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Random Party Bonds for Dungeons & Dragons

Updated from an article originally published Nov 20, 2018.

Player characters receive bonds from their chosen Background, descriptive traits that tie them to the campaign setting via some sort of relationship to people, places, or things. An alternative method of using bonds is to more directly create ties between the individual player characters themselves, creating relationships that help them forge a team identity and a reason for sticking together through whatever adversity they face in their adventures together. Here are some additional ideas for bonds.

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The Oozes are Unleashed for 5th Edition Today

It’s heeeeeeeeeere! DD-01 The Darkness Beneath Dalentown for 5th Edition is finally out! Completely rebuilt and featuring new art and maps!

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Curse of Strahd as a One-Shot

This article originally appeared on 10/13/2017 @neuronphaser.com. I’m reposting it here inspired by two articles on D&D Beyond by James Haeck: Strahd Must Die Tonight! and Strahd Must Die Again (And Again And Again). Both articles offer fantastic insights complementary to (and greatly improving upon) some of of the same ideas in what I wrote, below.

The idea of boiling down the iconic adventure Curse of Strahd is one that isn’t exactly promising for a few reasons: Strahd works best when he shows up several times, there’s a lot of backstory conveyed through locations and NPCs in Barovia, and there’s several artifacts spread out across the realm that even the odds against Strahd and present their own sidequests. Castle Ravenloft itself is a big place, with hundreds of areas to explore.

But Strahd’s been around for decades, so literally thousands of players have already played through some edition’s version of the adventure surrounding Ravenloft’s key adversary, or they’ve read about his exploits and power-level. The iconic status that makes him the perfect enemy for a party is also what makes him so cool for players to challenge head-to-head over and over again. In fact, that’s a key element of the campaign: Strahd, as a Dark Lord of a domain in Ravenloft, may have no way of being permanently defeated, and so he will play out his torturous, unrequited love story for all of time.

For Halloween, I’ve attempted to boil down Curse of Strahd to its barest elements, and I think I’ve created something that can be finished in 4-6 hours of play while still revealing the story of Strahd. Let’s see what you think!

This whole thing assumes you’re familiar with Curse of Strahd.

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Domille’s Wondrous Character Sheet Out Now on DMsGuild!

Fans and fellow creators: Domille’s Wondrous Character Sheet has just launched on Dungeon Masters Guild! This simple and effective character sheet is optimized for one-page, everything-at-a-glance use, and best of all, it comes with a limited license for DMsGuild and other 5th Edition content creators to use for their pregenerated characters and NPC companions in their works!

Pick up Domille’s Wondrous Character Sheet on DMsGuild now, and read on for some extras and insights!

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Project Updates for Dungeons & Dragons 5e, OSR, DeScriptors, and New Games!

It’s been awfully quiet around my site. That’s deceptive: my head’s been down working on a lot of really cool stuff! Let’s take a look at some of things fast approaching the finish line.

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