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A Short Adventure: The Cursed Couple

06/05/2025 ~ Matt Carroll ~ Leave a comment

Intro The party rolls into a small town to find the village green is abuzz with life. Wooden trusses support wreaths of ribbons, benches are laid out in rows, and at the head of it all is a wooden arch dressed in a tangle of fresh spring blooms. There’s a wedding on! The mood is … Continue reading A Short Adventure: The Cursed Couple

State of the Press: An Announcement

04/20/2025 ~ Matt Carroll ~ Leave a comment

Whew, been a while since I did one of these! I know posts here are very irregular these days. To be candid, a career transition has meant the time I have available to work on content here has swung about wildly while I get solid, consistent work. I'm also going to announce this here in … Continue reading State of the Press: An Announcement

State of the Press

08/22/2022 ~ Matt Carroll ~ Leave a comment

Hey guys, it's been a little quite here for a while so I wanted to drop a quick update on what I've been up to and what's been going on in my life. I Ran a Tabletop Convention That's really the bones of it! I've not posted on here because I've been hard at work … Continue reading State of the Press

Memory and Longevity: Anomalies NOW LIVE ON PATREON!

10/23/2021 ~ Matt Carroll ~ Leave a comment

Big Loud Link, Click Here to Read I've been promising since the founding of this blog that there would be Patreon-exclusive pieces, and I'm aware some of you then went and backed me on Patreon in anticipation of this content. Well I'm pleased to announce that the first of these pieces is now available! The … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Anomalies NOW LIVE ON PATREON!

Making Underdark Encounters

08/16/202108/16/2021 ~ Matt Carroll ~ Leave a comment

Intro So this is a direct follow-up to This piece that discussed the ecology of the Underdark. The main takeaway from it is that the Underdark as an environment favours ambush predators as the dominant species. This piece will discuss how that informs encounter design when running adventures in the Underdark. To Catch A Predator … Continue reading Making Underdark Encounters

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