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Quick Tactics (CR 1/4) | Monster Tactics for Fifth Edition

Monster stat blocks in Fifth Edition are sometimes complicated and have a lot of moving parts. Unless you’re an expert at the game, it might be difficult to suss out how they are supposed to be run. I designed this guide to help gamemasters understand the core tactics of Fifth Edition monsters.-CR 1/4 Monster Tactics...

New GM's Resource: Challenge Rating Difficulty Sheet

Hey all!If you're looking for a quick way to decide what CR monsters and how many to send at your party using the EMHD difficulty classification system, here is the sheet I'm using for my own reference.The first tab explains how to use it. Then the sheet organizes the tabs by level.This is a good "quick-and...

Buckler: December 2021

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!It's that time again! Here's the round up of content from last month on the DMDave Patreon.December 2021 Buckler Contains:Adventures: Kobold Alone Drow Hard How the Lich Stole Christmas! Gremlins Take Ostenwold Into the Snake Pit (by Granite Peaks Scribe) Shrine of the Serpent Quee...

Rhythm of Revenge | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 5th, 8th, or 11th-Level

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTInterested in more DMDave Network Adventures? Check out the Library post!Rhythm of Revenge is a Fithth Edition adventure for 3-7 characters of 7th-level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and mak...

Rhythm of Revenge | Map Assets

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTInterested in more DMDave Network Adventures? Check out the Library post!Rhythm of Revenge is a Fithth Edition adventure for 3-7 characters of 7th-level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and mak...

One Word Prompt #62 - White Dragon Cavern

Happy new year, folks!The first big adventure of the new year will quickly remind you that, yes, it is indeed winter (as if all the snow everyone's been getting isn't enough).I've got 17 locations to fill. Usual rules apply:1) Keep it clean2) Nothing too anachronistic3) No proper nouns4) One word per patron...

Poll #219 - Gamemaster's Survival Guides

Happy January folks!Hope you're all well-rested. As soon as start the fulfillment process on our last two Kickstarters (Legends of Omeria should be shipping within the next month or two and Pexia/Hot8 are both in final production), we're going to start doing "Quickstarters" for the Gamemaster's Surv...

Out of Office 'til 1/3/22

The DMDave team will be "out of the office" starting Thursday, December 23, 2021 until Monday, January 3, 2022.Thank you so much to everyone for your continued support! None of this would be possible without you. The entire DMDave team is grateful to you and wishes all of you and your loved ones a safe and happ...

Call for Suggestions #90 - Omeria Magic Items

Hey all!I had a brain fart and forgot to come up with magic items for the Pexia book. I need about 3-4 pages worth, so roughly 12-16 magic items.Drop your best ideas down in the comments below. No need to come up with the jargon for them, just give me the rough idea.Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Shrine of the Serpent Queen | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 7th-Level

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!Want more DMDave Network Adventures? Check out the DMDave Network Library!Shrine of the Snake Queen is intended for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 7. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach halfway to 8th-level. An artifact of ter...

Shrine of the Serpent Queen | Map Assets (updated)

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!Want more DMDave Network Adventures? Check out the DMDave Network Library!Shrine of the Snake Queen is intended for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 7. Characters who complete this adventure should earn enough experience to reach halfway to 8th-level. An artifact of ter...

Holiday Adventure Bundle | 3 Festive Adventures for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTWant more DMDave Adventures? Check out the Bulletin Board!Happy Holiday season, one and all!We wanted to continue with our Christmas-themed adventures by bundling together 3 DMDave holiday classics into a single release!As a special holiday treat, art assets for each adventure are included ...

Holiday Adventure Bundle | Digital Assets

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTWant more DMDave Adventures? Check out the Bulletin Board!Foundry VTT Manifest URL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nvw3teu41hie4p0/module.json?dl=1Happy Holiday season, one and all!We wanted to continue with our Christmas-themed adventures by bundling together 3 DMDave holiday classics into a si...

Get your 5e music tracks from our pal, Michael Ghelfi

Hey all!First of all, this isn't a paid ad haha!But I figure since there's a lot of new folks here who've recently come from Instagram, you probably don't know all the big players in the field yet. For my money, one of the best music composers working today is our friend, Michael Ghelfi. I constantly li...

One Word Prompt #60 - Fortress of the Shadar-kai

Edit: NEED MOAR! Even if you've already replied, I need some more words to stock this puppy.Nightwalkers won the Fan Content Policy poll, but they kinda just linger and kill things. So I also tossed in Shadar-kai, hence the name.I got a fresh new map from our pal Tim Hartin that I wanna stock up. Got a bunch of roo...

