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Guildmasters of Ravnica, Pt. 1

This is just a preview of five, brand-new high CR encounters for D&D 5e. Based on legendary creatures from MtG's Ravnica: City of Guilds.

If you'd like to see all five, as well as support my work and get access to other releases, you can do so over on my Patreon! Be quick though, because this release will only be public until next month.

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Been awhile since I posted here, but just wanted to throw this back out for the 2023 holiday season! It's still totally free, and perfect if you're looking for some holiday/Magic the Gathering themed d&d homebrew.

Happy Holidays 2022!!

A collection of holiday-themed monsters, seasonal spells, and magical items to gift to your players, many converted from Magic: the Gathering and designed for D&D 5e.

This 20-page compendium is free from me to you, a gift for the season. If you’d like to check it out and use them for your own holiday-themed D&D game, you can clink the link above to find it, or visit my Patreon for a downloadable pdf copy.

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Yokaitober, Days 9-12

Helping to shorten the gap between the current date and how many yokai I've actually posted, here's Days 9-12 of my Yokaitober project. This set includes the kamakiri, a goblin cosplaying Edward Scissorhands who's obsessed with cutting hair; the shirime, a spooky faceless ghost that's desperate to flash you its eye; the tenjoname, a naked monster covered in paper strips who licks the grim off your ceilings; and the maikubi, the severed heads of three samurai who just couldn't stop fighting.

If you're unfamiliar with Japanese folklore, this assemblage of creatures probably reads like a demonic fever-dream. If you have even a passing knowledge of yokai, then you know these are really just par for the course. Okay, so maybe the shirime is pretty out there, but it's also not the strangest example of Japanese humor.

Regardless of whether you find these yokai creepy, funny, or unexplainably cute, they're all here for you to use in your own games of 5e. If you're interested in more yokai like these, as well as other 5th edition homebrew including subclasses, magic items, other monsters, and more, be sure to check out my Patreon. You can choose to support me there for as little as $2/month, or even just sign up to follow me and get alerts about when I release new stuff.

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Yokaitober, Days 5-8

I know its the 16th and over halfway through the month, but I promise I have been (mostly) keeping up with Yokaitober. My issue is that building habits is hard, and I am definitely out of habit on posting to tumblr.

In the second series of yokai for the month, I covered a pretty wide variety of creatures, including the jubokko, a bloodthirsty tree that was actually created in the 20th century; Keizobo, one of five famous kitsune from Inaba; the yogen no tori, a helpful, pandemic-predicting raven that was "seen" only one time; and the hinoshu, a rock-like yokai the size of a germ who lives in people's spleens.

If you'd rather not wait for me to remember to post these yokai before seeing them, you can always sign up to follow me over on Patreon, where I post new yokai (almost) every day of October. Plus, if you pledge as little as $2/month, you can get access to some other great 5e homebrew, including new magic items, spells, and monsters, every single week.

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Monsters of Magic - The Eldrazi

And now for something a little different. In addition to doing Yokaitober this year, I'm also doing all of my normally scheduled weekly releases. While it can be a little difficult to balance both, it's going well so far, and I'm excited to finally be able to show off some more eldrazi. It's been quite some time since the last eldrazi I converted, and I think at this point I've got a better handle on how to make them a balanced challenge.

If you'd like to help support me and get early access to my content, as well as the ability to vote in polls and see additional patron-exclusive content, you can sign up on my Patreon for as little as $2/month. I often release several new monsters, magic items, spells, and more each week, so don't miss out on an opportunity to keep up with it all!

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Spell Slinging - Magic of Innistrad

In today's release I bring you 5 brand-new 5th Edition spells, all of them based on MtG cards originally found in sets focused on Innistrad, the game's local gothic-horror setting. Most of them are pretty well known, including Faithless Looting and Tragic Slip, while others have pretty much been relegated to EDH-only play at this point. But of course, 5e welcomes all sorts of spells, giving these ones a new chance at popularity.

And while I'm working on trying to get back into the swing of weekly releases here on tumblr, just a reminder that if you'd like to see my work a week early (or sometimes at all), you can choose to support me over on Patreon for as little as $2/month. In fact, Patreon recently added a new way for people to follow my work there without having to support me at all. While it doesn't allow you access to any of my patron-gated posts, it's a great way to keep up with what I'm doing-- plus most of my work there is scheduled to become public 7 days after it releases, meaning it becomes accessible the same day it releases here! If you're at all interested in my Patreon, and just want to scope it out a bit before signing up, go ahead and give it a try.

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Yokaitober, Days 1–4

Like many people, each October I participate in my own version of the Promptober trend. But instead of art, I spend the month creating new homebrew for D&D; a full 31 days worth of it. I try to change it up each year, and in 2022 I did Arcanatober, with 31 days of magic items, spells, and monsters themed around the major aracan of the taro deck. This year, I'm going all-in on monsters, with Yokaitober, a celebration of yokai from Japanese folklore and mythology.

Yoaki are something I've had an interest in for many, many years, and I thought it might be fun to put that knowledge to use, as well as give myself an excuse to research even more of them. So while I'm making a post every day over on Patreon, every 3 or 4 days I'll gather the results and post an update here, free for everyone to read and use in their own 5e adventures at home.

The first four days, I wrote about the hahikigami, a living broom made from a tool for cleaning shrines; the amabiko, a three-legged monkey creature who likes to give medical advice; the hanzaki, a real-life giant salamander who just happens to have a yokai counterpart; and the mikoshi nyudo, a priest who's infinitely growing neck is designed to make you just dizzy enough that it can try to eat yours.

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One of my greatest inspirations as a writer is the late great LA Times food reviewer Jonathan Gold. I legitimately think he should be considered one of the best writers of the last 100 years. Look at this.

