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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 28/366 - Anorian Vaqueros

The Anorian elves of Vaskil manage the northern cattle and horse ranches of the Summer Land. In the three elven generations since the Fall of Imfe Mythse Anore, they've become expert riders and animal handlers. Also, because of the dangers inherent in the Summer Land, particularly around the Charred City of Becshire, they're legally permitted to carry firebolt wands despite the anti-wand laws common among the coastal cities.

As a shared and oft-contested territory, the northern...

BroadSword #3 Physical Copies Ship Tomorrow!

Hey all!

Great news as BroadSword #3 will be arriving at my home tomorrow. From there, everyone who was a patron back in November will receive a copy of the book automatically. If you came in after November and you're a gold or platinum member and you want to get a book now, contact me via the messenger and I'll send you a copy of #3, too.

Thanks for your patience everyone! Also, look out for the PDF of #4 which should by the end of the week or early next week at the latest. Physi...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 27/366 - Spilatera

Spilateras are huge monstrosities that resemble multi-horned bears with a long, snake-like proboscis that launches from their mouths. Typically, the spilatera traps its prey by burrowing a hole into the earth or into the side of a rocky cliff. It then waits in the dark, using its camouflage to appear as the cave entrance. When a creature approaches, it attacks, using its proboscis to paralyze the creature. Then its claws to rend it to shreds. From there, the spilatera recedes into the darknes...

Patreon Challenge!

Hey folks!

I'm wrapping up today's monster right now, so look for that by the end of the day.

I've decided to offer a little bit of a challenge to myself and to each of you. Right now, my Patreon sits at 673 patrons, which is AWESOME! Thank you, all!

If we can get to 700 patrons by the end of the month, I'll cook up a new adventure for you all that'll take place in a large dungeon, something I haven't done in a bit. This will be in addition ...

Greatwell Campaign Resource

Greatwell stands at the edge of The Wharf Of Berthiergus on the Wound. Boasting a population just over 2,000, Greatwell is one of the few major Pressonian towns in the Summer Land to survive the War of the Burning Plains in 965 AT. Like most Pressonian settlements in the Summer Land, Greatwell is managed by a Mydon Prince—Prince Orsilochus "Lochi" Castellanos Tomydon. However, Prince Castellanos is rarely seen in Greatwell, preferring to live a lavish lifestyle in Presson's Enclave proper. ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 26/366 - Megamoo

Often found in the Summer Land among mundane cattle, Megamoos are giant cows. Sometimes, megamoos are referred to as "dire cows." The term is erroneous, as megamoos are only violent if provoked.

Edit: bumped its CR to 3.

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 25/366 - Qoleg

Qolegs are small, horrific creatures that resemble black, severed heads with toothy maws, four eyes and tentacles growing from their jaws. Black, necrotic energy radiates from the tops of their "heads" like colorless fire.

Despite their intelligence, qolegs do not view themselves as individual creatures, rather, a part of the universe (or non-existence, as it were). Their absolute origins are unclear. Although they've been squarely defined as undead creatures,

a notion with which ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 24/366 - Stitch Horror

Stitch horrors are ooze-like creatures created from random bits of flesh sewn together then reanimated. The most famous instance of a stitch horror occurred during the excavation of the Crypt of the Obsidian Hound by the Antronec Guild.

The thing consumed six porters and nearly killed Paola Antronec himself before it was put down by Xon'chee of Osgowic.

To date, no one knows how or why these things were created. Of course, many point towards fingers Xenem's necromancers. Xenem wil...

[366 Days of Monsters] 23/366 - Vile Fog

Vile fogs are malicious elementals that look like dense clouds of mist. The Striped Conjurers of Karmithyash summoned these creatures from Mayhem as a defense against the Pressonians during the Conjurer Wars of the early sixth century. They are specifically tuned to consume the extrinsic energy of Pressonian defense magics. During the Fall of Brassolet, the fields were covered in vile fog.

Like many of the creatures created for the Conjurer Wars, the vile fogs were left behind by the ra...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 22/366 - Black Horn

Black horns look like black horses with a single black horn. For this reason, they are often confused with unicorns. The main difference, however, is their origin. The first black horns were created by the Striped Conjurers of Karmithyash as mounts during the Siege of Brasolet in 532 AT. After the fall of Presson's Enclave, the Conjurers abandoned the black horns in favor of the more intelligent and less chaotic nightmares (whose vile temperament also appealed to the rakshasas.)

