Masthash

#5e

Laidback DM
7 hours ago

8th stretch goal unlocked! ‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Animystic 🪐
13 hours ago

My hands after eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos

#DnD #5e #DnD5e #DungeonsAndDragons

Bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos next to an image of a Tiefling from the DnD 5e Player Guide. The Tiefling has purple skin, but the hands are glowing orange.
Nord Ronnoc
14 hours ago
ProjektMyra
14 hours ago

Post von @ulissesspiele mit dem #Winterwacht #Crowdfunding für #DasSchwarzeAuge und #Aventurien, eben nicht nur #DSA5 sondern auch "Aventurien #5e oder mit Regeln eigener Wahl. Freue mich drüber und auf die gemütliche #AbendLektüre im Advent #UlissesSpiele #pnpde

Bornland Crowdfunding Bücher
Laidback DM
1 day ago

Ever wonder how to fit gridded maps to Roll20? Check out the new video showing you how to manually size maps with grids in the app, so it will fit the Roll20 grid, every time 😊

https://youtu.be/vr01fIZFdPM?si=PxihjGOjc1WbG5-V

#5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #RolePlayingGame #osr #DungeonsAndDragons5e
#youtubelife #grid #roll20

AJ
2 days ago

We had a photoshoot for our son’s arrival and my wife asked if I had any special poses I wanted to do with him. I had one idea - roll a character! #dnd #5e #ttrpg

Laidback DM
2 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers! 7th stretch goal unlocked!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Geek Native
3 days ago

Sly Flourish publishes the Lazy Dungeon Master and the Fantastic Adventures lines, suggesting the two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, both sets of RPG supplements are available together in a single Bundle of Holding offer.
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#slyflourish #5e

https://www.geeknative.com/162971/lazy-dungeon-master-for-fantastic-adventures-together-in-a-bundle-deal/

Laidback DM
3 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers! 7th stretch goal unlocked!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Laidback DM
3 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Emmanuel Wald
3 days ago

Who has received #TTRPG #dices with a biblical citation in #Hebrew?

It's-a me!

The citation is:
”כי־עפר אתה ואל־עפר תשוב“
(“ki-'afar attah ve'el-'afar tashuv”, “for you are dust, and to dust you shall return”, Genesis 3:19b)

I can't wait to attack my players with these dices 😈.

I received them with the #AzraelGuideToTheApocalypse, a #DnD #5e compatible adventure inspired by the biblical book of Revelation, for which I pledged on #Kickstarter. The 23€ of custom tax were a bad surprise, but I'm still very happy.

#DungeonAndDragons #Bible #DnD5e

A set of black tabletop role play games dices with red inscriptions (the numbers are surrounded by an Hebrew citation)
Laidback DM
4 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Laidback DM
5 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers! 6th Stretch Goal Unlocked!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps
#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Just A Little Guy for your next encounter: The Hopgoblin.

(I was inspired, apparently).

#dndhomebrew #dnd #5e

A 5e character sheet for a creature called a Hopgoblin. It includes a very silly picture of a bunny sticking out their tongue with a little helmet and spear. The hopgoblin is a small Fey creature with a CR of 1/4.

HOPGOBLIN
Small fey, chaotic neutral
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 5 (2d6-2)
Speed 35 ft., burrow 5 ft.
STR
DEX
CON
INT
6(-2) 14 (+2)
8(-1)
8 (-1)
WIS
CHA
14 (+2) 16 (+3)
Saving Throws Dex +4, Cha +5
Skills Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth +4, Sleight of hand +4
Senses tremorsense 30ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Pack Mischief. The Hopgoblin has advantage on stealth
and slight of hand (paw?) rolls against a creature if an
allied Hopgoblin is within 5 feet of the creature, and is not incapacitated.
Hop. Boing?
ACTIONS
Very Short Spear. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage.
Innate Spellcasting. Hopgoblin's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/Short Rest: Jump, Mold Earth
NOTES
"Is that a Rabbit with a spear? AHH!" - Tim
Hopgoblins are all about mischief and stealing shiny
things, they can absolutely be bribed and negotiated with, and they always act in a group.
Made with Giffyglyph's Monster Maker
Laidback DM
5 days ago

As Edward approached the interdimensional portal, ready to take the greatest exploratory and possibly evolutionary step for humankind, ever, he remembered he’d left the stove on.

#dnd #5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #wotc #RolePlayingGame #osr

Re: previous toot

I’m not very far into The Monsters Know What They Are Doing and it has revolutionised my ideas of combat encounters. It’s so good, it has that, “it’s so obvious, why didn’t I think of that,” feel to it.

I’m slightly embarrassed of my combat to date now, but starting a new campaign in the new year and I’m looking forward to the new tactics and curveballs I will be throwing at my players.

I only wish I’d bought this book 3-4 years ago.

