Printable Props · D&D 5e
DnD Handout Generator
Scrolls, letters, decrees and wanted posters for your table, in eight paper styles.
Your villain writes a letter. Your players should be able to read it. Pick a document type and paper, write the text, or translate it into Elvish or Thieves' Cant first so they have to decode it.
Try every paper style free, no account needed. PDF downloads aren't on sale yet.
Six DnD handout types: scrolls, letters, decrees and wanted posters
Each type has its own frame, so a decree does not look like a poster.
- Ancient Scroll. A rolled scroll with wooden rods at the top and bottom. For proclamations, prophecies and long-lost lore.
- Spell Scroll. Rods down the left and right sides and a red ribbon at the foot. For the wizard's last spell.
- Noble Letter. Fold creases and a faint stain. For the letter that has been carried a long way.
- Royal Decree. Corner flourishes and a crest line across the top. For anything the crown wants shouted in the square.
- Guild Contract. Ruled lines and two arcane circles in the lower corners. For the deal your party will regret.
- Wanted Poster. Nail holes and a bold poster heading. For the rogue who stole the wrong thing.
Samples of four types: Ancient Scroll, Noble Letter, Guild Contract and Wanted Poster. The Royal Decree is shown at the top of the page. The Spell Scroll has no sample.
Try these styles in the editor
Eight paper styles, four decorations, five fonts to try
Paper decides the mood. Each style is a pre-rendered texture with its own edge and stains.
Paper: Clean, Aged Parchment, Burned, Blood Stained, Ink-Stained, Weathered & Torn, Waterlogged and Ashen. Ashen is dark paper with pale text.
Decoration: None, Border, Wax Seal or Illuminated Corners.
Font: Elegant, Gothic, Ornate, Handwritten or Modern.
Mix them freely. A burned decree with a wax seal tells a different story from the same decree on clean paper.
How it works
- Write or paste your text. Add a title, a body of up to 3,000 characters and a signature. Plain English works. So does a translation.
- Choose the look. Set the document type, paper, decoration and font. The preview shows a sample page in your chosen style, with sample text instead of yours.
- Pick an option. Nothing is charged; your pick tells us what to build.
Translate your handout text into a fantasy language first
Open the translator, choose a language and type your line. Then press “Create Printable Fantasy Document”. The editor opens with your translation already in the body box.
The translation is reversible. Paste it back into the translator, set “From” to that language and “To” to Common, and you get your original line. You keep the key. Your players have to work for it, or you let them use the translator and watch them race.
The words are invented for the table, and the same English word always becomes the same invented word.
Pick from Elvish, Draconic, Infernal and the other D&D 5e languages in the translator. Need something sneakier? Try the Thieves' Cant translator for coded notes between rogues.
Cipher handouts for puzzles
A puzzle needs three things: a message the players cannot read, the answer for you, and a nudge for when they get stuck. The puzzle bundle is built that way.
- Player handout in cipher script, on aged parchment.
- GM solution sheet with the key.
- Three hint cards.
The pictures are samples of the planned bundle.
The three options
Printable documents are not on sale yet. We are gauging interest before launch, so you can open the editor and pick an option without being charged. Planned prices start from $5.
| Option | Planned price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Single document | $5 | Planned: a print-ready PDF of this document. |
| Puzzle bundle | $12 | Player handout in cipher script, a GM solution sheet with the key, and three hint cards. |
| 5-document pack | $19 | Create any five documents: your own text, any type and paper. That's $3.80 each. |
Questions
Can I buy and download a handout today?
Not yet. Printable documents aren't on sale, and the editor can't deliver a file today. You can open it, try every paper style and pick an option, so we can see if people want one. Nothing is charged and your text isn't sent anywhere.
Can I use my own text, or only translations?
Either. The body box takes up to 3,000 characters of plain English or pasted translation. Add an optional title of up to 80 characters and a signature of up to 60. The preview shows sample text with a “Sample” mark in your chosen style, not your own text.
Are the fantasy-language words from the D&D books?
No. The D&D 5e rules give these languages no word lists, so the translator uses invented words made for the table. Each English word always becomes the same invented word, and you can translate it back to Common. This site is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Make the letter your villain would write
Pick a type, pick the paper, write the text.