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HELLO I JUST FOUND THE BEST FUCKING WEBSITE FOR WORKING ON CHARACTERS AND WORLD BUILDING YEET FUCKERS SEE YOU IN 8 YEARS

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If you have been struggling with world building and finding a way to keep track of everything PLEASE GOD LOOK AT NOTEBOOK.AI

Notebook.ai has different categories for different things:

And then once you make something each category has different questions for you to answer about your world:

This website is literally a blessing

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Tips to learn a new language

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Source: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that Derek Roger suggested! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.

Demonstrative: this, that.

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.

VERBS (about 100 words)

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Demonstrative: this, that.

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.

Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.

bunchofrpmemes

Character Flaws

Bold the ones that apply to your character:

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world building wednesday

send me the name of a character, and i’ll reply with:

B A S I C S

full name:

gender:

sexuality:

pronouns:

O T H E R S

family:

birthplace:

job:

phobias:

guilty pleasures:

M O R A L S

morality alignment?:

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert:

organized/disorganized:

close minded/open-minded:

calm/anxious:

disagreeable/agreeable:

cautious/reckless:

patient/impatient:

outspoken/reserved:

leader/follower:

empathetic/unemphatic:

optimistic/pessimistic:

traditional/modern:

hard-working/lazy:

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp:

ot3:

brotp:

notp:

here’s my lair: grune’s lair

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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)

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Incredible list!

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Table: Pickpocketing

[In my current oneshot campaign I am DM’ing, one of my players seems obsessed with pickpocketing the crowd of NPCs at the event, so I decided to create some roll tables for loot he gathers.]

[The contents range from mundane and useless to unique and interesting to actually valuable and/or magical. You never know what a person could be carrying, but worry not, none of it is too uncommon.]

tanoraqui

D&D short quest or oneshot idea: your party meets a nervous-looking, human-looking person who claims to have created your entire world, and somehow gotten trapped here, away from their home dimension. They appear harmless, and can’t fight worth a damn or even cast spells, but they do know a terrifying amount: about you, about everyone you meet, about any monsters you encounter or lands you try to cross…

You must now help this omniscient but clearly not omnipotent deity find a way back to their home plane.

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art tips post

for all the artists following me

draw fast. it’ll look messy for a long time but you’ll improve faster than if you spend 4 hours on every drawing

if you draw in pencil and have a habit of erasing all of your mistakes, try drawing in pen or marker. i know it’s scary but it’ll help in the long run (i’m speaking from experience)

try different methods and mediums but don’t worry about mastering any of them, just have fun

if you’re not rich, buy art supplies from the dollar store, not the art store (seriously. i go through a sketchbook about once a month and i’d rather spend $4 on one than $15)

there’s no wrong way to learn. you can copy other people’s art if you want to, just don’t post it

DO NOT worry about having a consistent style. do not. just draw however you want

if you want to make original characters then do it. don’t worry about if they’re original, or a good design, or if they have an accompanying story. make sonic ocs. do it. it’s fun and it’s not hurting anyone

try not to kill your back. stand up and stretch once in a while

make a folder and save all of your favorite arts for inspiration

draw from life. draw your dog. draw your teachers. draw your desk. draw your own hands (seriously that’s the best way to get better at drawing hands)

in general, drawing from life or a photo is better than drawing from a diagram

draw whatever you want. draw youtubers if you like youtubers. draw undertale if you like undertale. when i was a kid i drew nothing but shadow the hedgehog and horses. everyone deserves to draw what they want without being mocked, and if people start making fun of you, block them and keep drawing

don’t expect to get any notes at first. don’t let it discourage you. if you want validation go show your art to your mom or your friends or your teacher or your grandma

take breaks, but don’t give up.

sunnydwrites

Tips for Writing Magic

So, as we all know, there are many different kinds of magic — and more being discovered every day as writers create them. It’s true that every world as different and therefore each type of magic created will be different, but following a few of these tips can help you flesh it out just a bit more.

1. Consider your world’s history. Were there ever any major events involving magic or knowledge of it? How has magic proven useful in the past? How much has your culture changed since that time; are its past uses still applicable? Has there been a history of more powerful people having a possession or knowledge of magic?

2. Decide how magic is seen through the eyes of the people. Is it taboo? Dangerous? Helpful? Is it a practice that has to be kept in secret or can it be done anywhere? Are there certain places for it? Consider the people with more knowledge of it: are they seen as wise or dangerous? Are there people with professions dedicated to it?

3. Determine its use in everyday life. Is it used to help complete regular tasks? What about in education? If your world has an education system, what is magic’s importance within it? Are there everyday items that posses magic? Are these items considered benevolent or evil? Can items be enchanted to help around the house, or is magic reserved only for things of major importance?

4. Think about the people using it. Is there a general age range for people using it? If the range is broad, are there common uses for each age group? More than age, is there a general social status of people with access to it? Is there a stereotype that follows these people? Or a wealth level? Or even an appearance?

So, those are all the magic tips I’ve got for you today. If you’d like to see me cover a topic, be sure to drop a message in my ask box; see you next time with another writing post!

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memorization tips for different types of learners / [click for high res!] → what type of learner are you? i hope this helps…!! —tia ♪

[+++] more infographics / all / have a question?

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Organize your novel!

Word Processors and Writing Software:

Jarte**

AbiWord

Calligra

Celtx**

Open Office

Scrivener*

Final Draft*

Atlantis Nova

Zoho**

Lit Lift

Hiveword

Story Book**

Character Writer*

Write Room (mac only)

Dark Room

Q10

Liquid Story Binder*

Now Novel**

yWriter 5

Make a timeline of your plot:

Time Toast

Interactive Timeline

Timeline Maker*

Preceden

Tiki Toki**

Time Glider**

Timeline Maker

My Timeline

Timeline JS

Timeline Generator (this one makes up events for a fictional world)

X Timeline

Our Story**

Dipity

Timeline Software*

Timelines*

Meograph

Timeline Charts*

Family Tree Makers:

Family Echo

Genealogy

Legacy Family Tree Maker**

Family Tree Builder**

XY Family Tree

*Not free. May include free trial.

**Includes free and premium content.

thebrothersjonas

writing conclusions in papers is like the stupidest thing ever though like what’s the point of dedicating an entire paragraph to “so yeah i know you just read my paper but this is a summarization of what you read in case you need to be reminded about what you just read” like why can’t the paper just end

field-thistles

I keep seeing this post and similar ones, and if y'all’s teachers and professors have left you with the idea that a conclusion is a summary, they have failed you in a big way.

Your conclusion is your “so what’s the fucking point” section. You’ve given you’re reader a lot of info and now they need to know why they care. Depending on the type of paper you should be giving a plan of action, explaining how this knowledge changes our understanding of the topic, link your paper to other disciplines, suggest further areas of study, etc.

One of the best pieces of writing advice I’ve ever received is that if you can’t envision yourself dropping the mic and strutting off stage at the end of your conclusion then it’s probably not strong enough.

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so last session i gave all my players magical items and they rolled for what properties they had.

Our cleric, for instance, got earings that protect her from critical hits, but makes it that she doesn’t trust bartenders when wearing them… said earnings were given to her by a bartender

and our Druid is a drider who has her girlfriend ride around on her back most of the time. And she ended up getting a ring that allows her to cast enlarge on herself once per day

and what she rolled as the downside is “when attuned to this item, you fall madly in love with the nearest person of compatible sexual orientation”

……which happened to be her girlfriend. She got a ring with the only downside being that she loves her girlfriend more.

languill

It’s sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.

There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they aren’t used anymore!

flavoracle

I took calculus my senior year of high school, and I really liked the way our teacher framed this on the first day of class.

He asked somebody to raise their hand and ask him when we would use calculus in our everyday life. So one student rose their hand and asked, “When are we going to use this in our everyday life?”

“NEVER!!” the teacher exclaimed. “You will never use calculus in your normal, everyday life. In fact, very few of you will use it in your professional careers either.” Then he paused. “So would you like to know why should care?”

Several us nodded.

He picked out one of the varsity football players in the class. “You practice football a lot during the week, right Tim?” asked the teacher.

“Yeah,” replied Tim. “Almost every day.”

“Do you and your teammates ever lift weights during practice?”

“Yeah. Tuesdays and Thursdays we spend a lot of practice in the weight room.”

“But why?” asked the teacher. “Is there ever going to be a play your coach tells you use during a game that requires you to bench press the other team?”

“No, of course not.”

“Then why lift weights?”

“Because it makes us stronger,” said Tim.

“Bingo!!” said the teacher. “It’s the same thing with calculus. You’re not here because you’re going to use calculus in your everyday life. You’re here because calculus is weightlifting for your brain.”

And I’ve never forgotten that.

larena

The problem with this logic is that, like, weightlifting doesn’t work if you CANT lift the weights.

