Matthew Perkins posts
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Refund Policy
Here it is: I will refund anyone for any reason; no questions asked.Why?My only goal is to make sure your players have a rad time — I want them to think you're the best Dungeon Master ever. But when monetising this goal, fairness is important to me, which is why I am transparent about my earni...
The Forge of Primordial Fire
Heyo!I'm making this PDF available to you a little early, because the video covering this portion of Storm King's Thunder isn't out yet and I want you to have something exciting for your next session. (If you're wondering why the video isn't out, it's because I haven't be...
Puzzle Time: Giants
Hello! Now that this SKT Chapter 4 video has been released, this PDF comes out of Early Access and is now available to you. Thank you!An ancient civilization, but with advanced challenges... Puzzles generally kind of suck, but they shouldn’t! When you need a brain break or an activity to shake up ...
Viewer call-ins!
Do you need direct help for your campaign? Have any burning questions you'd like my input on? Or maybe you've got a hot D&D take you'd like to challenge me about?Here's your opportunity: at least once per week, I'm opening up my livestream to Patron call-ins! And the first time w...
Better Quest Hooks
It's all connected! There are over twenty official adventures in D&D, each exploring a different setting or theme — this one’s underwater, that one’s in Halloween land; you get the idea. But how can you connect these stories? When you’re deciding where to take your party after running th...
Patreon Shareholder's Report '22-'23
Those who are new here might not know, but every year I share how the finances are going for the channel. Your support is what makes this whole thing viable, so you should see where the money goes. Besides: I LOVE business, management and financial stuff, and some of you might be nerds of a similar ...
Better Chases
Stop! Thief! Relive the adrenaline that James Bond experienced in the opening chase scene of Casino Royale, the parkour-fuelled District 13, or any chaotic predicament that Jackie Chan found himself in. When a chase scene breaks out it should be a thrilling and cinematic affair. Each frantic attempt...
Battle Companions: The Isle of Storms Expansion
Don't face the dragon alone! You want a mushroom dude on your team? A pack of kobolds? A dragon!?I've got you covered.NPCs are key to most elements of the story in Dragons of Stormwreck Isle and, as an introductory adventure, its players are often newcomers. The Battle Companion system is my...
Character Breakdown: The Townmaster
Hey everyone!I've moved this PDF out of early access and made it available to you. Apologies for the slow rollout of content recently, but I'm getting back into it now.Also: I have some great news! For Patrons, my new website lets you sort, search, and preview all the PDFs on the store page....
Legendary Arrows
Here's a little love for your party's archer. Eight legendary arrows, fletched from the feathers of harpies, phoenixes, sphynxes and other winged mythological creatures.If you like this PDF, please leave a short testimonial below!Browse other PDFs you already have access to at matthewperkins...
Draconic Rituals
Dragons are beings of elemental power given physical form. They're primordial creatures who tether the tectonic energies roiling beneath ancient volcanoes and the unfathomable cosmic patterns in the sky. Each dragon is a living, breathing fulcrum around which the universe’s energies are balanc...
The Shipwreck Scramble Minigame
Sometimes you need a break from standard D&D. The way through the cove of ruined sea vessels is not a quiet task, with each creak calling out to monsters that may lurk about. The party’s destination, the Dragon Rose, is across this field of shipwrecks. Does the party travel stealthily and quickly?...
Magical Mushrooms
How are potions made? Forget the octopus's garden; this is all about the MUSHROOM garden! Here is a botanical journey detailing EIGHT magical mushrooms, their historical and cultural context, and their medicinal properties when brewed into potions, poisons and oils.If you like this PDF, please l...
Relevant Encounters
Random encounters should not feel random. In a video game where it only takes a minute to resolve an encounter, it’s no issue. But for a TTRPG session that took a month of WhatsApp messages to get five adults in the same room, nobody wants a bad roll on a random encounter table to chew up a half-h...
24-hour Time Tracker
How do you track time? Print this single-sided, fold along the lines indicated, and it should slot across the top of your DM screen. You can use the folded groove to hold a paperclip or some other hour indicator. The DM's side has a bunch of squares you can colour in to track your campaigns cycl...
