I’ve been having a hard time coming up with anything substantive to write about, so I’mma just drop a bunch of creatures for adventurers to tangle with out in the wilderness....

Inspired by listening to a bunch of Yellow Eyes lately, and also to some extent by the novel Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez. So far, only fragments of the Xanthic Codex...

A ring forged from heavy, drab gray metal, bearing an arcane sigil. Characters with knowledge of magic can identify it as a combination of runes that meaning “I call upon the...

Medium beastNo. Appearing: 1Hit Dice: 3d8 (13 hp), saves as a fighterArmor Class: 13 (hide + above average dexterity)Movement: As a normal, unencumbered human. Tofelbrocks can...

Demons are a lot like humans, some of them are devious schemers… and some are just jerks. Tormentors are the second kind. Medium outsider (demon)No. Appearing: 1d6+2Hit Dice:...

Winter warlocks are the mortal agents of the otherworldly entity known as Ithaqua, the Wind Walker. They haunt the coldest corners of the world, where the nights are long and...

Medium beastNo. Appearing: 2d4Hit Dice: 4d6 (14 hp); saves as a fighter, has advantage on saving throws versus lightning-based spells and effects.Armor Class: Medium...

A monstrous agglomeration of pumpkin vines, wormy earth, and moldering bones.

If you're at all familiar with 4E mechanics, you can get a handle on the system.

Rustic fey more closely aligned with the earth than any of the faerie courts.

An finely-crafted sword in an elegant, archaic style. In certain lights, the silvery blade has a greenish sheen. Written in a flowing script down its length is its true name.

A terrible foe armed with bestial strength and profane magic.

Nostalgia is a helluva drug.

Goblins keep all kinds of weird stuff in their pockets.

Miczariel is a tempter, appearing to mortals experiencing a crisis of health, offering a miraculous cure in exchange for some service.

Five adventurers entered a ruined fortress rumored to be haunted by a monstruous scarlet minotaur, the citadel's last ruler, cursed by Oros the Bull-god.

Folk traveling on waterways must plan their routes carefully, or bring armed guards with them, lest they be preyed upon by these reptilian rogues.

A suit of armor made from hundreds of jade tiles painstakingly wired together over a layer of padding.

For when PCs start messing around with unidentified potions.

In a remote, forgotten ruin, behind a door with a complicated lock or a crumbling stone wall, is a chamber with wildly different architecture - a room of gleaming surfaces and...

A final ten magic spells completely described in only one sentence.

Wizards of the soil, ocher magi concern themselves with the natural cycles of the earth.

After a fearsome night-time storm, the PCs awake on a deserted beach with only the clothes on their back (and maybe a signature item clutched in their hand), surrounded by...

…but every unhappy village is unhappy in its own way. What misfortune is plaguing this settlement? (Roll 1d12):

Years ago, I was shooting the shit with some friends before we started a game session, and someone said “Goblins are the raccoons of D&D.” I don’t remember the context, but...

A random table to add more flavor (har har har) to your elfgame. Roll2d6 2 Yellow musk creeper pollen: Soft golden yellow powder with a sweet flavor that produces a tingly...

Large beastNo. Appearing: 1d4Hit Dice: 4d10 (22 hp); saves as a fighter. Has advantage on Dexterity rolls to maintain balance or catch self from falling.Armor Class: Medium...

Domain Spells1st – faerie fire, feather fall3rd – levitate, moonbeam5th – counterspell, fly7th – dimension door, resilient sphere9th – contact other plane, telekinesis...

Your patron was a god, once. Long, long ago, this being was worshipped as a deity of the earth. But they were usurped by another order of divinity and consigned to oblivion....

“Kill your darlings,” the old cliche goes – the idea being that, to make progress with a creative project you can’t hold anything sacred, that you must be willing to cast aside...