This week we have five magic polearms for use in your campaign. Polearms don't see a great deal of love these days, and the lack of magical weapons of this sort is a shame.
1. Blinding Flame Halberd - Flames so hot they can blind your opponent.
2. Earth Pike - Send a line of jagged rocks out to knock your target down.
3. Nagamaki of Cleaving - A katana style blade affixed to a 2-foot long handle. With your wide sweeping arc attacks, you can slice thro...
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2020-08-31 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week is about death and the ones who guide us through it. -Stephen
This week I am showing off the psychons! These celestials can show up in pretty much any setting so long as you have some psychopomps, meaning you have a god of the dead who ushers spirits to their afterlife. A lot of people die, a single god can't be expected to deal with everyone as well as their other duties like being a god, so they have helpers.
The term Psychopomp refers to any creature/god/powe...
2020-08-27 15:17:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again. Give us your vote for what you want us to do our next Deep Dive on.
Want to see a Deep Dive on a specific creature? Just let us know and we'll add it to the poll!
One of the original low-level monsters to be slaughtered in the ancient dungeon delves of old, the Gnoll has been through a lot. While other monstrous humanoids, like the goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, and orcs, have all gotten a chance to be loved (somewhat) the Gnoll is just kind of… there....
2020-08-18 20:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to do something a little different this week and reach back to the earlier editions when creating the magic items. In1st and 2nd editions, magic items that didn't fit into a clear cut group weren't just thrown in the wondrous items section. Each type of object had its category, which I've always thought was cool. I think it led to each strange, non-conformist item to have more than just one of it, even though some of the items, such as the abacus, probably shouldn't have any.
One ...
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Oh, the planes. I'd sing a sonnet to you if I could sing... or even knew what a sonnet was. -Stephen
We are exploring the Inner Planes this week with some new elementals to get added into your game. Not only are there 7 new stat blocks (and you could technically create 6 more based on the information provided) but there is a lot of information about getting around the Inner Planes!
Information is provided on how to hire a guide, and how much they cost. The benefits ...
2020-08-13 15:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostAs a tie-in to the last Eberron Dragonmarked House post, I have created the first of what I hope will be a few new Elemental Airships.
House Lyrandar has the technology to bind an elemental to an airship, but since the Last War they stop building airships meant for combat. Since that's no fun for all you murder hobo players out there, I proudly to introduce the Wind Rider attack ship.
A small but fast vessel, the Wind Rider his the X-wing fighter of House Lyra...
2020-08-11 16:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I (Stephen) am going to be running a one-shot on August 22nd but first I need a few players - which is where you come in. This will be a first-come, first-serve though our $3 and $5 patrons get first dibs. After that, I'll be opening it up to our $1 patrons (15th) and a few days later opening it up to anyone on our Discord (17th). I have room for 6 players in the one-shot.
Time:
August 22nd, 2020 [20200822]
12pm EDT to about 4pm / 5pm EDT [4pm U...
What's new this week?
Ice Marshal (Fey, CR 9)
A fey creature who serves the armies of the Winter Court. They specialize in casting spells and freezing their enemies.
Fomorians (Monster Thursday, Giants, CR 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 24)
The latest Monster Thursday included 2 new cyclops and 4 new Fomorians to throw at your party! The mighty CR 24 Thrumbolg is a great campaign ending boss or just a powerful entity to interact with your party when they...
Our next Deep Dive is coming up in less than two weeks and we need your input. The poll will close Monday at noon, so make sure to vote by then!
2020-08-08 18:05:11 +0000 UTC View PostGood morning everyone!
Just want to make you all aware of a change we are making in Patreon. We will now be charging patrons up front when they sign up instead of waiting until the end of the month to charge them.
This should not affect you in any way as billing cycles will not be changed or moved around. For more information, you can look at this article by Patreon or you c...
2020-08-06 14:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In our last Deep Dive, we discussed the Raven Queen and one of the pieces of her lore touched on the Shadar-Kai. These poor creatures are first introduced in 3rd edition and go through an identity crisis throughout the subsequent editions. In the 3rd edition, they are a race of fey creatures, and life seems pretty good, even if they are stuck in the Plane of Shadow. In the 4th edition, the lore gets a major overhaul, and these descendants of humans have been banished to the Shadowfell, which ...
2020-08-05 04:02:37 +0000 UTC View PostWands have always seemed a little silly to me, especially when battling a fearsome creature in D&D. My image of a wand is rooted in the old movies and cartoons of the late 20th century, where a little gold stick with a star on the top is wielded by a small fey like creature or Glenda the Good Witch.
