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The Elemental | New Otherworldly Patron for Warlocks

Four mighty elements bind the universe and The Real: air, earth, fire, and water. As an elemental warlock, you derive your powers from a creature of the elements such as an elder elemental, genie or possibly one of the elemental princes. This connection imbues you with the ability to bend the chosen element to your will.

Elemental warlocks often take on the stereotypical qualities of their appointed element. Air elemental warlocks are changeable and fickle. Earth elemental warlocks are ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 164/366 - Draugr

Cold as the icy highlands that they haunt, draugr are the reanimated corpses of despicably evil Rasgax Highlanders who were improperly buried. A draugr appears much as it did in life, except that its skin turns even darker and its head and beard hair turns stark white. Their eyes burn blue. 

Undead Lords. Often, the presence of a powerful draugr draws the attention of mindless undead in the region its haunts. As such, draugr frequently lead warbands—and ...

[366 Days of Monsters] 163/366 - Ice Wasp

Ice wasps are giant wasps adapted to cold environments. They're tougher, stronger, and much more aggressive than their warm climate counterparts. An ice wasp's sting has the ability to fill its prey's veins with chilly poison which slows them down and deals additional cold damage.

Swarm of Ice Wasps. It's rare that ice wasps travel alone, content to travel in swarms of 20-30 wasps. These deadly coteries have enough strength to tackle even the great frost wyrms ...

Plug-and-Play Supplement - Burakumin Homes by DMDave and Tom Cartos

Burakumin Homes is a plug-and-play add-on for Fifth Edition. This location easily fits into any campaign setting of your choice and can work as both a part of a larger village, town, or city, or as stand-alone structures at an important crossroads. Although this location is chock full of ready-made details, feel free to add, change, or remove elements to function with your chosen campaign setting.

Background

On the Eastern Continent, nestled among the foothills of a vast snow ca...

Changes to Trinket Tier Starting August 1st

Hey there Friends! 

I hope you have been enjoying your summer and staying safe! 

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your patronage as Trinket members, truly! Thank you! I hope you have been enjoying all the content so far. 

The DMDave team and I have been working hard over the past few months ensuring that I continue to bring you exceptional adventures and community space for all things Fifth Edition!  It’s only going to get better! <...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 162/366 - Trapfoot

Trapfoots are white-haired rabbit-humanoid hybrids commonly found in arctic climates. They live in small tribal groups called clusters. Viewed as "lesser" by many of the larger humanoid races and giants that live near them, these clusters frequently find themselves under the rule of powerful, non-trapfoot creatures who bully them into obeisance. Trapfoots who break free of these tyrannical tethers often prefer to spend the remainder of their lives away from other humanoid cultures, fearful fo...

Angry Squad from the DMDave staff's pal, Lucas Scheffel!

Hey all!

A good pal of myself and, well, basically everyone that works at DMDave has a Kickstarter that just went live. No obligation, of course, and it's not really 5e/D&D related. But Lucas is a good friend and a helluva talent, so I'd be a bunghole if I didn't share his work with all of you. Plus, it looks pretty awesome (I backed it).

https:...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 161-162/366 - Cold Roots

Trees and shrubs destroyed by necrotic energy sometimes rise a cold roots. For all intents and purposes, these creatures are undead plants. A typical cold root resembles a shrub or small tree that lacks leaves. These mindless creatures fight in great packs, seeking to overwhelm trespassers into their dark, wintery woods.

Giant Cold Roots. Treants who become cold roots return as giant cold roots. Imbued with necromantic energy, these dangerous creatures are capa...

The Frostgauntlet | New 9th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

The Frostgauntlet is a side trek adventure for Fifth Edition. The adventure is intended for three to seven characters of 8th to 11th level, and it is optimized for five characters with an average party level (APL) of 9. 

Background

The Frostgauntlet offers a shortcut between two important stretches of arctic territory that would otherwise require magical means to cross. Treacherous and nigh impassable, many who know of its perils w...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 160/366 - Chill

Those few who've come across these monstrosities and lived to tell the tale speak of horrors unfathomable. Silently, the chill moves across the frozen wastes of Husweagua delivering their visions of doom to any creature unfortunate enough to gaze into its aberrant eyes. Although a chill's victims cannot recall what they witnessed within its gaze, the effect is terrible enough to instantly age the viewer decades.

These creatures have demonstrated an aversion to warm conditions and vulner...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 159/366 - Wailing Wind

Often referred to as "The Winds of Vapul", wailing winds are deadly elementals that exist only to eradicate life. The northern Omerians, particularly those who live beyond the Rasgax Highlands, give continual thanks to the other elemental powers who keep these demonic forces at bay.

Elemental Evidence. Vapul, the demonic god of winter and undeath, remains a subject of hot debate among Pexian scholars. Some believe that Vapul is one of the enigmatic dulons, the ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 157-158/366 - Aukfolk

The frozen lands of Husweagua are home ot the aukfolk, a race of squat, tundra-dwelling humanoid birds known for their large, colorful beaks and close-knit culture.

Power of the Tribe. Although some Pexian anthropologists consider aukfolk culture simple and lawless, these birds continue to demonstrate a proclivity for unification. An aukfolk tribe, when pitted against at threat that pushes the limits of what a lone tribe can normally handle, will work with sist...

[Call for Suggestions] Monsters

Hey all!

I could use a few ideas for monsters to make. Typical rules apply:

• No intellectual property (ie, no Marvel superheroes, TV characters, etc.)
• No anime (just a personal preference... sorry)
• No D&D monsters that aren't in the SRD (as much as I'd like to make variants of beholders, kuo-toa, etc. I can't)

I've got about 40-50 monsters to catch up with and I'm going to try to bang out as many as I can for the end of July.

Looking fo...

BroadSword Monthly #7

Sorry for the delay on this folks! But here it is.

The physical copies should start mailing likely by the end of this month and 8 should follow shortly.

This title has now been retired to the DMDave.com store!

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Thrown to the Wolves Tier 3 Variant

Now that I've knocked out the Tier 1 and 2 variants for the "old wolf den" map, Vines and Thrown to the Wolves respectively, it's time to get suggestions for the tier 3 version of the map. Tier 3, if you didn't know, are for characters levels 11 to 16—the big times.

Again, I've tossed out a few suggestions below. Of course, you're free to suggest some good ones, too, in the comments below.

Vines | New 1st-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Vines is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 1st to 3rd level. It’s optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level of 1. The adventure is campaign agnostic, but can just as easily be placed into any campaign setting which includes a forest or jungle setting where a carnivorous plant might grow. Characters who successfully complete the adventure and defeat all the encounters should earn enough expe...