I Dont Know How To DM

Sideblog where I store DnD stuff. I wildly fluctuate between PCs and sometimes get to DM

[disabledfabian]

some dnd backstory ideas that give your character a reason to leave home that isn’t “everyone in my family died.” (just to say: i have nothing against those backstories (i use them a lot), but its fun to mix it up!)

family/friends/personal

someone close to you is sick. you need to adventure to find a cure

someone stole something important from you and you need to find it

you’ve received a message from a long lost relative and are trying to find them

someone that you love has been kidnapped (maybe you have to earn money to pay a ransom or complete some deed…)

adventuring runs in the family! everyone is expected to complete one quest in their lives

your family/culture sends people out to complete certain tasks when they reach a certain age as a rite of passage

another player’s character saved you in the past so you feel indebted to them and travel with them, protecting/aiding them

there’s a magical drought in your hometown and you have to fix it

your hometown doesn’t have a lot of jobs so you have to travel and send money back home

some childhood friends and you made a “scavenger hunt” where you try and complete a checklist of certain tasks (ie. defeat a barbarian in hand to hand combat, steal x amount of gold, slay a dragon, etc) in an allotted amount of time

quests/jobs

a god/patron has sent you on a quest to do something for them

you’ve been hired by someone to complete a task (and you get sucked into the big adventure along the way)

you’re on a quest for knowledge. maybe it’s to learn the best ways of fighting, maybe it’s something more academic related

your priest received a vision from your god and they sent you on a quest

you’re writing a book about the world and different cultures and you need first hand experience

you’ve found every map you’ve come across is shitty, so you decide to become a cartographer and make your own

you’re a detective who helps solve crimes and need to travel to solve a particular case

you’re a collector of a certain object and travel across the land to find it

you’re apart of an adventuring academy and have to complete a quest to graduate

you’re an artisan and you travel with your wares, trying to sell them. alternatively, you’re trying to spread word of your business and gain new business partners

you worked at a tavern your whole life where an old bard would sing songs of their adventuring party and that inspired you to go and do some adventuring of your own

feel free to add some of your own!

[probablyqueerrpgideas]

you just learned how shitty the world is and damnit somebody’s gotta fix it

you did something embarrassing and need to get the hell out of dodge

you’re taking a gap year

your arch nemesis is dying and you need to call them a bitch one last time before you go

hrt is free in a certain monastery

you met your significant other on fantasy tinder but they live across the kingdom

you’ve heard humans have this thing called “djinn Der” and you want to know what that’s all about

resume building

[bookenders]

you’re adventuring to save up enough money to hire a wizard to cast True Polymorph on you because you wanna be a dragon, damnit

your friend got super drunk and stumbled into a random teleportation circle and you were the only sober one at the party so you have to go find them

you want that super powerful dude’s sword and will do anything to get it

you wanna get swole by hitting lots of different things with very large hammers

you want to prove the arrogant bard who told that super incorrect story in your tavern wrong by bringing them the evidence yourself

you read someone’s biography and want to imitate their life ultra-fan style

you found a message in a bottle asking you on a date

you want to find somewhere where your allergies will be less annoying but no one knows where that is so you have to find it for yourself

you really really want to see a volcano

you heard about another culture’s food and are desperate to try it

you’re interning with/shadowing a professional adventurer before you set off on your own

spite

[druzydabbles]

^^^ Really like the spite one so here’s some more detailed specifics pertaining to it:

Your magic/craft is really unconventional and no one thinks it’s useful so you head out on an adventure to prove them all wrong

You made a bet with your sibling/friend that you can find and kill a dragon/some other big monster

Honestly any bets of unlikely magnitudes are very fun

Your (possibly ex) god/patron told you a problem can only be solved one way and you don’t want to do it that way and you think there’s another way so hey, guess who’s being a rebellious child?

