Recent content by John Out West

I'm working on an idea I'm calling "Point-Buy Dungeon." Its essentially a Dungeon generator built like the character creator from the 5e PHB. You get six stats, a class, background, and race (Now realm, history, and occupant). The main goal is to get DMs to theorize about dungeon builds like...

The thing I wanted more of when I started DMing CoS was dungeons, or maybe "Bottle Encounters" is a better term, since they don't need to be in 'dungeons' specifically. This is one of the earlier dungeons i made, and I thought i'd formalize it and put it out for free. Its set in the mayor's...

I've developed four more classroom encounters for your magical schools in the Conjurer's Course Catalogue: Bestiary 101. Join your instructor Dwardin Rockjaw as he leads you through the world of natural and magical beasts. This includes two classroom encounters, one long term project, and a...

Wrote in my Blog about a game I hosted for a college club a few years back, and am working on a PDF to let others host one-shots for clubs or stores. The idea is/was simple: Multiple DMs host games for 4+ players each, all coordinated by a Grand Master. The GM handled crossovers, kept time for...

Conjurer's Course Catalogue: Alchemy 101 is a short D&D 5e supplement designed for magical school campaigns such as Strixhaven or your own homebrew academy. It presents four alchemy-themed classroom encounters: two lessons, one project, and a final exam. Each playable in about an hour. Led by...

Free puzzle gauntlet on: Our Website DrivethruRPG Read our Blog about the tower. "While the wizard is gone, adventurers will scurry about his tower." The Tower of Lopenine is a 12 room puzzle gauntlet in a magical wizards tower, designed to challenge, confuse, and enthrall your players. This...

Blog Post Last night I playtested a new TTRPG i've been working on. The setting is a small tourist town within the SCP universe. The player characters are newly recruited field agents at a small foundation facility. The test included only 3 pages, 1 for How to Play, 2 for Character creation...

Get Crafting! Krillo's Guide is a crafting supplement for Fantasy RPGs like D&D and Pathfinder that allows players to create equipment from their environment and their enemies! The book features seven crafts with distinct mechanics, and a ton of information for GM's to create interesting...

Krillo's been travelling the world and studying crafting for years, writing everything he's learned into his famous journal. We've stolen this journal and are exploiting it for profit. Behold hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations, recipes, and schematics in Krillo's Guide. You ever wanna make...

Introducing the Hardlight Heroes of Skybound. This is the Hardlight Heroes Character Creation Preview. It includes information and resources for first-time Skybound players to familiarize themselves with Character Creation for Tech heroes. These heroes use Hardlight and Hacking during their...