monsters

Dungeons! Maps! Traps! Our 2020 one-page dungeon collection contains twelve original adventures (all fitting on a single 8.5x11 page) along with custom monster/item/NPCs and notes on process from the adventure writers! Battle for glory underwater, maneuver through a dungeon of complete magical darkness, discover deadly bones in an archaeological dig, help children battle the monster [...]

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spookytime is afoot 🦶 October is here and even though we're all pretty bummed about the perfect Halloween calendar this year being spoiled by plague and pestilence, we've still got a lot of autumnal festivities planned with our community, including a food festival, spooky Halloween-themed streams, and a costume contest! Join us on Discord to [...]

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The Premise: Making monsters can seem like a daunting task, especially if you’re not sure where to begin. In this six-part series, I’m going to describe some of my techniques and hopefully give you a framework that you can then use to design your own monsters in your own worlds! We’re going to assume you’ve […]

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Just because we’re all inside doesn’t mean we can’t come together for convention goodness. We were thrilled to be a part of Storm Giant Games‘ Crowd Control Expo digital tabletop convention! Josh and Brandon hosted two panels on Saturday: Turning Your D&D Game into an Actual-Play Podcast Becoming Dr. Frankenstein: Monstercrafting and You You can watch the […]

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🎲 Sunken Tomb, Part 1 for free! 🎲 If the chatter on our Discord is anything to go by, people are on the lookout for fresh game content during this hiatus. So we’ve put one of our earliest adventures, “Sunken Tomb, Part 1” online for free download. It ends on a little bit of a cliffhanger, but wherever […]

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series exploring cool, weird, or just plain interesting Dungeons and Dragons monsters from both Wizards of the Coast and third-party publishers such as Kobold Press. Name: Giant Shark Bowl Ooze Source: Creature Codex, Published 2018 by Kobold Press, MSRP $49.99 What it does: This thing rolls around in […]

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series exploring cool, weird, or just plain interesting Dungeons and Dragons monsters from both Wizards of the Coast and third-party publishers such as Kobold Press. Name: Jinmenju Source: Creature Codex, Published 2018 by Kobold Press, MSRP $49.99 What it does: The Jinmenju is indeed a deadly dendritic. A […]

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Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series exploring cool, weird, or just plain interesting Dungeons and Dragons monsters from both Wizards of the Coast and third-party publishers such as Kobold Press. This week we’re diving back into Kobold’s “Creature Codex.” Name: Bathhouse Drake Source: Creature Codex, Published 2018 by Kobold Press, MSRP $49.99 […]

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