There’s a legendary recipe (potion or legitimately baking/cooking) that requires incredibly rare, hard-to-procure ingredients and no one thinks it’s possible to be made. Guess who’s doing it

Yeah sure everyone may think the world is bleh but that doesn’t mean you’re not gonna go and and spread kindness to counter it

Or maybe you think the world needs… less good. Maniacal laughter time

Spite is very fun

[helloitsbees]

boredom

[thatonenewdungeonmaster]

[yourplayersaidwhat]

So I’m fitting a carpet and look outside and theres a really cool stick in the garden, so I take a picture and send it to the discord, my DM proceeds to make gold from it.

[keplercryptids]

i just read your posts about the critical role cast and was interested by the part about golems being anti-semitic. would it be okay for you to explain why? they’ve always been such a common creature in fantasy media, but i’ve never seen them linked to judaism in any of that media. i looked up the jewish origins of the idea, but i was wondering why we shouldn’t use that creature concept or name in a fantasy setting like we do other religious-based creatures (angels/demons etc.)?

i think the fact that you are very familiar with golems as a fantasy concept without having any idea that they're linked to judaism is actually a great display of why the use of them that way is antisemitic. golems aren't fairy tale creatures, but they've been turned into that. settings like dnd severed the tie between golems and judaism and then almost universally turned golems into mindless monsters that need to be punched by the good guys.

the comparison to angels/demons is not the same because most everybody knows the origins of angels and demons. they are also not unique to one religion and thus have not been turned into something new without any context.

i am not jewish but i hope i explained this sufficiently. i urge you to read the additions to this post where a jewish person explains why use of the golem in dnd settings is personally hurtful.

[lichfucker]

as The Jewish Person Who’s Always Complaining About Golems In DND, allow me to explain:

a golem is a creature created with the purpose of protecting jewish people from antisemitic violence. they exist because of antisemitism, they exist because of pogroms, they exist because jewish people have been a persecuted minority in... almost every civilization on earth. you cannot have golems without judaism. a “secular golem” is NOT a golem-- it’s something else entirely.

the use of the word “golem” to describe ANY vaguely humanoid animated construct is antisemitic, because it strips golems of their fundamentally jewish origin and purpose. to specifically call an enemy construct a golem, with the intention that the Heroes will brutalize and kill it, is antisemitic. it is antisemitic to treat a jewish symbol of protection from violence as an evil monster that must be destroyed.

you cannot have golems in dnd, because you cannot have judaism in dnd. (do I personally joke about dnd characters being jewish? yes, all the time, because I’m jewish.) you cannot have judaism in a world in which monotheism is literally impossible, because polytheism is a proven fact of the universe. if you can cast plane shift and go to the celestial plane and have a conversation with the gods, plural, then you cannot have judaism. if you can’t have judaism, you can’t have golems. period.

they’re not the same as angels or demons bc angels and demons are a) not specific to any one religion, b) not specific to a persecuted minority religion, and c) not distorted from their original purpose or meaning to be turned into mindless evil monsters.

if you need another example of how golems differ from other “religious-based creatures,” we can look at, say, satyrs! satyrs originate from hellenic myth, which is a religion, so surely they’re comparable! no, they’re not. a) the use of satyrs in fantasy has not been so different from their role in their original mythos as to make them unrecognizable or even the exact opposite of what they were originally intended to represent. b) followers of hellenic myth, for the vast majority of its widespread use, were not persecuted minorities. ancient greeks and romans were the dominant cultural groups at the time! the same has never been true for judaism. c) satyrs in fantasy are not monolithic-- the ones that are portrayed as evil or villainous are individuals. “golems” in fantasy are always assumed to be enemy combatants, and are always treated as such. how many times have you heard someone say, “you see a golem, roll initiative?”

I understand the want for a word meaning “animated construct,” but “golem” is NOT it. in fact, the word “construct” is already right there! use that instead! for the love of g-d just fucking use “construct” instead!

whatever fantasy media has led you to believe golems are is wrong. they don’t just have jewish origin, their entire existence and purpose is jewish. they’re a direct response to antisemitism and violence. so I’m not gonna share my toys with you until my people stop being persecuted, assaulted, and killed for existing. until that happens, there are thousands of other words you can pick instead. leave “golem” alone.

and for the love of g-d stop fucking pronouncing it like “gollum” or I will scream

[rpgtoons]

Ancestry & Culture: An alternative to Race in 5e

I just got my physical copy of this wonderful tome by Arcanist Press! It has a great introduction that explains why the use of the term “Race” in our beloved role-playing games is so problematic, and then offers a great solution for it that fits right in-between existing 5e rules.

