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Announcement: Clarification on Asset Pack Access

Announcement: Clarification on Asset Pack Access

Hey everyone!

We have received some questions recently regarding access to asset packs and adventure PDFs and we wanted to clarify for all users, both new and veteran, what the timeline for access to content looks like:

Adventure PDFs...

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One Word Prompt #31 - Mummy Lord's Pyramid

Hey all!

One of the big showstoppers this month will be a Dungeons & Lairs adventure module dedicated to possibly my single favorite monster in the Fifth Edition Monster Manual: mummy lords!

I've got a 30+ room are...

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June 2021 Content Schedule

Happy June everyone!

Here's the current content schedule for this month. As always, this is subject to change and may not cover everything we put out.

Titles in bold mean that they've already been drafted.

Titles...

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Free Class - How to Write Adventures for Fifth Edition

Free Class - How to Write Adventures for Fifth Edition

Exciting news today!

Back by popular demand, we are going to be hosting a brand new "How to Write Adventures for D&D 5e" class which will start Monday, June 7th, 2021 at 8:30pm CST.

There will be three classes in this series, each ...

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Desert Themed Subclasses

Hey everyone!

Next month's big theme is going to be deserts as we premiere The Burning Borderlands, the theme for BroadSword Monthly #17. Burning Borderlands is an homage to the adventure classic, I3-I5 Desert of De...

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One Word Prompts - Death Knight's Oubliette

One Word Prompts - Death Knight's Oubliette

Hey all!

So Death Knight is totally winning the next poll. It's at 43% with no hint of stopping. So I've already picked out a lovely map above (which conveniently connects to the beholder-themed map that'll come out a week before it...

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May Content Poll

Happy end of May, folks! BroadSword #15 will be our last major release this month. As usual, I'd like to get some feedback on what you liked best and what you'd like to see in future months.

Vote for your favorite stuff below. Voting ends ne...

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[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Banshee Tower | New 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 8th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Banshee Tower | New 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 8th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD THE FREE PDF ADVENTURE BELOW!

Banshee Tower is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1, 3, 5, or 8. This document offers details for eac...

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Banshee Tower Assets & Foundry VTT Pack

Banshee Tower Assets & Foundry VTT Pack

Update: 6/28/23 - FoundryVTT Link Fixed

Banshee Tower is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1, 3, 5, or 8. This document offers details for ea...

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BroadSword Status

Hey all!

Quick update on BroadSword:

  • #13 is currently in the mail and on your way.
  • #14 has just been approved and is being printed (ETA 2 weeks)
  • #15's PDF should be out tomorrow or Monday (it's in final proofing...

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Monster Lairs Week 7 Poll

Hey all!

Beholders (or something close to that) are the big winners for Week #6. Cockatrices earned over 20% so they'll move on. The rest are dropped.

Here's the current schedule of Dungeons & Lairs plus everything else that's come...

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Dark Carnival Debuts Early June 2021

Dark Carnival Debuts Early June 2021

Hey all!

Hope you're having an awesome Hump Day so far! 

Just a quick announcement. Dark Carnival is officially added to the calendar for releases in June 2021. I've been working through most of the content (while...

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Dark Carnival Poll - DMG or Not DMG?

Hey all,

As it looks like Dark Carnival will win the next poll (by like... a lot), I'm trying to think of the best way to do it. Because Ravenloft is not covered by the SRD, the guide which I must follow in order to create F...

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Monster Layers Poll 7 - Ravenloft-Inspired Lairs

Hey all!

As I'm working on beholders (it's at 39% as of this writing, so it'll likely win), I thought I might toss in a bonus lair since that'll get me pretty far ahead—I'm already a month out.

Inspired by the new Van Richten's G...

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One Word Prompt - Depth Watcher's Temple

One Word Prompt - Depth Watcher's Temple

Hey all!

It looks like a pretty sure bet that "beholder" will win the next Monster Lairs poll. Thus, I've already started working on it so I can free up my week for Hot8/Pexia writing.

