Lost in the Weeds? How to Hex Crawl in 5e
Fifth Edition’s approach to exploration gets a bad rap. Hex crawling is often seen as an OSR affectation, with 5e
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Moon Elves’ Masquerade Battlemap Photos!
As much as we love making these games, nothing beats hearing back from people who’ve enjoyed playing them. We’re taking
Drawn from the Margins: Playtest Launch and First Look!
Enjoy this playtest copy of Drawn from the Margins, WatcherDM’s newest Troika!-compatible adventure module! Written for the Illuminated Manuscript Jam,
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The First Look at Drawn from the Margins!
Hey folks! We’re almost done writing Drawn from the Margins, our newest Troika adventure, but before we finish, we wanted
Drawn from the Margins: Dev Log 1
I’ve been working on Drawn from the Margins for about five days now. We started with a real embarrassment of
Dream Themed Magic Items to Reward Your Dreaming PCs
To celebrate this month’s launch of The Trouble with Dreams (and Wake Up Sheeple), WatcherDM presents you with eight dream-themed
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Everyone is Wrong but Me: the Nature Skill
The Nature skill is not what you might call a community favorite. Like all knowledge skills, it goes unused too
The Suits
For this is a universe that understands order, that understands service. Anonymity is armor. Blandness is balance. Conformity is control.
And so the creators of our world have eschewed the Inevitables, impressive though they may be, and chosen a different avatar for the invisible hand of order:
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The 16 Howling Poets of Long Bear Valley
Long Bear Valley has been out for just three short months now and I can’t tell you how happy it
Polydismorphia; The Shapeshifting Sickness Of The Elves
The transmutation of living beings is one of the great benchmarks of magical progress. Academic arcanists have long attempted to imitate what elves and druids arrive at so easily: the power and freedom of polymorphia, the ability to change your form as one changes clothes. Yet, like all magic power, it comes at a cost. Forcing the mind and soul through multiple bodies can leave lingering marks on the ego, like a palimpsest self. … Continue readingPolydismorphia; The Shapeshifting Sickness Of The Elves