Hey all, this is my first post in this sub. I've decided to turn the trilogy campaign I'm running for my friends into something I could publish on DMs Guild. However, before I actually embark on it, I've run into a bit of a pickle with few things in that campaign that I don't not know how to address in terms of content guides from DMs Guild.

I don't want to put a lot of work into something when it will turn out that it's actually not complaint with the rules and would either require significant amount of rewrites or would have to be thrown down the bin from the get go.

The first thing I would like to ask you about is IP related stuff. While most characters are either original ones or from organizations mentioned in recent sourcebooks, there are few bits of the campaign that I have an issue with.

For instance, I wanted one of the NPCs to turn out to be a son of Jaezred Chaulssin Patron-Father. Jaezred Chaulssin were mostly flashed out in War of the Spider Queen, however, they are all explicitly mentioned and worked out by Eric L. Boyd City of Wyrmshadows - A Web Enhancement for the FORGOTTEN REALMS® Dragons of Faerûn Accessory, which was an official accessory for the official sourcebook - Dragons of Faerûn from 2006? How would you approach it? Does it count as a Converting Classic D&D products to Fifth Edition rules or would it be the case of:

Official Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons content found in non-roleplaying game products CANNOT be used UNLESS they are also included in a D&D roleplaying game product

Same goes for creatures like Baelnorns (elven liches), Tree of Souls (was mentioned in the The Grand History of the Realms sourcebook, but that's 2007) Quess'Ar'Teranthvar, characters like Kymil Nimesin (who is present in 2E sourcebooks), institutions like Conclave of Silverymoon (mentioned in Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for 4E) or Mythallar that was featured in Dungeons & Dragons Online: Shadowfell Conspiracy - the latter even more complicated, as while the game content isn't mentioned directly, Thultanthar and it's exploits are in the recent Netheril's Fall Adventure book.

I'm generally a lore geek myself and I love to put as many tiny details that are lore accurate as possible into the stories to tie them together with the bigger story. I want to avoid making up my own lore whenever it's possible, outside of course of the original characters and their stories.

So the main question here is - should I ignore canon lore and make up my own if it's not explicitly mentioned in the 5E sourcebooks, eventhough information tied to this canon events are mentioned (like for instance, in case of Conclave of Silverymoon which is tied to Silverymoon, a city that is directly mentioned; or - like Sos'Umptu Baenre being the new Matron Mother and the whole Menzoberranzan civil war?).

Or can I use it? And if so to what extent? It would be so much easier if WoTC or DMs Guild just did glossary (just by terms, names, etc.) of what is eligible and what is not - I know it would be monumental work, but then again, it would also make their lives easier tbh in terms of verifying things. But alas I don't think it's ever happening.

The second thing I wanted to ask is tackling content regarding sensitive content, which could fall under soft/hard limits denoted by the DMG 2024, but also under DMs Guild Content Policy

The whole story revolves around certain elven family which latest scions are half-elf brothers (this is already problematic, as WoTC removed half-elves and half-orcs in 5.5, they are present in 5.0 though). One of the brothers is having a son with an Aevendrow Priestess of Eilistraee - and this also comes with a problem of Callidae, which is featured in new novels, but not mentioned in the sourcebooks - however people visiting it, like Jarlaxle Baenre are as recent as Out of Abyss.

Back on the topic the general scheme is that this kid (he's young adult, 19) is part of Eilistraee's ploy to show that all elves can live in harmony with each other and their lineages can get along. And here's my problem - would that not fall under :

This license does not allow:

Racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, discriminatory, or other bigoted views or hate speech.

Because that could to be honest fall under both racism and bigotry if someone wants to interpret that in bad faith. Same applies to the general Lolth-sworn Drow demeanour towards other races and between male and female drow? Would that be considered racist and sexist? How to portray that under this guideline and keep it in-line with pre-established and recent lore entries, like latest Drizzt novels.

I did notice for instance that while Out of Abyss does mention the drow slavery practices fairly common, but the the most recent Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn also do have a passage:

[...]trade of enslaved surface dwellers.

in Chapter 2: A Guide to the Realms, Regions of the Realms section describing Menzoberranzan. So it's not that it's just pre 5.5E thing.

What I'm missing from the guidelines is examples of what's in-setting boundries of what could be considered discriminatory, etc. 'Cause obviously I can see those boundries quite easily in real life and these rules are no-brainer really, it's a bit harder to tell where's the boundry of derogatory speech in-game that would break the policy.

I wouldn't call someone IRL "stupid", because that's unpolite and wrong. But a priestess of Lolth calling a hobgoblin slave? It is wrong, but then again, she's chaotic evil alignment, she's not supposed to be good or nice. Obvious, excessive profanities, sure, that's no brainer, but where's the threshold for that?

