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The Book of Random Tables: Fantasy NPCs

d100 Random Tables for Any TTRPG Bring your D&D fantasy world to life with memorable NPCs, vivid details, and fast inspiration at the table with The Book of Random Tables: Fantasy NPCs. Whether you’re prepping your campaign or improvising in the middle of a session, this book gives game masters quick, game-ready results that spark role-playing […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Designers Flee for Darrington Press

Darrington Press and Critical Role roiled the tabletop industry recently with the release of their flagship RPG, Daggerheart, as well as the hiring of two of the most well-known D&D designers, Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins. The duo bring a vast amount of design experience and production knowledge to the relatively young Darrington Press. Many

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Daggerheart Character Sheet

Daggerheart Character Sheet! Here’s my collection of character sheets for Critical Role’s Daggerheart. I’ve found free ones and editable ones, plus the official sheets. I also included links to making a Daggerheart character and to the corebooks. This list will continue to grow. Free Daggerheart Character Sheets Get Daggerheart character sheet PDFs, from custom to

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Dungeon Masters: Don’t Write a Novel (or Do)

Overzealous dungeon masters (of which I am one) can go overboard creating D&D campaigns. Here are some quick tips to avoid writing a novel that you force your friends into believing is a campaign. Don’t create huge plots Don’t create huge, intricate plotlines. The players need agency to make meaningful choices for the game to

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The No-Prep Gamemaster: Train Your Brain to Run Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Run D&D and other RPG Sessions Without the Stress – Second Edition of the DriveThruRPG Platinum Bestseller Are you a game master who’s short on time, overwhelmed by prep, or tired of burnout? The No-Prep Gamemaster is your solution. This updated and expanded second edition of Matt Davids’ well-known guide offers a practical, inspiring approach to running

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Remembering the Glaive from Krull

The 1983 film Krull features quite possibly the coolest movie weapon ever—it’s called The Glaive. Important note: the weapon in the film is not a glaive. It’s super cool, yes, but not an actual glaive. Its name is the Glaive. Why? We’d have to ask the Old One. Sadly, Krull is mostly a broken mess

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What’s in a Glaive? | DnD Weapon

A Sword on a Pole A glaive is a weapon in the polearm family—essentially a sword on a pole. This excellent weapon is often overlooked by players of fantasy RPGs, as longswords and greatswords tend to be more popular. However, the glaive is a great option for players exploring new character builds or game masters

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Cyberpunk – High Tech, Low Life

Running Deeper Cyberpunk Games The genre of cyberpunk is often described as “high tech, low life.” The statement is accurate, but the genre goes far beyond that into soulless nihilism. A better description—or one that adds an extra element—comes from the 80s supergroup Chequered Past’s song World Gone Wild, in which the chorus says, “We will survive /

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Dungeons and Dragons Tips From Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke is a 1985 fantasy film directed by Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon). The screenplay was written by Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas, and Tom Mankiewicz, with an uncredited polish by David Webb Peoples. It stars Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Lovers are cursed to be “always together, eternally apart”—one a hawk by day, the

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How to Prep for D&D Sessions When You Have No Time

One thing I never want to hear from fellow role-players is, “We had to cancel this week.” That makes me sad because I want more role-playing in the world. Though I completely understand—after all, we all have lives and responsibilities—what I hate hearing is, “We had to cancel because our DM wasn’t prepared.” This drives

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More Tabletop & RPG Resources – dicegeeks

46 Books Worth $243 for $18 – D&D Resources Suited for Any Style – Limited Time Only Gather up your party for endless adventure with this bundle of tabletop role-playing books from Dicegeeks. This TTRPG explorer’s kit contains an amazing variety of rulebooks, sourcebooks, and campaign resources that enhance your favorite Dungeons & Dragons games—we’ve included standouts

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DnD 2024 Character Sheet

List of D&D 2024 character sheets. I’m gathering as many 2024 Dungeons and Dragons characters as I can. Most are free, or you can pay what you want on the DMs Guild or DriveThruRRG. I’ve added some other links as well. If you need 5E or 2014 D&D sheets, I also have a collection of

Ashes Without Number Character Sheet
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Ashes Without Number Character Sheet

Ashes Without Number character sheet! This will be the home of my collection of Ashes Without Number character sheets once they are available. For now, check out the Ashes Without Number Kickstarter. UPDATE – July 2025: Ashes Without Number is now available in DriveThruRPG FROM THE KICKSTARTER DESCRIPTION: “Ashes Without Number is a tabletop role-playing game

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