Sunday, February 14, 2021

Free and Pay-What-You-Want 5e DMs Guild Highlights: Week Ending 2.14.21

Every week, talented creators upload Dungeons and Dragons products to the DMs Guild, pricing them as free or pay-what-you-want in order to reach customers. Dozens of new free and PWYW products are added each week alone. It is a lot to sort through. My hope is that highlighting a few of each week's best supplements will help the designers get the attention they deserve.

You can find previous posts in this series HERE.




This supplement details an enchanted forest that would be easy to port into any game. What excites me the most about this one is that the forest effects will definitely generate some interesting and likely hilarious roleplay at the table. 



Sword and Sorcery Magic from Taylor Seely-Wright and Matthew Fenn


This is a complete restructuring of 5e's spell system to emulate grittier "pulp" magic. Basically, your potential number of spells per day is pretty much limitless, but spells are much less likely to work. Interesting ideas.



Dice and Deck Boxes from Tabletop Unglued



If you haven't checked out the huge line of papercraft products from Tabletop Unglued, you are missing out. Over the years they have done everything from tiny character sheets to dice towers. 



Exciting Tales of Adventure #3 from Todd Kleinpaste



The latest in the Exciting Tales line. This one has an additional booklet pdf for printing, so you can have a sort of zine version. I really like this series because they take hardly any prep and can fill out a session. 


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Friday, February 12, 2021

Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Awesome Tips for Creating Magic Items

Happy Friday! Today on the podcast I am taking a quick look at some really awesome tips for creating magic items from Raven Crowking

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Humpday RPG Show 2.10.21 with Special Guests D.M. Wilson and Sarah Brunt of Planar Compass

Aside from the actual PLAYING of games, my favorite things about this wonderful hobby are those two bastions of DIY creativity, zines and blogs. Join me each Wednesday on the Thought Eater podcast as I share the blogposts, zines, and RPG bric-a-brac that caught my eye over the week.

Have you started a new blog recently? Are you working on a zine? Are you a content creator that would like to be considered for an interview on the show? Want to send me review copies of what you're working on? I want to hear from you! Email me at frothsof at gmail, hit me up on Twitter, or use the contact form on my blog (visible in desktop mode in the right-hand column).

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INTRO








MAPS OF THE WEEK: EVLYN MOREAU EDITION













ZINE CLUB with special guests D.M. Wilson and Sarah Brunt of Planar Compass









































RANDOM TABLES





HUMPDAY BLOG-O-RAMA























FREE STUFF















THE FINAL TOPIC: 2020 KICKSTARTER ROUNDUP







OUTRO







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Sunday, February 7, 2021

Free and Pay-What-You-Want 5e DMs Guild Highlights: Week Ending 2.7.21

Every week, talented creators upload Dungeons and Dragons products to the DMs Guild, pricing them as free or pay-what-you-want in order to reach customers. Dozens of new free and PWYW products are added each week alone. It is a lot to sort through. My hope is that highlighting a few of each week's best supplements will help the designers get the attention they deserve.

You can find previous posts in this series HERE.



Aqin's Kaff Stand from Green Bird RPGs


I have done my best to let the world know about the great work that the Green Bird RPG team have done with their 5e releases. The art is always fun and unique, and there is always some little idiosyncratic detail that sets them apart. This short supplement details an NPC, their market cart, and their rumor-spouting parrot. 



Besiege! from Stephen Bull


Absolutely EPIC adventure aligning the PCs with an invading army. This is just jam-packed with great encounter ideas. This would be an awesome campaign opener, starting off in media res during a siege. 



Sylloges Strabonis from Tim Davis


Tight collection of magic items inspired by Greek history and myth. Obviously geared towards Mythic Odysseys of Theros, but the interesting item backstories would be suitable for just about any setting.



The Witch from Tenacity



Intriguing take on a witch class. The core mechanic involves generating spell slots by reducing your maximum hit points. 


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Friday, February 5, 2021

Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Saga of the Puppet Boobs

Join me on the podcast today as I explore the bizarre saga of the controversial new D&D show Stuff of Legends. 

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WOTC's marketing image


The whole schmeer


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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Humpday RPG Show 2.3.21

Aside from the actual PLAYING of games, my favorite things about this wonderful hobby are those two bastions of DIY creativity, zines and blogs. Join me each week on the Thought Eater podcast as I share the blogs, zines, and RPG bric-a-brac that caught my eye.

Have you started a new blog recently? Are you working on a zine? Are you a content creator that would like to be considered for an interview on the show? Want to send me review copies of what you're working on? I want to hear from you! Email me at frothsof at gmail or use the contact form on my blog (visible in desktop mode in the right-hand column).

You can join the show by calling in at anchor.fm/thoughteater or via the Anchor app!

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MAPS OF THE WEEK



BUY IT HERE (link corrected)








ZINE CLUB: Special Guest James Crane of Crumbling Keep



https://crumblingkeep.com/




































HUMPDAY BLOG-O-RAMA





















RANDOM TABLES








FREE STUFF


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyQH5URB0-Zpwu8kxvwfwvLZbbU56PfF/view


















THE FINAL TOPIC: ANCESTRY UPDATES IN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS









OUTRO




D&D Candy Boxes


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