I've got another Tim map (actually a series of fiv...

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Monster Lairs Week 6 Poll

Hey all!

Carrion crawlers (or something close to that) are the big winners for Week #5. Beholders earned over 20% so they'll move on. The rest are dropped.

Here's the current schedule of Dungeons & Lairs plus everything else that's...

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Preview: Hand of the Eight Storm of Mega Working Draft

Preview: Hand of the Eight Storm of Mega Working Draft

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Hey all!

Fun news today. Here is the official working draft for Hand of the Eight Chapter 1- Storm of Mega. 

Note that this is a working draft, so it's going to have some typos and log...

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[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Animated Objects | New 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 8th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Animated Objects | New 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 8th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD THE ADVENTURE BELOW!

Animated Objects is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1, 3, 5, or 8. This document offers details for each leve...

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Animated Objects Asset & FoundryVTT Pack

Animated Objects Asset & FoundryVTT Pack

Manifest URL and ZIP at the end of the post.

Animated Objects is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1, 3, 5, or 8. This document offers detail...

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Awaken Asset Pack and FoundryVTT Pack

Awaken Asset Pack and FoundryVTT Pack

DOWNLOAD THE PDF BELOW. Get Foundry VTT pack on the DMDave.com Store!

This Foundry module pack includes...

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Awaken | New 5th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Awaken | New 5th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

Awaken is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 5th to 7th level and is optimized for a party of four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5. Although the adventure sees a f...

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One Word Prompts - Haunted Mansion

One Word Prompts - Haunted Mansion

Hey everyone,

I've got a fun little map I put together last night in celebration of the release of Ravenloft.  I plan on doing some "House of Dracula" type stuff to go in here. Only trouble is I've got 69 rooms to fill. Having said that...

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Quick Poll! Dungeons & Lairs: Bonus Horror Map

Happy Ravenloft day everyone!

I got my book earlier today an already I want to start making some GAWTHICC stuff. I've got a Tim Hartin map I've been sitting on a while that I want to do something with. I just want to know what to put into it...

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Sunday Stat Anything - Aquaman

Sunday Stat Anything - Aquaman

Original art by Luciano Vecchio.

Aquaman is a trademark of DC Comics. This document is fan content and for educational/editor...

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Call for Suggestions- Return of Stat Anything

Back when I got started doing this I used to do a series called “Stat Anything” where I’d give stats to well... anything! I made a lot of monsters, superheroes, etc. it was fun.

So I thought I’d bring it back for fun.

What do...

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One Word Prompts

One Word Prompts

Hey everyone!

I'm working on the next Dungeons & Lairs (actually, this is the one for June 11, but I digress), and I need some prompty-poos.

If you've never done this before, here are the rules:

  • 1 word per patron
  • <...

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Monster Lairs Poll 5

Hey all!

I went ahead and ended the last poll a little prematurely so I can get to work on it this weekend and focus most of my time on Hand of the Eight (1/5 done with the revisions) and Pexia's (about 1/3 done on that). That means that View Post

Castlegrasp Blitz Goal for the Kickstarter

Castlegrasp Blitz Goal for the Kickstarter

Hey all!

This weekend, I want to hit $100,000 on the Kickstarter by 10:00 am CST on Monday. We're just $12,000'ish away, which means we're only about 142 backers from hitting that goal. Considering we get 40-50 per day, I think that's pretty...

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Archmage Stronghold Asset & FoundryVTT Pack

Archmage Stronghold Asset & FoundryVTT Pack

Download the files at the end of the post.

Archmage Stronghold is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 11, 14, 17, or 20. This document offers d...

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[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Archmage Stronghold | New 11th, 14th, 17th, or 20th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

[Gold+] Dungeons & Lairs: Archmage Stronghold | New 11th, 14th, 17th, or 20th-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD THE FREE ADVENTURE PDF BELOW

Archmage Stronghold is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 11, 14, 17, or 20. This document offers detail...

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