#TMKWTD #5e #DMTactics

Laidback DM
6 days ago

Session 23 of #Pathfinder2e - exploring below Gauntlight Keep, the party battles Shadows & flesh-eating ghouls as they seek the source of the lighthouse’s stream of blue light!

#5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #RolePlayingGame #osr #DungeonsAndDragons5e

der dorifer
6 days ago

Was kriegen andere RPGs besser hin als das derzeit beliebteste Rollenspiel und was kann #dnd5 sich für eine neue Edition von ihnen abschauen?: Bei @orkenspaltertv hat man sich darüber Gedanken gemacht:

Dungeons & Dragons: 5 Dinge, die D&D5 von der Konkurrenz lernen kann
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rLfuPa9XOq8&si=hVWJMs31L7EbhcK9

#pnpde #5e

Laidback DM
6 days ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers! 5th Stretch Goal Unlocked!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps
#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Nora "support caster" Tindall
1 week ago

i do think it's worth really thinking about what it means to recontextualize magical healing in the context of "heroism points"

if you're unfamiliar, this is the idea that your HP doesn't measure a physical attribute of your body but rather your ability to *be heroic*

for instance, when an attack "hits", rather than describing how it scratches your arm or something, your DM might ask you, "the troll's club comes down at you. that blow would have killed you, but you..." and you might describe how you roll out of the way or meet the blow with your shield.

the subtracted hit points measure how much closer you are to being unable to avoid the next blow.

this works well with the 4th edition "bloodied" condition; when you reach half your hit point total, some physical harm actually comes to you, and that can make you enraged, or careless, or slow.

anyway: in this context, healing is more about restoring your will, your strength, and your ability to go on. that's why a full rest heals you fully and a short rest heals you a little bit. so, magical healing - which in D&D is exclusive to bards and divine casters - is about reaching into your soul and boosting your morale and mental strength. that's why a prayer or a song works!

it also helps explain why arcane casters don't get the ability to heal; they have *false life* and similar temporary hitpoint spells, but that's just an illusion or trick of the mind, rather than a true healing of the spirit.

#4ePosting #dnd #5thEdition #5e #ttrpg

GMRaphi
1 week ago
Foto von mir sitzend hinter meinen DMing-Tisch. Auf dem Tisch DM Screen, Bücher, papier, hinter dem DM Screen noch ein Laptop
Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers! 4th Stretch Goal Unlocked!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps
#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter - system neutral, hand drawn, connectable, geomorphic maps! Build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, port/island town, or sewers!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps
#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter’s 3rd STRETCH GOAL Unlocked!System neutral, hand drawn, connecting maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, island town, sewer system + DM’s Workbook to stock maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #handdrawn

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter’s 3rd STRETCH GOAL Unlocked!System neutral, hand drawn, connecting maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, island town, sewer system + DM’s Workbook to stock maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography

Sco :progress: :flag_mm:
1 week ago

#TTRPG
I am working on a #Underworld #DnD game for my group (Lycans vs/with Vampires vs/with Humans). Trying to figure out the parameters for it. And working based on #5E. Aaand only using the first 3 films.

Any suggestions from the #RPG community? Remember, DnD 5E. Cant learn a new system in this timeframe. But open to tid bits from other systems.

Laidback DM
1 week ago

Check out my hand drawn, old school ‘Lost Kingdom’ map time lapse (part 13) #YouTube #video Unplanned, improv map project 😊

https://youtu.be/F4oP0q9EMzI?si=n344vgw_MaOoVoYY

#5e #ttrpgs #rpggames #dnd #DnD5e #dndcommunity
#youtubelife #ttrpg #map #maps #dndmaps #Pathfinder2e #pathfinder

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Tuesday Nights are Alright for Fighting’ - session 32:
In the Underwold, the party continues their mission to rescue the lost Duer-Zar, facing the Darkling Wyrm underwater and negotiating its captive’s release!

#oldschool #osr
#5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #magicitem #rpggames #wotc #RolePlayingGame #osr #DungeonsAndDragons5e

semibad
1 week ago

This week in D&D we:

- HA! Long rest
- picked a lock shut
- picked the same lock open
- investigated a fireplace cause they can't all have monsters in
- got jumped by fireplace monsters
- fireball centred on [party member]
- developed a phobia of fireplaces (and the party's wizard)
- redug a corridor
- tried to teach stealth to our skeleton horse
- found a big spider web
- put a bonfire in the middle of it
- fought some bear-sized spiders
- fireball centred on [party member]
- realised that isn't going to solve everything
- hid (repeatedly)
- made eye contact with the cleric as he failed to remove the restraining webs
- GREASE (ceiling edition)
- killed a bunch of spiders

Next week on D&D: honestly there wasn't much foreshadowing, I guess just explore the rest of this dwarf fortress

