As we wrap up our February blood magic release we have been looking forward to our March release "Reign of the Mad King".
We have a lot of ideas for subclasses for the March release but we want to hear from YOU!
What subclass is most interesting to you? What cool abilities can you think of to go along with your favorite one?
Cleric - Al...
2022-01-25 18:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Our February release has a focus on blood magic a new subschool of necromancy magic bringing you 22 new blood magic spells!
This is the work in progress art for the "blood blade" spell which allows casters to form a (you guessed it) blade made from their own blood.
Many of the new blood magic spells come at a cost, but grant the caster greater power.
We are really looking forward to the next release, and working hard to bring you some...
2022-01-24 17:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Our good friend Clute of Epic Adventure Miniatures has been working on some AMAZING 3D printable sculpts for January (or February, depending on how long they take to finish). While they aren't quite done, we wanted to share some WIP images for you, our awesome Critical Crew!
The first is our Soma Bulwark, which Clute did the concept art for as well. This will include a "blade" and "cannon...
2022-01-22 18:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
What is a tavern without a few songs to be sung of ancient histories or tales and omens of the day?
This month we are releasing both 'Ezra's Lament' and 'The Ballad of the Butcher', showcasing a bit of the story of two of the titular characters in "The Death of Magic" Adventure, sung by our resident bard Sarah.
You can find these songs in your monthly tier folders.
Every story has...
2022-01-19 16:24:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Critical Crew!
The time has finally come to choose a side! Which of the two factions would you side with?
The winning faction will be fleshed out more thoroughly in some of our future releases.
Hey Critical Crew!
We're excited to share our latest collaboration with you all. We've teamed up with Cast n Play to bring all patrons a TON of extra content this month!
All patrons can now find the following inside of their January Google Drive folders:
2022-01-14 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
As you may have gathered from the teaser at the end of "The Death of Magic", next month is none other than our take on Blood Magic! We have a ton of content getting wrapped up currently (anybody needing 22 new spells??), but wanted to share a behind the scenes look at one of my personal favorite pieces of artwork we've done so far
Next month we are introducing you to our Blood Elemental. This congealed construct is conjured from - you guessed it, bloo...
2022-01-13 15:42:38 +0000 UTC View Post
As usual, we want to reach out to you and see what amazing ideas our community has for what they would like to see for the Unseelie Court release.
Hey Critical Crew!
Big thanks to everyone who liked and shared the posts for our first-ever holiday giveaway. We had a TON of people hearing about us through your efforts, and we very much appreciate you all.
We're excited to announce that our winner was Xirdie!
Congratulations Xirdie, and we'll be in contact with you to begin the process of getting your character's artwork created!
Stay tuned for more exciting content as January is jus...
2022-01-07 20:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Critical Crew!
We're excited to share with you all our latest Community Content - a collaboration with Ian of Tabletop RPG Music to bring you an original arcanepunk soundtrack to play with your 'The Death of Magic' adventure this month! This track, Clockword Arcana, is available in three different versions - the original, a seamless looping vers...
2022-01-05 17:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe have lots planned for February and March (blood magic and madness incoming) but we wanted to begin reaching out to you, our amazing patrons, to see what YOU want to see in the coming months.
This vote will determine the theme of the content in April.
The Unseelie Court
An exploration of the dark side of fey and fairies. The Unseelie ...
2022-01-03 23:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Loremasters!
The January release can be found in the Google Drive folder here. We sincerely hope you enjoy what we've created for you this month. If you have any questions or any feedback to share, feel free to comment below or join us in the Critical Crafting Discord server!
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2022-01-01 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new year and a new threat, can you stop the blank from annihilating magic as we know it?
We're very excited to share this month's release titled The Death of Magic. This release clocks in at almost 80 pages!
This month's 26 page adventure is designed for players 3rd - 4th level, and is intended to be a very difficult enco...
2022-01-01 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Critical Crew!
January is wrapped up and ready to roll out, with the high-tech Blank facing off against the Arcanuum.
We are currently working on February, our "Blood Magic" month, and after seeing all the amazing ideas for "The White Sea" for a later month, we wanted to see what cool ideas people might have for February.
Here is our current idea lineup, what ideas do YOU have?
Post your ideas in the comments!
We are hard at work coming up with ideas for some of our upcoming monthly content and wanted to get some community feedback!
This desert is characterized by ancient crumbling cities, swaths of sweltering sunlight, and of course, lots and lots of sand. But that's all pretty standard right? And we want to bring you something unique. Often that starts with a name. For this poll, we are aski...
2021-12-28 15:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Critical Crew!
As you know by now, we're ALWAYS looking for ways to give our patrons even more content each and every month.
We wrote this adventure for our good friend Christine of Moonlight Minis and Christine wanted to spread the love, so all patrons can now find it in their Google Drive folders!
