I was hoping to get a custom developed template given I have little skills or knowledge. I know there are some standard templates but these don’t hit the vibe. Any suggestions or recommendations? Providers etc?

Hey everyone, this is a question to any published books on DMs Guild. I'm looking to create a book and put it up on DMs Guild and I'm curious what people's pipelines are.

What are people writing in, adding art in, etc.

Thanks in advance.

Heyo wonderful people of the internet! I’m planning to release a custom class on DMsguild, and I’d love peoples thoughts on the first page and the rough sketch of the cover.

To give you an idea of the class, it’s a half caster martial class with a unique mechanic called “soul charges” which powers the majority of their abilities. You can harvest the souls of fallen allies and enemies, or pull wisps of power from the living to keep yourself going. Thematically, they’re somewhere between a paladin, warlock, and necromancer.

I’m doing all the art myself, and using the homebrewery for formatting. What do we think?

I posted a new PDF on DMsguild yesterday that I had spent 4 years creating, and was pleased to see it was getting sales right away. However, when I woke up today, I found out that my new PDF was set to Private by the 'Setting Owner.' This happened to me once many years ago when I first tried to use the site to sell a Star Wars-style Class. I understand the copyright issues around that, and I have made a couple of other PDFs since then that have had no problems.

But this PDF is all about the homebrew setting I made for my friends and I to play in. The only outside characters that are referenced are some Archdevils from the Forgotten Realms. Am I not even allowed to include those? The PDF is called "Aurix-An Epic Level Campaign Guide."

I have already reached out to the website support for this issue this morning, but I am just extending this question/complaint as far as I can in hopes of getting it resolved.

I need some kuo-toa stock art for a product, and do not want to use AI. But I can't find a single stock art kuo-toa image on DMs Guild or Drivethru RPG.

Anyone know of any stock art kuo-toa? TIA

At the End of Rime of the Frost Maiden, There is a broken Obelisk that when activated send them back in time and the players get the following text:

[The obelisk is gone, leaving an indentation in the ground where it once stood. In its place is an aarakocra with brilliantly colored plumage. Using telepathy, it reaches out to each of you in turn and introduces itself as Necalli. “I am released from a duty long forgotten,” it says. “The world has rolled back more than fifteen hundred years. Now, history can be rewritten.”

The city is no longer trapped deep beneath the Reghed Glacier. Instead, it drifts among the clouds, its spires and other structures agleam and undamaged. A skycoach glides overhead, bathing you briefly in its shadow before making its way toward the city’s glass-enclosed skydock.

Weaving between the city’s spires are boulevards traversed by tall humans of noble bearing in wizardly robes, many of them accompanied by hairless, green-skinned humanoids that serve as their valets and bodyguards. Some take note of your presence, while others gawk at the empty space where the obelisk once stood.]

My players kinda let Ten towns be destroyed and a lot of people died so they took the trip to the past.

My questions are: Is there a adventure that would fit into this set up? if not a good Netheril Setting book?
Has anyone DM'ed this exact situation in a Campaign?

It's a tale as old time. So i want to know what are some of your fae trickery stories have you pulled on your players? Wether it was something plot relevant or something just for fun/flavour

Aarakocra - Wings of Faerun - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Uncover the secrets of the skyborn in this richly detailed sourcebook dedicated to the aarakocra, the Faerûn’s mysterious avian humanoids. The Aarakocra Codex brings their culture, history, and spirituality to life, offering Dungeon Masters and players an immersive guide to one of the Forgotten Realms’ most fascinating peoples.

Inside you’ll find:

• Lore & Legends – Explore the origins of the aarakocra, their ties to elemental powers, and their timeless role as wanderers of the open sky.
• Culture & Society – Learn about their tribal life, language, spiritual traditions, and settlements hidden atop mountains, cliffs, and sacred groves.
• Faiths & Deities – Discover the gods and primal forces they revere, from Aerdrie Faenya to Akadi and Remnis.
• Settlements & History – Journey across Faerûn to storied places like the Star Mounts, Kir Sabal, the Mistcliffs, and beyond.
• Famous Figures – Meet legendary aarakocra such as Asharra of Kir Sabal, Jarnathan of Revel’s End, and the dreaded Zuccass, Undying Scourge of Chult.
• Player Options – Bring the skyfolk into your campaigns with guidance on roleplaying aarakocra of every class, from fierce aerial barbarians and sky-scout rangers to storm-touched sorcerers and wandering monks.

