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Creator Original Open License Preview

Hey everyone!I just got off the phone with Noah Downs, my attorney, to ask if I should go ahead and share this, and he gave me the go-ahead.This is the COOL, the Creator Original Open License. Modeled somewhat after the original 1.0a Open Gaming License by Wizards of the Coast, this new agreement fixes the loopholes that Wizards is trying to exploit in the new 1.1 "open" gaming license.The COOL is 100% irrevocable.Section 4 of the 1.0a open gaming license lacks the term "irrevocable....

Re: The 1.1 Open Gaming License

Hey folks,We know you have had some questions regarding what we know about the new Open Gaming License and how it could affect things around here. Unfortunately, I couldn't say much about it because 1) we wanted to protect our sources and 2) without an official source backing up what we knew, we knew it'd be easy for Wizards of the Coasts to paint us as "paranoid" or "liars."Earlier today, Gizmodo received a copy of the leaked 1.1 open gaming license and broke it all down...

Dungeons & Lairs Library (Updated 5/19/23)

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DMDave/Henceforth Games News - January 2023

Happy new year, folks!I hope you had a safe and wonderful evening last night. The wife and I got a date night out to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We watched Glass Onion and Dirty Dancing.Here's a look at what to expect in January and in 2023Two Years of New Fifth Edition Content Published and ReadyIn anticipation of the forthcoming introduction of the new commercial license from Wizards of the Coast and the revocation of the 1.0a open gaming license, I spent the last week of 2022 ...

[Electrum+] Dungeons & Lairs #60 - Naga Ruins - 5th, 8th, 11th, or 14th Level - FoundryVTT & Asset Pack

Spirit Naga Ruins is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, 11, or 14. This document offers details for the 5th-level version. For the full adjustments for all level ranges, sign up for the DMDave Patreon. The characters must help a band of soldiers clear the ruins of an old cathedral of the dreadful, vengeful creature that lurks within.--Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PD...

[All Patrons] Dungeons & Lairs #60 - Naga Ruins - 5th, 8th, 11th, or 14th Level - PDFs Only

Naga Ruins is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 5, 8, 11, or 14. This document offers details on adjusting the adventure based on your party's level.The characters must help a band of monks clear the ruins of an old cathedral of the dreadful, vengeful creature that lurks within.--Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PDF or black-and-white print-friendly versions: Download th...

Happy holidays, folks!

Hey all,It's Christmas here, so I'll be hanging out with the family over the next few days and working on some projects. I'll try to catch up with customer service emails, etc., but I might miss a few. As always, you can ping me on Discord if there's an emergency, and I'll get a notification on my phone.Take care and have a great holiday.

Poll #287 - What should Endless Journeys' species be?

Hey all!I'm working on a new project (that TOTALLY has nothing to do with all the hubbub going on, I SWEAR), and I need some species.Basically, it's a fantasy roleplaying setting (I SWEAR, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPEN GAMING LICENSE CHANGES) with your traditional Tolkienesque species. However, I want to toss a few more into the mix.Here are the ones already included: human, elf, dwarf, and halflingI've listed a few more below. Top 4 win!Avians: These bird-like humanoids have wings and...

News Re: Fifth Edition and GMDave Rebranding

Hey all,You're going to notice some changes coming over the next few weeks. Namely, I will no longer be referred to as "DMDave" or "Dungeon Master Dave," nor will my content mention that we directly use and create Fifth Edition content.Please note that we will continue to produce adventure/scenario content that can be used with that system, at least for the foreseeable future. And hopefully, make it so the content can be used with any system. And all the previously published ...

OneD&D: What we know and our current plans.

Hey all!Yesterday, I addressed one major elephant in the room, A.I. Art, and gave my official stance on it. Today, I figured I'd address the other elephant in the room, and that's OneD&D.What is OneD&D?One D&D is set to be the 'forever' edition of Dungeons & Dragons, one that's fully integrated into the D&D Beyond platform (fully absorbed into Wizards as of 2022) and does away with the need for a sixth or seventh edition.Basically, D&D will become an "app" that will h...

Poll #286 - What should the 2023 Adventure Path be?

