"Legendary actions are one of the coolest, most memorable aspects of fifth edition for me. As a DM, they allow you to make dynamic...

Join us live 7/25/21 @7pm Eastern on Youtube! Crit Academy interviews Zac Harrison, one of the staff of the fantastic website Obsidian...

100 Weapon Histories: This list of 100 interesting weapon stories are great for adding great story to mundane or magical weapons in your...

Capes & Crooks a 5e Superhero RPG Back it Today on Kickstarter! Full Playtest Available! Puzzles for your Dungeons and Dragons games!...

Join us live 7/11/21 @7pm Eastern! The fantastic Youtuber and Dungeons and Dragons content creator Zipperon Disney joins us to talk...

How Long do Dragons in D&D Live? Where do Dragons come from? We answer this question and more! More ink has been spilled on describing...

There are a lot of things to consider when designing a new class in 5e. The most obvious is "What makes this class different from other...

Main Topic: How Hit Points Work in D&D In this post Crit Academy discusses the details of D&D hit points. They are joined by the awesome...

The legendary Dungeon Dudes join Crit Academy on 6/27/21 @7pm Eastern to talk about their homebrew world Dungeons of Drakkenheim and its...

Capes & Crooks | DevSpeak: Public Opinion “As the Overseer in Capes & Crooks, it’s important to remember a few things when running...

Do you want to build epic D&D combat encounters? Do you want an easy guide so that you can build them with little effort? Then check out...

Guest Blog by Ashley Gage So, you’ve got a new dnd character, huh? With a shiny new character sheet and you’re eager to start playing and...

How to Run Dungeons and Dragons Combat that Flows Do you want to know how to run amazing combat in D&D? Well thanks to our friend...

Running Dangerous Deserts in Dungeons & Dragons Guest Blog by Matthew 'Regitnui' Booth You can find Matthew’s Products on DM’s Guild One...

When designing for a superhero RPG set in an ultramodern setting, one of the things that we had to figure out was how to deal with more...

Main Topic: Top 5 Alternative Ways to use Dungeons & Dragons Spells In this episode, Crit Academy takes a look at the CBR.com article...

5 Collaborative Storytelling Tips for D&D DMs Guest Blog by: Tara M. Clapper Tara is the founder of The Geek Initiative, a website about...

Main Topic: Plane Shifting in D&D 5th Edition | Dungeon Con Online Stream Watch Live Stream @7pm EDT 5/30/21 Here On Twitch! Crit Academy...

Guest Blog by Luke Pickles If you want to check out his party’s adventures, you can see watch on Twitch.tv/eatcritsurvive on Fridays at...

Hello Deviants! We are back with another DevSpeak. Short blogs where I share my thoughts and design decisions around our upcoming 5e...