The People Beneath the Brass: Everyday Life in the Sky Cities
Finding Humanity Amid the Gears and Aetherlight of Aether Skies It’s easy to think of Aether Skies as a world of skyships, espionage, and eldritch storms—and it is. But between the dueling factions and divine corruption, life goes on. Children play under steam vents. Vendors hawk...
Paladin Subclass Reveal: Oath of the Living Covenant
"I do not walk alone. My strength is not my own. We are one. We are eternal." While most paladins swear fealty to gods, ideals, or eternal laws, a rare few bind themselves to something stranger. Those who take the Oath of the Living Covenant do...
When the Forest Watches Back: Using Sentient Trees in Your Fantasy Games
Few things capture the primal heart of fantasy like an ancient forest. Trees loom in shadow, roots twist across forgotten paths, and branches whisper in the wind. Yet in Dungeons & Dragons, trees aren’t always passive set dressing—they can be players in the story. Whether...
Guardians Beyond the Years — The Baelnorn: D&D’s “Good Lich”
What is a baelnorn? — The canon, briefly Baelnorn are a special class of elven undead introduced in 2nd-edition Forgotten Realms material: they resemble liches in longevity and power, but differ in purpose and temperament. Typically they are elves who accepted—or were granted—undeath in order to...
Subclass Spotlight: Operative of the Hollow Veil (Rogue)
Under the Dome – Balaria | Live Play Subclass final reveal In a campaign of political intrigue, sometimes the most dangerous weapon isn’t a blade or spell—it’s the silence where memory used to be. Our second custom subclass for Under the Dome – Balaria is the...
Class and Curiosity: The Addams Family as D&D Characters
The Addams Family has haunted pop culture for over half a century — a clan of eccentric, macabre aristocrats who adore the grim, the ghoulish, and the gloriously weird.But behind the cobwebs and candlelight, each member embodies a surprisingly distinct archetype — the kind you...
Cross-Family Politics: Running Allies, Betrayals, and Blood Oaths
In Zoo Mafia, bullets and backroom deals go paw in paw. Crews don’t exist in a vacuum; they’re part of a living, snarling underworld where rival families share turf, trade favors, and occasionally bury the hatchet—usually in someone’s back. If you want your campaigns to feel...
The Price of Progress in Aether Skies
How Innovation Shapes—and Destroys—the Skies In the world of Aether Skies, invention is worship. The floating cities exist because someone, centuries ago, dared to bend Aether into obedience. Skyships fly because engineers refused to believe gravity was final. Lives are saved—and lost—through machines no one fully...
The Way of the Twinned Soul – Symbiote Subclass Spotlight
"Two minds. Two wills. One body. One purpose." Among monks, discipline and mastery of the self is everything. But what happens when the self is no longer singular? The Way of the Twinned Soul represents a monk who is never truly alone—bonded with a second presence,...
Delightfully Macabre: Visiting the Addams Family in Your D&D Game
There’s something darkly charming about a household where the candles are always lit, the curtains never open, and every family member has a different relationship with death.If your adventurers think they’ve seen it all — liches, vampires, haunted keeps — send them to the Addams...
Odd NPC Vendors for Your Magical World: The Clockwork Menagerie
Meet the Proprietor: Cogsworth Brindlepin, Gnome Clockwright Extraordinaire Cogsworth Brindlepin is a brass-smudged, wild-haired gnome whose spectacles constantly slide down his nose as he peers at the faintest whir of movement. His workshop-coat is stitched with dozens of small holsters — each holding a wind-up key...
Subclass Spotlight: Chaosborn Ravager (Fighter)
Under the Dome – Balaria | Live Play Subclass Reveal #4 The fifth custom subclass revealed for Under the Dome – Balaria is raw, unbridled destruction. Where the Symbiotic Engineer bends adaptation, the Domain of Grinding Flame burns with the power of chaos, The College of...
Hauntingly Kind: How Casper the Friendly Ghost Can Inspire Your Next D&D Adventure
It is now October, and you know what that means, its spooky season. To celebrate I am going to do a series of posts of drawing inspiration from some pop culture, or older pop culture to start. When most Dungeon Masters think of undead, they...
Heat & Headlines: Making Law Enforcement a Real Threat in Zoo Mafia
Every mobster in Zoo Mafia knows the truth: the job doesn’t just end when you split the loot. There’s always the long arm of the law—or in this case, the keepers—waiting in the wings, looking to put your crew back in the cages. Too many...
Faction Wars in the Skies
Playing Politics Between the Cities in Aether Skies The skies of Aether Skies are vast, but they are far from free. Every floating city survives not just on the strength of its Aether engines, but on the ambitions, secrets, and schemes of the factions that hold...