We’ve been looking for a good alternative to “Race” for the character options we publish on our patreon, and we’re now going to do some tests to see if this model is something we could use.

I highly recommend you check it out! The free preview on DiveThruRPG includes the introduction & full rules for alternate character creation.

Find it here 👉 Ancestry & Culture

[explolalola]

I don’t understand why “race” is somehow a bad thing in D&D?

[rpgtoons]

Some people have responded to this idea with some confusion, so I’ll try to explain it as best I can.

Why “Race”, as used in Role-Playing Games, is bad.

Most role-playing games explicitly combine a person’s physical traits with their morality into one package at character creation, usually presented as “Race”. By doing this, these games (often unwittingly) support the idea that a person’s genetics decide a person’s morality and worth.

This is a bad thing because there are people who play these games – black people, disabled people, women, just to name a few – who have been told their entire lives they are lesser than others because of the way they were born; because of the way they look. For them, this kind of bigotry is a painful, every day reality. No-one should have to experience that in a game.

This is also why just renaming “Race” as it is presented in role-playing games to something like “Species” doesn’t help as much as you’d think. It doesn’t address the problem at it’s root – the false idea that a person’s genetics determines their worth (or: their traits).

Why I think “Ancestry” and “Culture” is a good alternative.

By splitting Ancestry – the physical traits inherited from one’s parents, and Culture – the traits taught to you by your parents & community, the game mechanics no longer explicitly imply a person’s genetics (or: appearance) determine their morality and perceived worth. In this updated system, Bad Tieflings can still exist. Evil dark elves can still exist. Bigoted people who believe all Tieflings and all Dark Elves are evil can still exist.

But those things are no longer assumed to be true at character creation.

Why I’m excited to start using the Ancestry & Culture method.

The world all of our games take place in, Hemelin, has various diverse cultures dotted around the place. I have often struggled to express this well using the existing mould of “Race”, but before I discovered the “Ancestry & Culture” method, I didn’t understand what was causing this struggle.

I find that using separate Ancestries and Cultures provides much more robust framework for us to design player options for our world with. I’m excited at the prospect of being able to present various cultures that players can identify with without needing to also be of a certain ancestry! I’m excited to empower our players to create more diverse characters that reflect our game world!!

A final note.

The book “Ancestry & Culture, an alternative to Race in 5e” explains all of these concepts way better than I can. I urge you to read it, even if it’s just the free preview.

You can find it here

[r-n-w]

Exactly! Essentially, ‘Race’ in 5th edition as it currently stands says that some people are literally born genetically evil. Given what we’re all learning thanks to the BLM movement and others, that’s clearly not a fair way to look at it. Doing so helps to perpetuate and keep in place underlying systemic beliefs that some people are lesser based purely on the genetic traits they were born with.

We can do better! And it all begins by listening and learning, so if you’re getting the urge to disagree, please try to keep an open mind on this and listen to those who this is affecting. ♥

[lunarity2013]

How I like to scare my players in D&D:

I ask them for stuff like this! 😁

[jointhepartypod]

RPG CityPlanner

A Collaborative Dungeons & Dragons Map-Making Game

Looking for a way to collaborate with your players and build a city of your very own? Check out RPG CityPlanner, a new world-building game & tool for D&D!

[doctorslippery]

[ao3commentoftheday]

Not a need for help, but something I'm curious about. Authors of long fics (10+ chapters), how do you manage your fic documents? My personal method is that every 10 chapters, I start a new doc (ch 1-10 on doc 1, ch 11-20 on doc 2 etc), but I also write fairly long chapters (average around 5k, range from 2k to 8k). What do you guys like to do?

