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Play Style Questionnaire for my next game (30 replies)
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Brainstorming: The Dryad's Ghost (4 replies)
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You're part of a taxonomic research team in <insert D&D settng here>... (50 replies)
Glossary of terms... (2 replies)
AiME 5e looking for Toklien expert to check me (17 replies)
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Secret Rolls (137 replies)
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Correcting rules or consistent wrongness (14 replies)
Boundless Nuggets of Questionable Martial Wisdom (76 replies)
Streaming Games and New Player Expectations - Session Zero (5 replies)
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Layers in RPGs (6 replies)
Best platform to play DnD over the net? (19 replies)
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Roleplaying Infinity gauntlet question in DnD terms [spoilers] (58 replies)
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Help finding a game that lets you build a crime organization (3 replies)
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Has any around here played Judge Dredd D20? (16 replies)
Homemade dungeon - which subforum? (1 replies)
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M&M 3e power concept help (2 replies)
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How close should warlocks and patrons be? (11 replies)
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Virtual 3D environments for play? (0 replies)
Ideas to make Random Encounter battles more interesting? (18 replies)
System with best Theater of Mind combat? (7 replies)
Persona System (20 replies)
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Arcane University Classes (31 replies)
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How does Charisma empowers each Cha-based spellcasting class. (48 replies)
Shadow Of The Demon Lord (14 replies)
I'm looking for some beta readers for Kobold Splatbook. (1 Chapter above 1500 words) (5 replies)
The Man Keeping the Martial Down (899 replies)
Things a paranoid, crazy villain would say (28 replies)
DM Help Uses for the Medicine skill (4 replies)
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So I just paged through the Spell Compendium (2 replies)
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DM Help Portent Battle? (3 replies)
What’s your Favorite Evil Character (PC or NPC), that you’ve encountered in a game. (1 replies)
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Some easy questionnaires and other ideas for interconnecting a party (2 replies)
Things you never want to hear your player say (213 replies)
Forest Setting sub-quests (Lvl 6-9) (3 replies)
Things You Never Want to Hear Your DM Say (182 replies)
DM Help I have a strong itch for Shadowrun! (25 replies)
Chinese warfare ideas? (13 replies)
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Lowkey Afraid of Killing my Players? (25 replies)
guildsmen games, a competition to test adventurers, feel free to post a team (0 replies)
What separates Chaotic Evil and Neutral Evil? (30 replies)
Recommendations for beginners? (8 replies)
Metagaming (173 replies)
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Non-Violent Quests for Kids? Post ideas! (22 replies)
Sunderplague 2: Time of Tworoubles (1 replies)
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Real-world's folklore and myth's Golems. (35 replies)
DM Help Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition: DC Adventures. Need a bit of brainstorming help. (2 replies)
Player Help Thinking about what rogue archetype to multiclass into. (3 replies)
DM Help Retiring a PC (player has moved on) (8 replies)
The Grande Temple of Jing, converting Pathfinder to a Grande 5E campaign! (0 replies)
Looking for advice on Death's relation to Party Balance, and the Ongoing Narrative (18 replies)
Setup to make players sacrifice (11 replies)
Questions to determine player expectations? (18 replies)
presidential election for my dnd game, feel free to vote as one of the people (54 replies)
"Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons" - New York Times essay! (34 replies)
Death (21 replies)
D&D Magic Theory (85 replies)
Any Dice Roller that can convert a '1' into the maximum value of the die? (7 replies)
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Why Magic Theory is Important (112 replies)
Mutants and Masterminds Spider man powers (8 replies)
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Niche protection vs well-rounded characters (17 replies)
Due to evolving technology, would you like to see RPGs use apps? (125 replies)
Campaign Quotes, No Context Edition VII: (Edited for less context) (1024 replies)
System question: 5e or PF (14 replies)
How would more realistic rpg affect gameplay (21 replies)
Military games (8 replies)
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DM Help Fastest Level 20 Character (1 replies)
MtG Planeswalkers // Map vs Territory (6 replies)
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Magic the gathering D&D; Creating Lore - Ravnica's Old gods. (1 replies)
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What setting to work on next? (13 replies)
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Journal Wheeling and Dealing: the Forsaken (10 replies)
Should we move from 3.5ed to 5ed (50 replies)
