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YouTube video by Mike Underwood Designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart

Have I been obsessively thinking about how to make boss adversaries in Daggerheart since returning from PAXU?

Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :)

youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...

I should probably admit to myself redeye flights are getting harder as I get older and stop booking them 🫠

Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)

A thoughtful review on The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire for Draw Steel! It's fun to see people playing the adventure, and I'm always jazzed when someone takes the time to share their thoughts :)

I know @riseheroesrise.bsky.social ran it on their channel! :)

Awesome, I'm glad you had a good time! The note on wanting/expecting an earlier combat encounter is a good one, and something I'll keep in mind in the future for Draw Steel GM/player expectations :)

TONIGHT!!! Vaesen: The Withering Wick premieres on the BossJellybean Twitch channel. Set 1 month before the events of our main adventure…the inhabitants of a small town suffer a paranormal catastrophe, this is their story.

#ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay

I am so excited for people to watch this 10 Candles + Vaesen mini series. This ended up being the most emotional game I have ever been a part of. I had no idea what I was getting into 👀

Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!

Muscles not big enough to burst through his sleeves? A recession indicator for sure.

If you like TTRPG characters with secrets, traumas, or fears, I have an easy hack for making it really fun at the table.

Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.

This project is in collaboration with @greengobletgames.bsky.social and @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social! I love working with this dream team.

Gravedigger's Harvest A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e

Gravedigger's Harvest launched today! This new dark mystery adventure for 5E features a fantasy version of a coal miner's black lung intertwined with lung-heisting monsters and an elaborate ecosystem of horror.

Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

Today, I am launching a new D&D 5E Kickstarter collaboration, but I am still reeling from a weekend filming the most intense and emotional TTRPG story I've ever been a part of!

So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.

A dark fantasy mystery adventure for 5e with a Goblin Lich as the main villain? Say no more.
Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
#dnd #ttrpg
Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social

MCDM really did a fantastic job filling the Draw Steel books with cool stuff to use. I keep being delightfully surprised each time I find preexisting support/content in the books for the wild ideas that pop into my head.

Also excited that my physical copies arrived!!

Thanks! Shae and I worked hard on this one :)

YouTube video by Rise Heroes Rise! Swol from Studies | The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire Ep. 3 FINALE* | Draw Steel Actual Play

The FINAL* episode of THE GREAT THAW OF GRYZMITHRAK SPIRE! If you enjoyed this playthrough, RUN IT for your table!!!

@margomods.bsky.social, you did SUCH a great job on this! It was a lot of fun to run!

youtu.be/IutdffBUiwU

I feel like I need a GM screen that just has the message "ask for fewer rolls" plastered all over it.

Oohhh, my Crooked Moon book arrived! I can already tell this is going to be a book I crack open constantly to launch myself into one of my favorite headspaces: spooky forests for TTRPGs.

It's always so exciting to see people playing an adventure I wrote!! Check out @riseheroesrise.bsky.social playing the Draw Steel adventure, The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire!

Oops, I got a little too lost in the D&D worldbuilding sauce for this desert adventure.

It's been too much fun fusing environmental science shenanigans with fantasy nonsense, though. I took black lung and asked the question: what if they inhaled glowing dust falling from a crack in the sky instead?

Coming soon: Gravedigger's Harvest A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e

One of the stretch goals we didn't get to with Tome of Intangible Treasures II was a companion adventure inspired by its Ritual system. Well, I'm doing it anyway in collaboration with Andie of @margomods.bsky.social and Iris from @greengobletgames.bsky.social!

Cool, cool. I spent 30* (THIRTY!!**) minutes answering emails today. I can take the rest of the day off, right?

*yes, this isn't very much time at all
**but consider this: it FEELS like an eternity!

Hey, thanks so much! I put a lot of love and labor into my layout design, so I'm really happy to hear that it's paying off :)

Sure, how about you send me a Bluesky DM?

I was nodding along to James Introcaso on YouTube as he listed off classic antagonists in upcoming Draw Steel adventures... until he said one of them takes you to the SUN?

I mean.. yes, some GMs want to throw their players into the sun, but I don't think they meant it like that! I can't wait 👀

Yup, this was a two person project and we set the target pretty low! The game wasn't even officially out yet and we wanted to fund the art and get it out there for people to play :)

In today's D&D writing fugue, I made a casual reference to plato's cave to fuel some cosmic horror with a lonely god on the underside of reality. I'd say today's going pretty well!

Thanks for the boost! I'm happy to hear you're having fun with the adventure :)

Cover of The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire, an independent Draw Steel adventure. The dragon, Ahskoor'ka breathes out a torrent of fire as she destroys her icy prison. The bright orange fire spilling from her mouth and her bright red scales stand in contrast to the glowing turqoise ice melting behind her.

The official release of our 3PP Draw Steel adventure, The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire, is here!

Help the kobold Rime Legion save their town and Vasloria from a dragon in this action-packed level 1 adventure!

Get your copy here on DriveThruRPG:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Many TTRPG books have great sections of useful tidbits* like Fabula Ultima's quick breakdown of high/techno/natural fantasy genres or Daggerheart's long term campaign A/B/C plot overview.

I CRAVE MORE!**

*usually found in intro sections
**somebody make a "The Quintessential TTRPG Textbook" please