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PSA: Baldur's Gate 3 Isn't D&D
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,...
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Oct 25, 20231 min read
Henchmen: The Bodyguard, Revised!
Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs team are here to present a new and REVISED NPC for your games: the BODYGUARD! Player characters can hire...
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Jun 8, 20231 min read
Henchmen: The Bodyguard!
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...
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May 23, 20231 min read
Wild Magic, Revised!
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...
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May 19, 20231 min read
Non-Combat XP (D&D 5e)
Hello, fellow adventurers! Today, the Helpful NPCs crew are bringing you something that your game desperately needs: XP rewards for...
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May 1, 20231 min read
D&D 5e: Conditions Cheat Sheet!
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...
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Apr 27, 20232 min read
Hasbro: "We Know Where You Live"
Pawtrucket, RI--In a move one executive described as “sure, why not?”, brand-purchasing megabrand Hasbro sent paramilitary organization...
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Apr 24, 20231 min read
Unusual Adventuring Motivations (11-20)!
Hello, everyone! In a previous post, we had a list of unusual adventuring motivations numbering 1-10. We weren't content with a mere ten...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
Quick 'n' Dirty Attack Action Cheat Sheet for 5e!
For those who've played 'other editions', you may discover some similarities!
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Apr 4, 20231 min read
Stock Your Shopkeeps with These Discount Potions!
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...
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Mar 27, 20231 min read
One Page Encounters: Farmstead in Flames!
Flames, flames on the side of my face! Today's One Page Encounter has the player characters rescuing the Sutters from destructive...
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Mar 21, 20231 min read
Magical Mixology: Fantastical Refreshments Found For Your Game!
Hello, all! Before getting into our sorcerous libations, we'll take just a moment to direct you to our Kickstarter for Character Case,...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
One Page Encounter: Bugbears at the Blue Boar!
While Ryan and I have been hard at work Kickstarting our tabletop organizers, Character Case, we haven't stopped producing content for...
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Feb 7, 20231 min read
One Page Encounters: Fancy Ogres!
Another One Page Encounter awaits enterprising adventurers! Ogres have beset Frederique the merchant's carriage, and they're insistent on...
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Jan 28, 20231 min read
One Page Encounters: Goblin Defectors
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....
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Jan 24, 20231 min read
One Page Encounters: Hungry, Hungry Cockatrices
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...
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Jan 8, 20231 min read
WotC: D&D Fanbase Not Sufficiently Alienated To Generate Profit
According to a leaked memo, Wizards of the Coast executives expressed concern that D&D 5e is too consumer-friendly to be profitable. The...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
A Random Encounter Generator For Your Random Encounter Generator? Yes.
There are a million random encounter generation tables online. We've even made our own. But there are some questions encountered when...
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Aug 7, 20221 min read
1d20 Quirks of Ancient Wizards
The eccentricities of ancient wizards are known and well-documented. Here are but a few! A PDF is linked below, along with some .png...
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Jul 29, 20221 min read
d100 Roadside Encounters for Fledgling Adventurers (Levels 1-4)
How often do the player characters find themselves traveling along a road...only for nothing to happen? Point A time skips to Point B....
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