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Tom Bowden
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Software Engineer

👨‍💻 Currently working on: extradimension.al

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Fill out your #dnd world with authentic feeling NPCs. Here's some inspiration for creating authentic bakers in your world.

#ttrpg #worldbuilding

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Extradimensional | Authentic NPCs: Bakers in D&D
Bakers were arguably the most important person in medieval towns. Here’s how to create baker NPCs.
extradimension.al
August 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Reposted by Tom Bowden
Introducing Extradimensional's Compendium, a collection of 5e spells and items published under the OGL. There are many such collations, so why use this one? Well, it's free, has no ads, and it's straightfoward and to the point.
#TTPRG #DnD #5e #D&D
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Extradimensional | Introducing the Compendium
Introducing (yet another) D&D 5e rules compendium
extradimension.al
June 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Reposted by Tom Bowden
the rules for lingering injuries in the DMG kind of suck, so I wrote better ones.
#TTRPG #DungeonsAndDragons #5e #homebrew
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Extradimensional | Better Lingering Injuries in D&D
The lingering injuries table in the DMG is too boring and too punishing. Here's a better one.
extradimension.al
May 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Setting up #OpenTelemetry for my side project has been really awesome. Autoinstrumentation is kinda mindblowing; when spans between different services all arranged themselves in the same trace my jaw dropped.
November 28, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Tom Bowden
It's not hard to create fantastical wizards, monarchs, and cult leaders for your #dnd campaign. But it's harder to fill out the mundane parts of your campaign that helps keep your world grounded.
Here are some roll tables for creating authentic feeling NPCs in your setting.
#TTRPG #rolltables
Extradimensional | Authentic World Building — NPCs
Roll tables for generating authentic medieval inspried non playable characters in your campaign setting.
extradimension.al
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Tom Bowden
Creating the fantasy elements for your #dnd world is easy, it's creating the mundane elements that's hard. Keep your low fantasy #worldbuilding grounded with these settlement roll tables.

#ttrpg #rolltables
Extradimensional | Authentic World Building — Generating Settlements
Roll tables for generating authentic settlements in your campaign setting
extradimension.al
November 24, 2024 at 7:46 PM