Questions tagged [online-resources]
For questions about using or finding online resources. (Recommendations of "best" resources are not on topic, but we can provide guidance around identifying canonical resources.)
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Will chaos (or other problems) result from letting my players use Open5e.com instead of the WOTC collection of books?
I'm DM of a group that just completed a one-year long campaign, and we are about to start anew. But my players have asked if instead of using the ever-growing list of official published WOTC books, ...
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Is there an AI that is capable of DMing using the 1983 Mentzer Basic DnD rules? [closed]
I'd like to solo play using the 1983 Mentzer Basic DnD rules (red box). Is there an AI that can deploy the rule set if I provide dice rolls and do the record keeping? Either published modules or ...
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Is there a body of academic theory (particularly conferences and journals) on role-playing games?
I'm interested in the process of using role-playing table top games to workshop scenes and characters in novels. I've found it quite hard to find critical materials on role-playing games in general ...
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Are there any 'official' templates used for writing out adventures in D&D 5e?
I'm trying to seat this question in the idea of "Tools and equipment used while playing table-top RPGs" and not just have it be a matter of opinion. Please feel free to suggest edits so I ...
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When did the Dungeons and Dragons Insider service exist?
Back in 2010, 4th Edition D&D was the main deal in D&D-land, and Wizards of the Coast did offer the Dungeons and Dragons Insider service, which was (on the stack) described as: [...] the ...
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Where does the language in the Twinned Spell Metamagic about targeting more than one creature come from?
I regularly see the text of Twinned Spell cited as: When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn’t have a range of self, you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell’...
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Can you recommend some good blogs or video tutorials on Dungeons & Dragons 5e? [closed]
advise good blogs or video tutorials on D&D, I have already studied the manual, but rn there is a mess in my head, I want to somehow sort it all out.
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How do you optimise a session-summary workflow for roleplay sessions on Discord?
To create session summaries, I prefer using congregated individual session data. The data I focus on is the number of events, their corresponding dice-rolls, and chat messages to the next event. This ...
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Is Most Excellent Adventure available anywhere other than 1d4 chan?
Most Excellent Adventure, to my knowledge is a free time-travel RPG based on Bill and Ted's Most Excellent Adventure. To my recollection, the only copy available was hosted on 1d4chan. However that is ...
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Site with absurdly powerful characters for D&D 3/3.5 [closed]
A good ten years ago a friend of mine told me about a site somewhere where absurdly powerful characters for D&D 3/3.5 were listed, with detailed level-by-level character progression. As far as I ...
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Where can I find the web enhancement for the Tome of Battle? [duplicate]
So I found this link: https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Absolute_Steel_Stance That says its text was taken from a web enhancement for the Tome of Battle, however the link returns a 404 error. Anyone ...
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The content available online seems to vary from site to site. How can I tell if a given piece of content is legally available for free?
I thought that only the SRD content was supposed to be offered for free, but on some websites I can find content from the Basic Rules document (that isn't in the SRD) or even the Xanathar's Guide to ...
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How do I help newbies generate characters without being in person?
Background: I am about to start running a virtual D&D5e game over Zoom (I don't have a choice of platform) through the local library. I have invited four of my friends to join, and only one has ...
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How to map out and run an encounter set in a predominantly vertical area online?
Upcoming in one of my D&D 5E games, the player characters are going to have to venture down a dwarven mineshaft while being attacked by dwarf zombies. The shaft itself is an entirely vertical pit, ...
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How do the damage rules from blogofholding's "5e monster manual on a business card" work?
http://blogofholding.com/?p=7338 Damage: This is the damage budget for all the monster’s attacks. Limited-use (daily, recharge, or situational) attacks do 4x the damage budgeted. Multi-target ...
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