Greetings Adventurers,
We couldn't be more excited to kick of this series! We're beginning a here with our first Drudgework creature and it's just the first of many. Over the coming months we'll be bringing you additional creatures for both 5E and PF2E in this style all with a focus on creating a cohesive creature set you could use for an adventure in your games. While the Skitterer is the first, we plan on bringing you several other Drudgework constructs including our final entry which...
2023-05-26 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
Tinkering and tooling away, the dwarves are known for their seemingly miraculous machinations and the Drudgeworks are some of their pride and joy. Interconnected by a series of telepathic crystals and possessed of a learning mind, these machines are truly wonders of modern engineering. They do come with their own risks though, but I’m sure all will be fine. These gloves are made from the same type of electromagnets that come equipped on the Drudgework Skitte...
2023-05-25 14:12:18 +0000 UTC
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Typically we travel the world and scavenge things from far and wide to bring to you and share those marvelous finds. This time, things are a bit different though as this is a truly home brewed creation of ours fresh from our shop. The Pocket Abby! Some of you may know Abby as our loveable patro… er uh mascot! Now you can have your own huggable, squeezable version of her to take on the road and keep you company on those scary occasions you may find yourself i...
2023-05-18 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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On the outskirts of town the quiet of the countryside is occasionally dotted with the sound of explosions. You would think that would be more startling to the folk of this particular hamlet, but they tell me “Ah that’s just the ole powder merchant”. Intrigued by this individual, I had to make his acquaintance. It turns out he’s not just a simple powder merchant, but an inventor as well. I was a bit worried to take charge of such a volatile invention as...
2023-05-11 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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There are some tenacious navigators in this world. The types that are driven to find everything and map the uncharted. Those that will throw themselves to the edges of the world trying to see what hasn’t been seen. Some of them are apparently also decent with a bow and have a vendetta with things that are quite a distance away. I’m not sure where all of that anger comes from, but what I do know is that I would be careful what I say to a cartographer. You n...
2023-05-04 13:05:16 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone!
It's gonna be May!... Well, alright it already is. I just have to start every May with that and if I don't I feel like I'm letting my inner 90s kid down. We said April was going to be a big month as we moved into creating in a new system and a big month it was. It was filled with lots of content, questions, and learning experiences for me. Certainly I wasn't expecting the expansion to go as smoothly as it did, but I certainly can't complain.
Now, the new ...
2023-05-01 16:05:11 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Adventurers,
It was an above average sized month for us here at AB with our expansion into offering items for Pathfinder 2E as well. While we know that's not something for everyone, we did want to take the time to celebrate it a bit with an item commemorating our new expansion. We have a number of things in the works including a digital kompendium, more expansive One More Thing releases, and a lot more that we can't tell you about just yet until we get them further along. We'r...
2023-04-28 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The halls of the runerites, a majestic place to be sure but one that is ever so noisy. The constant tinks and pings of metal on stone is enough to drive a traveler crazy. For those that speak the language of the stones, they hear each chip and crack as though it were a volume of knowledge. They extract meaning from these tones and timbres and work them into their own sentence that brings with it miraculous results. I will say, being gifted one of these immacul...
2023-04-27 15:00:07 +0000 UTC
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As prices in the cities continued to rise and events got more and more exclusive, those left on the outside were drifting ever further from being able to make their matters known. That’s when an enterprising individual with a passion for enchantment got an idea. He would make his own way into any event. Locked in his study he made roll after roll of these golden tickets and tapped them with the magics needed to open doors and move guards. Unfortunately for t...
2023-04-20 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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One of the themes of AB has been lifting up other creators that we enjoy and trying to help them find their footing. We consider that to be core to how we run things, but there have also been folks that have lifted us up from the beginning and none more so than Tom Cartos.
You might know him for his amazing fantasy maps that he's been creating for years. I've used them in my campaigns and found the attention to detail to be second to none. As of today, he no longer just makes fantasy ma...
