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Anthony Paul
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Writer at Frabjous Studio, Senior Writer of Lunar Tale Games, English Grad and amateur Voice Actor. I love sci-fi, fantasy, screenwriting, and TTRPGS!
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Behold!! My first go at homebrew, courtesy of freshcutgrass.app! This is a handy website the #Daggerheart subreddit recommended for making homebrew DH content and building encounters.

This is the Military Parade Environment! I would love any feedback, this is my first time messing with the language
An image of a homebrew Daggerheart Environment Encounter. Titled "Military Parade (Five Banners Burning)" The flavor text reads "The pride of a nation travels through town, a cause for celebration among patriots. Its presence beckons an age of peace...or war." "Eyes Everywhere - Passive PCs mark an additional stress from adversaries and environmental abilities. All eyes are on the parade. What allows the PCs to stand out, and why might it be better for them to stay hidden? The Good Kind of Trouble - Action Reveal to the PCs that a malcontent intends to start trouble in the parade. If the PCs try to help them, start the 'Party Pooper' Progress Countdown (4-6) contesting the 'Show of Force' Consequence Countdown (9). If the PCs complete the Countdown, remove Eyes Everywhere and have everyone mark a Hope. Every party needs a pooper. That's why they invited you! Why is someone trying to stop the parade? What will happen if the parade isn't stopped?? Like A Deer In Torchlight - Action The crowd forces up to two PCs into the parade by mistake. They are forced to make a Presence Roll, marking a Stress on a failure and giving the GM Fear. If either PC rolls a Failure With Fear, mark down any Progress Countdown in play by 1. It's their time to shine. Is there anything in their immediate surroundings that can help them get away with it? What happens if the soldiers realize they aren't part of the spectacle? Crowd Closes In - Reaction When one of the PCs splits from the group, the crowds shift and cut them off from the party. Where does the crowd’s movement carry them? How do they feel about being alone but surrounded? A Message To Our Enemies - Passive When the parade begins, start the 'Show of Force' Consequence Countdown (9). If the Countdown hits zero, start a Long-Term Countdown Tracker titled 'Clash (12)' between two factions. All parades are messages. Everything about this one screams 'Come And Get Me.' Who is this message for? Why does this involve the PCs?"
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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There is no rules for jumping, for example, but there is a statblock for environments like Climbing a Cliff. It emphasizes and breaks the narrative approach into packages. Social, traversal, combat; there are encounter designs that put a lot of Blades in the Dark and Apocalypse-ish systems first.
A picture of an environmental stat block, titled 'Cliffside Ascent.' It is a Tier 1 Traversal encounter. "A steep, rocky cliff side tall enough to make traversal dangerous." The following is included in the text: " Impulses: Cast the unready down to a rocky doom, draw people in with promise of what lies at the top Diffi culty: 12 Potential Adversaries: Construct, Deeproot Defender, Giant Scorpion, Glass Snake FEATURES The Climb - Passive: Climbing up the cliff side uses a Progress Countdown (12). It ticks down according to the following criteria when the PCs make an action roll to climb: • Critical Success: Tick down 3 • Success with Hope: Tick down 2 • Success with Fear: Tick down 1 • Failure with Hope: No advancement • Failure with Fear: Tick up 1 When the countdown triggers, the party has made it to the top of the cliff . What strange formations are the stones arranged in? What ominous warnings did previous adventurers leave? Pitons Left Behind - Passive: Previous climbers left behind large metal rods that climbers can use to aid their ascent. If a PC using the pitons fails an action roll to climb, they can mark a Stress instead of ticking the countdown up. What do the shape and material of these pitons tell you about the previous climbers? How far apart are they from one another? Fall - Action: Spend a Fear to have a PC’s handhold fail, plummeting them toward the ground. If they aren’t saved on the next action, they hit the ground and tick up the countdown by 2. The PC takes 1d12 physical damage if the countdown is between 8 and 12, 2d12 between 4 and 7, and 3d12 at 3 or lower. How can you tell many others have fallen here before? What lives in these walls that might try to scare adventurers into falling for an easy meal?"
July 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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This my general mood after realizing after deciding that #MagicTheGathering is canon in my Strixhaven campaign means I have 50+ NPCs to keep track of over four years of in-game time #DnD @crowpotkin.bsky.social @2ko.bsky.social
A Discord message with the username ‘Dardarus’ and a profile picture of a neon blue and purple plague doctor. The message reads “Every session is a nail in this coffin I have built plank by plank”
November 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Grave golems sound pretty dope!! Here are a couple of MtG references (back on my bullshit here) for some inspiration
“Epitaph Golem” A golem made out of sepulchres and crypt stone, as wrll as grave stones. Flavor text says “Many names and many memories bound together in grim purpose.” “Gravestone Strider” A golem made from gravestones and the cemetery statues that guard them. The flavor text is “The empty graves grew tired of waiting for bodies to fill them and set out to make some.” “Tomb Crawler” a golem made from 19th century cowboy era coffins and caskets. “Dying is common on Thunder Junction. Resting in peace is a much rarer commodity.”-Baron Bertram Greywater.
November 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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OH NO #warhammer40k
September 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM