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The Heart of Creation is Criticism

On December 15, 2025 By adempzIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

There was a discussion on the Mastering Dungeons Discord overnight about TTRPG editors and the different types that are involved in the production of big budget books. I have some pretty hot thoughts on the topic, so I figured I’d jot some of them down before getting to work on my own writing. The Void. …

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Wizard Carriage

On October 25, 2025 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

There’s a contest on DndBeyond promoting the new Stranger Things box set, “What’s in the Bag of Holding? A Welcome to the Hellfire Club Homebrew Item Contest.” The gist is, make a thematic magic item with a description of 50 words or less, and publish it to DnDBeyond with the tag ‘BagOfHolding2025.” I took a …

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Appendix Ehhnn

On October 14, 2025October 12, 2025 By adempzIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I’m late to the party for the Appendix N blogwagon, but that’s fine. A fair criticism can be levied at modern Dungeons & Dragons that it has become self-referential. It no longer pulls from myth or folklore, instead it has created its own worlds, and in fact, has come to inform the fantasy genre as …

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Running Against the Cult of the Reptile God

On October 12, 2025 By adempzIn ReviewsLeave a comment

I spent most of September writing a forty room, heavily interconnected dungeon for a freelance project. That was a good time and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. When I say heavily interconnected, I mean heavily interconnected. I’ll go into my approach at a later date, but the 50% turnover looked like a …

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Miniatures Roundup

On August 20, 2025 By adempzIn MiniaturesLeave a comment

I didn’t get much painting done during that stretch of writing I did this spring, but I did get some done beforehand, and I’ve been trying to get more done since. A grumpy cleric from EC3D This guy was fun to work on. I was trying to get that Citadel dirty white cloth effect. I’m …

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