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Roleplaying Secrecy (114 replies)
Index What is a complete, yet broad list of all RPG skills that can be medieval and modern? (3 replies)
Is it wrong to ask the GM to force the plot on your reluctant character? (35 replies)
Low Fantasy Castle (21 replies)
Videogamey bosses (32 replies)
I am a new dm (4 replies)
Favorite RPGs you'd recommend (36 replies)
Mutants and Masterminds 3E variant rule question. (4 replies)
Player Help Usual DM being a player looking for advice on helping the new DM (8 replies)
What would be the best edition and best class for invisible woman type of character? (12 replies)
What spells would you miss? (28 replies)
Trying to keep the party from fracturing (22 replies)
Integrating Advantage/Disadvantage in a different dice system (19 replies)
Strangers in a Cave - An Undermountain Live Stream (0 replies)
Need advice: How to play highly political games (21 replies)
Making NPCs likeable (18 replies)
Explaining TTRPGs to someone with NO cultural frame of reference (16 replies)
What does the God of Knowledge of your setting do in the Campaign? (38 replies)
A better battle system (36 replies)
DM Help how do Warforged see? (22 replies)
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Roleplaying Roleplaying as a tactical genius (18 replies)
DM Help Fleshing out two sites (2 replies)
Shadowrun Plot Ideas ( Need Opinions ) (9 replies)
Giving up on a game? (14 replies)
DM Help Too Many Key NPCs in a Settlement (or Villages Within Villages) (14 replies)
DM Help How much of a problem is a large group? (43 replies)
Shadowrun Do Zombies Exist? (12 replies)
Creating a Greek/Chinese Bronze Age Wuxia fantasy campaign (64 replies)
Home-brew class idea and question (6 replies)
First time DnD player, looking for Backstory feedback (5 replies)
Butter (86 replies)
Dry Erase Game Mat (13 replies)
Getting workers to prolong their contracts, fantasy style (38 replies)
DM Help If the GM makes it clear that a certain feature exists in their setting... (45 replies)
DM Help Help me with a minor roleplay facet in my campaign (3 replies)
Possible options for players on mobile? (3 replies)
SheetScribe Beta Program (3 replies)
Artificer feats (5 replies)
RPG based around investigation : how to? (54 replies)
What's your favorite modern setting theme? (17 replies)
The rules for being a God in a pantheon (29 replies)
DM Help DUNGEONFOG – Online map maker & authoring tool for RPG game masters (2 replies)
DM Help Villain help: Princess Necromancer (19 replies)
Playing with players who are playing on hard mode (disabilities) (16 replies)
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Revised: Week 5 - Powers (31 replies)
Fun ways to handle Player Absences (18 replies)
DM Help Aquatic Campaign Introduction (15 replies)
DM Help Third clue to the secret base (12 replies)
Death of Extraplanar Beings on the Material Plane (2 replies)
Sixteen tenets, one alignment (14 replies)
Player Help I don't know how my character should react to what he sees as betrayal, help. (57 replies)
What would the ideal adventurer's backpack be made of? (46 replies)
Player Help Need an advice on what to pick for my next level in TOA (1 replies)
Building a hunter in DND 5e (bloodborne) (2 replies)
I'm worldbuilding a strange, semi-alien land. Help out and get 5 xp (18 replies)
Gamer Tales (BitWC) BEFORE it WAS COOL- Ravnica Homebrew Campaign Story (5 replies)
Mental Stress and Morale in roleplaying games (14 replies)
Call of Cthulhu on a boat (2 replies)
Bizarre idea for D&D game: Suppose titles were inherent like alignment (32 replies)
Setting Books and Organization (3 replies)
I want to get into D&D (7 replies)
The Adventure Path of the Playground (8 replies)
DM Help Working on a custom Warhammer 40k in either Fate CORE or Mutants and Masterminds (4 replies)
DM Help I'm planning a big one shot, with an entire discord group invited to join. (0 replies)
A Low Magic Game? (50 replies)
english question: what is "A silver" (9 replies)
Moral Implications Role Play Help (23 replies)
DM Help Magitech Cyberpunk - Sources and Inspiration? (23 replies)
TTRPG combat with emphasis on *player* skill? (92 replies)
One shot campaign in easy system for beginners? (8 replies)
Gamer Humor Trying to find the Colossal Red Dragon Advertisements (6 replies)
A game about wizards plots (8 replies)
Gamer Tales Salty rant at my dm (47 replies)
Player Help [DnD] Ways to recover memories (3 replies)
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Did my DM go too far? (60 replies)
Need to vent a second. At my wits end with other DMs (35 replies)
Relating hero power levels and game systems (23 replies)
AFMBE game tips and ideas (1 replies)
Gamer Humor Bad Fantasy Art & Unintentional Comedy (19 replies)
Roleplaying Is this metagaming? (37 replies)
DM Help Advice - should I keep or drop my campaign? (24 replies)
