Spells: Striking Magic
After the popularity of Spells for Punching back in August we're taking a second swing at spells for more melee action...
2021-02-21 22:57:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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ZEITGEIST #13 - Avatar of Revolution: Part 3
The end of the ZEITGEIST Adventure Path is upon us! This final PDF includes a staggering 36 different high-level NPCs and creatures ranging from series favorites like the Ash Wolf...
2021-02-17 20:42:11 +0000 UTC View PostMini-Adventure: Devils in the Details
This short adventurous foray for 4–5 PCs of 4th level revolves around the exploration of Mephidra’s curio shop, the aptly named Coffin’s Curios. Suspicious of her diabolist mother's dealings,...
2021-02-13 19:19:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Souvenirs from Home
Everybody likes a powerful enchanted blade taken from a slain foe or something special found at the end of an arduous trek down into the depths of a dungeon, but sometimes the best and most memorab...
2021-02-07 17:49:48 +0000 UTC View PostSpells from Hell
Mages can summon a demon with conjure fiend or make a landscape inspire divine terror with hallucinatory terrain, but surely there is magic better able of capitalizing upon the po...
2021-01-25 19:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostIntriguing Organizations: The Powder Gang
Hidden within the dunes and blowing sands of the desert is what looks like an abandoned township built upon a dying oasis. A lone rifleman stands atop a watch tower looking for any inkling of threa...
2021-01-18 18:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST Gets A Facelift
For those of you running the Gears of Revolution adventure path (which comes to its final end next month!), the ZEITGEIST setting now has a flashy new website!
2021-01-17 20:20:10 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST #13 - Avatar of Revolution: Part 2
The end of the ZEITGEIST Adventure Path looms ahead! This month's installment includes Act 2 and Act 3 of the final module, maps for the Axis Seal and the War Zeppelin Revolution,...
2021-01-15 11:31:45 +0000 UTC View PostFungus Among Us
Fungi are truly miraculous forms of life—some can create massive networks of connected mushroom colonies that span for miles, form into complex geometric shapes, or glow in the dark. Most disturb...
2021-01-11 13:19:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Exposed True Names
Most powerful otherworldly beings rightfully guard their true names, for any mortal that learns it gains power over them. Usually those brave and foolhardy enough to discover an outsider’s true n...
2021-01-04 15:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostDangerous Scenarios: Fool's Gold
We stand upon the precipice of a new year and with that in mind EN5ider is forging ahead with a new type of article you'll see more of in 2021: Dangerous Scenarios! These are deta...
2020-12-28 10:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostSpells: Archmagic
Some magic finds its way into the repertoire of nearly every sorcerer and wizard, yet they linger on in spell lists and are left unused as more potent options become available—but this need not b...
2020-12-21 18:43:00 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST #13: Avatar of Revolution - Part 1
The end of the ZEITGEIST Adventure Path is at hand! This action-packed climax intersects with the events in ZEITGEIST #12 to cover not only the epic defeat of Nicodemus and the en...
2020-12-18 19:02:27 +0000 UTC View PostMini-Adventure: Hero's Kingdom Come
Micazarath became exhausted with fighting "noble heroes" assailing his fortress and the lich tyrant spawned a clever way to bring their meddling to an end—specifically inside of a diamond atop th...
2020-12-14 18:12:49 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Highborn Luxuries
This issue of EN5ider is all about living that medieval noble life—a path as fraught with intrigue as it is decadence. Give that viscount NPC a sly boost with a surprisingly dangerous
Grandmother Grimm's Fairy Tale Emporium
Whether told by the table or around a roaring fire, now is the season of stories. With that in mind we present to you a charming collection of 9 magic items from tales that we've shared for centuri...
2020-11-23 18:23:02 +0000 UTC View PostMulticlass Feats: Masterclass Edition
This second Multiclass Feats article expands beyond the confines of the first, introducing mechanics for combining the...
2020-11-16 11:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST #12: The Grinding Gears of Heaven - Part 3
This huge trove of monsters and NPCs in the ZEITGEIST Adventure Path collects a total of 31 (!) different baddies for high level play as well as a few more vehicles. That's not all! It als...
2020-11-14 18:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostAdvanced Rules Miscellany: 5th Edition Rules Modules
Hi folks! We've just launched a Kickstarter compiling five EN5ider articles into a 27-page softcover! If you've ever wanted EN5ider articles in softcover format, this is it!
Advanced Rules Mi...
2020-11-10 17:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostMini-Adventure: Sword Village
People know of the quaint town of Cedar Hollow because of the massive sword sunk into the ground nearby, a weapon that towers hundreds of feet in the air. For two centuries now it has loomed over t...
2020-11-09 22:59:50 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Gamemaster's Toolbox
This entry in the Enchanted Trinkets series brings 15 new magic items to the game both of the common and uncommon varieties, all with a fun flavorful mechanic and a way to expend the magic...
2020-11-02 11:28:07 +0000 UTC View PostPuzzle: Dandolo's Cryptic Box
Dandolo’s Cryptic Box is a puzzle opened by setting the right combination on four rings with pictograms or pictographic language. GMs can place a small item inside (such as a magic ring or a key ...
2020-10-26 17:23:34 +0000 UTC View PostPrint Version of EN5ider Articles
Hey guys -- we've been running little mini 'quickstarters' which enable you to get print versions of selected EN5ider articles compiled into softcover booklets. The latest is five selected horror-t...
2020-10-20 19:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Occult Knicknacks
Halloween is nearly upon us and to satisfy those demons and devils soon to walk among mortals we have a second article of magic items for this month! Although not as grisly as the Reaper's Crop...
2020-10-19 12:02:28 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST #12: The Grinding Gears of Heaven - Part 2
Sailing above the dying worlds of the Gyre, the party seeks the power to save their own. In this part of the module the adventurers soar above over two dozen distinct worlds, stopping along the way...
2020-10-17 17:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostMini-Adventure: The Lady of Rust
There's always that weird noble, right? The one that insists on wearing some obscure scent, or only eats pastries, or refuses to travel without their own carriage, or keeps rust monsters as pets. E...
2020-10-12 18:20:33 +0000 UTC View PostEnchanted Trinkets: Reaper's Crop
Halloween approaches and we've got a satisfyingly creepy entry in the Enchanted Trinkets series focused on a dozen grisly, gruesome, and macabre magic items for GMs to reward their adventu...
2020-10-05 17:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostIntriguing Organizations: The Tragedians
"Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief." This acting troupe takes Shakespeare's quote to its very extremes, traveling the land and putting on perfor...
2020-09-28 19:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post19 Halloween Themed EN5ider Articles!
With over 350 articles in the archives it can be a bit daunt...
2020-09-26 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostZEITGEIST #12: The Grinding Gears of Heaven - Part 1
The adventurers need only embark on one last quest to undo the disastrous tinkering of the Obscurati and remake reality into an age of their own design. That quest will take them to the Gyre, where...
2020-09-24 17:17:09 +0000 UTC View Post