The Eld(ar): Banshee Attack Squad

When my PCs stole the Golden Barge from the Eldar during the Slumbering Ursine Dunes adventure Major Xhom got away and has been attempting to retrieve the Golden Barge – a piece of Eldar science-wizard artifact. These will continue until they kill Major Xhom, here are some Eldar Banshees to help him out. I use a short […]

A Mushroom Mercenary in the City of Broken Clocks

Inspired by the zine “Ten People You Meet in the Undergarden”. I think this whole zine works well in the Gardens of Ynn. Gerard guards the City of Broken Clocks within the Garden of Ynn from looting. He has been doing this for long time. He is getting bored and he may be tempted to […]

The Heart Queen (Sidh)

My players keep traveling back to Ynn to use the Vats (they summoned a modern to help them figure out how to use it). Each time they visit I add unique encounters drawn from Alice. Decided to add the Red Queen and make her a sidhe taking liberal inspiration from a Red and Pleasant land […]

Cybermancer

Request from one of my players – a new player – who, after realising my world wasn’t a typical “forgotten realm kitchen sink” setting but more a “dying earth, crossed with shadowrunner by way of the 80s” he requested to switch from a wizard to something more cybery. Here you go. CYBERMANCER Technomancers are metahumans […]

Clash of the Titans (Session X)

Game log for session 6 one of my players (my daughter) wrote – part of the Clash of the Titans campaign. For context, the party is meant to meet the oracle and have to be there within 7 days but it takes 6 days by Golden Barge, longer by normal ship. However, Rodrig the Blue Medusae […]

The Jabberwocky (CR 9)

Converted to 5e for my own reference to play The Gardens of Ynn (and/or The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror). Since I ended up geasing my party to fight the Jabberwocky I felt throwing a CR 15 version at a party of level 3 characters was over the top. This is a reduced threat version. […]

“THE” “Vorpal” Blade aka, the Dragonbone Smasher

The Court of White gifted my PCs with this rock-shaped-as-a-sword. Its power is only unlocked when it tastes the blood of the Jabberwocky. The court refers to it as “THE” “Vorpal” Blade (and they pronounce the quotes as well) it is not a Vorpal Blade, it is nevertheless a deadly anti-dragon weapon. Dragonbone Smasher “A […]

Gardens of Ynn Chess Set

Converted here for my own reference, statblock light. Built of earth elementals for the Court of the White Queen who is eternally at war with the Black Mountain King. My PCs decided to actually play chess and the Court of the White Queen won. As a reward, they received a wand of wonder, a bag […]

When and How did D&D shift from OSR style play to more combat focused play?

Great little essay of when the game shifted from what we would call OSR to the more modern playstyle focused on combat. https://deathtrap-games.blogspot.com/2020/11/how-d-was-engineered-away-from-old.html

Clash of the Titans (Session IX)

Game log for session 6 one of my players (my daughter) wrote – part of the Clash of the Titans campaign. For context, the party is meant to meet the oracle and have to be there within 7 days but it takes 6 days by boat (or barge). However, Rodrig the Blue Medusae Champion has been […]