Wyvern Tor
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I thought I’d follow up with another trinket tied to Gnomengarde, since I was just talking about the place yesterday: A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a mechanical contraption. Like yesterday, this trinket can help nudge players toward the Gnomengarde adventure hook, and can even serve as a bridge between Dragon of Icespire…
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Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons has mechanics for improvised weapons, but none for improvised armor. I can have Gog the Ogre beat a first-level character nearly to death with a fish he pulls from a stream dealing 1d4+4 bludgeoning damage with each blow. But if I want to give him a makeshift form of scale…
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When I read something like “Falcon has a long history of killing orcs and can’t abide them as neighbors,” I’m left to wonder what the story is. Gustaf Stellern, ahem (I think “Falcon the Hunter” is a ridiculous moniker, so I refer to him by his birth name) bears a naked enmity toward orcfolk, as…
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Today, let’s make Brughor Axe-Biter more than just an orc with extra hit points. Let’s transform him into a mini-boss as memorable as his name! What’s in a name: Once a rank and file warrior of the Kingdom of Many-Arrows, Brughor Axe-Biter is named for a horrific, disfiguring wound taken during the War of the…
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Though not explicitly stated, King Korboz’s malady sounds a lot like Indefinite Madness. Providing Korboz with evidence of the mimic’s demise restores the mad King’s sanity, somehow making it the equivalent of a spell of Greater Restoration (which is an actual in-game mechanic for curing indefinite madness). With all due respect, the Wyle E. Coyote-esque…