3d printed terrain for Daggerheart, representing the tops of two castle towers. A long wooden bridge spans the two towers.

One tower holds a ritual chamber with a large central altar. PCs fight with cultists.

The second tower holds a cell with torture devices…..recently used. PCs fight a variety of enemies.

Session 8 in my #daggerheart campaign frame called Raven’s Reach- a fantasy meets gas light London-like setting. The players characters are a squad from the Nocturne Bureau, private investigators that work during the dangerous ‘13th’ hour. Here they infiltrate castle towers of the BBEG. #ttrpg

Primed version of the Beholder. A massive blob with a large mouth and central eye - with monocle. 10 eye stalks stick out of its body with smaller eyes at the end.

Purple fading to flesh skin. Gold accents on the monocle. Blue irises on the many eyes of the beholder.

Purple fading to flesh skin. Gold accents on the monocle. Blue irises on the many eyes of the beholder.

Purple fading to flesh skin. Gold accents on the monocle. Blue irises on the many eyes of the beholder.

#WIP on this awesome Beholder from MyMinifactory. Calling it the Grand Curator - will be hoarding over a legendary archive in an arcane library for a very special one-shot. #dnd #miniatures #minipainting #ttrpg

Fold up dice trays with 6 different skull-themed pirates to match the classes of the players in my D&D campaign. Goal was to look like update on classic skull and crossbones flag.

Daggerheart logo painted in purples fading to teal. Two locations hold the hope and fea lr d12 dice. The dice tray is rectangular with a black base.

Raised letters spell hope for the Hope die.

Raised letters spell fear for the fear die.

Crafty #gamemaster? Took some Amazon fold-up dice trays and added custom pirate skull vinyl decals to match the class of each of my players in our current pirate campaign. And for #Daggerheart made/painted these hope & fear dice trays. It’s the little things that take a game up a notch. #ttrpg

The cast of The Goonies reimagined as D&D characters. 6 minis wearing 80a fashion right from the movie.

Cursed pirate crew wielding weapons, cannons and a concertina. The leader, Captain Blacktooth Bramble.

View of the 3D battle map. A cavernous, stone beach with large mushrooms rests before a dark lagoon with a pirate ship resting in a collapsed cavern.

Up close view of the pirate ship where the pirates are fighting the PCs.

#Goonies -themed one-shot was awesome. In a twist, the pirate they were searching for, Blacktooth Bramble, ended up being the BBEG with his cursed pirate crew. Must have been 9 Nat 20s rolled throughout the night. #dnd #ttrpg #minipainting #terrain #3dprinting

XPS foam cut and glued to eventually contain resin. 3d printed cavern walls and 3s printed ship.

Resin poured with blue tint over spray painted foam to make it look like water gets deeper from edges to the middle.

Primed XPS foam and Prime cavern walls with resin in between.

Ship placed on resin. XPS foam will be cave floor..

#WIP on a Goonies-inspired one-shot. Will finish painting and add raised cavern platforms from #printablescenery . #neversaydie #terrain #ttrpg #dnd

Picture of a building with the name Lich Paper Co.

My passive perception is like 26. But the response was a Nat 20…
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #vecna

Giving it a shot….will be a conservatory in ruined mansion with flesh-eating plants of course.

Picture from the perspective of the GM. Behind the screen are papers for tonight’s session. An iPad with Pocket Bard for music. The Daggerheart Core Rulebook. In front the screen are custom hope/fear dice trays where the 5 players will sit.

View of the table for tonight’s session. Hope/Feat dice trays for each of the 5 players. They face the GM with raven-themed GM screen with 3d printed gear tracker. Decorations of alchemical bottles, candles and skulls.

Almost time for our 4th session of Daggerheart. Split party. Questions to be answered. Are they love interests or assassins? Is that body dead, dead or not? Choices to be made during short/long rests that could impact the next 5 hours. This game is really growing on me. #daggerheart #ttrpg

This is brilliant

Amaya Kage, Oath of Vengence Paladin, using the Sword of Kas, first attack crit. Divine Smite at level 4=so many dice. 2d8 radiant, 2d8 for charger, 2d8 Sword of Kas, 6d8 divine smite. 70 points. I love this game. #dnd #vecna

About 40 minis that need painted for the next two sessions of D&D. Mix between pirates, skeletons, monsters, magic users and a pretty dope mimic.

