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Meet The Maker | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 5th, 8th, or 11th-Level

Meet the Maker is a Fifth Edition adventure for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, or 11. The adventure is setting agnostic and can be placed in any world that has a large city with a sewer system. It is intended to be used as a resolution for a character whose background includes membership in an artisan’s guild.

Background

The large city of Akaton is home to two prestigious megaguilds of artisans. The Ralora Galler...

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Sailor Take Warning | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 5th, 8th, or 11th-Level

Sailor Take Warning is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters, optimized for a party of 4 characters of 5th, 8th, or 11th level. This adventure takes place in a coastal region. Its formal location is left intentionally blank so you can easily insert it into any campaign of your choice.

Background

A decade ago, ruthless pirates led by Graham Raipur, captain of the Sinner’s Scythe, harassed the region, until they were driven off...

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Sailor Take Warning | Map Assets

Sailor Take Warning is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters, optimized for a party of 4 characters of 5th, 8th, or 11th level. This adventure takes place in a coastal region. Its formal location is left intentionally blank so you can easily insert it into any campaign of your choice.

Background

A decade ago, ruthless pirates led by Graham Raipur, captain of the Sinner’s Scythe, harassed the region, until they were driven off...

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BroadSword Issue #19

Trapped in a haunted keep, a blizzard howls beyond the walls...  A solitary ranger must escape a mystical wood, pursued by relentless enemies... The tomb of a corrupted paladin beckons to the unwary and the greedy... A mysterious orphanage, haunted by the souls of the damned... These adventures and more may be found in this issue of BroadSword Monthly!

  • 13 varied adventures for characters of level 3 to 13
  • 12 new monstrous foes
  • 7 new magic items and 4 new spel...

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Rumble in the Food Pyramid | Fifth Edition Adventure for 4th-Level

Rumble in The Food Pyramid is a Fifth Edition adventure designed for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 4. The party must accompany an apprentice adventurer into a battle chef cook-off hosted by an eccentric mummy wizard. This adventure takes place a few hours away from the town of Woodpine but can easily be placed in any high magic setting.

Background

After spending centuries honing his skills, an eccentric mummy wizard named Torwix h...

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Rumble in the Food Pyramid | Map Assets

Rumble in The Food Pyramid is a Fifth Edition adventure designed for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 4. The party must accompany an apprentice adventurer into a battle chef cook-off hosted by an eccentric mummy wizard. This adventure takes place a few hours away from the town of Woodpine but can easily be placed in any high magic setting.

Background

After spending centuries honing his skills, an eccentric mummy wizard named Torwix h...

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Call for Suggestions 88 - Ideas for Feats

Hey all!

I'm working on player-facing content for Pexia's Guide to Omeria (and beyond) and would love to hear some ideas for feats from all of you.

Down in the comments below, drop a short comment on a feat that you would like to see. Don't worry about the mechanical jargon. Just let me know a cool way to customize a character. These can be racial, class-based, or even Omeria specific.

Looking forward to see what you've got!

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7 FREE Encounters | Amazing Encounters & Places Vol. 1

Funded in under 6 hours, Amazing Encounters & Places Vol. 1 is built to cut down prep time and increase hours spent on exciting adventures and exploration. Filled with locations, encounters, and maps to go with them, all you have to do is pick the place and level of your party and you're good to go!

This book can be used in several way...

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Dungeons & Lairs 24: Flesh Golem Laboratory | Digital Assets

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Flesh Golem Laboratory is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3, 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and makes adjustments accordingly. A trio of diabolical golem creators and their gruesome servants maintain a laboratory in the center of a major city.

Plug-in Adventure

As a plug-in adventure, the adventure content...

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[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs 24: Flesh Golem Laboratory | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 3rd, 5th, 8th, or 11th-Level

Flesh Golem Laboratory is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3, 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and makes adjustments accordingly. A trio of diabolical golem creators and their gruesome servants maintain a laboratory in the center of a major city.

Plug-in Adventure

As a plug-in adventure, the adventure content serves as drop-in material for game masters who wish to add a du...

