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Organizing the Prologue | Everlasting Diary #3
I played 38 sessions before the group met up for the first time. Here's how I made that work! I'll walk you through the spreadsheets I used to craft a prologue narrative that would bind my party together in fate.
Last Month at Mystic Arts
Oh lord, it's been a month. I thought maybe we can do some sort of newsletter here, is that interesting? I don't know. It's here and you can read it or not, it's up to you. Just a little something extra for our Novice patrons and above.I want to tell you about four things:Going to Sc...
The Broadsheet #1: The Road to Blackguard
A flintlock-fantasy by gaslight setting, where law and corruption share the same shadow!What is The Broadsheet? The Broadsheet is a digital magazine exploring a flintlock-fantasy by gaslight setting; the grand industrialized metropolitan city of BLACKGUARD, the capital of the Atroxian Republic. Flin...
Revised Firearms!
Issue 1 of the Broadsheet is coming THIS WEEK! We've been hard at work and it's looking like 40-pages or more of a mystery adventure, a detailed setting guide full of adventure hooks, and appendixes with statblocks and magic items! I doubt that'll be the norm going forward, but we wanted...
Game Tales #3: Descent into Avernus
On our third episode of Game Tales, I sat down with Magnús again, and this time we were joined by Hjalti to talk about that time I ran Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Or as I called it Rise & Descent, because Magnús's character started his adventure in hell. Because he was playing an ...
Vampires & Lycanthropes
Annoyed with how weak Strahd felt when I ran Curse of Strahd, I vowed that one day I'd tackle the statblock and make it something worth fearing. Here I've compiled the statblocks I made for this video! As well as the Vampirate that Dragon's Vault made for me to promote Lodestar!I've ...
Multi-Year Campaign Outline | Everlasting Diary #2
Let me tell you how I planned a level 1 to 20 campaign around a party of players by connecting both the story world, the story itself, and the characters that are going to occupy this world with me.Next up, I'll summarize the campaign prologue as it's laid out!
Operation: Short Fuse (All Notes)
In January of this year, I went on stream and pitched the idea of a Special Forces adventure set during my world's most recent cataclysmic event: the Last War.We prepared the adventure together on stream, creating an outline of missions, an arch villain, and found ways to tie it into my campaign...
Revised Hexploration Rules
The Hexploration Rules have been revised with the new layout design and now include more guidance than before on topics such as excursion resting, downtime, and random weather.We've been going through our back catalogue and updating the old Adept PDFs as practice for our upcoming Broadsheets zin...
The Goblin Crew!
In my world, Goblins are Fey! And with the 2024 edition of the game, they're officially Fey in the game now! I decided to make a bunch of statblocks for them! It's the original 3 SRD goblins (slightly reformatted) to make it easier on me when I run with a more Modular Design.But then there&#...
Early Levels, for a solo game summarized | Octavia Diary #2
In this episode I quickly summarize the origins of Octavia. And I'll show you my actual prep notes for the entire adventure! Come along in tIn this episode I quickly summarize the origins of Octavia. And I'll show you my actual prep notes for the entire adventure! Come along in today's e...
Magic Items are in the Shop!
We've frequently moved the Adept PDFs to the shop three months after they were made exclusively available to patrons, but with the Zine coming out we're changing our timetable a smidge. Both Vessels of Light which includes the Last Light weapon and the Book of the Holy Conduit, as well as th...
Kingmaker as introduced in a Solo Wargame | Everlasting Diary #1
Let me tell you about Kingmaker: The Last War and how it relates to Kingmaker: Everlasting by showing you a Wargame I ran for a solo player that played in the first campaign, and only plays solo in the second campaign!Next video I'll introduce you to the party and the outline for a level 1 to 20...
We've updated the Warlord with new Layout!
Since I'm teaching myself how to do layout in preparation for the Broadsheets Zine, I figured I'd start with something I've already written to practice. So, I did the Warlord! It's now so much better to look at than the old layout, and it's got loads of art in it!If you're an...
The Arcane Forge | Adept PDF
This 21-page chapter on creating magic items out of rare metals and powerful enchantments is the perfect companion for any GM looking to motivate their 5th Edition players to go explore the wilderness and find the hidden magic goodies within!Available as a PDF, and as an Obsidian .md file to drop in...
