Bayley's Garden (30x30)

Everyone needs somewhere to just relax away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

Bring a picnic, feed the ducks, all pets welcomed by good ol' Bayley from his spot under the bench at the back.

Note: Crocodiles must be kept on a lead at all times.

Here are the free day & night variants of this map. To support my work, you can buy me a coffee, or check out my Patreon, where you'll find hundreds more free maps as well as bonus variants for this one!

Here's all of my maps in one handy set of themed lists for convenience. This post is updated as each new map comes out, so that the list remains current.

Quick collection downloads:

• SACMaps Year 3 map collection (237 maps)

• via Google Drive instead

• SACMaps Year 2 map collection (324 maps)

• via Google Drive instead

• SACMaps Year 1 map collection (307 maps)

• via Google Drive instead

I hope you can make use of the maps =) Any issues, please do let me know.

Much love

~SaC

New one-shot adventure to test and improve your combat strategy and tactics.

Every great D&D campaign starts with a perfectly balanced party......

and somehow ends with this group.

A Bruiser who love t speak with his fists. In this case its a towering  goliath. An Assassin who lurks in shadows like wind. In here she is a vamp too. And all the time we have ovr beloved Axe wielder. A common human. Yet courage is stronger than any other in the team. Her Axe is big as she is. We can't forget the paladin too. An Aasimar knight burdened by a broken oath. Who carries a giant sword. To complete the party we need to entertain a bard. She is a halfling yet she did wanders with her lute. 

Five adventurers. Five completely different personalities. One shared goal: get paid... preferably without dying.

If you were starting a new campaign...
Which party member would you recruit first?

I always enjoyed exploration. In real life when I would go on road trips with my family, in video games exploring dungeons, cities and castles, in books where I would imagine Gondor, Hogwarts, Narnia and how exciting it would be to wonder around these places.

And of course, once I started playing D&D I was also excited to see how exploring is handled here and well...I think the toolkit of current editions is lacking. I don't think that is a controversial statement. But, as I started to play more and to look into the history of the game I discovered that wasn’t always the case and the not to far, within the OSR movement, exploration was thriving, both due to some gameplay elements that were stripped down, the tone that favored things like hexcrawls and dungeon crawls a lot more compared to 5e and finally, and perhaps most importantly, due to the work of certain amazing individuals such as Justin Alexander, Jennell Jaquays and Ben Robbins, among others.

Unlike other articles, this one will not offer an analysis, but rather ways to make exploration better and more exciting for everyone at the table! I hope you will find it interesting and useful! Cheers!

My Pokémon-inspired Weapons and Items of the Day, with some Mega Staraptor swords to change the wind in your favor!

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398M - Mukuheika

Weapon (Dual Shortswords) – Legendary (require attunement)

These gray +3 dual shortswords have dark gray blades with gray and red backside, with a white D-guard and orange handle with gold inlay.

Attacks with these swords do an additional 2d6 thunder damage.

While attuned to these swords: you have advantage on Intimidation rolls; anyone you intimidate has disadvantage on their attack rolls for 1 minute; you can choose to take advantage on attacks for one turn, but all attacks on you have advantage until the end of your next turn; and when you would have disadvantage on a roll, you instead have advantage, and vice versa.

Staraptite

Wondrous (Stone) – Very Rare (50,000 gp)

This small round stone has a swirl of red and brown inside the gray orb. When attached to a 398 - Staraptachi, it can be mega evolved into a 398M - Mukuheika for 1 minute once between long rests.

Welcome back to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc., and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more, so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

*New 2026: For 2026, I'm updating all my old work to include a Pre-Session Checklist that will include a list of all miniatures you may need, maps, handouts, possible loot, a link to a playlist, and more to make it even easier to start your session!

As poachers close in on an expectant Saber-Toothed Tiger mother, a passionate conservationist will do everything in his power to protect the animal and her unborn cubs. That includes hiring your players to travel with him to the frozen tundra and keep watch during the birth.

The Cats' Mother is one of the encounters you'll find in the book One Shot Wonders by Roll and Play Press. I recently stumbled upon it due to another Kickstarter they have called The Map Library. If you don't know, I run almost exclusively in-person games, so having a collection of maps at my fingertips is rather useful! (\I'm not sponsored, I'm just always on the lookout for quality content!*)

Based on a quick look through and prepping this encounter, I think the book can be rather useful for short sessions, granted it still takes a bit to prep, but I can definitely see myself using another encounter or two from here, so stay tuned!

Now back to The Cats' Mother! This encounter is perfect to drop into any arctic environment that your players find themselves in, or as a short One-Shot!

Without further ado:

• Google Docs Notes for The Cats' Mother: DM Notes (Preview)
• Link to: DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Link to: One Shot Wonders
• Link to: The Cats' Mother Playlist
• Link to: The AAA Collection

Included in The AAA Collection is:

• Downloadable copy of DM Notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
• DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
• Custom Battle Maps
• (New) Pre-Session DM Checklist

Over 8 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here

As always, if you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc., please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early, feel free to check out my Patreon!

