Author Archives: Joe

New Supplement: Recurring Fantasy NPCs!

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Joe

Hi everyone! This week I published a new RPG supplement for your campaign (any system!). It’s a handy little collection of recurring Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that you can drop into your world to spice things up. Each NPC is designed … Continue reading →

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New Adventure: Ragged Hollow Nightmare

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Joe

Hi everyone! This week I published a new D&D (5e and OSR) adventure module titled Dungeon Age: Ragged Hollow Nightmare. Yesterday, young Tobias went to investigate an old tomb by himself. Everyone told him it was a bad idea. Everyone was … Continue reading →

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Homebrew: “Formulaic Alchemist” class for 5e

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Joe

So, I know that everyone and their sister has homebrewed up their own Alchemist class for 5e by now, because we went so long without an official one, and lots of folks don’t love the official one. Including me. So, … Continue reading →

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Homebrew: New fighter subclass for 5e: Grove Knight

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Joe

I really like rangers, in theory. But like many folks, I have found the published ranger designs for 5e to be a bit… off? Some say weak or unbalanced, some say ineffective or irrelevant to actual campaign styles. Whatever it … Continue reading →

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d20 Villain Actions

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Joe

So, game designer and Internet DM guru Matt Colville did a video in which he described how to make a villain or monster more interesting by using the action economy to give your baddies some cool new abilities to engage … Continue reading →

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Session report: Family One-Shot “Escape from Crab Island!”

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Joe

Yesterday I DM’d a one-shot with my wife, two daughters, and my dad using a little homebrew system I made the day beforehand. It went really well! The system was easy to use and everyone said they had fun, so … Continue reading →

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Review: Elric: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Moorcock)

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Joe

Elric, rebel sorcerer and albino outcast, would-be emperor and reluctant servant of Chaos, continues his wayward journey across his strange world, trying to learn new virtues and ideas of justice before he returns home to take his rightful place on … Continue reading →

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Homebrew: Necromancy spells for fifth edition (5e)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Joe

I just re-watched the Castlevania animated series (which I enjoyed on many levels, yet again), and one of the characters that resonated with me this time was Hector. He is a human “forge-master” who creates undead monsters to fight for … Continue reading →

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Rune Knight (version 2.0)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Joe

Wizards of the Coast recently released new D&D playtest material (“Unearthed Arcana”) that included a “Rune Knight”. I really liked this concept, but I wasn’t terribly excited about the options and design flavor that they came up with. Their version … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age stories series #1: Wizard

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Joe

So, I am writing my new book, but it’s a little different from previous books. This one still has main characters and a main story, but I’m writing the book as a collection of short stories so you get to … Continue reading →

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