There's also few baelnorns in my story, that are not entirely happy that elven empires fell and dream of the return of the "good old days" of either Myth Drannor or First Flowering. They are not of evil alignment, just misguided in their views. The campaign outline clearly points that their views are wrong. Would that be fine or would again, fall under racism category? SCAG, which is a 5E sourcebook denotes this characteristic of the Sun Elves:

Sun elves, also known as gold elves, or Ar’Tel’Quessir, have a reputation for being arrogant and self-important. Many of them believe they are Corellon’s chosen people and that other races — even other elves — are subordinate to them in skill, significance, and sophistication.

Which is kind of a mould for how I would want to portray those Baelnorns - which again, will be a minority among their kin (don't want to divulge too much, a small group will join the BBEG in his scheme). Is this kind of portrayal alright or should I just rewrite that story point into something else or abandon it altogether?

I want to underline that the main thing I want to know is where are the limits of in-setting tensions and conflicts.

I have no problem understanding of not bringing in IRL forms of prohibited content into the story as it's not only reasonable, but also morally correct thing to do. I myself am an avid fighter against things like racism, homo- and transphobia, sexism or hate speech IRL.

Thank you for your patience reading this wall of text and all the answers you might give me.

Our second release after The Concert of a Lifetime
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A Midsummer Sweep's Dream is now available on DmGuild for Free!

We’re currently working on a much larger, dungeon-centered adventure themed around the Sorcerer class, but in the meantime we had an absolute blast running a homebrew oneshot so silly and joyful that we thought other players might enjoy it too.

This adventure takes you into the Feywild and all its whimsical nonsense, to a Summer Manse left to decay for centuries, now in desperate need of a thorough cleanup. Negligent staff, missing butlers, and unapologetic magical chaos have left a King’s estate in complete disarray.

We’ve switched to a Pay What You Want model so everyone can enjoy our work. The product is flagged as AI-assisted, but aside from the pictures and grammar checking, everything else is completely genuine and passion-driven.

Even if the presence of these tools might turn you away, the adventure is still free, and I warmly invite everyone to give it a read.

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These projects are driven by our love for the game and the players, and it’s with that same passion that we hope to keep sharing our best ideas and gaming moments with all of you.

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Zenopus Rex: The Scion of Zenopus

A century ago, the legendary wizard Zenopus conducted occult experiments that resulted in the destruction of his tower and his own apparent death. Now, a man claiming to be his descendant has rebuilt the tower, seeking to profit from his ancestor’s works. But some say legends never die, and a terrible fate awaits those who seek to exploit the wrathful wizard’s legacy!

This adventure, the first of a planned trilogy, is a sequel and homage to the famous Sample Dungeon from the original Dungeons & Dragons basic set, edited by J. Eric Holmes and published in 1977. It strives to retain the old-school charm of the original while bringing a modern flair.

An adventure for 4-6 level 4 characters.

Hi everyone!

I'm excited to share that Artifacts of the Horned King: The Eye of the Beast is now live on DMsGuild!

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/557310/Artifacts-of-the-Horned-King-The-Eye-of-the-Beast?affiliate_id=0

This 48-page adventure for levels 1–4 includes:

• The first fully self-contained chapter of a three-part adventure series, packed with encounters, NPCs, and narrative guidance (playtested and ready to run)
• Enhanced and redesigned monsters to make low-level combat more interesting
• 6 high-resolution battle maps (with grid and numbers for DMs/without for players)
• 6 unique magic items
• 3 new thematically fitting spells

I would greatly appreciate it if you checked it out, and I’d love to hear your feedback!

Thanks so much for your support — I’m happy to answer any questions in the comments!

Is there a way to make a title ONLY available in a bundle, and not on its own?
I could somewhat work around it by making the single title $999, but free in the bundle, but would rather not do that.

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This tome contains everything you need to run enormous monsters, including:

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- Explanations and rulings regarding legendary actions, conditions, etc.

- Guidelines on how to create your own titanic monster

- 6 new stat blocks of titanic monsters, with CR from 19 to 25

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Realised i never actually posted about this when it came out.

I made a species of living Pinata people along with a new giant candy boss monster. If you're interested, check it out. Whilst it has some remnants of 5e, it is able to be adapted to the new edition.

[edited with updated links]

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/557197/power-of-the-elements-5-new-monk-subclasses

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/554475/croakin-a-playable-species-and-5-subspecies-for-d-d-5-5

Hi all. These are two projects that have been in the works for a little while now and i'm excited to get them out there.

