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Epic D&D adventures for small groups (2-3 players) and busy schedules. One-shots you can run in 2-4 hours. ๐ฒโ๏ธ ๐ https://anvilnink.com/
Combat pacing tip: If a fight takes longer than 30 minutes, something's wrong. Reduce enemy HP by 25%. Nobody notices. Everyone has more fun. D&D isn't about grinding through HP totalsโit's about dramatic moments that matter.
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Stop prepping adventures. Start prepping frameworks.
A framework gives you the hook, the NPCs, the structure, and the resolutions โ but lets your players decide what actually happens. Here's why that changes everything.
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A dwarf and a wizard are drinking in a pub next to the fire, celebrating 100 followers!
๐ 100 followers! WOOT, Happy dance time!
When we started Anvil & Ink, we just wanted to make D&D work for small tables. Turns out, a lot of you felt the same way. Thanks for rolling with usโthe best adventures are ahead.
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Sorry to hear about that. :(
13.02.2026 06:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I understand that Kevin, sometimes you gotta get down in the mud to lay the foundations to make a castle
13.02.2026 06:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ GET THE ADVENTURE:
Book Review: anvilnink.com/dd-aboleth-a...
Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN3HBLTC
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMZV1RQV
Learn what an Aboleth is : youtube.com/shorts/ZKdMi...
What would you trade for the lives of everyone you #love?
Just dropped a video about The #Aboleth's #Debtโa D&D one-shot where the monster isn't trying to kill your players. It's collecting a debt. And the debt is a child.
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The aboleth is D&D's most disturbing #monster โnot because of its stats, but because it remembers everything, makes deals, and lets your great-grandchildren pay the price.
New video breaking down why they're perfect #villains ๐
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Awe shucks. Thanks for the kind words.
13.02.2026 03:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Every adventure I write goes through the same test: "Can a tired DM run this in 30 minutes of prep?" If not, back to revisions. Respecting DM time isn't a featureโit's the foundation everything else builds on.
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Your party takes a desert shortcut and wakes up trapped in an impossible jungle. A castaway wizard needs help reaching an artifact that can save his dying daughter. However there is a catch!
The Oasis of Hours โ zero-prep D&D 5e one-shot for 2-3 players.
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Heist DM tip: Give players enough information to make a REAL plan. They can't be clever about security they don't know exists. Surprises should come from execution, not from "gotcha, there was a guard there." Information enables player agency. Withholding it just creates frustration.
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Really love your drawing grid setup. Great for concepting amount of rooms really fast while keeping the perspective the same across them all, nice idea!
11.02.2026 08:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0So if he was going to arm wrestle somebody... which of those arm tentacles do you think they would use ?
11.02.2026 08:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It brings back "chair"ished memories.... HHAHAHAHA... get it? * cherished... Because he is swinging a chair?
11.02.2026 08:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Looks super cool! My only feedback is that I want to see something else on the front of the shield, a little linework or something as it's a big flat area. But even empty it's still cool!
11.02.2026 08:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So what hit dice are using with those is a d6 or d8?
11.02.2026 08:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Back in the good old days ... when wizards were wizards.
11.02.2026 08:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey solid type of work there I love the line quality and watercolor-esque.. type of painting
11.02.2026 08:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fantastic paint job, I like that little splotches of pink ...it creates a strange tension and dynamic
11.02.2026 08:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Fantastic share
11.02.2026 08:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0These all look so colorful ... If I wasn't an adult I would start eating them *said as he slowly puts one in his mouth and chews
11.02.2026 08:19 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0100% . When we make our one offs we like to include that sort of tension and dynamic inside of it, creates a natural rivalry that spurs on story and pushes the momentum forward!!
11.02.2026 08:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0*Cackling, while Thunder and lightning strikes
"Yes yes.... get them hooked early on. Bawhahahahahhaha. "
Fascinating cool
11.02.2026 08:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think attempt to highlights that's how you get better, in a year from now you're going to be dominating it.
11.02.2026 08:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The things that we hate generally make us more healthy right? Like eating broccoli who likes that stuff? But it's healthy ... doing shading for underwater, yea tough but makes you stronger!
11.02.2026 08:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wow so I'm a vegetarian and all that stuff looks super amazing... no cap... I kind of want to shrink myself down, and dive into it Scrooge McDuck style!
11.02.2026 08:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Your players show up in two hours.
You've prepped nothing.
Don't panic.
Hook, three scenes, ticking clock. That's the skeleton for any no-prep one-shot. Full breakdown plus the three-number method for improvising any monster on the spot.
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How many players need to cancel before you call off the session? We design every adventure for 2-3 players specifically because life happens. One absence shouldn't kill game night. What's your minimum viable party?
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