The education system expects everyone to be equally as capable of doing the shit and some people just aren’t. Some people don’t need to be thrown into the deep end of calculus or physics or whatever, they need something that they’ll understand.

Also like fucking. Mental weightlifting is useless when you don’t know how to do anything WITH your new buff brain. It’s all well and good for me to pick up skills from learning hard subjects but that’s fucking useless when school doesn’t so much as even hint at how to do my taxes or laundry or anything.

So yeah. Schools really should teach less calculus and more shit EVERYONE can use.

fuckyeahyoga

mightymur

The final, brilliant word on passive voice.

“She was killed [by zombies.]” <—- passive

“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” <—- active

iterativeimprovement

Welp.

disease-danger-darkness-silence

Oh my god, best passive voice identification tool ever.

thefuturecanadian

Nice!

cheshirealicat

The best learning tools for grammar inevitably involve zombies.

nodhero

My Dungeons & Dragons 5E bookmarks folder

Here’s all the bookmarks in my 5e folder. Not everything may be specifically 5e related but since we’ve started playing this edition, this is what I’ve collected so far.

Player Help

D&D 5th Edition

Discuss D&D 5E rules and products.

D&D 5E Character Sheets

DnDTwit

A Collection of Guides | WotC

A collection of player made guides

Pre-Generated Character Repository | WotC

A Resource for Players and DMs

List of 5E|Merric

donjon; RPG Tools

Zenith Games: 5th Edition Guide to the Guides

Tabletop

Original, 10 minute ambiences and music for Tabletop Role Playing Games.

Candlekeep Forum

How to search this rules forumn | The Wizards Community

Searching this forumn does not seem to work for me.

Barbarians

I’ll NEVER Die! (A Guide to the 5E Barbarian)

Seen guides pop up the last few weeks for rangers, wizards, clerics, paladins, and warlocks, but I don’t think there’s one for the 5E barbarian yet. Seeing as it’s so straight forward, I feel like it might not be needed, but because it’s so straight forward, it’s also really easy for me to make it, so here you guys go

Graceful Destruction: A Guide to Dex Based Barbarism | The Wizards Community

Graceful Destruction Contents: Intoductions Stats and Races Class Features Path Features Skills, Backgrounds and Feats Weapons and Armour Multiclassing Sample Builds

Clerics

The Devout and the Dead: a guide to Clerics

The Devout and the Dead a guide to Clerics

Clerics

Greetings, Playground! I am going to be playing a Cleric soon, and, (being unfamiliar with 5e) come to you guys to figure out Clerics and their Domains.

For God and Party-A Cleric’s guide. | WotC

Table of Contents

Dictum Mortuum’s The Cleric Handbook | WotC

Hello All

Celestial Link Evoking Radiance Into Creation - CLERIC guide | WotC

Druids

By your Powers Combined: A Land Druid Handbook | WotC

By Your Powers Combined: A Land Druid Handbook

5e Druid Handbook - Land & Moon

5th edition D&D Druid Handbook Version 2.0 Druids

[WIP] Thy Fearful Symmetry: A Circle of the Moon Handbook | The Wizards Community

A holistic guide for Circle of the Moon Druids.

Druid Guide & Discussion

5th edition D&D Druid Guide Version 1.7

Fighters

The Art of War: A Fighter Guide | The Wizards Community

The Art of War: A Fighter Guide

Fighting Styles Overview/Discussion/Whathaveyou

Ok So I havent seen any thread that specifically deals with the fighting styles in 5e

Bow Bond: An Eldritch Knight’s guide to Archery | The Wizards Community

Bow Bond: An Eldritch Knight’s guide to Archery

An Optimized Polearm Master Fighter Template | The Wizards Community

VARIANT HUMAN BUILD

Eldritch Knight Tactica - A Guide | The Wizards Community

This is a work in progress - but open for discussion.

Monks

Meditation, Mediation, Devastation: A Monk’s Guide | The Wizards Community

How does one Monk?

The Good, the Bad and the Monk, a 5e Monk guide

I’m not going to explain why you would play a monk, or what the role of a monk is

Paladins

Oathbound: The Paladin Guide | The Wizards Community

“It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.” — Aeschylus

Good is Not Nice: A Paladin’s Guide

"My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.“

A Guide to the D&D 5th Edition Paladin through the eyes of a 3.5 Player

Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons 5E Paladin through the eyes of a 3rd Edition Player

Rangers

Not All Who Wander are Lost: A Ranger’s Guide

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Into the Woods We Go: The Ranger Guide | The Wizards Community

“You’re no ranger, Jon, only a green boy with the smell of summer still on you.” — A Game of Thrones

Rogues

Dealing Death: Handbook of the True Assassin | The Wizards Community

“Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.” — Alamut by Vladimir Bartol

Wizards

Arrive on Time - A General Guide to Wizardry | The Wizards Community

Overview: What is a Wizard?

