Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind … Cake!

Another cake my wife made for our eldest daughter whose favourite anime is Nausicaa (she was almost named Nausicaa, veto’d by wife. Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa inspired. 100% edible.

Call on Ancestors

To mechanically demonstrate the importance of Shintao and the Seven Fortunes to the everyday life of even the PCs these rules were created. They are a less powerful version of divine intervention. Call on Ancestors You make an Honour or Wisdom ability check – Honour to call an ancestor and Wisdom to call one of […]

TOICHI no KANSEN

Running a 5th edition Oriental Adventure campaign based on some rules I converted a while back. Basically one big playtest. The players found an earth elemental gem which summons a Japanese equivalent of an earth elemental. Here is the PC version. TOICHI no KANSEN Large elemental Armor Class 17 Hit Points 126 Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft. […]

Akihabara Model Shops

Bit of a different post, non-D&D related. Thought I would list here some of the better model shops in Akihabara for anime/manga/pop-culture. Google will give you a list which are mostly hobby shops which is not what you want (for example TamTam and Animate). Kotobokukiya, is right across from Super Potato. Mostly video game related […]

Oriental Adventures Specific Templates

A collated list of the various subtypes introduced by Oriental Adventures and converted to 5e. More for my reference than anything else. Will be updated as I use it. All kami and oni are yokai, but not all yokai are kami or oni. In terms of my D&D campaign yokai tend to be neutral fey and all […]

ILSENSINE’S RING

Treasures from “Dawn of the Overmind” – Ilsensine’s ring. I moved this to the neothelid’s treasure trove because I wanted my PCs to have an opportunity to use it. The player who picked it up was contacted by Diinkarazan and made a deal with him. He could have the ring if he helped fight Ilsensine […]

THE ANNULUS

Treasures from “Dawn of the Overmind” – The Annulus. This is also the “mcguffin” of the adventure. THE ANNULUS Artifact, automatically attunes The Annulus appears as a 1-foot-diameter ring of silvery metal of some unknown alloy Slots, antennae, spheres, and other arcane projections decorate the exterior of the hoop; however, there is sufficient space […]

AVATAR of ILSENSINE

In “Dawn of the Overmind” after defeating the Unredeemed Beast the PCs make their way to the Overmind itself – a space station (or ethereal station) where the mind flayers are trying to undo reality and reinstitute their galaxy-wide empire. The PCs must use the Annulus to destroy the Engine Consumate (and thus the space […]

THE UNREDEEMED BEAST

In “Dawn of the Overmind“, below the Undercity of Penumbra, deeper than the Tuennelscape is the Nethermost. This is where the Annulus lies guarded by the Unredeemed Beast. Presented as much as a puzzle than straight up combat my PCs figured out the Annulus was inside the thing and decided to purposely get swallowed and […]

ILLITHOCYTE

in “Dawn of the Overmind“, below the Undercity of Penumbra, deeper than the Tuennelscape is the Nethermost. This is where the Annulus lies guarded by the Unredeemed Beast. But before that, a gargantuan swarm of illithocyte need to be dealt with – which my level 19 party did by using chain lightning to wipe them […]