#5e modules

[manasaysay]

DnD Adventurers' League Protip:

If you're playing Rise of Tiamat,

BE A FUCKING ROGUE

[thatonenewdungeonmaster]

Put this together for my local gamestore and wanted to share the wealth

[curse-of-dming-strahd]

every time I think I've finally processed all the weird shit in curse of strahd, I remember there's a mirror somewhere in the Baron's mansion that can like SUMMON A GHOST ASSASSIN and if you do this very specific thing that almost no one would ever do unprompted, there's a 50% chance that Strahd will suddenly join your zoom meeting and invite you to dinner.

like, from a design perspective, I don't know how I'm going to get my party to go into this room, let alone interact with this fucking mirror, why did they put so many mechanics here

[essektheylyss]

okay skimmed through Historica Arcanum: The City of Crescent ahead of a research project and I need to run this game RIGHT NOW; it has magic fatigue, it has a cat thieves guild, it has an astrologer wizard that is absolutely MADE for me, it has a cookbook complete with food alignments, and it teaches you how to swear in six languages. I am in LOVE.

[lockhinge]

"The bard will be the front of the unicorn costume, because that's where the acting needs to be. I’ll be the back of the costume, because I know how to shake my ass."

- The party's horny rogue

[cyberkevvideo]

Drow and Drider Adventure Kickstarter Went Live

The Kickstarter for "After the Fall", the sequel to "Rise of the Drow", went live today. It's a 5e evil campaign where you play drow or drider. For those who've followed me for my Throne of Night and Way of the Wicked entries, this might just be up your alley.

I was very lucky to get to be part of this project, and am proud of the work that I put into this. When it comes out, I'll be looking forward to finally seeing all the other chapters that other people worked on and seeing this campaign as a whole.

Depending on demand and stretch goals achieved, AAW Games is looking to convert this to Pathfinder 2e as well.

[razmahdaz-art]

HEY, I WORKED ON A DND MODULE

My friend over at Imp Games on Twitter and I (and a small team of artists) Worked a DnD 5e Module! And I also Playtested it forever ago and HEY IT'S GOOD.

Twice Dead In Terminus is a great mini-campaign, filled with Undead Cowboys, Moral Quandaries, and Gun-Slinging Subclasses to Add To Your Game! Please got Support my Buddy Evan and Keep an Eye Out For It once it gets Released!

This took like, 6 months to make because Art is hard. So GO LOOK AT IT.

[steelcladart]

Do you want to support a bunch of kobolds in their effort to build a union and to finally, finally get dental?

Do you think their big, bad, evil bosses should give them a better life/work balance?

Do you believe that kobolds should be getting fair wages and compensation for overtime?

Then boy oh boy we have the 5e oneshot for you, live on Kickstarter right now! KOBOLDS ON STRIKE! Maybe their negociation skills are better than their spelling skills.

Rewards for as low as $3!

Kobolds on Strike!

written by @ZachBurrell10 art by @steelcladvicar

The Kickstarter is now live! Please share/reblog and support the little critters' workers rights!

[drakeanddice]

Follow up to the "Death" ask yesterday, and I find myself reading about a decade-worth of official D&D adventures and...

D&D folks, this is not good. You have given these people money for this. To my utter shame, I have given people money for this, though I assiduously only buy used.

These are overwritten, have detail in all the wrong places, have paper-thin excuses for hooks, do not adhere to the stated resource economy, require you to flip between books to run, and notably ACTIVELY seek to be unusable at the table. I could not run these adventures from the book without actively cutting, restructuring, and rewriting most of this.

Is this the intended design? You buy an adventure so that you can write your own adventure loosely based on it? You're signing up for homework and paying for it?

Anyone got like a...good example of a D&D module that I could read over?

[lunarscaled]

Lord Dullanathri the Season Keeper requests the pleasure of your presence at the turning of the season in the city of Baldur’s Gate for a party of great splendor in celebration of the arriving fall season and Autumn Equinox. Guests are expected to arrive Saturday, the 9th or fashionably late.

Formal partywear will be provided. Further details are enclosed.

>Check the envelope contents?

A Dungeons & Dragons / Baldur's Gate RPC Event ( crafted w/ assistance from @charmsperson and @heincus ! )

Essentials:

THE SETUP

Hi Hello Hallo Bonjour Ciao! This section will contain a rudimentary breakdown of this event in plainspeak for muns, as I understand the google doc might seem intimidating at first glance.

