The Grisly Eye

This is an excerpt from The Wicked, an upcoming monograph about all things witchy and warlocky, full of toil and trouble.

This is the sixth campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

This is an update as I continue to iterate on my design for a non-player character stat block format for.

This is the fifth campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

Public Domain image taken from Philocothonista, or, The drunkard, opened, dissected, and anatomized, 1635.

This is the fourth campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

This is the third campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

This is the second campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

This art is by Daniel F.

This is the first campaign diary for my 5th Edition D&D playtest campaign, Black Griffin.

The Star tarot card from the Rider-Waite deck.

A Star Leads the Wise Men from the Het Nieuwe Testament by Henricus van den Leemputte, 1646.

The Nights Watch is a new faction I'm playing around with for a future campaign.

A skill challenge is a complex type of skill contest, based on the rules from 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Public Domain image of The Pedlar taken from The Dance of Death.

Non-player characters (NPCs) are the lifeblood of any D&D campaign, but I often find descriptions in published adventures aren't particularly accessible.

Halfway decent rules for mass combat is the holy grail for D&D.

The Magic Guild is a fraternity of wizards formed to protect the secrets of magic.

The Company of the Black Griffin (often just called Griffin Company) is a mercenary army commanded by the ageing Captain Larke.

Most of the non-human races in the Player's Handbook are based on Tolkien's works.