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One-Word Prompts - The Vault of Terror

Hey all!I'm appearing at GaryCon in a couple of weeks and thought I'd run a classic tournament-style adventure in the vein of Gary Gygax himself. I've already got the map put together. All I need is some ideas for terrible rooms to torture the poor souls who will partake in this epic adventure.If you've never done one-word prompts before, here's the rules: In the comments below, give me a single word. I'll use this word to create a whacky room. Keep the word clean. Nothing grotey or triggering as it'll likely get ign...

Let's name Dave's major March adventure...

With Vaskil Valley about to hit and Legends of Omeria nearly done, it's time for me to write up an adventure that will appear in BroadSword Monthly #15.I like the method of taking spells and writing adventures around them. Below, I've picked five random spells from the PHB. Pick the one you'd like to see a mystery adventure written around.

DMDave Adventure Library

This post has quick links to the adventures included on this Patreon. Links will be added for all-new adventures going forward, so be sure to save this.The adventures are organized by their creator. Older adventures may not be included in this library and will appear in the Graveyard.Adventures have 5 lengths, detailed below: One-shot. This adventure covers a single session of play. Short Adventure. This adventure covers 2-3 sessions of play. Medium Adventure. This adventure covers 4-6 sessions of play. Long Adventure. This adventure covers 7-1...

Worldbuilding with DMDave - Episode 8 - How to Balance Encounters for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (Contains Labreca Spoilers)

In this series, I show you how to create an entire digital campaign for Dungeons & Dragons from scratch. I'll show you everything I actually do to run my games all the way from concept to play. In this episode, I show you how to use various tables from the Dungeon Master's Guide to balance encounters in Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition. I even add the monsters to Roll20.

The Rising Tempest by The DM Tool Chest | New 8th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD THE ADVENTURE BELOWA lava dragon and her brood threaten to destroy a jungle island!The Rising Tempest is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to six characters of 7th to 9th-level and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 8. Characters who complete this adventure will earn enough experience to reach the 9th level.A lava dragon and her brood have made a volcano on a jungle island their new home. The volcano is now building towards a major eruption, and it threatens the island inhabitant...

The Rising Tempest Asset Pack

DOWNLOAD HEREThis asset pack is for the adventure The Rising Tempest by The DM Tool Chest which you can download FREE here on DMDave's Patreon.The pack includes all the maps for this adventure plus the PDF.

Vaskil Valley - One last preview...

Should be up on Monday.

Airship Campaigns Hardcover Book with 70 STL Files (featuring DMDave)

Hey all!A year ago, I wrote a bunch of content for my buddy Benny McLennan for his Airship Campaign Skies of Sordane. I wrote this even before we kicked off Legends of Omeria.A year later, he's following up that campaign with a new book featuring that content.If you want to see DMDave's take on airship rules and get a lot of cool minis to go with it, be sure to check out this Kickstarter, as it's a doozy.Check Out the Kicstarter Now (Early Bird Specials Still Available)For those of you who want to see some of what I wrote, be sure t...

An old friend is about to make a reappearance...

Vaskil Valley should be here by the end of the week. 130+ pages

[Urban Monsters 1] 27-29/60 - Leushigg to Moon Dragon

Three more critters for you today: Leushiggs Moon Dragons (Ricoanusian and Yuduyaman)

Legendary Upgrades!

Hey all!If you didn't know already, we offer Legendary Upgrades to folks who've been patrons for a year or longer at the Copper Tier or higher. Legendary status gets you access to Legendary Lounge on Discord as well as the ability to play in DMDave's official games. Also, we have a goodies room, too, so you get access to some other cool features.If you've been a Copper+ sub for a year or longer, come into the Discord and let us know in the #just-chatting channel (no pings, please) and one of the admins will double-check and then...

[Urban Monsters 1] 23-26 - Kangaroo to Lanky Freak

Urban Monsters continues with some new critters: Kangaroo Kaos Mage Kaos Spawn Lanky Freak

Our Discord Server is Looking for Gamemasters! (Get Legendary Benefits)

Hey all!If you didn't know, we've got a pretty happening Discord server where you can mingle with over a thousand Fifth Edition lovers. We've also got a number of game channels that stay pretty active.If you're interested in DMing games for your fellow patrons, we offer Legendary Benefits for folks. That includes all platinum benefits (except for physical books)—so you get all our PDFs, access to the Legendary Lounge, access to all the higher tier voice channels, and more.Once you get into the Discord, go ahead and head over t...

Worldbuilding with DMDave - Episode 1 -Choosing Your Map

In this series, I show you how to create an entire digital campaign for Dungeons & Dragons from scratch. I'll show you everything I actually do to run my games all the way from concept to play. In this episode, I pick a map from Dyson Logos' blog (https://www.dysonlogos.blog), import it into DungeonDraft (https://www.dungeondraft.net) and start tracing it.

