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Make a campaign full of content that's NSFW (Not Safe For Warlocks)

screenshots from another timeline...

(website is not real)

the clearer image of the game:

Dumb NPC ideas to use when your players decide to explore that town you didn't prepare anything for

A scholar that is clearly lost, however you're not sure how he is someone important at all. It even looks like he's glad that he didn't manage to arrive at the event on time.

An old lady (of a race that has a long lifespan), that knows a little way to much about the party's adventure... She doesn't spends much time talking about it though, do you want to buy her pots?

A kid. Just a kid. Make them annoying.

A knight that is very proud about their job and duty, but they just want their shift to end so they can go home to their wife.

A merchant that has a cart in the middle of the fair, however everytime the party goes to another shop or stand he pops up from behind the counter. Turns out the town doesn't receive many merchants so he has to supply all of their needs. He's stressed.

A teen dragon that discovered how to transform into a human, problem is they definitely look 30 but they still are just a teenager, and a moody one.

A shop owner that fucking hates commerce. She's in it because of her family, so she tries to sell the goodies pratically for free and she really wants you to take all of her items. The catch? It's a feather shop. Not magic feathers, not pens, just normal feathers. Probably from a bird that died that morning.

A janitor from a library or big shop that is just too aware of everything. Like, they point out the players class or race without barely batting an eye. They comment on how they "had never seen a chaotic good one in real life". And indirectly disses the players choices they made 2 sessions ago? (Basically a character for the dm to rant a little while not completely breaking the 4th wall)

A woman in her mid-40s (or the equivalent) that is just really excited to meet the party? Her dream was to be an adventurer when she was little so she is definitely asking some weird questions.

A blacksmith that makes weapons purely for the aesthetic. He really doesn't care if it's functional or not, he's just doing cause it looks cool.

A bard that got kicked out of their band or caravan. At first you don't know why but after their 3rd performance of a one-person musical you get it. He wants to stick with the party though. Good luck.

A doggie!! It's cute!! And fluffy!! And it talks!! And it talks? A DOG THAT TALKS!!!!

The most ripped person the party has ever met, they have tons of skulls of big animals on their shoulder. They polish them. They hang them on a wall and start to take notes. They are an archeologist.

A magician that is really not magic at all, he's just so good at card tricks that the town thinks he's a sorcerer. He's freaking out.

A girl that is immune to all kinds of poison, however that is making a little bit hard for her to pursue her cooking career. Apparently poison ivy is not a good seasoning for most people.

An artist that is just really calm and friendly but everyone's afraid of them. The party has no idea why.

Gotta hold onto those ideas and not forget them!!

Horrific DND idea

A mimic went to the other side of a hole in the wall of a dungeon. The mimic then transformed into the shape of a small crawlspace. One of the mimic's teeth is sticking out. Without rolling high in perception, the walls of the tunnel seem normal and the tooth appears to be a magical artifact or stone.

Note: The artifact is too far to reach without crawling inside. If a party member sticks their hand inside the crawlspace, have them roll a stealth check. If they decide to crawl into the crawlspace, you can decide what they need to do to survive/not get hurt. Imagine it like a venus flytrap. The tooth is the sweet smell and the rest of the mimic is the plant itself.

they really like putting these guys ⬇️ into situations

fun DM tip

out of game, just ask your players to roll a D100 (preferably over text). do not elaborate. keep them guessing.

making a campaign where the premise is it's LANCER but-

it's the dawn of civilizations as we know it in a fantasy universe. A massive conflict has several celestial, infernal and even unaligned gods and their favorite creations battling Demons. Mechs are weapons designed by the gods to fight one another, [they call them Hexblades] but with the advent of Demons, they've been repurposed to be used by their mortal followers to slam-dunk the Demons straight into the Abyss to restore some semblance of peace. I am looking into renaming the big four for the setting and already see Harrison Armory as Hemesh Arsenal, a conglomerate of Dao, Efreeti, Azer and the Nine Hells, a literal Burning Crusade of disciplined [if evil] Hexblade pilots and their terrifying array of literally flaming war machines. SSC, I envision as Seldarine Starchild Corps, a proto-elven sect of the classically 'Elven' gods, and their sleek, stylish battlecraft. I'm entirely ready to saddle HORUS as just... it's Horus and his pantheon, and all their humanoid followers. A huge, disjointed conglomerate of neutral and [very old] divinities that rarely agree, but all want to curbstomp Demons. Nothing so far for IPS-Northstar, there's probably something I've overlooked/forgotten. now, it's not the big four, but General Massive Systems is just same name, run by Giant gods and their giant peoples. Fully prepared for the option for pilots in this to be size 1, as they're not going to be humans, and in many cases might be weird elementals, angels, devils, giants and just straight-up dragons. Wont say no to making them also humans, just you have far more options. I have no intentions of adjusting any other parts of the stats of anything, pilot or otherwise beyond that.

