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Some random ideas for campaign settings. Here's a setting inspired by a tangent in another thread: The Down Below Three species of humanoid wombats inhabit the caverns known as the Down Below: bare-nosed wombats (who have the same traits as Halflings); hairy-nosed wombats (who have the same...

A random idea inspired by the Dark Sun campaign setting and by the works of H.P. Lovecraft: The Nighted Sun “[Darkness almost material] burst forth like smoke from its aeon-long imprisonment, visibly darkening the sun as it slunk away into the shrunken and gibbous sky...” - H.P. Lovecraft, The...

I'm wondering if anyone can offer some insight into the best time to release a 3pp product. Specifically, I've been writing a Forgotten Realms product for the DMsGuild in my spare time over the past few years. Life permitting, I could probably release it this summer, if not earlier. However...

This post isn't a jab at folks who are discussing the news item alluded to in the thread title. I just wanted to comment on the story without posting in a thread that inadvertently publicizes the rich dude in question. If you're not familiar with the news item I'm referencing, it's essentially...

A Tale of Mild Annoyance After careful consideration, I decided I want to preorder all three revised D&D core rulebooks. Specifically, I want the store-exclusive, alt-cover versions. As it so happens, I moved to my current town just before the pandemic lockdown began, so I wasn't yet familiar...

A few years ago, I started prep work on a long-term project in my spare time: I wanted to gather information from across my library of Forgotten Realms products and compile my notes into a single DMs Guild product. (Update: This was before Wizards of the Coast announced it would be releasing an...

Pretty much what the thread title says. If I were going to follow one or more TTRPG reviewers, whom would you recommend?

Let's say you're making a world-agnostic pantheon of deities, and you want to include all the big name deities of D&D. What deities would you include in that pantheon? If I had to answer my own question, I'd probably start with the patron deities of the five longest-running playable nonhuman...

This one sentence from the new Bastion rules guarantees those rules will never see use in my game: "Unlike basic facilities, special facilities can’t be bought; a character gains them through level advancement." Note that "special facilities" include Stables (minimum character level 9th) and...

I am curious to know what people who enjoy reading about, playing in, and/or running the Forgotten Realms setting like the most about it. What elements of this massive kitchen-sink setting really click for you, personally? What do you find most interesting or inspiring? I am aware that some...

Inspired by the E6 rules posted on this forum by Ryan Stoughton. Playtesting is currently underway; expect ongoing improvements and clarifications. The goal of Basic20 is to simplify high-level play by limiting access to complicated high-level abilities. In particular, Basic20 targets large...

1) Quoting things in context is overrated. 2) All threads lead to the phrase, "That name is stupid!" 3) When in doubt, redefine commonly accepted terminology. 4) Every topic, no matter how obscure, deserves its own poll. 5) If you post something three times in a single thread, it must be true...

This quote from another thread sums up my thoughts on flavorful names in a concise, constructive manner: Agreed. Instead of having flavorful names for feats, why not have flavorful names for packages of feats and other sample character concepts? For example: Golden Wyvern Adepts can still...

Yay! The poll finally showed up. At last, we can discuss the real - yet still painfully pointless - poll options. Here goes: In the past week alone, there have been twenty polls on this forum. That's a lot of polls. To give you some indication of just how many polls that is, here's a poll...

Just a few years ago, D&D turned thirty. If the upcoming game mechanics she promises are any indication, she is much wiser and more mature than she was in the days of her youth. And since those carefree high school years, much has changed in her life: she's moved out of her parents' house; she's...

In reading the hints designers are dropping regarding 4e, I'm noticing that they have been making some rather substantial changes not just to the rules of the game, but to the story elements of the game: races and classes are being reshuffled or dropped altogether; old planes of existence are...