I've been kicking around ideas for RoD chapter 4, but before we get into it, let's first do a summary of chapters 1-3
Chapter 1: How does the new empire deal with internal problems...
2024-02-01 21:40:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the end of Rise of Drekis: Chapter 3. </3
There are 3 big questions to answer about this
Taking place in 1518, Hardly Heroes is a campaign about the small people of the world. Our campaign doesn't touch on the bigger picture of Arcadia or the growing empire of Drekis. Today's post will...
2023-12-19 20:29:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Clerics are dead, and our party needs a healer. What are we going to do?
In a recent session of Rise of Drekis: Chapter 3 our party lost their NPC healer that they desperately need. The n...
2023-11-26 20:49:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been working on the big map for the Devouring Marsh during my off time while binging Celebrity Family Feud, which somehow doesn't get old even though it's the same thing each and every time, a...
2023-11-10 19:55:40 +0000 UTC View Post
As part of the SaveOrDie group, there's a new campaign coming up called Hardly Heroes. It will feature, primarily, MrMouton and GreenZerg as our players, but the other cast members may make an appe...
2023-11-07 19:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
It's no secret that the first campaign set in Santa Barbara got weird and ended abruptly. We could ignore it, we could call it non-cannon, or we could find a way to roll with it and let it contribu...
2023-11-01 00:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If you are a player in Outcasts, read no further!
Hello dear patrons!
In this post, we're gonna talk about some of the NPCs we've met in Outcasts, where they come from,...
2023-10-17 23:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostHello there dear Patrons! We've made some updates to the Patreon perks, and in this post we're going to go tier by tier talking about all the benefits and where to find them.
First, a s...
2023-10-17 21:04:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This post is simply a reference post to help you find your perks! I'll edit this post going forward as perks are updated, moved, or whatever. I'll also link to this post in future posts whenever it...
2023-10-17 20:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there Patrons!
Bravo is one of the main 3 Arcadian Islands (Arcadia, Bravo, and Caldonia). A core part of Arcadian lore is that the gods remade parts of the world at the end of the last a...
2023-09-29 20:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
It's been a hot minute. Before we delve into information about Chapter 3 of Rise of Drekis, I have a short personal note. I've been down and out with the plague that goes away ...
2023-09-29 19:22:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey there Patrons!
This update is going to be a bit short. I was out at MrMouton's wedding last week (of Tombs of Scoria, The Lazarus Expedition, Desperate Measures, and so much more), ...
2023-09-09 19:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there Patrons! Let's talk about what's coming up next and take a behind the scenes look at how the sausage gets made.
Mandatory caveats: While things are still in the planning stages, a...
2023-08-31 05:04:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey there Patrons
Many moons ago I made a post talking about the Roll20 Token Status Effects, sayin...
2023-08-23 23:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Rise of Drekis starts next week, and it sure has been a nail biter to get everything done in time.
Above you'll find the intro video, which I'm super psyched about. You'll see at the end it h...
2023-08-17 17:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I was just working on our next session of Cosmo's Kitchen and struggling to flesh out this idea. You see...
2023-07-26 04:43:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, here's some more information about the upcoming Rise of Drekis campaign!
We've got our first character created today! I'm trying to get this launched asap, so we did character cr...
2023-07-24 18:41:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there Patrons, lets talk maps!
Arcadia OG
I've been working on the original map for Arcadia (pre cataclysmic events) for some time now, and it's just about done. All t...
Gods are gods of stuff.
Malkis is the god of Chaos, Nadinis is the goddess of Nature, and Martha is the goddess of Life and Creation. But if I'm in a foot race, who do I pray to for fle...
2023-07-13 18:27:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey there Patrons! First off, thank you for your continued support, it really is what makes all these wonderful, exciting, and deeply disturbing campaigns possible. We wouldn't be here without you....
2023-07-08 20:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post
A new campaign!
This game, still in pre-production, will feature discrete chapters telling the story of what happens after the events of The War for Arcadia [the events of Tombs of Scor...
2023-07-05 00:07:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Diseases suck. Both in life and in D&D. It's not an enemy one gets to fight traditionally, so sickness comes down to a save or be gimped for a period of time. This is why we don't see a lot of ...
2023-06-14 21:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The Lazarus Expedition is continuing, and it's picking up steam. Our party has hit a pretty major milestone, and the latest episodes of the Director's Commentary delve into what it was like on the ...
2023-06-08 19:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This dungeon is killing me.
I was visiting my family back in March when I hit upon a great idea for 2 Fatal. I sketched out a few sections of dungeon, wrote down some ideas, and came back fro...
2023-06-08 18:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In The Lazarus Expedition, one of our characters has been trying to use a familiar as a weapon by casting spells through it. It's a fun idea, but familiars are weak, quickly killed, and th...
2023-04-22 07:59:13 +0000 UTC View Post
While these rules are designed for 5th edition, they could be ported to another system with some small adjustments. These are the rules I am using for The Lazarus Expedition
Technically, a de...
2023-04-17 23:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post
From time to time, I like to do some Director's Commentary on D&D sessions. It's a nice way for me to review where we are in a campaign, and it's a nice tool to help other people see what the b...
2023-04-14 22:43:11 +0000 UTC View PostWith a campaign structure defined by the premise that one campaign is set in the aftermath of the last, are the ages of the world predefined? Is the history of the world set in stone before the fir...
2023-04-03 22:27:07 +0000 UTC View PostHere is the quick and dirty list of tools I use for running games on roll20. These are so ingrained into my DMing experience that they've become second nature. They won't make you a good DM, but th...
2023-03-20 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post