I Ran Waterdeep: Dragon Heist wrong! | Game Tales #2
Let me tell you about that time I ran Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and didn't realize what it was actually about!Episode 2 of GAME TALES is up on the second channel! We're still experimenting with this format, but it's getting better. This episode was filmed at the same time as our last Game ...
Improved Kobolds for D&D!
Tucker's Kobolds is an iconic article from Dragon Magazine #127, a story about a high level D&D party that wanted to do everything to avoid the kobolds on level one of their dungeon. But how do you make your own kobolds inspire that kind of fear? You use traps! These statblocks are compatible wi...
Cryptids!
I made cryptids to use in my Loggers County campaign, a Chubacabra, Skinwalker, and a Wendigo! They're really scary with a lot of overlap in terms of design. They're free on here and if you want more of my homebrew the Sahuagin and Hobogoblins are available to Adept patrons of course!Hope yo...
Bringing Blackguard to Life!
It's been an incredible joy to watch our artist Brimrún begin to sketch out what Blackguard looks like. It's got to tread a fine line between "obviously fantasy" and "obviously victorian" and I think she's nailing it! I'll put a few more pictures below of the process...
DIARY: Introducing OCTAVIA, a solo campaign I run for my girlfriend!
Let me tell you all about the basic structure of a solo campaign I'm running for AB! It's called OCTAVIA and in this diary episode I show you how I structured a game for just one person!
WEIRD WEST Boss Monsters for 5th Edition!
What if you could fight weird west monsters in D&D? Not just banditos but like, cowboy folk lore monsters like the Blood Oiler, the Kentucky Sawbones, or the Coal Baron!? Well, I converted them to 5th Edition! The statblocks in Obsidian are linked below!For the .md files to look the way they do in t...
Mystic Arts is my job now!
Oh my god, I can't believe I'm doing this!With Echoes of the End OUT NOW! I just left Myrkur Games to put you folks first. Mystic Arts is my job. And I couldn't be more excited! The biggest struggle so far has been juggling the job and the channel. With me constantly feeling like I'm...
Dadi's Diary #1: The 90 campaigns in my canon, briefly!
Episode #1 of Dadi's Diaries is available! Just like with Game Tales, it's unlisted, since it's an episode just for you folks! In this episode I open up a spreadsheet I use to log my campaigns and briefly tell you about ALL OF THEM!If our plan holds, we'll be doing two of these Diary...
Too High Ambitions for Lizardfolk
I asked ya'll what monsters you wanted to see most of all and you all voted on Lizardfolk, and I SO AGREE! I have this huge collection of lizardfolk minis from some wargames and I can't wait to make them all into D&D monsters. But I made a list of all the statblocks I want to make and there&...
Game Tales #1: That time I ruined Curse of Strahd!
Let me tell you about that time I ran Curse of Strahd, and it went horribly wrong!Episode #1 of Game Tales is up on our SECOND CHANNEL! It's unlisted, since it's an episode just for you folks! In it, I sit down with Magnús, a longtime writing collaborator of mine, and someone who's been...
Sahuagin Tribe
After making a bunch of Hobgoblins, I then went and made a bunch of Sahuagin! They all play together like the Hobgoblins did, but instead of telling the story of a regimented unit or an army, they're all blood thirsty SHARK-MEN!For the .md files to look the way they do in the screenshots, with e...
PREVIEW: GAME TALES for Mystic Apprentices
"You know, it takes a special kind of group of players to go to Barovia —""— and make it worse!"We've filmed two video podcasts for the Mystic Apprentice tier that'll be releasing in August and September, the first is about that time I ran Curse of Strahd and it went TERR...
Hobgoblin Warband!
What if we designed monsters in such a way that we could keep the statblocks in our head and they all played together in a fun synergetic way? Well, I made a bunch of hobgoblins! They're from CR 1/2 to CR lots?Well, here they are!For the .md files to look the way they do in the screenshots, with...
Which monster needs more statblocks?
I'm wanting to do a series and I'm wondering which monster you all think is the most in need of more statblocks, variants, and overall love?
The Book of the Profane Word | Adept PDF
In this 5e-compatible PDF supplement, you'll find an artifact of incredible power, and 45 new spells... but all of them are EVIL! They're grossly profane and they're guaranteed to make your skin crawl!Ever since Nathaniel Hewes found the Book of the Profane Word inside the Death Knight&#...
