Baldur's Gate 3 is a great videogame. It's a terrible D&D game. Baldur's Gate 3 utilizes the D&D 5e (2014) rules to fuel its gameplay,...

Ability scores worsen 5e. They encourage cookie-cutter point-buy characters and they slow the game down because you're calculating...

Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs team are here to present a new and REVISED NPC for your games: the BODYGUARD! Player characters can hire...

Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs are here to present yet another drag-and-drop encounter. Many of our encounters have focused on the...

Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs crew are here again to provide a helpful reference cheat for you. This time, it's all about stealth. How do...

Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs team are here to present a new NPC for your games: the BODYGUARD! Surely you've run into a situation where...

Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs are here to present to you a revision of the Wild Magic Sorcerer present in D&D 5e. One of the players in my...

Hello, fellow adventurers! Today, the Helpful NPCs crew are bringing you something that your game desperately needs: XP rewards for...

Hello, all! Today's offering by the Helpful NPCs is a cheat sheet for conditions in your D&D games! Since 5e has a boatload of conditions...

For those who've played 'other editions', you may discover some similarities!

Low-level adventurers don't have a lot of spare gold lying around, so they're always looking for a way to save money. Discount potions...

Flames, flames on the side of my face! Today's One Page Encounter has the player characters rescuing the Sutters from destructive...

Hello, all! Before getting into our sorcerous libations, we'll take just a moment to direct you to our Kickstarter for Character Case,...

Hear ye, hear ye! There's an adventure before you! Villains and foes and terrible troubles await. The kingdom calls to you for aid! If...

While Ryan and I have been hard at work Kickstarting our tabletop organizers, Character Case, we haven't stopped producing content for...

Continuing our previous table of unusual grub, the Helpful NPCs take you on a jungle journey. Forage in the tropics and let the Helpful...

Another One Page Encounter awaits enterprising adventurers! Ogres have beset Frederique the merchant's carriage, and they're insistent on...

As promised, we have we have released yet another delightful one-page encounter! Today’s tale is meant to keep your heroes on their toes....

Hello, all! We're starting a new content series called One Page Encounters. We're aiming to include a fleshed-out encounter you can drag...

According to a leaked memo, Wizards of the Coast executives expressed concern that D&D 5e is too consumer-friendly to be profitable. The...