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #FireballCentredOnPartyMember

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter’s 2nd STRETCH GOAL Unlocked!
System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter’s 1st STRETCH GOAL Unlocked!!System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, river town, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps

proflysun
1 week ago
Laidback DM
1 week ago

What #ttrpg are you playing tonight? #Numenera Is a favourite of mine, but unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to play it yet! Here are some of the books from my collection 😊

#p2e #5e #dndcommunity #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #montecookgames #rpggames #RolePlayingGame #osr #DungeonsAndDragons5e

Laidback DM
1 week ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter’s 1st STRETCH GOAL Unlocked!!System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, river town, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps

Laidback DM
2 weeks ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter is LIVE & FUNDED in 1.5 hrs! System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, river town, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps

Laidback DM
2 weeks ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter is LIVE! System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, river town, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartography

Gerard Hynes
2 weeks ago

I see that Ghostfire Gaming are continuing their tradition of having music videos that absolutely slap for the projects they're Kickstarting.

This time it's The Seeker's Guide to Enchanting Emporiums and annapantsu does an incredible job.

#SeekersGuideToEnchantingEmporiums #GhostfireGaming #DnD #ttrpg #5e #annapantsu

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eldermancy/the-seekers-guide-to-enchanting-emporiums

On the left, the logo for The Seeker's Guide to Enchanting Emporiums.

On the right, the Seeker, a thiefling with red skin and white hair in travelling clothes, holding a satchel of treasure, with their pet Gu'Gu on their shoulder.
Laidback DM
2 weeks ago

At the disco, Claudia soon tired of trying to learn new dance moves and vented her frustration with a musketeer/lightsaber routine.

#dnd #5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #wotc #RolePlayingGame #osr

Laidback DM
2 weeks ago

‘Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY’ Kickstarter! System neutral, hand drawn, interconnectable maps to build YOUR ultimate fantasy city, river town, island town or sewer system + a DM’s Workbook to stock your maps or keep notes during games! New #YouTube video!

Check it out at https://youtu.be/T9TVFdlgqno?si=TiIngvT2gayeDZu7

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #OldSchoolEssentials #ADnD #WhiteBox #SwordsAndWizardry #OSRIC #oldschool #ttrpg #maps #cartographer #cartography #handdrawn #drawing #TimeLapse

Laidback DM
3 weeks ago

Need some work done? (Just kidding 😉)

How about your own map for commercial or personal projects? Check this out and drop me a line 😊

https://stevestillstanding.com/2023/11/14/map-commissions/

#5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #wotc #RolePlayingGame #osr #DungeonsAndDragons5e #love #art #cartographer #commissions #maps

Darryl Mott
3 weeks ago

Big #DnD #5e bundle on Humble Bundle right now featuring 73 #TTRPG sourcebooks, adventures, rules expansions, settings, and more from #KoboldPress and others. (affiliate link) https://www.humblebundle.com/books/5th-edition-mega-bundle-gygax-kobold-and-friends-more-books?partner=gamerstavern

Promotional image for the 5th Edition Mega Bundle from Humble Bundle
Laidback DM
3 weeks ago

Maps Your Party Will Die For 4: CITY
Kickstarter launches soon! 35+ interconnectable maps perfectly sized for Roll20 that you can connect any way you want to make YOUR ultimate city! Plus a DM’s Workbook so you can stock your maps!

To sign up to be notified Day One:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/maps-your-party-will-die-for-4-city-book-and-maps

#dnd #5e #osr #pathfinder #Runequest #map #fantasy
#dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames

Ed Chivers
4 weeks ago

I'm running an "all bards" #dnd #5e one shot this weekend, set in the dwarven city of Kassiter. Our party are all sixth-level elven bards, who are a musical act on a concert tour.

It's only a few days until their big performance at the Damukhet Sazzarin Stadium in Kassiter's upper city, but they've just discovered their musical instruments and other gear has been stolen by parties unknown.

They're going to have to go hunt down their gear, find those responsible, and all before the big show.

Dragoncrown Games
4 weeks ago

If anybody cares to share some feedback, here's the latest version of my #Monk #NPC scalable stat block for #DnD #5E.

Thank you everyone who has been offering feedback and critiques, especially the fantabulous @Homebrewandhacking. 👍

#TTRPG #GameDesign #OneDnD #Valiant #A5E #DnD5E

ALT text shortened due to space.