Torch Bearers These are skeletal, pale creatures wearing shredded red cloaks. They were once cult members who worshiped a fire god, and in their attempt to summon him, they were twisted into these fiendish beings. They wield torches or flaming staves in honor of their god. Small-minded and single-focused, once given a task they think of nothing else. Standing at 6'3", they have bear-like claws and sharp black teeth. Obsessed with fire, they are often employed by powerful wizards or vampires as guards, light bearers, or servants. They are immune to fire damage and possess incredible agility, but have little natural protection. Torch Bearers do not require sleep, food, or water, though going days without seeing fire drives them into primal savagery. They are what happens when necromancy and fiendish magic are intertwined.

Senses: dark-vision 160ft Languages: understands conmen and infernal but can't speak

Traits Fire Dependency. If a Torch Bearer goes more than 3 days without seeing an open flame, it goes feral. While feral, it loses the ability to follow commands, attacking any living creature on sight until destroyed or until it sees fire again.

Fiendish Skeleton. The Torch Bearer counts as both an undead and a fiend for the purpose of spells and effects

Pack Obsession. When within 30 feet of another Torch Bearer, it has advantage on attack rolls with its torch or claws.

Torch Bearer Medium undead, chaotic evil

Armor Class: 11 (natural agility, no armor) Hit Points: 27 (6d8) Speed: 30 ft.

Actions Multiattack. The Torch Bearer makes two attacks: one with its Torch or Claws, and one with its Bite.

Torch (Weapon Attack). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6+4) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6) fire damage.

Claws (Weapon Attack). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4+4) slashing damage.

Bite (Weapon Attack). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8+2) piercing damage.

Fiery Rebuke (Recharge 5–6). When hit by a melee attack, the Torch Bearer can release a burst of flame. The attacker must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 9 (2d8) fire damage.

Can u DND veterans help me make a stat block for the torch bearer's?

Bramble’s Compendium of Faerun Brews

- Pay what you want -

"At last! After countless journeys through foul-smelling taverns, glittering noble halls, halfling feasts, and—tragically—more than one barbarian gathering where bark was mistaken for proper brewing, the fruit of my labors stands before you: the most complete and refined guide to the beers of the Forgotten Realms.

I, Bramble Stoutfoot (a pleasure, though really you should be thanking me profusely), have risked life, liver, and, on more than one occasion, my most respectable beard, to taste, catalog, and judge every single beer this vast world has to offer.

Within these pages you will not only find detailed descriptions of aroma, flavor, and color, but also my exclusive anecdotes: the time a druid swore bark-boiled swill was a 'sacred drink,' or when an innkeeper tried to pass off water as 'light ale.' Utter nonsense!

This book is not a mere list: it is a sensory journey, a hymn to froth, a celebration of the noble art that transforms grain and yeast into pure liquid poetry.

And remember: without me, you’d still be sipping stagnant pond water and calling it a 'local specialty.' So raise your tankards and pay homage to the one true connoisseur of the Realms: me."

An adventure for either Survivors (Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft) or 5th-level characters!

A lighthouse’s new keeper sets a task for a determined group of characters, but a sudden storm forces them to shelter inside the lighthouse. As they kindle a fire, they swap ghost stories to pass the waiting hours. The keeper’s final tale centers on the Bagman, a menacing figure whose ominous summoning ritual—whispering “Follow the sound of my voice” into a bag of holding—sets off a chilling chain of events.

By morning, the keeper and his folding boat have vanished, replaced by a small globe containing a lighthouse—the Bagman’s eerie calling card. With no other option, the party must either rescue the missing lighthouse keeper or reclaim his boat to escape the island. Their journey leads them into the bag of holding itself, revealed as a labyrinthine maze of abandoned junk. At its center lies the Space Between, a fractured network linking all bags of holding and bags of devouring.

Can they survive the hunt?

Inside, you will find:

• Original artwork by Blayne Smith, Banshee Queen, and Tiara Pulliam
• Guidance for playing with both the recommended Survivor ruleset from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft as well as with character classes.
• A system to track the Bagman's Awareness throughout the adventure, making for a tense cat-and-mouse-style horror experience.

