Month: September 2021

Standing tall over the endless sands of the ghost dunes are these ruins made of five pentagonal structures set into a pentagon themselves. The structures, said to have been risen from the sands by the will of a wind-wizard, are a sacred site to the cult of the Sand Children who climb the ruined tower to the upper level where they can whisper to the winds to carry their message of damnation to across the desert to the ears of those who would listen.

When the rains come to the desert, water pools in the centre between the monoliths and fast-growing vines take over. These vines bear flowers that cause drowsiness to those who breathe their pollen – and the Sand Children then rush to feed them the deadly but delicious melons from the vines, claiming that…

This month is Swordtember. I’m going to try to draw a sword every day for the month. If I manage to keep this going for the whole month, I’ll release all 30 sword images (minus the frame and Swordtember logo I drew) as an incidental stock art pack.

This rapier’s owners often add adjectives to its name – silent, cursed, deadly, quick… but regardless of how it is named, it is a quick and masterful Sword +1, Wounding that is also cursed – the wielder cannot wield another melee weapon (except perhaps an off-hand weapon of lesser stature than Belladonna) until rid of the blade via a remove curse spell.

This month is Swordtember. I’m going to try to draw a sword every day for the month. If I manage to keep this going for the whole month, I’ll release all 30 sword images (minus the frame and Swordtember logo I drew) as an incidental stock art pack.

This perpetually stained scimitar was the personal blade of the turncoat ranger Torwald who used it to slay his liege when all seemed lost at the siege of Sragish. The blood of the king still stains the blade and the enchantments upon it, rendering it into a sword +1, +3 vs humans.

This month is Swordtember. I’m going to try to draw a sword every day for the month. If I manage to keep this going for the whole month, I’ll release all 30 sword images (minus the frame and Swordtember logo I drew) as an incidental stock art pack.

This cutlass has a golden guard in the shape of a human skull. The Golden Hunter is a Sword +2, Nine Lives Stealer – on a natural 20 the victim of the attack must save vs death or be instantly slain, their life force absorbed by the sword. The blade can absorb the life forces of five more victims before it loses this ability. In addition, the hunter has the ability to detect unattended gold once per day for 30 minutes with a range of 120 feet.

The Darkling River works its way through the underdark beneath the grey hills to depths unknown. This is the fifteenth mapped location (and 18th map total) along the Darkling River and the Darkling Lake beyond.

Fires light this cave – there’s almost always a small bonfire on the upper reaches of the cave, and typically several torches scattered here and there around the shrine and pillars. The Darkling slowly runs past and between a series of eleven cyclopean hexagonal pillars that reach floor to ceiling and encroach on the river itself. The cave is home to a strange mix of underdark denizens, all here at the behest of the ur-priest, one who does not worship the gods, but siphons their power.

All the major underdark humanoids can be found…