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If we’re introducing a new spellcaster with a strange origin, it only seems reasonable that we invent a new spell to accompany it. We’re not going overboard here; our undead...
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Where does magic come from? Imagination, certainly, and the specifics of that are whatever the DM chooses. I’m firmly in the hand-waving camp, where the true origins are a...
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D&D has a handful of monsters which fit the Venn diagram overlap between “spellcaster” and “undead,” the most famous of which is the classic lich. Entire campaigns revolve...
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15 – 21 January 2023 Jackalopes Ah, the majestic jackalope, royalty of the western scrublands, herald of the storm! Or so say the locals who both cherish and fear these...
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When mulling over options for something monstrous, dangerous, but also somewhat silly, I decided that my fantasy world needed a jackalope. That gimmicky hybrid of jackrabbit...
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There’s a theme so far, and a common one for me as DM: making poor decisions worse with magic. The corollary, of course, is consequences. Summon some chaotic gremlins, and not...
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8 – 14 January 2023 Clockworks Marvels of mechanical intricacy and magical containment, clockworks are the culmination of centuries of incremental modifications to the ancient...
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We’ve established that our brand-new mechanical law enforcement team is less than brilliant. That they might benefit not only from thoughtful instruction, but from the...
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Most of the “classic” constructs are filling out the basement of the Dungeons & Dragons Intelligence hierarchy. True, there are exceptions, but your typical golem is about as...
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First week down; on to the next bad idea! In a world fueled by magic, I imagine that some would make an argument that law enforcement is too important to leave to ordinary...
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1 – 7 January 2023 Gremlins Gremlins are capricious fey spirits, unchecked emotions bound to a physical form. When summoned to the Material Plane, they serve their summoners to...
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As a DM who’s trying not to lose his mind, I generally permit my powerful magic-using antagonists to use potent rituals inaccessible to my players. They get away with magical...
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I have to assume that anyone summoning a fidgeting ball of chaos has, at best, questionable motives. And I like the notion of connecting fey creatures to emotions, intensely...
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Gremlins. Little agents of chaos. They thrive in the shop at work, and Murphy is their undisputed god. What better place to start could there be? As best I recall, the original...
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…for as long as possible. As an excuse to keep creating odds and ends for my ongoing D&D 5e campaign, I’m attempting to create a new monster each week through 2023. A stat...