Poll #218 - Fan Content Policy Monsters

Hey all!I thought I might end the year with an adventure that uses monsters that aren't in the SRD. If you don't already know, I'm limited by what I can use by Wizard of the Coast's systems reference document (SRD). This means I can't use certain creatures like beholders, mindflayers, etc. since the...

Into the Snake Pit | Map Assets

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTWant more adventures from the DMDave Network? Check out the Bulletin Board!Into the Snake Pit is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and makes adjustments accordingly. The charact...

Into the Snake Pit | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 5th, 8th, or 11th-Level

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTWant more adventures from the DMDave Network? Check out the Bulletin Board!Into the Snake Pit is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, or 11. This document offers details for each level and makes adjustments accordingly. The charact...

Sordane Stories 4: The Krampus | 2 FREE Preview Monsters

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTWe've got some Holiday Ho Ho Horrors coming in our 4th joint release with Arcane Minis!Enjoy stats for the Mythic Fiend Krampus, here to wreck your festive fun! Also enjoy stats for his mutated Gehennan Reindeer, who help Krampus on his yearly tour of terror.Art for this PDF courtesy of...

One Word Prompt #60 - Citadel of the Danaavrakti

Hey all!Happy early holidays. While Scott's finishing up Pexia's Guide to Omeria, I'm in the home stretch for fishing up Hand of the Eight. All that's left is the Citadel of the Danaavrakti that features the final conflict between the characters and the story's overarching villain.I've got 20 ro...

Quick Tactics (CR 1/8) | FREE Monster Combat Tips for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!Quick TacticsMonster stat blocks in Fifth Edition are sometimes complicated and have a lot of moving parts. Unless you’re an expert at the game, it might be difficult to suss out how they are supposed to be run. I designed this guide to help gamemasters understand the core tactics of Fif...

Quick Tactics (CR 1/4) | Monster Tactics for Fifth Edition

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!Quick TacticsMonster stat blocks in Fifth Edition are sometimes complicated and have a lot of moving parts. Unless you’re an expert at the game, it might be difficult to suss out how they are supposed to be run. I designed this guide to help gamemasters understand the core tactics of Fif...

Poll #217 - Dynamic Fighting Rules

Hey everyone!Here's kind of a weird poll, but last night I got kind of a clever idea for a dynamic fighting system that allows people do a little bit more during combat. The rules aren't necessarily Fifth Edition (I'm thinking of basing them on BRP, Call of Cthulhu's system), but they really do make com...

Poll #216 - 5e Tips/Tactics Book

Hey all!If you haven't been keeping up with my Instagram, I've been writing up tips and tactics for Fifth Edition. I hope to release a large PDF of all of them (plus a few along the way) along with a print version sometime in January.I figure I'd do a four-part series, each focusing on a different tier of p...

The Goblings by Slowquest

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!Happy Friday everyone!Long-time friend of BroadSword, Bodieh, just launched a Kickstarter for an awesome adventure module!Become a newborn goblin in the latest 5e adventure from Slowquest. Once you crawl your way out of the spawning pool, your first mission is simple: Go into the forest, f...

Gremlins Take Ostenwold | Digital Assets

Manifest URL: This URL has expired you can now purchase the digital assets at DMDave.com!Gremlins Take Ostenwold is a Fifth Edition for three to five characters of 3rd level. The adventure begins when the characters discover a small town is under attack by a horde of small green creatures called gremlins. They must fin...

Gremlins Take Ostenwold | New Fifth Edition Adventure for 3rd-Level

Gremlins Take Ostenwold is a Fifth Edition for three to five characters of 3rd level. The adventure begins when the characters discover a small town is under attack by a horde of small green creatures called gremlins. They must find the source of the gremlins and put a stop to them before they multiply and cause more c...

BroadSword Issue #20

Thirteen action-packed adventures for Fifth Edition await you in this exciting issue of BroadSword Monthly! Each adventure focuses on one of the core character backgrounds: Soldier, Charlatan, Criminal, Guild Artisan, Acolyte, Folk Hero, Sage, Sailor, Entertainer, Hermit, Urchin, Noble, and Outlander. Revisit your char...

Buckler: November 2021

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POST!It's that time again! Here's the round up of content from last month on the DMDave Patreon.November 2021 Buckler Contains:Adventures: Dungeons & Lairs 25: Pazuzu's Aerie Dungeons & Lairs 26: Vampire Church Meet the Maker by Ellie Hogan/Advenures, EH? Oceanbound by Ellie Hogan/A...

Village of 'Shrooms | Map Assets

DOWNLOAD FILES AT END OF POSTVillage of the ‘Shrooms is a Fifth Edition adventure intended for three to five characters of 2nd to 4th level and is optimized for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3. The characters investigate an isolated village inhabited only by children. There, they discover a car...