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Jack Weighill - Dice Average RPG
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The Summon spells are some of my favourite pieces of design in #dnd5e, and Arcana Esoterica fills in some of their gaps with the likes of Summon Giant, Summon Ooze, Summon Plant, and new ideas like the following: Summon Living Cantrip.

#dnd #ttrpgs
1st-level sorcerer-exclusive concentration spell that creates a Tiny Construct that can cast one of your cantrips each turn
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Some of my favourite magic items that I've ever designed for #dnd5e are the cracked items, powerful relics with equally deadly downsides that are worth the price if you use them correctly!

The Cracked Coin and Cracked Crown are my favourites.

#dnd #ttrpg
The six "cracked" magic items: chalice, clock, coin, crest, crown, and crystal. They have a gold and red motif with gravity-defying cracks in them. Cracked Coin Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement) A coin split in twain by an old god’s weapon, this coin holds a spark of fickle luck. While the coin is on your person, you score a Critical Hit on a roll of 18, 19, or 20, and other creatures score a Critical Hit against you on an attack roll of 18, 19, or 20. Cracked Crown Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement) The crown of an old god. It holds a spark of godly potential. When you first attune to the crown, choose an ability score from among Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. While you wear the crown, the chosen ability score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that score, and your Constitution score decreases by 2.
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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With over 400 new spells, I couldn't resist making some new named spellcasters for Arcana Esoterica.

These are Indalamar the Warmage's spells.

#dnd #ttrpgs #dnd5e
Indalamar's Bladestorm Level 4 Conjuration (Ranger, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: S, M (a shard of broken blade) Duration: Instantaneous You unleash a storm of metal shrapnel in a 30-foot-radius Emanation around you. Each creature you choose in the Emanation must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d6 Piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful save. A creature damaged by this spell loses 2d4 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns due to a bleeding wound. The target or a creature within reach can take an action to make a Wisdom (Medicine) check against your spell save DC. If the check succeeds, the wound closes. The wound also closes if the creature receives magical healing or if it or a creature within reach takes the Utilize action and expends a use of a Healer's Kit. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The initial damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 4. Indalamar’s First Maneuver Level 2 Transmutation (Paladin, Wizard) Casting Time: Reaction, which you take immediately after rolling Initiative Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You briefly speed up or slow down a creature as it joins battle. One creature that you can see within range must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or you can roll 1d20 and replace the target's Initiative roll with the number rolled. Indalamar’s Piercing Blades Level 2 Conjuration (Ranger, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a silver spearhead worth 25+ GP) Duration: Instantaneous You conjure a barrage of piercing weaponry. Each creature in a 15-foot Cone originating from you must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 Piercing damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful save. A creature damaged by this spell loses 1d4 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns due to a bleeding wound. The target or a creature within reach can take an action to make a Wisdom (Medicine) check against your spell save DC. If the check succeeds, the wound closes. The wound also closes if the creature receives magical healing or if it or a creature within reach takes the Utilize action and expends a use of a Healer's Kit. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The initial damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 2.
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Potions are an integral element of fantasy that #dnd5e has a weirdly low number of, most of which are just spell-in-a-bottle effects that aren't all that interesting.

Arcana Esoterica has over 20 new Potions, including these two!

#dnd #ttrpg
Potion of Cloudstepping Potion, Uncommon This potion appears to contain a swirling cloud that turns to a glimmering water when opened. When you drink this potion, your jump distance is tripled for 1 hour, and at any point while jumping or falling, provided you don't have the Incapacitated or Prone conditions, you can perform an extra High Jump or Long Jump. This extra jump doesn't cost movement and if you jumped this way as a part of falling, you subtract the distance jumped from your fall when calculating fall damage. Oil of the Elements Potion, Uncommon This shimmering oil is attuned to elemental powers. The oil can coat one weapon or up to 5 pieces of ammunition. Applying the oil takes 1 minute. For 1 hour, when the coated item hits a target as a part of an attack, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage from the attack. The type of this damage is determined by the oil, chosen by the DM or determined randomly from the options below. 1d10 | Damage Type 1 | Acid 2 | Cold 3 | Fire 4 | Force 5 | Lightning 6 | Necrotic 7 | Poison 8 Psychic 9 Radiant 10 Thunder
January 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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The first preview for Arcana Esoterica, a couple of my favourite spells: Attract/Repel and Tremolo!

#dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e
Attract/Repel Level 2 Transmutation (Artificer, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: S, M (a lodestone covered with iron filings) Duration: Instantaneous You beckon with your hand toward a creature that you can see within range, affecting them in one of the following ways: Attract. The target creature is pulled towards you a distance up to half the spell’s range. Repel. The target creature is pushed away from you a distance up to half the spell’s range. This effect can’t push a creature into a space beyond the spell’s range. A Huge or larger creature can make a Strength saving throw against the spell. On a successful save, it’s unaffected. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The range increases by 10 feet for each spell slot level above 2. Tremolo Level 2 Evocation (Bard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a scrap of sheet music) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a musical trill that fills a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point that you can see within range. Each creature in the Sphere that can hear the sound must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target suffers these penalties for the duration. AC Reduction. The target has a -2 penalty to AC. Disadvantage. The target has Disadvantage on attack rolls and Dexterity checks. Speed Reduction. The target’s Speed is reduced by 10 feet. An affected creature can repeat its save at the end of each of its turns, ending the spell on itself on a success.
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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My biggest book to date by far, Arcana Esoterica, releases on @dmsguild.com January 16th!

It has over 800 new spells and magic items for #dnd5e, compatible with the 2014 and 2024 rules.

Stay tuned for daily previews of my favourite content from the book!

#dnd #ttrpg
Arcana Esoterica by Jack Weighill Hundreds of new spells and magicl items for D&D 5e
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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My downtime getting coffee at Dragonmeet has been very productive
A list of one page adventure ideas, including: - Sunken ship. Evil dolphins? - Detonation Station: Everything you touch explodes - Train - The Last Advenure of Basil Cross: Kill a colonial explorer before he desecrates an ancient temple - Zu-Bazu (No further elaboration)
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The youtube discourse that makes you old
Old Joe Rogan, who went to the beach that makes you old, saying "So, I went to the beach that makes you old." The reason he's old now is because he went to the beach that makes you old. It might be the rocks on the beach? It's unclear. He had to swim through coral to get out.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I have some variably-scary adventures that you can get on Itch for less money than usual (50% off) for the next few days!

itch.io/s/166313/dice-average-rpg-halloween-sale-2025
Soyjak pointing at my adventures: Fathomless Bounty, Across the Open Threshold, & Where Fire Lives
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Recently started playing this sad old man for @artificialjealousy.bsky.social's first long-term campaign: Marco is an old soldier with a long history and a LOT of time on the road.

AJ did art of the whole party and they all came out super well.
An old human man in weathered travel gear sat on a log. He's white, has long greying brown hair, grey eyes, and carries a tattered battle standard
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Risen Reef was a core card in the deck that sealed my fate as being a Magic player forever. Trying to win games of Eldraine-era Arena using bulk uncommons from M20, Temur Omnath, the trio of Chandras from that set, and Nissa Who Shakes the World, was endlessly fun, and I miss it.
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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All three of my current system-neutral adventures: Fathomless Bounty, Where Fire Lives, and Across the Open Threshold are now available as part of a single bundle on
#drivethrurpg!

drivethrurpg.com/product/5350...

#osr #ttrpgs
Four adventurers: a human, a halfling, a dwarf, and an elf, entering Terminus in Across the Open Threshold
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Open the door to a world of nightmares in my latest adventure: Across the Open Threshold. OUT NOW!

This 50-page horror adventure features a plethora of nightmarish monsters in the mind-blending labyrinth of Terminus.

Link in replies.

