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One Word Prompts - The Fire Dungeon

Insomnia strikes!I'm putting dungeons together over the next 24-hours while I try to get my sleep schedule back on track following my sickness last week.(I've been up 'til 5am and sleeping 'til 11-12 every day. Terrible, I know.)I'm building up a fire giant lair (pictured above) I'm tentatively calling The Fire Dungeon.I need some one-word prompts to fill it!Usualy rules apply: one word per patron, keep it clean, no proper nouns.

BroadSword Monthly #9 (Archived)

We managed to get this one out within two weeks of the last release! As it stands, this is also officially the "birthday" issue, as BroadSword Monthly celebrates its first birthday. Happy birthday, buddy!Enjoy all!This edition of BroadSword is more than a year old and has been archived. It is available for purchase in Print and PDF through the DMDave.com store. Purchase BroadSword #9 PDF Purchase BroadSword #9 PRINT

[366 Day of Monsters] Day 190/366 - Mythic Cthulhu

“A monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopuslike head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigous claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind. This thing ... was of a somewhat bloated corpulence .... it lumbered slobberingly into sight and gropingly squeezed its gelatinous green immensity through the black doorway ... a mountain walked or stumbled.”— H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"Fighting Cthulhu as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two CR 28 creatur...

Return of The Perpetual | New 5th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Return of The Perpetual is a Fifth Edition adventure designed for four to five characters of 5th to 6th level, and is optimized for four characters with an average party level of 5. The DMDave Worlds’ Dark Sea setting is this adventure’s default setting, however, it can just as easily be placed in any coastal or aquatic themed adventure where one would expect to find pirates.BackgroundThe Perpetual Rises! Long thought claimed by Suen's Clutch, The Perpetual, a legendary pirate ship of ill repute, returns to wreak havoc on the sailors of...

Lot of Posts Coming... (When My Internet Stops Acting Up)

Hey all!I have a whole bevvy of stuff to share today including a couple of new adventures, Mythic Cthulhu, and BroadSword #9.Only problem is... my upload speeds are at about 2mbps right now. I'm on the line with my IP to see what's up. Hopefully I can get this solved soon.

[366 Days of Monsters] Day 188-189/366 - Scrugmieks

Known by many as "planar lizardfolk", scrugmiek are dangerous reptilian humanoids that roam the Cosmos and the chaotic planes. They hold a reputation for being raiders, plunderers, slavers, and mercenaries.Superficially, scrugmieks resemble lizardfolk. However, these creatures are considerably larger, tougher, and more aggressive than their scaled cousins.Featured art by Dean Spencer Art.

Duergar at the Snowed Inn | New 2nd-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Duergar at the Snowed Inn is a Fifth Edition adventure for four to five characters of 1st to 3rd level, and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 2. This adventure takes place in a small arctic hamlet beset by polar nights, where the sun shines for only four hours each day—and even then, it casts only dim light before setting below the mountains. Its formal location is left intentionally blank so you can easily insert it into any campaign of your choice.BackgroundVolqer, a grumpy duergar if there eve...

[366 Days of Monsters] Days 179-187/366 Cosmic Horror Monsters

Happy End of Month folks!These might be a tad late—let's face it, the 366 days of monster experiment is shaping up to become 250 days of monsters tee hee—but here are a whole slew of Cosmic Horror monsters for you to enjoy.This zip includes: Byakhee Colour Out of Space Dark Young Deep One Deep One Hybrid Dhole Dimensional Shambler Elder Thing Mi-Go Rat Thing Serpentfolk ShoggothAnd tomorrow, if you hang around for Patron Loyalty Day, you'll also receive MYTHIC CTHULHU!See you then!

[Copper+] The Neverending Dungeon Tile 2 | New Fifth Edition Adventure for Any Level

The Neverending Dungeon is a Fifth Edition adventure series built for parties of any size and any level. Each edition of this series adds a module dungeon tile to what came before. These tiles fit together any way you like and are VTT-compatible. Because of the “endless” nature of the series, you can run games that start at 1st-level that complete at 20th and beyond, or even start a campaign with higher level players.BackstoryThe nefarious Uncle Skeleton is at it again! This time, he’s created one of his dangerous dungeons in a demi-plane...

