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Enlightened: Eldritch Revelations Beckon

For those who’ve seen beyond the smokescreen of war, the Enlightened background offers a new perspective. Complete with the Seeker feat, it empowers your character with heightened insight and investigative prowess—ideal for uncovering the hidden truths of the battlefield.

Our eyes have yet to be opened

Take Care!
Evan | MonkeyDM

Runeraker & Slowstone - Tools of the Mage Hunter

Hey everyone!

Got two interesting new magic items for you today that work particularly well together - perfect for those who hunt spellcasters or need to control the battlefield.

First up, the Runeraker - a Rare longsword that's essentially a spell thief's best friend. It lets you:

• Identify any spell being cast near you

• Actually steal and use spells you successfully resist
  

Then we have the Slowstone - a Rare item that creates zones ...

Veil of Clear Breath - Master the Miasma

Hello good hunter,

I just wanted to make a gas mask into a cool magic item, and here it is.

Features:

• Complete immunity to poison and harmful gases

• Ability to share protection with allies

• Enhanced vision through obscurement

• Rechargeable charges for repeated use

Perfect for exploring dangerous dungeons, surviving chemical warfare, or dealing with an undead dragon's breath!

The Trench Pilgrim - Faith in the Mud

Hello good hunter,

Here's a grim new addition to your battlefields - the Trench Pilgrim. These CR 3 zealots bring a unique mix of religious fervor and battlefield horror to your game.

These warriors turn the trenches into holy ground, finding divine purpose in the mud and blood of war. They're particularly effective in groups, with abilities that chain together for devastating effect, including their signature Prayer Circle that can create powerful healing chains among multiple pi...

Cleric: The Courage Domain

Hello good hunter,

Stand fast against all odds with the new Courage Domain! This subclass is for clerics who want to be right in the thick of battle, protecting their allies while inspiring bravery in others.

View it as a more Commander version of the War Cleric

Key features:

• Frontline Fervor: Extra HP and reactive damage mitigation

• Holy Aegis: Create protective auras that shield allies

• Shining Aegis: Blind your enemies with divin...

  2025-01-30 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Spells of Madness and Faith

Hello good hunter,

Got a batch of new spells that play with two different themes: Eldritch Madness & Divine Authority.

• Revealing Smite: Make your enemies face cosmic horror

• Eldritch Bliss: Transform madness into raw power

• Bulwark of Madness: Turn attacks into psychological warfare

• Penitence: Force your enemies to drop their weapons throug...

  2025-01-29 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Sineater Plate - Power Through Pain

Hello good hunter,

This armor isn't for the faint of heart. It's a piece of equipment that literally feeds on your pain and converts it into power.

The armor features:

• Constant self-damage that fuels its powers

• Ability to heal allies through your own suffering

• Power to create sinful tethers between creatures to share the damage

Perfect for characters with a dark redemption arc or those willing to sacrifice themselves for ...

Irontiger Dervish - Swift & Lethal

Hello good hunter,

Got a cool new monster for your games today - the Irontiger Dervish. Think "tiger-masked warrior monk meets whirlwind of steel." These CR 4 fighters are perfect as elite troops, memorable lieutenants, or recurring rivals.

What makes them special? They're built around a fighting style that gets more dangerous as the battle goes on. When wounded, they don't get weaker - they get deadlier. They can chain multiple attacks together, pounce like actual tigers, and hav...

Monster - Metalurgist Sizeshaper

Hello good hunter,

Here's something really cool - a CR 6 specialist who manipulates both metal and magical effects! These are the battlefield controllers who turned the tide in countless battles during The Great War.

They can:

• Manipulate dice sizes in combat

• Expand spell areas for allies

• Control metal in various ways

• Fire devastating magnetic attacks

Perfect for military-themed campaigns or as elite guards ...

New Spells: The Unyielding Collection

Hello good hunter,

Here's something special - a collection of new spells built around a new keyword mechanic: Unyielding! These spells get extra powerful when you're on your last legs, perfect for those dramatic "not dead yet" moments.

We've got:

• Unyielding Shot (Ranger): Turn your pain into power with enhanced ranged attacks

• Unyielding Smite (Paladin): A smite that lets you steal your enemy's resistances

• Unyielding Step (Sorcerer, Warlo...

