Best D&D Homebrew Based On Video Games: Zelda, FF7, & Fallout
Homebrew campaigns have allowed Dungeons & Dragons fans to take the game rules for D&D and apply them to some of their other favorite fantasy worlds. There have been many popular adaptions created by players of Dungeons & Dragons 5e, including a number based on video game settings like Zelda and Final Fantasy. By translating these into homebrew material, players can experience a whole new side to their favorite video game worlds and create their own characters to save the day from each world's unique threats.
Creating a D&D homebrew campaign isn't an easy task. Everything from the desired setting must be reformatted into classes, races, enemies and magic systems that work within the rules of D&D. After that, players must decide if they want to follow the basic storyline from the original setting or integrate a new set of challenges based on the world itself. Because of this, homebrew content that is stable and has been thoroughly playtested can be difficult to find and even harder to make.
Thanks to the Dungeons & Dragons community, sites like the D&D Wiki have been able to compile a good number of resources for players wanting to try a homebrew set in a popular video game world. For fans of The Legend of Zelda, there is an entire Hyrule homebrew campaign setting, where fans can play as races such as Hylian, Zora or Goron as they defeat monsters and eventually take on Ganon himself. Hyrule is an excellent world for players to set a homebrew campaign, as Dungeon Masters can draw from the entire Legend of Zelda series to create the conflicts for the party to face.
For D&D players wanting something gritty and post-apocalyptic, fans have created a complex homebrew world for the Fallout series, available on the D&D Wiki. Players can select from a number of races seen in the Fallout games, then use a "Perk" system (instead of traditional classes) to boost their character. The creators of the campaign even offer players guidelines for how radiation affects their characters, how to survive it, and what radiation-based mutations have done to the campaign's world. This Fallout tabletop game homebrew is perfect for players wanting a D&D campaign that is challenging and shakes up traditional 5e rules.
Full campaigns aren't the only things fans have created video game D&D homebrew content for. The D&D Wiki hosts a number of homebrew D&D subclasses and races based on video game concepts, as well, like a subclass for fans of Kingdom Hearts that allows them to wield a Keyblade and races based on creatures like Final Fantasy's Chocobo. The addition of homebrew content created by Dungeons & Dragons players allows fans to take a step back from the locations and stories provided in sourcebooks, getting creative with worlds they enjoy outside of a traditional D&D game.
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