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The Koalinth: Aquatic Militants Invade 5e Waters

Koalinth (the name is both singular and plural) are marine goblinoids closely related to surface-dwelling hobgoblins. They stand about 6-1/2 feet tall, with sleek, muscular bodies. Their fingers and toes are webbed, and they have gill slits in their necks. ...
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System Agnostic: The City of Salt in Wounds [Pt 3]

New Website for Salt in Wounds! The 13 Meridian Houses When the Tarrasque was first subdued, thirteen ‘immovable’ harpoons were sunk deep into it’s body, each with a long, thick chain running to a traditional iron anchor sunk magically into ...
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The College of the Sea Singers, 5th edition

Like other bardic colleges, sea singers do not attend an actual university, they gather to learn spells, lore and skills from one another, and of all the bardic colleges, the verbal tradition is most important to sea singers. Sea singers ...
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System Agnostic: Creating a World from Random Races [Rescentia Part ...

Note: This is the second post about Rescentia, a world I designed with the challenge of using random races. You can read part 1 here. TLDR version is start with a standardish D&D world except orcs manage to kill most everybody. Fanatical ...
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More than a Color, 5th edition Dragonborn, Part 3

Image credit: WotC “Draconians, also called dragonmen, are humanoid beings with dragonlike features created during the War of the Lance. They are originally made from the eggs of good dragons corrupted with dark magic. During that era Draconians served as ...
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The Kindest of Sharks: Sahuagin (Salenti) for 5th edition

Sahuagin are as focused, tenacious, and predatorial as the sharks they ally with. What few outside a dedicated group of sea elves know, is that sahuagin have an even deadlier secret. When living near sea elf communities, a lucky few ...
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System Agnostic: The City of Salt in Wounds [Part 2]

  New Website for Salt in Wounds! The Order of God Butchers Amidst the city, the god butchers are hard to miss. Hugely muscled men and women, grown strong from a working life of toil and a diet of some ...
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More than a Color, 5th edition Dragonborn, Part 2

“Draconians, also called dragonmen, are humanoid beings with dragonlike features created during the War of the Lance. They are originally made from the eggs of good dragons corrupted with dark magic. During that era Draconians served as assault troops and ...
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D&D 5E Monster Design Contest – Monarch of the Monsters

Kobold Press is holding a Monster Design Contest called Monarch of the Monsters for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Contest entries will be judged by a panel made up of Wolfgang Baur, Steve Winter and Tribality’s own Rich Howard, with ...
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Monsters, Traps & More for a D&D 5e Grassland Adventure

Aquatic | Arctic | Cave or Underground | Desert | Forest | Grassland | Jungle | Mountain | Swamp It’s a beautiful, sunny day and your adventurers are out for a stroll across a wide grassland. Yawn. Does your group ...