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While researching ideas for future monsters, I faintly recall coming across a creature similiar to an evil treant but it was called a bloodroot, or possibly bloodrot. But, now I can't find the reference again for the life of me! Is anyone here familiar with such a thing or am I just making it all up...

I believe the trope of vampires turning to ash when staked is just Hollywood's lazy shorthanded way of avoiding the more unpleasant aspect of vampire lore. The traditional method of cutting off a known vampire's head and burning the rest of the body is too gruesome for most audiences. Plus, imagine ...

As someone new to this whole thing what is the tie between Lamordia and whaling? I'm not sure that there's anything in canon specifically associating Lamordia with whaling. However, Ludendorf sits on the Sea of Sorrows, and the Sea of Sorrows does have whales per Gazetteer II. So I don't think it's...

Hi All, Just a quick follow-up. I love all the fantastic stuff that has been shared on this thread. Unfortunately, the article I am writing went in another direction. Or, to put it another way, I decided to cut out most of the Black Vault angle and focus on other parts that I felt were more importan...

I like the idea of the train compass being stolen because of Vistani but maybe if the compass is made from Vistani secrets ... I'm really digging the Vistani angle. Riffing on the 'made from Vistani secrets' angle ... perhaps even made from VIstani? Similar to how folks can use a needle and place i...

I'm reading a book right now where someone was born with a cleft pallet and considered a demon by the local villagers. The father knew that according to tradition he had to take the baby out in the forest and kill it, but couldn't bring himself to do that to his son. So, the family ended up moving a...

Thanks for all the great info, everyone! I guess I will just come right out and ask it specifically... Is there any advantage for a lich to hide their phylactery in plain sight? Or even outside of their lair? One advantage I can see is that it will make it harder for adventurers to find and destroy ...

I'm trying to make a lich for an adventure I'm writing up, and while I've found plenty of resources on building one from scratch, I have a few lingering questions about how the phylactery operates... First, every source I've read says a lich that is confined to its phylactery "grows" a new...

Any thoughts on a domain based upon Super Mario brothers? The Mushroom Kingdom would make a good "Alice in Wonderland" type of adventure. I imagine it as a sort of twisted garden where PCs get shrunk down and pulled into the strange politics of the land. I mean, we have mushroom people an...

Between Unliving Lightning (air), Pyro Skeletons (fire), and Living Mounds (earth), I think there is ample material for a crossover between COTN: Elementals and COTN: Walking Dead. I usually dislike novelty for novelty's sake (such as "what if we there was a werewolf that is also a vampire?!?&q...

Not gonna lie, I totally clicked on the links because I like to live dangerously. I figured the worst they could do would be to exile me to my favorite Demiplane of Dread!

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Here's the updated list of items pending descriptions. Thanks to everyone that has contributed so far! Chimes of Awakening Dark Destiny's Scourge Escher's Harp Fallen Karlak's Sabre Fists of Fury Helm of Ill Fortune Robe of Rulership Scroll of Damnation Shackles of Shame Wyrm's Tooth Full disclosure...

This is a really good write-up. I can't wait to hear more! I do have one nitpick... The Darklord Ladislav Mircea, the prince of Sanguinia, looks more like a gargoyle than a man. Even hunched and bent as he is, he still towers over most people. His eyes are bloodshot, constantly darting about, and hi...

The Pool of Change Well I believe this takes the monopoly of Markov's power, plus canceling Felix's condition of being de-evolved and making Markov's lackeys/personal servants not so unique. Question what if a human or any other basic PC race fell in? What would the result be a dire human, a caliba...