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DnD 5e tinkerer. TTRPG player & GM. Tome of Variance project: Degree of Success, Combat, Defense, HP, Casting, Overexertion, Feats, & more... 5e 2024 update on its way! tomeofvariance.wordpress.com
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New Unearthed Arcana playtest introducing four new subclasses:

🥋Warrior of Mystic Arts (Monk)
🛡️Oath of the Spellguard (Paladin)
🃏Magic Stealer (Rogue)
👻Vestige Patron (Warlock)

Link to full blog post and survey below.
Highlights in 🧵1/6
A dwarf Paladin empowers her weapon with Divine Smite, unleashing holy wrath on fiendish mezzoloths. Art by Bryan Sola, as seen in the Player's Handbook.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Loved this super easy, super actionable tip from Deborah Ann Woll about making combat feel immersive and urgent! It's a small change to how you narrate the battle, but it has a huge impact on how the battle feels.

Full interview video: youtu.be/VD-9V7XDV7E
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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darjr.bsky.social
D&D SRD 5.2.1 localized to French, German and Spanish! Available now. #dnd #d&d #ttrpg www.dndbeyond.com/srd
SRD v5.2.1
System Reference Document (SRD) System Reference Document v5.2.1 The System Reference Document (SRD) contains D&D rules content you can use and refe...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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evilhat.bsky.social
After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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eggembry.bsky.social
At EN World, it's time to nominate and link your 2 most anticipated standalone tabletop RPGs debuting in 2026! #TTRPG
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Nominate your MOST ANTICIPATED RPG of 2026
As I do every year, I'm taking nominations for the MOST ANTICIPATED RPG poll for the coming year. Here is last year's Top 10 (spoiler: the winner was Legend in the Mist). Previous winners include 13th...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Join our playtest of #TheBlackCompanyRPG.

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The Black Company Roleplaying Game
The Black Company Roleplaying Game is a fast-paced, deadly game of swords, sorcery, and soldiers. Play this tabletop RPG with friends in person or online. The all-too-mortal soldiers of the Black…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".

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November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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tomedunn.bsky.social
New post analyzing the accuracy of D&D 5e's XP values for encounter building. To my surprise, it may also explain why the 2024 encounter rules were able to drop the encounter XP multiplier.

tomedunn.github.io/the-finished...

#dnd #math #ttrpg
XP Approximations
Approximations simplify XP calculations but that comes at the cost of accuracy. How much are we paying?
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November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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We have a number of positions open within the D&D TRPG studio, including multiple Game Designer roles! If you're interested in joining our adventuring party, apply here and elsewhere on the Hasbro jobs portal: jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-G... #WOTCstaff #dnd
Game Designer - D&D
Game Designer - D&D
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October 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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theoatmeal.bsky.social
Let’s talk about AI art.

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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Donate to Defend creative freedom against Games Workshop threats, organized by Francesco Pizzo
Hi, my name is Francesco Pizzo, founder of Ghamak. Since 20… Francesco Pizzo needs your support for Defend creative freedom against Games Workshop threats
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October 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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kibblestasty.com
Made my first 'blog' post: Opt-in Complexity & 5e Design, talking about what sort of complexity you can slot in the game, the difference between 'crunch' and 'grit' and the importance of know who you are writing content for:

www.kthomebrew.com/kibblesblog/...

#dnd #5e
Opt In Complexity & 5e Design — KibblesTasty Homebrew — KibblesTasty Homebrew
Not all complexity is created equal, and not all players are playing the same game—even when they are playing at the same table.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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davemorris.bsky.social
*Another* #DragonWarriors #RPG adventure?! You'd think it was the 40th anniversary or something.

This one's based on a #Knightmare novel: The Fortress of Assassins.

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"The Flameheart's Heir" (a Legend scenario for Dragon Warriors)
This scenario  for Dragon Warriors   adapts The Fortress of Assassins ( Knightmare book 3) into a quest to discover the fate of King Rigar ...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’
Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’
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October 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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darjr.bsky.social
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Game Designer - D&D
Game Designer - D&D
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October 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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valerialoves.bsky.social
Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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dndbeyond.com
🚨New Unearthed Arcana alert🚨

The Psion has been updated, check it out and give us your hot takes: dndbeyond.link/DnD-UA-Updat...
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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enworldrpg.bsky.social
Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World #ttrpg #dnd
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Dungeons & Dragons to Release Lorwyn: First Light, a New Digital Expansion Based on Magic: The Gathering World
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September 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Top 10 Tidbits from Justice Ramin Arman's Live Q&A: D&D Beyond

http://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2063-top-10-tidbits-from-justice-ramin-armans-live-q-a

#dnd #ttrpg
September 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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tabletopscot.bsky.social
The convention is this Friday.
All the information you could ever want to know, and more, about the next few days is in this Final Countdown newsletter.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/b26b64b32...
See you all on Friday, if not before!
#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
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September 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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After Tabletop Scotland we should be in a better place to give you more news about this over on @polyhedraluk.bsky.social
#DnD #AdventurersLeague #TTS2025 #RPG #TTRPG
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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dndbeyond.com
The fate of the Realms is at stake, tell us what you think about the Unearthed Arcana Apocalyptic Subclasses.

The playtest survey is now open, submit your thoughts here: www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...
August 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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tabletopscot.bsky.social
TWO Weeks To Go!
Do YOU have your ticket yet?
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#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
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August 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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dndbeyond.com
Announcing the first official Dungeons & Dragons Crochet Book!

Crochet your favorite creatures, wearables, and household items with twenty patterns inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse.
Dungeons & Dragons Crochet book - A Book of Many Patterns by Stacy King. On the cover are crochet creations of a mimic, gelatinous cube, the hand & eye of Vecna, an owlbear and a beholder.
August 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM