I’m a fan of the pulp and action-adventure genres. Quite fond of the era, 1930s to 1940s, and its music. So I’m on the hunt for some RPGs where you can kill some Nazis. I’m fully aware yo...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/good-rpgs-for-killing-nazis.707802/
Harmony and its opposite, the kludge, are fundamental to good game design. Photo by Shubham Dhage on Unsplash > “Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great thin...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/worlds-of-design-harmony.707698/
More than 2014? Less? Or some other measure? I ask not because I don’t like the new DMG, just wondering what other experienced DMs think. Thanks.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/experienced-dms-how-useful-is-the-2024-dmg-to-you.707776/
A recent thread by @Jolly Ruby posed an interesting question- is the Greyhawk pantheon, like, lame and stuff? And I admit ... it's a fair point! It's a little different, especially given that s...
Starting a new thread for the new year. As always, you can check out the DriveThruRPG sales page to see what deals they have going on. Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.
EDIT: FOR NOW THE GAME IS CLOSED. HOWEVER, ATTRITION IS NATURAL – WE STARTED WITH 9 AND ARE DOWN TO 6 AS OF JUNE 2024. I WANT TO KEEP THE PARTY NEAR 6 PLAYERS, BUT I AM KEEPING A WAITLIST IF YO...
I need a distraction today. So let's play a game. 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. Do...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-build-a-setting-one-post-at-a-time.707808/
I'm looking for old Design Diaries regarding the choices they made for D&D 3.0, in revising AD&D. I found a few old RPG Hour Chat log word documents on the Wayback Machine, but there were a lot m...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/seeking-old-design-diaries-for-d-d-3-0.707804/
So I was inspired by @Snarf Zagyg 's "Why Ya Gotta Be So Basic? Understanding the Resurgence of Moldvay's Basic " thread (and from doing a little bit of housekeeping on my gaming bookshelf), and...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-your-favorite-basic-modules.707778/
So I had an interesting conversation with one of my players immediately following last week's gaming session. We're currently in the heart of an FFG Star Wars / Genesys system campaign using Ed...
VANITY FRANKENSTEIN 5E INTRO QUESTIONS What is “Vanity Frankenstein 5e?” It is my customized house-ruled homebrewed ruleset that I plan to institute when my current 5E D&D campaigns a...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/vanity-frankenstein-5e-my-homebrew-d-d-project.706753/
(OOC thread here .) In 1492, an Italian mariner sailed west on behalf of the Spanish monarchy, seeking a new trade route to India. Instead, he landed in the Bahamas. These islands were beaut...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/pirate-borg-buried-in-the-bahamas.706498/
We all know (or should know) that web is an excellent spell in the 5e era. It provides pretty good control for a 2nd level spell, and because of the way saves work in 5e, the spell can stay relev...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/web-power-overwhelming.707781/
This is an off-shoot of the "bespoke items" thread. I've been thinking a lot about the "meaning" of uncommon. The crafting rules in 5.5 are pretty generous, and uncommon items are pretty access...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/uncommon-items-actually-common.707720/
A bit of backstory. I'm working remotely on a construction site in Northern California at the moment. The engineering company I work for has set up a temporary field office in an old bank next ...
Mongoose Publishing is just finishing its 23rd year in business and we are still here, still producing games, and still creating new universes for players to explore! Our silver anniversary appro...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/state-of-the-mongoose-2024.707806/
Hello everyone, Darryl here with the summary of this week’s gaming news from EN World. EN PUBLISHING NEWS For a quick summary of the week’s news, Jessica Hancock will bring you up to ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-october-20-2024.707395/
A HORDE MONSTER is a new type of Level Up opponent that facilitates quick, exciting battles against large numbers of opponents, no matter the level of your characters. Like ELITE MONSTERS, they a...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/let%E2%80%99s-look-at-horde-monsters.707766/
The 2014 version had gods who can grant spells and quasi deities who cannot. It also had alternate cosmologies. Any changes in 2024?