Hey everyone!Since we've got a bit more bandwidth, plenty of licensed art, and a whole cadre of writers, I might try my hand at creating longer adventures, probably in the realm of 32 to 64 pages (12 - 24k words).While I don't want to keep to a specific schedule, I think me and the team can reasonably assemble a 32 or 64-page book every couple of months (especially if we borrow some elements from Dungeons/Lairs).What are the suggested adventure paths?Turning to my usual array of random g...

Call for Suggestions #106 - Horror RPG: Let's draw some messed up stuff!

Hey everyone,The last two Kickstarter projects are in a good state right now. Hand of the Eight/Pexia are printing with final samples on the way, and Gamemaster's Survival Guide is completely written save for a few articles I'm tossing in for fun.Now, it's time for me to start thinking about my next major project: Horror.What is horror?Horror is a roleplaying game of terror and fear. Within the pages of the forthcoming core rulebook, you'll find everything you need to create your...

Team DMDave 's Statement on AI Art

Hey all!I thought I might address the elephant in the room this afternoon (well, one of many elephants this year, but I digress), and that's art created via artificial intelligence.As some of you noticed, some of our content this year used A.I. art, particularly from MidJourney/Stable Diffusion. We used it to replace the stock art that we typically used in our adventures and VTT packages. Then we used our regular artists (Nacho and Matias Lazaro) to focus on some other cool projects we'v...

[Electrum+] Dungeons & Lairs #59: Santa's Village - Levels 11, 14, 17, or 20 - FoundryVTT Pack

Santa’s Village is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 11, 14, 17, or 20. This document offers a general guideline on scaling the adventure for each level. After receiving stockings full of coal, a group of naughty murderhoboes (the characters) raid Santa’s village. Unfortunately for them, the jolly, old elf is ready for themEdit: Files updated. If you previously downloaded and installed the FoundryVTT pack, you'll need to remove it ...

[All Patrons] Dungeons & Lairs #59: Santa's Village - Levels 11, 14, 17, or 20

Santa’s Village is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 11, 14, 17, or 20. This document offers a general guideline on scaling the adventure for each level. After receiving stockings full of coal, a group of naughty murderhoboes (the characters) raid Santa’s village. Unfortunately for them, the jolly, old elf is ready for them.--Quick Edit: Updated the files to reflect the changes. You should see them both from here as well as on the Foun...

Poll #285 - Pick the theme for the first part of our Dungeon '23 Challenge

Hey all,Starting January 1st, the writers and I will participate in the Dungeon '23 challenge. If you haven't heard of it, check out this article: https://seanmccoy.substack.com/p/dungeon23Basically, I'll post a new Dungeon room each day created by myself or one of the writers. That means we'll have 365 rooms made by the end of the year.Each month will be one level of a dungeon, likely designed by our friend, Tim Hartin. The first level of the dungeon will take characters from le...

Poll #284 - What lurks in the ruins of the old gothic cathedral?

Hey all!I'm finally getting a chance to write a follow-up adventure for the Gargoyle Cathedral adventure I wrote about a month ago. In that adventure, "quantum-locked gargoyles" use their magic touch to send the adventurers back in time. I swear this has nothing to do with mysterious, two-hearted alien that travel through time and space in a magical blue box!The adventure sends them to a version of the cathedral ruined by war, years before local priests returned it to its former glor...

[Free] Dungeons & Lairs #58 - Lamia Temple - 3rd-Level Version Only

Lamia Temple is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3, 5, 8, or 11.The PDF attached to this post is the 3rd-level version only. Get the full version as a DMDave Patron.The party is sent to a newly reinvigorated Temple of Healing to investigate a series of strange disappearances.--Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PDF or black-and-white print-friendly versions: I only want the f...

[Electrum+] Dungeons & Lairs #58 - Lamia Temple (Levels 3, 5, 8, or 11) - FoundryVTT Pack

Lamia Temple is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3, 5, 8, or 11. This document offers a general guideline on scaling the adventure for each level. The party is sent to a newly reinvigorated Temple of Healing to investigate a series of strange disappearances.--Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PDF or black-and-white print-friendly versions: Download the files at the end of th...

