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Bramble Armor | New 5th Edition Magic Item

BRAMBLE ARMOR

Armor (medium), rare (requires attunement by a druid or ranger)

This armor feels warm to the touch and is crafted from intertwining wooden vines and sharp thorns. While wearing this armor you have an AC of 15 + your Dexterity modifier (max 2), and it provides the following benefits:

Thorns. When a creature hits you with a melee attack while within 5 feet of you that is not a critical hit, it takes 1d6 piercing damage.

Resilience. You have res...

Shadowglade Unicorn | CR 5 #MonsterMondays

SHADOWGLADE UNICORN

Deep within the Feywild, a rare and enigmatic creature roams, casting a dark and ominous presence across the land—the Shadowglade Unicorn. This midnight-black equine with a twisted horn can corrupt spells and teleport through shadows, making it a formidable and cunning foe. The shadowglade unicorn symbolizes the darker side of the fey realm, steeped in mystery and darkness.

These creatures are solitary and intelli...

Garden of Dark Delights | 3rd-level 5th Edition Adventure

Happy Friday, everyone!

Starting out this month's Dark Fey theme is a new adventure series that I wrote for Heliana's Monster Hunts! As a reminder, these are multi-level adventures and the version I can share with all of you includes everything you need to play at 3rd level. To get the entire adventure with the additional monster stat blocks, spells, and magic items, head over to Loot Tavern!

Hope you all enjoy and have a ...

Will-o'-Wisp Lantern | New 5th Edition Magic Item

Will-o'-Wisp Lantern

Wondrous item, Rare (requires attunement)

This eerie lantern contains a trapped will-o'-wisp that emits dim, ghostly light in a 10-foot radius. While attuned to the lantern, you can use an action to command the will-o'-wisp to perform one of the following tasks:

Illuminate: The will-o'-wisp sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. This effect lasts for 1 hour or until you use an action to dismiss it.

Mislead: You c...

Bloodthorn Treant | CR 10 #MonsterMondays

BLOODTHORN TREANT

Bloodthorn Treants are sinister manifestations of the Feywild's darker aspects. These twisted, thorn-covered guardians of corrupted fey groves are a constant reminder of the delicate balance between light and darkness in the fey realm. Unlike their benevolent cousins, Bloodthorn Treants are fueled by malevolence and a desire to protect the places where dark fey magic has seeped into the very earth. Their black bark and red ...

Gauntlets of Golem Creation | New 5th Edition Magic Item

Gauntlets of Golem Creation

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

These intricately crafted gauntlets are adorned with runes of power and are imbued with the essence of creation. While wearing these gauntlets, you can use an action to touch a non-magical object or a pile of objects that can form a Medium or smaller creature and expend a charge to animate it, creating a golem. The golem's statistics and abilities are determined based on the Animated Objects table from the animate objects spell, with the golem's siz...

Zephyrwing | CR 23 #MonsterMondays

ZEPHYRWING

Zephyrwings are enormous, serpentine creature with shimmering, iridescent scales that constantly shift through various shades of blue, green, and violet. Their massive wings resemble those of a dragonfly, allowing them to maneuver gracefully through the air despite their enormous size. A zephyrwing’s elongated head features a pair of golden, multifaceted eyes, which give them an unnerving, otherworldly ...

Battlebrew Coffee Mug | New 5th Edition Magic Item

Battlebrew Coffee Mug

Wondrous item, uncommon

This enchanted mug produces coffee of any flavor. The lid keeps the coffee inside hot and steaming, even in the coldest and most inhospitable environments. If you pour coffee from the mug rather than drink it, it vanishes when it leaves the mouth. You can speak the mug’s command word to produce 1 cup of coffee per 2 hours. When you drink the coffee produced by the mug, you become caffeinated. While caffeinated, you have advantage on your next initiative roll and Constitut...

The Illuminated Cavern | 10th-level 5th Edition Adventure

This Adventure Pack includes:

• 15-Page Adventure PDF
• 1 VTT Ready Battlemaps from The MAD Cartographer
• 1 New Magic Item
• 8 new VTT Tokens

THE ILLUMINATED CAVERN

The Illuminated Cavern is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters of 9th to 11th level and optim...

Sunspear of Piercing Light | New 5th Edition Magic Item

Sunspear of Piercing Light

Weapon (spear), rare (requires attunement)

This spear has a slender, shimmering shaft made of clear crystal and a head that glows with golden light. The spear casts dim light in a 10-foot radius. While attuned to this spear, you gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon, which deals an additional 1d8 radiant damage on a hit. When you hit an Undead with it, that target takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage. Additionally, once per day, you can use a bonus action to focus the ...

