Great news! Our 4-hour session at GenCon was “Accepted for Consideration” which means it should just need a location and set to active and anyone can sign up for it! Are you planning on heading to GenCon in Indianapolis this year?
One quick announcement, to continue making this newsletter as beneficial as possible (and from feedback from you!) we’ll be moving to every other week. This means each newsletter will be more jam-packed with content and encounters. Hope you have a great week!
DnD Creator Spotlight & Resources
[Sponsored] DM Lair has a new Kickstarter for Lairs & Legends 2 and Loot & Lore 2, with 30+ new 5e adventures, 100 new epic monsters, and mind-bending challenges. These 5e resources are designed to scale to your needs; whether it’s a quick drag-and-drop trap to add some spice to your session or complete adventures that span levels 1 to 20. The sky’s the limit with what your games can become with Lairs & Legends 2 and Loot & Lore 2.
- SINK! The latest venture by Johnny Stanton IV, Sam Rusk, and Rick Esquivias is picking up Steam with a Fall launch date for their 5e supplement. Sink! is a 5e book featuring magic item tattoos and epic adventures on the Caldereach Sea. As someone who loves sea-faring campaigns, I’m keeping a close eye on this one.
- What’s your biggest flaw as a DM? I’ve not met a single DM who doesn’t suffer from imposter syndrome in one way or another, so this was a great Reddit thread to read through.
- FREE: From Starsail games comes the Demonic Compendium of Rage, a free compilation of Monsters & player options inspired by the Bloodthirsty Forces of Chaos from Warhammer.
- A solid d100 list of “Magic items that solve problems your party probably doesn’t have“
- If you’re working on anything related to the Great Old Ones, this was an incredible post from DnDBehindTheScreen and helped out in our latest Warlock spell video. (Blue/Orange morality and RPGs: Thoughts on the thoughts of Fae, Old Ones, Gods, and Cats. Part 1: The Great Old Ones)
- Looking for a grungy fantasy book about a rogue-equivalent? I’ve been reading The Blacktongue Thief and loving it so far.
- Is Being Able To Miss An Attack Bad Game Design? (Reddit)
- My players are doing long rests inside the dungeons, should I let them? (Reddit)
- 3 Incredibly important ways to have better pacing in your games (Reddit)
- Minigame: King – A Fun and Exciting Gambling Game for DnD
- DMs: Which book or series of books have you stolen the most content from (Reddit)
Have other creators or resources we should feature? Let us know
Free NPCs
- The Eye, R.S – Associated with a town’s fear of Tax Day, this beholder needs to be dealt with (or the party might need a cut).
- Sault Blart: Maul Cop – A simple man with a simple dream, to be a contributing member of the town guard. The captain of the guard refuses to let him in for reasons unknown, but as a prank decides to give him a job as a “weapons permit” inspector
This Week’s Encounters
- The Neffle Draft – Any party level. The party comes across 32 teams drafting mercenaries for the upcoming year.
- Otyugh “Ugh” Boots – Party Levels 8-11. A businessman finds a new use for Otyugh, but it may come at a steep price unless the party can intervene.
- Last One There Is A Rotten Egg – Any party level. A yearly tradition in the town the party calls home turns out to be a bit more strange than expected.
- Thaumagatchi: The Handheld Pet – Party Levels 8-11. Distracted by new creatures, a town is falling apart. Can the party assist?
- The Last Scamurai – Party Levels 4-7. These are not the swords you are looking for, or at least not what you were wanting them to be. Reveal the scam and save the town!
- Sealed With A Kyuss – Party Levels 1-3. A misunderstanding of intent by a Spawn of Kyuss has a town in a tizzy.
- Calvin and the Drip Monks – Party Levels 4-7. Stylish monks are in need of assistance, for their standard work is not as helpful as once thought.
Small Sentence Encounter Ideas
- The Last Chairbender…master woodworker, he is needed to warp the chairs at an official event so that diplomats fall out of them and embarrass themselves
- Custard’s Last Stand – Roadside stand that sells desserts. Business is not doing well because the stand is in the wilds, people need travel snacks like jerky, drive fruits/nuts…not delicate, sweet, fancy desserts
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