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Another homebrew race, this time something original~ Bunneths! Bunny looking little creatures, i do tell you, drawing rabbit faces is harder than you think - but was a good challenge! Again the text version of these pages can be found below~ If you do make a bunneth, feel free to let me know so i can see it!
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Random Jewelry Generator
Follow the tables below to generate a random piece of jewelry complete with a random material, gemstone, style, and type! Pair this with the Gemstone Generator on my other post for even more random results.
image source: jljewelers.net
Jewelry Material
Pieces of jewelry can be made with a variety of materials. I tried to make it more common to get gold or silver since most sought-after jewelry would be made from those materials. Pewter contains a lot of tin so those were lumped together, and platinum, rhodium, and palladium are all members of the platinum group, chemically, so I lumped those together as well.
Gemstones
Here is a link to my random gemstone generator. It was a little too lengthy for this one blog post so I made it a separate one since it can have a different use. You can also roll randomly on the Gems tables in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (page 134). For the purposes of this jewelry generator, though, you should determine the quantity of gems on the piece. I kept the terminology vague since the jewelry can come in many sizes.
Roll 1d4:
No Gems.
One Gem.
Several Gems.
Many Gems.
image source: Silver Trumpet Jewelry
Appearance and Style
While I could go on about different art movements and list every object in the world that could be turned into jewelry, I tried to keep my terminology open enough here to allow artistic interpretation for your setting. Any specific motifs I added due to their overwhelming occurrence throughout history, like “flowers” and “ribbons.” A roll of 20 will bring you to the Figurines table further down in the generator.
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Jewelry Type
Here we get into what specific piece of jewelry we are creating; what its purpose is. First roll 1d8 on this table, then roll on the next related table below to get your final result.
1: Fastener
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Random Gemstone Generator
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A “Gemerator,” if you will. Since there is already a way to roll randomly for gemstones in the DMG (p. 134), this series of tables is for creating brand new gemstones that might not even exist in nature. These are the gems as you might find them in a dungeon. To determine their worth, I would use the DMG. The appearance of the gem might not affect its overall worth since we are inventing new gems, so just make it worth as many gold pieces as is appropriate for the circumstance. You can also use this with my jewelry generator.
Gem Type
Most precious stones and minerals considered gems come in two varieties, either a stone or a crystal. Roll 1d6 to determine the gem’s type:
1: Stonelike (Matte)
2-3: Stonelike (Glossy)
4: Crystalline (Opaque)
5-6: Crystalline (Translucent)
Gem Size
First roll for the gem’s size. Since this is D&D, the gemstones can afford to be much larger than in reality. Fun thing I never really thought about before making this is that gemstones are a good way for adventurers to carry around gratuitous amounts of wealth in a smaller amount of space. Imagine carrying around a one-centimeter diamond instead of 5000 gold coins in a one-ton chest. Don’t ever dismiss the importance of gemstones.
Gem Shape
Although a gem’s shape does come from its cut, to simplify this series of tables and increase the variety it generates, I’ve separated the gem’s cut and its shape into different tables.
Gem Cut
Most valuable gems found in a dungeon have already been cut unless said dungeon is a natural cave system. To determine how the gem was cut, roll on the table below. Before modern advances, most hard gems were “cut” by abrading two gems together of similar hardness, beveling the natural crystal’s corners into facets. The gem dust from the abrasion was gathered and mixed with water or oil for polishing the gems into their finished form.
Gem Color
Next roll for the gem’s color. I could have just gone with ROYGBIV colors but gems can come in many varying hues. If you roll a 20, the gem has two colors. Roll again, ignoring further values of 20. Then roll on the next table to determine how the two colors interact.
Gem Pattern
Duo-colored gems are common, especially among stones rather than crystals. Think things like banded agate or tigers eye.
And you’re done! You’ve got a brand new gemstone that may or may not exist in nature! Use it for important or unique magic items or when imagining a new mineral for your setting.
Dieter Rams Design Principles - for Dungeon Design
image source: Tales from the Yawning Portal, the Doomvault
Recently I came across Dieter Rams’ 10 principles for good design. Although his design rules were originally meant for timeless, user-friendly product/industrial design, I thought it would be interesting to apply this to designing D&D dungeons or levels!
1) Design should be innovative
Your dungeon should introduce something unique for the players. Perhaps this is some cool new combat situation, new puzzle, or new environment, just make it something the players haven’t encountered yet. If your dungeons use the same monsters and puzzles and settings the dungeon won’t be as memorable nor will the players feel challenged.