Skill Check DCs per Character Level

A nifty tool I've created for all of you today, this chart takes every single level and most common combinations of character skill check bonuses and breaks it out to what DCs you need to set in order to create appropriate challenges.For example, if you want to create a "hard" DC for a 6th-level rogue with expertise in thieves' tools, you'd set the DC as 20. They'd have a 55% chance of accomplishing the task.Let me know what you think!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HCTt_lSZDKRsZNbvVK0duCV9_iuWM0WUoTvKN97FA1E/edi...

[Call for Suggestions] Read the F#$%ing DMG Podquest Episode 4

Hey!Sarge and I are filming another episode of our Podquest. We need some topics to discuss.What you got, folks?

Read the F#$@ing DMG Podquest - Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft

Last night we shot a quick podquest with Sarge and I discussing the forthcoming Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft which will be hitting stores in May. Are we excited about it? Tune in to find out!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJj7fAhe7j0&t=1665s

Podquest - Ravenloft Discussion (What Should We Talk About?)

Sarge and I are recording a podcast tonight regarding the Ravenloft book that's coming out in May. What should we discuss?Hit us with some questions.

Vaskil Valley's coming...

Hey all!If you didn't notice, the writers and I have been slowly working on a number of intertwined quests. We didn't say much about what or why the content was being put out the way it is, but now we can reveal a little more.Coming early next week/month, we'll have all of Vaskil Valley combined into one cohesive document. This includes all 18 adventures in the series (120+ pages of content) that will take characters from levels 1 - 7. It's set in Omeria's Vaskil Valley, so it also doubles as a campaign sourcebook for the re...

Mad for Love | A New Fifth Edition Adventure for 3rd-Level (Alex of Tavern Tales)

Mad for Love is a Fifth Edition adventure designed for three to six 2nd- to- 4th- level characters and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. After an embarrassing public incident, a gnomish artificer has become convinced that the entire town of Iazu has scorned him. He has retreated to his workshop to craft a powerful *potion of love* that he will pour into the local water supply, ensuring their everlasting adoration for him. Can the adventurers stop this dangerous plot before it's too late? This adventure...

Mad for Love Asset Pack

Get the whole Mad for Love asset pack, which includes: Adventure PDF Token art for the Toy Soldier Original illustrations by Matias Lazaro VTT ready maps

Read the F#$@ing DMG Podquest Episode 2

Hey all!We had such a great response with the first of our PODquests that we bringing back another one for you. This time, we discuss which parts of Fifth Edition that we feel are totally unnecessary as well as political correctness and cultural awareness in our writing.Joining us today is TJ from The DM Tool Chest.Click the link up top to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sViaaWUeOdU&t=970s

Class #2 of DMDave's How to Write a Tabletop RPG Adventure is tonight!

Hey all! Tonight's the second class in the 5-week course that covers balancing encounters. If there's one class you don't want to miss, this is the one, as it tends to be bit more "nitty gritty" than the other content. If you missed the first class, you can watch the recap on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durdVDk9LgwHere's the link to sign-up: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/5/68rn1ag

[Call for Suggestions] 10-Minute Content Blips for YouTube

Hey everyone!I'm trying to put out more content while I'm working which I can then share on YouTube The podquest takes a little more effort to make, but I figured I'd make some short videos for you all whilst I work.While I'm working on content today, what sort of stuff do you want to see me make? I'm shooting for 10-20 minute videos here.Looking forward to your suggestions!

[Call for Suggestions] Next episode of "Read the F#$@ing DMG" on Monday-need some questions!

Hey all!We got a pretty great response from the first episode of our Podquest, "Read the F#$@ing DMG." We answered three of your questions and had a lot of fun doing it. So we'll be coming up with another episode this Monday!What questions do you have for us for Monday's episode?(I should probably tell Sarge about this, shouldn't I?)

Last Chance to Get Into the FREE "How to Write a Tabletop RPG Adventure" Class Today!

Hey all!Quick reminder that today is the last day to get into DMDave's FREE "How to Write a Tabletop RPG Adventure" class. The class starts at 1:00pm CST (7:00pm GMT) and runs for about 2 hours. If you miss this one, we won't have another live version of this class until the spring, so don't miss it!https://event.webinarjam.com/register/1/w72lvto

Read the F#$@ing DMG Podquest Episode 1 - Origins, Why D&D?, Read the DMG

Hey all!After the success of our adventure writing class, Sarge and I decided to create a podQUEST where we ramble about D&D based on questions you ask us.Check it out and let me know what you think!Yes, it's rough as hell. ;)

[Urban Monsters 1] 21-22/60 Immolator to Junk Golem

A couple more monsters for you today, this time a pair of constructs: Immolator Junk Golem

[Call for Suggestions] What should Sarge and I talk about on our first podcast?

Tomorrow, Sarge and I will be kicking off a podcast where we talk about all things D&D (name TBD).I figured we'd take three topics that you guys are interested in (ideally related to 5e) and chat them up.Let us know below what you want to hear us gab about.