Intro Alright, this is a big one for me. I have a real axe to grind when it comes to this topic. Just to preface this, a lot of this piece will be geared toward those who create custom content for general release to the public (especially for money). This should not be a surprising … Continue reading Design Insights: Playtesting
Tag: Homebrew
Design Insights: Power Budget
Intro We’re continuing to unpack various design concepts to make ourselves better at homebrewing and creating 3rd-party content for D&D 5e. In the last piece I mentioned Power Budgets, so this piece is going to focus on that concept. Before I dive in, this is going to be almost exclusively relevant for designing classes and … Continue reading Design Insights: Power Budget
Design Insights: Static Bonuses
Go into any homebrew community and post a non-item brew that gives a +1 bonus to something (like a subclass ability that gives a +1 to saving throws). You will get eaten alive. Why is this?
A Tiny Teaser
So by now the last Runic Language has been released over on Patreon (do check it out if you've missed the releases so far). It's time to post a small teaser of what's in the works... I love this cosmological model of the elemental planes. I grabbed it from an old 2e supplement and commissioned … Continue reading A Tiny Teaser
Ready-To-Use Backgrounds
I have a pretty simple post for today. This is a bunch of backgrounds that I've developed for my campaigns. You may find them useful for your own games, flavour permitting. They're relatively setting-agnostic, but some may not be suitable for certain settings (such as Apprentice Golem Smith). The backgrounds are, in alphabetical order: - … Continue reading Ready-To-Use Backgrounds
Something Big Is Coming
I've got a ton of stuff in the works. The whole project is really kicking into gear, so I want to give a proper update on what I'm working on and what to expect in the coming weeks, months and (hopefully) years. The Patreon Is Live! That's right! It's been more than a year since … Continue reading Something Big Is Coming
The Great Gunsmith Rework
A while back I posted my Gunsmith and Gunsmith Expansion homebrew on this blog. As I did so I discussed the brew itself, talking about what I liked about it, what I didn't like, and some lessons I'd learned in making it.In among this was the mention of one major issue I had with the … Continue reading The Great Gunsmith Rework
The Gunsmith Expansion
This immediately follows on from the Gunsmith class I released here yesterday. After (mostly) finishing that brew and getting through a big chunk of playtesting I felt there was some thematic space I hadn't explored yet, and around the same time Xanathar's Guide to Everything had just launched. So I decided to make my own … Continue reading The Gunsmith Expansion
The Gunsmith
The next class I'm going to release here is my oldest, and the one that has easily had the most play hours in my games. That class would be the Gunsmith. Like I said this is the first brew I ever made and I think it still reflects that in places. I want to share … Continue reading The Gunsmith
The Oracle
The first homebrew I want to share here is the Oracle class for D&D 5e. This is the most recent brew of mine, and quite possibly the last I'll make for 5e for a while. The Oracle is a supportive full-caster built around dice manipulation and spell preparation. The download link is below, and after … Continue reading The Oracle
Apothecary Press 