Re-Post: 5 Magic Items for Magic Users

I’ve always felt that magic users tend to get the short end of the stick when it comes to magic items. I mean, they have Pearls of Power and Staves of the Magi and Rings of Spell Storing and Wands and Scrolls of varying effectiveness, but mages always seem to lug around the same five...

Re-Post: 5 Unique Magical Axes

Everyone talks about magical swords. They suffuse nearly the entirety of fantasy literature, movies, and even D&D. SCREW. THAT. Swords are stupid. Axes. It’s all about the axes, man. Actually, this isn’t just about axes. It’s also about utilitarian design. Too many magic items are just “deal extra damage” or “add to your attack rolls”...

Re-Post: The Archfey in the Age of Heroes

This post was for my previous homebrew setting that I was building. In it, I was drawing quite a bit from ancient theology and myth. One of the ideas I had was that the gods of the world didn't necessarily have to be gods. In this case, that idea came to fruition in the form...

Re-Post: The Narrative of Feats in D&D 5e

For the next several weeks, I'm going to be migrating several of my old posts from the original version of Loot the Body to this new version. I'll be going in chronological order, and they will be posted every Wednesday. They will be minimally edited (there are a few wherein I promised future posts that...