I FINALLY got around to putting this up for folks, since it was requested so many times. BEHOLD… the Totem of the Duck!
Big thanks to @hederjon for being the awesome player who sparked this inspiration!https://t.co/m7CIE3XZaB

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) April 10, 2018

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.dmsguild.com/Totem-of-the-Duck

“Can my totem animal… be a duck?” From this was born this majestic build you see before you, now refined for general use from Matthew Mercer!

In the final arc of Critical Role‘s first campaign, actor Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory) was awesome enough to come guest for a couple of episodes. When I sat with him in advance to make his character, he settled on a charismatic Half-Orc Bard/Barbarian named Lionel Gayheart.

Damn skippy it is! He does all my official class art for DMs Guild!

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) April 10, 2018

literally unplayable pic.twitter.com/xUjzwUBHrN

— Austin (@AuuAu_) April 10, 2018

CURSE YOU TINY LAPTOP SCREEN WHILE WRITING THIS ON A PLANE LAST NIGHT

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) April 10, 2018

Hark! Moon-pale elf rider doth blow hunting horn
For the moon is a dagger-sharp crescent
And the night grows old, soon will come morn
So let’s make with the stabbing incessant
And render one more foe dead and gorn

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 12, 2018

I don’t care if you play three #dnd games a week or prefer to watch it streamed on Twitch. As far as I am concerned, if you like D&D, your part of my community.

— SlyFlourish (@SlyFlourish) March 14, 2018

Agreed! It's a big tent, open to all who want to keep it open to all. https://t.co/zKD6uEAFaM

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 14, 2018

A new order for Clerics: The Order domain, law above all else!

Download:
https://media.wizards.com/2018/dnd/downloads/UA_OrderDomain.pdf

no – mechanically, made a lot more sense in a system that made a lot of assumptions/requirements about magic item ownership

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) January 12, 2018

OK, it’s late night on a Saturday, which means it’s time for me to nerd out about the D&D kit I made for running games. I used it at Gary Con and was fairly happy with it. Strap in for excitement!

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

So here’s my kit’s two basic pieces – a Rick Steves travel bag sized for a small-ish iPad, and a pencil case I found at Target. The pencil case is nice, because it has a button loop that makes it easy to attach to the travel bag. pic.twitter.com/lZ8MBFpK8a

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

Here are the contents of the pencil case – dice, dry erase markers, power cord for my iPad, and not surprisingly pencils. The nice thing about this specific case – it lay flat enough when unzipped that it’s a handy storage bin when in use. Keeps stuff accessible without clutter. pic.twitter.com/hIGdVrT5Tq

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

I keep index cards in the front pocket of the travel bag, an assortment of colors to track monster stats and notes during a session. pic.twitter.com/nxWOLCFzsi

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

The interior pocket is the perfect size for a Noteboard, a handy dry erase surface that folds out. I use it for tactical combat, as necessary. I don’t pack minis, so I just use dice or whatever is handy, but so far have used it for a battle only once across 6 gaming sessions. pic.twitter.com/jIFDjNLJCF

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

And here are the main pieces in the main interior pocket of the bag – an iPad with D&D Beyond and a number of adventures from the DM’s Guild, plus adventures of my own, a miniature whiteboard, and a mini-sized DM screen I made. pic.twitter.com/L2KQqb9ACl

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

The white board had a magnet on the back. It’s the type you might stick to your refridgerator. I stripped off the magnets. In play, I use it to sketch out locations for the players or track initiative.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

I made the screen using white duct tape, small painting canvasses, and plastic, self-adhesive pockets. I printed out the 5e conditions and a few other handy tables to reference during play. pic.twitter.com/V6yHfTBjc8

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

I might add a bag of counters, or a second pencil case for them. I haven’t needed them too often, but a light, compact option would be nice.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

Oh, and I really do need to create a set of 6 pregen characters that’ll fit in the bag without folding, preferable laminated or otherwise durable, for pick up games. The one drawback was having to print out separate sets of pregens for each session I ran.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

pregens, but on smaller format paper, or standard?Smaller – thinking something like 5 inch square, double sided, 3rd level, erring on simple options.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

This tweet thread was exactly what I needed to read before I fall asleep. Thanks, Welcome!

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

Special thanks to the dogs for sitting quietly while i composed these tweets, then crashing into and nearly tearing a hole in our screen door when i let them outside just now.

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) March 25, 2018

@JeremyECrawford @mikemearls Idea for the next supplement: a Double Prone condition. This one's free.

— EchoBazaar (@DeusExMechanika) February 1, 2018

Thank you, but no. 😘

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) February 1, 2018

I like it. If you’re knocked prone while prone, you clip right through the floor and out of the level. Then every page in your PHB turns blue. https://t.co/7KhsqhBJiW

— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) February 1, 2018