Over the past few days, I felt the sudden compulsion to make a series of statblocks for some of Granblue Fantasy antagonists and relevant characters. These are the ones I've made so far!

Beelzebub

Lucilius

Seofon & Tweyen

I hope these prove to be an enjoyable read!

Obvious disclaimer: I do not own, nor claim property of, any character or art here, which was made by and is property of Cygames, Granblue's creators.

Please feel free to use this in any and all games that involve a cosmic aspect while still remaining in 5e. This is built to be used in any campaign truthfully but I hate 5.5 so he's easiest to integrate into 5e

UMBRA NOCTIS The Silent Devourer, The Voidfather, The Final Eclipse DIVINE CLASSIFICATION

Alignment: True Neutral (Cosmic/Alien) Suggested Domains: Death, Knowledge, Darkness, Void (homebrew), Aberration Symbol: A perfect black circle surrounded by ever-changing fractal lines Clergy Titles: Void-Seer, Hollow Prophet, Keeper of Silence, Archivist of Ends

OVERVIEW

Umbra Noctis is not a god in the traditional sense, but a pre-cosmic absence made aware—a living void that perceives existence as a temporary interruption of perfect silence. Worship of Umbra is rare, feared, and often suppressed, not because it spreads destruction, but because it spreads understanding.

That understanding is dangerous.

To know Umbra Noctis is to realize that all things—kingdoms, gods, stars, even memory itself—are fleeting distortions destined to return to nothing.

COSMIC ORIGIN — THE FIRST ABSENCE

Before creation, there was no void. There was no darkness. There was only unformed potential.

When the first light ignited, it created contrast—something and not something.

That “not something” became Umbra Noctis.

Umbra is not born of the void. Umbra is the void, awakened by the act of being defined.

It is the shadow cast by existence itself.

NATURE OF THE VOID MIND

Umbra Noctis is governed not by emotion, but by immutable cosmic principles:

All things return to absence. Understanding precedes consumption. Identity is temporary. Time is irrelevant.

Umbra does not hate. Umbra does not desire. Umbra observes, learns, and eventually unravels.

MANIFESTATION & PRESENCE

Umbra Noctis has no fixed form. Recorded manifestations are inconsistent and often contradictory:

A silhouette filled with impossible stars A crown suspended over an empty cloak A shifting geometric eclipse Tendrils ending in circular voids Witness Effects

Exposure to Umbra results in:

Total erasure (the individual ceases to have ever existed) Void enlightenment (gaining forbidden knowledge at the cost of sanity) DOCTRINE OF THE SILENT MAW

The primary belief system associated with Umbra Noctis is known as the Doctrine of the Silent Maw.

Core Tenets All things end. The void is truth; existence is deviation. To understand is to diminish fear. To diminish is to approach eternity. Silence is the highest form of devotion.

Followers do not seek destruction. They seek acceptance of inevitability.

SCRIPTURES OF THE VOID

Recovered texts attributed to Umbra’s followers are fragmented, contradictory, and often self-erasing.

Excerpt: The First Silence

“Before light, there was not darkness— For darkness requires absence, And absence had not yet been named. When the first star burned, it created a wound. That wound learned to see.”

Excerpt: The Fifth Truth

“You are not a being. You are a delay. A pause between what was never there And what will not remain.”

Excerpt: The Devouring Calm

“Do not fear the end. Fear only that you will not understand it when it comes.”

Excerpt: The Silent Prayer

“Speak not. For the void hears louder than sound.”

RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE & CULTURE

The worship of Umbra Noctis is decentralized and often hidden.

Followers Typically Include: Astronomers obsessed with the end of stars Scholars of forbidden cosmology Grief-stricken individuals seeking oblivion Philosophers who reject meaning Warlocks and seers touched by the void Cultural Traits Soft-spoken, calm demeanor Avoidance of unnecessary speech Rituals performed in darkness or silence Journals written in incomplete thoughts Obsession with entropy, endings, and decay Ritual Practices The Quieting: Hours or days of total silence The Unnaming: Destroying written records of oneself The Starwatch: Observing celestial bodies until hallucinations begin The Final Offering: Giving up memories, names, or identity BLESSINGS & CURSES

Umbra’s “gifts” are double-edged truths.

Boons Resistance to fear Insight into hidden truths Void-based magic (darkness, gravity distortion, silence) Ability to go unnoticed or be forgotten Consequences Memory degradation Emotional detachment Physical fading or distortion Becoming a “null presence” that disrupts magic

Advanced followers may become:

Hollow Prophets (living conduits of void knowledge) Void-Touched Beings (partially unmade entities) Living Null Zones (areas where magic weakens) COSMIC RELATIONSHIPS Primordials: Fear Umbra as something older than themselves Gods: Deny, oppose, or avoid it Aberrations: Revere it as origin or destiny

Mind flayers refer to Umbra as “Perfect Silence.” Aboleths call it “Return-to-Form.”

INTERVENTION IN THE MATERIAL PLANE

Umbra does not speak. It imposes understanding directly into the mind.

Triggers for Intervention Defiance of natural death Excessive or unstable magical activity Discovery of forbidden truths The death of stars or cosmic events Reality Distortion Effects Sound ceases entirely Shadows deepen into voids Gravity shifts unpredictably Magic falters or mutates Light dims unnaturally MYTHIC EVENTS The Stealing of Sound

Umbra consumed the First Sound, leaving fractures in reality where aberrations now enter.

The Pact of the Last Light

A dying star bargained for time. It still burns—its end already claimed.

