Nathaniel Bruha

Monster: Animus Demon

This is a demonic spirit that possesses various materials and uses them to slay mortals.

I found my original version of this in a folder of creations from my high school days, written on a piece of paper torn from a spiral-bound notebook.

Treachery

This unassuming walking aid is a concealed magical weapon that has likely been used in more than one assassination.

This is a sword cane, a type of weapon I statted out a few years ago.

2025-08-03: Minor edit. Had a sentence in the first paragraph that was grammatically correct but I decided it could use ...

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Patreon has finally activated the option for annual memberships for my page, which is something I've been wanting to make available for a long time.

Subscribing for a year comes with a 15% discount, which is like getting almost 2 months free.

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Digital Hoard Discount: Prepared Adventurer (August 2025)

As a Prepared Adventurer (or legacy Apprentice), you can get the digital version of The Amethyst Dragon's Hoard of Everything with a 5% discount by using this link (good through July 31).

A fresh discount link will be posted each month, so current patrons wi...

Guiding Star Amulet (a Critmas in July creation)

This magical item helps you get to where you want to go by showing you the correct path to take.

Created for a patron for Critmas in July (2025), it was inspired by the word Polaris.

Spell: Fantastical Harvest

This spell makes harvesting the products of a farm or other food-growing area efficient and relatively fast.

This spell may have been inspired by me having a small vegetable garden; I gather blackberries at my parents' place; and I've definitely visited local farms/orchards to harvest my own fresh apples, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.

NPC: Robert the Mute

Robert was an NPC that I first improvised during a D&D session. A PC had cast detect evil and good, and I wondered what the players would do if I told them that they did detect an undead presence under them (they were standing on the docks of a busy port).

The PCs felt for the guy (after they found a magical way to communicate with him) and ended up carrying his (mostly inani...

Box of Bludgeons

This is a simple wooden box, held by a handy shoulder strap, that lets you draw forth a bludgeoning weapon that best fits the situation so you can beat something with a smaller stick or a bigger stick.

It's a...beat box.

Plant: Window Tree (a Critmas in July creation)

This unusual tree provides people with an affordable alternative to glass for windows.

It was made for a patron for Critmas in July II, inspired by the word fenestration.

Point of Interest: Hall of Visitors (a Critmas in July creation)

This space has magic that creates illusionary duplicates of creatures that have entered it.

Made as a gift for a patron for Critmas in July II, inspired by the word afterimage.

Spell: Call to Construction (a Critmas in July creation)

This spell was created for a patron during Critmas in July II (in 2025), inspired by a single-word prompt I was given (construction).

When you want something constructed, you can use this spell to call for skilled laborers, but only those who really have the skills you require and have time to do the work. You still have to pay them for their time and expertise.

Critmas in July II

Patron Reminder: 4 days left to add your 1-word comment to this post to get a brand new homebrew in return. :)

Until the end of July, I'm gifting custom homebrews made for any patrons who want them (of any tier, from the venerable Apprentice Adventurers still out there to Ludicrous Level supporters).

If you would like something made for you, leave a comment on this post with a singl...

Artificer Specialization: Fiendish Conduit

You came into contact with an artifact, got in trouble in an evil temple, or otherwise become bound to something that is used to summon demons. Now you can draw fiendish souls into yourself, changing your body in ways that make you dangerous.

This subclass was made at the request of a ludicrous level patron who was looking for a subclass that involved fiendish transformation.

Spell: Gambler's Foresight

Is it cheating if you cast a little spell that tells you what the next card drawn or roll of the dice is going to be?

Yes. Of course it is.

But that probably won't stop your PC or NPCs from using this spell, will it?

Pitcher of Perfect Pours

This item is prized by servers at all sorts of drinking and dining establishements.

Point of Interest: The Green Road

This could be just a really pleasant stretch of road to travel along, or maybe there's something more to it.

Is it good? Is it bad? Is it just green?

Potion of Honeyed Words

This overly sweet potion makes the words you speak more pleasant to hear.

Point of Interest: Fewine Island

This island is great for growing grapes for wine...and for growing mice, which makes the hundreds of cats that now live on the island well-fed.

Spell: Arcane Enrobement

If you are a spellcaster that likes to save time, this helpful little spell can help you quickly don your clothes, be it simple sleepwear or complex formal dress.

Raccoon

This is a magic dagger that, when you attune to it, lets you turn it into magical thieves' tools.

Sorcerous Origin: Blood Magic (+ 2 spells)

A generous patron of the D&D arts requested a blood sorcerer. After taking a couple of days to think up suitable features, I was able to write it up.

This patron also requested a related spell or two, so I created a couple blood-themed spells to go with the subclass: bond of blood (a 2nd level spell) and exsanguination field (a 3rd-level spe...

Sorcerous Origin: Dark Magic

You use dark magic, but it's not tied to the (in my world, non-existent) Shadowfell or death or boringness like the WotC shadow magic.

This uses a lot of Atratum's darkness spells (found in my list of content).

Acrobatic Crutches

There comes a time in many people's lives when they need a bit of assistance to move about with any particular speed. We keep a pair in my house just in case (because both my wife and I have each needed them at one point).

While there aren't hard rules about injuries to legs impairing movement or the ability to slide under a large monster or do a flip off a wall (aka, make an Acrobatics ...