_edited.png)
Helpful NPCs
Nov 9
Your Mechanics Feel Bad (So They Need to Be Redesigned)
Game designers obsess over probabilistic precision when designing their TTRPG mechanics. They'll run formulas through AnyDice and pore...
Helpful NPCs
Jul 23
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,...
Helpful NPCs
Jul 12
Ditching Ability Scores in D&D 5e
Ability scores worsen 5e. They encourage cookie-cutter point-buy characters and they slow the game down because you're calculating...
Helpful NPCs
Dec 1, 2023
1d12 Urban Obstacles!
Although many adventurers find their fortune in dungeons and strange wildernesses, the cityscape provides another landscape for them to...
Helpful NPCs
Oct 25, 2023
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...
Helpful NPCs
Aug 14, 2023
One Page Encounters: An Oni-Rous Appetite!
Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs are here to present yet another drag-and-drop encounter. Many of our encounters have focused on the...
Helpful NPCs
Jul 7, 2023
Hide and Sneak! A 5e Cheat Sheet for Light, Darkness, and Stealth!
Hello, all! The Helpful NPCs crew are here again to provide a helpful reference cheat for you. This time, it's all about stealth. How do...
Helpful NPCs
Jun 8, 2023
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...
Helpful NPCs
May 23, 2023
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...
Helpful NPCs
May 19, 2023
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...