Beyond the Grave

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As an official watcher to my friends’ Monster of the Week campaign (@beyondthegrave-archives), decided a bit of fanart was in order, if anything just to thank them for putting up with me screaming about their blorbos and obsessing over a game I’m not even a part of ✨

Characters belong to @/sacrxm @fuitgummybat @/horokyun and @jellywafflesart

Special mention to @totorokipins as the keeper and @dartheritis as my fellow watcher buddy 👁

Probably impossible DnD campaign idea!

Step one! Have two groups of players. Play with both of them in the exact same setting, but each group is in different kingdom that are in not good terms with each other.

Now. Don't tell them that they are playing in the same world. Preferably, don't show them any maps of the other kingdom, in case both groups know each other, because then they might figure out what you're doing!

The next step is introducing a group of ''villains'' from the other kingdom, who in reality are the other group of players. You can have players hear an NPC talking about "these horrifying bandits from another kingdom''

If players decide to find the ''villains'' you can just say that they escaped before the party came. You will play with both groups at different times probably anyway, so it's not a lie to be honest.

Now find a perfect moment to invite both groups to play at the same time. When they are confused about what the other people are doing there, reveal that there never was a group of villains, only a group of heroes from both kingdoms!

So what were the NPCs talking about? Well, there were no NPCs in the first place! It was a shapeshifting BBEG, who was pitting heroes against each other in hopes that they would destroy each other and won't be able to stop him!

The chances of pulling that off are slim, not gonna lie... But if you were to be successful, it would be epic!!! In my opinion at least...

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Perspective flip!

Rather then playing the heroes who must solve the cunning riddles and complex puzzles to get the dungeon's treasure, play the orcs, goblins, kobolds and so on who work in this hellhole and have to solve the fucking Tower of Hanoi every time they want to go on their lunch-break

Incomplete list of movies and TV shows that would make great inspiration/settings for RPG campaigns, or one-shots (dungeons crawls), for DnD, CoC, or others:

The Mummy (1999)

The Fall (2006)

The Cell (2000)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) / Poseidon (2006)

Baccano! (2007)

GoSICK (2011)

Ghost Ship (2002)

Fool's Gold (2008)

Blade Runner (1982) / Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Natsume's Book of Friends (2008-2017)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Get Smart (2008)

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Campaign settings I'd like to see more of!

Atlantis! I'd love to see more underwater creatures, kingdoms, societies and cultures! Give me somewhere we can finally put sea elfs, sirens and tritons to good use! Make a kingdom that was submerged by water that is now threatened by pollution or some wild magic that the Surface is doing! Give me underwater magic! Give me Sea Sorcerers!!

Greek Polis! Show me how the Gods would react to mortals as powerful as them. Show me Spartans that refuse to use magic in their armies, give me Athens that uses magic to progress. Show me magic ships and the minotaur terrorizing everyone!! Give me Athena's Paladins and Hestia's Clerics!!

MAGIC. SCHOOLS. C'mon, guys, put Strixhaven to use!! Adapt it for middle schoolers and teens!! Give me novice wizards that have no idea how to use their powers, give me an enormous school that has so many hidden places and creatures that not even the founder knows about. Give me kids being kids while doing FUCKING MAGIC!! Do you know how feral kids would be if they could conjure fire at will?? BRING. THE. CHAOS.

Volcano Dungeons. Make that pyromaniac sorcerer freak out when their fireball has no effect anymore. Take the Fire Plane to their level, make it the most hot and dangerous dungeons. Get a active volcano and they have to run agaisnt the clock to get out before getting thrown out with a bunch of deadly magma and lava.

Defend the Temple. This time your players are on the other side of the story, they have to defend their temple from invasors. Give me Native Empires that are fueled by anger and grief and they are finally getting their revenge. Give me Aztec Gods, give me Inca culture, bring the Mayas back to life. Show the deadliest creatures from tropical forests, give me the Amazon's most fantastic animals (that might not be completely fantasy in the end)

Post-apocalyptic medieval cities! Show me abandoned castles, ruins old as time. How the fields and feuds were reclaimed by nature, how magic build up and took down empires. Give me beasts that are no longer recognizable from zoology books, give me fiends that have gathered thousands of souls from desperation. Show me forests that grew from the foundation of temples and building that were not touched again by nature, deemed evil.

Please hit me up If you want an extended version of any of these!

Elves Can’t Read

Imagine being able to answer any question about the past by speaking to someone who witnessed the event. Imagine having an endless lifespan to study the forms of bird wings or astronomy or the arts of magic! If you can cast a spell or travel by hidden paths to communicate with faraway lands, why would you need to read and write? Some Elves might learn, of course - they’re curious folk, and love a skill that takes time to master. But it doesn’t come easily to them, culturally and psychologically. Elves are sensory creatures, and text on a page conveys less meaning than a sculpture or recited poem. How do Elf wizards record their spells? Perhaps an audio format, or pictures of the necessary gestures?

I think I’ll use this in my campaign world, since Elves are already detached from other societies. Giving them a near-perfect memory just enhances their fey nature and eeriness.