D&D: The Mystery of Bronzebell

The hub for D&D ideas that I’m totally stealing from Tumblr for my campaign!

[transfagrified-in-the-void]

Here is a free pdf of the players handbook

Here is a free pdf of xanathars guide to everything

Here is a free pdf to monsters manual

Here is a free pdf to tashas cauldron of everything

Here is a free pdf to dungeon master’s guide

Here is a free pdf to volo’s guide to monsters

Here is a free pdf of mordenkainen’s tomb of foes

For all your dnd purposes

[zxiqky-wicky]

Reblogging for other dnd nerds

[demon-rum]

>^>

[jacobtheloofah]

also here is a whole website that not only has a shit ton of adventures and such but lets you search for any item or npc or whatever and see their stats and info at your fingertips

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

and here is the same version of the above website except it uses the 5e rules as they existed prior to the 2024 relaunch, which is what you’d prefer

[charlesoberonn]

Does Tumblr know about the travesty that is the optimal (as far as we know) configuration to pack 17 squares in a larger square?

[charlesoberonn]

The little squares are all a side-length of 1 unit. The big square needs to be as small as possible while still containing all 17 squares in their entirety with no overlapping.

This monstrosity of a solution is the smallest one we found. Its side-length is roughly 4.675 units.

[charlesoberonn]

[charlesoberonn]

At least this puzzle is only in 2 dimensions.

[xanth-the-wizard]

Dungeon Master Essentials

I decided to make a list of DM stuff that I personally use or think are important to know when it comes to being a DM. So here’s my list:

Medieval Fantasy City Generator: This generator is now my LIFE. It generates incredibly complex cities with good customization. (Thanks to plantkat for sharing this site in their post here)

Naming Your Towns/Cities: Now that you’ve made your city, time to name it and give it some character! This post contains lots of great information.

Index Cards Rule: Fuckyeahdnd shared a SUPER convenient way of keeping track of turns and HP in combat. I use this system now for every single session I run.

Tricks & Traps: I am AWFUL at coming up with good Dungeon traps and challenges, this PDF includes some incredible ideas. The original poster, Courtney C. Campbell also runs a blog where she shares tons of great stuff. (Thanks to we-are-rogue for sharing the PDF in their post here)

Playing Different Types of Characters: Writeinspiration has a masterpost on how to write/play lots of different types of characters.

Unique NPC Jobs: Lauraharrisbooks wrote a list of different Fantasy Jobs which can help populate your world with some unique characters! Another similar post by Thewritershandbook also covers Common Occupations in the Middle Ages. 

Developing Characters by Threes: Monticusrex’s method of creating characters help you really flesh out who they are. Useful for Players and DM’s.

Troublesome Players? Speak Up: Dicebound brings up an incredibly great point. If someone is being a jerk, speak up and call them out. This is especially important and relevant now to crush awful behavior before it even has a chance to show it’s ugly face.

List of D&D Resources: And finally, pretty much anything you might need for D&D.  (Character stuff, spells, online communities/ways to play, etc..) A lot of people contributed to this post but thank you Mushroomancy for posting the original list.

Donjon: And finally, this site is a great resource for looking up Spells and Monsters along with tons of other generators. Not every single Spell or Monster is on here, but most are listed.

(I tried to give credit to the original posters or the actual URL for websites, unless those sites or URLs were no longer active)

[bronzebell-ideas]

- provide a partially obscured haiku that the players must individually solve

- players can roll a History check to “remember” the rules of a haiku

- the nicest haiku opens the door

[dungeon-mbastard]

D&D puzzles I’ve made for my players to solve:

Trying to get somewhere in the feywild, a nymph directs them to a door. If they just open it it leads nowhere, if they knock first the door opens to where they need to go (player solve time 15-20 min)

Two spheres float in a pool below 2 statues with outstreached hands in a room with no other doors that they need to pass through. Placing a sphere in each hand opens the hidden door for one min (player solve time about 10 min)

[gamingmonkey054]

Here’s an idea for a lock in a modern-futuristic game.

A chemical lock: this lock requires you to put a specific chemical compound into. This chemical can be as simple as table salt (NaCl) or as volatile as azidoazide azide (C2N14) which explodes even when you do absolutely nothing to it.

This could lead to some funny moments where your party is completely stumped by a lock that wants “dihydrogen monoxide” but nobody realizes that the lock just wants water.

[dungeonmastereyeroll]

New idea for a DnD Puzzle. Hangman, but every time you create a full man some type of undead detaches from the noose to murder you.