2023-04-14 19:53:00 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
The whisperers of the gales are an ancient order tucked far away beyond the clouds where they hone their relationship with the winds. Their monasteries are dotted with everblooming cherry blossom trees that they use to practice their craft. The whisperers dare not try to control the gales themselves, they merely know the magical language to negotiate with the earthly forces that are behind them. The whisperers’ famous hand fans have become a symbol of their ...
2023-04-13 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Many had come to this small hamlet out in the countryside where they say a sword worthy of a king had been embedded in stone for years until. Some would come to try their luck while others merely came to gawk. The folks of the town didn’t mind so much. Travelers meant money to them so they were happy to see nobles, warriors, and paladins alike come and try their hand then drown their sorrows at the local watering hole. One day, a lad as big as a barn showed ...
2023-04-06 13:14:55 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone!
A happy April to you all. We hope that those of you in the northern hemisphere are enjoying a smooth start to your spring and that those in the southern hemisphere can start getting their fall activities in order. This March was a busy one for us as we are on the road to making an announcement later this week that we are extremely excited for. For now though, we're happy to bring you your monthly wrap up where you can find all of the month's files in one place.
2023-04-03 15:35:36 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
Deep under the mountain crags that dominate the surface of the dwarven kingdom, a solitary dwarf toils humming to himself mixing his concoctions and testing them with strips of thin paper. He tries one, holding it up to the candle light in front of him “basic”, he tries another “acidic”, and one more “Ah, now you. You might just work.” He pours some on his hands and responds “Hrmm tingly” before lathering it on his already luscious beard. A mom...
2023-03-30 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
Deep within a long forgotten cathedral, one lone parishioner still makes his pilgrimage to pay respects to the lord he worships. The beads clutched tightly in his hands and an unfamiliar symbol hangs from the necklace, both intriguing and ominous. He creaks open the door to the altar and kneels in front of it offering his prayers to his lord who rises once more to meet the man. A pale visage stares down down on him and sharpened teeth expose themselves i...
2023-03-23 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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We had journeyed far through flowing hills dotted with vineyards and small terracotta roofed houses before we arrived in the city. Our first stop was a local watering hole where we found an older gentleman who shared stories with us about his days in the arena in his youth. He had long since given that up and now lived in the lap of luxury. Something he attributed to the horn he kept close by at all times. He told us that his days were growing short as his bod...
2023-03-16 15:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Through a series of circumstances that I’m rather unwilling to explain, I ended up at a needlepoint class. Look, it was something to do and I was rather restless on a midweek evening. I got to talking with a kindly elf who spoke happily about her adventuring days that had long since passed. She spoke of odd topics including time and the nature of it. I wasn’t sure what to make of her until I realized everyone else had left already and yet she and I were si...
2023-03-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone!
Well we made it into March and though there's still snow on the ground in our part of the world, spring is finally right around the corner and I couldn't be more excited. We have amazing things coming in March including an expanded version of our travel system Campfire, but first here's a wrap up of everything that we made in February. As always, you can find your wrap up files on your master post linked below.
Now, the new items for the month:
Am...
2023-03-04 16:27:59 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
We’ve been known to run in some less than savory circles from time to time. What? Don’t look so judgemental. Sometimes the “bad” folks have the coolest stuff! Either way, we had been told by a certain necromancer that they knew of a method to bind souls together, intrinsically linking their fate to those of others. Well, that’s a particularly powerful ability so we asked them to show us. After taking a bit of time to master it, we asked about the pos...
2023-03-02 16:38:46 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone!
First of all, I want to acknowledge that this is a really late wrap up post for the month. The simple reason is that January was such a mess with the OGL drama that I simply forgot to put one together (Thanks to Levi for reminding me about it!). The full wrap up links have been added to your respective master posts linked below. We'll be doing February's wrap up next week. Apologies about the delay, but hopefully you still enjoy these.
Now, the new items for th...
