r/DnDIY

Hey everyone,

A few months ago I had a shower thought which led me to create a functional piece of tabletop terrain. I subscribe to a lovely bunch over at DM Stash, and their Discord is great for submitting ideas. My brain went down a rabbit hole of encounter concepts and I just had to build this.

I am an old bloke and I have struggled most of my life keeping a hobby or even just concentrating on a project of any sort. D&D has been my only consistent thing, from forever DMing to painting minis and cutting tiny bricks out of foam to make terrain.

I have always loved seeing moving parts on the table. A lot of people have done doors, chests, windows, or ships, but I wanted to push the engineering a step further. I wanted to create a literal, physical logic puzzle for my players.

The concept is an interactive combination crypt or mausoleum where the four corner pillars aren't just decorative because they actually rotate. When players align the correct runes on the columns, a mechanical tray in the dead center physically unlocks and triggers. The grand centerpiece sarcophagus then rises to reveal the hidden loot chamber inside.

I started this months ago with rigid geometric blockouts in my CAD software to dial in the mechanical tolerances. I wanted to make sure fingers could actually reach in to turn the dials without knocking over miniatures, and that part is finally done.

Now, I have been personally attempting to make this aesthetically pleasing, so I have been watching some beginner friendly Blender tutorials to add the details.

To date, i now have 6 other concepts to do that will be similar to this T-Puzzle (terrain puzzle)

TL;DR: I have made a terrain puzzle that actually functions mechanically, and now I am working on the pretty part.

I would love to know what you think of the layout. Would a mechanical puzzle like this keep your players engaged at the table, or do they usually just try to smash the doors down with a warhammer?

Hey everyone,

I've been working on designing interactive puzzles for my modular dungeon, and I wanted to share the final look with you all! I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The Kickstarter campaign is currently live for anyone interested in checking out the full dungeon.
Kickstarter campaign link

I created a set of modular dungeon tiles last year and after getting a lot of great feedback, I decided to revise them with new magnet holes, water tiles, stairways, ritual circle, and ruin segments. They are designed by me in Blender and printed out in FDM. If you're interested in seeing my process and methods for designing and painting them there's a YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/VWuZUc-WKec

Hello Adventurers!!

My names Dix Myth and I am a small maker of Dice Weapons. I’ve come up with a unique seed generation system and I wanted to give one of my creations away in hopes of getting feedback and spreading some chaos.

This one in particular is a Dice Wand. I have been experimenting with different wand designs and finally getting some fun results!

This isn’t just a prop—it’s a functional dice roller designed for tabletop RPGs, Collectors, and anyone who thinks rolling dice could involve a little more wizardry.

A few quick features:
🎲 Rolls d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20
🪄 Swing the wand to cast your roll — no phone, app, or screen required
✨ Motion-based randomization using the movement of each swing
🔥 Multiple visual themes, including an interactive Fire Mode
💡 Animated LED effects for rolls, crits, and fails.
🔋 Rechargeable and completely self-contained
🛠️ Handmade by me in my workshop

The giveaway is completely free. I’m not collecting emails, requiring purchases, or anything like that. I just thought it would be fun to put one into the hands of someone from this community and hopefully get some honest feedback on the design.

If you’d like to enter, just:

1. Comment the word GIMME
2. Upvote this post
3. Optional Follow me on a social or poke around my website

I’ll pick a winner using Reddit Raffler on July 5th and cover shipping within the U.S.

Links
🌐 Website: www.DiceWeaponry.com⁠
📸 Instagram: @diceweaponry⁠
🎵 TikTok: @diceweaponry⁠

Thanks for checking out the project, and thanks to the mods for approving the giveaway! ⚔️🎲❄️

Edit#1 Fun to see the way people spell ‘Gimme’ You’re all included as long as you do some variation of the word;) Good Luck everyone!! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀😘

Soooo basically the background of this campaign is that there was a Great War hundreds of years ago in the land of steam (a continent divided between steampunk and more fantasy creatures) between the Steamings and the Cybers. After an incident involving two lovers from both sides, the cybers were completely wiped out and replaced by the Steamings. Our players : Perry, Sushi, Mimosa, Thorec de Sparte and Maximus Storm (the guys in the last slide) crash into this continent and start to wonder into the land
My art style changed a bit over the years so you can see the evolution !

Bought a house, and my parents helped build the ultimate nerd room. 80% complete as of now.

I have been running games for years and the one thing that never works is a phone timer. I used to prop my phone up on the DM screen to show a DND session countdown or initiative display. Nobody ever looked at it. Players just ask me how much time is left. Putting a dedicated small screen right on the table works way better. If the countdown is physically sitting there in the middle of the action, people actually pay attention to the pacing. I recently grabbed a divoom timesframe to put next to my minis for DND digital props. I just throw a DND boss reveal image or a countdown timer on it via the app and the group engages with the RPG table display instantly. Its way easier than fiddling with my phone for tabletop game night props. still trying to figure out the best way to mount it without blocking the battlemap.

My players have made it through the Feywild to the hags’ domain - with the power of the Hag’s Heart, they can influence this place, shifting its rooms about to discover this place’s deeply-buried secrets. That is, unless the hags can stop them by shifting their minions around the dungeon every other turn!

Based on the board game Labyrinth, designed and made myself, took about 20h total.

I found these things in the Halloween section in Dollar general and decided to paint them. I think they turned out pretty good . It's my first time painting miniatures

Used a craft cardboard chest, felt, polymer clay, acrylic paint, glitterstuffs and some UV resin. Magnetic feet with felt added to prevent scratching surfaces. The only thing not handmade was the eyeball which I got a bag of creepy eyes at Michael's. More Mimics to come, I have an entire bag of eyeballs to use.