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Critical Exploders

On April 22, 2026 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

Continuing with the prompts from d4 Caltrops’s d100 Table of Topics to Blog About, today I’m going to start going through some of the rules-oriented ones as they pertain to my Iron Fist of the Hobgoblin King setting. In our Sunday morning Ptolus game, we play things pretty much straight as written. At the moment, …

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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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Halls of the Blood King :: Ravenloft

On November 2, 2024November 2, 2024 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

Halls of the Blood King, an official Old School Essentials adventure, is a location-based adventure designed for emergent play. There are things to poke at and NPCs to turn against each other, all in the court of the Blood King himself, a vampire who demands fealty from all the others of his kind. It is …

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GameholeCon Recap

On October 28, 2024 By adempzIn Conventions, Design Work2 Comments

If you’re just here for the free adventure, scroll to the bottom! GameholeCon has a particular significance in my convention-going life. It wasn’t the first con I ever went to, that was GenCon/Origins in 1989, but it was the first con I went to after that long break. It’s local enough that we can drive, …

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Greater and Lesser Ankhegs

On April 8, 2024 By adempzIn Design WorkLeave a comment

Big Bugs! I'll skip the obvious Sir Mix-A-Lot joke, but I do like these underutilized monstrous insects. They can pop out of the ground to nab unsuspecting PCs and then crush them in their acid-dripping mandibles. Good times! They have an uncommon weakness in their soft bellies, expressed by having a lower AC when prone. …

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