LitRPG Reads: RPG + DnD + Books = LitRPG

Building A Random Name Generator

Greetings. I come bearing good news. After a bit of work, my latest site is live. I present to you – A Random Name Generator! Yes, it’s a generic name. Yes, there’s a tons of free name generators already available. However, I …

Homebrew D&D Adventures: Hawkstone Village

by Paul Bellow

This is a collection of related NPCs and random encounters around Hawkstone Village – or whatever you want to name your town. Feel free to use this for your tabletop campaign. If you like this content, be sure to check out LitRPG …

Arr, Here be Some DND Pirate Character Backstory Ideas, Matey!

by Paul Bellow

Ahoy! If you’re looking for D&D pirate backstory ideas, you’ve come to the right place! I’ve got several examples below created with LitRPG Adventures Workshop, a set of 14 RPG generators I built using the GPT-3 API from OpenAI. For great swashbuckler …

Dungeons & Dragons Community Episode Controversy?

by Paul Bellow

Dungeons and Dragons Community Full Episode

If you’re wondering “Which community episode is Dungeons and Dragons?” or you’re curious about why Netflix pulled this episode, keep reading. We also have good news – the episode is still available via Amazon Prime Video. If you’ve not seen this episode …

What is 4x LitRPG? Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate

by Paul Bellow

If you’ve heard the term 4x LitRPG and have been curious, you’re not alone. This is a question I hear often in several LitRPG communities I run online. Below, I’ll give a basic answer to the question “What is 4x LitRPG?” and …

Top 5 Tips for New D&D Players

by Paul Bellow

Are you new to Dungeons & Dragons? We have five great tips for new D&D players. Below, we will cover everything you need to know about the game and how to get started. Tabletop role-playing games have been around for decades now, …

DND Random Monster Generator with GPT-3 AI

by Paul Bellow

Yet another D&D monster generator? Yes, but this one was built with the GPT-3 API which is one of the world’s largest AI language models. I got access to this supercomputer and I immediately set about teaching it Dungeons & Dragons. Below …

D&D Zombie Character Generator w/GPT-3

by Paul Bellow

Are you looking for D&D Zombie Character ideas? I’ve got some great examples below that I created with LitRPG Adventures Workshop, an RPG generator I created that uses the GPT-3 API to create all sorts of content for Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, …

What is LitRPG Reads?

Simply put, LitRPG stories take place in a game (or gamelike) world with rpg-style progression. Basically, an RPG in narrative format. RPG + Books = LitRPG! The term LitRPG was originally coined by three Russian authors back around 2010. I cover a lot of Dungeons & Dragons and Tabletop RPG content here too!

About LitRPG Reads

Paul Bellow is a LitRPG author, decades-long gamer, RPG game developer, and publisher of several online communities. In other words, an old school webmaster.

He also developed and runs LitRPG Adventures, a set of advanced RPG generators powered by GPT-3 AI. Here at LitRPG Reads, he publishes articles about LitRPG books, tabletop RPG books, and all sorts of DND content that's free to use in your personal tabletop campaign - i.e. non-commercial use.

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