(Bonus Action) Bonus Attack. This NPC can make an unarmed strike.
At 2nd Level:
(Bonus Action) Flurry of Blows (4/Day). Immediately after taking the attack action, this NPC can make two unarmed strikes.
(Bonus Action) Patient Wind. This NPC can take the Disengage, Dodge, or Dash action.
At 3rd Level
(Reaction) Dodge Missiles. When this NPC is hit by a ranged attack, they can reduce the damage by 7 (1d10+2) plus their Monk level.
Exposing Strike (2/day). When this NPC hits a creature with a melee attack, they can force its guard open. The next attack made against the target has advantage and deals an extra 3 (1d6) damage of the same type on a hit until the end of this NPC’s next turn.
At 5th Level
Multiattack. This NPC can attack twice.
Stunning Strike. (2/day). When this NPC hits a creature with a weapon or unarmed attack, the target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be Stunned until the end of this NPC’s next turn.
At 6th Level
(Action) Three Point Strike. (2/day). This NPC chooses a humanoid within 10 feet and makes three melee attacks against it. If all attacks hit, the target is Paralyzed until the end of this NPC’s next turn.
Empowered Strikes. When this NPC makes an unarmed strike attack, that attack can deal Force damage.
At 7th Level
Evasion. If this NPC would roll a Dex save to take only half damage, they can instead take no damage in a successful save and half damage on a failed save.
Satchel 🎲💼
1 month ago

The last #DnD campaign I ran, in the second session I couldn't figure out how to apply acid damage to the armor in #DnDBeyond. That was pretty much the last straw, for me. I stopped organizing that campaign, and haven't played #5e since.

Dragoncrown Games
1 month ago

Hello, #TTRPG fiends.

I am still (slowly) working on my upcoming mass combat supplement for #DnD #5E, and as part of that work, I am updating my scaling classed #NPC stat blocks. (used to create retinues, followers, and soldiers)

If anybody has some feedback or suggestions to improve this #gamedesign I would very much appreciate it. 👍

For reference, these stat blocks are meant to be less powerful than a PC of the same level, but good enough that they can serve as backup characters in a pinch.

Stat Block for a Generic Melee Fighter

Armor Class (per equipment)
Hit Points 12 per level (Hit Dice is equal to their level)

STR 15
DEX 13
CON 14
INT 9
WIS 11
CHA 10

Saving Throws: Str +4, Con +4
Skills: Acrobatics +3, Athletics

Traits:

Remise (2/Day). When this NPC makes a melee weapon attack against a creature and that attack misses, they can choose to deal the target half that attack’s damage.

Action Surge (1/Day). Requires 2nd Level. This NPC can take an additional action on their turn.

Proficiency Increase. Requires 5th Level. This NPC’s Proficiency bonus becomes +3.

Comrade's Riposte. Requires 6th Level. When this NPC uses Guard's Parry, the target of the triggering attack can immediately take make one melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.

Improved Critical. Requires 7th Level. This NPC’s weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Actions:

Multiattack. Requires 5th Level. This NPC can attack twice when taking the attack action on their turn.

Bonus Actions:

Second Wind (2/Day). This NPC can regain hp equal to 5 (1d10) plus their fighter level.

Reactions

Guard's Parry (2/Day). Requires Requires 3rd Level. When a creature targets this NPC or an ally they can see within 5 feet with an attack, this NPC can add +3 to the target’s AC against that attack. In addition, that attack deals half damage on a successful hit. This NPC must be able to see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Stat Block for a Generic Ranged Fighter

Armor Class (per equipment)
Hit Points 12 per level (Hit Dice is equal to their level)

STR 11
DEX 15
CON 14
INT 9
WIS 13
CHA 10

Saving Throws Str +4, Con +4
Skills Acrobatics +4, Perception +3

Traits:

Steady Aim (1/Turn). When this NPC makes a ranged weapon attack, they can add a +2 bonus to the attack roll.

Action Surge (1/Day). Requires 2nd Level. This NPC can take an additional action on their turn.

Proficiency Increase. Requires 5th Level. This NPC’s Proficiency bonus becomes +3.

Improved Critical. Requires 7th Level. This NPC’s weapon attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Actions

Multiattack. Requires 5th Level. This NPC can attack twice when taking the attack action on their turn.

Bonus Actions

Second Wind (2/Day). This NPC can regain hp equal to 5 (1d10) plus their fighter level.

Suppressive Shot (2/Day). Requires 3rd Level. This NPC focuses their aim at a chosen target within 10 feet of an ally. The next ranged weapon attack this NPC makes until the end of their turn against that target has advantage. On a hit, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) damage of the weapon’s type and must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be Dazed until the end of this NPC’s next turn.

Reactions

Reflexive Sniper. Requires 6th Level. When a creature this NPC can see leaves an ally’s range, this NPC can make a ranged weapon attack against it.
PJ Coffey
1 month ago

If I hit 100 backers I'll be out of stretch goals.