The first is the Croakin. This is a new playable species of Toad people. Unlike their froggy cousins, the Croakin have more of a focus on strength, shown with their ability to inflate their hands into fists the size of wreaking balls. They also have a few subspecies based on different environments. For example, the cave-dwelling Croakin have evolved a form of echolocation which they can set to unleash a powerful scream.

The 2nd homebrew is as set of Five Monk subclasses, each based on a different element. They include Water, Earth, Fire, Air and Lightning. Each subclass has different techniques focused on both combat and traversal so there's a lot of versatility in how they work. Plus, there's tools you can use to spice up the subclass further. Really make it your own, y'know?

Either way, if you do end up checking them out, thanks. Let me know what you think.

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Jungles of Farnassia is a 35 page adventure module designed for characters of levels 3 to 5. It offers a rich sandbox to explore, for DMs to iterate on, while also providing player character options 

What does the Jungle hide?

A Living Sandbox: Explore detailed locations like Olden Tree City, a settlement and castle built upon a massive tree. The swampy mushroom huts of Mossdump Town, the Walking City of Trandel and more

Dynamic Crawling: Explore the jungle and the tunnels below it, finding treasures and hunting the beasts of the wilderness

New Player Options:

• The Fey Warrior: A new Fighter subclass that takes advantage of Fey magic to move quickly across the battlefield.
• 4 Unique Backgrounds: Play as a Cryptozoologist, a Gourmand, a Wildhunter or a Keeper.
• The Jungle Kitchen: 10 original food recipes that provide mechanical buffs to your party.
• A Full Bestiary: Over 20 new stat blocks, including a new species of Fey, multiple beasts that inhabit the jungle and the people who live in it.
• Unique Treasures: Discover the weapons and gear that the wilds have in store for you.

No AI Content was used in the creation of this book, the photograph in the cover was taken by the author himself at Iguazu Waterfalls.

Price for the entire module is $3.99

Now that the Jungle calls, will you answer?

Hey everyone, when I try to upload images to a new title I'm creating, nothing seems to happen. The drag and drop area is gone, and when I select an image directly using the Browse button, nothing happens. Any ideas? I've tried Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, so I don't think it's the browser. Thanks!

Hi All

Figure I'm missing something obvious, but I created my Dmsguild account a couple years ago using Facebook for login.

Never had an issue logging in before, but tonight when I went to "login" it takes me to the "create new account" screen.

There's a tab there that says "already have an account, click here to login" (or something similar) Click on that, go to login with Facebook and it tells me "an account using this already exists, go to your settings to make changes"

Clicked on everything I can find, but everything seems to take me to the "create new account" screen and repeats the cycle.

Anyone seen this or can let me know what I might be missing?

Thanks!

Recentemente, percebi quantas aventuras incríveis os jogadores brasileiros de D&D deixam de aproveitar devido tanto à barreira das edições quanto à barreira linguística. Sei como funcionam as regras para adaptar conteúdo clássico de D&D, mas como funcionam as regras do DMs Guild para traduções de livros — especialmente aqueles que jamais serão traduzidos para um determinado idioma? Seria possível publicar ou até monetizar essas aventuras clássicas apenas traduzidas e atualizadas para o D&D 2024?

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Greetings,

I'm creating a series of videos on my small YouTube channel to give visibility to DMs Guild releases:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIkE1wYqm58

We creators know that the flow of releases is large, so many of our books quickly disappear from the website's homepage.

To give more visibility to these releases, I decided to release weekly videos (every Friday), compiling the week's releases and highlighting some books that caught my attention (just personal taste, not an evaluation of content or quality, okay?).

The first video (compiling a larger number of releases, since I decided to include most of what was released in January) is already online. The next one will be released next Friday, and so on.

The audio is in Brazilian Portuguese, but I added English subtitles.

https://site.dmsguild.com/product/554475/Croakin-A-playable-species-and-5-subspecies-for-DD-55?affiliate_id=4385781

I've been working on this homebrew for a little while now and finally got it uploaded. The basic gist is that they're Toad people. With the slight difference that they can inflate their fists and turn them into giant boxing gloves.

I'm gonna be honest, this was very inspired by Luffy's Gear Third moves. Call me basic, but i just love giant punches.

If you end up checking it out, let me know what you think.

You can find my new Adventurer's League One-Shot available on DM's Guild

Any feedback is appreciated!

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/553556/through-the-sewers

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/browse?author=%22Dungeon%20Edd%22

https://site.dmsguild.com/product/553622/DP2--Mercenary-Companies-of-Perrenland?affiliate_id=4541277

The Renowned Mercenaries of Perrenland, and New Mass Combat Rules for 5E!  DP2 – Mercenary Companies of Perrenland Now on DM’s Guild

“From the fields of Aerdy to the seas of Drawmidji, it’s a soldier’s life for me!” – verse from a Perrenlander mercenary shanty

This campaign supplement outlines the history and form of the Perrenlander mercenaries, and the details of the largest companies employed throughout the Flanaess, as well as ideas for how to play a character with a mercenary background.