DM Help Space Station City Escape! (2 replies)
DM Help Need help fashioning an encounter... (6 replies)
DM Help Back tracking and dungeon design (7 replies)
The Vamps (1 replies)
Writing/Publishing an Adventure or Campaign Setting (1 replies)
Religions of order and chaos (23 replies)
What is an Edgelord? (130 replies)
Roleplaying None of the Above - A Guide to the True Neutral Alignment (31 replies)
TTRPGs Balanced by GM Instead of XP (32 replies)
Professional DMs? (137 replies)
D&D: Colorful denizens of Sigil! (7 replies)
Got a Real-World Weapon, Armor or Tactics Question? Mk. XXVI (793 replies)
Items with backgrounds (2 replies)
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Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Revised: Week 4 - Defenses (15 replies)
Odd request for gamers: can anyone finish this kid's joke/riddle? (9 replies)
DM Help How to keep power gamer in check (28 replies)
DM Help Designing a Castle Defense (12 replies)
Killing time-travelling BBEG beforehand (26 replies)
DM Help Help me think of ingredient-gathering activities! (10 replies)
DM Help Demons in plains (Faerun) (29 replies)
Do fiends consider themselves evil? (107 replies)
DM Help Help with Party Unity (8 replies)
Fire Dragon Clan Ain't Nothing To **** With (HackMaster 4E Campaign Log) (12 replies)
Hit Points (119 replies)
English question: what does city utility mean? (7 replies)
What is a dexterity based chaotic class? (3 replies)
CrowdShuffler - a new random NPC generator (0 replies)
Why do people worship evil gods? (140 replies)
DM Help Starting a New FATE Dresdenfiles setting. First time GMing the system. Need Help! (60 replies)
DM Help 1001 stereotypical yet absolutely epic things to have in a setting or boss fight (39 replies)
Degrees of Failure Brainstorming (14 replies)
Dominions PC Game - Anyone tried to Table Top it? (7 replies)
DM Help Villain Motivation (5 replies)
How to get a party together? (3 replies)
How to tame your power gamer? (49 replies)
DM Help Advice for a First-Time DM (19 replies)
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Revised: Week 3 - Advantages (5 replies)
Did anyone find a 1 inch square grid tablecloth? (8 replies)
DM Help Looking for ideas for adapting a dungeon from computer to pen and paper. (BGII) (7 replies)
Aftermath of Dark Lord, maybe not so bad (16 replies)
My players are hunting down some killer thieves in a city: How should I conduct this? (12 replies)
Stuff to have in a large medieval fantasy city (15 replies)
My DM has given my wizard an apprentice! ... I have no idea what to do with him. (9 replies)
Do Most People Understand How the D&D Afterlife Works? (69 replies)
DM Help Questions about online Dnd Play? Virtual Dnd suggestions. (8 replies)
Resolving a conflict between NPC groups (2 replies)
What's up with the iconic cleric outfit? (42 replies)
DM Help Solo campaigns, do they work? (11 replies)
Roleplaying Are NPCs acting the wrong way in my game? (25 replies)
DM Help What to do with a player who has a prolematic character (10 replies)
What abilities a Cyborg/Cybernetic Ninja might have? (19 replies)
Need help with some katana abilities. (13 replies)
Worst Character Fate (11 replies)
Doomslayer (Doom Guy) encounters a Warlock (15 replies)
DM Help An Imperishable City - Four thousand years without rot; what survives? (13 replies)
Roleplaying Why don't D&D devils, make deals with kids? (154 replies)
DM Help Swapping people back into their bodies (2 replies)
Modron numbers don't make sense (39 replies)
Gamer Drama Nonsensical rant on my D&D experience lately (46 replies)
Roleplaying Build your character to suit your campaign and DM, not to some arbitrary power vacuum (44 replies)
This is how magical fire should look like: (12 replies)
What spells I would have to use to do this? (6 replies)
DM Help Bamboozling inevitables (Baldur's Gate campaign) (14 replies)
Fun with D&D arcane magic, what's the wildest thing you have done using a spell? (41 replies)
Exalted 2nd: Lunar Martial Arts charm tree (0 replies)
Tom Waits-y rpg system? (5 replies)
D&D Races without Racial Deities (18 replies)
Spelling/ Grammar in PbP -- How important is it? (29 replies)
Animal bites (34 replies)
What do you think of characters not knowing each other at the beginning of the game (217 replies)
DM Help What are these dwarves so ashamed of that they'd risk breaking the greatest taboo? (9 replies)
Player Help Crafter type build for 3.5, need advice (0 replies)
DM Help Planning an Epic Campaign (2 replies)
Homesteading an Empty Continent (11 replies)
Looking For Group. Discovered how to become Gargantuan! (2 replies)
Unintended Consequence of Optimization Guides? (30 replies)
[InBetween RPG] Help me name our mascot! (1 replies)
A vertical dungeon. Has anyone ever tried that? (66 replies)
Fire Emblem Awakening: Walhart build! (1 replies)