Poetry. Non-fiction par excellence. This is a man who not only understood the visceral, the sensory, the sublime, but he could put it into words.

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Monster Popularity Contest: Legends of Innistrad

Well, it's been quite some time since I last posted anything here (all the way back in April, in fact!) but my long summer hiatus is finally over, and I'm happy to be back on a regular schedule once again. That starts with new Weekly Releases, including this brand-new series of monsters from Innistrad, the gothic-horror setting for Magic: the Gathering. Terrify your players with Kurbis, the huanted treefolk; whip-up a mad science mini-boss using Oglor, Devoted Assistant; or put your players firmly in celestial crosshairs using Sigarda, Font of Blessings!

And if you'd like to get early access to more releases like this, vote in weekly polls to decide what I make next, and get access to exclusive patron-only content (like a d100 table of Local Tavern Meals for your fantasy bar of choice), all for as little as $2/month, you can sign up to support me over on Patreon!

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Common Kits – Izzet League

This week’s release takes us back to Ravnica again, with another visit to our good friends (and my favorite Ravnican guild!) the Izzet League. This release is part of a new series I’ll be slowly working on called Common Kits. The idea is to design common & uncommon magic items that can be given to NPCs of a specific faction, offering encounters with them better flavor and more strategic depth. It also lets DMs put magic items into their player’s hands earlier on, without unbalancing later encounters or levels.

As always, if you’d like to get early access to release like this, vote in weekly polls to decide what I make (*like which faction I make items for next), and get access to exclusive patron content like 5e version of all of the charms from Hollow Knight, you can do that by signing up to support me over on Patreon. It’s as little as $2/month, for a guaranteed 5 releases each month (what a bargain!)

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Commanders of New Capenna

Another weekend, another brand-new release from me. This time it’s back to the schedule as normal, with the results of last month’s Monster Popularity Contest (a monthly patreon poll where supporters vote to see their favorite monsters, NPCs, and other enemies come to life.) These five friendly mugs are the face commanders from the commander decks released alongside Streets of New Cappena. Each one serves a different family, and plays a different role in the glamorous politics of this 30′s-themed fantasy setting.

If you’d like early access to more content like this, the ability to vote in polls like the one mentioned above, and other patron-exclusive releases like monthly subclasses and more, you can sign up to support me for as little as $2/month!

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Paths to Glory– New Theros-themed Subclasses for Bard, Cleric, & Fighter

Since this is technically an “off” week for my normal weekly releases, I thought it might be nice to offer up another preview of my upcoming Theros-themed compendium, Forgotten Odysseys. I’m especially happy with the bard’s College of Chronicles; I feel like I hit the exact flavor I was going for, and I’m always a fan of subclasses that blend new features with existing class mechanics.

These are just 3 of the 9 subclasses that will be included in the eventual public release of Forgotten Odysseys, which is still many months off. But if you’d like to be able to see exclusive bi-weekly updates, vote in polls to determine what other content I make, get an early look at all of my other releases, and help support my crippling addiction to TTRPG content-creation, you can always sign up to support me over on Patreon for as little as $2/month!

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Artifact Rumble– Lorwyn & Shadowmoor

Some new magic items and a variant scarecrow that turns into a hunting trap when it dies, all inspired by cards from the Lorwyn/Shadowmoor setting of MtG. While the brighthearth rings are probably the real stand-out from this release, I don’t think I could nail down a favorite for myself. I feel like these are all some of my most creative conversions in awhile, and I love how they all play around with different mechanics within D&D itself.

If you’d like to see other work I’ve done, including not just MtG card conversions but d100 tables, NPC factions, 5e subclasses, and get access to a patron-exclusive discord, you can always sign up to support me over on Patreon!

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Theme Week– Guilds of Ravnica: Izzet League

Last weekend was my monthly theme week release over on Patreon, and it was up to my patrons to select their favorite guild from the city-plane of Ravnica! Last month’s winner was the Golgari Swarm, who I do love, but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the megalomaniacal science-casters in the Izzet.

If you’d like to see the aforementioned release for the Golgari Swarm, catch up on the other Theme Weeks I’ve done in the past, or cast your own vote in my Weekly Polls, you can always sign up to support me on Patreon (for as little as $2/month)!

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Heroic Archetypes

This is just a brief preview of a new mechanic designed for my upcoming Theros-based compendium for 5th Edition, Heroic Archetypes! Used as a replacement for Supernatural Gifts/Backgrounds, or just a little extra something to make your hero really stand out from the crowd. This is only the first 8 of 16 different archetypes that will be available in the final release.

If you’d like to see the others I’ve done so far, as well as the rest of my Theros Compendium, or if you want to vote in polls, get access to a patron-exclusive discord, and more, feel free to support me over on Patreon!

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While I've managed to stick to doing the #dungeon23 challenge nearly every day, I really need to get better at remembering to actually post all of my progress shots. This is everything I've finished since my last update, about 2 weeks back. I finished February's dungeon, and I've moved on to a giant, tiger-infested tree for March. Spring is about trees and tigers right? (Something something March is like a lion...)

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Artifact Rumble– The Brothers’ War

If you’d like to see more content like this a week early; vote in polls to determine what I make next; and get exclusive access to d100 tables, subclasses, NPC factions, and more, feel free to sign up and support me on Patr*on! (You can find the link at the top of my page.)

Some older content, this released about 2 weeks ago for my supporters, but I try not to make my newest stuff public until I’ve got new content ready to share there. This was the result of my monthly Artifact Rumble poll, a themed poll for magic items and constructs; sometimes it’s Magic: the Gathering based, but I also regularly do magic items inspired by things like DMC, GoW, Fable, Elder Scrolls, and more.