And then came Harry Potter.
Now, wands are no longer for pixies and fairy godmothers, but weapons of mass destruction for angry teenagers.
This week we have four new ...
2020-08-03 22:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostNow you might be confused because didn't I already post about the Formians? To that I say, these are Fomorians, not Formians. Strangely close names and they have nothing to do with each other. - Stephen
This week I am back to a monster and I can't be more excited! The Feywild is a pretty wonderful... dangerous... wonderful? place to visit and there is a lot of non-sense you can drag your table into. One of the most dangerous creatures that lurk through the Feywild are the fomor...
2020-07-30 16:38:28 +0000 UTC View PostYou guessed it, time to vote!
Remember, if you have anything you want to see us do a Deep Dive on, shoot us a message and we will add it to the poll.
This week, we are mixing it up a bit and looking at the history of another famous character in Dungeons & Dragons - the Raven Queen. Initially, it seems like a short but exciting topic, and while it certainly was interesting, it was anything but quick. The Queen of Shadows was first introduced in 4e and lived on in 5th edition, and while information may seem sparse, there is quite a great deal of lore to be found in various publications. Hunting down references to th...
2020-07-21 23:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostWe've added a new benefit to our $3 and up tiers, Magic Item Monday. Every other Monday these tiers will have access to new homebrew magic items we have created at Dump Stat. Each post will include a minimum of three items for you to check out and use in your personal campaigns. When we hit the $200 mark, we will also include original art with each of the items!
This week we will debut with Potions. The Potion of Electrical Form allows you to change into an elemental of pure electrical ene...
What are ships but really big and non-sentient constructs? -Stephen
For this Monster Thursday, I decided to do something a little different and give you guys all a few more ship stat blocks to play around with! Looking through Ghosts of Saltmarsh and also the Of Ships and The Sea - UA that WotC put out a year or so ago, I was left a bit... disappointed. The ships they p...
2020-07-16 17:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Just thought I'd let everyone know that the latest version of my Abstracted Warfare system is up for everyone to enjoy. Not a huge amount of changes, but I've gotten a chance to run it through its paces a lot more and I'm still very happy with the results. Instead, this was focused on clarifying rules, adjusting terminology, and providing a bit more guidance.
2020-07-11 02:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the lack of interest, there will be no one shot this weekend. We will post the information for next months one shot soon!
2020-07-10 22:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again. Votes will be tallied Monday and we will start out research!
2020-07-10 16:07:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The Dryad originates as a tree spirit from Greek mythology and would inhabit trees and forests. These creatures kept to themselves and avoided contact with most other beings. While they may not have worshiped the Greek goddess Artemis, they could often be found with her and are described as friends.
Dryads is often just a generic word for a tree-spirit nymph, there are several more specific dryads like the daphnaie, epimelides hamadryad, and the meliae. Each of these ...
2020-07-07 17:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for being our patron, and here is the printer-friendly version of the Abstracted Chases system!
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We are excited to announce that we have a new product on DMs Guild - The Mouth of Pseudo a Dungeon Settings Guide.
This settings guide showcases the most dangerous dungeon ever imagined - one created by a massive mimic. Adventurers must travel into the gullet of this mimic and take on the extreme challenges found within - from the fantastic to the mundane, anything and everything can be found inside of Pseudo and his twisting dungeons.
Unfortunately, DMs Guild doesn't ...
2020-07-04 22:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostIn celebration of the holiday, we are releasing our 4th of July items for all to enjoy. We hope everyone has a chance to take a look at them and has a happy and safe day!
2020-07-04 16:32:49 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes I'm a prisoner to love... sometimes, I'm a prisoner to planescape.... - Stephen
This week, I decided to revisit Carceri from my previous look at them on the planes series (link for those who wish to read about it).
Despite how much I wish to write about the planes, and how much I can squeeze into a post, there is always something that doesn't ge...
2020-07-02 20:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again. Vote for what monster you'd like to see us do a Deep Dive on! Remember, if you have any requests, feel free to let us know.
2020-06-26 21:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostThere has been a change to the upcoming One-Shot, currently scheduled for this Sunday, June 28th. We are rescheduling this event to July 12th. Please see below for details.
Time:
July 12th, 2020 [20200712]
12pm EDT to about 4pm / 5pm EDT [4pm UTC to about 8pm / 9pm UTC]
The adventure:
We are going to play a Dump Stat original, Druid in the Sewers. It was the first adventure we ever created.
2020-06-26 19:20:25 +0000 UTC
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