Swarm of Sand Leeches | CR 1 #MonsterMondays

SWARM OF SAND LEECHES

Sand Leeches are small, worm-like creatures that live in swarms beneath the desert sands. They measure only a few inches long, with a slender body covered in a tough, scaly exoskeleton. Their coloration varies between shades of brown and tan, allowing them to blend in with the surrounding sand as they wait for their prey and feed on the blood of animals and travelers who cross their path. Their mouths are lined with row...

Forge of the Divine Machine | 7th-level Heliana's Monster Hunt

Happy Friday, everyone!

This is the 5th and final installment of the Motes of the Divine series that I have been writing for Heliana's Monster Hunts! As a reminder, these are multi-level adventures and the version I can share with all of you includes everything you need to play at 7th level. To get the the entire adventure with the additional monster stat blocks, spells, and magic items, head over to Loot Tavern!

Hope you...

Way of the Storm | Fifth Edition Monk Subclass

MONASTIC TRADITIONS

At 3rd level, a Monk gains the Monastic Tradition feature that honors the teachings of their monastery. When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you learn how to harness the storm's power and become infused with lightning. This path grants features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.

Way of the Storm

The Way of the Storm is a revered monk tradition passed down by those cho...

Riding Lizard | CR 1/4 #MonsterMondays

RIDING LIZARD

Riding lizards are bulky reptiles at home under the blazing desert sun. They are quadrupedal, carnivorous creatures with thick, leathery skin in hues of browns, greys, greens, and blues. 

These hardy desert lizards may be slower than the horses they rarely get along with, but their strength and durability make them the preferred beast of burden in the harsh Muhar desert. They are mild-tempered and gentle creatures wh...

The Voidwalker | Legendary Monster Supplement

Hey everyone! Finally back home from my long-needed vacation and got a fun supplement ready for you! I've been tinkering around with some eldritch-themed work after writing some content for Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt. I wasn't happy with the way the adventure came out so that's being re-written, but I packaged up the parts I made into a full supplement instead!

This 9-page PDF includes:

• CR 14 Legendary Stat Block for T...
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Voidspawn Egg | New 5th Edition Magic Item

VOIDSPAWN EGG

Adventuring gear, rare

This small, obsidian-colored egg seems to pulsate with otherworldly energy. As an action, you can throw the egg up to 20 feet. The egg shatters on impact and unleashes a mass of writhing eldritch tentacles in a 20-foot radius. The tentacles last 1 minute before crumbling to dust.

When a creature enters the affected area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 bludgeoning damage and be grappl...

Hunt of the Winter Werewolf | 8th-level 5th Edition Adventure

AUGUST 2023 FREE ADVENTURE: Click the link at the very bottom to get your FREE copy of the pdf!

This Adventure Pack includes:

• 16-Page Adventure PDF
• Legendary Stat Block for Alpha Werewolf
• 3 VTT Ready Battlemaps from The MAD Cartographer
• Ten new VTT Tokens

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Sandstorm Bracer | New 5th Edition Magic Item

Sandstorm Bracer

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

The swirling sand patterns etched into this leather and gold bracer appear to shift and move on their own. As an action, you can activate the bracers to create a 20-foot radius sandstorm centered on yourself that moves with you. The sandstorm lasts 1 minute or until you dismiss it as a bonus action.

While the sandstorm is active, the affected area is heavily obscured, and creatures within the area have disadvantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, and...

Glass Jelly | CR 4 #MonsterMondays

GLASS JELLY

Glass jellies are small, sparkling jellyfish-like creatures that fly through the air as effortlessly as their aquatic cousins swim through water. Their body comprises thousands of delicate strands constantly shifting and twisting in the air. Playful and mischievous, they use their powers for entertainment and defense. They can refract light to create powerful illusions that can confuse their enemies. 

Despite their app...

Throne of the Devourer | 6th-level Heliana's Monster Hunts

Hey, everyone!

Today we have the 4th installment of the Motes of the Divine series that I have been writing for Heliana's Monster Hunts! As a reminder, these are multi-level adventures and the version I can share with all of you includes everything you need to play at 6th level. To get the the entire adventure with the additional monster stat blocks, spells, and magic items, head over to Loot Tavern!

Hope you all enjoy an...

Dune Drake | CR 1/8 #MonsterMondays

DUNE DRAKE

The dune drake is a small species of reptile that inhabits desert regions. With its earth-toned, scaly body and sharp, poisonous claws and fangs, it is a formidable presence in its natural habitat. This quadrupedal reptile is a social species that live in packs led by a dominant female and exhibits high loyalty among its members. The dune drake's defense mechanisms include its potent poison and the ability to curl into a defensive...

Secret of Rose Manor | 1st-level 5th Edition Adventure

Happy Friday, everyone! Here's my new adventure from the most recent issue of Crucible Magazine! Final adventure for Adventurer+ patrons will be coming out this weekend/monday just as a heads up.

Hope you have a great weekend!

~ TJ Phoenix

SECRET OF ROSE MANOR

Secret of Rose Manor is a Fifth Edition adventure for three to five characters o...