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-does-the-new-dmg-say-about-gods.707786/
I don't use Steam. As far as I'm concerned, it's DRM...and I am solidly against DRM. That said, I know many love Steam. Many say...simply put it in offline mode (I've heard that only works for ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/gow-steam-psn-and-user-identification-in-the-uk.706806/
This is not to start an argument, but to seek advice: I am not thrilled with how quickly characters become powerful in 5e. I am a dude who started with 1st, then 2nd, then 3rd edition, and I find...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/reducing-power-gaming.707723/
DRAGON PUBLISHING released DRAGON #84 in April 1984. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features a tournament module, a preview of the D&D COMPANION SET, and the deb...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragon-reflections-84.707696/
The cover and synopsis for PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE's new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS novel has been revealed. This week, Penguin Random House revealed the official title and cover for RAVENLOFT: HEIR OF STR...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ravenloft-heir-of-strahd-cover-synopsis-revealed.707652/
Some thoughts I had from replying to some thread got me thinking about this: What house rules are the most harsh? If you dont' really use house rules, what RAW is the most harsh? Now, this c...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/harshest-house-rule-in-use.707340/
SCOURGE OF DAGGERFORD CHAPTER ONE: DAGGERFORD Talk About Daggerford (OOC) People of Daggerford (RG)
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-scourge-of-daggerford.568250/
I didn't have the impression that the 5.0 DMG rules for building encounters of a wanted difficulty and for creating new monsters have been exactly popular in the last 10 years. And now that the 5...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/does-wotc-use-its-own-dmg-rules.707697/
Greetings all former denizens of the "Didn't Comment" thread, and welcome newcomers! This is the Pineapple Express thread, devoted, first and foremost, to the eternal debate over pineapple on piz...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/pineapple-express-someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet.704496/
Lots of rants in threads about the new books, so let's make a safe place for salty goblins to really let go, and vent about why this is the end of the civilized world. Let the vitriol spew like t...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/why-arent-you-using-5e-2024.707792/
I thought it would be fun to create an online repository of D&D-themed memes, cartoons, and internet gags. Join me! There's just one rule*: Post only memes, comics, funny tweets, and the like. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-d-d-memes-thread.693664/
what happens when you put Satan instead of Santa? A movie with jack black is the answer apparently
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dear-santa-official-trailer-2024.707812/
Sometimes you acquire a kobold companion or wolf pet and you want it to stay with you forever and ever. Other times, you meet a worthy adversary and you know you’ll meet them again—and when ...
Well, if you haven't been following the issues, very briefly- Justin LaNasa (Lanasa) of nuTSR "fame" filed a lawsuit against another person in the TTRPG industry, Tenkar (and later, Tenkar's spou...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-and-the-defamation-lawsuit-part-ii-the-answer.707783/
I wrote an essay the other day on the way Gygax designed his dungeons, specifically around the idea that many of his most famous dungeons are a break from the advice in OD&D. They are not randoml...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/gygaxs-dungeon-design.707789/
James Wyatt talks about Chapter 7 from the new DMG, talking about Cosmology. Interesting tidbit here, and Wyatt isn't sure if he put thisnin the book or juat the idea in his head: the Shadowfel...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dmg-chapter-preview-james-wyatt-talks-cosmology.707798/
As a grognard, I understand the purpose of the electrum piece pre-3E. For those of you unaware, it used to be 1000 cp = 100 sp = 10 ep = 1 pp, with 2 ep = 1 gp as today, which (supposedly) was an...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/fixing-electrum-pieces-looking-for-a-players-perspective.707752/
> ...1) because the players in my weekly game don't all have the 2024 > books yet and I'm not comfortable pressuring them into buying said > books as of yet... > Cl...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/set-ups-for-tables-where-not-everyone-can-purchase-the-book.707809/
How do you determine what spells a dragon knows? For instance, in prior editions random selection was the way, but now a more cultivated approach seems to be the way. I ask as I ponder a drag...
THE PROBLEM WITH HEALING POWERCREEP I just went and crunched some numbers so see how healing stacks up across the different editions. For all of the different editions I’m assuming 4 PCs of ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-problem-with-healing-powercreep.706428/
OOC Chat Thread Rogues' Gallery Character Archive Against the Giants Part One: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief Group One Players: @Hriston playing Reeve Bible, Human Champion Fighter Sa...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-against-the-giants-pbp-group-1.687961/
Hello, TTRPG friends. I have just discovered Castles&Crusades, and OSR game from Troll Lords. Me like. Someone on Reddit said something I have been trying to articulate for four years: 5e does me...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/castles-crusades-is-this-the-one.701962/
NECROTIC SHROUD. Your eyes briefly become pools of darkness, and flightless wings sprout from your back temporarily. Creatures other than your allies within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Char...
