Annabelle's Nerdy D&D Blog

  Like a lot of people, my first mini was an off-the-shelf adventurer. It didn’t really capture the essence of character, but it was ok. How things have changed! Whenever I play in a campaign now (and often when I DM), creating beautiful and accurate minis is well-loved part of my experience! The two biggest mini maker sites are Eldritch Foundry and Hero Forge.   In this guide, I'll walk you through the process of crafting your own epic custom minis using the popular platform Eldritch Foundry.     Oh by the way, this is sponsored :D   Full disclosure, Eldritch...

One of the keys to DMing a great Dungeons and Dragons game is tailoring the game to the party navigating it. This is as true for a Dungeon Master journeying through established sourcebooks as it is for one writing a homebrew campaign! A fantastic starting point is to weave the strengths and abilities of each character class into your storytelling and encounters. In this guide I'll give an overview of the 12 core D&D classes, highlighting their unique capabilities and offering tips on showcasing their strengths within your campaign.   Understanding D&D Classes - A quick primer   “Classes” is the name D&D gives to the...

So what is the D&D Alignment System?   Character alignment is how Dungeons and Dragons measures a character's moral view of the world. Alignment acts both as a guide for roleplay and as a mechanic for determining the effect of certain spells or items. Morality tends to be subjective, so I wouldn’t recommend taking the alignment system too seriously in your games! It's not set in stone either. More often than not I see a characters alignment being determined by the roleplay rather than the other way around!     The alignment chart   The D&D alignment system measures characters...

Hullo all! As you probably know, I really love having modular terrain that I can use and re-use. What I love even more is having modular terrain that doesn't look modular :P In todays guide I'm going to show you how to make your tiles look even more realistic by adding a mixture of flock and sand between the surface flagstones. I would rate this tutorial as "a bit harder". It's not too hard (most of it is sponge work after all!) but it is a bit more involved than say the lava painting guide. But totally worth the extra...

Note: 12th September 2026  This blog post was written mid 2023. It's since become out of date, though perhaps still useful. Also, since then, some quite pressing problems with AI have since come to light.  In other news, I have joined a real life faction! It's called Pause AI. We are a grassroots movement helping to bring about an international treaty to pause the development of Superintelligence. Superintelligence is not just a very good Chat GPT. They are trying to "summon the demon" here, and we need to stop them before it's too late. An international treaty is the way...