BALDUR'S GATE 3: THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT WANTS SIMILAR GAMES DEVELOPED IN GERMANY The German government has stated that it would like games of the quality of Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 to ...
Another thread displayed an interesting variation in how folks liked (or didn't) random encounters, and I thought we might talk about random elements in general as it relates to D&D. Obviously, d...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-do-you-feel-about-randomness.703807/
R18 Hmmmnn Well after the TV show there's a fair bit of interest in the FO universe. Thinking of a post apocalyptic sitting inspired by Fallout into Darksun goes into the to hard basket. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/war-never-changes-fallout-inspired-post-apocalyptic-campaign.703846/
This is not a post about gishes The other day in a game I play, my PC was forced in a duel vs a powerful NPC warrior. I won't bore you with the details, but I won - but I felt that perhaps I sh...
I am starting this thread because I don't want to rain on folks' parade who are excited in the Fireside Chat thread. Similarly, I made this a Plus + thread to indicate that it really isn't a plac...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-should-d-d-2024-have-been.703864/
In this video about the upcoming revised Player’s Handnook, WotC’s Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins reveal a few new tidbits. The books are near final and almost ready to go to print Psion...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-fireside-chat-revised-2024-player%E2%80%99s-handbook.703857/
Welcome to my Let's Play thread, where I play the SSI D&D Gold Box games! I'll be documenting a play-through of at least the four "Pools" series games set in the Forgotten Realms, and potentiall...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/demetrios1453-plays-the-gold-box-games.702936/
In the current debates in the daggerheart forums, there is the talk that Daggerheart is a "narrative game". This claim is made primarily as an opposition to 5e, which is "not a narrative game". B...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-makes-an-ttrpg-a-narrative-game-daggerheart-discussion.703617/
Greetings, Folks have probably heard, and maybe used themselves, the phrase “the answer is not on your character sheet”. I decided to add always to the thread title because I think the phra...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-answer-is-not-always-on-your-character-sheet.703834/
Quick straw poll. What are your intentions right now? Yes or no only. If you are undecided go with which way you are leaning—-like if you HAD to pick which would you pick? If you’re exactly...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/do-you-plan-to-adopt-d-d5-5one2024redux.702682/
The purpose of this thread is to more broadly discuss something that came up in the Daggerheart thread. It is possible for a player to create a "bad character" in most games. Here, we will defi...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/youve-created-a-bad-character-how-why-and-whose-fault-is-it.703472/
Any christian rpgs?
Due to the show, people have started to play fallout 4 either again or for the first time. I've played it for countless hours, have a number of videos dedicated to it. Since it was felt that a ne...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/newbies-guide-for-fallout-4.703849/
Earlier this year, Modiphius announced that a new edition of its 2d20-system powered STAR TREK ADVENTURES TTRPG would be launched at Gen Con in August. This week, system developer Nathan ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-to-expect-in-star-trek-adventures-2nd-edition.703739/
Originally launched in 2017, Star Trek Adventures uses Modiphius' in-house 2d20 system, allowing you to play characters from all different eras of the Star Trek universe. Today, Modiphiu...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/modiphius-announces-star-trek-adventures-2nd-edition.702831/
EMBRACER GROUP, the Swedish gaming conglomerate which owns ASMODEE, a major French tabletop gaming company with names like Days of Wonder, Ticket to Ride, Fantasy Flight Games, and various ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/asmodee-owner-to-split-into-3-companies.703830/
Announced in February, the PLATINUM EDITION OF VECNA: EVE OF RUIN is coming from Beadle & Grimm this summer. As usual, it is packed with goodies-miniatures, handouts, maps, props, and more. Thes...
Greetings! Anybody catch the premier last night on FX and Hulu? About twenty years ago I got the original series on netflix DVD by mail and it was...well it was made in the 80s. I dont recall i...
Maps I've drawn. Enjoy. Solwey was a half-elf prince whose tomb was built long ago. He was a conqueror and a ruthless warlord who amassed great wealth in his life. He wanted to become a Lich to...
WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST NOVEL WAYS A PARTY HAS GOT OUT OF A TRICKY STREET FIGHT IN ONE OF YOUR TTRPGS? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: ROLEMASTER ACTUAL PLAY: TWILIGHT (E135)...