A Compilation of Useful Spell Lists | The Wizards Community

A Compilation of Useful Spell Lists

Know Your Rites: A Guide to Ritual Casting | The Wizards Community

A guide to casting ritual spells.

D&D 5e Spells Index

5th Edition Spells Spreadsheet

I spent some time and put together a spell spreadsheet that lists all the spells by class, level, school, and some other quick reference items.

Find Familiar confusion | The Wizards Community

Hi, So here’s the thing.

Ultanya: Dungeons & Dragons: Thaumaturgy

Treantmonk’s Guide to Wizards 5e - Google Docs

Treantmonk’s Guide to 5e Wizards - Google Docs

Backgrounds

What’s Your Story: A Custom Background Guide | The Wizards Community

What’s Your Story: A Custom Background Guide In this guide I will be using the standard CharOp colour scheme:

[5e/D&D] Backgrounds

A forum for discussing roleplaying games. Speak your mind here without fear!

5E Backgrounds Database

The D&D 5th Edition backgrounds database!

Hack & Slash: Backgrounds

A Gamers Point of View: Custom 5e Backgrounds for the Forgotten Realms

List of All Personality Traits, Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws | The Wizards Community

If you are like me and you like to scan through all of the backgrounds to find the perfect set of personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws for your character, then these lists might come in handy.

Musran

Guide to Mulhorandi | Arelith

Nephthys - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nephthys - The Forgotten Realms Wiki - Books, races, classes, and more

Nephthys (pronounced nef-thiss ) is a vain but caring member of the Mulhorandi pantheon. She is…

Nephthys | Humus | Obsidian Portal

Protector of the Dead * *Symbol*: Horns around a lunar disk * *Home Plane*: The Offering Fields * *Alignment*: Chaotic Good * *Portfolio*: Death, grief * *W

Nephthys - Deities of Faerûn - Mulh Pantheon

Realms Helps: Nephthys - Deities of Faerûn - Mulh Pantheon

Mulhorand - The Forgotten Realms Wiki - Books, races, classes, and more

Mulhorand is one of the Old Empires in eastern Faerûn. The Mulhorandi were brought to Toril from…

Candlekeep Forum - Mulhorand

Candlekeep Forum - Which Faerunian gods could go to Mulhorand easily

Gnomes

Gnomes; The forgotten folk of Faerun | Neverwinter Nights - The Forgotten Realms - The Savage Frontier

Gnome - The Forgotten Realms Wiki - Books, races, classes, and more

Gnomes, or the Forgotten Folk as they are sometimes known, are small fey humanoids

Realms

Glossary of Phrases, Sayings & Words of the Realms

Candlekeep Forum - Glossary of Phrases, Sayings & Words of the Realms

Tools

New Automated Tools for 5E | The Wizards Community

Instead of starting a new thread for every set of tools I create, I am going to use this thread from now on. I will continue to make updates to it as I create new tools. Here is the complete set of tools I’ve created to date:

Fantasy Name Generator

Name generator for RPGs, video games, novels, etc.. Can generate names for elves, dwarves, barbarians, “evil” names, “Lovecraftian” names, modern English names, and others.

D&D 5e Pre-Made Characters - Table Topping

Efraim’s 5e Adventurers Pack

Dungeons and Dragons 1E-3E-5E Monster Converter

1d8: Point Buy Calculator for D&D Next (5e)

Javascript DDNext Character Generator Lite

RK’s D&D Treasure Generator (5e) - Setup

Dungeon maps for RPG. Create maps online, download as PDF and PNG.

Dungeon Painter is a powerful rpg map design tool. Scene Viewer is a free encounter mapping tool that you can embed into forum or blog posts

[Resource Guide] World and Map Generation : DnD

In an effort to better serve the community, the moderation staff will be creating a series of guides and collections of resources over the next…

Cartographers’ Guild - a community for maps of fantasy, sci-fi and real world locations

A forum for cartography enthusiasts.

