EN5ider Magazine for D&D

Apologies for the random flurry of activity. I'm having a little trouble getting the "Get Sick" article to upload correctly. I've deleted it for now (don't worry, you don't get charged for removed articles!) while I try to figure it out. It should be back soon!

King and Country II: Four New Fantasy Realms As Backgrounds

By popular demand - the sequel to King & Country, Mark Hart's introduction to nationalities as backgrounds! You asked us for it, so we obliged! Here are four new fantasy realms for use as backgrounds - the Confederacy of Feuding Houses, the Lost Civilization, theRegime of the Dark Overlord, and the Savage Land. By Mark Hart; illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.

EN5ider Player Maps - Don't Wake Dretchlor

Michael Tumey, who was the cartographer for Don't Wake Dretchlor, has posted hi-res player maps for the adventure. "Both the main level and cellar levels of the Don't Wake Dretchlor adventure from EN5ider Magazine published by EN Publishing, as both a 31 page PDF containing sliced print-ready maps, and full encounter scale maps as a 100 ppi JPG ready for use with Virtual Tabletop applications." He has posted them as a pay-what-you-want product on DTRPG. That means you're welcome to grab them f...

Don't Wake Dretchlor

A forgotten mansion. A sadistic demon. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Can the heroes outwit the demon and escape the mansion, or will they fall prey to Dretchlor's evil machinations? An adventure for characters of 5th-7th level by Kiel Chienier; illustrated by Rick Hershey and Sexualtyranosarus.[Note - the filename here is 018; when you save it to your PC, rename it 017; the next one will be 018!]

King & Country: Character Nationality as Background

Previous vocations aren't the only types of character backgrounds. This article discusses the creation of character backgrounds based on nationality, along with two fully developed backgrounds: Crusader Nation and Arcane Dominion. By Mark A. Hart; illustrated by Scott Harshbarger.

Help direct EN5ider! Which articles have you enjoyed?

When producing a periodical-style publication, we try to come up with a variety of articles. As part of this, I'd like to ask patrons of EN5ider to vote on the articles so far so that we can see clearly which articles you've enjoyed and would like to see more of and which you've liked less and would like to see less of. That way, we can make EN5ider better! Find the poll right here on EN World: 2015-05-05 16:12:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Party of One: Rewards of the One-on-One Campaign

It's not always possible to form a full five-person-plus gaming group, but that doesn't have to stop you enjoying your favorite tabletop RPG! Party of One takes a look at the one-on-one campaign, featuring one player and one GM, and discusses ways to make it a fun and rewarding experience for both. By Matt Click; illustrated by Ellis Goodson.

Strands of Life

Giltônio Santos brings you 11 new healing spells for the cleric, bard, druid, paladin, or ranger in your life, and takes a brief look at direct healing, damage mitigation, and gradual healing. A vital article for anyone playing a healer! Illustrated by Jen Tracy.

Fire of the Mind

Tired of villains simply described as "mad" or "insane"? This article introduces four new illnesses - Multiple Personality Disorder, Aphasia, Schizophrenia, Paranoid Schizophrenia. Each includes rules for the player, and advice for the GM. By James Abendroth; illustrated by Sade.

Fantastic Tomes & Librams

By popular demand, this rule-light article originally published on TRAILseeker is now available to EN5ider patrons. Fantastic Tomes & Librams presents you with 1d100 mundane but exotic books and tomes to furnish a wizard's study, a library, or a treasure hoard. Each entry contains the book’s name, its author, a short description, and an optional notation indicating its rarity, relative value, and number of pages. By Russ Morrissey.

I've been asked a few times whether we'll be maintaining an article index. The answer is yes. The index is now linked from the main Patreon page, and can also be found here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?439122-EN5ider-Index

Winterheart Adventure Announcement

Esper the Bard posted this short YouTube video announcing the release of his adventure, Winterheart - which, as you know, you can get right here on EN5ider! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgsH3BIVR3g

Winterheart

Winterheart is an adventure for 4th level characters. Can the PCs rescue a young prisoner with latent icy magic before her despair plunges the region into a deep winter? By Esper, illustrated by Jen Tracy, cartography by Esper.