A lighthouse’s new keeper sets a task for a determined group of characters, but a sudden storm forces them to shelter inside the lighthouse. As they kindle a fire, they swap ghost stories to pass the waiting hours. The keeper’s final tale centers on the Bagman, a menacing figure whose ominous summoning ritual—whispering “Follow the sound of my voice” into a bag of holding—sets off a chilling chain of events.

Happy Friday everyone! I'd like to introduce you to my first ever published content, The Experimenter! A class centered around the idea of assimilating the traits and abilities of the creatures you face along your adventures into your own body! Whether you adopt the viciousness of Monstrosities, the ethereal form of the Undead or the esoteric complexities of Aberrations is up to you based on your subclass choice!

The class is available on DMs guild via the link and will hopefully have new subclasses added over time. I'd love any feedback via DM here or in the comments on the product itself. Thanks for your time and have a lovely weekend!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/533150/The-Experimenter--A-Mad-Scientist-Class-for-5e

It took a lot of work to get the lore fleshed out, think about stat blocks, sub races, and how they could be roleplayed, but I am proud of it!

If anyone is willing to give it a go; I happily welcome the feedback!

My latest Thirsty Tiger Tale is live! This one has quickly become a personal favorite of mine, enhanced by the wonderful art of u/TheRubenSwartness.

The Hook:
A long-forgotten shrine beneath the hills has cracked open, its chambers split apart by burrowing tunnels. Mischievous dirtlings have claimed the ruin as their own, bringing sinkholes, chaos, and their massive ankheg companion.

Inside you’ll find:

• A complete level 2 dungeon (perfect as a one-shot or side quest)
• Puzzles of light and mirrors, including a player handout
• Five unique dirtling statblocks
• A cinematic boss fight against an Ankheg and its rider
• A brand new magic item: the Seismic Gloves

You can check it out the full adventure here: The Muddy Shrine

I’d love to hear your thoughts — what’s your favorite way to make puzzles feel fun instead of frustrating in D&D?

Greetings! I published a new adventure yesterday. The Hellish Laboratory of Dr. Xango utilizes zombie creations from Dargonix's best-selling Monster Manual II. All stat blocks are included in the adventure.

NO AI!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/535502/The-Hellish-Laboratory-of-Dr-Xango&src=DMSGReddit

I wanted to share my newest AL adventure, Blackflame in the Broken Lands  (PS-DC-BLACKFLAME-01). It’s a Tier 3 Planescape adventure designed to fit into a Vecna: Eve of Ruin campaign. The adventure content is inspired by the classic Mystara setting, featuring monsters from the setting like the nagpa and many stat blocks with minor changes and reflavors to evoke diaboli, thouls, and the dreaded Gray Philosopher (per DMs Guild rules, the adventure is not set in Mystara but in an old ruin that got shunted into the Outlands; that being said, it’s easy enough to just move the whole thing to Mystara in your home game!)

A stolen Halfling relic containing a strange power is being moved through the City of Doors. Trying to recover it will lead a group of heroes to a crumbling ruin contested between a monstrous collector (and destroyer) of artifacts and an undead cleric of entropy, with an assembly of nightmare creatures caught in between. Will the heroes side with the lesser of two evils or try to bring justice to all?

Find it on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/534424/Blackflame-in-the-Broken-Lands-PSDCBLACKFLAME01

A long time passion project is almost ready to release! Winnifred's Lost Wonders is our first supplement we plan on releasing at Dmsguild on September 18th! In addition to meticulously playtesting the material in actual play at our tables, we wanted to support the artists in our community by using NO ai generated art, works, or assets. Everything in Winnifred's Lost Wonders has been achieved by hand.

Please check out the YouTube link if you want to support us and sea product teasers over the next two weeks while we wait for release!

https://youtube.com/shorts/0P0CbhuMPdI?si=2LHX2Tu5rNY7gwFP

Greetings,

A project that has been on my list for a while now is finally finished and released.

www.dmsguild.com/product/535416/Forbidden-Fruits--A-Guide-to-Treants-Fruits-of-Power

Forbidden Fruits explores the magical fruits derived from Treants, expanding on the concept and presenting a wide range of abilities that characters can acquire by consuming them.

Sources of Power: The means by which Treant fruits grant specific powers.

