Thanks for dropping by my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading! It's where my son and I read every word of the Monster Manual, dreaming and opining about what we find. Week three, or is it four(?), of homeschooling. Now that it's clear that we're not going back until the Fall, we've got more distance learning to … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from Faerie Dragon to Fungi – F is for Funky →

Thanks for dropping by my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading! It's where my son and I absorb every word of the Monster Manual, opining and dreaming about what we find... This was week two of homeschooling and the Bay Area quarantine. Very thankful at this point that we were one of the first places to shut … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from Dragon (Turtle) to Ettin – The Drow Problem →

Thanks for dropping by my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading! It's where my son and I read every word of the Monster Manual digging for nuggets, looking for oddities, and musing on possibilities. It's our first week of school at home and we are feeling the burn of reading so many Dragon listings in a row. … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from Dragon (Brass) to Dragon (Silver) – The Macroeconomics of Treasure Eating →

Thanks for dropping by my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading! It's where we turn the Monster Manual upside down and give it good shake to see what falls out. Sometimes it's actual pages. Yes... as you can see with your own eyes, we are literally reading the cover off! An incredible amount has happened in the … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from Dragon (Blue) to Dragon (White) – All the Chromatics →

Thanks for dropping by my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading! It's where my son and I turn the Monster Manual upside down and give it good shake to see what falls out. This week we travel through all the Nine Halls and back up to where dragons soar. For sure my boy Xander has been listening. … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from Devil to Dragon (Black) – Fear the Beard!!! →

Thanks for dropping by for my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading. (By the time the series is done I'm hoping I'll know how to spell Irreverent!) This is the time in the week when we let our hair down and have some fun. It's where my son Xander and I record some of our thoughts from … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from C to Demon – The problem with eating Halfling is you’re just hungry again an hour later… →

Hello, and welcome to my new feature Irreverent Reading. I'm excited because this is a collaboration between me and my son, Xander. He's just about 7 and he really, really, really wants me to read the 5th Edition Monster Manual aloud to him. So, we are going to go cover to cover, hitting every word … Continue reading Irreverent Reading: D&D 5E Monster Manual from A to B – Banshees can kill anything… →