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5e Stress Mechanic

October 22, 2025 mstanton Homebrews, Rules

House rule for a new condition option and Panic table for D&D5e.

B/X Spell Rules & Summaries

July 7, 2025 mstanton Rules

A little homebrew reworking of magic spell rules.

B/X House Rules

July 3, 2025 mstanton Rules

Some ideas for using the 1981 rules.

Damage Ideas Besides Losing Hit Points

May 28, 2025 mstanton Rules

Tips and tricks to layer onto hits or missed saving throws.

D&D Stats: Ridder Joost Vanderbruuk (Lvl 9)

April 4, 2025 mstanton Characters

Level up to 9, adds proficiency increase, 3rd level Paladin spells, Abjure Foes

D&D Stats: Ridder Joost Vanderbruuk (Lvl 8)

April 2, 2025 mstanton Characters

Level up to 8, adds Heavy Armor Mastery.

D&D Stats: Tainzer Spoor (Lvl 7)

March 6, 2025 mstanton Characters

Backup character for Jason’s D&D campaign, starting at to level 7.

D&D Stats: Ridder Joost Vanderbruuk (Lvl 7)

March 5, 2025 mstanton Characters

Character for Jason’s D&D campaign, leveled up to 7.

Some D&D Combat Tactics

March 1, 2025 mstanton Uncategorized

Ideas to parley, use diversions, make better attacks, and flee when necessary.

D&D Stats: Ridder Joost Vanderbruuk (Lvl 6)

February 24, 2025 mstanton Characters

Character created for Jason’s D&D campaign.

D&D 5e House Rules, Take Two

April 20, 2024 mstanton Rules

A list of common Dungeons & Dragons 5e house rules, and some new ideas to consider.

Stanton’s DM Screen

January 4, 2024 mstanton Rules

A peak at my cribnotes for running 5e-based games, including credit on some great reference sources.

Shorthand Stats For D&D Monsters

January 19, 2020 mstanton Rules

Text crib notes for D&D monster stats.

D&D5e Range Chart

November 20, 2015 mstanton Rules

Comparison of some range distance limits in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.

Fantasy Forensics

March 15, 2015 mstanton Rules

BlogOfHolding’s fantastic post on how magic changes criminal investigations in a fantasy world.

Alternatives To Death

July 22, 2013 mstanton Rules

So, a character has died. Now what? here’s ideas to avoid a player having to “start over” with a wholly new character.

Hit point loss could be meat, OR condition of armor OR self-confidence, focus and resisting shock in combat OR ability to ignore nuisance effect like dirt in eyes or awkward stumbles OR lots of things…

Area Threat Levels

October 22, 2009 mstanton Rules

Suggested degrees of “local danger” found in various types of locations.

Prices In A Fantasy Setting

April 22, 2009 mstanton Lists & Benchmarks, Rules

A collection of benchmark standards for use as a house rule for most traditional fantasy marketplaces.

You All Meet In A Tavern…

August 27, 2003 mstanton Adventures

Six tropes to get a fantasy adventure started with new (or not-so-new) players.

Character Alignment

August 22, 2003 mstanton Rules

Summary of how the original nine basic alignments are meant to be used and role-played in D&D.

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