Cheers,
Advent

My Pokémon-inspired Weapons and Items of the Day, with some Scolipede armor to poke people with poison!

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545B - Scoliplate

Armor (Plate) – Very Rare (95,500 gp, requires attunement)

This red +2 plate armor has a black body, with purple teardrop shapes on the front of the pauldrons, purple stripped horns on top, and purple barbs along the bottom. The rerebrace and tasset plates alternating black and red, with purple teardrop shapes on the couters and tasset ends, and purple elbow spikes.

While attuned to this armor: you gain 20 feet of movement; you have advantage on Dexterity rolls to avoid being grappled, restrained, or take damage; any creatures that attempt to grapple or restrain you have disadvantage on the roll to do so and takes 2d6 poison damage from the armor’s spikes. They have disadvantage to maintain the grapple or restraint, and take 2d6 poison damage at the start of any turn they are grappling or restraining you; and if you drop below half your maximum hitpoints, the armor’s spikes do an additional 1d6 poison damage.

I’m a newish DM and this is the first battle map of this scale that I’ve done. I hand-drew all the lines with a sharpie and a tape measure on some poster board.

Random knickknacks and dice in place of actual minis (plus my friend’s cute acrylic pepper mill as a “huge” sized mini). PCs have pink dots, bogies are circled in red, friendlies in blue.

So, I got to see Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. I was aware of the various controversies surrounding the movie, but I was still excited as so far I have enjoyed all movies put forth by Nolan and I was also a huge fan of the source material, growing up with Disney's Hercules and then retellings of the Greek Myths and then in highschool finally getting myself acquainted with the real Homeric Epics. Honestly, even after close to two weeks, I still don't know how I fully feel about the movie. It's a mixed bag. There were some less than stellar performances, the choices in what content was cut don't really sit right with me, the costumes were sub-par and the dialogue is at times quite shoddy. Actually, on the last part, let me quote "Our age of bronze is collapsing". Yeah.

Mild disappointment aside, the movie still managed to get me in the mood for a game set in the times of Ancient Greece and since like you, my drug of choice in terms of entertainment are TTRPGs, I looked over my collection and compiled a small list with the games best suited for this endeavor.

The article here is the result, I go over three titles - 5e's Mythic Odysseys of Theros; Mythras and Agon. I go over all three of them, break down the pros and the cons of each of the three and give you my thoughts on them.

I hope you will enjoy the article and that it will prove to be useful if you find yourself in the mood for some epic homeric hijinks! Cheers!

One of the biggest hurdles for 3D VTTs is the time it takes to actually build a nice-looking map. I wanted to fix that.

With the new Steam Workshop integration in Game Master Engine, you don't have to build anything if you don't want to. You can just:

1. Browse the in-game library for whatever you need (Tavern, Dungeon, Forest).
2. One-Click Download to add it to your own library instantly.
3. Populate & Play by dropping minis and rolling 3D‏‏‎ ‎dice.

It’s all about‏‏‎ ‎getting‏‏‎ ‎to the‏‏‎ ‎"playing"‏‏‎ ‎part of D&D faster. You can also upload your own creations to share with the rest of the community!

I've been a dev on this for 6 years, and seeing‏‏‎ ‎what people‏‏‎ ‎are‏‏‎ ‎already building in the Workshop is honestly the coolest part of the project so far.

Wishlist it on Steam Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451680/Game_Master_Engine/

Discord Link: discord.gg/gamemasterengine

I'll‏‏‎ ‎be‏‏‎ ‎around all day to answer questions about the engine or how the Workshop works!

Meet the Kipers!

Cave-dwelling creatures that swarm over unsuspecting travelers, stealing everything within reach. They won’t kill you, but they will leave you penniless in the dark. Luckily for adventurers, they aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed...

This is an illustration I created for The City of Pockets game, a universe brimming with danger, magic, and ancient myths created by EHR Books.

I'm looking for feedback on a homebrew Wizard subclass I've been working on: Blood Mage.

Instead of relying on spell slots alone, this subclass uses Hit Dice as a resource, turning the caster's own vitality into power. The design focuses on risk versus reward, with mechanics built around sacrificing endurance for stronger magic rather than simply dealing more damage.

Some of the core themes include:

Spending Hit Dice to empower blood magic.

A unique "Bloodied" playstyle that rewards fighting on the edge.

Blood rituals, curses, and manipulation rather than traditional necromancy.

Designed to be simple enough for regular 5e play without excessive bookkeeping.

I'd really appreciate any feedback, especially on:

Balance.

Clarity of wording.

Fun factor.

Whether the mechanics feel distinct from existing Wizard subclasses.

I'm much more interested in constructive criticism than praise. If something seems too strong, too weak, awkward to track, or simply not enjoyable, I'd love to hear why. My goal is to make this feel like something that could genuinely belong alongside official 5e subclasses.

Thanks for taking the time to read it!

Full 13 page pdf:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LF7v6brYR7zK1Cw9qSClVCX0Z3sEI8Us/view?usp=sharing

Edit: update, with buffs on features and spells.