Of Dark Souls to Transmitted by blood to Elden RingFromSoftware has filled its games with fun and powerful weapons for players to use. Combat is key in these games, and providing a huge arsenal for players to attack bosses with is key to making the games fun on repeat playthroughs. Practically each of these games is based on the number of weapons the characters can fight with; Elden Ringthe most recent game in the franchise, has four times as many weapons as the original Dark Souls. There are royal swords, elegant bows, fancy staffs, and the list goes on. But…
Author: Connor Lindsay
Most jobs in Cyberpunk 2077 they come courtesy of fixers, middlemen who communicate with clients and ensure all parties are compensated fairly. And while some game fixers, like the traitorous Dexter DeShawn, may leave a bad taste in players’ mouths, others are on the rise. AND Maintaining relationships with these characters is crucial to remaining employed as a mercenary, not to mention receiving some valuable bonus rewards. Almost every fixer V can work with in Night City offers some exclusive bonus upon completion of all of their gigs, usually one related to their story or aesthetic. Because fasteners vary greatly…
Baldur’s Gate 3 features a dynamic and complex combat system, full of conditions and status effects that players and enemies can suffer. Some, like the paralyzed and the blind, are lifted directly from the Dungeons and Dragons. But others are entirely new and really shine in video game format. Some of these status effects are so powerful that players have made entire builds to activate them. And with the plethora of items and spells that can cause these effects, this is easy to do. These ten status conditions stand out as some of the most powerful that Baldur’s Gate 3…
Cyberpunk 2077 presents a dense and complex world full of secrets and knowledge. There’s a lot of story to build on, given that it comes from an existing TTRPG with entire books of established characters and events. Overall, the game does a good job of laying out these details in a way that makes players care about them, as any good open-world game will, tying the story of Night City with the story of the game’s protagonist. But there is a well-done aspect of the worldbuilding in this game that many players miss. The game includes over 150 NCPD Scanner…
Elden Ring has over 400 different weapons that players can use, from simple daggers and swords to terrifying god slayers. Among the options offered in this game are weapons that may be familiar to fans of other franchises, both due to their visual design and reference names. These ten weapons serve as both Easter eggs and references to the game’s inspiration.in some cases based on their previous work. FromSoftware’s incredibly popular game is known for its brutal combat, meaning the weapons you carry with you in the Lands Between can be the difference between life and death. However, for some…
Each class in Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook 2024 gains a “final feature” at level 20. These features are incredibly powerful and either enhance the power of existing class features or provide characters with new ways to interact with the world. AND Most of the options here are completely new in this guide.replacing or modifying existing functions. But even then, there is a huge power imbalance in what characters get at max level. These core abilities should encourage players to become stronger and more proficient at what they do. Some activities will be more motivating than others.. In many games,…
While paladins are spellcasters in Dungeons & DragonsMost players would probably consider them to be martial characters focused on weapon damage, as they mainly tend to use their magic on “smites.” Paladins can apply smiths to their attacks from the moment they get their first spell slotsAdding extra radiant damage to their heat. While the basic “divine smile” has been the main target for many paladins, there are other smite variants that deal different kinds of damage and apply additional effects. In past versions of D&DThe Other strike spells are considered much less powerful than divine strikeBut these 2024 Player’s…
The Sorcerer class presents some of the most powerful spellcasting options for players in Dungeons & DragonsMainly due to their supply of magic points. While Wizards don’t learn as many different spells as wizards or clerics, They can use their sorcery points to reclaim spell slots or to modify their spells Use metamagic. Metamagic options include ways to make spells affect more creatures, last longer, and even make magic damage more powerful. There were ten metamagic options for wizards in the 2014 Player’s HandbookAnd the 2024 version includes the same ten choices. But Some important updates have made the metamagic…
The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook Introduced new ways to categorize the feats available to player characters. Feats, which grant some ability or passive buff that functions independently of the character’s class, are now separated into general, origin, and fighting style feats, as well as epic bonuses. The new categories have level and stat requirements that were not present in the 2014 version of the TTRPG and change the way players build their characters. This is primarily due to All characters now gain an Origin feat at level one. Each character gets an origin feat determined by their background,…
The Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook Introduces epic bonuses as high-level feats for player characters. There are twelve available in the new bookAnd each gives an active or passive buff that strengthens the character who takes it immensely. Unlike Origin feats, which are tied to background options, any character of any class or origin can take any of the epic bonuses when they reach 19th level. Some players may wonder which boon is most effective or useful for their character. Each of these bonuses gives a +1 bonus to one ability score of the player’s choice (There are two…