Fortunately I've only got to hold until Friday!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homebrewandhacking/worlds-to-go-the-elysians

@kickstarterttrpg

#TTRPG #A5e #DnD #5e

Bob Irving
1 month ago

My players are wanting to move from #Shadowdark to #5e. We're doing the Scarlet Minotaur adventure and might continue with that. Is there a way to do stat conversions for players and monsters? #dnd #ttrpg

Kreig Durham
1 month ago

Any indie TTRPG makers/writers out there have good tips for sharing in-progress snippets from content/systems you're writing? Especially in a format that allows feedback?

#TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity #BoardGames #DnD #5e

https://writing.exchange/@kreig/111315322037081504

Bob Irving
1 month ago

What's a good resource for a DM new to #5e #dnd to quickly read up on basic gameplay and player stats, movement, etc.? Trying to avoid the PHB if possible but maybe there's one chapter there that will serve. Thanks.

PJ Coffey
1 month ago

If you design for 5e then you should check this out. 1200 pages of compatible content that open up the design space thoroughly and let schmoes like me make cool stuff. Plus the ready made audience of A5e fans.

https://chirp.enworld.org/@morrus/111295992713777559
@morrus - A5ESRD: Core Rulebooks Now All Completed Making Biggest Open 5E SRD Available https://www.enworld.org/threads/a5esrd-core-rulebooks-now-all-completed-making-biggest-open-5e-srd-available.700640/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#TTRPG #5e #A5e #SRD

@dnd

Ric
1 month ago

A feats-only hack of #5E / #dnd. There are no classes or races. You just start with 2-3 feat, and gain an additional one at each level.

Is this something?

#ttrpg

Laidback DM
1 month ago

“Noooo! ‘Tis the vilest monster of all: toxic fandom!”

#dnd #5e #dndcommunity #dndmaps #fantasymaps #pathfinderrpg #ttrpgs #rpggames #wotc #RolePlayingGame #osr

Laidback DM
1 month ago

this is a subtoot, but I feel like there are two types of DMs:

  1. those who hate Guidance and say it's OP, unstoppable and "just a +2.5 for all skill checks for the whole party forever" and make weird house rules to limit it
  2. those who read the spellblock and realised it is: touch range, one minute, concentration, verbal and somatic components, action cast time, single use

I'm not saying it's not one of the best cantrips in 5e, but they piled SO many things on it to allow DMs to rein it in, unless you also have weird house rules like "we don't care about spell components" or "we always assume the whole party moves around in a giant huddle", in which case it's not really Guidance that is the problem, is it? 😅

#dnd #5e #dming #unpopularopinon

nebunez
2 months ago

I just whipped up a half-urd/half-kobold PC with which I’ll be starting a new campaign this weekend. My first semi-homebrew PC!

Oh, and he’s a very dumb and gullible paladin who thinks he’s spawned from Kuraulyek himself; but, really, his mom just fucked an urd 😘

#DnD #5e #DnD5e #TTRPG

Tipa
2 months ago

D&D: Deanna, the Bastion Cleric

Sometimes, the silliest rules in Dungeons & Dragons can be a blessing in disguise...

https://chasingdings.com/2023/10/12/dd-deanna-the-bastion-cleric/

#DungeonsDragons #5e #bastions #fiction

A halfling woman sitting in a comfy chair in a fantasy house filled with stuff, lit by lanterns.
Laidback DM
2 months ago

Here are some session summaries from a #dnd campaign I ran from 1st-20th level using xp - the party has an ultimate showdown in the skies above Phandalin!

https://stevestillstanding.com/2023/10/12/phandelvers-pact-footfall-2020-21-session-21/

#5e #ttrpg #DnD5e #DM #DungeonMaster #RPG #DungeonsAndDragons
#LostMineOfPhandelver #StormKingsThunder
#PrincesOfTheApocalypse #DungeonsAndDragons5e

Tipa
2 months ago

D&D: Bastions

Finally, after fifty years, housing comes to Dungeons & Dragons. Innkeepers across the land protest.

https://chasingdings.com/2023/10/11/dd-bastion/

#DungeonsDragons #5e #bastions

A Wes Anderson-style house incongruously set in a remote mountain valley.
Laidback DM
2 months ago

‘Saint Avon’s Madness’ hardcover book is LIVE and FUNDED on Kickstarter! 9 #OneShot adventures for #dnd & #osr, complete with monster & magic item stats for #5e, #ADnD & OSR!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laidbackdm/shotglass-adventures-saint-avons-madness-hardcover

#DnD5e #ttrpg #DungeonsAndDragons #osr #oldschool #ADnD

Rose Colored Games
2 months ago

Hello World 🌎 #introduction time.

I'm a #NewDad, who has been a #developer for quite a while. I've been into #gaming of all kinds for even longer than that.

I enjoy reading: #fantasy, #scifi, #nonfiction, #thriller

I enjoy music: #metal, #rock, #alternative, #indiemusic

I enjoy games: #boardgames, #5e, #rpg, #mmorpg, #adventure, #indiegame

I’m also into #cooking, #history, and am starting to get into #movies.

