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New map is up and ready! A road motel in the wastelands, once refuge for travellers, now the headquarters of whatever faction found it first in this post apocalyptic world. Clearly inspired by Fallout and the Mojave desert.

I worked on the cover for this, its one of my more recent faves.

Today, I finally published the English translation for the adventure I've spent years on. It focuses on exploration, blending in some fun details and mechanics, like Background Magic Distortion that changes magic in every location and a slim chance of transforming your characters into Living Dragonmarks.

Designed for 3rd-level characters.

Main themes: loss, unfinished life stories, House Cannith, chaotic magic, living spells, warforged.

Check it out here!

(Or try Ukrainian original, it is now cheaper.)

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this extremely long episode, Tom and an increasingly thirsty Rachel are talking about a villain who looms large in the imaginations of Xennials everywhere: Jareth, the Goblin King. He's a magnetic and malevolent presence whose domain is a perfect reflection of his disaster bi energy, but he has no canon backstory and may just be a figment of Sarah's imagination, so adapting him posed some challenges. But if Sarah can escape the oubliette, cross the Bog of Eternal Stench, and say no to Jareth looking at her like that in the masquerade ball, we can rise to this challenge. Topics discussed include:

Squaring the circle of making Jareth an independent being and a figment of Sarah's imagination at the same time, and how you can make him occupy that same role for your PCs;

Adapting the labyrinth so it reflects your PCs' inner worlds in the same way that the canon labyrinth reflects Sarah's, from "give the movie's labyrinth-dwellers the mannerisms of your NPCs" to high-concept lunacy that makes our Christmas Carol episode look straightforward;

How to bring your PCs into the labyrinth in the first place, since presumably none of them are going to wish for the goblins to steal their babies;

Why everything about the labyrinth, including the thirteen-hour time limit, is ultimately a distraction from Jareth's real game;

and more!

The full write-up for the Goblin King's Labyrinth is available for free on DM's Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/517199/The-Goblin-Kings-Labyrinth-A-Ravenloft-Domain-of-Dread?view_as_pub=1

Our Listener's Choice poll is available as a public post on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/listeners-choice-125322997

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

6:01 The Lord

53:05 The Land

1:21:50 Dread Possibilities

2:15:37 Parting Thoughts

2:41:52 D’s Parting Thoughts

All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:

Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela

Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman

Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner

Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner

Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself @darklordazalin

The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find @halite-jones or on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite

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📯 New 5E Bard Subclass! 📯

Trumpeter Bard: A 5E Sub-Class Supplement is now on DMs Guild!

🎺 Unleash thunderous shockwaves ⚔️ Inspire warriors with rallying calls 🎶 Shape history with legendary melodies

Quick one hour sketch of a newly discovered locale in our Pathfinder campaign- the Screaming Dunes!

Announcing a new project from the Odyssey Collective! We're looking for writers for a Planescape project, focused on creating some truly strange and wonderful NPCs to populate Sigil, the City of Doors, to be released on Dungeon Masters Guild!

This project focuses on the bizarre and outlandish folk of Sigil, with each writer submitting a NPC and a location that they inhabit.