Misread Magic Items: Bloom of Flying
Today in Misread Magic Items, we look at the Broom of Flying, and give it a floral twist.
View ArticleCrystal Palace: The Painted
In the Age of Slumber, the world was raw and unshaped. The Mists of Creation hung thick around the world, waiting for a Giant’s hand to begin. Mountains rose as great slabs and plateaus with their...
View ArticleMisread Magic Items: Bracers of the Fence
The bracers of defense are only slightly less well-known than rings of protection when it comes to ballin’ defensive magic items. A +2 bonus to AC as long as you aren’t wearing armor or using a shield?...
View ArticleCrystal Palace: Judges, Lancers, and Scribes
Upon the Catenary Thrones sat a single crown. Holst refused to place the crown upon his head, abdicating his right to the thrones. He eschewed the responsibilities of governance and oversaw the...
View ArticleArcane Hybrid part 3: Features and Spell Themes
Ok, so it’s been a minute since I last talked about the arcane hybrid for 5e (the name is still a work in progress). I haven’t stopped thinking about it, but I’ve been kicking the can down the road....
View ArticleMisread Magic Items: Boots of Invitation
Boots of Levitation make you float around and look down upon all those non-floating fools...but what about Boots of Invitation?
View ArticleCrystal Palace: Character Advancement
When the Crystal Palace rose, the crystal beacons rose with them. The beacons shone with images and sang with songs. It was Tarom who learned the secrets of these songs and scenes, becoming able to...
View ArticleFive Magical Ranged Weapons for D&D 5e
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m keenly interested in weaponry that hurtles through the air. I always want to play a javelin thrower or be a dude that tosses hammers, but it never really works out. You only...
View Article5e Invoker: Concept and Theme
Even though it has been years, I still find myself thinking of all the interesting risks D&D 4e took during its life cycle. It had major content release problems (all the splat books, requiring the...
View Article5e Invokers: A Handful of Spells
A first draft of five spells for the 5e Invoker, with an eye for use by clerics, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards.
View ArticleMisread Magic Items: Vorpal Words
Warriors have it so easy. It’s always “slice off” this and “decapitate” that. All the while, scholars of the arcane arts are having to sit through the using bat feces to fill the air with the...
View ArticleRage Against the Barbarian
I have been thinking about barbarian a lot lately. As part of an endeavor begun here with the invoker, I have been doing a fresh archetype pass for all the classes. Barbarian took me quite a while to...
View ArticleLiafa: Spells, Volume I
Today I share a collection of spells written for Liafa. I'm exploring a lot of world-narrative-through-spells and doubling down on what I feel is important about the stories in Liafa.
View ArticleLiafa: Eladrin Variants and Subraces
Today I present the eladrin of Liafa. I rewrote pretty much the whole thing, because I can't control myself. Anyway, I wanted to tie them to the world strongly, and really think about the stories I was...
View ArticleLiafa: Vedalken Variant
Today, I'm sharing the variant of vedalken within the world of Liafa. Vedalken felt like the perfect ancestry to pull forward to this setting, lending themselves to some fun customization and...
View ArticleLiafa: Goliath Variant
Today, I present the Goliath of Liafa. They are the children of the Dutiful Giant, shaped by the mythical materials of the world.
View ArticleLiafa: Halfling Variant
This is the last of the current variant races for Liafa. Halfling was really interesting to me, because "half what?" is something that seems worth exploring within the game's context. Somehow, I ended...
View ArticleLiafa: Tiefling Variants
I already know this will be the most popular of the variant posts, because tieflings. Anyway, Liafa has a lot of differently sexy tieflings. Because tieflings.
View ArticleLiafa: Cursed One Background
The cursed one background is a background created for the Liafa homebrew setting, but it is setting agnostic.
View ArticleLiafa: House Tanis Agent Background
The House Tanis Agent is a background for characters who hail from Gantis, the island-city, a location in the Liafa homebrew setting.
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