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Month: August 2018

Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Divya the Mageslayer

August 29, 2018September 8, 2018 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters where we explore the wide variety of interesting character builds possible. As with the original run, these characters are NOT supposed to be optimized, but they …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Merrik Draven, Captain of “the Neutralizers”

August 22, 2018September 9, 2018 - by markt

Welcome to the return of Creative Characters. In taking over from Kim’s amazing work, and continuing this intriguing series, I’ll be venturing to present some interesting character builds, with a twist here …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Jurgen Bernhart, Dream Prophet Soldier

August 30, 2018October 21, 2018 - by jtmoriarty

Welcome readers to the new look, all fantastic, Creative Characters for Starfinder! Inside you will find amazing characters built for character, not optimized for combat. Yes, you will see what …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature – Apocrita Arcology CR 7

August 13, 2018August 8, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature Starjammer Edition. Today we present the Apocrita Arcology, an entire city of intelligent but short-lived insects whose civic politics is often confused for a functional hive …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Corpse Crawler

August 5, 2018August 20, 2018 - by nwright

Corpse Crawler CR 8 The pile of corpse parts pulls itself together, rising into a shuffling mass of limbs and bones as its many faces contort in rage. XP 4,800NE …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Crater Maw CR 8

August 27, 2018August 22, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature: Starjammer! This Monday we present the Crater Maw, a plant adapted to living in extraterrestrial caves and digesting any foolish enough to enter. Crater Maw CR 8 …

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Monster Monday

Creature Feature: Neverwere (CR +1)

August 20, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Welcome to Creature Feature Starjammer! Today we present the Neverwere, individuals who have been infected with a contagious alternate reality. Reaver Who Left (Human Form) CR 4 This feral man …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Puff Ooze

August 6, 2018August 26, 2018 - by Kevin Bryan

Monster Monday is going through some changes. From now on, it is going to be called Creature Feature and will be occurring multiple times a week. Creature Feature Mondays will …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Shedskin Hulk

August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 - by nwright

Shedskin Hulk CR 5 A massive creature lumbers towards you, its thick shaggy skin peeling off its body in strips to reveal more skin below. N Huge animal Init +2; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Skinshriek

August 26, 2018August 22, 2018 - by nwright

Skinshriek CR 14 Skin rips and unravels, revealing a distorted skeleton barely anchored to the sheets and strips of skin that writhe around it. XP 38,400CE Large aberrationInit +3; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Unseen

August 19, 2018August 25, 2018 - by nwright

Unseen CR 6 A gaunt figure with long claws tipping its fingers appears before you before simply vanishing as if it were never there.NE Medium FeyInit +5; Senses low light …

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Miscellaneous

Eldritch Inheritance: Seer

August 4, 2018August 29, 2018 - by mmiller

The seer eldritch inheritance has three features: Class skills (Spellcraft and Perception), a bonded item and the ability to intuit the events of the immediate future. The Combat Seer (Fighter …

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GM Rolefinder

GM Rolefinder – Cheating Player Death

August 15, 2018August 16, 2018 - by jtmoriarty

Cheating player death… As a player you don’t want to die, of course, but… you do want there to be a risk. And as a GM you don’t want to …

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GM Rolefinder

Last “role” for the session, now onto Creatives!

August 22, 2018August 20, 2018 - by jtmoriarty

Hello hello, and thanks for joining me! The Pathfinder Playtest is here (in case you’ve been living under a rock) and everyone is having a go. I am excited and …

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Miscellaneous

Reach Out and Play 11: Combat Posting Conclusion

August 1, 2018August 9, 2018 - by markt

Even More Magical Combat Fortitude Save A Fortitude save represents a character’s physical resistance. It is the body’s immune system regarding magic, poisons and other effects that would do harm. …

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Location, Location, Encounter

Rustwater Canyon

August 5, 2018September 5, 2018 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Background Rustwater Canyon lies along an arid plain far to the southwest of the more densely populated midland kingdoms. Less than a dozen small farms dot the surrounding countryside. Aside …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri: Illusionist (Wizard Archetype)

August 25, 2018August 27, 2018 - by mmiller

Illusionist (Wizard Archetype) The illusionist is a master of deception, using light and shadow to reshape reality with sounds and smells to give it depth. Whether blinding his enemies or …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri: Storm Thrower (Fighter Archetype)

August 19, 2018September 20, 2018 - by mmiller

Storm Thrower (Fighter Archetype) The storm thrower is the master of thrown weapons. He rains down destruction upon his foes. Crouched behind their splintering shields, his enemies despair beneath his …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri: The Highborn Rake (Swashbuckler Archetype)

August 11, 2018September 20, 2018 - by mmiller

The Highborn Rake Be the man a peasant or a king, honor it is not in the blood.  For some, honor is for fools compelled to keep up appearances by …

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Interviews

Tech Tuesday: RPG Kickstarter – Domina Magica – A Magical Girl RPG with Emily Reinhart

August 21, 2018 - by Egg Embry

I first read about Domina Magica through ConTessa when DM’s (ha!) creator, Emily Reinhart, did some public playtesting of the system through them at Gen Con. The game’s anime-Magical-Girl-brought-to-tabletop put a smile on my face. …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Exotic Dragoncrafting

August 31, 2018September 12, 2018 - by Michael Vail-Steele

The sounds of the forest reverberate around you as you trudge through the underbrush. Birds flutter far above you in the tree tops and a river babbles just out of …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Treasures of the Ethereal Plane

August 24, 2018September 5, 2018 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Crystal of Ethereal Conjuring Incense hangs thick in the air as you enter the cramped shop. The bustling sounds of the city outside instantly cease as the door shuts behind …

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Location, Location, Encounter

The Slavers Cloud

August 19, 2018September 5, 2018 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Background The provincial kingdoms of Dogoda have been under siege for years. Their attacker is not an invading foreign army, but a cloud that moves against the wind. The cloud …

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Location, Location, Encounter

The Town of Grover’s Mill

August 15, 2018September 5, 2018 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Background Long ago the site that would one day become Grover’s Mill was visited by a squad of anunnaki. The otherworldly beings experimented on local fauna before returning to the …

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