Exploring Dragon Abbey
What should you do when the module give you an empty room? As your party explores this holy site in the Starter Set, use these tables and options to breathe life and variety into Dragon Abbey.Dragon Abbey sits atop a jagged cliff face, its crumbling stone walls standing as a sentinel, watching over ...
Kobold Handouts
Kobolds are the best! I love these little goofballs. To endear your players to these friendly lizard lads, here are three handouts Kobolds might use to invite your players to dinner, a wedding or a funeral.The Kobold Funeral Notice is a two-part gag that starts with giving the players a wedding invi...
Better Zombies
D&D Zombies suck! But this PDF is something I've wanted since I first started playing. I've always loved zombies in popular media, but hated zombies in 5th Edition. Why are the official D&D zombies so BORING? They don't bit, they don't run, they don't infect... so this PDF fixes ...
Trauma Dice
Some adventures can leave scars. What consequences should the players face after a shipwreck? The answer is DRAMA and TRAUMA (but in a fun way). This is a custom hidden-roll mechanic for D&D that will shock your players and elevate the Starter Set, but it's applicable to any session.If you like ...
The Sinking Ship Challenge
Imagine this. The party are sailing to to the island late in a storm late at night. Imagine the white light of the full moon at their backs, the black ocean below, the roiling purple sky above, when a flash of arcane blue illuminates the faces of the party and crew, forcing them to rub spots out of ...
Shipwreck Island Map
In some instances, tracking distances mile-by-mile, hour-by-hour is a frustrating bit of accounting the Dungeon Master could do without. But in a campaign with limited scope and just a few locations, you might as well give all this information directly to the players. So here's a little map hand...
Draconic Prologue Quests
“Wait, why are we here again?” That’s a question no Dungeon Master wants to hear. It means your adventure has a weak hook. To fix this, during your session zero character creation, you need a solid prologue quest to unify the party and point them in the right direction.In the new D&D Starter S...
Patreon Shareholder's Report '21-'22
Hello!Those who are new here might not know about this, but every year I share how the finances are going for the channel. Your support is what makes this whole thing viable, so you should see where the money goes. The Australian financial year is July 1 to June 30. All numbers listed are in AUD.---...
Magical Dice: The Shadowglass Spindle
Hey!Because the related video has been published today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJSvDShOGzw), you now have access to this rad PDF! Thank you!Game dice. Math rocks. These little beauties are intriguing. Just the look of them has been known to draw people from across the room.“What’s that,...
Character Breakdown: Bart
The innkeeper has been badly beaten. This 5-page Q&A is your lifeline to roleplaying the innkeeper in the Lost Mines of Phandelver. Learn about his past as an adventurer, and roleplay his motivations consistently at the table. Did you know that Bart used to be an adventurer who helped chase the Wyve...
LMOP Trading with the Spider
This will be the best session in your Starter Set campaign. This module is a step-by-step guide for running an important scene, in which the villain of our story parleys with the party for the Mysterious Puzzle Box. The goal of this scene is to ignite that all-important rivalry between the players a...
Battle Companions: Companions of the Lost Mine
What if the Black Spider joins the party? You want the Nothic on your team? Sildar? The Owlbear!? I've got you covered.NPCs are key to most elements of the story in the Lost Mine of Phandelver and, as an introductory adventure, its players are often newcomers. The Battle Companion system is my t...
Better Backstories
A backstory should be a functional document. Players who fall into the trap of instead writing a short story are wasting their effort — who needs all this useless information about the character’s childhood, filmic descriptions and dense prose? Thankfully there’s a better way.The PDF provides ...
Better Drinking Rules
“The world’s greatest roleplaying game” has no rules for being drunk. What a tragedy! We’re left to saddle our players with that onerous poisoned condition, as though a trip to the pub is no better than falling into a pit of vipers. Highs shouldn’t hurt so bad! This supplement brings a bit...
Preserving Drama
How do you challenge an overpowered party? Did you accidentally give your D&D players a Wand of Power Word: Win? Is your Aarakocra player flying over all your dastardly lava obstacles? If you've got an overpowered character, or even a whole party of D&D munchkins, this PDF is for you.If you like...