  2025-01-23 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Monster - Torturing Fleshcarver

Hello good hunter,

Here's a nasty piece of work from the depths of the Abyss - the Torturing Fleshcarver. This CR 11 monstrosity is designed for GMs who want to add some serious horror to their encounters.

It's a brutal combatant with some uniquely nasty abilities, including a mechanic for dismembering opponents. Definitely not for the faint of heart, but perfect for those running darker campaigns or horror-themed adventures of WW1.

Full stats and lore in the attached PDF!<...

Fighter: The Revenant - Death was merely a setback

The Update is just the art for the subclass

Hey everyone!

First off, I hope you all had wonderful holidays and a great start to 2025! I should apologize for the radio silence - turns out the universe had other plans for my vacation. Got hit with food poisoning during the holidays (hospital visit and everything, fun times), and just when I thought I was in the clear, caught the flu right after getting home. Starting to think someone up there really didn't want me to take ...

Downtime Activities in Luyarnha

Hello good hunter,

I've noticed that many DMs struggle with making downtime meaningful in their games - it often becomes a simple "you rest for a week" or gets handwaved entirely.

Yet these quieter moments between adventures are perfect opportunities for character development, faction intrigue, and planting seeds for future stories.

That's why I created this 23-pages comprehensive downtime system. Whether you're running 2024-12-23 00:49:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Background: Refugee - Forged by Survival, Strengthened by Hope

Hello good hunter,

Today I bring you the Refugee background, for those characters who have endured the darkest of circumstances and emerged stronger. When war, persecution, or disaster tears away everything familiar, some find reserves of strength they never knew they had.

This background comes with the Survivor feat, granting:

• Resistance to your choice of Cold, Fire, or Poison damage

• Advantage on saves against harsh environments

The b...

The Wrath God's Mark - You've lost everything, now only rage remains

It festers just beneath your flesh, a living scar that writhes with hungry malice. Whispers scratch at your skull like rusted nails, promising vengeance against all who wronged you. Its pattern of thorn-carved bone and bleeding bark invites violence the way a wound invites flies—fetid, unrelenting, and eager to hatch horrors in your veins. Each day, you feel it pulse with a quiet, wicked delight, as though it can’t wait for the moment when your mind finally snaps, and you beco...

2024-12-13 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Fire Giant King - Fear the Ashen Crown of Dominion

Hello good hunter,

In the grim hush between artillery blasts, where the mud runs slick with blood and charred flesh, a colossal shadow heaves itself into view. Beyond the makeshift barricades of scorched planks and tangled wire, the Fire Giant King lords over a battlefield turned inferno.

Striding through molten trenches and shattered fortifications, his every step forges new scars into the earth. In these killing fields, the line between courage...

2024-12-12 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

The Experiment: Engines of Abyssal Destruction

In the trenches of a global war, amongst the screams of fallen soldiers, dark forces have turned ambition into atrocity. Through vile ceremonies and infernal fleshcraft, once-mortal infantry are twisted into unrecognizable horrors—engines of hatred and ruin, fused with the ghostly flames of the abyss.

They know no mercy, seek no reason, and leave only mangled steel and shattered minds in their wake: the Abyssoldier Experiment.

A breakdown:

Scythe - The Grim Harvest

Where mercy is but a hollow echo and pleas for forgiveness rot in the throat, there stands a weapon that moves the boundary between life and oblivion. Its sleek, black curve harvests not wheat, but the final shreds of mortal hope, bundling terrified souls into a quiet, endless night. Its gentle aura is a lie—a final lullaby to those who never see the blade’s edge coming. This is The Grim Harvest.

The Scythe is a custom weapon type from Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldr...

Fire Giant Warlord - The Apocalypse Has Begun

Watch as flesh and faith alike buckle beneath smoldering steel. Kneel in the ash and cinder of crumbled towns, for beyond the horizon marches a titan who claims law through flame and fear.

Hello good hunter,

Where lesser creatures cower beneath the lash of war, this juggernaut strides forward, hammer raised, forging kingdoms and corpses in equal measure. Be it castle stone or mortal spine, all cracks beneath its molten wrath. Today, I present you with a new terror...