I don’t do anything for fics because I do the (NOT RECOMMENDED) thing of writing my chapters directly in the drafts window. Fear of losing my work? I don’t know her XD

What I do at work, however, is create a folder for the whole project and then create a doc for each chapter/section of that project. I number them to keep them in the right order too. 

There are definitely other ways of doing things, though, so let’s see what everyone else does.

[ajora]

I use yWriter for everything, even short works. It has spellcheck and typewriter sounds, which is great for me because I grew up writing on a typewriter and the sounds help me stay focused.

Here are some screenshots

First is from my biggest work, which I haven’t touched in a while. Heh. It’s a traditional novel-style work with chapters and scenes; I’d later gone on to use one yWriter project file to cover multiple “books”, with each chapter being a single “book” and the scenes being individual “chapters”. You can see the massive chapter list on the left-hand side.

yWriter lets you drag and drop chapters and scenes, which helps a ton when you have a scene that might not work for one chapter, but can work for another. In more recent works, I have a single “chapter” that’s actually a catch-all for scrap writing in that universe that may not fit a single chapter just yet.

Export options will let you export to *.rtf (for when you want to upload to Google Docs for your beta reader or just to share), *.html if you would like to copy-paste to AO3, Nanowrimo obfuscated text, and so on.

Here’s the window you write in:

The viewpoint field you can leave blank, but I like to select the character so I can keep track of their progress in the Storyboard tool. And to keep track of them. The field below the scene title field is your chapter notes field, where you can type anything; I mostly use it to summarize what I want to do with that chapter.

For fun, here’s the character tool:

With lots of characters to juggle, it helps to keep them and their backstories straight. Main characters get the darker profile icon, minor characters get the lighter icon.

And finally, here’s the progress tracking tool, from a more recent work:

Obviously, I am not very good at this writing thing :)

Other people might not want so many tools, but I love playing around with them. When I’m not terribly inspired to write, playing with the tools sometimes helps me get into the mood and I can say I did something with the fic.

[thatonenewdungeonmaster]

Dungeons and Dragons 3D Manor

Three hours into this and its half built. Not done. Just built.

Behold! It and all its Amazon Box glory!

The first floor

The second floor

And they stack!!!

I think I'll finish the additional floors tomorrow and do some interior and exterior design.

[dungeons-and-danis]

So my personal recommendation of the day? If you see a resource that you like– I highly recommend you save it somewhere that’s easy to reference while in game! Copy it down to your notebooks, your google docs, or what have you. Just set aside a certain folder (tangible or digital) filled with your own collection of homebrew rules and resources for easy reference. Don’t just save it to a tag on your blog, because you know you’re going to forget it’s even there when in the heat of the moment. And not to mention, searching through pages of blog tags is pretty time consuming and inefficient.

This is kind of how I like to organize my stuff through use of OneNote, if you need a template reference of what I mean:

I have everything from links, rules, resources, references, and tables for easy access right in my campaign notes. Often times, i’ll even recreate tables using the table tool in OneNote so it’s easy to search if I need to, rather than just pasting images. But you can still do that if it’s faster for you.

This is sort of a sneak peak at what each folder has, so you know what i’m talking about saving here:

Combat

Survival

Roleplay

Shopping

Spellcasting (This ones a lil barren right now)

Misc.

I’ve snagged pretty much all of these from the internet, namely tumblr and reddit. But hey! They’re for you to use, so you might as well make them easier to find.

[dungeons-and-danis]

So I saw an idea for a house rule on here a while back (don’t remember who suggested it unfortunately) that essentially summed up to sacrificing point(s) of exhaustion to retrieve spent spell slots. Upon suggestion of a friend, I decided to kick it up a notch and increase the exhaustion point cost for the higher the level of spells. This is my page for it in my DM notebook.

I feel like it’s generally pretty solid and a neat rule to implement if you really wanna push yourself to the limits as a player. The only fault, though, is that someone could easily just cast Greater Restoration on themselves or another exhausted person to get rid of the exhaustion effects and just keep going, eventually abusing this rule for more spells.

So i’m wondering, if I even decide this idea is worth implementing in my own game, if I should make it so the effects of specifically spell-exerting exhaustion are not easily cured with anything but a proper night’s rest.

