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ARCADIA 22
🕑 Added 2022-11-23 18:30:01 +0000 UTCHello folks! It is I, Hannah Rose, here with the newest awesome-stuffed issue of ARCADIA.
Cover Art by Martin Sobr
This cover evokes a classic dungeon crawl with adventurers beset by the forces of evil, delving deeper one level (L-E-V-E-L) at a time! Can you spot the hidden rogue?
Heroic Champions by Will Doyle with art from Patrik Hell
Scheduling is the worst final boss—but one that’s easier with a smaller party! If you’re interested in playing or running a one-on-one game, these classes—the heroic warrior, the heroic spellcaster, and the heroic trickster—are designed (and thoroughly playtested) to be as capable as a party of four adventurers without being too complicated. Whether you’re a grumpy solo warrior accompanied only by their loyal steed or an intrepid thief who works alone, the heroic classes make fifth edition duet play easy and epic.
Parentage and Upbringing by V.J. Harris with art from Bruno Machado
These customizable ancestry options for psionic gemstone dragonborn and fiendish tieflings let you mix and match to reflect your character’s unique lineage, with traits like Cosmic Breath, Spelldrain, and Winged Embrace. The connections to specific devils and demons provide great story seeds for a GM, and the dragonborn psionic powers offer a sneak peek at the upcoming The Talent and Psionics!
Tools of the Trapmaster by Scott Fitzgerald Gray with art from Alejandro Pacheco
This treasure chest of magic items, created by the master thief Lynseda the Trapmaster, includes the secret pool canteen, the doom knocker, and a cookie jar that definitely doesn’t release a swarm of rats (don’t worry about it). I want to give a bunch of these to my players just to see what creative uses they devise—and by “give” I mean “make them fall afoul of.”
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Now back to ARCADIA 23!
—Hannah & the ARCADIA crew
FAQ
Q: How long will I be able to download the ARCADIA PDF attached to this post?
A: Indefinitely. Though this wasn’t the case at launch, our policy has changed. All issues of ARCADIA remain attached to their launch posts. You can read more about it here.
Q: I know someone who wants to get a copy of ARCADIA, but they don't want to use Patreon. Is there somewhere else they can get it?
A: Definitely, and we understand! That's why, when we post the current issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM shop at the same time. :D On the MCDM shop an issue of ARCADIA is $12. And at the time of this post, there’s a bundle of ARCADIA 1–6 (that’s 20 articles!) for $14.99.
Q: I want to submit an article for ARCADIA. How do I do that?
A: Thanks for your interest, but we don’t accept open submissions — you can check out this post to learn more about how we source articles for ARCADIA.
Q: What is this, an FAQ for ANTS? I have a question and it's not one of the ones listed here!
A: Oh no! D: If you need help with anything MCDM-related, email our support inbox (hello@mcdmproductions.com) and we'll do everything we can to make sure you're taken care of! :)
Comments
Joe Ferreira
I love the Heroic Champions! Any plans to continue with this idea for other classes (Warlock, Druid, etc)?
Ravaryn
Question: How many uses of Heroic Exploits does a character have? It doesn't say in the feature, just that you regain all uses at the start of your turn.
MCDM Productions
Hey Tyler! We didn't have a lot of folks watching the author interviews, and they took a lot of the staff and authors' time to coordinate and execute. We may explore other ways of highlighting authors in the future, but we want to make sure the time is worth it. -James
Tyler N
Question: Have you all decided to drop the author interviews for each issue? I enjoyed them, but it has been a while since I saw one.
Gustavo Campanelli
I just found Heroic Fighting, it's inside each class, I would have put a placeholder Heroic fighting in the initial list saying something like "look into each class for this feat"
Tealus
Heroic Fighting is there, Heroic Recovery is missing. *edit: just realize that not all the class features are listed with the class (I guess that is a page saving measure, not sure why when it's not printed).
Gustavo Campanelli
I just noticed that Heroic Fighting is missing from the first article.
Nolan
Woah, that cover art is incredible!!
Gustavo Campanelli
I like that she can be interpreted as a cloaking rogue or a summoned air or dust elemental, or even a magician casting fog.
Dallas Smith
Cover art is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
MCDM Productions
I was thinking the latter, but your choice, really! :D –Hannah
toddgrx
spoiler: "hidden rogue"? is that the mushroom-looking dude next to the fighter's scabbard or the one between the two characters?
Brian Diehl
Holy smokes! That cover!!
