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Creating a D&D Menu Generator with New Chartopia Editor
Chartopia’s new editor has undergone a refresh and includes new features that make it even easier to create and modify your random tables. Auto-saving, multiple chart editing on the same page, and testing how the rolled result will look are now possible. The improved layout...
Chartopia, Part 4: Rollable lists
Unique results with Chartopia lists, tables and charts Hello friends! We’ve already brought up the Rollable List feature on Chartopia – a semicolon-separated list of items/words/phrases within square brackets. It adds diversity to results without needing to call upon multiple tables. But there’s more...
Chartopia talks random tables and RPG charts with Nerdarchy
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBm_bmFBsUQ&w=560&h=315] A hallmark of roleplaying games, charts and tables are woven into the fabric of Dungeons & Dragons and every other tabletop RPG. They’re a way to inject spontaneity and randomness into adventures. Thanks to diligent work by Scott Beccard and Glenn McCord in...
Chartopia, Part 3: Complex Tables
Hello again, friends! In the last article I showed you how Chartopia can be used to create a combat encounter table; I used a sewer adventure as an example. That table works perfectly fine by itself, but sometimes your games require something a little more...
Chartopia, Part 2: Making Your Own Tables
Hello friends! Last week I shared how Chartopia’s immense random table repository is the perfect source of inspiration for your roleplaying game. Of course, there’s always room for more, so why not make your own random table and share it with the community! The “Create...
Introducing Chartopia
So, you’re a Dungeon Master who’s planned an entire evening of activity for your players. You know they have a quest to go on but to mix things up a bit, you give them an encounter on their travels. A simple skirmish with half a...
Dive into Dungeons & Dragons for Zero Cost – Your Ultimate Guide!
Hey there, fellow adventurers and dungeon masters! Are you ready to delve into the mystical realms of Dungeons & Dragons without spending a single gold piece? You heard that right – playing D&D for absolutely free! Buckle up as we journey through an epic assortment...
Enhance Your 5E D&D Experience the Noisy, Lively Way Through Carousing in Your Downtime
Over at Nerdarchy the Discord a discussion came up about downtime activities in fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. The brief conversation made me think of my experience playing through Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and how the Dungeon Master incorporated downtime into the campaign. Near the end...
D&D Ideas — Travel
Welcome once again to the weekly newsletter. This week’s topic is travel, and we’ve got a few more new segments including a Product Spotlight from Nerdarchy the Store, an update on our end of the year mega giveaway and changes coming to our content release...
What’s in a Dungeon Master’s Screen?
We’ve seen them since the dawn of Dungeons & Dragons. For every player, the sight of the Dungeon Master looming mysteriously over the Dungeon Master’s screen telling the precarious plight of the characters. Over the years people have started speculating on why to use the...
The D&D Chimera – Randomized!
Chimera – the spawn of powerful beast of legend, a creation of a mad wizard or poor fool’s curse by a demonic prince. However a chimera comes into existence we can all agree the three-headed Dungeons & Dragons creature with the tenacity of a dragon,...
D&D Prismatic Light Sorcerer – A Bright Idea for a Sorcerous Origin
Hello! Nerditor Doug here to introduce guest poster Kyle Ellis, coming to Nerdarchy.com directly from a recent live chat with YouTuber Kenneth Woody whose work you’ll also find here on our site. In the chat Kyle mentioned something about a rainbow sorcerous origin for the...
The D&D Beholder – Randomized!
I have a love for all that is weird and other in the D&D fantasy worlds we share. One of my favorite creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons mythos is the beholder. As an avid reader of H.P. Lovecraft and the many other authors who...
5E D&D in space with Spelljammer is back!
Spelljammer thrusts your D&D adventures into space In last week’s column I shared a cobbled-together homebrew system for handling ship-to-ship combat from the homebrew 5E D&D Spelljammer campaign that I run for my friends. With the Memorial Day weekend keeping my players busy we did not...
Fantasy Literature Quiz Answers
[amazon_link asins=’0345538374,B01N38T45A,0545162076′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’nerdarchy-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’091316e7-f81b-11e6-8974-a1c24e629885′] For the original quiz, check out this link. A ring The Gray Mouser 1923 The Sword of Shannara Author Ursula K. Le Guin Seven Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger Cimmeria A butterfly The Knights of Solamnia, or The Solomnic...
