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Non-D&D/Pathfinder RPGs. [No Spoilers] Critical Role Miniatures Kickstarter is live! : criticalrole. Tumblr. List of Mostly Useless Magic Items. Invisible Ring: Good luck finding it!

List of Mostly Useless Magic Items

Beats of Elvenkind: This somewhat garish and ungainly (but somehow perceived to be stylish) headgear provides to your ears the finest quality Elven Music, at the cost of dampening out all other noise. Gives Disadvantage on all Wisdom (Perception) checks based on hearing.Woolly Bulette: This is a plush toy of a Bulette. Blue Sword Games on Patreon. Note: This was a commission piece and it is not available for commercial purposes or publication, but you are still free to use it for personal use!

Blue Sword Games on Patreon

I spent ages on the wood texture and spent hours on the day version to get it looking right. I really wanted to add a canopy but no matter how hard I tried it just looked strange and kept covering up the detail, so I ended up adding shadows beneath the tree instead. Oh and then did a night version and I like it more than the day version even though it took me half the time… oh well :D This map was made for the amazing Jeff Stevens who is going to be writing an adventure around it. Spoilers! Evolving Cantrips.pdf. D20 Balanced - Lace (4VQ4CQX3V) by majestictrinkets. D20 Balanced - Cards (NHYGEAQ9F) by majestictrinkets. The tiefling bard, Glor Ekemon Holl, rolls a ‘Deception’ check and successfully bluffs his hand, earning his party a hefty pot.

D20 Balanced - Cards (NHYGEAQ9F) by majestictrinkets

This dice is perfect for the gambler or charlatan of your adventuring party. Each side highlights a different suit inspired by the traditional ‘Bicycle’ playing cards. This is the regular gaming D20 in my 'Cards' design family of dice. It is mathematically balanced in CAD software design to ensure that the die is centered and fair. Drivethrurpg. Bogsy's Magical Scrolls. D&D 5e Jump Calculator. Stealing Immortality: The Original Story - Part 1. This particular story is about a Deck of Many Things.

Stealing Immortality: The Original Story - Part 1

The party here was myself as a Druid, Z as a Bard, Steve as a Ranger, Jay as a Rogue, Chainsaw as a Paladin, and Heidi as a Cleric. If you've been wondering as to why some of them repeatedly roll the same class, Chainsaw loves Paladins. He runs a very medieval Paladin. [Spoilers C2E1] All player cards. [No spoilers]Matt's five questions : criticalrole. D&D 5e quick reference. Encyclopedia Magica. The Encyclopedia Magica is a series of four volumes of accessories for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1994-1995.

Encyclopedia Magica

Contents[edit] The fourth volume contains an index to the entire set, and a complete magic item random determination table.[1] Volume Four covers items alphabetically from Spell Books to the Zwieback of Zymurgy, and includes numerous entries on swords, staves, and wands.[1] Publication history[edit] Reception[edit] How to Manage Combat Like a Motherf$&%ing Dolphin. On Monday, I wrote a rant about how I’m tired of hearing dips$&%s GMs complain about the speed of combat because the speed of combat is in their hands.

How to Manage Combat Like a Motherf$&%ing Dolphin

The thing is, a good two-thirds of my articles are written as a result of my getting tired of listening to GMs complain about stupid things. Or give bad advice about how to fix stupid things. Seriously? Do you want me to write an article on a specific topic? Go ahead and start complaining about a stupid thing and then send me a link. Encyclopedia Magica. [OC] Finally developed a world building method that appeals to my love of hexagons and straight lines. : DnD. McElroy Shows. Dmsguild. Laz' D&D5e Character Generator. The art of random war. All Dark Souls 3 weapons as D&D 5e item cards. : DnD.

How to Beef Up Your D&D Boss Fights. How to Write the Best D&D Adventures Ever. We just gushed about how important players and their characters are to telling stories in RPGs, but let’s look at the most ubiquitous tool in a Dungeon Master’s toolbox: the adventure.

How to Write the Best D&D Adventures Ever

5 More Master Tips to Infuse Your RPG Characters With Personality. Roleplaying isn’t all fighting all the time, so if your character lacks motive to act outside of combat, you’re going to get bored.

5 More Master Tips to Infuse Your RPG Characters With Personality

The other week I shared my 5 Steps to Imbue Your RPG Characters With Personality to Spare, and you guys really enjoyed it. That made me super happy! Now I want to do more for you. Below are some more master tips to help you build characters for your tabletop RPGs and LARPs. Be sure to check out the previous article in the link above as well. Geek & Sundry’s Best, Funniest, and Weirdest D&D Adventure Hooks. Every story begins with a hook.

Geek & Sundry’s Best, Funniest, and Weirdest D&D Adventure Hooks

If you’re trying to write the best adventure ever, you want to have a hook that makes fireworks explode in your players’ heads like it’s Lunar New Year. Killer hooks have and least two of three main components: The Mysterious. Something isn’t behaving in the way it’s expected to, like snow in the summer, a villain turned good, or animals starting to talk. The PCs should be curious! Vestiges of the Divergence Player's Companion. How to Start DM’ing Your First D&D Group. You’ve seen arcane and enigmatic books labeled Dungeons & Dragons at the bookstore.

How to Start DM’ing Your First D&D Group

You’ve seen D&D players huddled and plotting like members of a secret society and wondered what unknown delights drew them together. You’ve heard that tabletop role-playing is a new performing art, a way of modern myth-making and a helluva party all rolled into one. So how do you start playing D&D? Whether it’s your first time out as Dungeon Master or a return to the role, you will face two core questions when starting a D&D campaign: What are you going to play? Chalk Talk: Why I left Critical Role. Game Master Tips With Matt Mercer – Social & Non-combat Encounters. Not all battles are fought with weapons. Duels of wits, battles of wills, and blood-pumping bartering matches are all hallmarks of excellent roleplaying games. Dungeons and Dragons says that there are three pillars of the game: combat, interaction, and exploration. Here are some tips to make your social interactions just as exciting as combat!

What’s the “battlefield” of this encounter? Look to TV shows and movies filled with intrigue and politics for ideas. Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet. All Things Gaming: 5th edition Monstrous PCs (Soulbound Revenant) Soulbound revenants are beings trapped between two worlds. Unlike common revenants, soulbounds are not fully undead and rarely have a single wrong to be avenged. Born from souls either freshly separated from their living hosts or those preserved for centuries by powerful magic, a soulbound's spirit is intact and has been tied back to their original body, placed inside a soulless husk or, in some cases, manifested in a new physical form.

Souldbound revenants go by a variety of names, including: immortals, skinwalkers, and watchers. Though not entirely accurate, spellcasting soulbounds are sometimes called liches. Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet. Player Advice: Adventuring Advice from EGG, the Master DM. Over the last forty years or so, the game of Dungeons & Dragons has evolved through many editions, versions and retro-clones.

What haven’t changed, however, are the hallmarks of a skilled player. By William McAusland (Outland Arts) B2 The Keep on the Borderlands is perhaps the most played adventure in the history of role-playing. Countless adventurers have started (and many have finished) their careers in the Caves of Chaos. The Coolest Campaign Settings in D&D. Inhabiting fantasy worlds, as both a visitor and creator, is one of D&D‘s main draws. In the game’s 30+ years of publication, developers and homebrewers alike have spawned a literal Multiverse of worlds to explore, some more worthy of your tourism than others.

Let’s look at some tier-one D&D worldbuilding. How often do you see post-apocalyptic fantasy? First published for D&D‘s 2nd Edition and then again for its 4th, Dark Sun is basically Mad Max with swords and dragon bones. Player Advice: Adventuring Advice from EGG, the Master DM. Steampunk Polyhedral Dice Set (FB76B3QT8) by huan80. Dragon Dice Set noD00 (BVGZS49S2) by avandius. Botanical Decader Die10 (Oak) (YNKVK6ZWD) by ceramicwombat. Tiamat_symbol. Tiamat.