Essentially: this is a big excuse for dnd + bg3 muses to be dressed in fancy formalwear and interact! I saw a lot of people on dash saying they wish there was a DA: I Winter Palace equivalent event in BG3, and several people seemed interested in having a form of open-fandom event taking place that gave them a reason to do that. That is the main goal of this event---to let muses have fun in fancy clothes.

Lord Dullanathri the Season Keeper is an Archfey who has brought his Domain of Delight to Baldur's Gate for his annual festivities celebrating the ushering in of Fall, which it is his duty to oversee. All of Baldur's Gate, including the Outer City areas and Duskhawk Hill, are encompassed by his domain at this time and subject to its rules and aesthetics to some degree. Namely: fall leaves and colors, Feywild plants, lots of fall harvests ( plants such as corn, kale, pumpkin, turnips, beets, etc. ), music, large feasts, and a good dose of fey whimsy. Dullanathri's presence, for those who are aware of him, is considered to be a blessing as his domain's arrival will ensure the successful harvest of all crops and forgeables in the surrounding area, leaving plenty to preserve for the upcoming Winter. Baldur's Gate also loves a good party, and though there is typical Fey mischief afoot, Dullanathri is a neutral party and will not intentionally harm others personally. While the party is going on, all individuals inside the domain will be automatically dressed in formal gala attire; feel free to choose any outfit you would like that you feel is suitable for your character and share it with others! Draw it! Make an image collage of references! Dress your character up in appropriately fancy clothes from the game! Write a drabble about it, Cinderella style! Approach this however you like, before or during the event.

🍂FAQ🍁

What is an RPC / Dash Event ?: Consider this the dashboard equivalent of an in-game event, such as the Lantern Rite Festival in Genshin Impact or special 7⭐ Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet+Violet, where many people can come together to participate.

Who is Playing the NPCs?: You are! Or your writing partner is. Feel free to fill in the gaps of the personalities of other party attendants and citizens of Baldur's Gate in a way that is interesting to you and use the skill checks as a guide for your interactions (if you wish). This includes any battle segments, such as Flower Wars---you are free to play this as true-to-form of a real campaign battle as you want, or to plot out things with your partner in advance. Do what suits you.

Is this Mutuals Exclusive?: No! Anyone is free to take the event information / set-up and post opens or write while also respecting the rules of individuals

( ie. you do not have to be mutuals with me to participate in this event, but you must still respect the rules of other writers ( such as being mutuals-exclusive ) unless they state otherwise. )

Do Characters Have to do Side Quests?: No! The Side Quests are merely additional scenario prompts to help flesh out the party, and to give various types and personalities of characters a reason to attend and interact. Not every muse is an extrovert but some are heroic, or power motivated, or curious. These quests exist to give writers material to interact with the party in a way beyond just attending, and to write with others. If you aren't interested, you don't need to focus on them.

TLDR;

If you have questions, feel free to send me an ask, and I'll do my best to answer them!

I hope this can be an event people have fun with, so I've left a large timeframe open to give people more of a chance to participate, as I know people have busy lives and different timezones.

When?: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 - Sunday, September 24th, 2023

Where (in game)?: Baldur’s Gate ( all city districts ); Dusthawk Hill

Who?: Dungeons & Dragons / Baldur’s Gate muses + OCs. ( mutual status is not required to participate. Anyone interested or with an affiliated verse may use this content to interact, write threads, create art, etc. )

Tags?: #EquinoxEvent_2023

please use this tag to track opens, prompt lists, interact with others, and so that non-fandom blogs make blacklist it if necessary (for those who are multi-fandom)

[mikkolas]

also i have to say the new icon keeps making me double take i can’t wait until it becomes familiar again

it's weird for me too! but I had to put the little tiger to rest... even if I in equal amounts cannot give up the blue&orange theme which frankly now makes no sense at all. but. waves a hand around ... but like look at her she's so silly

[art-bit-me]

Last piece of the year! Happy 2024!

[curse-of-dming-strahd]

it's hilarious to me that this campaign module has such a hard-on for this damn elevator trap that they forgot to give the brides ANY PURPOSE OR PERSONALITY

[ace-robot-things]

Cooking something…a Skullgirls Dnd module, perhaps? Stay tuned 💀❤️

[lockhinge]

Tek (bard/rogue): Sorry, I really need to start paying attention. I thought I just heard you say you could cast Thunderwave with your hair? NPC Spellcaster: No, you got it.

