

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I've got some bad news. The Wizards of the Coast announced yesterday on twitter that the company went bankrupt and is no longer in business. What does this mean for Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes? Well, we can only hope that some company decides to purchase the rights …

What We Know about Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll talking about Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes and what we know about it. In case you don't know, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes is a D&D 5e book that will be released by Wizards of the Coast in May 29th (you can preorder it right here). This book …

Homebrew: The Shardmind Race

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be doing a homebrew on a race known as the Shardmind. For those of you don't know what a Shardmind is, it was a race in 4e that wasn't made into 5e. Today, I'll be doing just that, so stay tuned!                             Shardmind Shardminds are sentient …

Homebrew: College of Divinity (50 Likes Special)

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be introducing a new homebrew in honor of recently gaining over 50 likes! FIFTY LIKES! I would like to thank all of you who are supporting my site. I am getting more popular by the week and I would love to keep that way. As a …

8 Dungeon Master Sins

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'm going to talk about 8 Dungeon Master sins. Now, I did a post on player sins last week and how they can tear the game apart. But, DMs can do this much more easily than players ever can. Like I said last week, it's not the sign …

Inspiration and why it should be used

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be talking about a rule in 5th edition called Inspiration.  What is Inspiration? Inspiration is rule that DMs can use as way to reward their players for roleplaying their character so greatly. While you have Inspiration, you can use it to get advantage on one ability …

Heroic Sacrifice (Homebrew for 5e)

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be introducing a new mechanic into 5e, Heroic Sacrifice. Now in many books and movies, there is a moment when a character sacrifices themselves to save a life. In D&D, you normally need a skill or a ready action to do that, until now. Heroic Sacrifice …

How to deal with the death of a PC

Hello, welcome back to the Apprentice's Guide. Today, I'll be talking about how to deal with the death of a PC. Now, PCs have a lower chance of dying than NPCs, but still does happen. I have witnessed at least 3 players in my time as a player and my characters have almost died countless …