The Planeswalker's Stronghold

  This concept has been bouncing around in my head for nearly 10 yrs, since shortly after 5E was released. It is powered from a simple, yet compelling concept; What if you play D&D with only the materials provided for FREE by Wizards of the Coast? I know the first question most people are going to ask is, Why? There are many Socio-Economic reasons why this may be a reality for any number of people out there; This hobby is not cheap. While I definitely think Wizards of the Coast (WotC) makes a number of fine, fairly priced products, and I encourage the purchase of many of them to meet your needs. I also recognize that many, ranging from young people who aren't yet in control of their financial destiny, to those who struggle to provide for themselves and those around them, will not be able to purchase the many products put out by WotC. Some fans and players may live in parts of the world where a fairly priced product becomes unattainable due to factors beyond their control. Logis...

Based on the UA Character Origins published by Wizards of the Coast, August 2022. Copy right material belongs to their respective owners. While I discuss the IP for educational purposes, I make no claims to the IP. Backgrounds have gone from a rough outline in 5E, to a major defining aspect of a character. Background Features  Ability Scores . When you determine your character’s ability scores, choose two of them, and increase one by 2 and the other one by 1. Alternatively, choose three ability scores, and increase each of them by 1.  Skill Proficiencies . Choose two Skills. Your character gains Proficiency in them.  Tool Proficiency . Choose one tool. Your character gains Tool Proficiency* with it.  Language . Choose one language from the Standard Languages and Rare Languages tables (these appear later in the document). Your character knows that language. I tend to run Language a bit differently in my campaign worlds, but more on that once the One System has...

Last Updated based on UA Origins August 2022, which is sighted in this post. All rights are given to the owners. Core Races form the base of the societies in the campaign, will represent the majority of people encountered and are not restricted to player character creation. Please note: With the December 2022 One D&D playtest release, WotC has made it clear they are moving away from the concept of Race, and will instead refer to "Species" moving forward. I will make an effort to follow this branding decision, but please forgive the occasional slip -up. Unrestricted Species These four races can be played by everyone. They are supported by the 5E Basic Rules document (2018) and are presumed to be supported by One D&D free materials Dwarves tend to be Lawful in their nature, living to serve Crom (Mordin in Dwarvish), family and craft. Dwarven society is heavily influenced by Norse and Scottish culture. They live in mountains carved out into clan-holds, thus everyone in...

Inportant Dates  Previews Begin August 18, Conclude by August 26 Arena Release Sept 1 Set Specific Special Factors 30th Anniversay returns to Dominaria How will Legends Return Boosters be conveyed on Arena, if at all? IRL, this is only done in Collector boosters, so I doubt we will see a Strixhaven sort of set. I suspect we would have heard about it by now?  Upcoming Content Budget Perspective of the set on September 1st Comprehensive Codes will set up for this set's giveaway video on September 2 Yargle Day September 3? Jump In Tier List Update on September 4th     Future content will include Top 5 Jumpin in Options of Renewing Players and Top3 for New Players! Midweek Magic Phantom Draft  begin September 6th, with Live Play events on Twitch for Primary Account on 9/6 at 8pm EST, and the F2P Account on 9/7 at 2pm EST! Mastery Pass  showing exactly how I determine value for 2023 on September 10th! Budget Deck Tier List , a first for the channel and will kick...

 Stronghold Schedule Updated July 2022, all time are Eastern Standard Time Monday     Blog Articles once per month     11:00am Rise and Grind on Twitch Tuesday     10:45am Midweek Magic on YouTube     08:00pm Midweek Magic Live play on Twitch, if the video hits it's challenge goal. Wednesday     02:00pm Midweek Magic Live play on Twitch with secondary account, mostly on weeks which don't present a decklist. Thursday     01:00pm Limited content on YouTube. Quick Draft, Jump In etc Friday     future Aetherhub Development Saturday     01:00pm  Educational Video on YouTube.  Sunday     01:00pm Wildcard Video on YouTube