Ernie Noa's RPG Blog

Comicbook.com reports that Dungeons & Dragons will receive a major rules update in 2024.  It's characterized as a backwards-compatible, "Evolution", not a new version. Read the whole article here

The lair of a blue dragon plaguing the surrounding lands has been found. The dragon’s mountain, forever shrouded in powerful storms beckons. Brave adventures who are seeking to put down the beast and claim its stolen treasures must scale the mountain and do battle with the dragon. This brief but challenging adventure details a blue dragon’s lair. If you need a ready-made dragons lair to drop into your campaign, this adventure will fit the bill! It is recommended for five or six characters of tenth or eleventh level. This one-shot uses monsters from the Monster Manual. This book is needed to run this adventure. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/371160/Blue-Dragons-Lair

  My new 5e conversion guide with maps for D1-2 Descent Into The Depths of the Earth is up over at DMsGuild.   Check it out.   5e D&D conversion of the various monsters, magic items, and creature encounters for D1-2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth.  The conversion guide is 44 pages.   In addition to the PDF conversion guide, the same information is included in an alternate excel format, which the author used in his own campaigns.  Finally, 11 maps at 70 DPI are included, ready for online use. Grid and no-grid variants of each map are provided.  Maps provided include: Encounter Area 1 1890 by 2170 Encounter Area 2 1820 by 1960 Encounter Area 3 1820 by 1680 Encounter Area 4 1960 by 4060 Encounter Area 5 1960 by 2170 Troglodyte Warrens Complete Troglodyte Warrens West Troglodtye Warrens East Shrine of the Kou Toa 10150 by 6720 Shrine of the Kou Toa Lower Level Northwest (royal chambers) Shrine of the Kou Toa Lower Level Southeast (slave quarters)

Strange abductions of villagers and travelers are growing bolder near the port town of Caraal on the edge of the Glimmerhold Jungle. Frightened and half-crazed, a woman has escaped from her captors and returned to civilization. She tells tales of snake men who inhabit the ruins of an ancient temple deep in the jungle. Adventures are called for to put down this threat. The jungle is thick and full of strange creatures. The ancient terrors of the Yuan-Ti are only rivaled by whispers of the treasures of their lost civilization.  Will you answer the call and end this threat? This one-shot adventure is recommended for five seventh-level characters or four eighth-level characters. This adventure uses monsters from both the Monster Manual and Volo’s Guide to Monsters. Both of those books are needed to run this adventure. Four digital maps at 70 DPI, suitable for online use are included with this adventure with both grid and no-grid options.   Four new monsters are included in this adventure..