#ttrpgs #osr
Four heroes entering Terminus on the cover of Across the Open Threshold An interior page of Across the Open Threshold, showing the introduction to Chapter 3: The Malachite Remnant. Several magic items from Across the Open Threshold
August 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Across the Open Threshold is an insane, rollercoaster of an adventure. It's both ridiculous and relentlessly depressing.

It's very much a personal love letter to my love of existential and cosmic horror.

Here are a few of the things you can encounter in it!

#ttrpgs #osr
Four adventurers stood near a swimming pool. The lifeguard looks a little "melty." Beneath the water, seemingly unseen by them, is a big writhing tentacle monster A big crystal entity with a horrible starey eye
August 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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On August 29th, open the door to a world of nightmares in my latest adventure: Across the Open Threshold.

This 50-page horror adventure features a plethora of nightmarish monsters in the mind-blending labyrinth of Terminus.

#ttrpgs #osr
Four heroes entering Terminus on the cover of Across the Open Threshold An interior page of Across the Open Threshold, showing the introduction to Chapter 3: The Malachite Remnant. Several magic items from Across the Open Threshold
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Me and @artificialjealousy.bsky.social are at Norwich Games Convention selling our system neutral adventures: Fathomless Bounty, Where Fire Lives, and a secret third one that I'll be revealing more of this coming week 😉

#ttrpg
August 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
diceaveragejack.bsky.social
I finally got around to collecting all the legendary gear and 100% completing Elden Ring.

Now it's time to start a new character and play again for the Xth time

(Nightreign is also quite fun, just waiting for friends to pick it up so I can play with them)
Elden Ring, 370 hours, 42/42 Achievements
May 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Tabling my second convention today, Diceni 2025! Sold a few books and a LOT of candy dice
Me and AJ at Diceni 2025
May 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Here are some of the inspirations for my next adventure. It's weird.

I fear my desire to inflict harmful levels of tonal whiplash in others may have peaked with this one
Duskmourn: House of Horror Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Real Fake Doors, that one improv gag from Rick & Morty Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
April 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I'm all geared up for conventions this Summer 👍
March 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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My newest adventure, Where Fire Lives, is out now on DriveThruRPG and Itch!

It's a race against the clock to defeat the mage that's plunging Castle Garet into flame before it vanishes into a caldera of boiling magma, all the while recovering the castle's treasures!

#ttrpgs #osr
Where Fire Lives, a fiery system neutral adventure by Jack Weighill Against the wishes of their teacher, a young mage delves into fell tomes of Deepest Fire. This magic, as ancient as it is terrible, consumes the land in a ceaseless flame. The survivors, fled from their smoldering home, fight back against primordial fire and twisted beasts. Without aid, they will fall to fires or famine within mere weeks. The leader of these refugees, the last surviving noble of the land, calls on heroes for aid. Those who can defeat the treacherous mage behind the flames and recover the castle’s lost wealth will be hailed as heroes. Interior of Where Fire Lives, including maps by Venger's Decks
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Instead of doing actual work today, I spent most of it writing 1,000 words of rulestext for this.

No idea if anything is going to come of it, but it's fun!
Unnamed Superhero TTRPG Google Doc
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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My next adventure, Where Fire Lives, releases Friday 7th on @drivethrurpg.com!

Venture into the crumbling Castle Garet as it sinks into magma to best an evil mage that seeks to plunge all the land into fire.

#ttrpgs #osr
Where Fire Lives, a fiery system neutral adventure by Jack Weighill Interior of Where Fire Lives
March 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Four games with 10/10 soundtracks. (I second Transistor)
Transistor - Supergiant Games ARMORED CORE VI: FIRES OF RUBICON - FromSoftware Guilty Gear -STRIVE- - Arc System Works Katana ZERO - Askiisoft
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Finally getting back into adventure-writing after a few months and hoo boy is it good to cook!
The Thing That Hides Behind the Door A tall, gaunt, shadowy thing that lurks in the darkness behind doorways. It may be a coward, but once it has your scent, you'll never escape it until it's dead.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM