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Monday Monster: Tree Octopus.

The Tree Octopus, part of the reason characters do not wander through the forest at night. The 1d8 att*cks are due to 8 tentacles. Based on a "real world" creature.

Compatible with Dragonbane RPG. Tree Octopus Description: These monsters come in a variety of sizes and color. The smaller ones are relatively harmless unless they are disturbed in some way. Having a little sap covered octopus stuck to one’s face is annoying and quite disgusting. They mostly appear during the day.The larger ones sleep in the canopy of trees during the day and come out to hunt…

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The Sinking Tower for Dragonbane

The Sinking Tower is a brand new FREE Quickstart PDF with pregenerated characters and a new challenging dungeon for new and veteran players. Did I mention FREE? I'm so stoked for this dungeon.

SURPRISE!!! I had no idea this was coming until I opened my email this morning. My little heart was all aflutter because it’s not just Quickstart Rules, but a full on Tournament Adventure! This is so cool! The best part is the PDF is FREE! Click on my affiliate link to get your copy from DriveThruRPG today. The Statue Gallery is just one challenge in this dungeon. Players have two hours to…

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Monster (Meetup) Monday: Ophidslakt.

Hexcrawling can be a mix of trial and error, good and bad. After a somewhat violent encounter with violent "Snake Men" the party found a hamlet of agrarian, peaceful beings.

A new kin recently discovered during my Wednesday hexcrawl.From the diary of “Old Wolf” of the Long Tooth. We’ve discovered a hamlet with purple skinned beings, fairly large oval heads with huge black almond shaped eyes and otherwise snakelike facial features. They are generally skinny and wear peasant clothing. A few of them wear robes. We think those are the elders or council members. They…

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Monster Meetup Monday:

They might look adorable, but rest assured they are excellent swimmers and capable merchants. They are above all peaceful and have lived in harmony with their surroundings for over one hundred years.

Introducing the first new Kin of 2025 a little early. Otterkin:Roughly the size of halflings, these furry humanoids are anthropomorphic Otters. Much like their animal cousins, they are intelligent, nimble, and playful. They are capable swimmers in general. Their pacifistic nature can make them easy prey for large carnivores and bigger Kin.Cultural word of caution: Words such as “cute” and…

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Monday Monster: Portal Custodian and Guardians.

They were these short humanoid turtles, about the size of a halfling with strange mushroom shaped helmets and these odd looking swords. Behind them stood a rather imposing metal gentleman who greeted us politely in spite of his appearance...

Compatible with Dragonbane RPG. Portal Custodian. Description: A man made of metal and clad in faint glowing magical runes. He wears no clothes and has no discernible anatomical features beyond his head, arms, hands, legs, and feet. He moves very slowly. He speaks in a heavy male voice in very slow even tones. Resistance: Half damage from Bludgeoning attacks. EVADE 10. Parry 10 Absorb Spells…

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Monster Monday: Combining the Best of the Worst.

Making monsters more dangerous. The beginnings of something dungeon delvers dreads lies within.

Monster A + Trap B + Spell C= Disaster. The first step  is asking oneself, “How contrived do I want to make this?” Allow me to give an example: GM Jimmy wants to really mess with his fantasy TTRPG players this evening. The monster is cleverly “mimicking” a chest at the end of the long hallway. Thus it appears that loot is readily in sight. The stone floor of the hallway is shiny, but otherwise…

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Sunday Check In.

(Please contact me for credit on the meme.) I'm sure Granny is fine. Lots going on. I just wanted to hang out for a few. I'm plotting and scheming on the Monday Monster, working on a video, and writing up my solo RPG recap. Hope you are well.

(Please contact me for credit if you created that meme.) How are you today? Did you get to game yesterday? Was it an epic session? We had lots of ice roll through Iowa early Saturday morning. All events cancelled. Noone going anywhere. We’ve been cooped up here in the house all weekend. My wife got lots of presents wrapped. I’m still working on Plucky Pato’s recap of my first major solo…

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Monday Monster: Bloosifer

Beware the (honk) omens. Beware the (honk) signs. He's coming on the night sky. Tremble in fear at the goose that escaped hell itself on silky moth wings. It's Bloosifer!

Compatible with Dragonbane RPG. Bloosifer Description: Gigantic blue goose with moth wings and the hindquarters of a blue horse. It has fire coming from its eyes and hooves. Truly a sight to behold, the creature only appears following several bad goose related omens. Resistance: Half damage from Fire attacks. Wings: Moves freely through the air. Vulnerability: Banish Ferocity: 2            …

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The Bewalopus for use with the Dragonbane RPG.

No one is sure where it came from or what to make of it. The creature isn't malevolent so much as constantly hungry. Stay out of its territory if you want to be safe. For Dragonbane RPG.

This creature defies logic. From the diary of Scholar Thelonious the Cowardly:The first time we laid eyes on this thing, we weren’t sure anyone would believe we even saw it. Whatever it is has the front paws and upper torso of a bear. The face of a bear with walrus tusks protruding from it, but then the back of the thing was a flat tai like a beaver ending in spines. We found out the hard way it…

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Dragonbane Path of Glory Out Now!

I'm overjoyed to announce Dragonbane: Path of Glory. Free League publishing was kind enough to send me the PDF copy for review and I'm loving this book. These three full length adventures are not for the faint of heart. For Dragonbane RPG.

November 12. Path of Glory is Available! I’m super excited to finally be talking about Dragonbane Path of Glory. It is everything I’ve been hyping for the past few months and then some. Path of Glory contains three full fledged adventures for Dragonbane RPG. (Disclosure: I received a free PDF copy of Path of Glory for review purposes. This article is in no way paid for or sponsored by Free…

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Monday Monster Nov11. Goosidorah.

Goosidorah. The first of many goose themed Kaiju to come for Dragonbane RPG. Mirth and Mayhem. Hooooonk!

For use with Dragonbane RPG: Goosidorah: the Honking Menace GOOSIDORAH A large 3 headed goose capable of honking lightning at its enemies. It is covered with a constant field of crackling lightning. Ferocity: 2. Size: LargeMovement: 20 Flying or 12 Ground/Water. Armor: 6 HP: 33 D6 Attacks:1: HONK! Everyone within 30 meters becomes Scared and suffers a Fear attack.2: You Get a Lightning Blast…

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Monday Monster: Scuttler.

These creatures are a bad omen anytime one is found. An obvious product of Infernal Magicks, the Scuttler poses a threat to all Kin alike.

Compatible with Dragonbane RPG. This creature is a gruesome six legged rat the size of a small dog with a white skull for a face and a mouthful of short tentacles, each with a small hollow tooth on the end. Most Mariners would rather scuttle their entire vessel than let one of these creatures loose in a port. Believed to have been created by an evil wizard to disable entire armies. SCUTTLING…

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Promptober 2024 Day 31: Day of the Dead

A simple Wolfkin holiday celebrating family past and present.

Implementing a Wolfkin holiday in the Misty Vale. Once per year, on the last Full Moon before the Autumn Equinox, all of the Wolfkin gather together in the square or lodge house near dusk to pay tribute to fallen family, packmates, packmates, and others through lit candles, trinkets, as well as offerings of food or beverages at the village spirit altar. Then, after everyone has gathered and…

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Fantastic TTRPG February Day 22: Books

Ahh books. Nothing quite like a good TTRPG book. I enjoy reading them as much as I do playing with them. Please continue to support print media as much as possible.

If there’s anything fantasy gamers know about, it’s books. This is another prompt that could be taken any number of ways. I’m going to use it to talk about my absolute love of physical publications. I usually don’t write a review of anything I don’t have physically in hand. I might do screen grabs of PDF copies, but I much prefer the physical book in hand at the table. Which is not to say I…