WORLD OF KULAN: CRISIS IN BLUFFSIDE GAME Big Tim stands, once again, waiting. This time, however, the man he's come to know as Relgar Aspergim waits with him — not that drafter-wizard appe...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/kulan-knightfalls-crisis-in-bluffside-game-ic.667146/
I dislike magic item stores. Here's why. Picture courtesy of Pixabay. > Magic items are a part of every fantasy role-playing game, and > wherever player characters meet, so...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/worlds-of-design-the-problem-with-magimarts.702663/
Proto-molecule in wrong hands... Oups! (The Expanse AGE)
https://www.enworld.org/threads/describe-your-last-rpg-session-in-5-words.679952/
Here is the OOC thread for my REBOOT of my old Western Kanpur | Bluffside Campaign that was running over on The Piazza . The game stalled over there, but with the refresh of EN World, I'm eager ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/kulan-knightfalls-crisis-in-bluffside-game-ooc.666962/
Cynthia Williams, who has been president of Wizards of the Coast for the last two years, will be leaving the company at the end of the month, according to an SEC filing dated April 15th. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-president-cynthia-williams-resigns.703723/
I recently added another name to my "ignore" list (who or why doesn't matter) and when I did I considered also checking the box that means ignored people can no longer see my posts either. Howeve...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-ethics-of-two-way-ignore.701540/
PLANET OERTH AND ITS REALLIFE INSPIRATIONS For 50e, the 50th anniversary edition in 2024, I want two regional settings: the City of Blackmoor to celebrate Arneson and the City of Greyhawk to c...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/5e-oerth-%E2%88%92-the-planet-of-blackmoor-and-greyhawk.685422/
Been pretty much on hiatus since my active games all wrapped up over the 2023-2024 break, but an upcoming slow patch on the GTG forums jarred me into a semblance of activity again. Figured it was...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/updating-my-sentinel-comics-resource-blog-again.703689/
Perhaps this is a weird topic, and I should stop posting late at night, but in the monster hit points thread a thought occurred to me after reading this post: > Whizbang Dustyboots said: > �...
Sometimes a thread comes up, and I really want to post in it, but my thought is just a negative comment or a way to criticize someone else's fun. And really, we have enough negativity in this wor...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-i-didnt-comment-in-another-thread-thread.672602/
TABLETOP GAMES, INCLUDING 'MAGIC,' UP AT HASBRO As Company Recovers from Post-Covid Issues icv2.com TABLETOP GAMES, INCLUDING 'MAGIC,' UP AT HASBRO As Company Recovers from Post-Covid I...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/icv2-tabletop-games-including-magic-up-at-hasbro.703866/
After our session today we chatted about the the classes in D&D, what is there, what is missing, etc. I know some people want fewer classes, some want a lot more, but I think the majority are pre...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-classes-would-you-add-to-d-d.703790/
I don't want to set the world on fire
https://www.enworld.org/threads/fallout-official-trailer.703021/
Ignoring the page number and chapter title, this is what a starship stat block will look like in Voidrunner’s Codex.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-this-starship-stat-block.703856/
Well, I just got an email today about the start of the Kickstarter for 13th Age 2E. Looks like the date is set for May 7th and it'll be in two books according to the email. Completely forgot abo...
Last week, my son Logan finished up a 3.5 campaign called "Raiders of the Overreach" which he'd been running since October 2019. That was his second campaign in the same game world, the first be...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ghourmand-vale-3-5-campaign.689181/
NOTE: This product isn’t yet available to the general public, but it is available to KickStarter backers. 2ND NOTE: I don't have a religious background and am reviewing the product on it...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-read-azraels-guide-to-the-apocalypse.699031/
So, Matt Colville posted a video on adventures, their length, and individual adventures vs campaign-length ones: The Cliff's Notes version: The preponderance of big campaign-length adventures li...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/matt-colville-on-adventure-length.703754/
The Shieldbearers seem to be set up to be the "here's how to give your PCs missions" organization, but there's very little meat on their bones, beyond that their commander wants to be more activi...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/radiant-citadel-shieldbearers.703865/
So the discussion of Bob World Builder's recreation of the "Do You Love Me? Yes/No" WotC survey got a little sidetracked with the discussion of which, if any, D&D you tube channels are worth watc...
