It has been nearly a year since I wrote an installment in Tallavanor’s Tales, and with the time allotted by summer break and a desire to get back into writing, I’ve taken the opportunity to compose some more of this tale. We’ve had quite the adventures in the past time, so summarizing it will be tricky, but hopefully I’ve done the last year’s events justice. (part 1 of 2, since it’s longer than I anticipated!)
Enjoy the new Tales of Tallavanor – now in audio form!
You – Hey you! Want to listen to all of Tallavanor’s Tales from the very beginning? Well now you can! Thanks to our Friends over at Fantasy Storytellers, you can listen to a large chunk of my character’s story. Pretty neat! I’ve embedded the first one below for your delight. Also – gotta say, I love the artwork! Someone’s got some talent over there, and I want to know who! If you want to reread Tallavanor’s Tales then check out the homepage for that here, and if you want to read more of my work, check out my novels and DM’s Guild Dungeons and Dragons Modules!
Yup, you heard right! I’m tackling Camp NaNoWriMo again this year, but with a simpler goal – write a young adult fantasy novel. I’m excited to use what I’ve learned from writing D&D campaigns and adventures in this world I’ve named Teraneath. It’s also the world that includes various D&D adventures I’ve already written such as Tales from Temerrit. I’ve got so much more to reveal to you in this series, but suffice to say you’ll have to wait until the ending for the big reveal, rather than getting tons of hints and tricks!
Running a D&D Campaign for Middle Schoolers – the Tutorial and Learning to Play
As I mentioned in an earlier article, I’ve been running a D&D club for middle schoolers at a local school. I had more interest than slots, and decided to run the club just one day a week to maintain my sanity. Let’s quickly review what I said I would do…
Designing a D&D Campaign for a Middle School afterschool program.
Greetings, and welcome back to Modern Papyrus! Today I’ll start looking at a new series of designing a Dungeons and Dragons campaign for a group of middle schoolers that fits into a shortened time period after school. This has it’s own challenges and restrictions that require some suitable tweaks to the standard D&D Campaign. So let’s take a look!
Hi everyone! Yes, I’m alive! It’s been a minute since we last touched base, but life has been happening here. I have been making some progress on writing and creating, so I’m excited to announce an upcoming map pack for your online RPG’s entitled “Maps of the Sandsea” – This will be offered as a stand alone project in connection with my forthcoming adventure supplement “Into the Sandsea” (Into the Sandsea will include the maps, but I often find that people want maps alone to be used for a variety of other reasons. The maps will be offered in three version each – standard, nighttime, and sandstorm.
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Here’s the (not quite finished) example of a type of map you’d find in this map pack! An ancient ruin that’s been serving as a temporary waystation in the desert, stalked by a hidden beast that drags people back into the abandoned well. Trying to drink the water ensures the beast tries to attack you.
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The Mystery of Drav’eka Manor is now available on DM’s Guild!
The Mystery of Drav’eka Manor is an adventure module built for a group of level six to eight PCs. Investigate the Drav’eka manor, deal with a band of Searing Torchbearer cultists, and discover the roots behind why the manor was abandoned. Within this 21-page adventure module you’ll find…
Clues to the cause of the curse on the Manor
New enemies to fight with new stat lines.
An host of plot hooks perfect for any world, setting, or campaign.
Three DM maps and two player maps of the manor, with area by area descriptions!
Traps, challenges, and intrigue perfect for your newly powerful PC party!
Check here for the cover reveal for my forthcoming Mystery of Drav’eka Manor 5e adventure module!
That’s right! It’s finally here! The Mystery of Drav’eka Manor goes live this week on DM’s Guild, and here’s the cover! Created by the talented Tim Williamson, I’m absolutely in love with this cover. Hand drawn with ink, it completely conveys the mood of this story. There’s also an alternate cover, which I decided to use later on within the module itself, also created by Williamson.
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“Those cultists are another thing, I tell you. More likely to burn each other with those weird symbols of those. Some people like the smell of bacon in the morning. I think they prefer the smell of another meat instead….” – Maud the Mauler, after an encounter with the Searing Torchbearers in Pier’s Landing.
When last we left Tallvanor and his band of, well, ne’er-do-wells, the party was struggling to deal with the after effects of chasing down leads in Mulhussen. We’ve since gained some new party members and we realized we would need holy intervention if we truly were up against some type of unholy or vampiric influence. Ibrahim and Tilly, our newest Paladin and Cleric, joined the party, while Claudia, our bard, disgusted at the events that took place around the stealing of the annals of the Yellow King, left the party.
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