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I'm finishing a free adventure module set in the world of Magic: The Gathering's Innistrad. The planeswalker Sorin Markov will be making an appearance to chat with the PCs. I'm having difficulties figuring out how to stat him, however. Variant Vampire Spellcaster (MM p298) seems like a good...

I didn't participate in the playtest period of 5E, before it was officially released. I'd love to hear from people who did participate though. What was it like? What were some significant changes? I'm a big fan of the edition as a whole, but I wonder how some of the more obvious blunders, such...

Am I missing something here? We're given the Favored Soul as one of two examples to modify and create new class archetypes in this Unearthed Arcana: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/modifying-classes For sorcerer, the author states: And again: Yet the very first thing the...

I'm creating some interesting NPCs to introduce into campaigns like you used to see in Dungeon magazine and elsewhere. Each NPC comes with a short backstory, appearance, personality, monster stats, and ways to implement the NPC into your campaign. This is my first attempt: Sir Delandel, the...

I'm looking to write a short adventure. The PCs will be summoned to Limbo aiding githzerai and ride on an astral ship. They will face local hazards (slaad, not sure what else is there) and then engage in a ship to ship battle with githyanki raiders. This is a 5E game. So I have a pretty good...

I'm writing a free adventure module and I'm stuck on a Chapter that involves a zombie siege. The setup is this: The PCs (level 2/3)are in a town (population 1,000) when they hear from newly arrived refugees that a horde of undead are rampaging through the countryside and are heading this way...

I've tried asking Mike Mearls and Jeremy Crawford this question on Twitter but no response. I want to know their intent behind this, because I have no clue why it's done this way: A party of four level 2 characters are fighting five Goblins being led by one Hobgoblin. Encounter XP Total: 350...

I'm planning a homebrew campaign set in an area heavily influenced by magic: the gathering's "innistrad" setting. It has mad scientists, frankenstein monster, zombies, werewolves, witches, ghosts, and aristocratic vampires. Also a romanticized romania vibe. The province is dominated by the...

Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I'm looking for visual inspiration on these classic horror icons. Movies or tv shows would be best. I like having them in the background while I work. I want to write up a module that is a mashup of classic gothic horror, with aristocratic vampires...

What exactly was the blue fire? Does it have any properties other than incinerating anything it touched? Is there any blue fire left during the Sundering?

I was thinking about having a final boss be a symbol of good, like a paladin or an angel (not fallen). I'm brainstorming ideas, but I don't know at what point does the good alignment shift to neutral. For example, what if this good-aligned boss was trying to save the world, but the only way to...

I'm building a homebrew in the jungles of Chult for my PCs of level 4-5. I found this interesting nugget of info in the 4E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting: "Junglemotes are common in Chult. Some are populated with creatures alien and awful in aspect—entities not native to Chult, or at least...

I'm going to ambush my 4 PCs (level 4 each) when they're crossing a river. 3 Lizardfolk (CR 1/2 each) and 1 Lizardfolk Shaman (CR 2) will be chilling underwater. According to the encounter calculator, it's a Hard (1,500xp) encounter. Lizardfolk Shaman have Conjure Animals and so he'll bust out...

The picture in question. It's a character from Magic: The Gathering that I don't know too much of, he eats people's dreams or something cool like that. But I can't get the artwork out of my head. I want to make a Big Bad inspired by this. I see a creature that is a master of the mind...

My previous thread about ancient dwarven guardians yielded some great suggestions. I wanted to expand on the idea and see if I could get some more suggestions. There are four PCs at 4th level. They have just landed at Port Nyranzaru on the northern tip of Chult. They must venture to Rune's...

Backstory: Rune's Hollow used to be the headquarters of the Thunderaxe clan, wild dwarves running a profitable business in the mountain ranges of Chult. Their treasure vault was stored safely here, a gathering of untold riches, with a powerful artifact called the Myststone as the cherry on top...

I'm looking to make a sweet blaster build for an upcoming RHOD campaign. The DM is allowing basically all sources, so I expect to be with ToB melee and the likes, so I want to feel competent in my role. He has to perform well from levels 5-9 I believe. My roll is 15 15 13 11 11 10 I don't know...