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Shrine of the Emperor of Bones - New 1st Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Shrine of the Emperor of Bones is a Fifth Edition adventure for four to five characters of 1st to 2nd-level, and is optimized for a party of five characters with an average party level (APL) of 1. This adventure is setting agnostic, meaning that you can easily place the adventure into any campaign setting or environment of your choice. Ideally, the shr...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 166-167/366 - Emperor of Bones and Zombie Owlbear

The two new monsters detailed here appear in the adventure, The Shrine of the Emperor of Bones: the emperor of bones and a zombie owlbear.

Undead Nature. The emperor of bones and the zombie owlbear do not require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Emperor of Bones

Once a noble's son with a promising future in arcane magic, the self-proclaimed emperor of bo...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 165/366 - Vampire Wretch

The process for turning humanoids into vampires does not always result in a vampire spawn. Sometimes, the subject is too weak-willed to return from the grave as a full vampire. These creatures return as vampire wretches, lesser vampires, whose thirst for blood overwhelm their senses. Often, vampire wretches are destroyed immediately by the vampires who created them. There are times, however, wh...

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 thei...

[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 at...

[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 swa...

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 setti...

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 advent...

[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 teth...

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).

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[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 ...

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 othe...

[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 t...

[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 subje...

[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 ag...

[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 c...

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 bel...

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 w...

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 156/366 - Decipula Plant

These carnivorous plants are found in warm, wet climates around the world. The decipula uses its long vines to hunt for prey. Once the vine grapples a creature, it pulls the creature back to its lair where it slowly digests the creature within its leafy maw.

Edit: changed some of the vines' stat block.