Heroes of the Borderlands, D&D’s new Starter Set for 5e24 is out, and it is MASSIVE. It is easily the best designed beginners tutorial I think the game has ever seen, and with D&D being such a complex and customisable experience, that is a great thing. But despite its girthy size and hefty weight, this mighty tome of a box set is still missing 3 things which I think would have elevated it from a 9 to a 10 out of 10  experience. So what are they are how can we fix it?

The Level 1 enchantment “Sleep” is one of those spells that everyone “wants” to use and seems like a great idea… but in the 2014 rules, after players hit Level 2 or 3, it was usually the caster that fell flat as opposed to the targets. Mechanically, it has been completely overhauled in the new rules, so let’s see if this classic crowd controller is still a snooze fest or if the fantasy that is a good night’s rest has finally come true.

Personally, I have no idea how a seemingly simple 10ft large cube of acidic Jello became the D&D icon that it is, but Gelatinous Cubes can trace their origins all the way back to 1st edition, where they haunted the 10x10 corridors of ubiquitous dungeons of Greyhawk and have appeared in every version of the game since.

G’day all, today I am announcing the launch of the Zalgariath Gaming YouTube channel, where we will take some deep dives into shallow pools of D&D lore and drag out whatever we find at the bottom. The videos will be short as a halfling, eloquent as a bard, and as trustworthy as that NPC quest giver who is wearing a black robe and a glowing ring with weird arcane symbols on it that your party's wizard can’t quite make out. I'd love for you to head over, check it out, and subsc