I draw and release 10 maps a month outside of my commissioned work. I'll be posting them here again, because it has been a long time since I routinely showed off my work here. GASCON’S PIT G...
BALDUR’S GATE 3 BACK DOWN TO ITS LOWEST EVER STEAM PRICE, BUT NOT FOR LONG For just a few days, Baldur's Gate 3 is back on sale, so now might be the ideal time to pull the trigger on Larian...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/bg3-on-sale-for-a-short-time.707810/
What's it in the book? What are we calling it?
https://www.enworld.org/threads/its-2034-and-the-new-phb-is-in-your-hands.707770/
Palace of the Silver Princess orange cover stating bid $1 now $4000. TSR had this adventure rewritten and tried to recall and destroy the original orange cover print run considering it controve...
I am ranking subclasses on how well classes synergies with a cohesive party. This is not the Tier list if your playing with random people. Life cleric, for instance, will never be a bad choice,...
Everyone's favourite skeleton, Clive Evil isn't convinced about Handiwork Games' latest project, FiveEvil, and he has some tough questions to ask. Well, you know what skeletons can be like. They'...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/clive-evil-vs-fiveevil.706895/
In another thread, realized that going by the official policy that every edition is its own canon, there would be distinct versions of the Greyhawk setting in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and now 5th Edition. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/did-greyhawk-oerth-exist-in-4e-canon.707803/
So Something that some people loooved about 3.x and PF1e, and some others (I'm mostly in this camp) didn't like was how easy it was to make and buy magical items. no longer are the items the PC...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dmg-5-5-the-return-of-bespoke-magical-items.707679/
First a little background. Every Friday I release a free map since Halloween 2015. For example, here is the link to the current 2018 maps. http://paratime.ca/ff2018.html The free maps are WYS...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/turgenevs-friday-freebie-maps.654992/
How much of a D&D fan are you? Not as much as this guy, I'll warrant! D&D fan Sean Whissen has gotten the D&D ampersand tattooed onto his forearm. Sean posted this to Twitter with the caption "Ch...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/would-you-get-a-d-d-tattoo.663341/
I have the 4th edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide and it has a great section on pantheons. However, there are no stat blocks for deities. Is there a 4th edition source of stat blocks for dei...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/4th-edition-deity-stat-blocks.707805/
One of the most interesting things about history is that you see things happen over and over again. The same styles that were in, go out, and come back in. Which is great for those of us who hate...
Currently,i have the Moana soundtrack playing when i am listening to music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNra8eK0K6k
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-listening-to.517009/
I was wondering what module I should start with these are my modules: Curse of Strahd Tales of the Yawning Portal Dungeon of the Mad Mage Lost Mines of Phinedelver My goal is to play DnD 5...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/setting-up-a-dungeons-and-dragons-club-at-my-local-library.707686/
In a lot of discussions, players of older editions will profess the concept that 1st-level PC's are basically just starting out, raw, inexperienced (literally!) and basically only a smidge more p...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/did-the-complete-fighters-handbook-kill-zero-to-hero.707731/
DRAGONIX'S DEADLY DENIZENS VOLUME II PDF is now available at DrivethruRPG!!! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/pro...s-ii-5e?affiliate_id=1138250&src=Dragonix_ENW “One of my favorite D&D c...
WHAT? A fan-made tabletop roleplaying game created to capture the spirit and geist of the Discworld Universe. Use the Discworld book series as source materials when playing this game. GET IT ...
The latest issue of the Gate Pass Gazette, the official magazine of Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, is channeling the power of the divine! See any errors? Please fill out this form . ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/issue-33-is-about-to-pass-judgement.707801/
Proto-molecule in wrong hands... Oups! (The Expanse AGE)
https://www.enworld.org/threads/describe-your-last-rpg-session-in-5-words.679952/
1)+1cmb 2) +1 CMD 3)create 1 meal w/drink 4)re-roll damage once/day 5)turns into a tool(shovel,crowbar,claw hammer etc.) 6)cure 1-6 1/day 7)leave no tracks for 10 min.1/day 8)knock 1/week ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/1001-minor-traits-for-magic-swords.304900/
I as going to post a new thread today ... but I'm just not feeling it. Or, really, anything. To quote Pink Floyd Abraham Lincoln ... There is no pain you are receding A distant ship smoke on th...
