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Yesterday’s article on Claugiyliamatar got me thinking: what if a dragon could modulate its breath weapon as it got older? Previous editions of Dungeons & Dragons state that a green dragon’s breath weapon is a poisonous chlorine gas. But what if over the centuries, a dragon could master its breath weapon to produce other gases…
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Did you know there are only 20 ancient dragons living in Faerun, and that three of them reside on the Sword Coast map? There’s Claugiyliamatar in Kryptgarden Forest, along with Voaraghamanthar and Waervaerendor in the Mere of Deadmen. These ancient dragons don’t appear in Lost Mine of Phandelver or Dragon of Icespire Peak because they’re…
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There needs to be another box set adventure dedicated to all of the things on the Sword Coast Map that didn’t make it into Lost Mine of Phandelver and Dragon of Icespire Peak. There’s just so much cool stuff WotC left of the cutting room floor. For instance, the Lostafinga hobgoblin tribe who inhabit Southkrypt…
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One of the things I love about being a Dungeon Master is I get to connect with the source material in a way most players do not. There are days where I feel like Gandalf, poring over ponderous, dusty old tomes at the Archives of Minas Tirith, searching for scraps of unremembered lore to pull…
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If you’ve read a bit of me blog, you know I style myself as the patron saint of seldom used rules and mechanics. Deities and trinkets don’t qualify as either, but I enjoy finding ways to work these oft overlooked elements into a game nonetheless. So let’s find a way to blend both, as well…
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As his mother’s sanity unraveled and grief hardened in his sister’s heart, Nars Dendrar endured his family’s captivity beneath Tresendar Manor in a state of relative quietude. For he had known that, in their darkened cell, no ruffian, wizard, or fell magic beneath the manor would harm him or those he held dear. She had…
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No, really. What’s on tap? The Sleeping Giant Tap House would suggest a place where patrons can drink beer straight from the source. Grista is not just some bartender. In her second career after her decades as a Wilddwarf Brigade battle rager of Citadel Adbar, Grista settled in Phandalin to become a brewer. So what…
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Doipify your El Mop?! Is that a verbal spell component? No, silly. Doip (DOIP: Dragon of Icespire Peak) ify your El Mop (LMOP: Lost Mine of Phandelver). In other words, remove the linear story from Lost Mine of Phandalin, and make it more open-ended like Dragon of Icespire Peak. I realize I could have just…
