Using Nature to Delight & Terrify Your Players

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You’re Our Last Resort: A Star Wars (sort of) Adventure

On this auspicious year, the stars have aligned such that I have a Shadowdark session on May the Fourth. We must necessarily have a nod to Star Wars in the…
Swept Up in the OSR Revival

After ten years of playing Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons, my tables are beginning to turn to the borrowed nostalgia of simpler times (not experienced by any of us) in…
The Trouble With Underwater Adventures

Where to begin. There’s the question of how you breathe. And the question of how far you can swim. And the question of whether or not ranged weapon attacks work…

Wilderness Travel at Low Levels

Throughout the ages people have tried to tame the wilderness, and the wilderness fights back. We think we have conquered,…
How Far Can You See in a Forest

The characters are sneaking through a forest, looking for a band of goblins that are rumored to be in the…
Better Nature Themed Monsters: More Than Entangle

Friends, we all like a sinister vine that softly creeps up behind someone and snakes around their ankle. I take…
5 Memorable Magical Trinkets (And Two Regrettable Items)

Some magic items are memorable because they were the object of a lengthy quest. Some magic items are memorable because…
Side Quests for Wilderness Travel: River & Plains

Continuing on the theme from the last post, I bring two more side quests for different wilderness environments. The hooks…
Adventure Concept: The Night Banquet

Hello, and welcome to another adventure concept inspired by a manipulated fantasy image! Here is a unforgettable tale which is…
The Belt of Yiffrey: An Introductory 5e Adventure

Here is the introductory adventure in its entirety, intended for 4-5 level 1 players. The giant spider encounter could have…
Fighting in the Rain

“Today is sunny,” you announce. Or it’s partly cloudy or windy or there is a hail storm. Most of the…
A Brief History of the Smoldering Isles

Let us escape, you and I, to the tropical fantasy land of the Smoldering Isles. Here the drakona people rule…