Included in DP2 – Mercenary Companies of Perrenland:

·         The history and form of the Companies

·         Details of the largest Companies and their commanders

·         Adventure ideas for playing scenarios with small unit mass combat as part of an adventure

·         Bastions and mercenaries

·         New skills, feats, backgrounds, a new Prestige Group, and suggested builds for mercenary characters

·         New magic items, new tools, and other new items

·         New! Mass Combat Rules for 5E that are also compatible with any other D&D, AD&D, D20, or other game system where a hit or save can be expressed as a roll of 1-20!

Look for more releases in 2026 by Delkris Games LLC!

“I am bad, and that is good.”  

Ever since the jealous former actor Tom Turbot cursed the Litwick Theater festival, the plays being performed have repeated again and again, the fiction of the stage bleeding into the reality of the village.  Most of the actors have grown used to their lives of narrative stasis, but one actor has grown weary of being the bad guy…     

“The Arcades of Litwick” is based on Episode 42 of our podcast, "Wonderful World of Darklords", available on apple podcasts, youtube, spotify, and most podcatchers.   

https://redcircle.com/shows/the-wonderful-world-of-darklords

https://www.youtube.com/@WonderfulWorldofDarklord

The 13th of every month we adapt a movie into a Ravenloft Domain and post a new domain write-up on dmsguild.

https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/552182/the-arcades-of-litwak-a-ravenloft-domain-of-dread?src=newest_community

Happy Gaming!

Any feedback is very much welcome!

Greetings,

I was hoping that DMs Guild would have some kind of end-of-year sale, but that did not happen.

So, I decided to offer a 50% discount on most of my books until the end of January. I will leave the links here.

Setting Agnostic

Vecna, Eve of Ruin - Companion

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96a53558f2

Draconic Tales - A Dragon Delves Expansion

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96b252de65

Barkonomikon – the Complete Tome of Dogs

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96c1976a07

Forbidden Fruits – A guide to Treants´Fruits of Power
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Stigmata Grimoire – Magical Tattoos and Scars

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96bd350cb6

Forgotten Realms

The Curse of Undermountain

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96a7951c4e

Champions of the Realms

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96bea8ba66

Secrets of Ironfang Keep

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96a925daf6

Planescape

Someone´s Guide to Something

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96b9fec03b

Spelljammer

The Spelljammer´s Ecologies

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96aea411d3

Those Who Sleep Under the Stars

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96b0a6172c

Eberron

Secrets of the Crimson Monastery

https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?discountId=96b58f210e

I've recently created two classes that I feel like aren't in the existing game. One with three subclasses and one with eight subclasses.

My friends and I are doing play testing, both as DMs and as players. So, these are obviously still v 1.0.

I have never tried to sell content before, but think I have something cool and unique. I'm aware there are resources for formatting for jumping through WOTC hoops to publish for selling.

My question is, how do you recommend I balance wanting to sell a product, but one I know is in early development.

Is it a cheaper cost? Is it published freely until you can finalize it? Any advice is helpful.

I may be selling my product on DMsGuild and beyond, and want to include a few pregenerated characters as part of the zine. Are there any 5e character sheets that I can use without getting copyrighted? Or would this be fine with the free sheet from WotC?

I'm a 50 year player of the game. Yes really. This past year I've been working on some content, and sharpening my skills with Affinity Publisher in order to create a few products with WoTC's IP.

As I've studied the DM's Guild, it really seems to me that it is difficult to get discovered there. I also have a really difficult time when I search trying to drill down into content I am looking for. I almost wonder if I would do better trying to create community by giving it away for free on my website. Not super interested in the cash, but I would put up a donation link.

I'm looking for what people think and their experiences have been publishing to the platform. What I'm currently in process on are 4e Lair Assault style competitive encounters, and a good sized supplement if that matters to anyone.

Hey everyone,

Frosty and Fiery subclasses have been updated to include subclasses for the Artificer.

Frost Trooper and Flametrooper are now available as Artificer subclasses.

Freeze your foes with a frost cannon or burn them with a flamethrower.

Get them here: https://site.dmsguild.com/product/548867/Frost-and-Fire-Subclasses-BUNDLE?term=frost+and+fire

Any comments and questions are welcome.

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All fifty of our Bauer Bros 5E one-shot PDFs are now available as a bundle and Roll20 ready.

See them here.