Hey, peeps,
Thanks for those of you who offered up your OC's recently. I wanted to give you quick glimpse into how they're being used in the Negative Energy Plane book, as I'm actually "baking" them into the story. They're all part of a grou...
2025-02-19 02:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post![[Trinket+] Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane Monsters - Hollow Knight and Battle Knight](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/11/bd/yg/102843-019e8c9d-613c-738f-8643-8817b9b8a2c1.jpg)
A hollow knight is a suit of empty, animated armor, neither undead nor summoned, yet fully capable of independent thought and reasoning. They are most often found as guardians, endlessly carrying out commands long after their creators have perishe...
2025-02-18 20:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post![[All Patrons] DMDave Adventure - Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane - Thirteen Nails in the Mouth of God Part 2. Dreaming in the Shadow of a Broken Sun](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/12/ch/ec/102843-019e8c9d-613d-7732-af5a-f413b1649e42.png)
Traditional • Village • Dream Sequence • Horror • Weird
Adventure Level: 11th-12th
GM Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Player...
2025-02-17 19:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post![[Free] Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane Monsters - Blackball](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/7/rc/tp/102843-019e8c9d-6140-7978-b334-cd9013daf96a.jpg)
The blackball, or deadly sphere, is an entity of unknown origin—a perfectly featureless black globe, five feet in diameter, that moves silently through the void, disintegrating everything in its path. It has no known intelligence, no clear purpo...
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This is part of a series I'm calling "true undead;" essentially, undead monsters from 2e that I've taken and converted into 5e almost 1:1. This means that undead are true horrors, the type of things characters should avoid instead of this "oh ...
2025-02-15 06:48:13 +0000 UTC View Post![[Free] Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane Monsters - True Demilich](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/5/pk/qv/102843-019e8c9d-614a-704d-98ea-850c2a33a222.jpg)
A demilich is not a lesser form of the lich but rather its final, inevitable evolution. It is what remains when the physical husk of undeath becomes obsolete when the pursuit of knowledge stretches beyond the limits of corporeal form. In most case...
2025-02-15 01:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I need you all to generate some ridiculous character concepts. In the comments below list:
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This is the first part of an ongoing series of adventures featured in the Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane. Get the other parts using the links below:
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The Corroded are a grim and wretched order, their bodies ravaged by the slow march of entropy. Their flesh is marred by open sores, festering boils, and half-healed wounds that never fully close, a reflection of their belief that all things must r...
2025-02-12 20:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey fam,
I've been a fan of Dungeons & Dragons for a long, long time. Not as long as some, but definitely longer than most.
And while I love the creative folks at Wizards of the Coast (Amanda is a friend I see a few times a year, ...
2025-02-11 20:08:14 +0000 UTC View PostI was wondering something recently... how many of you actually run the adventures I write?
Or do you just like to read it?
Either way is fine, but knowing which you prefer will help me know how to write it.
If you're a runner, ...
2025-02-11 15:22:36 +0000 UTC View Post![[Free] Adventure - Shadowrock (5th-Level) with The Griffon's Saddlebag and Dyson Logos](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/5/ty/yl/102843-019e8ccc-2357-747a-9895-d6fe836b2f00.jpg)
Dungeon Crawl • Horror • Vampire • Magic Items
GM Difficulty: Intermediate
Player Difficulty: Extreme
Length:&...
2025-02-10 23:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post![[Copper+] The Best of DMDave - Shadowrock (5th-Level) - High-Res and Map Packs](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/11/do/pq/102843-019e8cb3-63e6-7033-98d9-b92b9b74d740.png)
Dungeon Crawl • Horror • Vampire • Magic Items
GM Difficulty: Intermediate
Player Difficulty: Extreme
Length:&...
2025-02-10 18:55:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Crowdfunding is dumb.
(Every time I do one, something goes wrong, and I look like an idiot for not delivering on time. Then I'm in the weeds for, like... six months trying to get it out. UGH. No more.)
THEREFORE, everything...
2025-02-10 18:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I'm about 1/4 the way done with this monstrous megadungeon/intro to the Negative Energy Plane adventure, Thirteen Nails in the Mouth of God. I've got the boiler plate, lead-up stuff, and first two levels complete. But there's still ...
2025-02-10 00:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post
OH SNAP! I'm doing Dyson Logos' Iseldec's Drop because I'M A CRAZY PERSON. If you aren't familiar (don't worry, it's pretty niche), Iseldec's Drop is one of Dy...
2025-02-09 17:50:35 +0000 UTC View PostYo!
What level should the Negative Energy Plane adventures start at?
Vote!
2025-02-08 22:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostUnless you’ve been living under a voidstone rock, you probably know the next big focus is the Negative Energy Plane.
I need adventures. I used the ol’ robot to come up with some weird sounding adventure names in the style of David Lynch...
2025-02-08 05:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey fam,
Hill giant’s winning the last poll. So I need some one-word prompts.
Leave a single word in the comments. I’ll make a room based on it.
1) Keep it clean
2) One word per patron
3) No proper nouns
2025-02-06 18:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends (especialy Electrum/VTT lovers),
I just spoke with Bree (the lovely person who runs CS and makes our VTT packages) and we agree that it's a whole lot easier to release shorter VTT packs, 5 pages or so, with stock SRD monsters. SO...
2025-02-05 19:03:14 +0000 UTC View PostYo, I’ve got soooo much monster art. So I’m going to make a monster book for the next BK Gold+ pre-order campaign. However, I’m not sure how I wanna do it.
Weigh in below.
2025-02-05 03:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
On the outside, Elazar Manor seems like any other boring manor house. But below the vintage Victorian layout and sheet-covered furniture hides a dark secret.
But what?
In the comments, give me a one-word prompt. I'll take your word and...
2025-02-04 16:40:10 +0000 UTC View Post
What up, peoples,
One of the "adventures" this month is less an adventure and more of a... interesting location. It's the Shattered Glyph Tavern in the Abyssal Crossroads, Mortisphere, The Negative Energy Plane.
Constructed...
2025-02-04 01:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hello, my freaky freaklings,
Best of DMDave 1 is near completion with Queen of the Shadows hitting your eyeballs Monday or Tuesday. Wave 1 consists of:
Hello, my dearest Patrons,
I'm about to kick off writing Broadsword #26, Guide to the Negative Energy Plane. I'm trying to decide the best format for this book and what information to include. I have a few ideas on how I want to split it up...
2025-02-01 19:08:51 +0000 UTC View Post![[Free] Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane - Monster Supplement 1](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/7/xx/pw/102843-019e8c9d-661f-79ba-8f16-26683fa13f5e.png)
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2025-02-01 18:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Broadsword Guide to the Negative Energy Plane is going to be a big deal, friends.
Posts start this weekend.
2025-01-31 05:03:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends!
I'm about to wrap up the formatting for SHRINE OF THE EMPEROR OF BONES for its release on the Backerkit. Then it's off to Mixam where it'll be printed before the thing even ends.
BUT... I've got two interior covers that ba...
2025-01-29 18:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post![[Free] The Best of DMDave - Shrine of the Emperor of Bones](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/12/xm/us/102843-019e8c9d-668c-7aa3-a370-32f43df2e616.jpg)