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So I decided that I needed to get out of the house more often (well, my wife convinced me). Instead of struggling with motivations to do new things, I settled on doing something that I actively love: table top RPGs. There's a gaming shop in my neighborhood with friendly staff. They offer tables...

Subjective question, I know, but hit me with what you have. I'm looking at running a game for a bunch of teenagers, maybe a dad or two included. I'm looking at buying an adventure book to drastically reduce my workload, and have little patience for a half written adventure book. I know each book...

So I've been really warming up to the concept of spellcasting rolls instead of spell slots (Vancian or otherwise) in D&D, in general. A few Youtube personalities have talked about this, including Dungeon Craft and House DM (great vids, check them out), pulling from Dungeon Crawl Classic's...

It is no secret to forum regulars that I’m now a Mythras convert. However for the sake of friends and family (and my kids’ friends) I am stuck with 5e for a while. There is a charm to the somewhat simplified mechanics of OSR games. I would like to bring that “feel” to 5e without copious hacking...

Different games, different players, different ways of having fun. Gameplay decisions driven by realism, greed, or optimization. Premises skipped or abandoned, unusual ideas adopted. There are lots of reasons to play TTRPG's, and even more to play some systems over others. I've struggled with...

WoTC have released a major chunk of errata for several books, making sweeping changes such as complete removal of alignment from all player races and getting rid of mono-cultures (e.g. Drow are not universally Lolth-worshippers). While my association and interest with D&D is waning, I actually...

I want to run a Star Wars game using the delightful SW5e conversion rules. Catch is... I want to do Star Wars as a genre, with its themes and overall feel, while discarding all but the loosest interpretations of the canon. A whole hell of a lot of this remix is going to be done round-robin...

Level Up is the working title or codename for an upcoming standalone tabletop roleplaying game. This game is conceptualized as an ‘advanced’ version of 5th Edition which adds a little more depth to the rules you already know and love. It will be fully backwards-compatible. Level Up will be...

Just a fun hypothetical! You can go to any TTRPG universe/realm/plane of existence, where do you go, why do you go there and what do you do while you're there? Anywhere you want for any reason 5e, SWADE, Suzerain, Cthulhu, Warhammer etc. just has to be TTRPG! For me: Either Waterdeep city...

Great concepts for characters that make use of more than one class are aplenty but as a campaign reaches higher levels these builds lose effectiveness—that's a problem that today's issue of EN5ider aims to fix! =FREE']13 Free Articles including 5 adventures, some memorable magic items...

No, not the kind you're thinking of—this issue of EN5ider is an awesome supplementary adventure to weave into your existing campaign, not a reason to go to the doctor. =FREE']13 Free Articles that include 5 unique adventures, a set of memorable magic items, elemental cleric domains...

Tired of casting magic missile and exhausted by the thought of yet another eldritch blast? Has teleportation circle lost its luster? Grit your teeth and overcome your proclivities to dive into EN5ider today as we explore the wonderful spellbook of worms that mortals know as the Writhing Codex...

Today's issue of EN5ider features a new entry in the Enchanted Trinkets series with Patron Tokens specifically designed for warlocks! Protect your grimoire of shadows with an angel-hide bookmark, travel with style and confidence in a pair of satyr boots, take a chance with the seven-sided coin...

EN5ider is getting downright classy for today's article with a suite of superb symphonic spells penned by one of our best designers. If you or any of your fellow gamers are playing a bard, this entry is a must-have. ⭐ =FREE']13 Free Articles covering 5 adventures, magic items, elemental...

We think you're really going to dig EN5ider's article today. It's positively killer. Believe it—if you skip on this mini-adventure it's going to haunt you! =FREE']13 Free Articles: What better time to download these and give them a look? ⚔ Join EN5ider for Immediate Archival Access: At the...

Look to the skies today in EN5ider because death comes by wing whether that be terrifying psionic owls, the curious magical discombobulation of a colorful tropical flock, or cadaver-controlling corvids! =FREE']13 Free Articles: What better time to download these and give them a look? ⚔ Join...

Spring is finally here but there's just a little bit of chill left and today EN5ider embraces it, exploring new class options for barbarians, monks, and warlocks adventuring in frozen frontiers, icy mountains, and lands blanketed in snow! 13 Free Articles: We have so much in the archive that...

The annual day of pranks is fast approaching and EN5ider has an article sure to help with injecting a bit of (likely much needed) levity into your games: 10 prank-oriented enchanted trinkets ranging from a barrel of sea monkeys to friendly joybuzzers, omni-dimensional dribble glasses, talk...

In the 10th module of the ZEITGEIST adventure path the PCs face a fundamentally altered world filled with a host of fey titans! 13 Free Articles: Peek into the vault! Join EN5ider: $1 per article and you can cap your monthly contributions to only $1. Get Archival Access: 300+ articles...

Keeping a medieval city clean is not an easily handled matter or one to be ignored—and that's where the Gutter Guild comes in, cleaning up sewers by wrangling cubes, jellies, oozes, and puddings through the passages below! Lately on EN5ider: 321. Intriguing Organizations: The Gutter Guild...