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Deep Dive - 1/5/2023

It's the first Deep Dive of the New Year and we need your help deciding what will start us off! The following monsters have yet to make it to 5e, but we think each of them are neat even so!

No GM or Monster Thursday Post

Happy Christmas & Merry Holidays & Joyful New Year!Due to the holidays, there will be no post for Tuesday or Monster Thursday this week. There will, probably, be a post on Friday for Player's. Next week we will return to our normally scheduled programming full of deadlines, large pots of coffee,...

Deep Dive - The Kappa [Early Access]

The Kappa is a fascinating creature from Japanese folklore. They appear as green, humanoid creatures with webbed hands and feet, along with a turtle-like shell on their back. Oddly, they have a bowl-shaped indent on the top of their head, which they use to carry water from their lairs. While you mig...

What Are Dungeon Encounters?

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----So far for Dungeon December, we have gone over rules for creating dungeons along with the importance of creating factions to fill a dungeon and provide role-play op...

Rogue Class - Deep Dive [Audio Only]

Hired killers and dangerous pickpockets, the Rogue has a long history of climbing walls, poisoning, and backstabbing.Read it on our site/ https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-rogue-classYouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/D9H1SjpIvhABackground Audio / https://tabletopaudio.com/00:00 Intro 00:37...

Mages Codex [Monster Thursday]

Wizards come in all shapes and flavors. While many assume peak wizard is based on how often and how powerful it can cast a fireball spell, there are some who do not walk down the path of pure destruction. Today we are looking at a few different types of mages, though fret not if your perfect mage di...

Factions in a Dungeon

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----Up next for Dungeon December is a look at the monsters and factions within a dungeon. This is one of the most important things in a dungeon but sadly is often forgo...

Deep Dive - The Formian [Early Access]

Whoever thought of taking the common ant and giving it the form of a centaur is either a genius or quite disturbed. Either way, the Formian is a creature to behold; a 7-foot-tall ant who walks like a horse and can use its front foreclaws as hands. Unfortunately for the Formian, and for us, the Formi...

10 Rules for Creating a Dungeon

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----Today is the first post for Dungeon December! For the next month, my posts here will just be about dungeons, how to run them, stock them, and make them. Today’s p...

Tarrasque - Deep Dive [Audio Only]

This ancient monster is a destroyer of kingdoms and continents, the ultimate monstrosity to cap off an epic campaign.Read it on our site / https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-tarrasqueYouTube Video / https://youtu.be/bvTlZJz91iYBackground Audio / https://tabletopaudio.com/00:00 Intro 0...

Faces of the City [Monster Thursday]

This week we are looking at the various people found in a city! While adventurers might be quite skilled at hunting monsters, bringing down dragons, and saving the world - are they ready to deal with creatures they can't beat into submission and cast kingdom-destroying spells on?City Guide (1/2)...

Dump Stat Stickers - January 2023

We are almost at the start of another year, which means our next sticker! This sticker will be sent out to our $5 and up patrons for free in January and available in our store to all a month later. The following options are based on our Deep Dives from September, October, November, and a few others ...

Exploring the Dream

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com, you can also find a Printer Friendly PDF attached - Thank you for supporting us!----This post aims to provide a deeper look at traveling Dream and the encounters you may come across on such a journe...

Delicious Treats [Magic Item Monday]

These delicious candies will test the willpower of any individual, as they will be tempted to eat them at once. Try not to, as you won't benefit from the magical properties each of them will grant you.For chocolate lovers, we have a box of Fey Truffles. Each container holds a dozen of these wond...

Deep Dive - 12/8/2022

While we might still be digesting our turkey and vegan roasts, it's now time to gaze to the hazy future and decide what our next monster it will be. All of the following monsters have a single theme... they have not yet made it into 5e.

Deep Dive - The Cockatrice [Early Access]

The mythology of the Cockatrice can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans, although they referred to this pseudo-bird creature as a basilisk, which is an entirely different creature in Dungeons & Dragons. Roman author Pliny the Elder writes about the basilisk in his book, theNatural Historyof the ...