If you are publishing the dungeon, ensure there is something in it that no other dungeon has. Remember, you don’t have to stick to the rules as written. New magic and creatures will make the dungeon unique.
2) Design makes the dungeon useful
Always keep in mind the purpose of the dungeon. Why are the players there? Why must they subject themselves to danger? What is their goal? Beyond this, why is the dungeon used in the world? Most dungeons either have or used to have a purpose. Why was the dungeon originally built and how is it being used now?
3) Dungeon design should be aesthetic
A dungeon should look pleasing. Make rooms interesting and make the layout balanced. A dungeon with a boring appearance would have rooms that look too much like one another or are too convoluted, confusingly complex layout or too simplistic of a layout, with no objects inhabiting the rooms. Neither players nor DMs should be bored or overwhelmed by the appearance of a dungeon.
4) Design helps us understand a dungeon
The dungeon should be intuitive enough for players to extrapolate information from its design. Players should be able to make connections like “oh this must be a feasting hall” and “this looks like a gate house.” The dungeon’s design, its architecture, inhabiting objects, and other hints will clue the players in. The dungeon can also help players further understand the setting and game world as they investigate the history of the dungeon and speak to sentient inhabitants.
5) Design should be unobtrusive
It’s often said that good design is invisible. The dungeon shouldn’t look as if it’s been overly designed. This is often noticed when the “correct path” is hamfisted and all the other exits are completely not an option. The players shouldn’t feel completely railroaded through a dungeon, unable to choose their own path. The players shouldn’t feel as if the dungeon is too much of an enigma for them to comprehend, nor too abstract for regular travel.
6) Design should be honest
The dungeon is not unfair. Players should have adequate foreshadowing for traps. Players should be able to overcome just about any encounter. This doesn’t mean they need to all be of an appropriate challenge rating, but a difficult encounter should have some other way around it. A dungeon that is designed only to kill the players serves for both terrible storytelling and unfun gameplay. If players feel cheated, as if their agency has been stolen from them, that is dishonest dungeon design.
7) Dungeons should be durable
While yes, the dungeon should be structurally sound, durability is more about using a product over and over again. If you intend to publish a dungeon, be sure that the adventure is self-contained so it’s easy to add into any campaign. Also ensure the dungeon can still be fun if played through again. Riddles and plot twists should occur probably just once per dungeon since each becomes known after one playthrough.
8) Design is consequent to the last detail
Every detail you describe in your narrative or add to your dungeon should be added with purpose, no matter how small. Even something as small as dust informs players of two things: the area is old and has not been disturbed.
However, you don’t need to add details that do not inform the players or are not relevant. For instance, a book might show signs of its age and have information they need, but you don’t need to write the entirety of the book if the players only need one passage. Omit objects and details that cannot be used for either story or combat.
9) Design is concerned with the environment
The dungeon is affected by the world around it. Whether it is crumbling from time, settled by new creatures, inhabited by its original owners, spoken of in rumors, avoided by the villagers, or what have you.
On a more abstract level, the dungeon should also be concerned with the narrative environment. Should the dungeon be a sprawling megadungeon when the players just got out of one? Probably not. The rhythm and flow of the dungeon in the overarching story of the players should be considered.
10) Dungeons should have as little design as possible
Simplicity is stronger than designing every last detail. That’s not to say details shouldn’t exist, but those details should be meaningful. Simplicity means that players will be able to run through your dungeon more easily without spending hours being lost or stuck without knowing what to do. Overwhelmed with the unnecessary, they wrack their brains until they give up. You players should never want to stop playing. And trust me, even the most competent players will overthink the most simple puzzles, so you don’t need to try too hard.
Furthermore, an overabundance of design can come from trying to guide the players’ movement, actions, and decisions. Such design should be done subtly and infrequently or else it becomes obvious and intrusive; an insult to players’ intelligence and a consequence for pro-active exploration. Instead, such things should be rewarded. Only employ such design when players might potentially get confused to help subconsciously guide them.
The long overdue reward for the second page of Obscurity.I’m working on the third page and puzzle, which will reveal a bit more lore about the doorkeeper (which is why I couldn’t include it, here).
PSA: make sure your PCs eat their five a day. Scurvy is no joke!
Plague Doctor Class
Hey everyone! I’m working on a plague doctor class. If you can think of anything you’d like to see included, let me know!