I cast haste…..

#dnd #minpainting #miniatures #ttrpg

It is more of a give away so you realize it isn’t a Tabaxi or Katari. most players haven’t encountered one it is a good tease for a perception check early in the campaign. When he dominates a character I have their hands twist. Creeps everyone out.

Underrated monster for sure. Real good starting point to craft a BBEG from. My current pirate-rum-voodoo themed campaign has a Rakshasa as the main villain. Bizarre. Creepy. Formidable. Fits really well with the voodoo vibe.

Thanks.

Primed mini of an Octopus Cursed Pirate

Base costs in classic colors. Red for the octopus, dark blue for the admiral coat, brown for the wooden wheel.

Added highlights and subtle washes.

Back view highlights the wash seeping into the gold accents…..

I am not the best #miniature painter. But I am pretty excited about this NPC in our new campaign….former Admiral of the Wavewardens. Cursed. I went off color scheme of the giant pacific octopus. Not bad for being #colorblind. Thank goodness for labels and google. #dnd #minis #ttrpg

Front view of the shipyard. 3D printed terrain imbedded in Resin to resemble an island where repairs to boats are done. The shipyard is made from a wrecked galleon.

Angled view of the shipyard that shows Crowsnests repurposed as lookout towers. The planks that used to be the deck now salt weathered floorboards.

Side view of the Skullduggery. 3D printed ship - combo of FDM and Resin prints. Halloween skull decoration added to the front as a figurehead for the Skullduggery.

The Skullduggery docked at low tide. Repairs almost complete and the time is ripe for a heist at sea.

#WIP Broken Mast Shipyard where the new pirate party of PCs will attempt to steal the Skullduggery, a sloop that can be manned by the 6 of them. #alliteration #dnd #rum #ttrpg #terrain #3dprinting

3D printed ruined temple painted to look like sandstone covered in lush jungle plant life - aka aquarium plants. A zombie dragon flies above the party. Wooden scaffolding rises off the jungle floor.

Party members surround ‘The Rotten’ as others investigate ruined temple and treasure.

The Path of the World Tree barbarian rides his Sand Snail into battle while the party’s Warlock positions himself to deliver an eldritch blast.

The Rotten dives down spewing necrotic fumes as he unleashes his breath weapon on the party brave enough to get close to him.

The party bonded while scavenging wrecks after escaping Bleakharbor Keep. Following a map found on a decaying Kobold, they traversed the dense jungle island to an excavation site, revealing remnants of a sandstone temple guarded by ‘The Rotten.’ #dnd #terrain #minipainting #ttrpg

This Friday the Steel City Dungeon Crawlers meet to play session 3 of #Daggerheart. First time the party is splitting to investigate a few leads. Eager to see how the ‘loose’ mechanics help with shifting small TOTM encounters with no terrain or map. I will have to really think about how I use Fear.

Last week I ran a Breakfast Club X #dnd one-shot and it was so fun coming up with species/classes that fit the character and RPing based on the movie. This will now become a recurring theme. Up next is the show #Friends. What species/classes would you recommend for each of them….

View of the final battle map for session 1. Watch tower in the East is flanked by a lighthouse in the West. The party had to dispatch several guards and evade shark infested waters.

View from the West. Piers and docks lead up to the beach. Washed ashore is a variety of wreckage.

The party left to write…. Kai Shadowstar- Goliath Bard Arch Rial- Aasimar Arcane Archer Mob Barley - Goliath Barbarian (cousin to Kai) Bernie the cursed parrot Capt. Sina Braxton - Soul knife Rogue, Human Zed- Eleven multiclassed caster Veldrin- Elevn Warlock

It happened. 1st session of Campaign 2 #dnd. The party broke out of Bleakharbor Keep. Secured the boat left by an unknown benefactor and set sail to fortune, glory and revenge. Can’t wait to do see where this #pirate adventure takes us. #terrain #miniatures #ttrpg

View of the battle map. The bathhouse at the Silken Lily Social Club. Blue resin for water with embedded lilies. Dungeon tiles for floor and a raised balcony area. Fake aquarium plants add scatter terrain.

Close up of combat. Carnies from the Ember Masque carnival troupe and assassins from the Cinder Shroud ganged up on our PCs while they were investigating a drowning that occurred. Combat happened on lilies, in the water and surrounding.

The upper balcony made for close quarter fighting . Close up of the balcony, plants and barrels that would later reveal signs of poison.

The Ribbet of the group (frog-like humanoid) took advantage of the terrain, fighting from under the water and lilies. Awesome to roll play sneaky tongue attacks.

Session 2 of #daggerheart last night. 5 hours felt like 5 min. The PCs started to embrace the lack of initiative and coordinated some awesome combat. We also had our 1st ‘double dagger’ - double 12s. I have a special table of awesome when this happens. Off the the Carnival next session…

Deep under Faldar Caverns, the party pursues the lich formally known as Princess Anwin. She uses artificer’s gates to travel to different planes and call forth minions from those planes.

Player point of view. Minis from Heroforge

24hrs until the final session of my 1st campaign. 1 month shy of 3 years. It has truly been an honor DM’ing for these guys. The party faces off against a princess-turned lich, a shadow dragon, a nightwalker and a homebrewed worm made up of severed arms. 1317 total HP. I don’t stand a chance.

Next Friday is the final battle in a 3 year campaign. The damsel in distress princess has been the BBEG the entire time revealing herself to the party last session….She is a lich with a shadow dragon companion. They make a pretty good duo. She controls gates that open to other planes…

Thanks. Still need some bad guys printed and painted. Also need a reason to go up to the balcony area - so some scatter that looks interesting to investigate would help. Lastly this is prime fog or steam terrain so I might drill some holes to let it in. But getting close.

2ft by 2ft encounter with resin and lily pads surrounded by dungeon tiles. Custom wall in back with balcony. Aquarium plants spread out for tropical vibes.

Close up of lily pads and back wall.

Ground level view highlights resin poured over blue painted bottom to give pool depth.

#WIP on the next #daggerheart encounter. This tropical themed bathhouse is a favorite amongst the high society Ribbits. Was is the gas from the sewers, poisonous plants or spiked wine that killed some very prominent individuals? Amateur tip- Amazon fake aquarium plants make great #terrain.

XPs foam ready for a coat of mod podge and paint.

Tried to make it look like the bottom of a pool with some brush action.

Added clear resin and 3d printed lily pads to give it an authentic look.

Added some dungeon tiles to frame the pool in the bathhouse.

#WIP for my next #daggerheart session. The silken lily social club has a bathhouse frequented by all the upper class Ribbets and Galapas…. #ttrpg #terrain #miniatures

First session of #daggerheart last night. Reviews are in. It hits different. Rolling with Fear is amazing. Players could feel tension build or immediately see the consequences. As #GM I finally felt like part of the story and not just guiding it. I had to strategically use my fear. Loved it.

First battle map of my new Daggerheart campaign. Core rule set in front the Tallowglass Foundry where human remains are turned into cursed candles.

Zoomed in look at the candle making terrain. Candles hang to dry. Machines for rolling candles. Alchemist table where the evil magic happens.

Highlighting the oven that melts the remains into candle wax. Also the workshop where coffins are broken into.

Custom Daggerheart logo hat from my wife and her Cricuit-ing skills.

Have been counting down the days to run #daggerheart. Tonight the new recruits of the Nocturne Bureau will investigate after a missing boy turned up covered in wax and in a trance. What evil will they find beneath the Tallowglass Foundry? Hint - those candles are made from humanoid remains…

Daggerheart Fear tracker. Red skulls that slide on top of the GM screen to keep track of Fear.

#Daggerheart Fear tracker is complete. Simple but effective. Can’t wait to start my Raven’s Reach campaign. Zootopia meets Victorian steampunk with mystery and horror…Following the lead of the players as there are ZERO classic fantasy ancestries….should be fun to GM. #ttrpg