Call for Suggestions - Crowdsource Death Trap Dungeon!

Hey all!This is a little different than my typical call for one-word prompts. This time, I want each of you to give me a suggestion for something that happens in a room of a new dungeon I'm building. It can be anything you want—I'll write the mechanics for it and make sure it's balanced, you just give me what you want to happen.Here are the rules.Please follow them as they're here to make this as simple as possible:1) Each suggestion should be no longer than FIVE WORDS. Long blocks of text will go ignored. Sorry folks, I know ...

MOAR PROMPTS! Dread Shrine of the Magi in Sapphire

Hey all,We've got three adventures done so far this weekend with a fourth on the way.I need some prompts! Got about 10-15 location to fill here.One word per patron.Keep it clean.No proper nouns or IP.Go!

Late night word prompts

Hey all!Got another dungeon to fill (should have 4-5 dropping next week).Need some random words. One per patron, keep it clean.Go!

Random Word Prompts!

Need some quick one word prompts for a snowy urban adventure.One word per patron, keep it clean! Let me see 'em.

October's Theme: Dark Sea!

Avast, matey!Far below the sky-lubbin' surface sits a sea unseen by the sun! Upon these treacherous waters, pirates set sail on sea rovers built for the life below. They face-off against the dreadful duergar, diabolical drow, conquest-happy krakens, and sweet-sounding sirens.Savvy? Then drop anchor, and git yer eyes on this smartly!Work-in-progress map from Dark Sea.Welcome the New BroadSword Writing Team!October will be the first month that features the all-new writing team for BroadSword Monthly. Alex from Tavern Tales Corvid's Empori...

[Silver+] Cosmic Horror Magic | New Rules Variant for Fifth Edition

The rules presented in this document offer new ways for characters in Fifth Edition campaigns to learn and cast spells, regardless of their level and class features. Note that the spellcasting rules variant described here best suits low-magic settings where casters are exceedingly rare, and magic has an aura of mystery and strangeness over it. Even a mundane spell such as thaumaturgy or mage hand may cause great fear to the uninitiated.

Haunts of the Ice Cavern | New 1st and 3rd Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Haunts of the Ice Cavern is a Fifth Edition adventure optimized for four to five characters with an average party level of 1 or 3. Characters who successfully clear the cavern should earn enough experience to reach the 2nd level, or enough experience to make it halfway to the 4th level. The adventure is set in an icy part of any campaign world of your choice, especially those that suffer from endless nights. In the Legends of Omeria campaign setting, this cavern could be placed in the Syhros Peninsula near the town of Borgstrand.Background and ...

Poll for my European friends!

Tomorrow and Friday, I've got some catching up to do. I owe no less than three player options this month for the cosmic horror theme. As such, I thought I'd turn it over to you guys, gals, and non-binary pals to let me know what you think I should make.* I've omitted druids since they already got one this month.

Been sick! Content soon!

Hey all,Some of you may have heard, but my allergies are kickin' my butt (it's NOT the COVIDs).Should have some new goodies out tomorrow, including a pair of ice-themed dungeons and other fun stuff.Stay tuned. <3

December 2020

Now stop asking, damn it.

The Black Dragon Lair | New Fifth Edition Encounter for 4th, 9th, or 16th Level

The Black Dragon Lair is a Fifth Edition encounter for four characters of 4th, 9th, or 16th level. This encounter is setting and adventure independent. It can easily be inserted into any story that you like, or even run as a one-shot. The document includes rules for running the featured dragons independently or as part of a multi-wave battle.How to Use This EncounterThe Black Dragon Lair package includes the following resources: The Black Dragon Lair battle map by Cze and Peku. Black dragon tokens illustrated by Nacho Lazaro. Black dragon area ...