[cyberkevvideo]

Final Hours of the Kickstarter, and Two More Playable Options for 5e

There are only 14 hours left for the Rise of the Drow: After the Fall evil drider and drow campaign, and not only has every monetary goal been met, but now that it's hit $100k, a secret goal has been unlocked: a "SPIDERKSSED" soundtrack.

There's still nine base NPC STL print file minis yet to be unlocked (we need more backers), and the 2000 backer special edition STL file. It'd be nice if we could hit that in the final hours.

During the conversations we've been having in the comments section of the Kickstarter, the discussion of Lolth came up, and how some people aren't a fan of hers, and were hoping for something more original. For those who've been following me for a while, you know that this isn't my first rodeo when it comes to drow. I did a whole series of blog entries on the (sadly defunct) Throne of Night campaign for Pathfinder 1e. One of the entries I added was to make an homage to the 3.5 scorrow monster from Eberron, which used the Pathfinder girtablilu and Drowblood template, as well as ranger Simple Class template. Lolth is Forgotten Realms, but the "Spider Queen" moniker is available for anyone's world. However, if you'd like to make this take place in Eberron, or a homebrew world that Lolth doesn't exist, then Vulkoor might be right up your alley. Instead of female drider (spiders), you have male scorrow (aka scorpions).

Today, I'll be talking about additional playable options you could potentially use, with DM permission of course.

As always, if you like what I do, whether it’s monster conversions, adventure path add-ons, or race builds, I have a Ko-Fi page (linked) for those who would like to support me monetarily. There is no pressure or obligation to do so. A like and/or a share would also be appreciated just as much. It lets people know I exist out there.

I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy.

Now, let’s talk stats.

Since the module has you play as drider or drow, if you wanted to be a scorrow, this module wouldn't technically allow for it. However, it's actually pretty easy to make a drow into a drider with what's already available. Also, talking to my players, and other people online, there are a lot of people who prefer to play as tiefling. Unfortunately, there's no official playable tiefling option in this scenario, and no tiefling drow hybrid race or monster outside of the draegloth. I've seen argument that a cambion can be created by any humanoid, not just humans, so that could be argued, and there's also a hydrid drow/bugbear 3PP release that I found for one of my players who ran through the Way of the Wicked adventure path. There are quite a few drow hybrid races, but the majority of them are 3PP, so today I'll just be covering two official monsters from D&D, and who you how to convert them to 5e with a few simple additions to the base race.

To make a scorrow, take your standard drow and make the following changes:

Change the Darkvision to 60 feet from 120, and remove Sunlight Sensitivity.

Remove the drow's Weapon Training.

Rename Trance to Unihemispheric Sleep. You still don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep, but need more than 4 hours of rest.

Add the centaur's Equine Build and Hooves. Rename Hooves to Stinger and increase the damage to 1d6 piercing instead of 1d4 bludgeoning.

Add the grung's Standing Leap.

Add the 2024 dwarf's Stonecunning.

Change your Creature Type from Humanoid to Monstrosity. Add "You are also considered a drow for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be one." allowing you to take drow feats.

Removed the drow's Drow Magic.

Add a new ability called Scorpion Empathy. You can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only scorpions with it. You also have advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks you make to influence them.

You might be surprised at just how balanced this actually is. It's obviously more than your standard drow, but it has its own weaknesses by comparison, especially the inability to cheat resting hours and lack of magic. It's "point cost" is less than most of the newer playable races.

To make a draegloth, take your standard drow and make the following changes:

Remove the drow's Weapon Training.

Remove the drow's Trance.

Change your Creature Type from Humanoid to Monstrosity. Add "You are also considered a drow and a tiefling for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be one." This allows you to take drow and tiefling feats.

Remove Sunlight Sensitivity.

Add a thri-kreen's Secondary Arms.

Admittedly, this is less balanced when compared to the scorrow, but Secondary Arms is considered fairly busted to just about any other ability in the game. Not having Trance is still a problem though, and unless the drow and scorrow, you still need to sleep and can be affected by the sleep spell.

These are pretty quick and dirty, and I hope you're allowed to play as one of these options, if you present them to your DM, especially for this campaign. I know I've presented them to my friend who's looking to run this campaign for us (he's also got a 3D printer so he'll be making use of those STL files). He hasn't said no yet, and I've showed him the article on the zekyl/zekylyn too, and I know that at least has peaked his interest.