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D&D: Creative Uses for the ‘Shape Water’ Spell

April 19, 2022January 8, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments d&d, Druid, Dungeons & Dragons, roleplay, roleplaying, water

Shape water is my favorite spell in D&D, hands down. I have found so many different ways to use it, in part because of the many different ways it lets you manipulate water. You can move it, animate it, recolor it, or freeze it, and the effect lasts for 1 hour without needing concentration. Today I wanted to go over some of the more common situations I find myself busting out shape water for utility (or sometimes even combat) reasons. There are three main ways to get the water you’ll be manipulating for the spell. The easiest is the environment,… [Continue Reading]

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D&D: 5 Ways to Fly as a Low-Level Druid

April 18, 2022July 26, 2022 aabicus 0 Comments animals, d&d, Druid, Dungeons & Dragons, dungeons and dragons, fly, flying, roleplay

Druid’s Wildshape doesn’t strictly allow you to fly before level 8. And none of the loopholes on this list are going to be as free, versatile, and efficient as that landmark. But as I detailed before, Wildshape is so multi-faceted a mechanic that there are ways to get yourself in the air if that’s what you’re hoping for. Today we’re covering some edge cases for low-level druids looking wistfully at the sky! Caveat: Get permission from your GM before attempting any of these tricks. Every campaign is different, and many of these won’t fit the aesthetic of an ultra-serious storyline.… [Continue Reading]

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D&D: How I Learned to Start Shapeshifting and Love the Druid

April 17, 2022October 9, 2022 aabicus 0 Comments animals, d&d, Druid, Dungeons & Dragons, roleplay, roleplaying

I’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons for a long time, but I avoided the druid class for most of that on principle. The problem was that I got a bad first impression from another player’s character; Hantan was a party member in my first-ever campaign, a two-year medley of weekly one-offs during my undergraduate years where I was a sword-swinging barbarian. Hantan’s player, while a wonderful guy, was depressingly uncreative when it came to roleplaying. He spent the entire campaign simply shapeshifting into whatever combat form was meta according to the online forums. At first it was wolves, then briefly lions,… [Continue Reading]

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D&D 5e: The Troubles With Monk

April 16, 2022March 17, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments criticism, d&d, Dungeons & Dragons, monk, roleplay, roleplaying

Hi all! While the Daily SPUF is a video gaming blog through and through, we do occasionally cover other types of games. This includes card games and board games and even tabletop RPGs. I’ve occasionally covered Call of Cthulhu, but I’ve actually been playing Dungeons & Dragons for over a decade, starting with 3rd edition in 2009. So I got the idea to write some articles giving advice for newer players. And then I started with a guide to my favorite class, druid. Well, that druid guide turned into three different articles…then eight…and now there are fifteen. So apparently I won’t… [Continue Reading]

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The Lords of Brewer’s Grove – A Pathfinder Campaign

February 6, 2019April 8, 2022 Skully 0 Comments d&d, dice, dungeons and dragons, luck, rng, roleplay, roleplaying

Hi, there! I’m the temp writer and sibling of the almighty blog overlord; you can call me Skully. I’m currently running a 5th edition Pathfinder campaign with Medic, our brother and my boyfriend and I’m going to share a rough synopsis of our current predicament. First of all, let me introduce everyone. Medic is playing Rhyn’Go AmWoluff, a timid but spiritual Kitsune Druid with a wolf companion named Floof Greymayne. While she may be rather quiet and new to roleplaying, her character is quickly blooming. Our brother is the valiant Dwarf Barbarian who goes by the name SkullDave IronClaw; a… [Continue Reading]