It’s a cool concept and I wanted to see if I could balance it enough to make it work in a real game to raise the stakes. Let me know what you guys think!

[bunbun-velvet]

There’s no need to limit it like that honestly, for two reasons:

1)  “ You can reduce the target’s exhaustion level by one“ casting Greater Restoration is a 5th lvl spell meaning that if they wanna use it to deal with 1 exhaustion point then let them, it’s less high lvl spell slots they have readily available  2) Part of the components are “diamond dust worth at least 100 gp, which the spell consumes“ If they wanna spam this they are going to be broke, they can’t get around having to pay this. most players don’t want to abuse the system, and if they do these rules are already balanced so they can’t be gotten rid of easily.

[dungeons-and-danis]

Hey, that’s some very good points! I honestly was not too super familiar with Greater Restoration as i’ve yet to play to that level quite yet. So I suppose those facts totally slipped my mind. It would seem rather redundant to waste exhaustion points to recover a Greater Restoration, as you’re probably more focused on survival or escape by the time you’ve expended all your spell slots. I see how that might just be a cycle of useless and wasted actions.

Thanks for the tips!<3

[rinasaurusrex]

what if instead of drops, rain fell all at once.

like, a two inch thick sheet of water just goes thwap, and then it’s sunny again

[mx-inactive-deactivated20211028]

Fun fact: This is what would happen if there was no air resistance, and it would actually come down so fast that it would kill us

[rinasaurusrex]

oh.

[khadij-al-kubra]

In what way is that fact fun?

[spidey-sensz]

Rime’s Unresisted Rain

Level 6

Evocation

1 action

60 feet range

V, S, M(a glass pipette)

Duration: Instantaneous

Classes: Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard

The spell instantly manifests a two inch thick sheet of water in a 30 foot radius centered directly above a point you choose. The water manifests at the highest point possible in the falls, and then instantly falls. Any creature within the radius must make a DEX save, taking 3d8 cold damage and bludgeoning damage equal to a d6 for every 10 feet the water falls, or just the cold damage on a success. The damage cannot be more then 20d6, but after 400 feet it automatically deals max damage(120).

[charlemane]

headcanon: in DnD & similar settings, the reason clerics have limited spell slots is not bc their deity stops listening to them after a certain number of requests, but bc there's only so much contact with divinity that any mortal can withstand

the higher-level the cleric, the longer they've been in contact with the divine, and the more they can interact with that divine before it takes too much of a toll to continue... but it still takes its toll

[charlemane]

@calamitys-child said:

I like this a lot n kinda like that it opens up a sort of last ditch effort mechanic? If you’re out of spell slots but desperate then you can have one more go, except whatever your spellcasting roll is becomes the amount of damage you take as a consequence of overreaching yourself

YEAH nd like. From a narrative and aesthetic standpoint, I'm really interested in what that damage looks like? a cleric of a sun god pushes themself too far trying to heal a companion, and as they force the power through their body, wounds open that seep light instead of blood...

just. divine damage is a hell of a concept.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

I love stuff like this from a character flavor standpoint, a worldbuilding standpoint, and a Nice-DM-who-doesn’t-want-a-TPK standpoint

[lazzmap]

After the redesign of the Cartography standards, I did another redesign, this time around, I added more details for R&D to help in making map design easier.  Something else that was requested from upper management was the addition of low, medium & high complexity maps, and the workflow chart showing how a map starts and travels through the various steps to completion within our corporate environment at that time at Wizards of the Coast.

I hope this helps everyone in creating their own maps and making gaming more fun and enjoyable for all :)

Cheers!

Lazz

[neonprotagonist]

New form of joke: telling someone to roll an ability check for something that obviously doesn’t need that type of check

[neonprotagonist]

“I wanna see if this dead body is anyone we recognize” “Roll an acrobatics check”

[thequicksilverfox]

You say joke, but I like to use it as an opportunity to genuinely fuck with players. “I want to see if the dead body is anyone we know.” “Roll acrobatics.” “11?” “The body seizes you by the wrists and lunges at your throat with its teeth, howling like a demon. You are grappled. Roll initiative.”

