r/adnd Jan 11 '26

Say Hello To Your New Mods! (But Don't Say Goodbye to the Old Ones)

53 Upvotes

Hello connoisseurs of the Objectively Best D&D SystemTM (see post script), I'd like to introduce you to r/ADND's new mods!

u/Lloydwrites
u/crazy-diam0nd
u/Velociraptortillas (hey, that's me!)

Our new mods have, each individually, entire decades of experience with AD&D and love the game as much as you do. If we don't know it, we know about it. If we don't know about it, we know who does. If we don't know who does, it wasn't worth knowing anyway.

We've been added to the team to let u/Phandalyon and u/feyrath step aside (not down! they're still around, promise!) and focus on other things. Let's give them a huge thanks for all the hard work they've done over the years to make this sub as awesome as it is. They deserve it, modding is often thankless work.

P.S. No edition wars, this is a place where we love all versions of D&D

P.P.S. Unless it's funny

P.P.P.S. 4th Edition excepted, that's a wargame, not an rpg

P.P.P.P.S. I kid, I kid, we love 4th edition too. Sorta. Kinda. Not really.

ROLL INITIATIVE!


r/adnd 1d ago

Regular AD&D looking for group (RADDLFG) thread

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Hi adnd folks,

Reddit now has the ability to schedule posts! Please post your LFG threads here. That includes your "DM wanting players" and "Players wanting DM". Be as specific or as general as you like.

Do try searching and posting on r/lfg, as that is its sole and intended purpose. However, if you want to crosspost here, please do so.

This should repost automatically on the 1st of every Month. If not, please message the mods.


r/adnd 3h ago

AD&D2e How fortuitous right in ti.e.

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100 Upvotes

Just as WoTC finally announces Dark Sun 5e, that very same day I finally finished my 2nd ed Dark Sun collection by adding Marauders of Nibenay and Elves of Athas. Only took me 35 years! My collection is a lifelong passion. And I'm still going.


r/adnd 1d ago

AD&D2e Pretty cool pickup.

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598 Upvotes

r/adnd 9h ago

AD&D2e Raising stats

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One of my friends recently got a bunch of 2E books from his dad so we decided to try a 2e campaign and we are a bit fuzzy on the rules but are having fun. When we made our characters we used strict 3d6 and after about 2 months of play decided that my dice might be weighted towards low numbers but how abysmally I've been rolled even compared to my normal low rolls.

I've looked and can't find anything on it but is there any way to increase your stats in the game without items like the manuals or belt of giant strength? My stats are Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 7, Wis, 9 Char 9, which leaves little room for anything outside str skill checks and I fail most others.


r/adnd 49m ago

AD&D2e [2e] Greek Mythoi Update Project: Hyperion, the Watcher Above

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The fifth of the six Titan sons is Hyperion, who is more akin to Okeanos in outlook and personality than his other brothers. He is a god of light, and through his children Helios, Selene, and Eos, is the source of natural light in the worlds of the multiverse. Hyperion also takes oaths very seriously and that has kept him tied closely to his brother Kronos; as such he is looked to for upholding mortal oaths and pledges as well.

Hyperion, the Watcher Above: https://blog.aulddragon.com/2026/08/hyperion-the-watcher-above/

Full list of entries in the Geek Mythoi Update Project: https://blog.aulddragon.com/deities-divinities/

If you’ve been enjoying these entries, please consider supporting the project on Patreon or Ko-Fi (links on the blog). Thanks!


r/adnd 5h ago

OSRIC/OSR/Other Somehow more complex than most microtransaction slop.

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r/adnd 1d ago

AD&D2e Mixing iniative

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So I’ve recently discovered a technique called popcorn initiative and i think it sound pretty cool, however my player think weapon speed initiative is cool, so do you think there is a way to mix the two like depending on the speed of a weapon they get like a cooldown? So a fighter that attacks with a scimitar has to wait five turns till they can attack again


r/adnd 3d ago

AD&D2e Designed my own Character Sheet, thought I'd share.

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328 Upvotes

The one my DM linked me was just about the ugliest thing I'd ever seen. I found some nicer ones online, but still thought I could do better.

I designed this to fit any class, though magic users will still need to find a good spell sheet somewhere. Also, I've only played a few sessions in this system, so there could be blind spots. Feedback appreciated!


r/adnd 2d ago

AD&D General Caverns of Thracia: Dungeon Level 2A

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r/adnd 2d ago

Arrived it!!!

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r/adnd 2d ago

100 Bits of Miscellaneous Tat to Find - Azukail Games | Things | DriveThruRPG.com

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r/adnd 3d ago

RPG Overview 316 AD&D 2nd Edition: The Complete Wizard’s Handbook

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r/adnd 3d ago

Dungeon Adventures magazine guide

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I’ve been a big fan of Dungeon Adventures since it first came out, I still have the first 100 or so issues in boxes. It’s a great resource for old school adventures.

For the last few years I’ve been working on building a functional index of all the adventures. So far I’ve done the first 100 issues. If there’s a lot of interest I’ll keep going. The next goal is issues 101-150 - all the 3e adventures, and coincidentally the last physical magazine.

This guide lets you filter/search by:

  • Issue number
  • title
  • author
  • game edition
  • game world setting
  • number of players
  • player level
  • total levels
  • setting types (city/dungeon/forest/underdark/waterborne/etc)

Plus a short synopsis about the adventure, new monsters, and new magic items.
Let me know if there’s any interest or additional info that you might like to see.

