D&D Beyond

Roll20

“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire. 

Roleplay Heavy

“Combat Heavy” games emphasize the combat mechanics within their systems over roleplay or puzzle solving. There are frequent and longer battles with enemies and a greater emphasis on tactical game play.

Combat Heavy

“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.

Rule of Cool (RoC)

“Combat Lite” games typically focus less on combat encounters and more on roleplay, storytelling, and exploration. Combat tends to be shorter, less frequent, resolved in a more narrative style, or absent altogether, while keeping the story as the primary focus.

Combat Lite

“Realm Building” games focus on the development, expansion, and management of something bigger than a single party, where the characters may find themselves in charge of a kingdom, faction, settlement, or organization. Over the course of gameplay, players might manage resources, make decisions that shape nations, or even guide large-scale conflicts as part of the ongoing story.

Realm Building

Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Dungeons & Dragons 3/3.5e

GURPS

Gothic Horror

Mystery

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Post-Apocalyptic

Steampunk

Pirate

Cosmic Horror

Comedy

Grimdark

Eldritch Horror

Cozy

Dark Fantasy

Heartwarming

Romance

Rivie

I've been playing D&D since I was a single digit person, now sort of a Forever DM. Big fan of animals, reading, rpg video games, and whimsigothery. Queer, neurospicy, and disabled. Raised in the school of Monty Python, finishing school of Suzy Eddie Izzard. 

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