OK, so I'm planning for a traditional fantasy campaign in a low-magic setting with a brutal game system. The campaign will be akin to the Staff of Seven parts. The PCs will locate a gizmo that ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/personal-enlightenment-in-a-fantasy-setting.707725/
We've currently got a thread going ranking the best horror movies of all time . Let's talk about the best horror RPGs of all time. Criteria? Look, I don't really like to get bogged down in discus...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/best-horror-role-playing-game.707581/
See, this is why playtesting should be done exclusively by "munchkins" and power-gamers! Did anyone read those spells in WotC test group? Or did they spend all time congratulating themselves...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/emanation-damage-point-and-linked-exploits.707748/
Great game involving 4 players in the Pathfinder setting. We've played D&D as well, but are curranty with Pathfinder. In the end the game system doesn't matter as much as the players and DM runni...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/gamer-wanted-ny-staten-island.654558/
A few weeks ago, I started a thread on my WotBS campaign. It was fun for me to 'relive' those sessions, so I decided to do the same with my Zeitgeist campaign! We started this campaign almost 3 y...
As someone accustomed to being a "Forever GM," I find myself growing bored when I'm a player. Having one character with one action with potentially minimal impact in a combat, waiting until my tu...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/gms-do-you-get-bored-when-youre-a-player.707596/
The poll is finished! Here are the 50 best first-party RPG publications ever made for D&D, according to voters on ENWorld! RANK (COUNT) PUBLICATION VOTES 1st (1-2) Players Handbook (1e) D...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/50-years-50-publications-results.707158/
IC STORY THREAD Scourge of Daggerford ROGUE'S GALLERY People of Daggerford I've been thinking of doing this for awhile, so I think I'll start: THE GAME I'm looking for some players for a...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ooc-scourge-of-daggerford-full.566086/
Now live on Kickstarter! The surface world is about to meet the Underworld! The Fall of Rivenhelm is our newest 72-page adventure book for 5E and other fantasy TTRPGs: https://shorturl.at/yZP0z ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-fall-of-rivenhelm-adventure-for-5e-and-any-ttrpg.707794/
MONSTROUS MENAGERIE II: HORDES & HEROES contains many unique named monsters. Dominus is one of them. Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes is the long-awaited sequel to 2021's critically-acc...
The thickness of each latitude line is: 10° = 23 hexes
https://www.enworld.org/threads/greyhawk-2024-comparing-oerth-and-earth.707788/
Let us gather a mighty hoard of adventure and campaign ideas, compressed to what was most important about them. From me: TIDES OF HOMELAND: Four heroes with no place to call home come together...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/campaigns-in-a-nutshell-adventures-in-a-sentence.102706/
This is a list of monsters in Monstrous Menagerie II: Hordes & Heroes sorted by Challenge Rating. A LIST OF MONSTERS IN MONSTROUS MENAGERIE II: HORDES & HEROES — LEVEL UP: ADVANCED 5TH EDITIO...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-list-of-monsters-in-monstrous-menagerie-ii-hordes-heroes.707790/
The 7th Sea roleplaying game is the perfect mix of swashbuckling and sorcery. And now you can get every single title released to date for the 2nd edition of the game in this new 7th Sea Humb...
BRANDON SANDERSON'S COSMERE RPG leads the pack in an exclusive club -- crowdfunders for tabletop roleplaying game products which have broken the $1M barrier! It is currently the most successful...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarter-club.678540/
Dungeon Master Guide 2024 Review I have the FLGS ALT Cover. TLDR. Nice beginner chapters. Some parts lean toward the player than the DM. Great for a brand new dm. But occasionally light on de...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-2024-dungeon-master-guide-reviews.707796/
This thread is for the general discussion of Forgotten Realms DM's Guide . Click on Overview for more information. "Part of our re-imagining of these core books was also wanting to return to D...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/forgotten-realms-campaign-guide.706353/
Several months late (and missing a map that will be added later), Six-Hack has finally been released. If you backed the Kickstarter campaign at the $10 tier level, check your email inbox (includi...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/six-hack-has-been-released.707797/
Ah, this is an old question. For those who don’t know, wuxia (martial heroes) is a genre of novels, films, TV, etc mostly concerned with the adventures of martial artists in a version of me...