Creating Enjoyable Puzzles for Role Playing Games

Carl Heyl shows you how to create enjoyable puzzles for your game. It's all too easy to stop a game in its tracks, or throw off any sense of immersion. The advice in this article gives tips on creating organic, fun puzzles which don't interrupt your game. Illustrated by Sade.

Circles of Power: Three New Druid Circles

There are many types of druid in fiction and film with widely differing specializations. This article explores three new Druid Circles to help bring variety to your game table. Explore the Circle of Birds and Beasts, the Circle of the Elements, and the Circle of Life. By Mark Kernow, and illustrated by Deanna Roberds.

Coming for patrons in the next day or two is Circles of Power by Mark Kernow. There are many types of druid in fiction and film with widely differing specializations. This article explores three new Druid Circles to help bring variety to your game table - the CIrcle of Birds & Beasts, the Circle of the Elements, and the Circle of Life (no Lion King puns please!)

[Patrons Only] Give Chase!

Give Chase is now available to Patrons on the Creations tab! Adding to the chase rules found in the core rulebooks, this article presents an abstract way of mapping a chase, along with three new complication tables for underground, castle grounds, and mountain chases. By James Introcaso.

Give Chase

Adding to the chase rules found in the core rulebooks, this article presents an abstract way of mapping a chase, along with three new complication tables for underground, castle grounds, and mountain chases. By James Introcaso.

If you have an EN World forum account, there's a new EN5ider badge you grab for your profile. It costs 1gp!

Coming Soon: Give Chase

Coming in the next day or two is Give Chase by James Introcaso. This article introduces a handy abstract way of 'mapping' a chase, along with complications tables for the underground and for castle grounds (to add to the core rules' urban and wilderness complications tables). The article is in final layout now, so Patrons can expect it very soon!

Permissions & Patrons

Anybody who has pledged should now be able to download both Nature's Remedy and Player Pets; those who have not pledged or who are not logged in should not be able to access either PDF. I'd appreciate confirmation, as the permissions system here is - as you probably realise - a little convoluted. Additionally, everybody, whether pledged or not, should be able to freely download the four sample articles.

[Patrons Only] Nature's Remedy

Nature's Remedy is a brand new article for EN World EN5ider patrons! An introduction to the craft of herbalism, a handful of example herbs including darkberries, firedrake petals, silver garlic, and more, plus rules for their preparation, and a the new Master Herbalist feat. By Russ Morrissey.

Nature's Remedy

Nature's Remedy is a brand new article for EN World EN5ider patrons! An introduction to the craft of herbalism, a handful of example herbs including darkberries, firedrake petals, silver garlic, and more, plus rules for their preparation, and a the new Master Herbalist feat. By Russ Morrissey.

[Patrons Only] Player Pets: Rearing Wild Animals and Training Domesticated Animals

Rules for adopting, purchasing, and training pets, from dogs to wolves to giant fire beatles and constrictor snakes. How to gain their loyalty and teach them tricks or tasks, while ensuring that the Ranger's animal companion or spellcaster's familiar remains the more potent option. By Jensen Toperzer.

Player Pets: Rearing Wild Animals and Training Domesticated Animals

Rules for adopting, purchasing, and training pets, from dogs to wolves to giant fire beatles and constrictor snakes. How to gain their loyalty and teach them tricks or tasks, while ensuring that the Ranger's animal companion or spellcaster's familiar remains the more potent option. By Jensen Toperzer.

We're just finishing up layout for Player Pets: Rearing Wild Animals and Training Domesticated Animals, a fun artice by Jensen Toperzer. It covers domesticating and training animals, actions and tricks that pets can learn, costs of purchasable animals, and info on non-domesticated animals. From dogs and wolves to giant fire beetles and constrictor snakes! Of course, ranger animal companions and spellcaster familiars are always the best options, but these rules allow all characters to own and ...

Some fun with statistics, for those who find such things interesting. I just made a little Patreon projection spreadsheet. Due to the way people tend to cap monthly amounts, each subsequent article in a given month makes about 70% of the one preceding it. Using that, plus the average pledge you can project expected monthly revenue based on the number of patrons. 245 patrons works out to about $1,800 per month; 1,000 patrons (yeah, I know - that's a long way off, and probably way beyond the scope...