D&D 5E Tools: Attribute Point-Buy Calculator

A point-buy calculator for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition

The Elf Name Generator: Your Sindarin Elf Name

Elf names. Create elf names with the Sindarin elf name generator! View lists of elf names, generate random names, or choose an elf name based on your own name. Great for rpgs and mmorpgs.

Fantasy name generators. Names for all your fantasy characters.

A fantasy name generator for every fantasy character. From Chinese to Viking and from dragon to werewolf, I have a fantasy name generator for all your needs.

Kobold Fight Club: The first rule of KFC is ‘Yip yip!’

D&D 5E Tools by Leugren

Dave’s Mapper | RPG Map Generator

Geomorphic map generator web app for role-playing enthusiasts. Created by web designer and puzzle author David Millar.

Barrow of the Evensong | The Wizards Community

An Adventure Location for 3rd-Level Characters

Elven Names

English-Elvish Translator

goblinoidgames.com • View forum - Maps and Map Making

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MTG ART

Magic: the Gathering Art. Best MTG Art, updated daily with new and old artworks. Organized by artists and mtg sets, Art of Magic the Gathering is an ever growing collection of amazing magic fantasy artworks.

Names of Seasons

Pods and Blogs

Stories of the Fifth Age, Ep. 0 “Beginnings…” | The Mad Adventurers Society

Godsfall

A website and podcast following a group of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons players in custom D&D5e campaign in Washington, D.C.

Dire Weasels’ Podcast : A “real play” 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Campaign

A bunch of drunks get together and make offensive jokes while playing dungeons and dragons.

Brave New Dungeon

A Chronicle of one man’s heroic return to the land of Dungeons & Dragons (by bigAl)

Lost Mine of Phandelver (5th edition D&D) | JM Hauser’s Blog

Starting in July 2014, Wizards of the Coast released the newest version of their classic roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons.

RPG Crazy

Samson’s Bridge: A Dungeons and Dragons Campaign built from the ground up

http://dictummortuum.blogspot.com/

DnDUI Blows

Starwalker Studios

The home of Starwalker Sudios Podcasts

Encounter Roleplay - D&D Advice, Reviews, Comics and Podcasts!

D&D Advice, Reviews, Comics and Podcasts!

Stories of the Fifth Age | The Mad Adventurers Society

Dyson’s Dodecahedron | Award Winning Dungeon Design

Award Winning Dungeon Design

Adventures | Dyson’s Dodecahedron

Many of the maps on the site have full adventures written for them.

Nerdarchy – For Nerds By Nerds

Nerdarchy for nerds by nerds specializing in role-playing games especially as game masters for d20 systems like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder RPG games.

DnD Reddit

reddit: the front page of the internet

The Old Road, Part 1: Sunless Citadel

Many Sided Dice

A Site for Table Top RPG Discussion and Creation–Share it, Like It, Follow It, Comment!

Tribality

Blogging about D&D / Role Playing

Hack & Slash

Dungeons & Dragons Chris Perkins - Archive

Dungeons & Dragons - Wizards of the Coast

From the Sorcerer’s Scroll

A geek’s musings on the games he loves to play (by Chris Perkins)

Inkarnate

Homebrew

Homebrew Design

Roll up your sleeves and get working: there’s lots of homebrewin’ to be done!

Homebrews Library

Post your homebrew material, and share your house rules, creations, game aids and tools, character sheets, and more

Sane Magic Item Prices

Let’s talk about flying items.

World Builder Blog

Just a man and his homebrew world.

Customized Races – The Saurials

Define your own! - Campaign Calendar

Bad Magic Weapons

Index of /pdf/DnD 3.5e and you are welcome/DnD DM 3.5e Essentials—Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master 3.5 Essentials/books

Donjons et Dragons le jeux de role

Dungeons and Dragons Adventures levels 1-3, the low levels

Dungeons and Dragons Adventures for characters levels 1st through 3rd, 1-3.

Caves of Chaos Reimagined by Weem | theWeem

Caves of Chaos Map Redux | RPG Cartography

I think that a map can be a DM’s best friend when running an adventure. However, many adventure maps do not provide much additional information other than location and a reference key number to that points to text in the adventure. I took the classic map of the Caves of Chaos from Gygax (1979) Keep on the Boarderlands…

NPCs for the Caves of Chaos D&D Next Playtest: Sly Flourish

Belgarion’s World for Eternal Soldier: Character Creation

Stores

Iron Wind Metals Online Store

Dice - The Dice Shop

Polyhedral Dice Sets

Pathfinder Minis

So anyone have any other sites I need to add to my collection?

dnd-vigilante

Useful.

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