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Intergalactic Worms: Attack of the Mind Crawlers Part II - 9th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

Intergalactic Worms: Attack of the Mind Crawlers Part II 

Intergalactic Worms is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to six characters of 8th to 10th level. It is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 9. Characters who complete this adventure will earn enough experience to reach one-third of the way to the 10th level. A mysterious island has trapped our brave adventurers, ...

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Vaskil Valley: Wrath of the Wyvern Kings | New Campaign for Fifth Edition (1st - 7th-Level)

NOTE: THIS IS THE FREE VERSION WHICH ONLY INCLUDES CHAPTERS 1 & 2

A chill wind rattles down the jagged cliffs of the Basilisk’s Spine, sinking low into the dark trees and rugged hills of Vaskil Valley. There, an ancient race of elves, the Anorians, carve out a meager existence among the short-lived humans with whom they share this territory. Once a proud race of warriors from the Amber Forest beyond the mountains, the browbeaten Anorians cling to the history their...

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The Gnome Initiative: Attack of the Mind Crawlers Part 1 | 9th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

THE GNOME INITIATIVE: ATTACK OF THE MIND CRAWLERS PART I

Update: Complete Roll20 Module with parts 1 and 2 is now live!

https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/10324/attack-of-the-mind-crawlers


The Gnome Initiative is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to si...

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Monthly Theme Poll - April 2021

UPDATE: 3/30 - This is the last call for votes! It looks like we already have a winner but it's down to the last count! Get your votes in by end of the day tomorrow!

UPDATE: 3/23 - Okay everyone, there's only a week left before the end of the month! For our new patrons who haven't had a chance to vote yet, now's the time! I will make one last reminder on th...

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Gnome BattleMech | CR 13 #MonsterMondays

Gnome BattleMech

Built as battle armor to protect the secret underground cities of the gnomish kingdoms, Gnome Battlemech's are powerhouse constructs that can decimate entire armies. 

Massive giants made from rare metals and etched with magic runes, the BattleMechs are extremely expensive and time-consuming to produce. Each one is intrinsically connected to its pilot and can only be operated by the engineer who built them or by someone they attune to its te...

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Down the Demon Well | 1st Level Duet Adventure

DOWN THE DEMON WELL

Down the Demon Well is a Fifth Edition duet adventure intended for <B>one to two characters of 1st to 2nd level</b> and is optimized for <b>one 1st level character with a sidekick</b>. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach level 2. An old well hides a local demon cult’s secret hideout, and a little boy has fallen in and exposed them. This adventure is setting agnostic and fi...

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WE DID IT!

This weekend we broke the patron milestone that now kicks off what we've been working towards the last few months — making the FULL Freelands Campaign Setting! This means over the course of the next few months we'll be working together to finish building the gods, cities, organizations, monsters, legendary items, heroes, and villains of the setting. This will all culminate in getting a kickstarter of the completed book started by this summer!


I want to personally thank each...

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VTT MAPS - Blood in the Water - 40x25

Here is everything you need to set up Roll20 (or other VTT)  to use the Blood in the Water adventure map or for direct printing.

Gridless VTT Resolution - 140dpi

Gridded Print Resolution -  300dpi

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Blood in the Water | 5th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

BLOOD IN THE WATER

Blood in the Water is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 4th to 6th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach one-third of the way to level 6. A local dungeon provides a nearby village with an opportunity to delve it annually. This year the a...

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The Courts of Chaos - Lords of Madness Part IV

The final chapter of the LORDS OF MADNESS series is finally here!


THE COURTS OF CHAOS

The Courts of Chaos is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 6th to 8th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 7. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach one-third of the way to level 8. A powerful mage has entered the plane of cha...

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Path of the Demonbound | Fifth Edition Barbarian Subclass


"I've seen the animalistic rage that barbarians take into battle. But this... this was something... different..."

THE DEMONBOUND

The demonbound can channel their inner demons to use their power, fueling their battle prowess and wreaking havoc. The culmination of childhood traumas become funneled into a razor focus that binds their pain into a soul-chilling rage.

The practi...

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Valkyrie | CR 11 Fifth Edition #MonsterMondays


"May the Valkyrie sing your name with love and fury so that we may hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla and know that you have taken your rightful place at the table of kings." ~ Prayer for the Fallen

VALKYRIE

The Valkyrie are women warrior angels who watch over battlefields and choose the heroes who have earned their seat in Valhalla to prepare for Ragnarok. They are both judge and executi...

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Tomb of the Wailing Devils | 6th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

Tomb of the Wailing Devils is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 5th to 7th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 6. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach one-third of the way to level 7. A dwarven tomb is also a prison to an ancient army of devils. This adventure takes place in the 2021-02-14 02:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Tooth Demon | Fifth Edition #MonsterMondays


"Mother, why does the tooth fairy take my tooth and leave a copper?"


TOOTH DEMON

Every child knows that if you leave a lost tooth under your pillow when you go to sleep, the tooth fairy steals it away and leaves you a copper. They don't know that those fairies are protecting the children from their counterparts, the tooth demons.

With a hunger for fresh marrow, a tooth demon has a particula...