The vir...

Flight of the Predator | New 1st-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

The files for this adventure are located at the end. They're all free to download. Just make sure to check out the information on the awesome folks who created this super adventure.

A high-flying and fun 1st-level adventure!

Your party finds itself trapped on board the Predator, an airship filled to the brim with fearsome beasts, monstrosities, and constructs, not to mention ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 021/366 - Overcrow

The overcrow looks like a mundane crow wearing a small, red hat. Of course, it is much more than just an ordinary black bird. The overcrow possesses such a strong sense of self-awareness that any creature that comes within 100 feet of it begins to believe that it, too, is a crow.

Clever mages employ overcrows as traps in dungeons. As adventurers are distracted by their need to "caw!" and flap their wings, the dungeon's inhabitants rob the adventurers and leave them defenseless against t...

DMDave Newsletter #1 (1/20/20)

Happy holiday, folks!

I'm trying out a little newsletter to give updates on releases and content to end any questions that there might be. I'm organizing the information by tier.

Everyone

This week, I'll be creating the Infinity Gauntlet and all its stones. I'm going to try to make the PDF somewhat ambiguous so I can use the IP without getting dinged, so look out for that. In addition, I plan to update the archive soon with all the new daily monsters.

Neverending Du...

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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 20/366 - Graveman

Gravemen are gaunt, blackened creatures with glowing white eyes. They lack noses, mouths, and ears. And although referred to as "gravemen", these undead creatures have no discernible anatomy and are effectively genderless.

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 19/366 - Mondan

Another byproduct of the Hand of the Third and the Obsidian Conflict, Mondans are hairless, muscular humanoids that share a passing resemblance to orcs. Their mouths are wrapped in perpetual screams; still, they have their own language, Mondanian, which consists of throat sounds, gasps and tongue clucks.

Mondans form loose tribes throughout the Obsidian Plain. Often, they are lead by the strongest of their kind, dubbed fireeaters by non-Mondanians. Before battle, fireeaters coat themsel...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 18/366 - Rasgax Howler

From the highlands of Northern Omeria come the Rasgax tribes. A nomadic people, the Rasgax focus their efforts on combating the belligerent races of the north, including orcs, frost giants, and c'nuim iteah. Rasgax have fair to reddish skin and blonde or red hair. Their eyes are often deep scarlet or sometimes even bright red. Rare among humans, they have the ability to see in the dark.

Most Rasgax cover their bodies and faces in ritualistic tattoos. They often wear animal hides with cl...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 17/366 - Golcom

Golcoms are fearsome giants that stand near 70-feet-tall. They are covered in fine orange, green, and yellow fur, have cloven, goat-like feet, and porcine faces. Once a prolific race found throughout most of Casar, golcoms are now an endangered species. Despite their aggressive attitudes, they are protected by Dinzer Preservers and kept safe in the Valley of Dreams in southern Odonburg.

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 16/366 - Charbrood

Charbrood are insidious elemental creatures that hunt living creatures in the Obsidian Plain. Sometimes they are referred to as "greater magmin." However, they have no known connection to magmin beyond their fire elemental origin.

The first charbrood were created by the Striped Conjurers of Karmithyash as elite shock troops. After the fall of Hearth and the Obsidian Wars, most charbrood were destroyed. Those that survived hid among the explosive peaks of the Obsidian Plain. In time, the...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 15/366 - Tethered

Tethered are creatures cloned from humanoids. They were originally developed to take control of the humanoid from which they were modeled. Unfortunately, the experiment failed as the connection between the tethered and the living being was far too weak. However, some rare tethered have shown a tenuous ability to take control of their originators.

Note: this creature is heavily inspired by (okay, it's totally jacked) from the film Us by Jordan Peele. If you have...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 14/366 - Segua

Seguas are specters that have the bodies of humanoid women and the faces of horses that haunt the northern Weysevain coast. Charming and evil, they use their humanoid form to lure in unaware sailors and farmers. Once alone, the segua reveals its true form, then slaughters its prey.