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Poll 213 - What type of splatbook do you want to see made?

Hey all!

Starting soon, we'll be diving into the world of splatbooks. Splatbooks are sourcebooks devoted to a particular facet, character class, or fictional faction in a role-playing game, providing additional background details and rules options. For example, a "swords and sorcery" fantasy game might offer splatbooks for each of the races in the setting: humans, dwarves, elves, and others.

Below, I've listed some ideas for the first batch of splatbooks. Pick the type that you li...

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One Word Prompt 56 - November Story Adventure

Hey folks!

I’ve got an idea stewing for November’s big Story Adventure. I still need to hammer out a few details. My favorite way to do that is with one word prompts.

Leave a single word in the comments below. That word will help me generate the plot.

Usual rules:

  • Keep it clean
  • Nothing too anachronistic


  • One word per patron
  • No proper nouns

Looking forward to it!

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Poll 212 - November "Big Adventure" Title

Hey all,

To get the gears turning for November, I've randomly chosen six spells from the Player's Handbook. One of these spell names will end up as the title for November's big "story adventure." I just need your help deciding which one it will be. Not only will this name the adventure, but it'll help me come up with the plot, too.

Thanks!

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Call for Suggestions 87 - November Theme

Hey all!

November is almost here. So that means it’s time to figure out the content slate for next month. I’ll probably have a few Dungeons & Lairs packs plus a longer story. And if I get enough time, I’ll also release more USNT.

But what theme should I do for November?

  • Give me your idea down in the comments below. Try not to do more than a few words—think of it as elevator pitch
  • Also look through the other ideas and thumbs up the ones you like bes...

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Poll 211 - November Adventure Pack

Hey folks,

Dungeons & Lairs 24 will be out this weekend. I'll be drafting up new content for release in November. I'm curious what style of adventure that you'd like to see. Below, I've included a few ideas on which you can vote.

  • Anthology. This will be similar to the one I just put out for retro horror prompts 21 Spine-Tingling Tales of Terror. It'll involve a lot of smaller adventure prompts that are only 1-2 pages.
  • Dungeons &...

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21 Spine-Tingling Tales of Terror | An Adventure Anthology by DMDave

Why do we enjoy horror? Is it the existential mystery lurking behind death’s door that draws us? Perhaps the terrors inflicted upon the protagonists remind us of our own mortality and relative safety? Maybe we enjoy the rush of adrenaline wrought by the cat suddenly springing out of a cupboard? Or is it something darker?

This document contains 21 tales of terror which can be easily inserted into any Fifth Edition adventure campaign. Most of the tales herein are little more than one or...

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Call for Suggestions - Flesh Golem Trinkets

Hey all!

Edit: we just need 34 more! If you haven’t already make some suggestions below.

I'm compiling a list of trinkets an adventurer might find in the laboratory of a mad scientist or golem creator. These items should be relatively small and worth no more than a handful of copper pieces.

In the comments below, leave the name of a trinket. The name should be no more than 3-4 words in length, the kinda thing you can easily insert into a large rollable ta...

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One Word Prompt #55 - Flesh Golem Laboratory

Hey all!

Working on some spooky stuff for next week's release. Got a flesh golem laboratory to fill up with some spooky things. Got 13 rooms in all, so it's first come, first serve.

Typical rules:

1. Keep it clean.

2. Nothing too anachronistic (although, this does have a bit of a sci-fi edge)

3. No proper nouns

4. One word per patron

Leave a comment below and I'll work it into the adventure.

Thanks in advance! <3

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What do you want to see happen on DMDave's Patreon going forward?

Hey all!

We're kicking around a few different ideas behind the scenes to focus on creating even more value for all of you. Below, I've listed some of the things we've thought about and included a poll to get some ideas from all of you. 

Here is a brief description of the things we're thinking about adding to the mix:

  • A "living" game where you the Patrons and other DMs can affect the ongoing subplot in Omeria (kinda like Living Greyhawk ba...

