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Creating Good Character Backstories with AI

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Here’s some tips and character backstory examples for creating a great character backstory. We’ve also got a tool to create them easily with GPT-3 for Dungeons & Dragons type tabletop games! When it comes to a character backstory, there is no “right” …

D&D Tips: Winging it Like a Dragon

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New guest post by Brokk Martin. He has played D&D for over 30 years. Every game master has had that moment where they look at the pages of prep for game night go out the window in the first five minutes of …

8 Best D&D Books with Wizards

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Here’s our look at some of the best D&D books with mages, wizards, sorcerers, and more.  Wizards are perhaps the most iconic of the character classes of Dungeons and Dragons. For good or ill, they’re what most non-players think of when they …

D&D Editions: Dungeons & Dragons Red Box

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If you look at the current version of Dungeons and Dragons, you’ll notice that it’s labeled Fifth Edition. While it’s clear that the preceding edition was Fourth Edition and that the version before that was the Third Edition, figuring out the Second …

RPG Legends: Rose Estes

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When most people think of RPG legends, they think of those authors who created games, settings, and memorable characters. Since so many of these settings have become living universes that outlived their creators, though, a huge debt is owed to those authors …

RPG Legends: Ed Greenwood

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There are a few names that all role-playing gamers should know. These are the men and women that helped to create the games that really built up the genre as something special, sometimes through the act of creating games and other times …

What D&D Class Should You Play in 5e?

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Dungeons and Dragons is a constantly-evolving game. The 5th Edition is a huge return to form after the more video game-inspired 4th Edition, and that means a return to a lot of what has traditionally made Dungeons and Dragons work. With that …

10 Best D&D Novels and Books of All Time

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Best D&D Novels? Wondering where to start with Dungeons & Dragons novels? Read our picks for the absolute best D&D books of all time. Dungeons and Dragons is more than just a game. It’s spawned numerous adaptations in multiple forms of media. …

Top Memorable Dragonlance Characters

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Memorable Dragonlance Characters

Learn more about the major characters in the Dragonlance fantasy saga… Dragonlance is one of the most beloved settings of Dungeons and Dragons. While it might have faded away as new versions of the game were launched, there’s still a strong fan …

Best D&D 5e Modules & Adventures

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Dungeons and Dragons is the number one name in tabletop role-playing. Sure, there have been contenders over the years but no game has ever really been able to dethrone the king. One of the big reasons for this is that Dungeons and …

RPG Legends: Margaret Weis

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The pantheon of great figures in fantasy is often filled with obscure members. Sure, there are authors like Tolkein and creators like Gygax in there, but most of the names are only known to those who are deeply engaged with the works …

RPG Legends: Ravenloft Tabletop Campaign

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D&D’s settings have been, for the most part, different flavors of fantasy. One setting, though, decided to go in a very different directions. Instead of sword and sandals, it went for howling wolves and the children of the night. This setting is …

RPG Legends: Al-Qadim

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As Dungeons and Dragons began to find some success with its more popular settings, there was a sense that players wanted more. Most of the settings only concentrated on small areas of their constructed worlds, leaving a great deal of room for …

RPG Legends: Spelljammer

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At some point during its development, Dungeons and Dragons just got weird. It took a gamble on embracing every aspect of its cosmology and pushing out settings that seem incredibly odd to today’s players. Fortunately, some of these settings ended up being …

Our 10 Best D&D Modules of All Time

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Ready for our pick of the ten Best D&D Modules of All Time? We’ve made our list of favorite Dungeons & Dragons adventures and checked it twice. Do you agree with our choices? We recently took a quick look at some of the …

Neverwinter: 3D Action MMORPG

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Neverwinter is one of the first names that come to mind for PC players who love Dungeons and Dragons games. It’s been around since the early 1990s, giving players a way to interact with the D&D world and one another. It should …

RPG Legends: Forgotten Realms

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One of the truly wonderful things about Dungeons and Dragons has always been the amount of choice given to players. Beyond the basic rules, the game’s world really is up to the Dungeon Master and those who play the game. Some people, …

RPG Legends: Dragonlance

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Memorable Dragonlance Characters

The early era of Dungeons and Dragons didn’t quite have the unified backstory of today’s games. While the mechanics were all in place, there wasn’t a true world in which players could play. As such, the designers made a series of background …