The first sighting of seguas were reported by the renown Duda Weysevain. Weysevain told Ditimayan natives that his expedition had encountered one in the area now known as the Petrified Labyrinth.

Althou...

I'm back from Costa Rica

Hey all!

I got in at about 1:15am last night. This morning, I'm getting caught up on a few things, notably the finalization of the physical copies for BSM3 as well as a few other projects.

Expect a few posts throughout the day. I plan to catch up on 366 days of monsters and produce a few other goodies that will be due soon.

Tomorrow, I should back to my regular posting schedule. 

Looking forward to getting things rolling again.

366 Days of Monsters Catching Up Soon

Hey all!

I'm still in Costa Rica. These last couple of days have been crazy. I should get caught up hopefully Thursday or Friday.

Thanks for being patient!

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 13/366 - La Llorona

The legend is said that in a rural Arruquetan village there lived a young woman named Maria. Maria came from a poor family but was known around her village for her beauty. One day, an extremely wealthy nobleman traveled through her village. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Maria. Maria was charmed by him and he was charmed by her beauty, so when he proposed to her, she immediately accepted. Maria’s family was thrilled that she was marrying into a wealthy family, but the noble man’s fa...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 12/366 - El Cadejo

Along the Leash, the long road that hugs the Weysevain Coast, the Phantoms tell tales of the mysterious cadejos who quietly stalk drunken and farmers sailors returning home from nights of debauchery. Where one would think that a cadejo—who looks like a shadowy, black dog with red eyes and chains around its neck—is a malicious creature, they are actually protectors. The cadejos protect their quarry, ensuring that they get home safely.

Cadejos are real and they are celestials. Where H...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 11/366 - Gargantuan Hamsters and Squids

Gargantuan hamsters are 50-foot-long beasts that eat anything they can find, preferring meat. Often, they eat livestock, decimating entire herds of cattle, sheep, and goats before they're chased off by adventurers.

True terrors of the sea, gargantuan squids—often erroneously referred to as "krakens" by sailors who've never met or seen an actual kraken—can bring entire galleons down with their powerful tentacles.

Fortunately, not many of these ...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 10/366 - Waterspout

Also known as "water elemental hydras", waterspouts are deadly elementals that roam the Ocean of Warna. Temperamental, they're prone to attacking ships without provocation and often lay siege to coastal villages and island habitats. Recognizing their value, the marids of Qhek often enslave and employ waterspouts, using them as weapons against the land-based humanoids.

Going out of the country 'til next Thursday

Hey everyone!

Just a heads up, but I'll be hopping on a plane tomorrow headed for a work retreat in Costa Rica (for my day job). I plan on writing the whole time while I'm there, but if there's any hiccups in the normal schedule, that's why.

I've got a few half-drafted adventures I'm working on so I should have some goodies hopefully as soon as this weekend.

Thanks for understanding!

Love you all!

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 9/366 - Arnitiko/Arnitika

Also known as "the Elves of the Other" the arnitikos are a rare humanoid species that live in Omeria. Typically, Arnitikos are outsiders and wanderers who have no community to call their own. However, they are highly sought out for their martial skills as well as their ability to go unnoticed by undead creatures. 

Arnitikos were brought into existence during the Hand of the Four when a door to the Other opened in Ayas Olyothyr and consumed the elven city of Ise Serin. Most of Serin...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 8/366 - Quogwat

The untamed forests of Odonburg are home to many unusual and interesting creatures, many of which have never been discovered beyond Southern Omeria. Perhaps one of the oddest creatures found exclusively in Odonburg are the reclusive quogwats. Resembling a cross between a frog and a hedgehog, the quogwats are 5-inch-tall plant creatures who thrive in places with plenty of wet soil, garbage, and sometimes, dead things. What's most unusual is that quogwats tend to favor dark and evil areas, such...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 7/366 - Giant Wolf

Giant wolves are to dire wolves what dire wolves are to regular forest wolves. Measuring nearly 30 feet in length, these colossal lupines are the genuine kings and kings of the forest.

As a "divine figure", they are looked up to by their smaller kin. Giant wolf packs include dozens of smaller wolves, dire wolves, and even the odd warg or winter wolf. Some werewolf clans even run with giant wolves.

Tribal humanoids also pay their respects to giant wolves through prayer and reverenc...