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Is Common the same language in different settings?
In addition to their clearly endemic languages, it seems like each of the major campaign settings also have a language called Common. I know of at least Greyhawk, the Realms, Krynn, and Mystara - ...
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What is the name of the river that flows into Maer Dualdon from the northeast?
On multiple Icewind Dale maps that I've seen, the river that flows southwest out of Maer Dualdon is the Shaengarne River. But I've never seen a name given to the river that flows from the northeast ...
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Which Darklords have escaped Ravenloft?
I'm doing some research for a Planescape campaign which adapts parts of Die Vecna Die! I see that Vecna escaped Ravenloft, and I am curious about other escapees. All that I have been able to find is ...
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What is the history of opportunity attacks?
The idea of opportunity attacks seems to go back all the way to first edition of D&D where the PHB says on page 105
Fleeing means as rapid a withdrawal from combat as possible; while it exposes ...
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Monsters that grow in strength stat by eating
I want to use a monster that grows its attack stat by eating its allies and other creatures in the area for my D&D campaign. Are there any monsters already that do that, or do I have to make my ...
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How to reconcile old school tropes with modern sensibilities?
Even though I've not quite been playing RPGs long enough to call myself a grognard, we've been playing for over 40 years now, and much of that time, in the same homebrew campaign world. This a world ...
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How can I tell which edition of D&D a Dragon Magazine article is for?
In answering this question, I was referring to a Dragon Magazine article for D&D from a 2003 Dragon magazine. It is not relevant for that question (which was happy with answers from any edition of ...
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How long does a half-nymph live?
How long should a half-nymph live, given they are part fey? Half races/species usually have a lifespan somewhere between that of the two parents, but not necessarily a strict average. In 5e-2014 half-...
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Has there been an official version of the Cerberus for D&D?
D&D sports a lot of monsters from Greek mythology, and did so even in its earliest editions. We have the gorgon (even though it uses a medieaval take), the medusa, the minotaur, chimera, sirens, ...
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Ability identification: class(?) that lets you walk back from "somewhere" a day after you die
I remember reading an ability - I think it was a capstone ability for a class - that granted limited immunity to death: if you die, you walk back 24 hours later (to ... home? where you died? some kind ...
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Who set the rules of the multiverse?
I am wondering if there is something published in older Dragon magazines, sourcebooks about Planescape or similar places that I do not know, and maybe someone with deeper D&D lore knowledge about ...
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Are there other monsters beside the Girallon inspired by Barsoom in D&D?
Gygax was a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and quoted him as an important influence on D&D. Gygax' home Grayhawk campaign included excursions to Barsoom, and in the original Castle Greyhawk (EUROPA ...
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What are the guidelines for running mazes/labyrinths?
I am looking to run a maze-style dungeon for my party but I want to consider the guidelines available and the different approaches supported for doing such. I'm entertaining both the map-style design, ...
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Where does the idea that Tasha is Iggwilv come from?
As far as I know, the spell Tasha's Hideous Laughter differs from many other "named" spells in the D&D rules in that was not designed by or for a player character. Rather, Gygax one day ...
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Very basic Health System for novice RPG games [closed]
Me and a group of friends are going to play RPG (DnD like) for the first time and since we don't know any DMs (or anyone proficient in DnD rules) we decided on a more casual approach, in which for ...
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