5E Deck of Many Things Generator

Yep, rolled out another variant of the classically chaotic Deck of Many Things. This time supporting the 5E system.

Interestingly, 5E allows for players to state the number of cards they wish to draw and then draw them sequentially rather than simultaneously. Most cards return to the deck after being drawn so this change allows duplicate cards to be drawn unless a card effect stops the drawing process.

Also, no limit is placed on the number of cards the character chooses to draw. Prior variants capped the number of drawn cards at up to 4. I previously discussed the Origins of the Deck, which I may update in the future with the new 5E details.

5E Treasure Book on Demand

Now available is the 5E Treasure Book. Similar to the ones for 1E and Labyrinth Lord, this utility presents a number of treasure results for each treasure type in PDF format.

Given the limited nature of 5E’s random treasure table, the book is far shorter than the other systems. Quite a few people like these on-demand PDF’s to avoid rolling a pile of dice during ad-hoc sessions so I rolled on out just for them.

Enjoy and Happy 2015.

Best Part of WotC’s Keynote?

Ed Greenwood’s Beard

Beyond that there was the announcement that they will be releasing electronic documents supporting all editions. The failure was to mention in what format or what domain. I’m not going to sign up for the cluster that is DDI to get old materials. I might pick up some stuff if it was in PDF format (that isn’t badly scanned hacks). No telling what form it will take.

Everything else was mostly fluff. 5E might show up in 2 years. More playtest materials were released including non Vancian magic class variants. Plus the opportunity to roll more dice as a fighter. Plans for a lot of fiction and Forgotten Realms is the early candidate for 5E. Prep yourself for a whole new onslaught of D&D fiction. May the gods not take us down the DragonLance path again.