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What's your favorite VTT?

Hey all! 

Quick survey: what's your favorite virtual table top to play Fifth Edition (or otherwise on)?

Let me know below.

New Player Option - Druid Circle of Aberranterra

At 2nd level, a druid gains the Druid Circle feature. The following Circle of Aberranterra option is available to a druid, in addition to those normally offered.

Circle of Aberranterra

Druids who are members of the Circle of Aberranterra focus on one goal: change. The world in its natural state cannot effectively defend itself from the rigors of man. Thus, it is the mission of you and your compatriots to alter the landscape itself so that it might fight back.

[Poll] Lovecraft Inspired Subclasses

Hey all!

It's Cosmic Horror month! So that means... a new subclass (or three)! 

Let me know which class you want me to see make a subclass to combat the unspeakable horrors at the edge of reason.

Vote once! Voting ends later tonight!

[One Word Prompts] Gimme Some Words for "The Lurkers"

Hey all!

It's that time again. Currently, I'm outlining the adventure The Lurkers and I need about 10-20 one-word prompts to create locations. 

Gimme your best words. One per person, please! 

Our Friends Loot Tavern and Humperdink's Wares Kickstarter (Just Went Live)!

Hey! 

Max and Mo, cross-continental buddies who make items for games like D&D under the guise of Loot Tavern and Humperdink's Wares, have a new Kickstarter that just went live. Mo designed some pins, Max wrote some cool effects, and they thought "Hey, why don't we make these in real life as well as in-game."

Need a gift for your favorite ...

DMDave Adventure - The Atrophy of Flesh

The Atrophy of Flesh is a Fifth Edition adventure for four to five characters of 2nd to 3rd level, and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 2. Characters who complete the adventure should earn enough experience to reach the 3rd level. The adventure takes place in the hamlet of Ostenwold in northern Omeria. Although the adventure text assumes placement in the Legends of Omeria campaign setting, you can easil...

Dreams in the Witch Room | New 1st-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Dreams in the Witch Room is a Fifth Edition adventure for a party of four or five 1st-to-2nd-level characters, and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1. Characters who successfully complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach the 2nd level. The adventure takes place at The Sanguine Dawn Inn, a small tavern found in the village of Ostenwold in Northern Omeria. While this module assumes that the adve...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 177-178/366 - Byakhee and Rat-thing

Byakhee

Byakhees are strange creatures that appear to be a mixture of rotting humanoids, crows, and ants. Although they make their home in interstellar space and other lonely voids, byakhees are frequently encountered as agents of some malign agenda.

Spacefaring Nature. The byakhee does not require air and is immune to the natural perils of vacuum (extreme heat and cold, zero pressure).

Rat-Thing

From afar or in poor lighting, rat-things l...

Buckler August 2020

Hey all! 

Here is the collected content for August 2020 with our arctic theme. 

In this single zip, you'll get:

12 New Monsters

• Blood Lichen
• Draugr
• Drow, Omerian
• Emperor of Bones
• Etunaz
• Frost Skull
• Ice Wasp
• Prototaxite
• Shoggoth
• Vampire Wretch
• Wind Cat
• Zombie Owlbear

7 New Adventures

• The Neverending Dungeon (Any level)
• S...
  2020-09-03 16:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post

[366 Days of Monters] Days 175-176 - Romero Zombies

The typical Fifth Edition zombie is a slow-moving, mindless automaton controlled by a necromancer or its own insatiable desire to maim and kill. However, the zombies popularized by George Romero, The Walking Dead, and other zombie stories since the '70s and '80s are much less malicious—but just as horrific, if not even more so. A Romero zombie is a slow-moving creature driven by an intense hunger for living flesh. A creature bitten by a Romero zombie usually contracts a deadly viru...

Tonight! DMDave is streaming on Twitch.tv

Hey all! We're streaming a game tonight set in Waterdeep with characters from the regular Mad Mage game.

https://www.twitch.tv/dmdave_com

We'll have it up on YouTube soon, too.

One Word Prompts!

Hey all!

I've got another top-secret adventure I'm working on for which I need one-word prompts. Hopefully, you've seen some of the prompts from the last two adventures released.

Every patron gets one word! 

Lemme see 'em!

They Came From Beyond Chapter 4 - Dr. Calamity's Temple of Horrors

Dr. Calamity’s Temple of Horrors is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to seven 12th- to 14th-level characters, and is optimized for five characters with an average party level (APL) of 13. Characters who play through this entire adventure should earn enough experience to reach the 15th level. The adventure takes place in the chilly dark region of Omeria known as the Syhros Peninsula. Although the adventure assumes placement in the Legends of Omer...

Impromptu DMDave AMA Tonight at 8:15pm CST

Have some burning questions for DMDave? I'm doing an impromptu ask-me-anything tonight at 8:15pm CST.

https://discord.gg/bakxKD

See you there! <3

September Theme Announced - Cosmic Horror!

We're excited to announce that September is officially Cosmic Horror month! Expect thirty days of unspeakable terror as we delve into the the crunchy, icky world of horror authors like H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith and more. 

Here's the content that you can expect:

Below is the list of the new content patrons will receive in the month of September. We might also release some unexpected content, too! Stay tuned for details.

2020-08-26 17:07:28 +0000 UTC View Post

[One Word Prompts] Tales of Horror: The Reaping of Essenheim Manor

Hey all!

Just about to wrap up the latest adventure with all you guys' prompts, so huge thanks for that. Hopefully you all saw how I used your prompts in Neverending Dungeon this week.

I've got another big adventure coming out on Monday that's going to be a horror story titled Tales of Horror: The Reaping of Essenheim Manor. It features one of Tom Cartos' awesome, highly-detailed maps, and will help kick off next month's big theme.

