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Mike Myler

Mike Myler is a freelancing RPG goblin (or goblin that freelances for RPGs?) and the editor for the excellent EN5ider Patreon. You can also find his marks in the N.O.W. book for the What's Old Is New RPG and on www.mikemyler.com⁠ (which has the neatest collection of free content around).

5E EN5ider #311 - Magic Items: Hunter Totems

Jan 13

We all know those players—the second the party has slain the unimaginable horror from beyond, they've jumped onto the corpse and are working at it with a blade to pry away some teeth, a horn, or another grisly trophy. Over at EN5ider we think these folks need something to work for with all that amateur taxidermy...something like enchanted hunter totems!

5E Mythological Figures: Mary Read

Jan 13

We’ve already seen her counterpart in crime but you may not recognize this pirate anyway⁠—most people didn’t and she spent an absurd amount of her life disguised as a man. It couldn’t be anyone other than the one, the only, the inimitable Mary Read!

5E EN5ider #310 - New Race: Sentient Illusions

Jan 06

EN5ider's first issue of the year expands the lore and rules for a new type of creature introduced in a Monstrous Menagerie article late last year, providing rules for playing them as a new character race: sentient illusions! Lately on EN5ider: #310. New Race: Sentient Illusions. A few weeks ago we introduced the sapient magical life forms wrought by the Order of Sentience as...

5E Epic Monsters: Dorian Gray

Jan 06

“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” Which is the precarious proposition at the heart of the man, the portrait, the monster: Dorian Gray.

5E EN5ider #308 and #309: Prayerbooks & Scripture and Bastards Revenge

Dec 30

EN5ider is closing out 2019 with a bang! To celebrate the holiday season a minister in training and theologian takes a look at prayerbooks that bring a studious aspect to playing clerics, and a bonus 6th article for the month of December finally answers the question of why there are so many half-orcs, half-elves, tieflings, and other half-breeds roving about—and introduces a particularly irresponsible fellow who sired many of them.

5E Mythological Figures: David

Dec 30

Remember that fellow so often shown using a sling to throw a stone into Goliath’s eye, killing him despite his opponent’s far greater size? Me too! Apparently there’s much more to this character however, so click onward and let’s dive into David.

5E EN5ider 307 - Monstrous Menagerie: Sentient Illusions

Dec 23

Today EN5ider's got a half dozen new monsters that have crossed the great divide between that which is arcana and that which is truly alive!

5E Epic Monsters: Fafnir

Dec 23

Fratricide, patricide, and cursed gold? Dwarf turned dragon!? Inspiration for Smaug!?! I’m sure you know that we’re talking about that envious stout-folk-turned-serpent Fafnir!

5E EN5ider #306 - ZEITGEIST #9 The Last Starry Sky: Part One

Dec 16

Today on EN5ider we usher in the end of ZEITGEIST's second big plot arc with fey, reality altering machines, and a bit of regicide.

5E Mythological Figures: Imhotep

Dec 16

In Ancient Egypt there once was a commoner who rose to the heights of mortal authority, acting as counsel to personages no less than pharaohs. So great were his deeds and esteem that he rose higher still after his demise, ultimately getting deified. You probably know him from The Mummy but to many throughout history he was the god of medicine and healing: I’m talking about Imhotep!

5E EN5ider #305 - Mini-Adventure: Tainted Remedies

Dec 09

Adventurers love a good deal and will be hard-pressed to pass up improved and discounted healing potions. Today's EN5ider article is all about exploiting a weakness for curatives, luring the party in with a generous offer that all too soon becomes an untenable necessity—will they become addicted or can they break the cycle?

5E Epic Monsters: Orang-Bati

Dec 09

The skies of the island of Seram in Indonesia are said to be dotted with these strange bat-men who swoop down to steal away people for food: the dreaded orang-bati!

5E EN5ider #304 - Over the Next Hill: The Medieval Lord's Manor

Dec 02

EN5ider's popular Over the Next Hill series returns with an article that takes a historical approach to understanding the rule, culture, and nuances of a medieval lord's estate!

5E Mythological Figures: Grace O'Malley

Dec 02

This cunning pirate championed the seas around Ireland and even stood up directly to (in the same room as and in front of) Queen Elizabeth I, taking word (and sword) to power whenever the need called for it: Grace O’Malley!

5E EN5ider #303 - Monstrous Menagerie: Unique Dragons

Nov 25

It's been a while since the last EN5ider: Monstrous Menagerie article but the series is back with not one, but two templates for dragons and examples of each at work!

5E Epic Monsters: Mongolian Death Worm

Nov 25

Today’s Epic Monster is supposedly found in the Gobi Desert, said to be so toxic that even its touch can kill. If you're thinking 'Mongolian Death Worm' give yourself a gold star!

5E EN5ider #302 - Intriguing Organizations: House of the Reclaimed Soul

Nov 18

Going to Hell soon or already there? EN5ider has just the thing for wayward folks like yourself in Intriguing Organizations: House of the Reclaimed Soul!

5E Mythological Figures: Loki

Nov 18

Today’s Mythological Figures post is definitely not a post about one of mythology’s greatest liars and manipulators, the master deceiver and traitorous god that humanity calls Loki!

5E EN5ider #301: The Not-So-Lonely Road

Nov 11

Today's issue of EN5ider is a clever historically-sourced article that makes medieval overland travel exciting and engaging with just a few rolls of the dice!

5E Epic Monsters: Elizabeth Báthory

Nov 11

We’ve already seen her in the Mythological Figures side of this column but ENWorlder Rafael Martin pointed out that since her body went missing after her burial that surely she must be a terrifying undead. I’m inclined to agree! So it is that today’s entry in Epic Monsters features another version of the Blood Countess, one twisted by evil into something even more monstrous than the woman was as the mortal Elizabeth Báthory!