Advantage and disadvantage are two of the most important dice rules in modern Dungeons & Dragons. They are also two of the easiest to explain badly. The rule, from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (the free 2024 rules text, "Playing the Game", D20 Tests) [1]: Advantage: roll two d20s and use the higher. Disadvantage: roll two d20s and use the…
D&D repeats itself. The same attack, the same damage, the same Constitution save every time the wizard takes an arrow. A preset is a roll you make often enough that rebuilding it wastes a turn. In DnD Dice Roller a preset is a dice line with a label. Name each line, press ++ to duplicate one instead of rebuilding it,…
Pathfinder 2e and D&D 5E attract the same players and still split tables down the middle. Both are d20 fantasy games with classes, spells, monsters and loot. They don't feel the same at the table. D&D 5E is easier to start and easier to improvise. Pathfinder 2e is more structured, more tactical and more precise. Neither is better; they solve…
Dungeons & Dragons is the default front door to fantasy roleplaying, and for good reason: it's everywhere, and finding players is easy. But "most popular" isn't "best for every group." Groups go looking for something else when they want one of four things: deeper tactical combat, faster and deadlier dungeon crawls, a gentler and more structured start for young or…
Six numbers decide whether your wizard can hit a door with a fireball and whether your barbarian can spell "door". The method your table uses to make them sets the campaign's power level and fairness before anyone says a word in character. Some methods make lopsided, memorable heroes. Some keep the party level. Some reward nerve. This guide shows the…
. . . If a character sheet, spell or stat block has ever shouted this at you, you were reading dice notation: a shorthand for how many dice to roll, which kind, and what to do with the result. It looks like algebra for about five minutes. This guide gets you through those five minutes, then into drop, reroll and…