But I've got 60+ rooms to fill! So I need s...

Trying out Twitch streaming today...

Hey folks!

Thought I might try out something a little different today and do Twitch streaming. Check out my channel here while I doodle around with Roll20 today.

https://www.twitch.tv/dmdave_com

Frost Giant Playable Race | New Player Option for Fifth Edition

In the Syrhros Peninsula, the frost giants—or jötunn as they refer to themselves—dominate the arctic wastes. These huge beings live by a decree of "might makes right." Cold-hearted, both literally and figuratively, the frost giants of Omeria suffer no qualms in destroying and stealing from those weaker than they.

However, the frost giants of Omeria also represent balance. The cold, dark lands north of Rasgax are still tainted by the evil of Vapul, the demonic god of death and winte...

[Call of Suggestions] Last Player Option of the Month

Hey all!

Today is Tuesday, which means I need to put out the last player option of the month. So far, I've done three subclasses. But I though I'd turn to all of you and see if you have any cool idea for player-facing content with the arctic theme.

Let me know your ideas below! 

Dungeons & Dragons Epic D&D from Viva La Dirt League

Hey all!

Our friends over at Viva La Dirt League have created a campaign set in the world of Epic NPC Man. If you're looking for some enjoyable entertainment from professional actors (whose videos are amazing, if you haven't seen 'em).

From them:

The unwilling heroes of Azerim begin their epic adventure with humble beginnings. The Journey begins for Greg the Garlic Farmer, Bo...

Uncle Skeleton's Neverending Dungeon - Tile #001 - Frozen

The Neverending Dungeon is a Fifth Edition adventure series built for parties of any size and any level. Each edition of this series adds a modular dungeon tile to what came before. These tiles fit together any way you like and are VTT-compatible. Because of the “endless” nature of the series, you can run games that start at 1st-level that complete at 20th and beyond, or even start a campaign with higher level players.

Backstory

The nefarious Uncle ...

Returning Villain

Hey all!

We're a few days away from announcing our big theme for September (it's going to blow your minds away). Although I can't get away too much, I can say that Tom Cartos and I will be collaborating on a massive adventure to coincide with the theme.

As part of that adventure, I want to bring back one or more of my villains. But who should it be?

I've given some of the villains that have appeared in my content below. Let me know which one you want to see!

D&D Monster Manual by Ability Scores, Saves, Conditions, and More

I stumbled onto this useful graph some time ago and thought—hey!—all of you might like to use this, too.

Anyways, check it out. It's soooo useful for creating encounters. Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IpDxUoj10wvVvoNF1eiTFw_tzvVQLyz_68iEv-TQqCU/edit?usp=sharing

[Only 23 More Words Needed!] One Word Prompts for They Came From Beyond! Chapters 4 and 5

Hey all!

I just wrapped up the draft for Neverending Dungeon which will be out on Monday. I had a lot of fun tying in your one-word-prompts for the module. Since They Came From Beyond's Chapters 4 and 5 (which should be out by the end of next week) has over 60 rooms to populate, I thought I'd throw it out to all of you again to help me fill it.

Remember the rules:

1. Only one word per post.

2. Only one word per person.

Let me see what you got.

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2020-08-22 23:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Exposure and The Sanguine Dawn Inn now on Roll20!

Two of our biggest releases yet just hit Roll20's Marketplace today! Check 'em out!

Exposure

Exposure is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to seven characters of 3rd-to-5th-level. The adventure is optimized for five characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. Characters who survive this adventure should earn enough experience to reach the 4th level. The adventure takes place in a chilly arctic environment. In t...

Virtual Table Top Tokens - Arctic Monsters Series 1

Hey all!

We've quietly been working on a new series of arctic monsters that'll start appearing in our Roll20 series. This is just the first batch of critters we've got for you this month going with the ongoing arctic theme.

This set includes:

• Ice mephit
• Yeti (blue and white variations)
• Worgs (white and brown variations)
• Winter wolves (blue and white variations)
• White dragon

These tokens were lovingly illustrated by Nacho ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 172-174 - Blood Lichen, Prototaxite, and Shoggoth

Blood Lichen

Blood lichen looks visually similar to reindeer moss except that it is dark red. While called blood lichen, the fungus actually consumes heat. When overwhelmed with intense sources of heat—such as that from fire—it ejects it as a method of self-defense. Thus, blood lichen is frequently surrounded by the charred corpses of creatures who dare to venture too close to their fields.

Prototaxite

Prototaxite are tree-like fungi common in the far, primordial nor...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 169-171 | Frost Skull, Wind Cat, and Omerian Drow

Frost Skull

Frost skulls are the semi-immortal warlock servitors of Vapul, the demonic god of death and winter. These floating skulls continue to serve in the afterlife as fiends. Because they look similar to their flaming counterparts, frost skulls are often mistaken for undead.

Limited Numbers. During the War of Seven Winters, thirty-three Anorian warlocks sacrificed themselves in the name of Vapul. They rose again as frost skulls and led Vapul's legi...

The Bulletin Board (Last Updated 03/18/22)

Looking for the latest news from DMDave and the team? 

This bulletin board is designed to keep you updated with everything that's going on. Plus, it contains quick links to all the different sections of Patreon for ease of search. Finally, if you need to find something fast, you can use the Master Archive.

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New Roguish Archetype - Maven of Adaptation (with Bonus Magic Item)

Rogues do not exclusively operate in urban areas or the Low. There are some rogues who prefer the embrace of nature. These mavens of adaptation work alongside the four prime elements to hone their talents. Mavens of adaptation are quick like the wind, tough as the earth, burn with fire's might, and can be as mutable as water.

Credits

Design and layouts by DMDave (with GMBinder)

Artwork by Forrest Imel and The Griffon's Saddlebag 2020-08-19 16:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post