Not sure yet, to be honest. It was a very weird Christmas and possibly the first in my life that resulted in no books (it's ok; my gf was very busy with work and then sick, and is now hellbent on...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-reading-in-2024.701874/
Gauging interest in a one-shot of this excellent starter adventure for Pirate Borg . I've run the adventure multiple times and it may be my favorite starter adventure for any system, covering ...
One of the things I like about Undead in D&D is the variety of circumstances that lead to the different undead. I like to use these as game story elements and a bit of world building/cosmology. ...
Someone suggested I get this party started......
Quests form the Infinite Staircase Session 1 Chapter 2 The Lost City Day 1 PC Killed 0 Monsters Killed 7 Villains Captured 0 Villains Escaped 0 Start Time 7:20 End Time 8:50 Take 10 dow...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/jasper-dms-quests-from-the-infinite-staircase.706663/
Thanks to the fact that WotC releases the 3 core books with such long time intervals, I still wasn't able to make up my mind about it. I've read the free rules online, I've watched a couple podca...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/did-you-make-up-your-mind-about-5-24.707763/
AGAINST THE GIANTS PBP Group One Story Thread Group Two Story Thread Rogues' Gallery Character Archive GAME PROPOSAL: So, I'm probably insane, but I've recently managed to get my already-in...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/against-the-giants-5e-pbp-full.687834/
Joined a level 12-20 campaign with them being 3 sessions in. Thought of trying a the World Tree Barbarian with being close to Paladin + Monk or Thief Rogue since we have 2 Wizards, but open to an...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/help-build-level-13-pc.707787/
OOC/RECRUITMENT THREAD: https://www.enworld.org/threads/ooc-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden-closed-for-now.697664/ ROGUES GALLERY THREAD (POST PCS HERE): (RG) Quickleaf's Rime of the Frost...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden.697783/
This week a new D&D DUNGEON MASTER'S GUIDE preview video was released. This one features the sample setting chapter in the book, which showcases the WORLD OF GREYHAWK. One of the earliest camp...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-invites-you-to-explore-the-world-of-greyhawk.707380/
They discuss a few of the entries in the lore glossary. -Apparently we've been pronouncing Alustriel wrong all the time -Baba Yaga is not John Wick -There's a lot of kids out there who have b...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dmg-lore-glossary-preview.707338/
Hello all! I have launched a YouTube channel to talk shop! Check it out, and if you enjoy what you see please Like, Share, and Subscribe! Cheers! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC4Dhe1pXxliER3...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/mages-musings-youtube-d-d-channel.686955/
IN OCEANIA 2084 - SURPLUS EDITION YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE DEPTHS OF ASYMMETRICAL GAMEPLAY, WHERE PLAYER AGENCY REIGNS SUPREME. JOIN THE RESISTANCE AGAINST BIG BROTHER'S OPPRESSIVE REGIME, WEAVING...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/oceania-2084-surplus-edition-released.707793/
In RPGs that have magic, often that magic gives the characters that wield it more options for out-of-combat utility than other characters. This isn't saying that there aren't out-of-combat featur...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/mundane-utility-to-match-magic.707702/
Hey guys I decided to post my subepic stuff here, These are the Zards, my first created race from when I was a teenager, they've gone from highly magical, to more gritty, terrifying, and 'real' ...
D&D 2024 is out so when do we get 5E added into this subforum? Seems like it’s officially an “Older Edition” now. I for one welcome the new generation of grognards.
Welcome back to ADVENT'S AMAZING ADVICE! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes fully fleshed-out...
In the Tools section, the PHB says that you can disarm a trap using Thieves' Tools with a DC 15 Dexterity check. Contradicting (?) itself, the PHB also says that a Thief Rogue can, as a bonus a...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-do-i-disarm-traps-does-thieves-tools-do-anything.707742/