Peanut Rum Shortage + Blackout = Civil War Among Animal Families
We discussed this idea on the live chat, but lets dive in a little deeper, shall we. Nothing fuels chaos in Zoo Mafia quite like scarcity. When the lights go out and the booze dries up, every animal family starts sniffing around for power, territory,...
When Haven Returned: The City of Secrets and Its Shadows
How the Reappearance of Haven Reshapes Aether Skies For generations, Haven was a ghost story. A city swallowed whole by the Curtain, that endless wall of storm and nightmare which hides the world’s deepest scars. Scholars argued if it ever existed at all. Sailors swore they...
Let the earth tremble from this Fantastical Mount – The Gravelmule
Gravelmule Where other beasts balk, the gravelmule digs. Through rock, ruin, and rubble, these stone-skinned behemoths clear the path for progress—or bury those foolish enough to stand in their way. The Gravelmule is a beast of burden shaped by the earth itself. Found primarily in mountain passes,...
Subclass Spotlight: Operative of the Hollow Veil (Rogue)
Under the Dome – Balaria | Live Play Subclass 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 Operative...
The Golden Glaives: Retired Adventurers of the Realm (Or Are They?)
In the sleepy village of Shady Pines-by-the-Sea, nestled between the Daggerwood and the Suncoast Mountains, resides a quartet of legendary adventurers. Their days of slaying dracoliches and infiltrating corrupt noble houses are supposedly behind them—but some say the fire still burns in their seasoned hearts. Meet...
Belly Up to the Bar: Getting the Most Out of Speakeasies in Zoo Mafia
If the zoo streets are the arteries of Furton City, then the speakeasies are the beating heart. These hidden watering holes aren’t just places to knock back peanut rum or gamble away a week’s take—they’re where power shifts, deals go down, and trouble starts. A...
Into the Ash Below: The surface world of Aether Skies
Exploring the Surface World and Its Dangers in Aether Skies The floating cities of Aether Skies drift high above the cursed world below, each tethered to its fragile aether engines and political lies. Citizens glance down at the blackened clouds or glowing storms beneath them, whispering...
Druid Subclass: Circle of the Symbiote
"We do not control nature. We merge with it." I am continuing the series with the symbiotic subclass for druid. You can check out the cleric post here. Most druids revere the cycle of life, death, and renewal—but those of the Circle of the Symbiote go...
The Black Dracolich: Undeath Ascendant
At The Gaming Table / Dungeons & Dragons / Monsters When WizKids drops a new dragon miniature, it’s always a moment for DMs to start plotting. And this one? This one is the stuff of whispered campfire tales and midnight horror—the Black Dracolich. This mini is...
Subclass Spotlight: Way of the Shattered Flow (Monk) for Under the Dome
Under the Dome – Balaria | Live Play Subclass Reveal #3. The Game starts tomorrow night Sep 16th 8:30 pm EST come check us out on YouTube. The third custom subclass in our series for Under the Dome – Balaria embodies pure unpredictability. Where some monks...
Zephyra: The Skybloom Aerie – A Hidden Haven of Winged Wonders
Nestled in the uncharted tropics of the Forgotten Realms—or perhaps hidden within the drifting archipelagos of Eberron, or the Elemental Chaos of the multiverse—lies a land untouched by conquest and unseen by most mortal eyes. A land not ruled by dragons or liches or ancient...
Molto Salamandra: The Rise of Komodo Muscle in the Zoo Mafia Underworld”
There’s something brewing in the alleys behind the banana markets and the steam-drenched docks of Furton City. Whispers spread like wildfire, and all of them hiss one name: Molto Salamandra. They call him Molto not because he’s loud—but because there’s a lot of him. A lot...
Make Secrets Part of the Strategy in Aether Skies and more
Turning Backstory into Tactical Leverage in Aether Skies (and Beyond) In many campaigns, character secrets exist only as dramatic flair: a hidden lineage, a forbidden pact, a shameful crime. They sit in the backstory, waiting for a GM to poke them. But in Aether Skies, secrets aren’t...
Cleric Domain: The Host – A Playtest Subclass of Divine Symbiosis
"I speak, but not alone. I bless, but not by my hand alone. We are many. We are one." Not all gods send visions from lofty thrones or answer prayers through golden light. Some embed themselves directly into their followers—melding flesh and spirit, weaving divine will...
A pyroclastic new Fantastical Mount – Pyrosnort Ram
Smoke on the wind. Sparks underhoof. When the Pyrosnort Ram charges, the mountain remembers it is a fire-breathing thing. The Pyrosnort Ram is a creature born of molten stone and biting wind—bred in volcanic crags, charred highlands, and lava-choked plateaus. Broad-shouldered and powerfully built, these fire-infused...
