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SOME BACKGROUND ON TYBOLD’S TERRIBLE SHIELDS Longtime readers are no doubt familiar with the occasional extended adventuring party writeups I post to this thread. These are exceptions to the short writeups I normally share, 4-5 sentences being limit I place on myself for each writeup so I have...

Right on! Thanks for posting this link to your podcast, Ben. Listening to it now.

From this list of 40 adventuring company names on page 1, I present: TYBOLD’S TERRIBLE SHIELDS Zorabrantha Tybold has been many things in her life: a shipper of goods between the coastal cities of Lushpool and Ithmong on the Divided Road in Lapaliiya, a ship’s crewman aboard the Saffron Hammer...

From this list of 40 adventuring company names on page 1, I present: THE GHOST KNIGHTS There are no true knights among the Ghost Knights, but each member considers themselves a knight anointed by the Ghost Knight of Galardoun, the purpose bequeathed to them by that far-traveled haunting to...

From this list of 40 adventuring company names on page 1, I present: HORNSHULDER’S LOYAL BLADES Six dwarves—all from House Helmhorn, a clan barely 50 years old—comprise Hornshulder's Loyal Blades. They do not hold to the old ways: of the males some wear beards shorn short, two are wizards...

From this list of 40 adventuring company names on page 1, I present: THE COMPANY OF THE DEAD SEMBIAN A quintet of upland Sembians cursed early in their adventuring careers after slaying a murderous buyer of farmland and claimer of abandoned holds that hired mercenaries to butcher anyone that...

From this list of 40 adventuring company names on page 1, I present: THE BLADE HERALDS OF ORMPUR Led by Countess Tamshalarean Kallowsar of Cormyr, the Blade Heralds are a far-travelled band of adventurers turned diplomatic couriers for the city of Ormpur on the Shining Sea. Each Blade Herald...

Who doesn't love a good table in a D&D sourcebook? Here's a set of tables I created, which I use for the adventures and other content I write for my DMs Guild sourcebooks. It will be published in the next issue (issue #5) of Eye on Cormyr.

Well met! And welcome. The spirit of Halloween permeates this, the fourth installment of Eye on Cormyr. In this issue you will find a host of brand new features. If you're running low on encounter ideas, Close Encounters has thirteen suggestions to surprise your players with. (Who knew...

Sending much love and healing vibes your way, Ed! I look forward to your return to Twitter.

With the publication of "Eye on Cormyr #3", work has begun on issue #4. Here's an in-progress look at two new features: Close Encounters and the Purple Dragons. Artist credit: oldstores, jan stopka, via Adobe Stock.

08/27/2019 TUESDAY Thinking Waymoot Tier I play What's needed to get started? 1. Basic map of Waymoot 2. List of shops, inns, rooming houses and temples. 3. List at least one NPC per location -- need not always be the owner of a place. 4. Give a name to the King's Lord (well, as of 1491...

Work on "Eye on Cormyr" #3 is nearly complete. Here's a work-in-progress look at the table of contents for the third installment:

08/23/2019 Friday Thinking about Waymoot... 1. A noble hung by the neck from from a tree. 2. SPELL - Puddle Reflection - This spell allows you to see all creatures that cast a reflection into a puddle or other body of water within the last hour, from the angle at which you are standing when...

08/22/2019 Thursday 1. Make haste to the battlefield: Healers, herbalists and clerics may be found traveling to, or remaining at, battlefields where the living have departed and the dead are left to rot. After a tenday, the blood soaked, corpse-strewn ground becomes host to fleshwort, a...

08/21/2019 Tuesday Magic, Mystery, Music and More in Waymoot 1. The stag heads within Woodbrand's keep, where the Queen's Lord resides ("Queen's Lord" meaning the Queen's appointed representative who speaks and rules on her behalf in Waymoot and the surrounding woodlands; also called a "local...

08/20/2019 Monday 1. SPELL Flock of Daggers - This spell causes a flock of birds to become daggers with wings. The daggers fly within range and fall upon an area you designate. The daggers then revert to normal and fly away. 2. MAGIC ITEM - Avian Dagger - On command, this magical dagger takes...