Zoradin the Deadcaller | New Challenge for Fifth Edition (BroadSword Preview)

Zoradin the Deadcaller appears in the short adventure, The Terror at Prior’s Hill. His official stats are here and will be in print in the second issue of BroadSword Monthly. Zoradin the Deadcaller In life, Zoradin was a druid and member of the Circle of Towers. As the land grew cursed with the taint of […]

The Terror at Prior’s Hill | New 5th Level Adventure for Fifth Edition (BroadSword Preview)

The Terror at Prior’s Hill is a location-based adventure designed for four 5th-level adventurers. This side quest adventure features undead, so a cleric in the party will be useful. There are also traps present, so a rogue that can detect traps easily will also help save the party from more than a few dangers. Characters with […]

The Monsters and NPCs of Quarantine | 5 New Monsters for Fifth Edition (BroadSword Preview)

In the adventure Quarantine, four new monsters and one new NPC were introduced. Here are the stat blocks for those monsters. All three will appear in BroadSword Monthly #2. Demon, Greater The greater demon, Qua-Soko appears as the central antagonist for Quarantine. You can read Qua-Soko’s stat block in the previous article the Demons of […]

Quarantine | 3rd-Level Adventure for Fifth Edition (BroadSword Preview)

Quarantine is an event-based adventure designed for four 3rd-level adventurers. The adventure is intended for good-aligned characters. A cleric in the party will be useful, as will any other character that can remove a curse or disease. Dwarves are particularly useful thanks to their immunity to the green-eyed virus. The adventure takes place in the […]

Knights and Nerds Podcast | Episode 33 – Ghost Dragon

This week in Dungeons and Dragons…Fey is face to face with an angry ghost dragon, surrounded by innocent bystanders but separated from the rest of the party. Will Fey rise to the occasion? Will Spruce, Gilly, and Vanna be able to reach her in time? If you’re just finding out about us, why not start the […]

Survival Horror | New Article by DMDave (BroadSword Preview)

Survival horror is a sub-genre of horror that emphasizes the protagonists evading overwhelming dangers instead of facing them head-on. Popular examples of survival horror include zombie movies and video games, Lovecraftian horror, and stories that involve extraterrestrial threats such as Aliens, Predator, or The Thing. How to Create a Survival Horror Adventure In a survival […]

D&D Story: When You Anger the BBEG | The DM Lair [video]

In this D&D story time video, I tell the tale of how my players angered the Big Bad of the campaign and what happened as a result. The morale of this Dungeons & Dragons story? Don’t upset the BBEG! For more videos to help dungeon masters run awesome games, check out the DM Lair on […]

Fighter Seeker Martial Archetype | New Player Option for Fifth Edition

At 3rd level, a fighter gains the Martial Archetype feature. The following Seeker option is available to a fighter, in addition to those normally offered. Seeker Seekers are warriors who’ve sworn to protect the world from supernatural threats, often those that most are ignorant to. Darkness, the occult, and black magic are the Seeker’s allies […]

Monster-of-the-Week Clues and Research Lore | New Campaign Tools for GMs

This article is part of the Monster Hunters series that will appear in BroadSword Monthly. If you’d like a preview of additional content, be sure to check out the Monster Hunter material on my Patreon. Running a Monster-of-the-Week Session After you’ve outlined your format for your monster-of-the-week campaign and know what monster your players’ characters will […]

Stat Anything: Ralph Wiggum | New Monster for Fifth Edition

Ralph is a simple-minded but good-natured 8-year-old boy in Lisa Simpson’s second-grade class taught by Ms. Hoover. Although his beginnings were that of a tertiary child character along the same lines as Lisa’s on-and-off friend Janey, he has since become one of the more prominent secondary characters on the show, even being the focus or at least a […]