Taverns need tankards, and wizards’ towers need alchemy supplies. I wanted some of each on hand for encounters where they’re appropriate. The scaling on these will be less than ideal – who can chug down a half-gallon potion of healing in a single six-second combat round? – but they’ll add flavor to the settings they’re […]
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When it’s time for those NPCs to blow out their candles for the night, they’ll need someplace to lay down and rest! It’s time to make beds. Because even goblins need to sleep This part of the project was born more out of a desire to play with some dollar-store coconut husk baskets I’d picked
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If you were born in the material plane and are not currently undead, you probably need sources of light and warmth. Not wanting my NPCs to suffer needlessly while waiting around for attention from the players, I made some of those. Let there be light! I made a handful of candles by starting with a
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In addition to multiple large platforms up in the trees, The Wild Sheep Chase features a few small buildings where some NPCs dwell, along with an outhouse… so I decided to build those as well. The occupants of these buildings are servants of a person whose concern for their well-being is probably based mostly around
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The big wooden platforms I built in preparation for The Wild Sheep Chase don’t just sit on the ground – they’re described as rising up above the forest floor on giant trees as high as 40 feet off the ground… so I needed those giant trees. While I do like the way they turned out,
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After my players finish delving their way into Wave Echo Cave, we’re probably going to do a few Mighty Protectors sessions and then move on to Storm King’s Thunder (because it has a direct hook into Phandelver). But somewhere in between, I’m planning to run a fun-looking single-session freebie adventure called The Wild Sheep Chase.
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I’ve built some outdoor terrain (like this board, campsite, and rock formations, or this hill with scatter terrain), but have been lamenting the lack of trees to lay out around them. I’ve been planning to make some – and still plan to do so – but I couldn’t resist the lure of a set of
Some much-needed trees Read More »
I wanted to make some little tables and chairs to dress up the inhabited parts of encounter areas. I watched a half-dozen or so videos by the usual suspects… and then ended up just kind of winging it based on an assortment of techniques and the bits and pieces of craft woods (and a little
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I want to have an assortment of barrels, casks, sacks, crates, chests, etc. available as dungeon dressing, so I’ve started working on some simple basic pieces. I’m hoping to join the ranks of 3D printer owners later this year, so some of the more detailed items will mostly wait until then, but I wanted to
Bits and Pieces: Storage Read More »
My crafting “things to try” list at this point far exceeds the amount of time I can reasonably dedicate to it. For the big projects – towers, terrain pieces, tile sets, and the like – I tend to pause for a while when I finish one or two significant steps and get back to them
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