Or, “I want to check the chest for traps.” “Roll performance.” “Okay, uh. 17…?” “You start whistling quietly while you go about tapping, poking, and examining the sides of the chest. It’s a pretty catchy tune you picked up a couple days ago from the bard.” “Alright, neat, and the chest?” “The chest starts humming along.”

[neonprotagonist]

OH MY GOSH THAT SECOND ONE IS A RLLY GOOD IDEA

[tabletoptrinketsbyjj]

Hotlinks to all Tables: A complete list of every trinket table for quicker access compared to scrolling through the entire blog or sifting through the archive. This also functions as the easiest link to reblog or save for reference purposes as it’s updated with each new table. Now with 76 full d100 loot tables, category specific rolling tables a working rollable Omni Loot Table.

—Note: The links sometimes don’t work on mobile devices or some apps. Try using a desktop or browser extensions if they aren’t working. 

-The Omni Loot Table: A loot meta-table that allows the user to roll randomly on the 76 tables this blog has collected. This grants a DM literally billions of unique trinkets, equipment and items that players can find to enrich their world and playing experience.

Minor Weapon Enchantments: A collection of minor bonuses that are weaker than a standard +1 weapons, as they come with trade-offs, risks, prerequisites, limited uses or niche benefits. These enchantments provide feat-like bonuses, low level class abilities, modify damage types, provide short bursts of power or replicate the effects of low levels spells. Rollable Minor Weapon Enchantments Table. 

-Random Weapon + Random Minor Weapon Enchantment.

-Random Unique Weapon + Random Minor Weapon Enchantment.

-All Minor Magical Items: Semi useful magical objects (If not always useful to an adventurer) that have little to no drawbacks associated with their use and are perfect for low level characters.

-Minor Magic Items, 1    /   -Minor Magic Items, 2

-Minor Magic Items, 3

-All Unique Weapons: Blades, bludgeons and bows of all shapes, sizes and mysterious backgrounds. Distinctive weapons that can serve as the basis for family heirlooms, legendary artifacts and magical or masterwork weapons.

-Unique Weapons, 1   /   -Unique Weapons, 2

-Unique Weapons, 3   /    -Unique Weapons, 4

-Unique Weapons, 5   /    -Unique Weapons, 6

-Unique Weapons, 7

-Masterwork Weapon Bonuses: Over 20 homebrew weapon improvements, enhancements and modifications created though superior craftsmanship. These masterpieces though more powerful than ordinary weapons would not be considered “magic” or “+1” weapons. Compatible with Pathfinder, D&D 5e and other D20 systems. Rollable Masterwork Bonus Table

-Random Weapon + Random Masterwork Weapon Bonus.

-Random Unique Weapon + Random Masterwork Weapon Bonus.

-Wild Magic Surges: A collection of Wild Surge options for DMs and PCs who find the published tables limiting, repetitive or boring, three things wild magic by definition, should never be. Rollable Wild Magic Surge Table.

-All Sealed Glass Vials: Faulty potions, weak elixirs, alchemical supplies, spell components, ritual elements, enchanting materials, crafting ingredients and magically preserved biological samples.

-Sealed Glass Vials, 1   /    -Sealed Glass Vials, 2

-Sealed Glass Vials, 3   /    -Sealed Glass Vials, 4

-Sealed Glass Vials, 5   /    -Sealed Glass Vials, 6

-Sealed Glass Vials, 7   /    -Sealed Glass Vials, 8 

-All Books: An eclectic library of dusty tomes, fictional textbooks, pocketbooks, paperbacks, hardcovers, booklets, leaflets and magical manuals.  

-Trinkets, Books, 1   /   -Trinkets, Books, 2 

-Trinkets, Books, 3   /   -Trinkets, Books, 4

-Trinkets, Books, 5

-All Rings: Enough rings and bands to wear three on every finger and toe while still having dozens to spare. These small circular pieces of gems, metal, wood or bone always add more to the story than the sum of their parts. 

