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Chapter 5: New Player Options Following are three new subclasses designed for play for this timeline, designed in mind for the 2024 rules of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons and using Subclasses Revivified for balance comparison and inspiration. They can work for other settings and timelines with...

The first chapter of the adventure path proper, Prophecies in the Sand is split into 3 major parts, taking the PCs from 1st to 4th level. Sands of Doom supports both experience-based and milestone leveling, with the former listing noncombat experience for completing certain tasks as well as...

This chapter covers the regional setting of Sands of Doom as a whole, looking at it from a big picture overview. Details and descriptions of particular areas are covered in later chapters proper. Lay of the Land talks about the geopolitical boundaries. Kirat is the name for the realm as a...

You should consider making your own homebrew as well. If I can do it, you can too!

Chapter 4: Geography of Fallen Ansalon, Part 2 Image taken from The Complete Lord Soth Chronological and Collecting List article on DLNexus Nightlund: Although technically a part of Solamnia, the supernatural darkness that dominates its skies makes evident that no mortal lord lays claim to...

Chapter 4: Geography of Fallen Ansalon, Part 1 Picture taken from the Legends of the Twins sourcebook. Abanasinia: The corruption and dissolution of the Seeker faith. The Red Dragonarmy invasion and genocide of many Plainsmen tribes. And now, the death of the gods. Abanasinia is a land that...

While watching Ed Greenwood streaming Baldur's Gate 3, one of the viewers asked him good novels for newbies to get into the Realms. Ed listed Spellfire as one of them.

Mr. Rhexx’s Storefront, PDF Edition Note: This product was originally made for 2014 5th Edition, but brackets are provided for 2024 stat blocks for monsters and NPCs from the Monster Manual. Fermin Caballero, better known as Mr. Rhexx, had his start online making lore videos for popular RPGs...

Why, what's wrong with it?

Chapter 3: Factions of the Apocalypse Image from Oathmark: Battles of the Lost Age Armies of Reorx: Although they acknowledge and respect the other gods, Reorx had a special place among the dwarven peoples of Ansalon. Even after the Cataclysm they remained devout by keeping their temples...

It has a lot of memorable people, places, and events which a fair amount of my gaming circle is familiar with, so we have common reference points. It's also easier to insert "classic fantasy" homebrew and setting-neutral adventures without much modification or feeling incongruent, unlike some...

Hourglass in the Sky: Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy Picture taken from the Legends of the Twins sourcebook. The River of Time is not a linear point running from a single beginning to end. It splits and forks, creating countless possible realities of unrealized futures. The Dragonlance Legends...

A bit of thread necromancy, but... Thank you for the clarification. Edited my OP to be more accurate in this regard. It's comments like these and beta-ray's that give me the motivation to continue these write-ups! Thank you both, I really appreciate them! :) Yeah, were it not for Eberron...

Is thread necromancy something a good-aligned monster would do? 🤔 But seriously, happy to see that this reinvigorated discussion!

So I bought two RPGs. One of them is Dragonbane Core Set, the other is Draw Steel Heroes. Yes I'm aware that DS isn't "old school," but I've had my eye on it for a while and figured that having an "old school" and "new school" fantasy RPG to peruse would make for a good balance. Sorry for those...

It's now out on the DM's Guild!

This is more an educated guess on my part, but I'm pretty sure that Jason Bulmahn and Paizo in general would be in favor of gatekeeping Neo-Nazis and their sympathizers. I'm all for gatekeeping when it's preventing people who can be disruptive at best, dangerous at worst, from ruining other...

Courtesy of IGN. It even references Armor Class and has a classic-looking TSR-style module cover to emulate that old-school feel!

I play online. A PDF is preferred due to the above. I can do either published adventures or writing my own, but for new systems I'd prefer a published adventure to see what's expected. I'd prefer having the rules all in one book, or if they're spread out that the multiple rulebooks be cheap.

Take all the time you need, I'm not going to be picking up anything until I get my paycheck.