It's the first Deep Dive of the New Year and we need your help deciding what will start us off! The following monsters have yet to make it to 5e, but we think each of them are neat even so!
2022-12-27 17:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Christmas & Merry Holidays & Joyful New Year!
Due to the holidays, there will be no post for Tuesday or Monster Thursday this week. There will, probably, be a post on Friday for Player's. Next week we will return to our normally scheduled programming full of deadlines, large pots of coffee, and chromic misspellings.
Hope everyone is enjoying Festivus and thank you for all your support.
2022-12-27 17:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kappa is a fascinating creature from Japanese folklore. They appear as green, humanoid creatures with webbed hands and feet, along with a turtle-like shell on their back. Oddly, they have a bowl-shaped indent on the top of their head, which they use to carry water from their lairs. While you might think that it is simply there in case they get thirsty, this is the source of some or all of their power, and if it happens to spill, they are left motionless and defenseless. While these spirit...
2022-12-20 21:38:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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So far for Dungeon December, we have gone over rules...
2022-12-20 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hired killers and dangerous pickpockets, the Rogue has a long history of climbing walls, poisoning, and backstabbing.
Read it on our site/ https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-rogue-class
YouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/D9H1SjpIvhA
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Wizards come in all shapes and flavors. While many assume peak wizard is based on how often and how powerful it can cast a fireball spell, there are some who do not walk down the path of pure destruction. Today we are looking at a few different types of mages, though fret not if your perfect mage did not make it into this week's group. Next Monster Thursday will feature the other four schools of magic... plus maybe a few others...
Abjurer (CR 2) Always ready to...
2022-12-15 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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Up next for Dungeon December is a look at the monsters and factions within a dungeon. This is one of the most important things in a dungeon but sadly is often forgotten about, half...
2022-12-13 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoever thought of taking the common ant and giving it the form of a centaur is either a genius or quite disturbed. Either way, the Formian is a creature to behold; a 7-foot-tall ant who walks like a horse and can use its front foreclaws as hands. Unfortunately for the Formian, and for us, the Formian was short-lived and hasn’t existed for over a decade. While these may not be the usual monsters a party of adventurers might face, they are the most organized.
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Today is the first post for Dungeon December! For the next month, my posts here will just be about dungeons, how to run them, stock them, and make them. Today’s post is...
2022-12-06 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This ancient monster is a destroyer of kingdoms and continents, the ultimate monstrosity to cap off an epic campaign.
Read it on our site / https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-tarrasque
YouTube Video / https://youtu.be/bvTlZJz91iY
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This week we are looking at the various people found in a city! While adventurers might be quite skilled at hunting monsters, bringing down dragons, and saving the world - are they ready to deal with creatures they can't beat into submission and cast kingdom-destroying spells on?
City Guide (1/2) Don't get lost, get guide! Hopefully one that won't lead you into a trap...
Courtesan (1) Highly skilled, courtesans are masters at putting on dazzling p...
2022-12-01 20:12:56 +0000 UTC View PostWe are almost at the start of another year, which means our next sticker! This sticker will be sent out to our $5 and up patrons for free in January and available in our store to all a month later. The following options are based on our Deep Dives from September, October, November, and a few others from past Deep Dives.
2022-11-30 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com, you can also find a Printer Friendly PDF attached - Thank you for supporting us!
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This post aims to provide a deeper look at traveling Dream and the encounters you may come across on such a journey. Much of the information provided...
2022-11-29 18:38:23 +0000 UTC View Post
These delicious candies will test the willpower of any individual, as they will be tempted to eat them at once. Try not to, as you won't benefit from the magical properties each of them will grant you.
For chocolate lovers, we have a box of Fey Truffles. Each container holds a dozen of these wonderful creations, each with its own unique effect. Be warned, however; some are so rich that you may suffer the consequences.
People who love sweet treats will enjoy a Bag of Jelly Fish. Th...
2022-11-28 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhile we might still be digesting our turkey and vegan roasts, it's now time to gaze to the hazy future and decide what our next monster it will be. All of the following monsters have a single theme... they have not yet made it into 5e.