Another great history lesson / lore drop from Ben over at Questing Beast.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/blackmoor-the-fantasy-campaign-that-created-d-d.703838/
So when it comes to the official 5E adventures the vast majority are meh with a few stand outs. Those are Curse of Strahd, ToA, LMoP, and a few of the shorter ones in the anthologies. Ghosts of S...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/thoughts-on-the-meh-5e-adventures.703845/
What a start! They kept Storm's over the top voice acting, and they finally used the "omega level mutant" terminology from the comics. And Beast is keeping up with his quotes. I'd forgotten abo...
I've seen advertisements for the Fallout Game produced by Modiphius. I have no experience with the system. Do you? If yes, what do you like about it? ....dislike about it? What's yo...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/modiphius-fallout-opinions.703863/
HASBRO Q1 EARNINGS: REVENUE SLIDES AS BUSINESS MODEL EVOLVES Furby, Peppa Pig, and Magic the Gathering continue to see growth. toybook.com So D&D is doing pretty well given they released ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-q1-report-revenues-down-but-at-least-d-d-is-up-3.703861/
One thing I hate about the sorcerer is that they stole the inborn magical talent from the wizard. Now, everyone tends to treat arcane magic as: Inborn, you're a sorcerer Not inborn, don't worry,...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/one-thing-i-hate-about-the-sorcerer.703338/
How excited are you for the new 2024 edition d&d? *This is not like that other poll that asks if you will buy. This is about excitement. You might buy and not be very excited or be very excited...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-excited-are-you-for-the-new-2024-edition-d-d.703748/
This type of thread has been a thing on other forums I have frequented in the past, and I thought it might be worthwhile to try out here. The idea is, people can follow the thread if they anticip...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-changing-of-the-avatars.703862/
Chat Thread Rogues Gallery Prologue: A Different World A westerly wind picked up as the Swordcoaster, Captain Threwe, approached the inner mouth of the Bay of Chult. To the west, mountains...
Looks good, some nice shout outs to other movies and comic story lines.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/deadpool-wolverine-official-trailer.703811/
Someone suggested I get this party started......
Welp, I'm back. Or I will be. Starting with the New Year's, I will once again go back to converting old (A)D&D monsters from Dragon Magazine, and eventually from other source as well. Not quite...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-leveled-up-bestiary-volume-two.701725/
I thought it would be fun to create an online repository of D&D-themed memes, cartoons, and internet gags. Join me! There's just one rule*: Post only memes, comics, funny tweets, and the like. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-d-d-memes-thread.693664/
Transcript at: Hasbro (HAS) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript A CCG site Summary at: Hasbro Investing In Long-Term Refresh For MTG Arena With Emphasis On Commander And Collectability IN TERMS...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-earnings-call-24-apr-2024.703858/
Story Thread Rogues' Gallery ORIGINAL POST (FROM 2017!) This is my fourth game DMing. It might be too many, but as a person who is motivated by a sense of responsibility to his players, stud...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ooc-fitzs-folly-toa-pbp.577474/
OOC/RECRUITMENT THREAD: https://www.enworld.org/threads/ooc-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden-closed-for-now.697664/ ROGUES GALLERY THREAD (POST PCS HERE): https://www.enworld.org/threads/rg...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden.697783/
About two days ago, a member of my role-playing group posted this D&D Class Test on our Discord channel. And it proved to be something of a hit amongst my group. By answering each of it's 60 que...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-class-test-which-character-class-suits-you.703829/
I've got no dog in this fight, as I'm not currently running an OSR game, and I'm not in any way connected with this campaign, but this Kickstarter monster book leapt out at me as an incredibly us...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-monster-overhaul.691534/
Years ago I briefly playtested my own D&D right before 5E landed. It was kind of a 3E clone using 4E engine with OSR ideas. 4 or 5 classes, a small bestiary, used the 3.5 spells removing broken o...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/mining-5e-for-personal-d-d.703824/
CUBICLE 7 is kickstarting A LIFE WELL LIVED , a companion to their 5E/C7D20 book, UNCHARTED JOURNEYS . Producer Alex Cahill agreed to talk about the game, how it’s used to build up your charac...