Would this change make my character too overpowered? Would you allow it? (22 replies)
How do you handle language barriers within the party? (22 replies)
I'm looking for that VERY long online quiz that gives you dnd stats (3 replies)
DM Help Need help coming up with scenarios for a "You restart when you die" one-shot. (11 replies)
What's a good symbol for a redemption god? (25 replies)
Sword vs Lore Bard (1 replies)
Player Help How do you deal with a fellow player going too far? (17 replies)
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Revised: Week 2 - Skills (12 replies)
Preferences? Audio log vs written log (4 replies)
DM Help Need some plot advice on beliefs shaping reality (19 replies)
Help me create a color coded based magic system (9 replies)
Player Help Am I the problem here? (31 replies)
Player Help Must have mental illness/phobia, Ideas? (62 replies)
Protracted battle montage? (1 replies)
Player Help Creation of a cursed character (2 replies)
DM Help The One True Law vs Chaos Alignment Rubric (17 replies)
Height / Weight Chart for Athletic Men (32 replies)
What to Watch Out for in Your Players (384 replies)
Gamer Tales How do you handle when the party wants... (13 replies)
1001 Courses at a Fantasy University (21 replies)
Running away is the challenge (4 replies)
DM Help Alternate World War I: World Building/System Help (7 replies)
I haven't a clue (5 replies)
How to organize your homebrew setting (16 replies)
DM Help What could I do to help my players feel like their choices matter? (20 replies)
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Roleplaying How to get into Voice/Realtime games? (3 replies)
DM Help I need a word that would fit becoming a demon willingly (12 replies)
Player Help Dark Heresy 2nd Edition Need help designing a good Sororitas PC to play (13 replies)
DM Help Review my campaign: "Family Sword" (5 replies)
How to justify multiple daily fights at high level (43 replies)
Dealing with the dark side of the force (8 replies)
What's the right amount of pre-game setting info? (25 replies)
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition Revised: Week 1 - Abilities (20 replies)
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Journal RHoD based Pathfinder campaign, part 3 (0 replies)
Champions Now! and other Superhero RPGs (21 replies)
What would a omni scientist not bound by time and space research about? (26 replies)
DM Help Properties of Fiend remnants/materials (4 replies)
That guy stories (1 replies)
DM Help Shadowrun: Help the newbie, which game to start with (8 replies)
D6 games (27 replies)
Ideas for a Stellaris-based campaign (10 replies)
DM Help building DM trust without having to spoil the game (54 replies)
DM Help Nature/Melora themed puzzle help (2 replies)
Journal Bragens Journal (Minor Curse of Stahd spoilers) (0 replies)
[across systems] penalty for pulling punches (17 replies)
Multi-leveled City map tiles? (9 replies)
Help me stop my party killing themselves (23 replies)
What do you carry your dice in? (32 replies)
A career in RPG development (46 replies)
D&D Planes of Existence (7 replies)
world map software (17 replies)
Journal The Vault Bellow - Fallout Themed 5e skinned Campaign Log (1 replies)
DM Help Help choosing which story to use. (2 replies)
Did you mean Adventure Game? (120 replies)
3.5e or Next? (97 replies)
Roleplaying Ideas for putting an establishment run by an evil wizard out of business? (57 replies)
DM Help DMing my first 5e campaign ever (1 replies)
DM Help Should I show my cards (6 replies)
3.875 edition comes out when? (19 replies)
Ideas for magic incenses (7 replies)
Adventurers' guild - Useful or lazy? (83 replies)
Playing a session without one of the players, how do you do it? (19 replies)
Return of the Sith: Preparations for a Knights of the Old Republic campaign (7 replies)
Learning Vermin Tactics (1 replies)
Looking for cool ideas of surreal imagery (19 replies)
DM Help Helping a brand new settlement (11 replies)
Can my barbarian use the rage ability while subject to a polymorph spell? (5 replies)
Barbarian necromancer? (9 replies)
Character help and Witcher Lore (12 replies)
Any advice on how to hook up new PCs? (8 replies)
Fixing D&D: YOUR WAY (170 replies)
Is there a game system with a "flashback" mechanic? (22 replies)
DM Help Rise of the Runelords for New Players and DM (2 replies)
Protagonisting (116 replies)
Sell me on an RPG book (24 replies)
Running a Wilderness Survival Adventure (19 replies)
Help with picking a system (8 replies)
Rejected RPGs (20 replies)
Tried some puzzle for a single player... (4 replies)
Help with ideas for a star wars campaign! (12 replies)
Godslayer (sorta?) Wizard (3 replies)
Scoundrel's Fortune: Design Concept (0 replies)
Cecaelias Miniature (1 replies)
Our little group of bigots (10 replies)
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