4Ward/FrankenFourth: Keep on the Shadowfell, Episodes 4 & 5

Cast Emery (3rd-level hearth kobold cleric) Murtaugh (3rd-level tarchon dragon sorcerer) Rig (3rd-level human warlord) (Abridged) Summary Over the course of a couple days, the party finished clearing out the orc nest. In the process they rescued about a dozen villagers, discovered a stone portal to the Abyss, and fled from a demon that emerged […]

A Sundered Fragment: Art Pack

This is our third and largest art pack, in part made possible by the backers for A Sundered World (Melissa and I started doing art well before the Kickstarter campaign started, as a way to show people what we could do, but the campaign allowed us to focus on it more and get it done […]

Dungeons & Delvers: Bandit Keep Stress Test

We ran a couple Dungeons & Delvers combat stress tests a few days ago, using some of my D&D minis so that the kids could fight something besides undead for a change (I have the Rock Top Gang for Super Dungeon Explore, but I’m saving that for a very Mario-themed adventure I’m working on). During the necropolis–death–crawl they seemed […]

4Ward/FrankenFourth: Age of Worms, Episode 107

Cast Adair (level 3 elf war cleric) Hedris (level 3 greedy cambion warlord) Humal (level 3 wrathful cambion wizard) Sumia (level 3 elf rogue) Summary With who they assumed was the cult leader slain (and his soul dragged off), the characters looted his laboratory and continued to explore the labyrinth, if for no other reason […]

Dungeon World: Sunken Treasures

Sunken Treasures has been dredged from the depths (and added to our 10+ Treasure Trove Bundle)! Our fifth entry in the 10+ Treasures line features 28 aquatic magic items, including a gun that shoots never-ending blasts of water, suddenly expansive armor (mind the pointy bits), a ring that will keep you alive if you’re lost at sea […]

FrankenFourth: Go Full-Vancian Or Go Home(brew)?

I wrote an article over a year ago about various problems with magic in Dungeons & Dragons, that even to this day still receives the occasional comment from someone that somehow manages to miss the point/fails to address my criticisms. I won’t repeat them here, but they have informed how we’re handling magic in FrankenFourth. We’ve overhauled […]

4Ward/FrankenFourth: Age of Worms, Episode 106

Cast Adair (level 3 elf war cleric) Humal (level 3 wrathful cambion wizard) Kuhnja’bi (level 3 human w/ Devil in the Details fighter) Sumia (level 3 elf rogue) Summary The narrow hall beyond the door was made entirely from a highly polished, grey stone. Initially there weren’t any features of note, not even cracks or […]

Alpha Blue Bargain

The number 111 is an important one for +Venger Satanis. I’m not sure why, but he’s mentioned it a few times on his Alpha Blue Kickstarter (which I’ve talked about before) as a sort of lucky number. What with today being 1/11 and all, he tapped me to do an art piece based on Galaxina […]

4Ward/FrankenFourth: Age of Worms, Episode 105

Cast Adair (level 3 elf war cleric) Filge (level 5 human necromancer) Humal (level 3 wrathful cambion wizard) Sumia (level 3 elf rogue) Summary With the guardians destroyed, the party rode the wind column up through the ceiling. It deposited them in a square chamber, considerably smaller and less adorned than the one below: the […]

Dungeons & Delvers: Meet the (Kobold) Wizard

You can check out the (dwarf) fighter over here. As with A Sundered World, kobolds aren’t halfling-sized, dragon-worshiping lizard peeps. They’re more inline with their Germanic roots, appearing as halfing-sized spirit-folk with various abilities depending on what kind of spirit you are (hearth, ship, or mine). Actually, given that they essentially take the place of […]