Umberhulk at Midnight

Thinking about the Mimic. This is the stat block and description from the original Monster Manual. MIMICFREQUENCY: RareNO. APPEARING: 1ARMOR CLASS: 7MOVE: 3″HIT DICE: 7-10%IN LAIR: NilTREASURE TYPE: NilNO. OF ATTACKS: 1DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-12SPECIAL ATTACKS: GlueSPECIAL DEFENSES: CamouflageMAGIC RESISTANCE: StandardINTELLIGENCE: Semi- to averageALIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: LPSlONlC ABILITY:…

Shrine of the Oozing Serpent is an adventure for level 1 to 3 characters, featured in Adventure Anthology 2, published by Necrotic Gnome, written by Nate Treme. I ran this adventure with four players playing 8 first level characters, and a retainer. What follows are my thoughts from actual play. The Facts The location describes a 12 room Gnome shrine with two entrances. Described as existing…

Described as: designed to be “classic” without being full of callbacks and nostalgia. It has some, but not all, of the major tropes. It also has full design notes. I like this one, its free and well done. This adventure offers a lot to recommend itself. It offers design notes, with the offer of being a guide to dungeon design. I like all of the ideas offered here. They do a great job of showing…

Here is a small hex map. The valley of Gorm will be presented in Delver Issue 2. I know I haven’t even released Delver issue 1 yet. I had a good idea for issue 2, and so started I started it. This is a dessert region with a river that runs from the mountains at the top of the map to a port city at the bottom of the map. Between the terrain varies from scrub land, rock badlands, canyon lands, and…