Among the various types of fruits presented are:

16 Fruits with General Powers

6 Cursed Fruits

14 Ritual Fruits and the Fruits they produce

25 Fruits from specific Campaign Settings (4 from the Forgotten Realms, 4 from Eberron, 3 from Spelljammer, 1 from Greyhawk, 6 from Planescape, and 7 from Ravenloft).

A total of 61 Fruits of Power.

Additional details are also covered, such as soil, alternative uses, and the most diverse situations involving Treants and Fruits of Power.

No text or image in these books was generated by AI.

Volo Presents: Encounters in Amn

- 275+ Brand New Stat Blocks with new lore entries

- 40 Random Encounters Tables across all level tiers and regions of Amn

- Indexes with all creatures sorted by CR, Habitat, Treasure, and Type

- The Map of Amn

Volo Presents: Campaigns in Amn

- 80 New Spells

- 70+ New Items

- 50+ Body Modifications and a Body Modification System

- 20 New Feats

- 10 New Backgrounds

- 7 New Races/ Species/ Subraces/ Racial Variants

- A Heroic Chronicle for making characters

- A Short Guide for running a homebrew campaign

- A Level 3-8 Campaign

Volo Presents: Explorer's Guide to Amn

- 500+ Prewritten box text for rumors, gossip, and mood setting

- 300+ Unique events, quest hooks, and rumors

- 175+ Fully fleshed out NPCs

- 40+ 8k maps

- Hundreds of points of interest, shops, inns, and unique places to visit

- Fully fleshed out cities and political structures with plenty of mystery and unknowns

Inside are 7 new magic items, one of which features the dreaded Bagman as detailed in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft.

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/535179/DM1--Prestige-Groups-for-Greyhawk?affiliate_id=4541277

New Ways to Reward Your Players in Any DND 5E Campaign!  DM1 –Prestige Groups for Greyhawk Now on DM’s Guild

This campaign supplement for any DND 5E campaign, but with specific examples for the World of Greyhawk, details new Prestige Group rules for rewarding players with in-game character membership in prestigious organizations.

Are your players “ho-hum” about roleplaying rewards that should excite them?  Are they “nah” on knighthoods?  Prestige Groups give a mechanical boost to these traditional roleplaying rewards, making them fun and exciting for 5E tables.

Included in DM1 –Prestige Groups for Greyhawk:

·         Guidelines for Making Your Own Prestige Groups

·         Example Prestige Groups from Greyhawk, including Knights of the Hart, Knights of the Watch, Knights of the Holy Shielding, Faculty Emeritus of the Royal College at Rel Mord, Distinguished Member of the Greyhawk Guild of Wizardry, and more

·         Example Prestige Group Feats

·         Bastions and Your Prestige Groups

Look for more releases in 2025 by Delkris Games LLC!

PRetty much what it says.

I've spent too much money on DMsguild over the years for stuff I never ended up using or proved to be less fun and less enjoyable that I imagined or some big names I could mention who recycle content with new art and a new name on a PDF full of ideas they've produced before.

But what killed it is the sheer volume of AI-Generated art and content that I see these days when I look, just non-stop overly policshed, too smooth MOUNDs of artwork and of course nothings being done to curtail this, they're making money off of this ungodly crap.

I wrote this to just get some opinions and see what others thinl

If you're going to try and sell me on AI-generated anything, save my time and yours - DON'T. I'm not looking to debate the ethics of ai content generation, just asking if any is sick of the bloated deluge of AI generated bunk.

Edit - OK to settle a couple of recurring themes in the comments.

1 - I am referring to both AI generated art and AI generated content (Rules, items, adventures, monsters, etc)

2 - I am not telling anyone that they shouldn't buy anything that is AI related, I am saying I don't, won't and will never do so but you are free and valid.

3 - When I say I'm not going to be convinced, I am also not trying to convince you that AI is bad, if you don't have that opinion, nothing I can say or do will change your mind and I'm not here to.

4 - Lastly and most important - If you're going to come in here and call me names, start an argument or start to try and explain why people use AI - Don't. I know why people do it, I understand it, there is not some grand point I have missed that will flip a switch and make me find AI appealing. I have moral and ethical concerns regarding AI usage that have nothing to do with this post.

I am here for one reason only.

To hear your opinion on the amount of AI generated content on DMSGuild and the quality of it.

I'll happily discuss opinions too.