I'm not trying to be awkward I promise. I'm just trying to understand the technology. We've all used random generators for years. Some random generators are totally random, others use inputs or...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-the-difference-between-ai-and-a-random-generator.702782/
This Week's Fantasy Grounds New Releases April 22-28, 2024 New Release SAVAGE RIFTS(R): GHOST ROADS ADVENTURE Pinnacle Entertainment Group Begin your journey into the Dark Frontier with t...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/this-weeks-fantasy-grounds-new-releases-april-22-28-2024.703859/
Since the adventures contained in QUESTS FROM THE INFINITE STAIRCASE have been revealed, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the monsters appearing in the original adventures and...
Dreams are not an uncommon trope in fantasy settings, but the first recorded nightmare haunts us to this day. Picture by Carl Richard Lepsius - Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Band ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-evolution-the-first-nightmare.703215/
Check out the covers--and alternate covers--of VECNA: EVE OF RUIN, coming May 21st! Vecna: Eve of Ruin Adventure Campaign For characters of levels 10-20 A high-stakes adventure in which the fa...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/vecna-eve-of-ruin-coming-may-21st.702588/
HOMEBREW SETTING: This is a magic infusion, early technology, fantasy world populated by men and monsters. Of course, some men are monsters. The particular technological age is deliberately set...
BRINGING BACK A LITTLE OF THAT TACTILE DIY FEEL OF THE EARLY RPG DAYS INTO THE DIGITAL AGE. (Note: Morrus gave me the okay to post this here, rather than the promotional forum, so don't narc me...
So this is a rather odd situation. I went to check up on this thread... WOTC - WOTC PRESIDENT CYNTHIA WILLIAMS RESIGNS Cynthia Williams, who has been president of Wizards of the Coast for th...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/thread-not-found-unless-i-log-out.703852/
You can now sign up for the Redux Edition of Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland, remade with amazing, unique all-human art. ... Read more
https://www.enworld.org/threads/maskwitches-of-forgotten-doggerland-returns.703855/
To roll or not to roll? (This is a companion to the other thread).
Happy Friday! First, I have never played AD&D 1e, nor played in Greyhawk, aside from beating the ToEE game 20 years ago (oof, I’m getting old). Second, while I enjoy a wide variety of play ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/seriously-contemplating-an-attempt-at-a-retro-ad-d.703041/
So, what's the deal? I played MERP and Rolemaster 2e back in the day. Recently, I dipped into Rolemaster Unified, and I liked some things about it, while hating the art and having some criticisms...
This is the Topic where I will print ( sometimes incoherent ) data ( from every bit of my heart )
https://www.enworld.org/threads/le-redoutables-catchall-threads.703273/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/your-last-adventure-in-photos.685693/
So. The last we heard, the game will still be in the design phase up until May. So when can we expect the first real previews? Are there any conventions in mid May or early June, where rules pre...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/where-are-the-real-previews.703825/
...Or at least played in a Neotrad way? I'm very, very interested in discussion in regards to this playstyle because I'm invested in it becoming more developed and mature despite it already bei...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-games-do-you-think-are-neotrad.703558/
When I wound down the Thematic Toolkit series, I mentioned I'd be replacing it with a larger product called Multiclasser's Manual. With work on the first one of those well underway, I figured i...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/coming-very-soon-multiclassers-manual-volume-1.703808/
The TV show has obviously dramatically increased interest in the various video games, but I imagine there will also be uptick in TTRPG Fallout as well. So, what are you doing or planning? I a...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/fallout-tabletop-what-are-you-doing-planning.703733/
One of the things I like about Undead in D&D is the variety of circumstances that lead to the different undead. I like to use these as game story elements and a bit of world building/cosmology. ...
The Untamed Wilds is a magic infusion, early technology, fantasy world populated by men and monsters. Of course, some men are monsters. The particular technological age is currently developed to ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-mystery-in-bridgetown.703115/
Dragonix's Deadly Denizens is now available at DrivethruRPG!