Already enjoying my time here and can't wait for the conversations ahead!

Dungeon_Guide
2 months ago

@dungeons Listen here, Ubisoft! You're fit as a fiddle, gold in your pocket, and spells at the ready. 'Long Rest' and 'Retire'? Bah! You ain't no layabout. Shopping? What for? You're well-kitted already. Dust off those scales and pick 'Adventure!' – there's glory to be won, danger to face. Remember, a Cleric's duty ain't just healing. Let your divine fury be known! #DnD #5e #ChooseYourPath

Cyril I. 🧮📐
2 months ago

Bonjour à tous ! 👋

📣 Un pouet pour dire que j'ai mis en ligne mes supports sur le chapitre "Le triangle et ses angles" niveau #5e sur #LaForge de l'EN ! 📚

📑 Disponibles au format #LaTeX et pdf

🔗 **Disponible ici :**
https://ciaconelli.forge.aeif.fr/lmdbt.fr-la-texiotheque/#TriAng

⬇️ Ou sur le dépôt ⬇️
📝 **Activités**
https://forge.aeif.fr/ciaconelli/lmdbt.fr-la-texiotheque/-/tree/main/5e/Le_triangle_et_ses_angles/Activites

📖 **Leçon**
https://forge.aeif.fr/ciaconelli/lmdbt.fr-la-texiotheque/-/tree/main/5e/Le_triangle_et_ses_angles/Lecon

✏️ **Exercices**
https://forge.aeif.fr/ciaconelli/lmdbt.fr-la-texiotheque/-/tree/main/5e/Le_triangle_et_ses_angles/Exercices

Licence : :cc: :ccby:

Bonne semaine ! 🌄

#TexLaTeX #TeamMaths #Tikz #TeamProf #CreativeCommons

Page 1 de la fiche d'activité.
Un personnage à gauche détaille les objectifs.
page 1 fiche d'exercices
page 1 fiche leçon
Page 2 de la fiche d'exercices. Un personnage explique pourquoi un triangle dont les longueurs ne respectent pas l'inégalité triangulaire ne peut pas exister.
PJ Coffey
3 months ago

Lovely! I'm very pleased with how this came out. I can say that it's genuinely easier to run games with sheets like this. I've got people who started playing two weeks ago teaching people who started that day. And they're doing it right.

Very vindicating. :)

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/451625/Pregenerated-Characters-Half-Elf-Fighter

#HomebrewAndHacking #DnD #5e #A5e #LevelUpA5e

@levelupa5e @dnd

Adam Is Making TTRPGs
3 months ago

Here's what I'm currently working on. Agatha is an elf banshee from Lost Mine of Phandelver #DnD #5e She's a minor NPC there, but I've given her values, motives, goals, likes, dislikes, and more.

And I've done that with all 45 named NPCs in the adventure.

The page for Agatha depicts her as a translucent femme wearing a white robe with her white hair waving in the wind. The headers on this page include History, Moves, and Building a Relationship.
semibad
4 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- made sure our dubious cargo was secure (and fed)
- had a surprisingly uneventful journey back down the Sword Coast
- let our new friend Karl out of his crate
- decided he was (comparatively) trustworthy and relocated to the pub to hear his tale of woe
- spent the night in "The Rusty Seamus" (recently rebranded)
- travelled back to the town we had decided would reward us for... something?
- got into real estate
- decided we were going to build a tavern (initial name pitches: "The Brafford Arms", "The Medium Dragon")
- left Karl to oversee the above
- felt like we hadn't had a fight in a bit, took the cross-country route home
- immediately regretted it
- chased a pig in the night
- got Clever Girl'd by three more pigs
- hit a pig with enough damage to take down a small dragon; it didn't seem that fussed and retaliated with a blast of concussive force
- started to wonder if these were normal pigs

Next week on D&D: are they normal pigs though

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #NormalPigs #InnocentPigs

semibad
4 months ago

This week in Lasers and Feelings we:

- saw the return of Dr. Shakamoto(!)
- were joined by Ni Ge'lfarage (a gammon-coloured alien envoy) and Brian Xeno (the human-raised Xenomorph security officer)
- investigated one Ensign Brafford, infected with an aggressive alien fungus
- rolled 3 sixes off the bat – the best result possible in most D6-based games, but in this case oh boy
- may have injected the patient with petrol
- investigated the crew deck and met a handcuffed fungus monster
- checked out the Deck 27 holodeck program
- failed to escape the holodeck / smashed it up
- smelled a crew member up real good
- got a lot of genders wrong, I guess
- found out Deck 27 doesn't exist
- Decks 26 and 28 do though?
- WENT IN THE VENTS
- Constructed a Quake-style nail gun for Shakamotos' medicine (petrol) syringes
- double-hand punched some fungal zombies
- found the fungus eye, if such a thing exists
- won(?)

