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I've been reading about the Inca and other pre-Columbian Andean cultures recently. They were pretty cool and I think underused in pop culture. The Inca created the largest empire in Native American history, spanning most of the Andes mountain range, all the way from what is now Argentina to...

Emperor Justinian II “the Slit-Nosed” was Eastern Roman Emperor in the early Middle Ages. He’s notable because of the fact that he was emperor twice. After ruling for 10 years, he was deposed and had his nose cut off to mark him unfit to be emperor (a common practice in the Eastern Roman...

- Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien There is a common theme in a lot of stories where evil is "sterile," incapable of creating, only able to corrupt and destroy. This trope is especially common in fantasy media, probably partially because of Tolkien. But the idea that evil...

I've wanted to make a steppe nomad culture for a homebrew setting for a long time now, as I've always thought the various semi-nomadic pastoral peoples of the Eurasian Steppe were fascinating. I didn't just want to make an equivalent of the Mongol Empire, and also didn't want them to be one of...

Strange question: How would you work an ant death spiral into a campaign? The idea popped into my head the other day and I've been trying to develop a workable adventure/encounter. My first idea was pretty simple; a random encounter where a group of giant army ants gets trapped in a death...

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This is a homebrew religion I've been working on for over a month. It's definitely the most in-depth fantasy religion I've ever made and I took inspiration from a lot of real world religions to make it. The main influences were Mandaeism and other Gnostic religions, but there is a large amount...

I like Planetouched races/lineages in D&D. I’m a fan of Tieflings (though they’re probably not even on my list of top 10 favorite D&D races), I think they inspire a lot of interesting stories and characters in D&D settings. Baldur’s Gate 3 did an amazing job showing how good plots with Tieflings...

I'm currently writing an adventure for Eberron heavily inspired by Project MK Ultra, more specifically the Montreal Experiments that were funded by the CIA. The goal of the adventure will be to discover the unethical experiments, go to the psychiatric hospital where the project is centered, and...

Simple question, but hopefully it generates an interesting discussion. There are a lot of different religions in D&D, as every setting has unique religions and setting designers tend to enjoy adding a new twist or subversion to their world's version of religion. To list some examples. the gods...

This post was inspired by this thread on D&D Beyond, but instead of just linking that and leaving, I'll add a bit. In recent OGL threads, I have seen probably dozens of posters, many of them regulars on this site, claiming that they will never buy anything from WotC ever again, even if they...

I have this idea that's been bouncing around my head for the past few weeks, and I'm trying to find a way to make it work. Since I haven't completely found a way to make it work yet, I thought I would post the ideas I've had so far here and see if anyone has anything to add/change about it. I...

Disclaimer: I know religion is a touchy subject, so out of respect, I've tried to stay away from naming active real religions in the real world. Hopefully I didn't overstep anywhere in this post. While I'm probably not going to mark this as a (+) thread because I want there to be a discussion of...

We've had a lot of negative threads on this site lately, so I wanted to make something unique and fun. Hopefully, people engage. To summarize, this thread is about sharing small, minute pieces of lore from your favorite setting that you think most people don't know about and that people on this...

As we all know, no one reads the D&D 5e Dungeon Master's Guide. However, for the few people on this site that have, what optional parts of it do you think should be expanded upon in the One D&D playtest? By "expanded", I mean given heavy revisions the same way that Inspiration and Exhaustion...

In all D&D settings magic exists, can be controlled, and can perform feats of power unrivaled by non-magical means . . . why haven't those that practice magic taken over the setting? Why isn't practically every nation a magocracy, where those with magic power have taken the majority of political...

I originally had this idea when the Unearthed Arcana: Travelers of the Multiverse came out, but wanted to wait to see if the official Spelljammer did anything with this concept before homebrewing it. Now that I've skimmed through the books and haven't found any mention of this, I've decided to...

It's been a while since I made a thread like this, but after making some heavy revisions to what Orcs are like in my world, I decided it would be nice to see how they're like in other people's homebrew worlds. Write as much or as little as you want (I'm going to keep it relatively short). And...

This is a really simple connection, and I just wanted to make a thread discussing this idea I had. Since Monsters of the Multiverse, Changelings have become less attached to Eberron and moved into the wider D&D Multiverse. And according to 5e Elven lore, Elves used to be genderfluid fey...

Okay, this is a bit of a strange concept that I've never heard of before, but I recently got the idea of having a big culture in my setting be the opposite of Ancestor Worship. A Descendent/Progeny Worshipping religious/spiritual culture that does the opposite of veneration of the dead: they'd...