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After reading about some of the new stuff coming out, I thought I might try my hand again at setting creation. I've done it here before with mixed results, so I don't see any harm in trying again. This time I'm going to try for something more "modern". Somewhat based on the likes of Urban...

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Talking Animals (TA) are as much a part of fantasy as Dwarves, Elves, and others. Arguably they are more a part of it, since there are stories of talking animals dating about as far back as records go. Now, it could be argue that species such as the Haregone, Kenku, and similar fit the role...

One thing I keep thinking is how nice Mutants and Masterminds is in terms of character customization. It's easy to make an archetype fit nearly any idea a player may have. By way of contrast, it's very hard to customize in D&D. Certainly there are subclasses and other features, but I'm not sure...

Playing as a Druid has me feeling like the Wildshape feature, as written, is basically inefficient at best and basically useless at worse. How can I feel that way when it allows my character to become an animal? Well, let's examine it "As a Bonus Action, you shape-shift into a Beast form that...

One of the great and oft missed parts of D&D lore is Psionics, though there have been a number of attempts to bring it forward to the current edition. Along with the Psionics came various species, particularly (for this thread) the Blue Goblins. At least one person has tried to update them for...

Looking through the backgrounds, one thing that strikes me is there's no option for someone with a mixed background. What do I mean by mixed? Many heroes have humble origins, such as being a farmer, before becoming soldiers or whatever. Some retired soldiers settle in to jobs in town. How...

For those of you unfamiliar, here is a useful link to explain Geedis and the Land of Ta. Now, as far as I can tell, there's never been official lore on the Land of Ta or any of the characters. I thought this might make for an interesting setting because it incorporates a lot of the older Sword...

These are based on the old linnorms of 2nd and 3rd edition. They are also (slightly) based on Norse myth, but the "based on" is petty superficial. In the setting, the linnorm dragons are not forces of evil but rather protectors of the World Tree, with each having an area they protect. They can...

I previously posted a rather odd idea for a setting that was created by the Fey Courts and Dragon Courts. This was inspired by some of the Jack tales mixed with some Tall Tales (here in the US they involve such figures as Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill). These sorts of tales also...

Some world building that came into my head. Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. As a forewarning, these sections are long and went into my head in a sort of "Tall Tale" fashion that I don't write well.

Because my brain is a peculiar place, the following has been going on in it: Though Dwarves are most often associated with hills and mountains, I don't see why they couldn't be sailors and farmers. If anyone would likely be similar to them, the Dwarves make the most sense. Of course, what this...

I'm both aware of Pathfinder 1e's Swashbuckler and the Rouge subclass. To be honest, I could never figure out why it isn't a Bard subclass, all things considered (though College of Blades comes close). My friend Dave found this homebrew one too, but I was considering making my own and was...

To prefix, there's nothing wrong with the old Mystara, though I know folks hope it'd get updated. What I'm going for here is basically a world building exercise with some parameters for anyone interested: 0) This is supposed to be fun. Please respect one another. 1) The world is Earthlike in...

There's been much discussion on multiclassing over the years. I'm wondering if the current system allows people the freedom to really create the type of character they want (and if not, what folks might want to see done to make that better). I gave a poll for those who happen to multiclass. The...

So I've been thinking a lot about this thread which petered out but was a lot of fun while it lasted. I decided to copy the rules, with a few adjustments: Loosely inspired by the game Microscope, let's build a setting together. One post at a time. These are the rules: 1) One post, one idea...

Let's say we could no longer use Vancian Magic (I'm sure there are homebrews like this). What sort of spell system might folks see replacing it and why? For me I tend to like spell points and something like Ars Magica where a person can combine an "act" with something to be acted on. "Create...

So I was developing my own Ranger class, and looking over things and for the Favored Foe Knack (an option Rangers can take starting at 3rd level) I had: I was trying to figure out why humanoids as a group can't be a Favored Foe. They, realistically, shouldn't be any different than the others...

I created a homebrew Ranger class using basically every version of the Ranger (plus some other folk's home brew) as a guide. I was hoping for some feedback on it but the document is 68 pages (22492 words, 173 or 176 [on disk] KB) long and it seems a bit much to ask anyone to read through all...

Inspired by the small setting thread I got to thinking about the opposite. A setting where the players are all giants. The setting itself would be just as gigantic. As a size comparison, I have a table of giants from different settings below (yes, I'm aware Hill Giants and Fire Giants are...