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Check out the latest updates from Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, OSR, Cortex, DeScriptors, and other releases by Tim Bannock.

Old School Hacks Vol. 3: Megadungeon Mayhem now available at DMsGuild

Out now at Dungeon Masters Guild: Old School Hacks Vol. 3: Megadungeon Mayhem – A Toolbox for Better Megadungeons!

This 34-page guide features four chapters of material covering:

  • What makes a megadungeon tick?
  • Tons of tools and advice for varying the environment, monsters, hazards, and challenges in the dungeon.
  • Variant and optional rules to help make megadungeon campaigns feel different from a standard dungeon-crawl adventure.
  • Tips, options, and hand outs to help players tie their characters’ backstory to the megadungeon.
  • An alternative Experience Reward System that focuses on the tropes and activities that make megadungeons different.
  • A Time Tracker that will help keep DMs and Players organized during dungeon-crawl play.
  • An entire chapter on Big Bad End Guys (BBEGs) and how to wrap up a megadungeon in a satisfying manner!

Whether you are using a published megadungeon like Undermountain as found in Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, third party or older-edition-conversions such as the Temple of Elemental Evil or the adventures found in the compilation Tales from the Yawning Portal, or are building your own megadungeon, this guide is sure to spark your imagination, ease the process of prepping your game sessions, and challenge your players for years to come!

Developed and written by Tim Bannock. Edited by Ken Carcas. Cover graphical elements by Elena Naylor with art by Wizards of the Coast. Interior art by Rick Hershey/Fat Goblin Games and Wizards of the Coast.

Pick it up today at DMsGuild.com!

The Darkness Beneath Dalentown is now available for the DeScriptors RPG!

Hordes of oozes, slimes, and demonic forces stand to threaten the growing settlement of Dalentown, and only a heroic adventuring party stands in their way!

The Darkness Beneath Dalentown is a fantasy roleplaying adventure in the classic style, converted and updated to the narrative DeScriptors roleplaying game! Now you can use the powerful, genre-bending DeScriptors game to tell stories of heroic action, dungeon-crawling survival horror, and old school fantasy daring.

This scenario provides a wealth of new mechanics and options to the DeScriptors game, including handling gear, magic items, spells, troupe-style play, companion characters, and more. Additionally, the dangerous adventure locales and highly political setting of Dalentown provides an excellent opportunity for long-term adventures or even campaigns, or great ideas on how to run action-packed one-shots in a diceless system like DeScriptors. Better yet, the narrative, flexible nature of the game mechanics make the scenario highly adaptable to games that rely on descriptive keywords, whether they are dice-based or diceless.

This isn’t a simple conversion from the Swords & Wizardry version of the adventure, but a completely rebuilt scenario that leans into the strengths of DeScriptors. Which, by the way, you can pick up the PWYW version or the Definitive Edition and still run this adventure: you choose! So pick up The Darkness Beneath Dalentown – DeScriptors Edition today!

DeScriptors: Definitive Edition Updated with New Options and Variant Rules

DeScriptors: Definitive Edition wouldn’t be definitive if we didn’t keep it updated with new rules and mechanics as they come out, right? Turns out we’re working on the imminent release of The Darkness Beneath Dalentown: DeScriptors Version and we created some fun dungeoncrawl-esque mechanics, as well as addressed one-on-one and troupe-style play.

Pick up the updated version today at DriveThruRPG (it’s in My Library if you already purchased the game) and subscribe for more updates on The Darkness Beneath Dalentown: DeScriptors Version coming soon!

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