Adaptation Principles As we said earlier in this series, one of the best things about one-on-one play is the focus on the player and the PC. They’re the main character around whom the entire storyline revolves. This is a double-edged sword when it comes to adapting a published campaign though. Both the narrative arc and …
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It’s a new month, and everyone’s gaming! So here’s a city-tastic set of wallpapers for your computer, your smartphone, or whatever electronic device you’ve got. This month, we’ve got a piece from Zobeck Gazetteer (artist Ralph Horsley). Let’s go shopping for gear, adventurers! Please, click on the image you want to download to expand it into a …
The Ghoul Emperor Nicoforus the Pale is the undisputed ruler of the Dread and Endless Imperium of the Darakhul, a civilization of ghouls deep within the Realms Subterranean. Through cunning and relentless cruelty, he’s led his legions to repeated victories over the other races in the underworld. Quote “I heard your beating hearts the moment …
Innate Spellcasting. The dancing foliage’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). The foliage can cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day: entangle 1/day: plant growth The dancing foliage loses its Shower of Petals reaction. Poison-Tipped Leaves. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing …
Binding Oath Scroll, very rare (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin) This lengthy scroll is the testimony of a pious individual’s adherence to their faith. The author has emphatically rewritten these claims many times, and its two slim, metal rollers are wrapped in yards of parchment. When you attune to the item, you rewrite …
Chaos Acorn Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This acorn was harvested from a branch of the World Tree growing in a chaotic area of the void. A sheen of ever-changing colors decorates its smooth surface. You can use an action to eat the acorn. Doing so triggers a chaos magic surge. Roll percentile dice …
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Freedom or Death. Once he established a home for himself beneath the city, Tam sought out others of his kind to join the revolution he convinced himself was needed to free the courtfolk from those who held them in the yoke of servitude. He now has a small cadre, mostly of young courtfolk halflings and …
LEVELS 1–3 Outbreaks of seemingly senseless and motiveless violence are causing unrest in the city. Young people are coming home bruised and bloody, refusing to tell their parents how they received their injuries. Overseers puzzle over laborers arriving late to work with black eyes and limping gaits. Soon after, a series of seemingly random attacks …
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Role of the Cleric The cleric has traditionally filled the role of healer in a standard adventuring party. With so many spell choices geared toward healing, buffing, and regeneration, it takes a lot of work to break out of this prescribed mold. Clerics can, of course, fill other roles by picking up specialized subclasses and …
Below are three traps that include apparent solutions or bypasses to the trap that exist only to eat up adventurers’ valuable time and resources while hopefully keeping them in danger without their realizing it. Good Timing Complex trap (level 5–10, moderate threat) Passing through a doorway, the room explodes in fire and continues to do …
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Our last post extolled the many benefits of playing with one player and one GM (also known as a “duet”) that make this option hyper-attractive and contribute to the growing numbers of dungeon-delvers. Some of these boons include the ease of finding time to play, the freedom to pursue your gameplay preferences, and the great …
Desert/Waste d10 Challenge/Encounter 1 A curious fennec fox (see Tome of Beasts 2) that, if fed or otherwise treated kindly, leads the party to a small, buried cache of treasure concealing 50 gp and a gold-and-emerald ring. If the fox is attacked, 2d6 additional fennec foxes arrive and attack the party. 2 Quicksand: The ground …
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Slash Adaptation. As a bonus action, the repository changes the damage for its slash to bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing. The repository’s damage with its slash attack becomes 11 (2d6 + 4). Wordwarp. The repository is immune to spells that use verbal components and magic effects that require a command word if the spell is cast …
For rank-and-file members of the cult, you can use the void cultist, and the void speaker makes an excellent cult leader (both found in the Creature Codex). The satarre destroyer and satarre mystic from Tome of Beasts 2 can function as more powerful members of the cult. The following NPCs can also be used as …
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A mark can be permanent or remain only for a specified time or until a certain condition is met. A hag’s death also removes the mark. Marked creatures act as witting or unwitting agents for hags to gather information and sew misery in the outside world. In Maillon, it is easy for such marks to …
