Hey everyone! My sincerest apologies, but I will be unavailable for a bit while handling some personal life emergencies. Last night there was a drive-by shooting, and bullets tore through my apartment. My girlfriend and I are uninjured (the intended target was killed, however), but we are working on getting out of here as quickly as possible.
There will be a temporary pause on content this week while I sort out insurance and pack things up to handle moving out. I should be back in...
2021-07-26 15:42:40 +0000 UTC
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Track down the missing cattle herd and defeat the death cow
The Death Herd
The Death Herd is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 2nd to 4th level and optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. A local rancher is frantically looking for his herd of cows that went missing during the night. His prize cow Bessy was among them, and the annual ...
2021-07-23 17:46:56 +0000 UTC
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Glaive of the Gilded Guard
Weapon (glaive), rare (requires attunement)
The flat of this glaive is decorated with intricate gold engravings. Its blade is silvered, and its hilt and pommel are set with dazzling, perfectly cut emeralds. Its steel pole is plated with gold and lined with rings of inset diamonds. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When you hit a creature with a successful weapon attack, you can choose to...
2021-07-22 15:35:53 +0000 UTC
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Belt of the Sailor
Wonderous item (belt), uncommon
This magical belt is made from twisted rope tied with an expert nautical knot. While wearing this belt, you gain proficiency in vehicles (water) and a swim speed of 30 feet. If you already have a swim speed of 30 feet or more, wearing the belt increases it by an additional 30 feet. You also have an insatiable desire to drink grog and sing sea shanties.
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Sailors across the world are multi-fa...
2021-07-21 15:52:18 +0000 UTC
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Astral Eater
When the gods used their divine essence to create the universe, they occasionally used too much. This extra energy did not form into their vision and became a detached being of its own with a spark of divine power at its core. These creatures burn with the desire to become more than what they are, and so they roam the cosmos, eating the divine sparks of others as they seek to fulfill their purpose.
Divine Spark. Each astral eater is the lef...
2021-07-19 17:01:20 +0000 UTC
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Update: Roll20 Module is now live for those who want to have the adventure all set up and ready to go!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/12113/the-frost-king
Ente...
2021-07-17 18:06:30 +0000 UTC
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Wayfinder’s Compass
Wondrous item (compass), uncommon
This mahogany-framed compass is wrapped in leather and fixed with a brass clasp mechanism. It is painted with an eyeball where its orienting lines would be, and it lacks directional markers. A small ruby is set into the middle of its needle and a small iron hand with its pointer finger outstretched caps the needle at one end. Rather than pointing north, this compass directs its user to a specific obj...
2021-07-15 14:33:41 +0000 UTC
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Devil Armor
Armor (plate), very rare (requires attunement)
This black and gold plate armor was forged in the lower planes of hell and gives off a faint sulphuric stench. While wearing this armor you gain a +1 bonus to AC, and you can understand and speak Infernal. In addition, any creature that hits you with a melee weapon attack takes 1d8+1 piercing damage from the armor’s spikes. The imbued power in the armor gives you a devil’s gift of persuasion...
2021-07-13 17:08:14 +0000 UTC
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I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs …
— Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollst...
2021-07-12 16:21:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! I hope you've had a fantastic week and are looking forward to the weekend! Just wanted to give a quick update and let you all know what's going about this week's adventure. Unfortunately, I'm working on a big adventure project that has taken up most of my time this past week, and combined with my birthday vacation, I'm a little behind on writing. This week's adventure will be coming, no worries, it will just be a little bit later!
I've put together a little pack of small ...
2021-07-09 15:28:03 +0000 UTC
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Scholar’s Pipe
Wondrous item (pipe), rare, (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
This pipe is crafted from fine mahogany, with a row of books carved into its chamber and a small scroll tied around its stem. When tobacco or a similar substance is burned within it, it wafts a lightly sparkling purple smoke. While actively smoking this pipe, your Intelligence score is 19, and you can accurately recall anything you hav...
2021-07-08 14:41:54 +0000 UTC
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Zadora’s Veil
Wondrous item (veil), rare (requires attunement)
This thin silky veil is adorned with sparkling gemstones that change colors in the light. While wearing this veil you gain a +1 bonus to Charisma saving throws and ability checks, and you gain advantage on Performance checks made with dancing.
The veil has 3 charges and regains all expended charges at dawn. You can use your action to dance and spend charges to cast the following spel...
2021-07-07 16:31:18 +0000 UTC
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Holy Soul
Holy souls are the restless spirits of particularly religious individuals who met a grisly end. In life, these individuals upheld values of truth, justice, and compassion. In death, these values have been turned into twisted reflections of their original forms as the spirits become delirious and angry while maintaining the zealotry they practiced in life. Holy souls are found most often in crumbling churches, ancient ritual sites, or dilapidated tombs.
I...
2021-07-05 17:45:26 +0000 UTC
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Help a pair of spirits move on from this realm and discover the gruesome truth of their murder.
DEATH IN DENIAL: Terror on the Trail Part 1
Death in Denial is part 1 of 2 of a ghostly Fifth Edition mystery adventure called “Terror on the Trail” for three to six characters of 3rd- to 4th-level, optimized for a party of four 3rd-level characters. A pair of men are murdered on the outskirts of ...
2021-07-02 17:54:48 +0000 UTC
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NOTE: This is June's Adventurer Patron Exclusive Adventure!
A vampire knight returns to his ancestral home seeking redemption in a town of secret plots
KNIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
Knight of the Vampire is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 2nd to 4th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. A knight turned...