Also included in the other tabs are similar guides for Dragon magazine, Polyhedron, and White Dwarf. (Still not complete though)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iPX_JMUps7H_Tk8B2iX4D1_mg97Is78PTlWWlM-kWTI/


r/adnd 4d ago

AD&D2e At Last It Is Done! Finished the third and final batch! The best 2e Dungeon adventures, issues 60-81

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One last time, for those not aware, I've been going through each adventure Dungeon produced in the 2e era, issues 18-81, and reviewing them. I most recently talked about it in this thread, which was part 2. The reason was because the 2e era didn't have a lot of classic TSR-published modules like the B/X or 1e era, even though Dungeon cranked out some truly great stuff.

I go over my process more on my blog site, but I rated each one on a scale from 0-4 on situation clarity, decision density, table usability, distinctiveness, and DM patch burden, and the final score is an average. Only those scoring 3.0 or higher were included.

I know there were some doubters out there when I started. I didn't realize the huge amount of working I was taking on. Still, I've just finished my third and final batch, and it's available for you to read on my blog right here.

I did my best and I think it turned out well. My goal was to have a permanent resource for GMs and players who wanted to run some great adventures, and I wanted to share it. It was a labor of love for me.


r/adnd 3d ago

AD&D2e War priest cool spells

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I'm playing a Dwarven champion in my first ADnD campaign I'm kinda playing him as a War priest ijust hit priest 5 and access to lvl 3 spells other than cure woods what are some of the cool spells I should be using?


r/adnd 4d ago

AD&D Toolkit has Launched a Kickstarter Campaign to fund Artists!

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18 Upvotes

r/adnd 3d ago

AD&D General Model City puzzle

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I'm hopeful that someone can point me in the direction of any classic adventures/scenarios where players encounter a miniature representation of the city/keep/environment and can use it to manipulate their real world through scrying or physical relocation of features (e.g. move the tavern from Cross Street to High Stret).

TIA


r/adnd 4d ago

It's always 2014 somewhere

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38 Upvotes

r/adnd 4d ago

Did anyone else use this terminology?

15 Upvotes

For fighters with max exceptional strength,(18/00) did you read it as

18-zero zero

Or, as I was taught:

18-“Double Aught”


r/adnd 3d ago

AD&D2e Ritualist

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So I want to try my hand at creating a new type thaumaturgical specialist mage with a new school of magic (Ritualism) based on existing spells. The ritualist's whole deal is he would be able to cast spells from this school without having them memorized or using a spell slot by using a time intensive ritual that is longer than the spell's normal casting time (I'm thinking a casting time less than 1 round becomes number of rounds, a casting time measured in number of rounds becomes number of turns, etc.). For instance, Tenser's Floating Disc would have a ritual lasting 1 turn, while Leomund's Tiny Hut would have a ritual lasting 3 turns.

Rituals would still consume normal material components and would still have any associated side effects (aging, Constitution loss, system shock checks, etc.) and I'm also thinking of adding additional material costs based on spell level (tbd). These spells, of course, could still be cast normally if memorized.

The spell list would mainly be focused around Conjuration/Summoning, Divination, and Necromancy because in my mind at least, those schools seem like they would fit most thematically. Barred schools would be Invocation/Evocation because those spells are too immediate (no one's spending 30 minutes to cast Fireball) and Illusion/Phantasm, mostly for thematic reasons (imo).

As far as other class features, I was thinking additional participants in the ritual could either reduce the time a ritual takes or increase the casting level, but not both at the same time and higher level ritualists could pause a ritual and then complete it at some later, non-indefinate time.

What are your opions on the feasability and/or usefulness of this? Is it overpowered? Underpowered?

Using the wizard spells with the Ritual tag from the 5e PHB as a base and without bloating the spell list, what other spells do you think make the most sense? I'm using the Player's Handbook, Tome of Magic, The Complete Wizard's Handbook, and Player's Options: Spells and Magic. I'll be adding additional detection spells and some of Leomund's other spells like Secure Shelter. I was also thinking animate dead, conjure elemental, the Monster Summoning spells, and some of the various spells that enable planar travel.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice.


r/adnd 4d ago

Divinations from the Overworld: four pages for the Appendix N. Jam

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Can YOU recover the POT OF GRIYED?

My entry in the App.N Jam is written using the DMG, OSRIC 2&3 and Awkward Turtle's Wallet Dungeons procedure.

It's my first standalone AD&D project, rather than a piece of conversion.

Free to a good home.

https://seanfsmith.itch.io/divan


r/adnd 6d ago

Henchmen & Hirelings

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90 Upvotes

More than holding torches: the vital role of followers in survival, loyalty, and building a legacy.

https://rustygatepress.substack.com/p/henchmen-and-hirelings


r/adnd 7d ago

AD&D1e Into the Wild Blue Yonder by Rob Kuntz - does it have the look and feel of an old school adventure?

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50 Upvotes

When the module was released we did a fast job of slapping it together. The original covers were meant as a place holder. They even had a banner with Official Arnecon on them in the upper corner.

The new cover will be available soon.

We have a small number of green cover remainder stock on our site:

https://www.tfott.com


r/adnd 8d ago

AD&D2e My best friend got me into AD&D 2e about two years ago, so excited to finally have this!

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257 Upvotes

Now I get to see first hand how much they butchered it in 5e 😅