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Month: January 2019

RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

2 RPG Kickstarters and 1 Bundle You Should Back – Treacherous Traps (5e), FOLIO Mini-Adventures (1e/5e), and Raging Swan’s NEW YEAR’S MEGABUNDLE (PF1e)

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 - by Egg Embry

With the new year, there are new projects going up on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. New 5e (and 1e) games. In this article, I look at some adventures, a book of …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

2 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back Because the Creators Give Back to the Industry – Haunting of Hastur, and Lex Draconis

January 21, 2019 - by Egg Embry

Everyone experiences setbacks and defeats. Gamer, writer, and publisher, Jeremy Tangman, is going through a difficult period due to “several major spinal issues”. Jeremy, co-writer and publisher of the steampunk …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

3 RPG Kickstarters That You Should Back – Zorro, ADOM, and The Cryptid Manual

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019 - by Egg Embry

There are three RPGs on Kickstarter featuring legends, video games, or pulp characters coming to your tabletop. It’s an interesting time to game as more and more properties are moving into …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

3 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Monsters & Magic, FROM BEYOND (Starfinder), and BattleMats

January 14, 2019 - by Egg Embry

The number of RPG crowdfunding campaigns is still down from its pre-holiday season height, but as Kickstarter bulks back up with a variety of new games, I’ve sifted through the …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Llyrann, the Caller of the Hunt

January 2, 2019January 10, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around, our group will focus on a number of crossblooded denizens of the outlying Evervale region, somewhat unique in the acceptance and integration …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Mirra the Unbreakable Warden

January 23, 2019January 22, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we’ve got something special theme-wise. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble…..that’s right, witches. In this case, all of …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Urlau, Half-Gnoll Bouda

January 16, 2019January 18, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we’ve got something special theme-wise. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble…..that’s right, witches. In this case, all of …

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Miscellaneous

Creative Characters – Wenrick Orizana Elfling Spell-less ranger

January 9, 2019January 26, 2019 - by markt

Products used in this Character! Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around, our group will focus on a number of crossblooded denizens of the outlying Evervale region, somewhat unique …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Ylara, the Seducer

January 30, 2019February 7, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we’ve got something special theme-wise. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble…..that’s right, witches. In this case, all of …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Drabu Hex, Phentomite Detective

January 31, 2019January 28, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

The police procedural. A genre that emphasizes teamwork, investigation and epic shootouts with criminal ne’er-do-wells. In short, set it on a space station or distant planet and you have the …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Blooded Samurai

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

In many ways, samurai are not unlike the knights of western lands. In their idealized form, they are honorable, dutiful, powerful warriors. Like knights, they are of noble blood except …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Extremoturtur

January 1, 2019December 30, 2018 - by Quin Callahan

Extremoturtur’s are an anomaly of nature and a rare one at that. These tiny creatures live in extremely hot environments on the prime material plane, appearing not unlike tiny turtles …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Ogre Monk

January 22, 2019January 16, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

There are some who argue that ogres, by their nature, are doomed to chaos and evil. The question of whether one’s blood or one’s upbringing us what dooms them to …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Powderbug Swarm

January 8, 2019January 3, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

At first, powderbugs were heralded for their potential use as a black powder substitute. They required little food and harvesting them was a simple matter of leaving enough bugs for …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Shogunate Nothing

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

In the lands of the Dairi Shogunate, there exist an order of wandering monks known for their unusual dress. In the native language of the land, they are the Grey …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): ARNTI

January 3, 2019December 29, 2018 - by Nathan Ross

In the foul and far-flung reaches of space, a dread and nameless planet orbits a star long dead. Beneath its crust, great and sulfurous gears grind and whirr. Their purpose; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Dusk Runner

January 17, 2019January 8, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

The exploration of new worlds, strange environments with rules and challenges different from our own, is a staple of many Starfinder games. The challenges posed to the players can be …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Goll

January 20, 2019January 8, 2019 - by nwright

Goll CR 4 This muscled figure has long barbed tentacles in place or arms, with a head like an insect’s with fanged mandibles. CN Medium monstrous humanoid Init +0; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Green Stump

January 6, 2019December 26, 2018 - by nwright

Green Stump CR 15 Corrupted sap drips from the bark of this vast blackened stump as thorny roots claw out of the soil. CN Huge plantInitiative -3; Senses low-light vision; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Lossi

January 10, 2019December 29, 2018 - by Nathan Ross

This week, in the second of our series of creatures which challenge players primarily outside of combat we introduce the Lossi, strange vermin that are made of information and live …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Nuclear Shadow

January 13, 2019January 2, 2019 - by nwright

Nuclear Shadow CR 10 This spectral figure appears to be a three-dimensional shadow in the blurry shape of a person. N Medium undeadInit +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Oozoar

January 24, 2019January 13, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

Welcome to the final in our set of Starfinder creatures that specifically aim to challenge players in ways other than combat. Our final creature, the oozoar, goes big, offering GMs …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Vatborn

January 27, 2019February 11, 2019 - by nwright

Vatborn CR 2 The figure before you looks almost like a human, save for their grey skin and the lack of detail to their flesh. N Medium humanoid (vatborn)Init +2; …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Cataphract (Cavalier Archetype)

January 5, 2019January 10, 2019 - by mmiller

Cataphract (Cavalier Archetype) The heavily armored cataphract blasts holes through the enemy lines and spreads panic across the battlefield. Atop his hulking charger, he is the thunder that follows the …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Cursed Channeler (Cleric Archetype)

January 12, 2019January 13, 2019 - by mmiller

Cursed Channeler (Cleric Archetype) The curse crept over his life like an evening shadow. The oppressive darkness bore down on him and the agony worked of its own will. It …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Exterminator (Rogue Archetype)

January 26, 2019January 25, 2019 - by mmiller

Exterminator (Rogue Archetype) The rich and powerful acquire rivals along with their riches. Rivals sometimes become enemies. The richest men cannot be seen to lift a blade against his enemies. …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Shadow Blade (Swashbuckler Archetype)

January 19, 2019January 14, 2019 - by mmiller

Shadow Blade The shadow blade bides his time beneath the veil of darkness.  He is patient. He knows that eventually, his enemy will lull themselves into complacency, grow bored and …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Drow Items

January 18, 2019January 13, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Rain pounds on the shop’s roof as gusts of wind slam the shutters against the outside walls. The lamps have been turned down low and now only give off a …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Legendary Swords

January 25, 2019January 14, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

The sound of hammers hitting anvils rings out all around you. You feel a sudden blast of steam as a nearby smith quenches a blade in water. Valcav is nodding …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Prosthetic Hands

January 4, 2019May 23, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Valcav nods towards the ships sailing into in the harbor. “It looks like my next big rush of customers just dropped anchor.” He begins to rummage under the counter for …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Undead Hunting Items

January 11, 2019January 3, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

Wind rustles through the bare tree branches of a nearby tree and a crow caws in the distance. You spot Valcav leaning against a gravestone, shovel in hand and a …

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