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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...
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Helpful NPCs
- Jul 7
- 1 min
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...
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Helpful NPCs
- May 23
- 1 min
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...
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Helpful NPCs
- May 19
- 1 min
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...
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Helpful NPCs
- May 1
- 1 min
D&D 5e: Conditions Cheat Sheet!
Hello, all! Today's offering by the Helpful NPCs is a cheat sheet for conditions in your D&D games! Since 5e has a boatload of conditions...
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Helpful NPCs
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Hasbro: "We Know Where You Live"
Pawtrucket, RI--In a move one executive described as “sure, why not?”, brand-purchasing megabrand Hasbro sent paramilitary organization...
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Helpful NPCs
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Unusual Adventuring Motivations (11-20)!
Hello, everyone! In a previous post, we had a list of unusual adventuring motivations numbering 1-10. We weren't content with a mere ten...
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Helpful NPCs
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Quick 'n' Dirty Attack Action Cheat Sheet for 5e!
For those who've played 'other editions', you may discover some similarities!
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Helpful NPCs
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Stock Your Shopkeeps with These Discount Potions!
Low-level adventurers don't have a lot of spare gold lying around, so they're always looking for a way to save money. Discount potions...
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Helpful NPCs
- Mar 27
- 1 min
One Page Encounters: Farmstead in Flames!
Flames, flames on the side of my face! Today's One Page Encounter has the player characters rescuing the Sutters from destructive...
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Helpful NPCs
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Magical Mixology: Fantastical Refreshments Found For Your Game!
Hello, all! Before getting into our sorcerous libations, we'll take just a moment to direct you to our Kickstarter for Character Case,...
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Helpful NPCs
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Your Quest Awaits with This Random Adventure Generator
Hear ye, hear ye! There's an adventure before you! Villains and foes and terrible troubles await. The kingdom calls to you for aid! If...
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Helpful NPCs
- Mar 6
- 1 min
One Page Encounter: Bugbears at the Blue Boar!
While Ryan and I have been hard at work Kickstarting our tabletop organizers, Character Case, we haven't stopped producing content for...
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Helpful NPCs
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Eat ze Bugs: Random Jungle Foraging Fare!
Continuing our previous table of unusual grub, the Helpful NPCs take you on a jungle journey. Forage in the tropics and let the Helpful...
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Helpful NPCs
- Feb 7
- 1 min
One Page Encounters: Fancy Ogres!
Another One Page Encounter awaits enterprising adventurers! Ogres have beset Frederique the merchant's carriage, and they're insistent on...
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Helpful NPCs
- Jan 28
- 1 min
One Page Encounters: Goblin Defectors
As promised, we have we have released yet another delightful one-page encounter! Today’s tale is meant to keep your heroes on their toes....
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Helpful NPCs
- Jan 24
- 1 min
One Page Encounters: Hungry, Hungry Cockatrices
Hello, all! We're starting a new content series called One Page Encounters. We're aiming to include a fleshed-out encounter you can drag...
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Helpful NPCs
- Jan 8
- 1 min
WotC: D&D Fanbase Not Sufficiently Alienated To Generate Profit
According to a leaked memo, Wizards of the Coast executives expressed concern that D&D 5e is too consumer-friendly to be profitable. The...
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Helpful NPCs
- Jan 4
- 1 min
A Random Encounter Generator For Your Random Encounter Generator? Yes.
There are a million random encounter generation tables online. We've even made our own. But there are some questions encountered when...
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Helpful NPCs
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Sailing the Sea of Stars (Or Some Minor Modifications to Spelljammer) (Part 1)
D&D 5e's Spelljammer supplement is fairly light in terms of rules density, so we opted to expand the system. There's more to come from...
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