Monthly Theme

Also known as “Planetary Romance,” this is the genre of John Carter, of green martians, where the hero has been transported to an alien world, where the technology might as well be magic! This month we bring you ways to spice up D&D with some sci-fi trappings. August 1st –…

Away from the walls of civilization, in the ill defined wilds lurking at the edge of the maps, there are monsters. For the month of June we are going to turn away from the cities and towns, and focus on the space where the monsters live. New archetypes, backgrounds, and…

We have fallen down a rabbit hole of trying out themes based on dares a couple of times now. So when we were at the shop talking about how the latest iteration of Scooby Doo is really good, the idea of making it the theme of the month came up….

We are closing in on a year of new content here at Forgot My Dice. Some of you out there may not know what we do, so this primer is for you. Every month we come up with a theme, and then structure articles around the theme in the form…

Forget what you saw in cartoons as a kid, the real fairy tales have far more in common with D&D. For one, you’ve got heroic characters with strong alignments fighting evil loosely based on local folklore. Then, there are monsters, romance, and epic quests! And many of the original tales didn’t end happily,…

Yep, we are going there! February has the most famous of days for lovers, and it has inspired us. To be honest, it did start as a bit of a joke, but the more we started talking about it, the more interesting it became. Plus, this February is the best of Februarys, as…

One of our earliest suggestions for future themes of the month was Planescape (Hi Adrian). We were talking it over, and it’s pretty clear Wizards is going to get us back to Sigil sooner or later. But the Outer Planes are infinite, and weird. So there is plenty of room…