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonixs-deadly-denizens-has-been-unleashed-at-drivethrurpg.687842/
This is the start of our 5e campaign. I never ran SJ back in the day and honestly thought it looked ridiculous. Fast forward decades and this is the wackiness I've been wanting and didn't even kn...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/spelljammer-5e-campaign-recaps.701083/
Basic Roleplaying Line Editor Jason Durall does a deep dive on how to best approach the BRP System when designing a game for your original setting. Our $10,000 Basic Roleplaying Design Ch...
Hello everyone, I'd like suggestions from whoever may have read anything about Nentir Vale in a narrative book, the same way you may have explored the Forgotten Realms by reading about Drizzt. ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-4e-narrative-books-on-nentir-vale.703771/
Hello everybody! I am Johan Eriksson, an anarchist game developer and educator from so-called Sweden. OCEANIA 2084 IS NOW ON KICKSTARTER! Pledge to secure your copy of the exclusive hardcover ...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/dystopian-ttrpg-oceania-2084-on-kickstarter.703851/
This came up off topic in another thread and thought it might be fin to talk about it on its own. Note that I don't think it is particularly productive to talk about the use of gold in 5E or an...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/getting-the-gold-out-of-the-dungeon.703831/
Some food for thought while you argue mercilessly with people on the internet over games.... View attachment PIA23645-Earth-PaleBlueDot-6Bkm-Voyager1-orig19900214-upd20200212.jpg "From this di...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/pale-blue-dot-revisited.703810/
Hey everyone! TL;DR – Gamesurvey.org is where you'll find an academic survey on hobby gamers' motivations, community engagement, and entrepreneurship, thru 15 April 2024. Please take the ti...
Just putting this in general because, why not? What is your "defining" shtick, feature (or features), of each class in your D&D (or fantasy RPG of choice)? We're not going to change what is ...
12 years ago today, I set out to read and review every single issue of Dragon magazine. An enormous journey that took precisely 6 years of daily posting, and was left open for a sequel. Having fi...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-read-polyhedron-dungeon.671210/
Hey everyone, After months of pouring my heart and soul into designing and creating modular scenery for D&D, I’ve finally reached a milestone that I’m really proud of. I also crafted a sho...
It’s wild that anyone who cares at all about artists and writers of any kind would support this tech.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/ai-is-stealing-writers%E2%80%99-words-and-jobs%E2%80%A6.701799/
For my particular campaign this is a far way off, however as any good storyteller I constantly read ahead. I am curious on the Rites of Rulership and how they effect the party as a whole. I can u...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-rites-of-rulership-monarch-of-the-masses.672635/
It will be on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC In Tales of the Shire, players will create their own Hobbit before setting forth into Bywater, the shire setting of the game. Here, pla...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/tales-of-the-shire-announcement-trailer.703816/
Our Kickstarter just reached the stretch goal where we'll add a set of NPC, Treasure, and Monster cards as an option, and I want to make sure the price is accurate. The price to print a set depen...
yet another brainstorming thread for my gneiss city world I started watching the flintstones and well ... how would modern warfare look like in such a world? Infantry? Cavalry? Artillery?...
At some point the 4e living forgotten realms site was updated and archives almost all the lfr 4e adventures. http://livingforgottenrealms.com I ran a ton of lfr. Good memories. Thought 4e fol...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/living-forgotten-realms-updated-and-adventure-archive.473739/
TABLETOP ADVENTURES celebrates EARTH DAY with a special bundle of our descriptions of five types of natural terrain features: forest, swamp, plains, mountains, and caverns. (Of course, some feat...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/tabletop-adventures-special-earth-day-bundle.703848/
Not sure yet, to be honest. It was a very weird Christmas and possibly the first in my life that resulted in no books (it's ok; my gf was very busy with work and then sick, and is now hellbent on...
https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-reading-in-2024.701874/
Playing a Winter Elandrin Glamour Bard with a Feylock Warlock dip in a 1-20 (actually 3-20) campaign. We are starting at 3rd level after our 3rd-level party TPKed last week. She is currently a Wa...