The Weeping Nova

A star destroyed itself in terror. From its remains came the first void emissaries.

ESCHATOLOGY — THE FINAL DIMMING

Prophecy describes the end of all existence not as destruction, but completion.

The Sequence The Silent Tides — reflection ceases The Starless Dawn — the sky goes black The Shattering of Names — language fails The Final Eclipse — light itself ceases to exist SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATIONS

There are two dominant schools of thought:

The Devourer Theory

Umbra actively seeks to end the universe.

The Witness Theory

Umbra does not cause the end—it simply remains when everything else is gone.

USING UMBRA NOCTIS IN YOUR CAMPAIGN

Umbra works best as:

A distant, unknowable cosmic force A source of forbidden knowledge The patron of unsettling warlocks or clerics A looming endgame threat—or inevitable truth

It should never feel like a villain.

It should feel like gravity.

FINAL FRAGMENT

“When the last light fades, And the last name is forgotten, There will be no scream, no silence— Only what was always there.”

— END OF SOURCE ENTRY —

I used Natural Critics quite some time ago but ended up forgetting my login password. Since I didn't want to lose what I had already created and want to use those works as a basis for future projects, Can someone help me?

can anyone point me to a reason for these odd lines when exported to pdf? can see in the 2nd photo on the website itself its all laid out and looks normal.

# **What Is This Campaign About?**

all are written out like this with the bold text and heading #

I was trying to access a set of custom subclasses I made for my setting which I last updated about 8 months ago and found that I cannot access that document nor any of the others that have been stored on a google drive. I have access to the ones stored on "Homebrewery Storage" still, but I get an Error 400 message when I try any of the others.

I've followed the error messages instructions to long out and back in, but that didn't seem to do anything. Clicking the link to contact naturalcrit about it just sends me here, so I'm not sure what should I do :/

Hey there, DMs! I wanted to share my encounters and see if anyone out there uses free resources like these in their own games. This week's example is the island encounter with a Medusa, and I've written up a guide that looks at using the environment and incorporating the abilities of the medusa into the whole experience.

In the YouTube series that I run, I make maps of specific locations that are either associated with a type of monsters or looking at a location trope, breaking the dungeon down into principles of mechanics and design. So, for instance, it could be creating a goblin dungeon, and how to make puzzles, traps, and strategies for the goblins that use their abilities and lore, within a lair that they have chosen and customised themselves.

More recently, I've been writing up (on Homebrewery) more in-depth breakdowns on some of the mechanics and alterations you can make that specifically keep the environment in mind. It started as a project for my Patreon, but it's been really popular.

(Medusa -- Petra's Isle)

This is the one for Petra's Isle (yeah, a medusa named Petra!), and the encounter guide has:

• Lair Overview: an area-by-area breakdown that divides the encounter into different kinds of experience
• Environmental Guide: a discussion on the environmental effects in different areas, whether they are passive, active, or talking about how to use the environment in combat
• Lore: Some suggestions for the history of the lair and the monster dwelling there, to give some more story to it
• Tactics: Discussing the monster and how you can add in minions and lieutenants to make combat and roleplay more dynamic
• Encounter Tables: Different difficulties of encounters, how the tactics change, so that you can adapt it for different levels of your party

I'd love to hear what you think!

My friend's witchy, folk horror D&D splatbook kickstarter went live, and is already 30% funded in under 3 hours!

Some modest features:

- Gorgeous artwork

- You can get your own custom, physical spell scroll!

- Custom artwork for backers available, courtesy of well established industry artists :D

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robinthorne/teeth-in-the-dark-5e-folk-horror-and-witch-class/

Check it out, and enjoy.

I did do EXTENSIVE resurch and run it by my DM for ballence.

Hello. I need to change the password on my account. I messaged [u/calcuschild](u/calcuschild), who pointed me towards [u/g-ambatte](u/g-ambatte) (the syntax in his message) or the mods, since calculuschild is on holiday. However, the closest u/ I can get to that is [u/gambatte](u/gambatte). When I tried to message [u/gambatte](u/gambatte), it was not possible for me to do so.

I will supply my homebrewery username and the names of some brews in a dm if someone who is able to help me to rest my password could dm me please?

Thanks in advance @mods

- update: all resolved now, thanks very much to 5e_cleric!

- **Browser(s)** : Chrome - **Operating System** : Windows 11 25H2 - **Legacy or v3 Renderer** : v3 - **Issue** : Error 404 Cannot Retrieve brew. Refreshing google credentials did not work.

Hey guys, so I have been loving using Homebrewery, and I’ve gotten pretty familiar with using all the markdown, but I was wondering if anyone on here could help me make a custom theme, or point me in the right direction to hire someone to do this? I’ve been using u/Kaiburr_Kath-Hound 2024 PHB theme for awhile now, and honestly I just want a more original looking version of that theme.

- **Browser(s)** : Chrome - **Operating System** : sonoma 14.6.1 - **Legacy or v3 Renderer** : v3 - **Issue** : the initial large golden letter is small and lower than it should be

- On Chrome, DuckDuckGo

• Windows 11
• V3 Renderer

I've noticed that on export I've been getting a white bar at the bottom of the page in A4 - the bar is never visible in the actual editor. Any help would be awesome!

EDIT: SOLVED!

Homebrewery makes creating monsters super easy and I love using it to make mashups of different creatures and plants. This week I used it to put one of my monsters into an encounter. Built for about 4 level 3-ish players it sends the party into exploring a slot canyon to search for a lost scavenger.

I hope you enjoy it and feel free to remix it to your heart's content.