2023-02-23 20:29:54 +0000 UTC
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Deep within the bowels of the hells as fighting rages eternally, a new creature was born to feed the lust for weapons in the armies of devils below. The Hellsmith is a creature that brings the heat to the battlefield, able to forge weapons for its allies around it and keep the pressure of the march onward. You’ll often heard the dreaded tink of hammer on steel long before you see a Hellsmith. Possessed with a spark of creativity, these beasts are far more than d...
2023-02-23 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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I was horrified when a portal opened in our shop and a beast stepped through with a fiery hole in its chest bearing a hammer for an arm and an anvil on its knee. I had heard of these hellsmiths before in my reading, but the prospect of one being in the shop was less than an exciting prospect, especially considering how flammable I am. I shook in terror as the beast approached and placed its blazing hot sword on the counter. It blurted out “how much?”... Ok...
2023-02-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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When a person rolled into our shop telling me they had a house to sell, at first I was taken aback and then very disinterested. I’m no realtor or rentor, I explained that we were a shop of magical wares and nothing else. They persisted and I must admit that I admired their determination so I said why not. That’s when they plopped down a small keychain. I will admit I had a good laugh at first thinking it was a clever joke, but then they uttered 3 words and...
2023-02-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Happy Valentine’s Day Adventurers!
We met a jeweler not long past who had felt she had already mastered her trade. She had spent time crafting amulets, earrings, bracelets, and more from the finest metals and jewels she could get her hands on. Oh and the rings. SO MANY RINGS. She exclaimed over and over that she just wanted someone to have something original to craft. Well I had been looking for something a little special for my partner, so I commissioned a piece from her. A vow. ...
2023-02-09 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Our good friend Darryl at Splattered Ink has put together an amazingly full featured Kickstarter that is flush with hundreds of acrylic tokens ready to be used at your tables. It's been an amazing success so far and has been backed by nearly 1500 people!
It's entering its final 72 hours now and to celebrate the success of the campaign and the unlocking of all of its stretch goals, Darryl has been kind enough to send out a sample pack of some of the tokens you'd...
2023-02-07 17:39:40 +0000 UTC
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We were scrounging through the discarded piles of an inventor’s workshop when we came across this little metallic figure looking something like a crab with a crystal on top. I thought it was perhaps some measure of children’s toy, but sure enough it emitted magic. I would have stayed to examine it a bit longer, but the sound of an angry inventor and the approaching pitchforks and torches made it obvious that we were no longer welcome. I have no idea why Ti...
2023-02-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers,
It is said that those who fail to prepare should prepare to fail and some wizards take that mantra to heart. They set about making plans for the future, drawing upon their connections to the magical forces in this world to see a knowledge of what may come. They spend time getting themselves ready for the day and look to set themselves up for success no matter what eventuality may come. These wizards are practitioners of the School of Resolutions.
2023-01-29 19:41:07 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
I come to you in high spirits tonight because it has been a very long few weeks and finally, a very stressful chapter in our career as creators is coming to a close. I talked previously about the situation surrounding the OGL v1.1 and how terrible it would have been for creators like us. I'm not going to dwell on bad news though, because today I have extremely good news to share.
2023-01-28 01:45:15 +0000 UTC
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Greetings adventurers!
Ancient bloodlines stretch back to the formations of these worlds. Intrinsically tied to the forces within, they course with magical energies. These bracelets used to be common amongst those that had the ability to touch the leylines of the world’s energies, but sadly most have been lost or destroyed by the ravages of time. How did we come across this one you might ask? Well we found a skeletal arm hanging out of some rubble with it on. Did I mention that it...
2023-01-26 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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You know, some people just really have to make themselves the talk of the town. They demand to have the latest and greatest in their wardrobe and for some that leads them to rather questionable decisions. Decisions like strapping conductive elements to your shoes and walking around town with electrical pops coming from your feet, lighting up the area. Sure everything went well with these, until someone took a brief jog and touched an armored guard. It was as s...
2023-01-19 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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