NokiMo
Nathaniel Bruha

Nathaniel Bruha

patreon


Nathaniel Bruha posts

Treasure: Verona's Final Mask

This masquerade mask is valuable not just for the materials and crafter's skill that went into making it, but also for the story of its first owner.

This was created for Treasure ...

View Post

Thunderclap Gauntlets

Clap your hands to do some seriously loud damage (or just use them for your unarmed strikes to add it bit of rumbly hurt).

View Post

Spell: Sudden Escape

This little spell can teleport you as far as misty step can, but you can only cast it as a reaction to getting hurt and you don't getto choose the distance or direction you go.

View Post

Point of Interest: Greenroad Farm & Pistachio Orchard

This farm/orchard has a magical weagon that saves them a lot of time and work by moving itself along a designated path, guided only by brightly painted guardrails.

I just finished recording a...

View Post

War Spirits Carnyx

I was posting something to Instagram when I came across this video. I had to stop wha...

View Post

Treasure: The Skull of King Hammondesh

This particular treasure is the symbol of office for an elected monarch, a reminder that the power of that throne comes not from inheritance, but from the people of that nation.

This is the 1...

View Post

Spell: Once More With Feeling

Some messages on my Discord server led me to thinking about a song from a musical (which I'd sung in choir way back in high sch...

View Post

Discordant Poisons

At the end of August, I asked the people on my Discord server to each give me a random word so that I had some inspiration for new D&D poisons (I'm currently working on poisons for my upcoming ...

View Post

Treasure: Nelfir's Ring of Devotion

For Treasure Tuesday #10, I decided to make something that isn't necessarily worth thousands of gold coins, but it might be incrdibly valuable to the right person due to sentimental value or associ...

View Post

Poison: Truth Serum (updated)

For my upcoming sourcebook, I'm currently working on poisons. I've started with the 14 poisons from the SRD, updating them and rewriting them to conform to the general format I'm using for poisons ...

View Post

Window to the Sky

Deep underground and miss being able to see the sun or the stars? This handy little magic item can help you with that.

View Post

Hobb's Sail

Apparently a pick made from an old anchor isn't the only thing old Hobb made from parts of a sailing boat.

This cloak harnesses even light breezes to protect you from harm.

View Post

Treasure: Goldenfire Dragon

It's Treasure Tuesday, and that means a new, free, nonmagical item for use in your games' treasure hoards, museums, rich people houses, and black markets.

I know it's been a week since I post...

View Post

Treasure: Reliquary of the Holy Feather

A solid gold base and cage hold a glass jar, which holds a feather. A temple has used this reliquary to lure people in for decades.

This was made for Treasure Tuesday #8, which I do once a we...

View Post

Feat: Great Resilience

With this feat, you're the type of person that just keeps going.

View Post

Spell: Animorph

This 1st level spell lets you transform into an animal, much like a druid does with Wild Shape.

There are limits to this though: It's only a CR 0 or 1/8 animal from from a specific list, it r...

View Post

Treasure: Moonrise Over Blue Waves

This could be the target of art thieves or wealthy collectors, just like valuable real-life artwork.

This was created for Treasure Tuesday, the day every week that I create a nonmagical treas...

View Post

Treasure: Tidewater Temple Tablet (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

Holding perhaps the first hook for getting adventurers interested in delving underwater (treasures?!), this old tablet has an important clue to help them find and get into the Tidewater Temple.

...

View Post

Spell: Riptide (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

Move creatures with the power of an unexpected, very strong current of water.

This was created for day 6 of the Expedition to the Tidewater Temple, 7 days of daily homebrews based on...

View Post

Monster: Barnacled Bones (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

Barnacles will grow on almost any hard surface that's in shallow sea water. What happens if that surface happens to be an undead skeleton?

This was created for day 5 of the Expedition to ...

View Post

Anemone Lash (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

This whip is shorter than most, but it has a dozen bright orange-pink "tails" that give it an extra sting...of paralytic poison.

Using it in or near the sea provides additional benefits.

<...

View Post

Spell: Seaweed Bloom (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

Conjure a mass of seaweed to hamper foes or to hide in with this spell of the sea.

This was created for day 3 of the Expedition to the Tidewater Temple, 7 days of daily homebrews bas...

View Post

NPC: The Radiant Starfish (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

This golden starfish can help you find the underwater temple, and it can help you get into things. It likes gold.

This was created for day 2 of the Expedition to the Tidewater Temple...

View Post

Treasure: Crystal Cuff

This delicate piece of jewelry would certainly get attention at the ball, but you wouldn't want to wear it everywhere.

This was created for Treasure Tuesday, the one day a week that I create ...

View Post

Green Gauntlet of Acropora (Expedition to the Tidewater Temple)

This single gauntlet is made from leather and green coral. You can use it as a weapon, and it helps you survive in the sea.

It was created for day 1 of the Expedition to the Tidewater Tem...

View Post

Pahr-Tae's Cane

Always have a bit of "social lubricant" on hand with this fancy cane.

If things get out of hand, it is a magical weapon.

View Post

The Speaker's Staff

Do your group's PCs always interrupt your villains' practiced speeches? Does the rogue shoot before the big bad gets more than 3 words of their brilliant narrative across?

This magic staff, a...

View Post

Treasure: Dancer's Gold

This Treasure Tuesday creation was initially inspired by The Italian Job (2003), then I decided that it could also be part of a supposed map to a bigger treasure.

The lower end value...

View Post

Themed Week Poll: August 2023

For the 1st week of August, I plan on doing a creative exercise of daily homebrew creations themed around a specific location.

I could end up making creatures, items, points of interest, spel...

View Post

Plot Hook: The Sign of the Hungry Mimic

A popular breakfast joint didn't open one morning. The owners and workers just never showed up, and no trace of them has been found. Now, this sign is all that remains.

I got three random wor...

View Post