Poll #283 - January Winter Monsters

Hey folks!January will be here before we know it, so the writers and I are already starting to whip up the adventures for then. I think we're going to do a series of winter-themed adventures for Dungeons & Lairs so they're a little easier to package with our forthcoming adventure series.Below, I've listed all of the arctic monsters that I can think of. We've already got one for yetis on the way, so I've omitted those.The top 3 get turned into adventures.Voting ends in 48 hour...

Foundry Modules Delayed Due to Importer Issues

Hey all,Just a heads-up, but we're having issues with our Foundry Importer. We're trying to reach out to the devs involved, but aren't having any luck getting in touch with them. As soon as we do, we'll release the latest Foundry pack.Sorry for the inconvenience.

[All Patrons] Dungeons & Lairs #58 - Lamia Temple (Levels 3, 5, 8, or 11) - PDFs Only

Lamia Temple is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 3, 5, 8, or 11. This document offers a general guide-line on scaling the adventure for each level. The party is sent to a newly reinvigorated Temple of Healing to investigate a series of strange disappearances.--Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PDF or black-and-white print-friendly versions: Download the files at the end of t...

Call for Suggestions: Santa's Village... give me your craziest ideas.

Although there's a little time left on the latest survey, it's looking like folks want to rob the ol' fat man rather than save him.Very well. I'll let you all be naughty.But before I can craft this Christmas calamity, I'll need some ideas from all of you.This will work a bit like one-word prompts, except this time, I'm just going to take your craziest, zaniest, oddest things and toss them into the adventure. Of course, there's limited space, so I can't take 'e...

New Adventure tomorrow!

Hey all,Just a heads-up, but today's adventure will debut tomorrow. Not because it isn't done yet, but because I'm training someone new who'll be doing the posts on here moving forward. They can't train until Saturday, so I figured I might give them a real example.I think you're really going to like this one. It features one of the best lion-bodied creatures in the game whose touch will make you drunk.$1 to the first person who can guess which one (I'll give it to you...

Poll #281 - Christmas-Themed Adventure... are you saving Santa or robbing him?

It's December! And it's time for me to write a Christmas-Themed adventure.I know that I'm going to set it in a Christmassy map that will feature Santa Claus, his elves, and some reindeer.The only question... are you there to save Santa or are you there to steal all his stuff?In this poll, vote on whether you'd want an adventure that sees the characters saving the characters from an external threat or if you want the characters to rob him of his goodies.Voting ends in 24 hours.

December 2022 Tier Changes

Hey all!I just wanted to give you all a preview of the upcoming tier changes.I'm only listing those most active tiers, so if your tier is no longer available, you will receive the rewards for the tier that's closest to yours rounded up. For example, the old Trinket Tier gets the benefits provided by the Copper Tier, etc.If you see anything that's missing or have questions, let me know in the comments.Copper Patrons $3 Dungeons & Lairs Adventures. You will receive full-color and black...

Cleaning Up Some - Where should I start?

Hey all,Now that I'm back from Pax-Unplugged, GMSG is mostly drafted, and Pexia/Hot8 are printing, I plan to focus on getting the Patreon and website cleaned up a bit.Before I do, I thought I would ping all of you for suggestions on where to start. What sorta things would you like us to do to get everything organized? Let me know in the comments. If your idea is viable, I'll make it happen. Otherwise, I'll tell you why we can't do certain things (such as make a single downloadabl...

I'm back from Pax and now focused on customer service questions.

Hey all,We just got back from Pax Unplugged and I'm getting through all the emails, pings, etc.If you asked us a question over the weekend and haven't yet heard a response, feel free to plop it down here or just ping me over on Discord.Thanks again for being patient!

Come see us at PaxUnplugged!

Hey all,If you didn’t already know, the DMDave team is here at PaxUnplugged showing off our goodies. If you’re in town, we are at booth #4107. Hope to see you at the show!- Dave

[Electrum and Up] Dungeons & Lairs #57 - Ettercap Forest

Ettercap Forest is a Fifth Edition plug-in adventure for four characters with an average party level (APL) of 1, 3, 5, or 8. This document offers a general guideline on scaling the adventure for each level. The party is sent to an ancient forest to investigate a series of disappearances.-Download OptionsChoose one or more of the following options.Just the PDFs. Get just the full-color PDF or black-and-white print-friendly versions: Download the files at the end of the postDigital Asset Pack. Get...