Kagekiri (Shadowblade)

Shadowblade Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th; Weight 2 lbs.; Price 26,308 gp DESCRIPTION On a successful critical hit, this magic longsword deals 2 points of bleed damage, which stacks with any bleed damage already caused by the attack. Each time the wielder strikes a blow that deals bleed damage with this weapon, s/he gains temporary hit points equal to the amount of bleed damage […]

Glitch Faerie

Glitch Faerie This lithe, diminutive creature looks like a humanoid with wispy, mothlike wings and long, thin ears. Glitch Faerie […]

Sorcerer Bloodline – The Cold Prince (OSE)

Just published an OSE version of much of the 5e science-fantasy content of this blog over on driveThruRpg. Here is some supporting content for the Sorcerer class presented in that book. Here is a Cold Prince Bloodline (Dolmenwood inspired) for the OSE Sorcerer class. Bloodline: The Cold Prince Your innate magic comes from fey blood, […]

Wizards & Machineguns (OSE)

Just published an OSE version of much of the 5e science-fantasy content of this blog over on driveThruRpg.

dart gun

Custom/converted magic items for my homebrew campaign world “The Ninth World”. Placed here for my PCs to reference. DART GUN Weapon (relic), rare GP: 3,000 XP: 300 Damage 1d4 piercing plus poison. 5 lb. (1 slot) Finesse. Range 40/120. Proficiency: Martial Range A dart gun makes use of nanotechnology to craft a small pointed projectile […]

scatterlight suit (grey)

Custom/converted magic items for my homebrew campaign world “The Ninth World”. Placed here for my PCs to reference. Scatterlight Suit (Grey) AC 11, MAX DEX +8, radiant attacks have disadvantage to hit the wearer, depletes 1 in 20 (checked whenever the wearer is targeted by a radiant attack). A scatterlight suit is a tight, form-fitting […]

iron flesh (cbyernetics)

My house rules for cybernetic implants (“iron flesh”). IRON FLESH Cybernetica Implants Cybernetica, also known as iron flesh, are mechanical enhancements added to a creature to enhance a particular aspect or provide utility or new functionality. A character can have no more than a number of implants equal to the creature’s natural CON or […]

EQ Befallen Conversion Notes (5e)

My PCs found the equivalent of a VR machine on the “Skyfortress of the Space Wizards” (my homebrew mega-dungeon) and loaded up “EverQuest 40k”. It’s an excuse to play new characters in a new world. Here are my conversion notes from 3e to 5e. I tried to retain some of the idiosyncrasies of the third […]

Xenomorph Queen Boss Fight (Grendelqueen)

Check out the rollable (and cleaner) version on World-Anvil. This was a great encounter, brutal attacks and the ongoing status effects really shutdown a lot of the PCs ability. But the PCs (a 8 man party of level 8-12) won in the end. No small amount of inspiration was also taken from the Tyranids. Pharsis, the EverqueenCR: […]

Pharsis the Everqueen

Named after a Xenoblade Chronicles X super boss but based on the alien xenomorph queen, my PCs took on one of Pharsis’ progeny – a juvenile broodmother. Was a great fight as the PCs had no idea what they were facing. I had no prepared anything and because I figured she was a juvenile version […]