Are You Wasting Time on Your D&D Worldbuilding?

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  @StephaniePlaysGames · 1 year ago · pinned

  What are some of your FAVORITE sources for D&D/TTRPG inspiration? ✨

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  @Curarkaig · 1 year ago

  When I clicked on this video I had no idea what kitbashing was, but apparently I’ve been doing it the whole time. For me it’s always been a combination of writing my own setting from scratch and kitbashing when it comes to unimportant NPCs or encounters.

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  @pete_rawk · 1 year ago

  “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Plus, not only is it a blast as a player to recognize a trope or idea from a piece of media you love, but the actions of the PCs inevitably end up transforming whatever was copied into its own original end product

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  @chrisWhoMakes · 1 year ago

  You mentioned the chance of shame when people find out you borrowed material. &nbsp;This happened to me! I was watching an episode of an obscure sci-fi original show called Warehouse 13, and there was an episode that I thought &quot;wow! &nbsp;Set this in a fantasy world, change the character names, and let the PCs be the protagonists! Works well cult and all!&quot;<br><br>I got a phone call two years later. &nbsp;A player picked up the series on Netflix. &nbsp;He was excited that he recognized it!

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  @Dadi-MysticArts · 1 year ago

  Great advice! You&apos;re cooking, Stephanie! This kind of kitbashing is how a lot of Hollywood pitch meetings go down: &quot;Star Wars but Han Solo is the main character&quot; for Guardians of the Galaxy, or as many know it: &quot;It&apos;s BLANK meets BLANK!&quot; bam, a new(ish) idea to present to your players. And when you present it through the lens of your own creativity and your own sensibilities, you&apos;re doing something original!<br><br>Oh and I lift entire casts all the time, it&apos;s such a quick way to create verisimilitude especially for side-characters. The players will feel like these (stolen) characters have an entirely unique dynamic between themselves and like they&apos;re real people with their own stories and drama!

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  @dantherpghero · 1 year ago

  Any resemblance my campaign world may SEEM to have with Thundarr the Barbarian or John Carter of Mars is purely coincidental.

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  @IcarusGames · 1 year ago

  Great video! One of my favorite ways to kitbash is to load up a randomizer which will give me two movies, and then I need to try and fuse the plots of those two movies together into a TTRPG adventure.

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  @spencerposton1403 · 1 year ago

  Hearing the Midwest accent say Kitbash is joyful 😄

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  @MorpheousXO · 1 year ago

  As soon as you mentioned C:tL I thought &quot;Oh god, she used the Hedge!&quot; That sounds so fun!

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  @markmongan · 1 year ago

  You spend your life asking people if they have seen that one show you grew up with but they never know what you&apos;re talking about. Mysterious Cities of Gold for example. I&apos;ve made a few stories inspired by them and even totally ripped off entire characters. Kitbashing! Never heard of it. Just to hear it put into words is helpful and inspiring :D Thanks heaps!

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• MW

  @mwhite9298 · 1 year ago

  Turns out I was Kitbashing before I knew Kitbashing was a term!

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  @ElderGoblinGames · 1 year ago (edited)

  Great advice Stephanie!<br>-Monsters I love using the Monster Overhaul to shake up ordinary monsters.<br>-Dungeons / dressing, I use Knave 2. <br>-Worldbuilding I break out Worlds Beyond Number!<br>There&apos;s so many great resources out there to &quot;borrow&quot; from.

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