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Echoes of the First Eldritch Crusade

The battlefield was a festering wound upon the earth, a shrine to carnage that sang hymns to the Crusade’s unyielding fury. The regiment—what remained of it—lay scattered like offal in a butcher’s yard. Torn torsos leaked their contents into the mud, severed heads stared blankly at the sky, mouths frozen in silent screams. A soldier’s ribcage jutted upward, cracked open like a grotesque flower, its lungs still quivering in the chill air. Blood ran in rivulets, thick and black, pooli...

Nuclear Warfare my beloved (part 2)

The radiant ravager needed a brother.

One that explodes in a tiny radioactive cloud upon death.

Enjoy!

A ton of monsters from the hordes of the Bleeding Sun dropping starting tomorrow, and then we'll wrap the  Trench War Compendium.

Take Care!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Nuclear Warfare my beloved

This is the first monster of a series of absolutely cursed beasts that will come to the Trench War Compendium.

This set of monsters and a couple of extras will be the final stretch before I wrap up the compendium and move to new horizons.

 Here is a sneak preview of the new horizons in question.

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Bleeding Sun Scripture - Cursed Enlightenment

Hello good hunter,

A scroll soaked in gore, spitting divine spells that claw at your soul with every syllable. Enlightenment isn't free in the Great War.

Desperate cleric in your ranks? This will juice them up with forbidden power—just prepare another character sheet if the cost comes knocking.

High stakes, high rewards.

Take Care!
Evan | MonkeyDM

Bard: College of Propaganda - War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery

Hello good hunter,

These bards do not merely speak—they enforce. They are the architects of reality, twisting language into a tool of absolute control. Truth is their prisoner; with every syllable, they rewrite the past, dictate the present, and strangle the future. In their domain, despair becomes loyalty, terror becomes faith, and the soldier’s mind bends to their will as surely as steel bends to heat. A single utterance can transform defeat into triumph—or erase it entirely. Hi...

Bleeding Sun Amulet & Dreamwalker Amulet

Dreamwalker Amulet - Sovereign of Slumber

The Dreamwalker Amulet isn’t some trinket for dreamers; it’s a cold tool of intrusion, humming with a power that worms into sleeping minds. No base is safe, no rest sacred—wear it, and you’re a phantom threading through their nightmares, clawing out secrets or sowing dread that festers like damp in the lungs. It’s quiet war, the kind that breaks a man before he even wakes.

Slip this into the hands of your players. Let them stal...

Monster: Darkblade Assassin - Death’s Silent Hound

Hello good hunter,

Through the churned mud and barbed wire, a shadow moves—too quiet, too deliberate. No breath fogs the frigid air; no scream escapes its prey. The Darkblade Assassin is no mere killer—it’s a specter of war’s rot, its jagged edge weeping necrosis into every wound. Men don’t just die; they wither, flesh blackening as their life’s drained into the mire. Shells burst, rifles crack, but this thing hunts beneath the din, a cold terror that turns hardened soldiers...

Item: Martyr's Aegis - Shield of Sacrifice

Hello good hunter,

This shield’s a battered beast, etched with holy scriptures, soaking up pain meant for others. A grim slab of steel born in the muck of no-man’s-land.

Picture a frontline tank, some stubborn soldier who’d rather bleed out than watch his brothers die. This thing’s built for that hero—or martyr—who holds the line while hell rains down on earth.

Take Care!
Evan | MonkeyDM

Monk - Way of Divine Wrath

Hello good hunter,

These monks have divine fire in their veins, their fists smashing through mud and bone, leaving a trail of charred sinners.

Holy rage meets trench brutality.

Think of that wild-eyed zealot in your group, the one itching to pulp heretics. This subclass is their ticket to unleash hell on the heretics, right in the thick of war.

Take Care!
Evan | MonkeyDM

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Monster: Sorores Damnationis - Sisters of Damnation, aka Shotnuns

I'll just put my favorite line from their lore here, it explains their concept perfectly:

"Their shotguns, anointed with the ash of burned saints, bellow prayers of lead that shred the heretics."

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

The Trick Weapon Workshop V2

Hello good hunters!

MonkeyDM here, swinging in with something bloody spectacular for all you weapon-crafting lunatics out there. I’ve been tinkering in the workshop (probably with too much coffee and a touch of madness), and it’s finally ready: the Trick Weapon Workshop V2 is LIVE!

Want to forge a dagger that turns into a scythe dripping with necrotic vibes? Or maybe a pistol that transforms into a gre...

Building the Trick Weapon Workshop

Hello good hunter,

No post today because I've dusted off my old Java, CSS and HTML books from high school to make the full trick weapon workshop available as a webapp.

I released an update on Kickstarter a couple of days ago where I gave everyone the full math with the excel spreadsheet to build weapons themselves, but I do agree that it isn't the prettiest of designs, which is why I decided to spruce it up.

It should be done soon enough and made available to all of you.<...

The Radiant Reaper – A Grimdark Railgun

It is not enough to serve. It is not enough to fight. To be truly devoted, one must be willing to burn.

The Radiant Reaper is not wielded—it is endured. It does not fire—it consumes. Those who bear it do so knowing they will not see another sunrise, for this weapon demands nothing less than its wielder’s life.

Divine Judgement

To draw forth the Radiant Reaper is to submit to the...

Unrelenting Suntaken - Monstrous Holy Undeath

From the dark corners of the trench war, the Unrelenting Suntaken emerge—grotesque fusions of undeath and harsh radiance. Their oppressive presence slows your foes and leaves them reeling—adapt or fall.

Take Care!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Waking Scream – The Dagger of Brutal Awakenings

Venture into the haunted echoes of the trenches, where the silence after a barrage is as chilling as the enemy’s retreat.

Waking Scream is a cunning dagger that jolts foes from their slumber with a shock that leaves them reeling in terror.

Combine it with the previous post of Slumber Edge, and you have a deadly weapon combination.

Take Care!
Evan | MonkeyDM

Tactician Feats: Muse & Frightener

Muse lets you inspire your allies with a single glance, while Frightener turns enemy aggression into a painful disadvantage—perfect for the charismatic combatant ready to lead the charge.

Just a different take on the Inspiring Leader archetype basically.

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Monster: Bleeding Sunpriest - Unleash Divine Carnage

At the very epicenter of the trench war’s carnage stands the Bleeding Sunpriest—a fanatic who wields blood magic and divine wrath to ignore mortal wounds. His every strike is both a blessing and a curse.

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Slumber Edge – Closing your eyes one final time

Step into mud-soaked trenches where every lull in the chaos might be your enemy’s undoing. Slumber Edge is a magical scimitar designed to catch foes off guard—a critical hit can send them into an all-too-brief, yet dangerous, sleep.

With the new Two Weapon Fighting rules, this light weapon can easily become a death sentence.

Enjoy!
Evan | MonkeyDM