Traditionally, Intelligence-based heroes of Dungeons & Dragons have been spellcasters. While describing the Inquisitive in a recent preview video for Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Jeremy Crawford mentioned that it is a chance to give players the option of an intellectual hero that isn’t tied to magic. The archetype I want to show you today is my […]

Hi all! As regular readers and existing customers may know, one of my D&D 5e products is a collection of classes and archetypes called Wasteland Wanderers. These classes and archetypes are designed with a post-apocalyptic setting in mind, and could also fit thematically in other sci-fi settings. Even if you have no interest in such

Presenting the first in a planned series of (hopefully) interesting NPCs for you to insert into your games! Signifier Kyuuban Art by and © Brett Neufeld Race Half-Orc Path Arcanic Monk Alignment Lawful Neutral Gender Male Sexuality Heterosexual (celibate) Age 32 Height 5’9″ Build Athletic, Powerful Skin Olive Green Eyes Brown Hair Brunette (shaven) Feature(s)

I recently painted the first of my many, many Reaper Bones 3 miniatures. Which was probably a bit daft considering most of the minis I got from Bones 1 are still unpainted. The first I decided to paint was a surprise favourite. I added the Coral and Shipwreck Golem to my orders because they looked

Here’s a map created for my home game! You are free to use the map below for your private campaigns, but not for any other purpose. Path to the Sunken Temple © RDD Wilkin / Spilled Ale Studios. Personal use permitted. Do not redistribute.

This week’s blog post presents three house rules you can use in your games: Group Ability Generation, Rule of 4s Hit Points, and Oscillating Initiative. The article starts with a preface explaining the conceptual space that Group Generation and Rule of 4s fill. Oscillating Initiative is a solution for a different although not entirely unrelated

As promised, I’m back with another installment of monsters for the Fifth Edition Fallout bestiary! In addition, this update includes expanded and new rules which are described later in this post. All the creatures and other updates listed below have now been added to the Fifth Edition Fallout sourcebook which you can download from my

I recently ran a promotion on twitter, promising that after reaching 300 followers I would create a custom monster for D&D Fifth Edition based on a design brief provided by a randomly determined follower. That follower was @PatouLeFou, who provided me with the fascinating details of a creature he calls the Keeysha Beast! Bipedal, intelligent

A while back I posted a series of statblocks representing the avatars of gods and powerful fiends. The Red Knight, Goddess of Strategy Valkur, God of Naval Warfare Asmodeus, Lord of Hell (or, as in my world, the God of Sin) Pazuzu, Demon Lord I specifically created these four as they are major players in

Exactly a week on from my post announcing my 300th twitter follower would get to provide me a brief from which I’d design them a D&D 5e monster, Spilled Ale Studios has hit that milestone! The randomly selected follower is (drumroll please) @PatouLeFou. I’ll be reaching out to @PatouLeFou shortly to let him know and