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Hello all! From my understanding these are the different Basic Rule Sets: 1977-1981 Basic Rule Set by John Eric Holmes also nicknamed "Holmes Basic" 1981-1983 the Basic Rule Set by Tom Moldvay from the B/X line also nicknamed "Moldvay Basic" 1983-1986 the Basic Rule Set by Frank Mentzer from...

awesome, thank you!

That was awesome thank you! When I did an overview of the other settings, Spelljammer and Planescape seemed cool, but it wasn't until I looked at the World Cosmology that it clicked for me and I had that "Aha!" moment of how incredibly useful those other settings are and another reason of why...

Good question! I am looking for: What is it? How it functions? In the context of the older editions of the Great Wheel Cosmology compared to newer editions of the Great Wheel Cosmology. I also wanted to make sure I wasn't getting it confused with the World Tree Cosmology of Forgotten Realms...

Thank you all for the comments, definitely helped clear a few things up!

Hey all! I have a question about role of Yggdrasil, World Ash Tree within the Great Wheel Cosmology. Currently trying to work my way through the Great Wheel Cosmology, but ran into this and got confused. First, I'll layout what I was reading and then my specific questions. Any help would be...

I like to pull from history to add flavor to monsters, as a good chunk of them are pulled from there anyway. It does take extra work researching them, but I can take some of the more interesting aspects that a monster has in folklore, myth, legend, etc and translate it over as either a new...

These are great! Thank you for the responses and advice so far, keep them coming! To share some of my favorites: 1. The Bagman (known as the Sackman in folklore)-snatches people and brings them into the bag of holding. Don't believe me? Say "Follow my voice" over a bag of holding 3x and see...

That is super cool! Picture looks like a homebrew version? Did a little digging and found that a Dragon Spider is found in the Wild Elves (9334) Sourcebook for Dragonlance on page 57 and in Vecna: Eve of Ruin p233 along with some other creepy wolf/spider hybrids. Couldn't find the young or...

With Halloween right around the corner, I am looking for everyone's favorite scary monster! Whether in looks, mechanical play, or psychological horror, D&D has a wide variety of monsters inspired by history or originally designed. What is your favorite monster to run?!?

Back with another question. When Homebrewing, at what point in the creative process are the monsters put into consideration? For Example: 1. Towards the end: monsters fit into my already created world 2. At the start: I love creating worlds around my favorite monsters Mainly I want to know...

good point, for this any interpretation works, but I will keep in mind to be more clear! ty!

Hello all! I am just curious on how many people run their own homebrew or play premade campaigns? Feel free to add any thoughts in the comments!

I haven't run it, but doing 15-16th century Spanish and/or Portuguese Conquistadors in the world of PlaneShift Ixalan would be lots of fun. Pirates can easily be added into that. Dragon Magazine Issue #318 had a nice section on how to run pirates as well as a lot of good information on...

I am currently doing write-ups for Monsters from the monster manuals that includes: D&D lore, biology, ecology, and actual history they are inspired from. I hope that these can help DMs create immersive scenarios and encounters with this information. To be the most helpful, I am thinking that I...