Storytime as Moons Rise – a short story

A short fiction set in the World of the Everflow. This is a tale of a veteran meeting with his small village’s youth.

Inkling as a Warlock familiar

The Inkling Mascot was the perfect familiar for one of my players, but its weak at the point in play we’re at — this is the Improved Inkling.

Reblogging: Monsters of the Multiverse Humanoids, Part 1 — The Monsters Know What They’re Doing

Keith Ammann’s The Monsters Know What They’re Doing is a great book (and blog) that converts that statistics for a D&D monster to the types of tactics that monster would use in combat. With the recent release of Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse Keith look how humanoids from Volo’s and the first Mord’s to…

Playing D&D

They might be giants, a new Unearthed Arcana

For the most part the flavor and narrative of the Giant Options Unearthed Arcana make sense. There are a few misses. I’m most excited for the Druid, Vigor of the Hill Giant and Rune Caster Apprentice.

Playing D&D

Tea Master – a new Background for D&D

You are a server of fine teas. Maybe you worked in a tea shop, or were a tea merchant, or were the tea master for a noble estate. You prepare teas and small bites of food for the thinking peoples in the area. This can be as simple as a cuppa or an elaborate ritual.

Nine types of dogs to add to Dungeons & Dragons

Fifth edition is simpler than reality. Here are nine other types of dogs to help expand your D&D game.

Commercial Map Archive Update!

Originally posted on Dyson's Dodecahedron:
I’ve updated the commercial map archive again, bringing the total count of commercial use maps on the blog to 475. 475 Maps Bloody hell. When I added the ability to unlock some commercial maps every month on Patreon, I expected we’d maybe see 2 a month… I never considered…

Stories you can tell with D&D’s upcoming adventures

Spelljammer, Dragonlance, and the Radiant Citadel are new to most people. But there are familiar and unfamiliar stories they will help you tell.

Dungeons & Dragons Direct coming Thursday

On Thursday April 21st D&D will have a series of product announcements covering books, shows, and video games — probably even more.

Allies and Adversaries in Uprising and Rebellion

The characters within the campaign Uprising and Rebellion, my current D&D campaign.

Two D&D bundles to help Ukraine

There are many options for ways to combine your passion for D&D with raising money to help the people of Ukraine. These 4+1 bundles have my support.

Neither darkness, nor snow, nor wyverns – the Message must be delivered

Often welcomed in strange towns, a messenger sometimes wears an official uniform of a ruling power and at others is a freelancer working without direction from above. You and your messenger companion are a symbol of civilization even in the furthest outposts.

Dragonlance appears in Unearthed Arcana

Once a Dragonlance fanatic seeing the Unearthed Arcana point towards the future is a nostalgia bomb of excitement. Added benefit? Most of the playtest belongs in my home world immediately.

Common Knowledge in the Lands of the Everflow

What nearly every person would know about the Land of the Six Kingdoms. This campaign two-sheet supplements the mechanical rules from a one-sheet.

The City of Dragons is on the Come Up

Big news in Renton last week reminded me that my hometown is good and getting better.

Full Moon Storytelling

Dungeons and Dragons thoughts, micro-fiction, short stories, and episodic D&D adventures within the World of the Everflow.