I think proficiency in medicine and nature would be kind of logical. Double the proficiency bonus for medicine checks for diseases and for nature checks for finding the known cure for a known disease (i.e. patient has malaria, go looking for cinchona or remijia)
I’m not sure wich one would be more appropriate, or wether you could let the player choose between proficiency in perception or investigation, but I think for getting the nessesary background information, i.e. was there a recent flood/ insect populations grew bigger/ there’s a suspicious looking mold in the patients bedroom/ a traveler passed through who came from city-wich-had-recent-reports-of-rare-but-contagious-disease/ etc.
Give them some sort of resistance against diseases for example advantages or some other bonus on checks against contracting diseases.
There probably should be a constitution requirement for this class.
Are you planning on introducing spells or cantrips? Cantrips that would seem a logical choice for someone working with contagious patients would be prestidigitation (cleaning your tools and clothes, chilling or warming materials to control the patients temperature), mage hand (for cases when the plague doctors really shouldn’t touch the patient themself) or spare the dying.
Other spells would suggest healing and damage (through inflicting illness, sickness, diseases)
Let the players choose from Contagion, Gentle Repose, Harm, Eyebite, maayybee Blight, Ressurection, Revivify, False Life, Heroes Feast, Lesser Restoration, and a few with ‘heal’ in the spell name. Might sound a bit like a one trick pony, but then again, if they want to throw fireballs or make plants grow, they shouldn’t pick a plague doctor.
If you don’t want the Plague Doctor to mainly be a caster, I’d still suggest you give the players the two bolded Spells, because they are just too thematic to not use them. Make the players work for them, but let them have them.
I spend way too much time on this……but the concept of playing a plague doctor sounds intriguing.
My main thing with this class is having it be non-magical. The idea is that they find healing magic to be unreliable. They would prefer to rely on the the natural sciences and alchemy to cure their patients. Things under their control. Their current skill proficiencies are Medicine, Nature, Survival, Insight, Investigation, History, Arcana, Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation. They get to choose three. They’ll have vials that get to duplicate some spell effects though they’ll be non-magical effects. (Can’t be counterspelled and can work in anti-magic fields)
So from the sounds of it, you’re looking to make a non-caster ‘healer’ class. Such a feat could be tricky, but it’s possible! Consider giving the class abilities that will reflect the ‘plague doctor’ feel you’re going for: perhaps a resistance or immunity to disease and poison, the ability to craft minor healing potions as an action (limited to a few charges a day), the ability to make a melee attack and inflict a creature with a disease. Maybe instead of an outright healer class, you could include options that allow the plague doctor to craft ‘buffs’ and ‘debuffs’ for creatures (examples: You can give a creature a +1 to their attack or damage roll, or you make a creature vulnerable to a certain type of damage.) I don’t think going with ‘vials that get to duplicate the effects of spells’ would be the correct way to go with a non-casting healer, but that’s just me. I think this has the potential to be more than just a reskin of an alchemist, and could be its own thing- A class with a specific utility that no other class provides. I hope a few of the small examples I gave help kickstart some ideas of your own!
Actually, I’d like the class to NOT be a primary healer. I see the plague doctor as either a skill monkey or a buff/debuff character. The heal I’m working on right now is called “Invigorating Vapors,” where they can use an action to heal someone 1-3d8 based on level, but the character takes a level of exhaustion to do so. They can heal others, but the rapid healing comes at a cost. It’s meant to be used as a last resort kind of thing.
Well, if they’re intended to be more of a backup healer, consider the previous ideas I had mentioned, such as the buff/debuff options, causing disease as an action, and other utility that would put them as a good midline between ‘healer’ and ‘hexer’, except less magic and more physical. Have you considered arctypes, to offer versatility to players? One more dedicated to being a pocket healer of sorts, one more dedicated to inflicting disease and damage, one more inclined to dealing with buffs/debuffs?
The two subclasses I’ve got going on right now is the “Combat surgeon,” a melee doctor who gets something that functions like a sort of sneak attack, except it’s a bleed effect. They focus more on being in melee. The other subclass is the “mutagen breeder,” who makes vials that buff and debuff characters. They start with lower level effects, and at higher levels are able to do things like brew a vial that duplicates the haste effect. These vials would be limited by short rest, similar to warlocks.
It sounds like you have arctypes down, then! I think, personally, adding another arctype to act as a more sufficient healer would cover literally every base for this type of class- the healer, the damage dealer, the support- just be wary of stepping on other classes toes!