The Brine Depths - Location

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----What is the Brine DepthsWithin the deep, dark waters of the Plane of Water, there is a haunted dominion of acidic salt water. Located at the boundaries of water and...

Grippli - Deep Dive [Audio Only]

Get a grip before you deal with the Grippli.Read it on our site/ https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-grippliYouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/nCHw9xV-2EkBackground Audio / https://tabletopaudio.com/00:00 Intro 00:30 1e 02:14 2e 06:22 3e 08:18 5e 09:52 Outro

Thanksgiving Codex - Monster Thursday

While I'm a day late (so technically it's Monster Friday?), I sure hope that this group of monsters will make up for it once you sink your teeth in them. I was inspired by Thanksgiving coming up for us in the states next week, and so these monsters put a spin on classic dishes you might find...

10 Ways To Keep Your Players From Resting

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----It takes a lot to get your players to burn through their resources. Anadventuring day, roughly, includes half a dozen encounters to drain those resources. This slow...

Lord Mayor's Manor [Maps & Magic Monday]

This week we are extending Maps & Magic Monday to all patrons!If you haven't had the opportunity to look at our Talia adventures, here's another teaser. These are the Lord's Manor maps from the 2nd adventure in the trilogy, Revolution in Bern. The first floor is where business is taken c...

Deep Dive - 10/24/2022

Time for a SPEED POLL! or as I like to call it, "Oops forgot to send this out on Friday". We had a spooky month with October and investigated those blue gremlins known as Xvarts - now we have to find the perfect monster for Thanksgiving (at least in the States)! We have scoured our monster c...

Making a Ruling

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----Game Masters have a lot to think about when they make a decision, a ruling, or anything else that will affect the world. Will the choice they make now be canon? Doe...

Deep Dive - The Xvart

The Xvart, pronounced “zvart” according to Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985), are small creatures no taller than three feet. They have blue skin, gleaming orange eyes, and a receding hairline that friars in a monastery would be jealous of. While some might assume ...

Snail Bestiary [Monster Thursday]

Your party better get ready for these slow moving beasts. While they may not look dangerous, a snail has a thick shell its more than happy to smash an adventurer into goo with.Boulder Snail (CR 4) Looking like a boulder, adventurers won't be surprised when it suddenly retracts into its shell and...

The Terrain Is An Adversary

This is the ad-free version of the article, you can find this article also on DumpStatAdventures.com - Thank you for supporting us!-----There are more adversaries in a battle than just the monsters you have carefully selected to rip your player’s characters apart. The way you draw a room, how clos...

Duskbreaker - [Maps & Magic Monday]

Sorry about the delay folks, but I managed to get this in under the wire.Duskbreaker is an artifact from our homebrew world of Talia, but can be easily adapted to any campaign. A giant hammer that hates just about everything from the Underdark, it gives its wielder the power to bore through any moun...

Star Spawn - Deep Dive [Audio Only]

These creatures come from the stars, sent to rip the multiverse asunder.Read it on our site/ https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-star-spawnYouTube Video/ https://youtu.be/u1ymISCdxcsBackground Audio / https://tabletopaudio.com/00:00 Intro 00:35 4e 11:18 5e 17:43 Outro

Creature Compendium - Vol. 8 [Store]

Thank you for your support! Here is the PDF of the April, May, & June 2022 Monster Thursday organized into a compendium with a few new stat blocks as well! All new stat blocks and items are bolded below.---------Creature Compendium - Vol. 8With 45 creatures, this Creature Compendium features creatur...

Deep Dive - The Banshee [Early Access]

A Banshee has a lot more history to it than just aDungeons & Dragonsmonster as they are first a part of Irish folklore. They aren’t necessarily evil fairies, as they are fairy women, but rather a herald of someone to die soon, often someone who is gravely sick. If you hear keening outside your hom...