What do you do for Maps? (7 replies)
Help outlining a campaign to stop a god being resurrected (4 replies)
DM Help GMs: Issues with Improvising During Sessions? (19 replies)
Grouping emotions into light and dark but not into good and evil (12 replies)
Replacing my DM Screen [3.5/PF] (10 replies)
[Forgotten Realms] Sun Soul Beliefs? (7 replies)
CSI: Waterdeep (6 replies)
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Help me figure out a M&M adventure! (13 replies)
Guns from Dragon Mag to Pathfinder needs some clarification? (0 replies)
Eberron Lore Question: Path of Inspiration and Dragons (1 replies)
What Paizo plans to do with pfs numbers (1 replies)
Random Encounter Chance (maths/probability question) (19 replies)
Journal Diary of a Warforged (2 replies)
TTRPG Background music? (6 replies)
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Journal Campaign Notes - 3.5e D&D (FR) (6 replies)
DM Help ** The second-most-difficult question about RPGs ** (46 replies)
DnD Head Canons (941 replies)
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Crafting, teamwork, retcons, and the DM's role. (192 replies)
The Nature of Railroading (922 replies)
Alternate Race Line-up (32 replies)
Homebrew Adventure: The Demon’s Axe (Starring the Molydeus) (0 replies)
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Lloth or Lolth? (25 replies)
Player Help Favoured Soul sorcerer (1 replies)
Mechanics for party control of an NPC (3 replies)
Re-skinning mundane items as low-level magic items (3 replies)
advice for online, live playing with friends in other states (4 replies)
Asking for comparisons between E6/P6 & 5e. (7 replies)
Name that Cavalry Charge (14 replies)
Structurally sound non-combat mechanics (30 replies)
Gaming Without a GM (0 replies)
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Forgotten Realms Isekai Campaign (14 replies)
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Nonstandard ways of paying adventurers? (31 replies)
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A Paladin's Dilemma (322 replies)
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Warlock Roleplay suggestions please. (30 replies)
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Interesting uses for Contingency (5 replies)
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[Let's Read] My Deadlands Reviews! (3 replies)
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Should'nt dragon stuff be absurdly common? (250 replies)
Bizarre Occurences (0 replies)
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Best Upcast Spells (3 replies)
How to make a fate RPG enjoyable? (59 replies)
Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons (5 replies)
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Sci fi campaign - need an opening mission! (21 replies)
Recruiting more DMs (6 replies)
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A Great Idea? (3 replies)
Could Githyanki conquer Faerun? (47 replies)
How serious do you take the rules? (114 replies)
DM Help Chaotic Evil Party NPC (19 replies)
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Drizzt Pronunciation (23 replies)
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DM Help Sources on Illithids (6 replies)
The Dark Eye character creation help (2 replies)
Favorite characters and their characteristics (15 replies)
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The value of scripted monologues (11 replies)
DM Help There Pinkey And The Brain... (12 replies)
Little Black Book of Curses (Side Quest) (3 replies)
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Would a lawful creature ever go back on their word? (59 replies)
The actual problem with chain-mail bikinis. (439 replies)
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If your character had a chance to influence a major religious holy text... (9 replies)
How long would an army wait after a major campaign to launch its next major campaign? (25 replies)
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DM Help Need help planning a session. (2 replies)
Journal Rise of the Runelords: 5e DM's Journal (0 replies)
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DM Help A little cyberpunk plot help please (16 replies)
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How do people feel about modern/modernish settings? (105 replies)
Fun interactions for a character and their painted dog companion (3 replies)
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Plot device ran into Logic problems (12 replies)
Unusual Megadungeons (70 replies)
I need a system to role play Kinnikuman (6 replies)
The Underdark deities. (8 replies)
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Describe your party with a single image (1 replies)
dragon magazine what issues go to what editions (2 replies)
DM Help Nature is the enemy (21 replies)
Member-Produced Commercial Content (30 replies)
Could you reverse alignments? (13 replies)
Any recommendations for finding a local group (6 replies)
Jokes in a D&D World (20 replies)
Cthulhu / Scooby Doo Style Table Top - What system to use? (7 replies)
Would it annoy your group...... (57 replies)
Mutants and Masterminds Questions (10 replies)
Would you think GURPS or M&M is better for a relaxed superhero-themed game? (55 replies)
Interesting IRL animals/wildlife to re flavor spells with (12 replies)
Good ways to get a hold of Dresden files rpg legally (8 replies)
Gamer Tales What was your best GMing moment? (17 replies)