"Hey Dave, what do you with all those word prompts?"

Hey all!I thought I might share this with you to show you my process.When I go to create a new adventure, I almost always start with a map. Sometimes even before I have an idea about what I want to put into the map.Once I have a few preliminary ideas, I put together a Google Sheet with numbers for all the locations. Next, using the Chamber Contents table on Page 296 of the DMG, I randomly generate the contents for all of the areas.From there, I take your one-word prompts and place them into the document in the order in which I receive them.Chec...

Oh Snap! One Word Prompt Time!

Hey all!Just finished writing a secret adventure that will debut tomorrow. I'm also working on QSU part 3 (already drafted), NED Tile 2 (already laid out), Legends of Omeria (also laid out), another top-secret project (or two), and now...THE PYRAMID OF TERROR!Gimme dem one-word prompts so I can get this sucka' cooking.Looking forward to it!Same rules as usual: One word per patron No proper nouns Nothing in bad taste WhistleHunter is forbidden to post anything that has to do with body horror, worms, or anything else that would make even ...

Grotto of Nightmares | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 20th-Level Characters

Grotto of Nightmares is a Fifth Edition adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 20. The adventure takes place at the edge of an enchanted forest where strange, ancient eldritch dangers lurk, then moves to the Deep Ethereal Plane. In the Legends of Omeria campaign setting, you can place this adventure somewhere in the Wallingmiotta and then in The Dream. Fair warning: the adventure is built to be deadly, even for high-level characters.BackstoryCrimson Crazuk is thousands of years old. In fact, Crazuk is so old, it hard...

[One Word Prompts] Neverending Dungeon Tile 2

Hey all!I'm drafting the second tile for Neverending Dungeon for today! And I need some one-word prompts to go with it.Whatcha got?Rules: One-word per patron No proper nouns Nothing pushing the boundaries of good taste (ex. certain words that rhyme with grape or pave)

[Poll] Help us pick October's theme!

Hey all!The horror stuff is going well this month! So I'll be excited to see what we're able to do for October when we start up our next theme.Only problem is... I don't have one in mind yet!Below are some themes that myself and our designer Darryl Jones came up with. Vote on the one that you like the best. Voting ends later this evening.Looking forward to it!

BroadSword Monthly #8 - Arctic! | ARCHIVED

Hey all!Thanks for being patient on this one. We were working to perfect this and make sure it's 100% perfect before releasing it. It also addresses some of the content missing from last month's buckler (namely the Appendix from TCFM).Hope this will pair well with tomorrow's WotC release. Enjoy!This edition of BroadSword is more than a year old and has been archived. It is available for purchase in Print and PDF through the DMDave.com store. Purchase BroadSword #8 PDF Purchase BroadSword #8 PRINT

Late Night One Word Prompts!

Hey all!I'm drafting up Part 4 of Qua-Soko Unveiled and need some ideas for chambers to go into The Shadow Tower (aka Dresden's Tower).Let me know your ideas down below. One word per patron!PS There's a LOT of rooms to fill this time.

[One Word Prompts] Whatcha got?

It's that time!I need 28 one word prompts. Everyone gets one! Once I get 28, that's it!Post 'em down in the comments.

Poll 1/2 - Pick a Monster Type

Hey all!This is... a... well? I dunno. A "top-secret" poll, I guess. I can't say what it's just yet. I need your help, though. It'll all make sense soon.First, we're going to pick a monster type. Later today, we'll narrow it down to an individual monster. Let's go!(I've intentionally left a few types out.)

The Lurkers | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 3rd-Level

Warning: This adventure module contains intense spider-related themes. Folks with arachnophobia, you've been warned!==The Lurkers is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to seven characters of 2nd to 4th level, and it is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. Characters who complete the adventure and defeat the eight-legged horror should earn enough experience to reach the 4th level. The adventure takes place in the town of Ostenwold found in the Knotside Region of Northern Omeria in the Legends of O...