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Shadowdark Monsters: Photophage

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 Austin Holm

Shadowdark crawlers have one simple rule: don’t let the torch go out. So let’s break that rule. Accursed Photophage Crawlers

Delve Deeper…Shadowdark Monsters: Photophage

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Cat Links Adventure Diary, Lore, OSR, Play Report

Tales from the Bar Hak: Fly-Headed Goblins

Posted on February 27, 2025February 26, 2025 Austin Holm

Bar Hak was built to be a West Marches game. If you’ve been playing OSR-coded DnD in the last decade,

Delve Deeper…Tales from the Bar Hak: Fly-Headed Goblins

trolls
Cat Links 5e Monster

Trolls of the Ermine Marches

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Austin Holm

What is a Troll? A type of giant? A rock-skinned mountain dweller? A bag of regenerating HP with pyrophobia? The Ermine

Delve Deeper…Trolls of the Ermine Marches

Cat Links Uncategorized

“What do we do next?” – Reusing and Remixing Content

Posted on October 27, 2021May 4, 2022 Gabriel Watcher

If you have a bunch of tools you can repurpose, then you’re already set up to drop in some new content and keep the adventure going. … Delve Deeper…“What do we do next?” – Reusing and Remixing Content

Vasili Von Holtz draws his sword
Cat Links 5e, DM Advice

Turncoat Villain 2: Building Better Baddies

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Deceiver

Previously, on Blog Post Z: Return of the Turncoat Villain. You want to write a mastermind villain, but your players

Delve Deeper…Turncoat Villain 2: Building Better Baddies

art of a vampire holding a knife for an article about challenge rating
Cat Links 5e, DM Advice

CR, Challenge, and Engagement in 5e

Posted on June 5, 2021October 2, 2021 Gabriel Watcher

I would like to take a moment to discuss a topic I see on the web in varying formats. The

Delve Deeper…CR, Challenge, and Engagement in 5e

Doom Desert in the Decanter of Delirium

Doom Desert in the Decanter of Delirium

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Seven Sealed Spirits Zine

Seven Sealed Spirits Zine

Self-replicating dwarven engines guard a spirit prison. 

Smoke wizards consort with gaseous demons.

Pirates hunt a screaming dream.

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