2021-07-02 02:48:54 +0000 UTC
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Interlocutor’s Golds
Wondrous item (fronts), uncommon
These fronts are forged from solid gold and magically form to fit the wearer’s teeth, regardless of size or orientation. While wearing these fronts, you can use your action to cast the message spell, requiring no components. You can also use your action to cast suggestion once per day, requiring no components.
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The staff wizard crafted these ...
2021-07-01 15:11:36 +0000 UTC
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Champion’s Trident
Weapon (trident), uncommon (requires attunement)
This iron and gold trident is perfectly balanced and lighter than it looks. When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this magic weapon, it gains 1 charge. As a bonus action, you can expend a charge to gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon for 1 minute. This effect is not cumulative, and all charges are lost at the end of a long rest.
You gain a +...
2021-06-29 14:55:38 +0000 UTC
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“Click and clack goes the Seeker’s blade,
To make a snack of the wicked mage.
Through the ghostly veil, they come,
To steal the magic for their fun.”
— Snippet of infernal seeker summoning ritual
Infernal Seekers come in all shapes and sizes from the lower planes with no two alike. They are often cloaked in midnight robes and decke...
2021-06-28 17:04:45 +0000 UTC
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Download this FREE adventure by clicking on the pdf link at the bottom of this post. VTT Map files are available for our Dungeon Master patrons!
Discover the secrets of the cursed château and free the spirits trapped within
Wrath of the Banshee Queen
Wrath of the Banshee Queen is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 9th to 11th level and is optimi...
2021-06-26 13:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Book of Communing
Wondrous item, uncommon
This unholy book is bound in leather made from human skin and smells faintly of brimstone. Its cover is carved with strange occult symbols. A bronze clasp holds it shut, but its lock is broken. This book has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 1 charges at midnight. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of rats consumes and destroys the book, then attacks the nearest creature. &...
2021-06-24 21:19:02 +0000 UTC
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Butcher’s Belt
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
This thick leather belt is nicked and scratched from years of use. Knives hang from hooks on either side and its wrought-iron buckle bears a worn engraving of a vulture. While wearing this belt, you gain advantage on Survival checks and a +1 bonus on Constitution saving throws.
There are two Butcher’s Knives attached to this belt by hooks. If a knife leaves its wielder’s hand, it is in...
2021-06-24 18:28:29 +0000 UTC
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“He said he wasn’t feeling well and just wanted to sleep it off. The next thing we knew, the maggots were bursting out of his eyes...”
— Folmar Carrieth, archeologist
ROTLING
Made from the stuff of nightmares and the corpses of whatever is at hand, Rotlings come in many shapes and sizes. They are a patchwork of rotten flesh from both animals and humanoids, twisted into general bipedal figures. ...
2021-06-24 18:15:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, I hope you had a fantastic weekend, and your Monday is treating you well!
I'm currently on a camping trip for my birthday and love being out in the sun and trees right now! The workaholic that I am would not let me go without my laptop so I could post content to all of you, though! However, in our rush to pack the car—as it so often happens—one of the bags did not get packed, and that is the one that had my external hard drive in it with all of the content I had finish...
2021-06-21 17:33:25 +0000 UTC
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This week we have an exciting collaboration for patrons with original music by McRo Music and a beautifully hand-drawn shrine map by The MAD Cartographer! Watch the banner video above to get a listen to the music and see the map!
Stop a cult of cannibals that desecrated a hero’s shrine from resurrecting an ancie...
2021-06-18 14:29:42 +0000 UTC
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Finger of Odin
Weapon (spear), very rare
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
This spear has a shaft of hardened azurite wrapped with black leather and is double-pointed with silvered adamantine. It is balanced perfectly and feels appropriately weighty in the hands of whoever holds it. Blue sparks dance from the spear when it is wielded in combat. When you hit with a melee or ranged weapon attack using this wea...
2021-06-17 14:20:16 +0000 UTC
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Battleaxe of Vengeful Spirits
Weapon (battleaxe), uncommon (requires attunement)
The onyx and silver blades of this skull-adorned battleaxe are shrouded in a ghostly blue mist from the spirits that haunt it. While wielding this axe, you gain a +1 bonus to Constitution saving throws. The spirits inside lash out at living targets each time you deal damage with this axe, doing an additional 1d4 necrotic damage. This effect does not trigger for constructs o...
2021-06-15 19:31:13 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: Roll20 Adventure Module is now live!
https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/11527/prison-of-the-last-vampire
UPDATE: Added the link for the VTT Map Pack for DM Tier
The tower of an ancient order has suddenly appeared with its vampire prisoner still inside.
2021-06-14 22:11:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, gals, and adventuring pals! Today we have a great collaboration we're got to share with all of you amazing patrons! We were invited to join in on a project with One Page Mage and a team of awesome content creators that includes a whole slew of goodies!
About the Adventure
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2021-06-14 17:21:50 +0000 UTC
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Rotting Crawler
“The bugs were everywhere! We were so focused on them that we didn’t know it was upon us until it dragged Franklin into the trees. His screams still haunt me to this day.”
— Hogard Stonebeard, adventurer
Rotting crawlers are nightmares created from the muck of the swamps and held together with the bones of the dead. Its sticky appendages allow it to climb into the trees with the grace and e...
2021-06-14 16:45:13 +0000 UTC
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Box of Vampire Teeth
Wondrous item, rare
This small box is cracked and dirty. It is constructed of oak and fitted with a brass hatch mechanism. A holy symbol is carved into its lid. Inside this box are 2d4 vampire canine teeth. The box weighs 3 pounds. If you remove a tooth from the box and plant it in the ground at a depth of at least 1 foot, the tooth recreates the effect of an unholy hallow spell centered on where it was buried. This cannot be...
2021-06-10 14:16:54 +0000 UTC
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