Next week on D&D: going back on a boat I guess?

#LasersAndFeelings #ttrpg #dandd #5e

semibad
4 months ago

Last week in D&D (I forgot? Apparently?) we:

- were on a boat motherfuckers don't you ever forget
- fought some merfolk
- fell in
- rescued several Gavins – sadly, several more perished
- accelerated the ship to ramming speed
- failed to ram a merman
- arrived in Neverwinter, the one place we all started out trying not to be
- found a pub that used to be a boat
- tried to get The Punching Game going (no takers)
- met an old 'friend'
- played cards (badly)
- agreed to some _very mild_ human trafficking
- were heavily advised not to go into the city- got back on the boat

Next / this week: Lasers and Feelings!

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #OnABoat

Periapt Games
4 months ago

It's #WIPWednesday, #TTRPG folks! I've recently been working on a blog article trying to reason out a particular #worldbuilding problem: in most fantasy settings, magic is a useful military technology, but in real history, states massively dominate control of useful military technologies. Whence the village witch?

Meanwhile, I've been very pleased with the Kickstarter support for my lifepath-based #DnD #5e character creation book: https://bit.ly/StepsToAHeroKS

Dice on book pages
Matt
5 months ago

Latest iteration of my mini character #dnd5e sheet (A7 pages, 74mm x 105mm that open to be A6)

The idea is this is part of a #dnd travel set that contains everything needed to be a player or even a #gm. So character info, reference material, pencil, eraser, small dice (the lid could become a dice tray), etc...

I have found tins that appear big enough to hold this (at around 115mm x 85mm). Essentially a useful travel size.

CC BY-SA

Feedback welcome.

#5e

Inside of the character booklet. Contains all the numerical stats within a character sheet plus attacks, proficiencies and languages, but as an A7 booklet.
Front and Back of the booklet. The front contains the following details

- Character name
- Class + level (times 2)
- Background
- Race
- Alignment
- Experience points
- Player name

The back has a little illustration of a hedgehog with steampunk goggles
Periapt Games
5 months ago

Excited to announce that my #Kickstarter book campaign has kicked off! It's a unique lifepath character generation system for making incredible #DnD #5e #fantasy #characters! Check it out! #TTRPG #TTRPGNews #IndieTTRPG #TTRPGResources @indiettrpg @kickstarterttrpg @ttrpg

https://bit.ly/StepsToAHeroKS

Exciting news! Cuuko's Magick Emporium is now available as a digital download from DriveThruRPG, and it's currently pay-what-you-want.

The book includes all the items posted here, plus Cuuko's backstory and information for running The Emporium as a location in your games.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443908/Cuukos-Magic-Emporium-5E

A Fantasy Grounds module will also be available shortly. If there's enough interest, I may even look in to providing an option for a print version.

#DnD #5e #ttrpg #100Items #book #magicitems

addie
5 months ago

It's time to finally admit it. I'm addicted to miniature painting. Here's what I've learned so far. https://youtu.be/4TGADlj95Ck

#dnd #5e #d&d #dnd5e #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniature #minis #painting #obsessed #adhd #hyperfocus

I'm scared to share my first ever attempt at creating a #dnd adventure!
It's currently FREE for a limited time, while I address comments and feedback, so get on it!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442392/A-Case-of-MisTastin-Identity?affiliate_id=465986
#rpg #ttrpg #5e

The cover to the DND adventure "a case of mis-tastin'identity" it features a knife surrounded by some vegetables
semibad
6 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- readjusted to the new/old non-bear normal
- (continued to) split the party
- demanded to see the manager (and then set him on fire)
- fought pirates; seagulls (Team Fight Team)
- ate, drank, and appreciated Bardak (Team Pub Team)
- debated the correct nomenclature for a Murderhobo who owns an increasing amount of real estate
- attempted to charter a boat that was fleeing from us
- took a running leap
- scared off a shipful of pirates (AND/OR: negotiated the return of a barrel of rum and then jumped in the sea with it)
- liberated Real Seamus
- had a short holiday
- flashed back to a smoky tavern (from the same smoky tavern)
- chartered a ship that *wasn't* fleeing from us
- set sail for (more) adventure!