Patrons will have access to this bonus content up to the end of January.
Christine is an INCREDIBLE sculptor th...
2021-12-23 20:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Whether you celebrate Christmas, the feast of Yul, or something else entirely, Ol' Chap wants to make sure you have the best holiday season possible!
As a way to add to your home game, we'd like to extend Ol' Chap Ettercap to your table via his NPC card, three maps of his Magic Item Emporium shop (the basement laboratory and greenhouse, the magic item shop on the main level, and the brand new inn upstairs), and even an STL file<...
2021-12-22 14:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Critical Crew!
Hope the craziness of the holiday's doesn't have you getting too out of sorts. But do remember, you never know when a Yule Lad may be watching you and reporting in...
Here's our favorite ways to use the Yule Lads:
Door Sniffer
Hey everyone!
Dillon and I have been hard at working getting the final touches on January's release, and we couldn't be more excited. The lore and plot are taken directly from our home campaign of nearly 5 years, and so this release is especially near and dear to us.
January introduces the Blank - a militaristic anti-magic faction that grew as a result of the ...
2021-12-17 14:40:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Join ArvanEleron on Twitch this Sunday 12/17 from 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST as he runs our very own "Midwintär's Mourning" adventure from our December Patreon release for #DisConIII !
https://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
If you aren't already a patron you can get all of December's 70 page 'Midwintär's Mourning' and hundreds of pages of backlogged content for only $7.00 !
2021-12-16 15:09:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
We're excited to share our latest collaboration with the awesome people of Rudok's Tavern - the artwork for our Mari Lwyd statblock!
Rudok's Tavern is bringing to you the hottest D&D content from their homebrew universe. You can find them on their various social media platforms and at https://www.patreon.com/rudokstavern
So show our friends at Rudok's Taven some lo...
2021-12-13 20:41:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Who are you backing in this fight?
For us:
Round 1: Admiral Eri throws his Returning Magic Ship in a Bottle / Jotunn uses Frost Storm ability
Round 2: Eri attacks with his Cutlass and then Hides in the snow / Jotunn heads argue between using the Rock ability or casting Snow Blindness, before the head in charge uses their Enlarge ability to prepare for the Rock next round
Round 3: Eri stands defiantly and says 'you've a...
Hey everyone!
Today we wanted to showcase one of our items from December's release - the Glove of Snowballs! Join the Patreon to get access to this and the rest of our 70 page Midwintär's Mourning release for the month.
This item actually has its origin in our own D&D game several years ago. Our GM Dillon always gives out holiday magic items every year to our characters, and more often than not they are items that don't initially seem to ...
2021-12-08 19:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings patrons!
We're excited to share with you all our latest Community Content - a collaboration with Sean of McRo Music to bring you three original soundtracks to play with your Midwintär's Mourning adventure!
You can find these three amazing soundtracks uploaded into your tier's Google Drive folder or in this 2021-12-06 17:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Enter into 2022 with professional artwork and writeup of your fantasy character!
Greetings fellow patrons and tabletop enthusiasts,
It’s the first-ever Critical Crafting Holiday Giveaway!
We will select one lucky winner to work with the Critical Crafting team to create original artwork and a writeup of their character to be included in one of our Patreon monthly installments and released for free as an Illustrated NPC card across all our social media ...
2021-12-03 17:47:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Loremasters!
The December release can be found in the Google Drive folder here. We sincerely hope you enjoy what we've created for you this month. If you have any questions or any feedback to share, feel free to comment below or join us in the Critical Crafting Discord server!
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2021-12-01 17:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Open Post - December 'Midwintär's Mourning' Release
The feast of Yul is here!... or is it? With children missing and mischievous creatures wrecking havoc, who's to say if this winter's celebrations will be happy at all??
We're very excited to share this month's release titled Midwintär's Mourning.
This release comes in at nearly 70 pages!
2021-12-01 16:52:52 +0000 UTC
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Hey Loremasters!
One final reminder to download the PDF from your Google Drive folder before the adventure and battlemaps come down tomorrow.
Thanks for all the love and support and we can't wait to reveal December's 'Midwintar's Mourning' with you all tomorrow
- Dillon, Cameron, and Sarah
2021-11-30 23:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post
December's 'Midwintär's Mourning' is dropping this week, so if your tier includes November's 'The Dreamer Awakens' adventure be sure to download it before it's gone!
2021-11-29 20:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings patrons!
Before November ends, we wanted to share another piece of bonus community content with you all - an artifact called 'The Tears of Gio'.
For this near-mythical item (our first artifact ever with extended lore!), we've partnered with our good friends Beto Lima for the gorgeous artwork and 2021-11-25 03:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post