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Mutated Monsters | 4 FREE Sample Monsters for Fifth Edition

Mutated Monsters is a brand new Fifth Edition book by Dice Dungeons, full of monsters who are moving on to their next evolution. Fill your encounters with exciting enhancements to old classics you know and love, or explore what the gods of evolution have in store with brand new monsters to populate your game!

Already 300%...

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Image Prompt #2! Abyssal Layers

Hey everyone!👋

I had a ton of fun this weekend writing adventures based on the retro horror art prompt. You’ll have a 21 adventure anthology series out this weekend. ☠️

Seeing as how this went pretty well I figured we try it again for next week. This time the theme is “abyssal layers.” Here’s what I need from you.

Bloody Bunch Destroys the Multiverse LIVE Tonight on DMDave's Discord

Hey all!

Hope you're having a badass Saturday. Tonight, I'm running a game for my 3+-year-old D&D group, the Bloody Bunch. They're all 20th-level murder hobos but I love them. In the current episode, the Bloody Bunch finds themselves trapped in the 113th layer of the Abyss, Thanatos. Yep, that's the home of Mr. Orcus.

Will they get out? Probably. Will they survive? Most likely. Will it be insane? Always.

Join the Discord to listen and have a chat: 2021-10-16 22:26:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Help me break out of writers block!

It’s been a harrowing week for ol DMDave. My truck got smashed by hail again (second time in six months), I have a nasty sinus infection, and I’ve got crazy writer’s block to boot.


Seeing as how Halloween is right around the corner, I want to write a series of quick, weird horror encounters.

Here’s what I need from you.

  • Search Google for “retro horror art.”
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Ritual Interrupted | FREE Encounter + Map for Fifth Edition (Moonlight Maps)

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Moonlight Maps is Kickstarting an ambitious and insanely useful product starting this week called ATLAS! (Fully funded in 69 minutes!)

ATLAS is an ingenious concept: a binder of 100 huge, full-color maps to bust out for you...

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Poll - Pexia's Guide to Omeria Organization

Hey all,

I'm putting the finishing touches to Pexia's Guide to Omeria now and was wondering how you all would like to see the book organized. 

Traditionally, most campaign books are organized by Player > Dungeon Master content > Monsters. 

I thought I might do something a little different and organize it by regions and include content relative to that region. So each section of the book is like a mini-campaign guide. So for example, it'd be Orbea > Races a...

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Rise of the Factions: The Forgedragon | Digital Assets

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Foundry Manifest URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gv95pbmy2g4ogra/module.json?dl=1

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Team SuperHydra Strikes agai...

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Rise of the Factions: The Forgedragon | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 7th-Level

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Team SuperHydra Strikes again!

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16 FREE Monster Cards from Dungeon in a Box

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Our friends over at Dungeon In A Box are at it again! After revolutionizing the flat mini scene last year with their original Skinny Minis Kickstarter campaign, Dungeon In A Box is looking to bring even greater variety and depth to your gaming table with the new Skinny Minis 2 Kickstarter!<...

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BroadSword Monthly #18 | Swamp Adventures

Missing children, fallen godlings, and revived ruinous cults are a few of the nefarious goings-on in this swamp-laden issue of BroadSword Monthly! Gather your wits and your waders and plunge into this moist, action-packed collection of adventures for Fifth Edition!

Included in this action-packed issue of BroadSword Monthly:

  • 13 adventures set in nefarious swampy environs!
  • 8 new creatures
  • 4 new magic items
  • New Barbarian Path: the Path of Destructio...

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Buckler: September 2021

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It's that time again! Here's the round up of content from last month on the DMDave Patreon.

September 2021 Buckler Contains:

Adventures:

  • Dungeons & Lairs 20: Lich Tower
  • Dungeons & Lairs 21: Werewolf Village
  • Dungeons & Lairs 22: Haunted Castle
  • Dungeons & Lairs Collection Volume I
  • Uncle Skeleton's Nightmare Tunnels - Chapter 5
  • 5 BroadSword...

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