2022-11-25 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
The mythology of the Cockatrice can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans, although they referred to this pseudo-bird creature as a basilisk, which is an entirely different creature in Dungeons & Dragons. Roman author Pliny the Elder writes about the basilisk in his book, the Natural History of the first century CE. He refers to it as the “king of serpents,” but the creature did not only turn its victims into stone. The basilisk could also breathe toxic g...
2022-11-23 20:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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Within the deep, dark waters of the Plane of Water, there is a haunted dominion of acidic salt water. Located at the boundaries of water and ea...
2022-11-22 21:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Get a grip before you deal with the Grippli.
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YouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/nCHw9xV-2Ek
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2022-11-20 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
While I'm a day late (so technically it's Monster Friday?), I sure hope that this group of monsters will make up for it once you sink your teeth in them. I was inspired by Thanksgiving coming up for us in the states next week, and so these monsters put a spin on classic dishes you might find.
Cornish Hen (CR 0) Well maybe not the scariest thing a party could face, watch out as they don't like being picked on.
Flight of Cornish Hen (CR 2) Too...
2022-11-19 00:47:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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It takes a lot to get your players to burn through their resources. An 2022-11-15 19:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we are extending Maps & Magic Monday to all patrons!
If you haven't had the opportunity to look at our Talia adventures, here's another teaser. These are the Lord's Manor maps from the 2nd adventure in the trilogy, Revolution in Bern. The first floor is where business is taken care of and includes the courtroom in the center of the building, judges lounge, city official offices, banquet room with kitchen, bathroom & servants' quarters. The second floor...
2022-11-15 02:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostTime for a SPEED POLL! or as I like to call it, "Oops forgot to send this out on Friday". We had a spooky month with October and investigated those blue gremlins known as Xvarts - now we have to find the perfect monster for Thanksgiving (at least in the States)! We have scoured our monster collections to find the perfect turkey dish for us to investigate.
2022-11-13 19:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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Game Masters have a lot to think about when they make a decision, a ruling, or anything else that will affect the world. Will the choice they make now be canon? Does that mean that the t...
2022-11-09 01:43:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The Xvart, pronounced “zvart” according to Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985), are small creatures no taller than three feet. They have blue skin, gleaming orange eyes, and a receding hairline that friars in a monastery would be jealous of. While some might assume these creatures are just smurfs, but evil, they were created by Cricky Hitchcock and inspired by the Svarts found in the Weirdstone of Brisigamen (1960) by Alan Garner. U...
2022-11-08 21:53:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Your party better get ready for these slow moving beasts. While they may not look dangerous, a snail has a thick shell its more than happy to smash an adventurer into goo with.
Boulder Snail (CR 4) Looking like a boulder, adventurers won't be surprised when it suddenly retracts into its shell and attempts to crush them like a landslide - though, a strong warrior might be able to stop it in its tracks.
Dart Snail (CR 1/2) This ranged killer can sho...
2022-11-03 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!
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There are more adversaries in a battle than just the monsters you have carefully selected to rip your player’s characters apart. The way you draw a room, how close or far y...
2022-11-01 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry about the delay folks, but I managed to get this in under the wire.
Duskbreaker is an artifact from our homebrew world of Talia, but can be easily adapted to any campaign. A giant hammer that hates just about everything from the Underdark, it gives its wielder the power to bore through any mountain and split the very earth itself.
I hope to include some art with this in the following days, so keep an eye out!
2022-11-01 02:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post
These creatures come from the stars, sent to rip the multiverse asunder.
Read it on our site/ https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-star-spawn
YouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/u1ymISCdxcs
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Thank you for your support! Here is the PDF of the April, May, & June 2022 Monster Thursday organized into a compendium with a few new stat blocks as well! All new stat blocks and items are bolded below.
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With 45 creatures, this Creature Compendium features creatures who make their home in the Inner Planes as well as dangerous assassins, orc warlords, and kobold hordes. With a mix of elemental and humanoid...
2022-10-28 19:53:50 +0000 UTC View Post
A Banshee has a lot more history to it than just a Dungeons & Dragons monster as they are first a part of Irish folklore. They aren’t necessarily evil fairies, as they are fairy women, but rather a herald of someone to die soon, often someone who is gravely sick. If you hear keening outside your home, it is supposed to be a foreboding sign that someone in your household will die soon. Some believe that every family has its own Banshee that wails when one in that famil...
2022-10-25 18:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post