Next week o̶n̷ ̵C̶a̸l̸̝̚ĺ̴͕ ̴̲͂o̸̼͝f̸̰̒ ̷͙̉C̶̳͘t̸̛̬͈h̷̼́̀u̷̢͌̚l̶̮͂̏h̸͉͙͊̚ũ̸̯̥:̷̺͝ ̸̹̺̚i̸̭̅̈ṅ̶̢̯̄d̶̡̺̤̉e̸̪͚̙̅s̵̼͍͊c̵̫͌̾͠r̸̢̅̐i̷̧͓̹͑̒͠͝b̶̢͖̣̤̈͝á̶͉̳b̷̯͍͔̅ľ̶̬̭̺è̷̢͉͇̹̖̽̋͐͝ ̴̧̾̌͐t̸̡̯̹̽h̴̥͙̍̿̔͝ì̷͎̝̘̻̠̍n̴̢͕̼̣̔͝g̵̘̈́̿͗s̵̢̭̭̪͐̏̔̎̚

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #RealBoatTrip

semibad
6 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- somehow tore ourselves away from the empty lighthouse
- went back to the half-built town who may or may not have said they would pay us
- found out they felt themselves on the 'may not' side of that particular equation
- ate a number of fish
- spoke to The Council, a supergroup of People Who Were Already Sick of Us
- BOAT TRIP
- didn't fight a big eel
- did a vibe check in the pub, and found it lacking
- broke a window / checked on Seamus
- ran Good Cop, Bad Cop, Old Lady Cop
- threw a dagger dramatically
- tried to avoid doing a war crime
- rolled initiative

Next week: Honey Heist??

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #HoneyHeist

semibad
6 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- debated whether this was a spiral staircase or not
- went up the spiral staircase
- got blinded by the light
- wrapped an evil heart in furs, remotely
- resolved a ghost's unfinished business
- received a magic oar from a big friendly crab
- did SCIENCE (from a pocket dimension)
- pressed the Long Rest button for the first time
- gained lightning powers! Accidentally! Doing a spot of DIY!

Next week: grease? lightning?

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #GreaseLightning

semibad
7 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- found the harpies extremely charming
- failed to (acrobatically) climb a cliff
- veered wildly between 1s and 20s
- reached the lighthouse
- posed as window cleaners (I think they bought it)
- demanded to see the manager
- shot first
- didn't notice those orcs
- stood in a line, and suffered the consequences
- got a lucky shot in
- did a surprising number of heals
- found a conch shell for a ghost

Next week: do we own a lighthouse now?

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #ConchesForGhosts

semibad
7 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- did some shopping
- stashed some gold
- discussed our next adventure
- hiked weast
- went to the pub
- met a sailor who didn't give a shit about the sea
- went to a shit town
- met the victims of our (second-hand) crimes
- left a shit town
- okay back to this lighthouse right
- met a polite crab who outranked us
- also met a ghost
- also met some harpies (roll initiative)

Next week: lighthouse!

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #lighthouse

semibad
7 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- verified that the multiple sources who had described 'invincible bandits' had been correct
- critically failed anyway
- did some damage, saw it heal
- parlayed (with literature)
- found out the bandits were displaced from their homes
- suggested an alternative solution
- met Rupert, who we know from small times
- left on good terms
- took Rupert to the good pub
- went on to the bad pub
- took part in The Punching Game (we all won / lost)
- negotiated a mining co-op wherein local workers own the means of production
- had our best resolution to a fight ever (see above)
- levelled up (using the power of communism) – level 4!

Next time on D&D: orcs, probably

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #coop #communism

babs
7 months ago

dnd character from a few campaigns ago, but she still has my heart. Shes a half orc druid with a spider-y curse

#dnd #5e #halforc #originalcharacter #druid

multiple drawings of the same character, a half orc woman with brown skin and dark green hair. She has four eyes and a mouth split open with monster features
semibad
7 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- found a clearing of Orcsicles
- explosively punched a wolf
- found the place
- made a plan
- split into teams (team quiet and team loud)
- came up with 'The Stealth Song'
- failed our stealth rolls and got spotted (team quiet)
- aced our stealth rolls (team loud)
- failed to open a door
- climbed some walls
- opened a door (loudly)
- [all hell breaks loose]
- SUDDENLY, RATS
- did some damage but left things largely unresolved

Next time on D&D: resolution!

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #unresolved

semibad
7 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- attacked a medium dragon, who may or may not have noticed
- attempted to hide (unsuccessfully)
- stayed in character
- rescued Vincent the Ox (aka Dragonsbane)
- got carried away
- regretted our choices
- hit every branch on the way down
- slept
- debated the relative merits of invincible bandits / vincible orcs
- gained a reputation for huddles
- left a baffling message
- set out for adventure
- rolled a 6 (in a bad way)

Next time on D&D: nothing good, probably

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #invinciblebandits

semibad
8 months ago

This week in D&D we:

- came up with like, six plans
- implemented all of them
- dealt with a tremors type situation
- rolled a barrel
- did a critical hit that upset the DM
- beat a big ant monster to death
- met the mayor's brother (and bullied him)
- ADDITIONAL BIG ANT MONSTER
- failed to shoot through a window
- got that god damn signature
- left the way we came
- suddenly: medium dragon!

Next week on D&D: medium dragon!

#dandd #5e #ttrpg #medium #dragon