My homebrew setting supports the Great Old One warlock pact (while hoping for a serious rework of its features in ’24), but doesn’t use HPL’s Mythos entities or (for the most part) the canonical D&D Great Old Ones. Within the setting they’re called the Abominations, and according to legend they […]
It has once again been a long time since I’ve touched this series, but I’ve cleared enough other projects to take some time for things I’d like to publish on the DM’s Guild someday. I hope it’s something you (yes, you!) would want to buy. Summer Court | Gloaming Court […]
As we make further progress on Under the Seas of Vodari, I got to write some additional location and adventure hook entries, to build in some extra creepy or weird things for our adventurers to investigate. It’s been a busy month of editing and writing, as well as a family […]
This topic comes to mind because, as LARPing reopens in the South (in the summer… we all do things we regret), I’ve gotten to see a surprisingly effective new(-to-me) development in dungeon presentation in boffer LARPing. To explain it, I want to work through the history of dungeon setups I’ve […]
A friend of mine, Steve Chambers, is the origin of this idea: a paladin who is a magical bouncer. I’m just running with that and turning it into as cool of a paladin oath as I can, then hoping Steve and his gaming group like it. I’m also surprised to […]
I was playing Minecraft Dungeons with my 5-year-old a couple of weeks ago, and saw some absolutely amazing unique item names, which I commented on in Twitter. Starless Night and void bow got me thinking about weapons of the cosmos, and it was a short hop from there to something […]
I wanted to play with some other areas of folklore, and these new spells came out of it. I was also interested in trying a new mechanical concept that came to me, as you’ll see (create poppet). Animate Hut 5th-level transmutation (druid, warlock, wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch […]
It’s been years since I was an active video game reviewer, but when I was offered a review copy of the roguelike deck builder ROGUEBOOK for the Switch, I jumped at the chance. The email billed the game as being for people who liked Slay the Spire and Monster Train, […]
There are a couple of spells that have shown up in Aurikesh for which I promised actual rules “sometime soon,” which apparently means today. Since those two spells don’t a satisfying post make, I’ve added in a few more ideas. Protection from Moonlight 3rd-level abjuration (bard, cleric, druid, paladin, ranger, […]
One of the best parts of Darkest Dungeon, Pillars of Eternity, and a lot of other RPG video games is building up your home base town over the course of your many adventures. I’m not really talking about giving the town itself a numerical level that scales up, though that’s […]