-Trinkets, Rings, 1   /    -Trinkets, Rings, 2

-All Necklaces: Pendants, amulets, lockets, chokers and other “Neck Slot” jewelry that grant an immediate glance into the bearer’s personality, wealth, rank or social class and often serves as an iconic part of that character’s look. While a locked metal torque can instantly mark the bearer a penniless slave and a string of lustrous pearls mark their owner a flauntingly wealthy noble, so can an adventurer’s necklace mark them as a creature to bestow quests upon.

-Trinkets, Necklaces, 1   /   -Trinkets, Necklaces, 2

-All Artifacts: Artist masterpieces, rare magics and opulent combinations of jewels and precious metals. These objects can be found in the throne rooms of kings, the demiplanes of archmages and the pinnacle of a dragon’s hoard.

-Trinkets, Artifacts, 1

-All Valuables: More useful than regular trinkets, these items have either a clear purpose, a reliable ability or are made from a fairly costly material.  

-Trinkets, Valuable, 1   /   -Trinkets, Valuable, 2 

-Trinkets, Valuable, 3   /   -Trinkets, Valuable, 4

-Trinkets, Valuable, 5   /   -Trinkets, Valuable, 6

-Trinkets, Valuable, 7   /   -Trinkets, Valuable, 8

-All Trinkets: Interesting baubles or semi magical items that have little to no practical in game or mechanical use for an adventurer.

-Trinkets, First

-Trinkets, 1   /   -Trinkets, 2   /   -Trinkets, 3

-Trinkets, 4   /   -Trinkets, 5   /   -Trinkets, 6

-Trinkets, 7   /   -Trinkets, 8   /   -Trinkets, 9

-Trinkets, 10   /   -Trinkets, 11   /   -Trinkets, 12

-Trinkets, 13   /   -Trinkets, 14   /   -Trinkets, 15

-Trinkets, 16   /   -Trinkets, 17   /   -Trinkets, 18

-Trinkets, 19   /   -Trinkets, 20   /   -Trinkets, 21 

-Trinkets, 22   /   -Trinkets, 23   /   -Trinkets, 24

-Trinkets, 25   /   -Trinkets, 26   /   -Trinkets, 27 

-Trinkets, 28   /   -Trinkets, 29   /   -Trinkets, 30

-All Worthless Trinkets: Vaguely interesting garbage, vendor trash and junk loot. Not magical or mysterious like regular trinkets or worth anything more than a copper piece or two even if you could find someone to buy it in the first place.

-Trinkets, Worthless, 1   /   -Trinkets, Worthless, 2 

-Trinkets, Worthless, 3   /   -Trinkets, Worthless, 4

-Trinkets, Worthless, 5   /   -Trinkets, Worthless, 6

-Trinkets, Worthless, 7   /   -Trinkets, Worthless, 8

-Trinkets, Worthless, 9

-All Mottos: Whether they’re called adages, maxims or creeds, these simple statements are essentially promises made to oneself, family, or institution. A character’s motto can be a goal in itself or a moral anchor that centers his life and guides his action. A mixed collection of real life and fictional mottos that can aid a DM to quickly expand the history of the campaign or to aid a PC in a richer character creation.

-Mottos, 1   /   -Mottos, 2   /   -Mottos, 3

-Mottos, 4   /   -Mottos, 5   /   -Mottos, 6

-Mottos, 7   /   -Mottos, 8   /   -Mottos, 9

-Battle Cries: Simplistic and bone chilling warcries, complex and inspiring calls to arms and primal wordless screams of rage that shakes the enemy down to their iron-shod boots. A collection of simple phrases, threats, insults and violent promises for creatures to yell before and during combat to add verbal spice to each attack.

-Battle Cries, 1   /   -Battle Cries, 2   /   -Battle Cries, 3

-Battle Cries, 4   /   -Battle Cries, 5  /   -Battle Cries, 6

-Battle Cries, 7

-All Reference Tables: When a trinket calls for a Random Weapon, Random Color or Random Godly Domain and you can’t think of one offhand, just go here and either roll a die or select one of your own choosing.

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