Yep! That’s why I only wanted to give them a small heal, and give it a trade-off effect. I never wanted them to be primary healers. They can be a little bit of a healer, a little bit of a buff type, or a little bit of a damager, but they don’t take over a rogue’s job or a cleric’s job or anything.
I think you’re definitely on the right track with this class. I look forward to seeing the class when it’s finished.
i made a custom character sheet for d&d (5e) that you can feel free to use, and since you’ve all been good little boys and girls i even made an example so you can see how it would look.
you can always trace it or use it as a reference to make your own if you really can’t stand my handwriting.i won’t sue
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Frosty’s Old Silk Hat
A magic item for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition.
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) While attuned to this hat, you can spend 1 hour building a snowman. The time you must spend is halved for each creature that helps you build the snowman, to a minimum of 15 minutes. You must have access to snow, two sticks, a broom, a carrot, a corncob pipe, one button, and two lumps of coal with which to build it. Once built, you can place the hat on its head to awaken the snowman. This effect lasts until the hat is removed, which causes the snowman to revert to its inanimate form. Curse. This hat is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. Each time you awaken a snowman, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance that the snowman will immediately begin to dance and sing a song in Draconic. This song heralds the coming of “the Snow Miser”. When the snowman finishes its third consecutive turn of the dance, an ancient white dragon appears in an unoccupied spot within 30 feet of it and demands you return its hat. If you refuse, the dragon attacks you and anyone who helped build the snowman for as long as you remain cursed. The curse is broken only once the dragon dies or the hat is returned. Upon the hat’s return, the dragon places it on the snowman’s head, the snowman mounts the dragon, and they fly off together back to the dragon’s lair.
House Rules: Minions!!!
Sometimes you want monsters to come in droves and go down just as fast.
A fight against thirty orcs is a grand cinematic battle.
The players get to enjoy carving through the mob like a hot knife through butter, feeling confident and powerful.
Unfortunately, the mechanics of standard monsters make that difficult.
If you use a large number of monsters of a level similar to the PCs, you overwhelm them.
If you use a large number of monsters of much lower level, you bore them with creatures that have little chance of hurting the PCs but take a lot of time to take down.
On top of that, keeping track of the actions of so many monsters is a headache.
Minions are designed to serve as shock troops and cannon fodder for other monsters…
Four minions are considered to be about the same as a standard monster of their level.
Minions are designed to help fill out an encounter, but they go down quickly.
A minion is destroyed when it takes any amount of damage.
Damage from any attack destroys a minion.
Use minions as melee combatants placed between the PCs and back-rank artillery or controller monsters.
Minion
Specializes at disposable front-line combatant.
Groups in large numbers to overwhelm the party.
Is vulnerable in all types of combat, especially AOEs.
Usually is just composed of a large group of themselves.
Statistics:
A minion is very much like the monster itself, though it has the following benefits and penalties to its statistics:
Initiative bonus: +0
Hit points: 1
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Stay in Drugs, Don’t do School (V.2)
So one of my players is a member of a thieves guild, and I have some plans for a rival group to start pushing drugs onto the streets. These take the form of discount potions meant to hook people.
Addiction
When a creature ingests an addictive substance, they must make a Constitution saving throw. Each substance has a different DC, depending on how potent it is. On a successful save, nothing happens. On a failed save, the creature becomes addicted. While a creature is addicted, they must consume the substance each day, or risk going through withdrawal. For every day a creature goes without taking a substance they are addicted too, they must make a Constitution saving throw. For every failed save, they gain one level of exhaustion, and cannot rest to reduce their exhaustion. After acquiring 3 successful saves, the creature is no longer addicted. A lesser restoration spell or similar magic also removes one addiction from a creature. Constructs and undead are immune to addiction.
Residuum Potion. A creature that ingests this must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become addicted. For 1 minute, any spell slot you expend to cast a spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher.
Fey-touched Food. A creature that ingests this must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or become addicted. Fey creatures and creatures with the Fey Ancestry trait do not become addicted to this substance. While a creature is addicted to this, planar travel is unavailable to them. Creatures that consume this food are immune to poison and the poisoned condition for 24 hours, and the food provides enough nourishment to sustain a creature for one day.
Addictive Potions. Some crime syndicates make cheap and easy to produce facimilies of actual potions. These potions are usually made with addictives to ensure repeat customers.
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