The Dreadmaw - Hold the Light That Devours the Dark

Hold aloft a lantern hewn from the marrow of your darkest nightmares, and cast its pale glow upon the horrors that gibber in the silence behind your eyes.

Hello good hunter,

In these hours when hope shivers at the edge of your throat and the hush of old woods grows louder than any mortal prayer, you will need more than steel and courage. There are hungers lurking in the long shadows—lives unspooling like rotten thread at the whisper of a name best left unspoken. For the...

Sunforger Hammer — A Beacon Against the Encroaching Night

Throw a hammer loaded with religious intent at the eldritch horror before you.

Hello good hunter,

The world beyond our torchlight is teeming with horrors unspeakable. The claws that scratch at the corners of your dreams, the hollow eyes that watch from beneath gnarled oaks, and the black ichor that pools in forgotten chapels—these threats call for more than courage. They demand weapons forged from faith and tempered by fire. Today, I bring you one such instrument...

Adventure: Molten Birthright — The Dwarves Have Dug Too Greedily and Awakened an Ancient Evil! 

*Gandalf voice*

'As the dwarves prayed to uncover mountains of gold, all they found was the their molten destruction in the form of Oblestr, the Molten Fire Giant King. Now, generations later, you must be the one to reclaim their mountain and their Molten Birthright.'

This adventure is optimized for three to five characters of 14rd level.

Together wit...

Artificer - Mortis Engineer

Hello good hunter,

As promised an artificer subclass that is compatible with Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt

And as promised it is free.

This subclass blends necromancy and mad science. Reanimate corpses, command undead minions, and wield devastating lightning on the battlefield.

I also included the Corpse Bag magic item to ...

Spells of War 3: Crush & Destroy your Foes [Trench War]

Hello good hunter,

First I want to say that the next set of spells with contain a Nuke spell (:

Today, I bring you a set of spells, designed to add new layers of strategy, chaos, and flavor to your games. Whether you’re a cunning Warlock, a manipulative Wizard, or just looking for fresh magical tools, these spells have you covered.

Lead Astray (Cantrip, Warlock)
A subtle yet devastating divination cantrip. Touch a creatur...

An Artificer that rules over Death?

Hello good hunter,

I've been developing something rather... unorthodox.

An artificer that fits within the twisted world of Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt.

While the artificer class remains outside the SRD's bounds, preventing its inclusion in the main book, this particular variant deserves to exist—so I'll release it for fre...

Warlock - The Warmonger: Blood Will Flow

Hello good hunter,

Today a new warlock, one that bellows smoke on the battlefield and rejoices in crushing their enemies.

A monster of war, which will have you blasting endlessly.

Let's be honest—the visual is also cool af

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

P.S: I want to announce some of the fun stuff coming up on this Patreon tomorrow, so stay tuned for that!

Pacifist - Violence isn't always the answer

Though it is a pretty good solution.

Here's a fun background and feat for your characters.

Allowing to also cool your mind and that of your friends.

Enjoy!

Evan | MonkeyDM

Bloodletter Quill - The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, just not this sword [Trench War]

Weapon (Dagger), Very Rare
(Requires Attunement by a Warlock or Wizard)

You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

● Bloodbound. This Dagger can be used as an Arcane Focus. Whenever you hit a creature with a spell attack, you can slash yourself with the Dagger as part of the same action, taking damage as though you hit yourself with the Dagger. You can reroll a number of the spell’s damage dice equal to the da...

Monster: Warzone Valkyrie - Angels of War

A TIER 3 CELESTIAL POWERHOUSE

Introducing the Warzone Valkyrie, a CR 13 celestial warrior that brings divine justice to your battlefields! Unlike traditional valkyries who shepherd souls to the afterlife, these militant angels descend to restore balance to conflicts gone awry (a.k.a kill a bunch of people).

✨ KEY FEATURES:

• Dual-wielding combat specialist with both healing and damage capabilities

• Unique "Decider of the Worthy" ability that creates zo...

  2024-11-19 15:09:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Help Me Improve Heresy of Steel

Hello good hunter,

Heresy of Steel is quickly becoming our best-selling adventure, and I would like some feedback to make the adventure as good as possible.

As you know it takes place in the world of Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt, and is as dark as it gets.

The Age of Flesh is...