The Legendary Lyres

A d&d journal blog

[regaliumarts-blog]

OK NO BUT GUYS

IDK IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS WEBSITE YET, BUT I DON’T EVEN CARE IF YOU DO.

CHARAHUB BASICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE A DIRECTORY OF ALL YOUR OCS.

LIKE SO

AND SO (they let you get super detailed)

It lets you store 100 characters (you gain 2 extra slots whenever someone uses your referral code) and 10 images per character. You can even make GROUPS to organize them a little more— per RP or something. Image files can’t be too big either.

BUT if you want more file size, more character slots, and more other stuff, you can get a subscription! Don’t worry, subscriptions are super cheap (take notes, deviantART)!

Ok you can go make one now.

[sarcoptid]

pssst dudes charahub is really cool for character reference stuff. i have one, i should really make more use of it.

[g-g-knight]

How did I not know of this?!

[plusthreeshortsword]

A quick little something I knocked together, the patented tragic backstory generator ™ is the easiest way to give your character a mythically horrible origin. 

(actual tragedy may vary, results are final and non-negotiable, i am not responsible for any tears you may shed while imagining the sad life your character must have led up to this point)

[probablybadrpgideas]

Roll this for every single character in your campaign

[legendarylyre-blog]

Nice quick backstory generator

[tastefullyoffensive]

(via rudeweaver)

[legendarylyre-blog]

This is pet behavior gold.

[thingstolovefor]

Inspiration can be found everywhere! #Love it!

[quwueen]

Art by SafdarAliMirza

[mxviatrix]

^ Thank you SO much for adding the source <3 <3 

[wondrousworldbuilding]

I will continue to build upon this list as time goes on. For now, I hope you find something useful!

Worldbuilding Prompt of the Day Tag

Brainstorming Series Posts

Magic Systems, Part One

Magic Systems, Part Two 

New Species

New Worlds 

New Cultures 

New Civilizations

Politics and Government 

Map Making 

Belief Systems & Religion

Guilds, Factions, Groups

War & Conflict

Science & Technology

Wildlife & Ecosystems

Species/Races

Creating long-lived species

Evolution of sexual reproduction in fictional species

Writing in a world without humans

Developing Fantastic Races (Link)

Creating Realistic Aliens and Their Worlds (Link)

Language

Languaging

Handling “Foreign” Language Within the Narrative

Developing Ancient Languages

Google Ngrams: tool for researching period-appropriate language

Astronomy/Planetary Physics

Multiple Moons Effect on Planet

Controlling the Biomes on your World (with Science!)

Controlling the Gravity on your World (also with Science!)

Giving Your World Fantastic Skies (Link)

Why Tatooine is Plausible: Orbitary Mechanics of Binary Star Systems (Link)

What if Earth Had Two Moons?

Geology/Land

Map Making Photoshop Brush Set

How to develop a country when you don’t know where to start

Useful Geography Descriptors 

Creating a World with Realistic Terrain

Forest types (aesthetic)

Laying out Villages and Towns

Specific Settings

Differentiating between Ancient Times and Medieval Times

Tips and Ideas for Writing Post-Apocalypse

Worldbuilding when there’s no “world” present

General Worldbuilding

Words for sections within a city

Using Characters as Worldbuilding Tools

Creating Unique Cultures

Prioritizing Worldbuilding Details In the Narrative

Filling in the Details

Weaving in the Details (Link)

Creating Realistic Cultures (Link)

Being a God of Your Own World (Link)

How to Create a Fantasy World (Link)

Creating Fictional Currency 

Writing Prophecies Without Making Eyes Roll

Logistics of Mega-Cities in Fantasy

Worldbuilding/Writing Quotes Tag

Random

My personal writing playlist

Writing Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth (Link)

Using Indexes and Guides in your Novel

Writing in Multiple Points of View

How to Edit Your Own Writing (Link)

The Ultimate Guide to Worldbuilding (Link)

Avoiding Deus Ex Machina

Helpful Generators 

Vulgar - Conlang generator

City Generator

Seventh Sanctum - expansive SpecFic generator

Deity Generator

Guild/Clan name generator

Planet name generator

Random map generator

More personalized map generator

Prophecy Generator 

Technobabble Generator

SciFi Corporation Generator

Fantasy Calendar Generator (Multiple Moons, etc)

