The official 2024 version of the Player's Handbook includes 16 backgrounds, including new and updated previous choices. As the name implies, a background gives your character a background.

Tales of the Shire is set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but its player-character still has a fun connection to the LotR trilogy.

Licht and his staff have been unbending about certain qualities they seek in players since 2019, and the Bucs have benefited.

This Baldur's Gate 3 character was respecced in 4,890,005 campaigns, and that fact seems totally fitting for their character ...

Hogwarts Legacy offers a great story, character creation, and magical world exploration. Final Fantasy XIV has tragic character stories and good creation features for players. Diablo 4's class ...

Two-player expeditions have been added to Elden Ring Nightreign via update 1.10, whcih also adds new filters for Relics and ...

The non-player character (NPC) theory shows how popular culture's misunderstandings of human cognition mirror flawed ideas from cognitive science.

The new version of D&D’s Player’s Handbook swaps the concept of race for species. Plus, how Baldur’s Gate 3’s popularity helped bring aasimar into the PHB.

Explore player agency and character design as a centuries-old vampire, the Nomad, in Bloodlines 2. Delve into the balance between player choices and a strong, intentional narrative in Bloodlines 2.

Mecha Break takes standard character-creation features — like multi-colored hair options, for example — and elevates them. Players can adjust their pilot's hair color and its length.