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Introducing Players to Roleplaying Games: Encouraging Interaction with the Game World

By Jason Campbell / March 14, 2022 / Articles, Introducing Players to RPGs

Making Space for Storytelling As a GM, you’ve at least partially defined the world that your campaign will take place in. Whether it’s a setting you’ve written yourself or a commercially available campaign setting, the basics will be set, but there will still be many details that offer room for expansion. Even in the most […]

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Saints of Midgard: St. Uborkagg

By Phillip Larwood / March 11, 2022 / Articles, Saints of Midgard

Saint Uborkagg Origins. Born in the depths of a vast cave system in the Ironcrags, Uborkagg was a sickly ogre who almost perished at the hands of his own mother. Reviled for his weakness, the rest of his family used Uborkagg as a whipping boy and plaything. Yet despite the torment inflicted upon him, he

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Parties of Interest: The Coiled Ring

By Kelly Pawlik / March 9, 2022 / Articles, Parties of Interest

The Coiled Ring, which takes its name from the ideal of the Great Serpent, exists to urge the world into ruin. Members engage in ritualized murder, arson, necromancy, and other forms of terrorism. They believe acts of violence against innocents and the righteous all serve to bring forth Fimbulwinter, the initial stage of Ragnarök. As

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Tome Unleashed: Drakon

By Mike Welham / March 7, 2022 / Articles, Tome Unleashed

The drakon loses its Multiattack. It also modifies its bite attack, as follows. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target, Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 10 (4d4) acid damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the

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Deep Magic: Pestilent Cleric Spells, Part 1

By Victoria Jaczko / March 4, 2022 / Articles, Deep Magic

Aura of Filth 4th-level necromancy (pestilent)Casting Time: 1 actionRange: Self (30-foot radius)Components: VDuration: Concentration, up to 1 minute Putrefying energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you. Each living creature in the aura (including you) cannot be cured of a

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Bards with Class: College of Story

By Eytan Bernstein / March 2, 2022 / Articles, Bards with Class

Having a bard from the College of Story as a friend is a wonderful blessing. They glorify your triumphs, minimize your blunders, and generally make you look better than you otherwise could have without their help. The best part is that when they write about you you are better. The stories they write are always

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Hiring Update: Amber Seger

By Amber Seger / February 28, 2022 / Announcements, Articles

During that time, I went back to school for my master’s degree in instructional design and technology, where my passion for UX and accessibility blossomed. Soon after, I went on to gain a UX certification from Nielsen Norman Group. As I was applying these new learnings to my job, I found myself looking at roleplaying

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Rise of the Mimic Moon: Enchanted Equipment and Assorted Accessories

By Brian Suskind / February 25, 2022 / Articles, Rise of the Mimic Moon

Something about destruction and upheaval spurs the imagination and triggers innovation. A mage, dwelling in a city dragged into the hells, suddenly has all manner of reasons to invent items that work well against fiends. Similarly, the cleric looking out on a quaint countryside road, seeing an army of undead, feels a great motivation to

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Magical Wastelands: Environmental Cataclysm

By Brian Suskind / February 23, 2022 / Articles, Magical Wastelands

This sparsely populated wilderness seems benign at first glance. A normal patch of terrain, the usual trees, clearings, and rocks. However, perhaps it does seem oddly barren. So you look closer, noticing the signs of ancient battles, the scorched bricks of a shattered mage’s tower or the fallen trees, radiating outward from a central point,

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Character Check: Exploring the Courser Mage (Wizard Subclass)

By Tim Kearny / February 21, 2022 / Articles

The Courser Mage, from Margreve Player’s Guide, is an arcane tradition that trains tirelessly to weave their magic into powerful arrows, delivering a barrage of the arcane from the shadows. These wizards are some of the most unique in the world of Midgard but can be used in any campaign setting. Read on to learn

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Tome Unbound: Shadow Giant

By Mike Welham / February 18, 2022 / Articles, Tome Unbound

Grasping Talon. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7) slashing damage, plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 18). The shadow giant can grapple only one target this way. If the shadow giant enters

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Tome Unbound: Bloom Hydra

By Mike Welham / February 16, 2022 / Articles, Tome Unbound

Camellia Spray. The bloom hydra sprays a fine mist in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 3 (1d6) acid damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. The bloom hydra can use this action only if it has

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Tome Unbound: Bearing Golem

By Mike Welham / February 14, 2022 / Articles, Tome Unbound

Make a Gap. As a reaction when the bearing golem is the target of a weapon attack, the golem gains immunity to piercing and slashing damage from the attack, if it is not made with an adamantine weapon, or resistance to piercing and slashing damage from the attack if it is made with an adamantine

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The Song Undying: Magic Items

By Jeff Lee / February 11, 2022 / Articles, Demon Cults & Secret Societies

Empowering Amplifier Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) This hollow cone of beaten brass has a handle attached at one side. When attuned to the amplifier, you can use an action to sing through it, channeling your voice and magical power into deadly sonic attacks. The amplifier has 3 charges. You can spend a charge as

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Musings from an Empty Tankard: Quantifiable Magic

By Tim Hitchcock / February 9, 2022 / Articles, Musings from an Empty Tankard

In a typical game, characters gain rewards intended to be useful, unique, and wondrous. Rewarded magic items provide the character with value, either enhancing the character’s performance or contributing to the story. However, sometimes a reward offers little or no value to the characters or the story. Giving these “drop-or-sell” items a quantifiable value allows

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Arcane Adventures: Spirit of the Wild

By Greg Marks / February 7, 2022 / Arcane Adventures, Articles

In this chapter,we look at spells that summon a nature spirit to infuse a natural feature with aspects of its being, either aiding those that travel its borders or driving them away. Spirit of the Comforting Vista 5th-level conjuration (bard, cleric, druid, ranger, warlock)Casting Time: 1 hourRange: TouchComponents: V, S, M (a seed from a

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