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Cult of the Flame Kissed | 3rd Level Fifth Edition Adventure

Cult of the Flame Kissed is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 3rd to 4th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach half of the way to level 4. A demonic cult is kidnapping children to power a ritual that will summon their patron from the Abyss. This adventure takes place in the View Post

Giant Slumberbee | Fifth Edition #MonsterMondays

A day late due to the backup caused by last week's MASSIVE Jungle adventure so I apologize for the delay!


 "At first the buzzing sound made me think it was a hive of bees. In the end, I would have preferred if it was."


GIANT SLUMBERBEE

It is a widespread misconception that bees can only sting a person once and then they die. There are many types that can sting you repeatedly without dying but a slumberb...

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Monthly Theme Poll - March 2021

FEBRUARY THEME WINNER:

Angels & Demons

Okay everyone it's that time again! Here are a few ideas for what kind of content I will make for March 2021.

Please feel free to add any suggestions as a comment and I will add them to the poll!

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VTT Maps - The Rising Tempest

Here is everything you need to set up Roll20 (or other VTT) or for direct printing to use The Rising Tempest adventure maps.

Gridless VTT Resolution - 140dpi

Gridded Print Resolution - 300dpi

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The Rising Tempest | 8th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

For January 2021 the theme was JUNGLE and here we have the culmination of the month's work!

Coming in at 21 pages packed full of a multi-session sandbox-style adventure set on a mysterious jungle island, this is our biggest adventure yet! Taking your party all the way through level 8 and partway through level 9, the island can be reused and expanded on to create a complete campaign setting.


THE RISING TEMPEST

The Rising Tempest is a Fif...

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Slight Delay For This Week's Adventure

Hey folks! I just wanted to reach out and apologize for the delay in this week's adventure. As has been discussed in the discord server (join the discussion here - https://discord.gg/sA8WrG3vFv ), this adventure is a large multi-session arc that includes a sandbox area that can be used as a base for a full Jungle themed campaign setting. Between writing this great arc, making the maps, and getting a bunch of custom artwor...

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VTT Maps - Kiss of the Succubus

Here is everything you need to set up Roll20 (or other VTT) or for direct printing to use the Kiss of the Succubus adventure maps.

Gridless VTT Resolution - 140dpi

Gridded Print Resolution - 300dpi

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Kiss of the Succubus | 3rd Level Duet Fifth Edition Adventure

SHARD VTT

https://play.shardtabletop.com/marketplace#product?id=73s2hi7waknyq58y 

ROLL20

https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/10420/kiss-of-the-succubus 


My very first time writ...

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Giant Venus Flytrap | New Fifth Edition Monster

"Everything wants to eat you in the jungle, from the cannibals to the creatures and even the foliage..." Excerpt from the Journal of Markus Blackthorn, Explorer

Giant Venus Flytrap

No one knows if the giant venus flytrap resulted from experimentation or if nature just grew to where it could now bite back at humanity. Either way, these giant carnivores are not picky in what they eat as long as it struggles.

Iron Stomac...

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Temple of the Last Titan | 10th Level Fifth Edition Adventure

Note:  The Roll20 Module is now available!

https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/12489/temple-of-the-last-titan 


About the Adventure

Temple of the Last Titan is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 9th to 11th level and is optimized for View Post

Lava Dragon Wyrmling | New Fifth Edition Monster

"The swirl of the lava was mesmerizing and I could not look away. It was then that I suddenly realized that it was looking right back at me..." Excerpt from the Journal of Markus Blackthorn, Explorer

A rare subspecies, lava dragons are lazy and reclusive creatures that seldom leave their volcanic homes. Unlike their red-scaled kin with whom they compete for living space, they have little desire for amassing wealth. Like all dragons, they crave power, o...

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The New Layout

So I'm really curious what everyone thinks about the new layout and theme used in The Bandit & The Bride and for the Giant Land Octopus! I'm planning on moving forward with this new look but i'd love to get some feedback from everyone to see what you all think. Love it? Hate it? Got a comment? Let me know!

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The Bandit & The Bride | Fifth Edition 4th Level Adventure

DMDave is an amazingly talented writer and producer who has been creating top tier adventures, monsters, and player options for years. He is also the producer of Broadsword Monthly, an old-school style print magazine of our favourite Tabletop Role Playing Game. This adventure was written a...

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Giant Land Octopus | New Fifth Edition Monster

Giant Land Octopus

A natural predator that is feared across the oceans, the giant octopus is the perfect apex predator. It is extremely adaptable to its environment and eventually found a way to survive on land. Capable of burrowing through the earth and sand, the giant land octopus is not limited by the boundaries of the ocean shores like its ocean-going brethren.

A solitary creature by nature, it prefers to lie in wait for its prey, sitting in pools of quicksa...

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The Caves of Silence | Fifth Edition 3rd-Level Adventure

DMDave is an amazingly talented writer and producer who has been creating top tier adventures, monsters, and player options for years. He is also the producer of Broadsword Monthly, an old-school style print magazine of our favourite Tabletop Role Playing Game. This adventure was written as...

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Monthly Theme Poll - February 2021


Okay everyone it's that time again! Here are a few ideas for what kind of content I will make for February 2021.

Please feel free to add any suggestions as a comment and I will add them to the poll!


Update: 1/20/21 - Just a reminder there are only 10 days left to cast your vote for next month's theme!

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