[probablygoodrpgideas]

The Multiattacker

20 villagers try to hit a dragon. A paladin gets attacked by 6 crawling hands. A fighter has so many extra attacks, he attacks 5 times in one turn. We all know situations like these, and they can get pretty boring if you roll for every attack. But that’s why I programmed the Multiattacker. So here is how it works

Let’s take the paladin situation as an example. She gets attacked by 6 crawling claws, so you enter 6 at “Number of Attacks”. A crawling claw has +3 to hit, so you enter 3 at “Hit Modifier”. Our Paladin is wearing Chainmail and a shield, so she has an AC of 18. That’s what you enter at “AC Target”. If a crawling claw hits, it deals 1d4+1 damage.Guess what you enter in the second row. Then you press the “Attack!” button.

After pressing the button, the program does some math stuff and then you get this. As we see, all crawling claws missed their attack. That’s why the total damage is 0. Our paladin is safe, but what about the bard that is under attack from skeletons?

5 skeletons are shooting at our bard. A skeleton has +4 to hit and deals 1d6+2 damage. The bard is wearing half plate armor and has an AC of 16. Note that the results from the last attack are still there because I don’t know how to change that (and not really want to put effort into that). So, let’s press the attack!

Oh no! One of the skeletons managed to hit our bard! He takes 5 damage. 

If you like this program and want to download it, check out this post!

[dicebound]

D&D 5e Character Creation Flow Charts: Backgrounds and Classes This only includes the backgrounds included in the Player’s Handbook Mind you, so no SCAG options. Class one doesn’t assume archetype obviously.  A fun little project I made after work today, I thought it might be helpful for players newer to the system in choosing their character’s options, or just a fun little tool.

[dmdorkmaster]

Source: dmdorkmaster

Some references are made to the Dungeon Master’s Guide and some parts are from there as well.

[thatwest0nkid-deactivated202106]

My super advanced mapmaking technique - a handful of dice makes the map nice

[somethingdnd]

interesting method

[takeo14]

My question is do the die affect topography any or just set the borders?

[somethingdnd]

I imagine it’s up to the person making the map. But maybe the more dice in a single spot, the more mountainous or forested the area. Maybe choose a few dice to be deemed cities, and some dice for ruins.

[onion-ice]

Maybe let the dice choose, like a nat 20 would be the world capital, and 10’s would be mountains or something like that.

[somethingdnd]

1-5: Plains and fields

6-8: Forests

9-11: Mountains

12-14: Tundras and snow covered lands

15-17: Farms and towns

18-19: Larger cities

20: Capitals and castles

[captain-forsyth]

what would happing if all the dice landed on a 20?

[somethingdnd]

then you have a very busy continent

[muck-raker-deactivated20181222]

not all of those are d20s though, so you’d have to come up with another method for the other ones

[somethingdnd]

Adjusted for all dice you might have

D20

1-5: Plains and fields

6-8: Forests

9-11: Mountains

12-14: Tundras and snow covered lands

15-17: Farms and towns

18-19: Larger cities

20: Capitals and castles

D12

1-3: Plains and fields

4-6: Forests

7-8: Mountains

9-10: Tundras and snow covered lands

11: Farms and towns

12: Larger cities

D10

1-3: Plains and fields

4-6: Forests

7-8: Mountains

9: Tundras and snow covered lands

10: Farms and towns

D8

1-4: Plains and fields

5-6: Forests

7: Mountains

8: Tundras and snow covered lands

D6

1-3: Plains and fields

4: Forests

5-6: Mountains

D4

1-2: Plains and fields

3: Forests

4: Mountains

[words-are-chaos]

Holy shit. Definitely using this.

[jonkakes]

I swore at how simple this motherfucking thing is. You’re all bastards and i love you.

[tarnished-silver-muse]

Reblogging this for later use.

[stonesymes]

@beanmoreau FUCK HAZE THIS IS THE METHOD WE SHOULD HAVE USED!!!!

[bienmoreau]

Love it! Still can to an extent if you’d like. I’ve only done the draft in full so far 😁

[flikkerij]

@qinipo

[legendarylyre-blog]

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