Credit where it's due, it's a relief that DnDBeyond has confirmed #DnD's 5.5 edition will be included in the Creative Commons SRD. This will be a net gain for the #TTRPG hobby, whatever WotC/Hasbro have planned to leverage profits from their famous brand.
We're still waiting on the promised 3.5 rules CC SRD as well, though.
Das #SRD zur 2024er Revision der #DnD Regeln wird nach Erscheinen aller Core-Regeln, also nach dem Monster Manual im Februar 2025, unter CC-BY zur Verfügung gestellt und soll ebenso lokalisiert erscheinen, wenn die Bücher in der entsprechend lokalisierten Fassung released wurden
What if dragons came in broods like cicadas?
Every Y centuries a brood returned.
Brood 19 and Brood 37 overlap next year and your people are very, very worried. #DnD#WorldBuilding#TTRPG
The Helm of Positivity came into play during tonight's #ElementalApocalypse game, in which the paladin Valinor summoned a wall of radiance.
And damn, is that thing bright or what?
The shadows I'd planned to ambush the party with were forced to retreat from the brilliant light, which also revealed their original corpses in the nearby lake.
Those corpses - nicely pickled - led the group to suspect there is a black dragon lair nearby. #DnD#DnD5e#TTRPG#RPG#Greyhawk
This is surely one of those days where I am plagued by unidentifiable anxiety about every single thing I got going on right now.
Am I doing a good job? Should I really do the whole #twitch thing with my free time? Are my #DnD campaigns fun, am I neglecting them and my players? Couldn't I be doing something big RIGHT now? Why do I want to find another #MMORPG with all I already got going on? I wouldn't even have the time!
I am getting better with all this, but it's still there quite often.
looking towards adapting City of Carse for my games. I've had it for ages, but when I last checked it it didn't suit my campaign's mood.
Now I think I am going to have a look at it again.
Will have to remove the Midkemia references though.
By the way, did you know that Reymond E. Feist's Riftwar novels started out with a #dnd campaign (which crossed over with #tekumel?)
"Check out Vecna: Eve of Ruin's full table of contents! Warning--spoilers are to be found below! YouTuber 'GameMasters' posted this leak in a video earlier today [..] saying that the image was sent to him via email, but is not disclosing the identity of the sender"
This is an interesting post from Rich Redman from The Game Mechanics about #Adventures not selling very well & their role in #DnD & #TTRPG in general. It's from 2004, but a lot of it is still relevant today, especially for creators. #DungeonsAndDragons https://bit.ly/4bppY8k
Was ich aus den ersten Monaten #pnpde an unserem #osr online open table #Valravn mitnehme (btw, ich hoffe, das kleine Projekt läuft noch lange 🙃):
Das Spiel am Open Table mit mehreren SL war für mich komplett neu. Ich habe das Gefühl, einen ganz neuen Aspekt des Hobbies ❤️für mich erschlossen zu haben.
Pnp ist für mich in erster Linie eine soziale Aktivität. Über das Format open table konnte in den letzten Monaten viele total sympathischer Leute kennenlernen. Hammer-Privileg! 1/n
@HeyeBodo@weirdadmiral interessant finde ich in dem Zusammenhang die #AdventurersLeague für #DnD. Das ist im Prinzip auch ein OpenTable plus Bürokratie (Book-keeping galore). Die meisten Abenteuer der AL sind auch für kürzere Sessions ausgelegt, die Amis schaffen das idR auch gut, aber wir Deutschen überziehen IMMER [TM].
Disclaimer: AL ist bei mir ein paar Jahre her, ob das heute noch so ist, kann ich nicht sagen
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Alignment is tired, boring and essentially meaningless in 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Many playing the modern game trying to replace it with personality. Wizards of the Coast tried to take major steps towards personality play with their Traits, Ideals, Bonds and Flaws system attached to backgrounds. That system uses five sentences of 5-25 words to describe the personality of the character. Alignment also exists.
Then, if the DM and/or the other players remember your TIBF and you play to it you might get advantage via Inspiration.
It’s a bulky system that requires memorizing a lot of detail that aren’t necessarily relevant to how your character is played. The Acolyte is in the SRD 5.1 CC BY. Here’s a sample of TIBF for a lawful good Acolyte.
I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
That’s 82 words plus two for lawful good. But really, it’s just a few. You don’t need that much detail.
Just like when you fill out that your character has brown or brown-green eyes you know there is more detail to the eyes than just that word or two. You can do this for your personality.
That Acolyte?
Faithful, Suspicious, Orderly, Erudite.
Replace the entire TIBF system with those four words. Can you memorize a few words that describe how the other characters in the party act? Absolutely! Your mind was already taking the shortcuts on the way to do so.
Then award inspiration when the character is played along their personality.
You could build your short-form personality using the official background information already provided. That’s a great start. But you could also use a list of personality traits. Here’s 638!
A character modelled off a favorite movie or TV or comic or book or video game or etc character could use their traits too.
Margot from The Magicians — sexy, strong willed, crass, loyal
Wesley from The Princess Bride — dedicated, adaptable, loving
Tasselhoff from the original Dragonlance – friendly, curious, brave, aloof
Moiraine from early Wheel of Time – determined, withdrawn, studious
Lan from early Wheel of Time – lawful, loyal, commanding
Awf, my PC in Lost Mines – persistent, exuberant, fearless
The intent with short-form personality is to reduce memorization, reward roleplaying and continue the de-emphasization of alignment in D&D.
Be generous with the Inspiration you award. Play up the personality. Just make it simpler than a system that might require 100 words when you only need three to five.