Character Reference: THE MAKER

This began as service to one of my players (as much of what I do does).  He was playing a barbarian in Icewind Dale in the Rhime of the Frost Maiden adventure.  He began to ask around (literally going to blacksmiths and asking) about magically enhancing his axe.  Now, I’m sure there are a fewContinue

Hags: Adventure Hooks

Talking about Hags Tuesday night (Sept 21st, 2021) brought out a lot of fun ideas for characters and storylines. Next week (Sept 28th), we’re talking Werewolves, Werebears, Were-EVERYTHING! It’s going to be fun. And if you’re late to the party, we stream every Tuesday night around 8pm Central time on themagictavern on Twitch! But HagsContinue

Character Reference: Zekt, the Immortal

Born in a mountain citadel lorded over by a dragon of living lightning, Zekt, a goblin of no real importance, slaved away as menial labor. He wasn’t smart enough to work with the artificers that made the dragon’s constructs and not thought brave enough to lead or even be a part of the guard. ItContinue

Character Reference: Kor-Ly, The Simic Scientist

Kor-Ly is from the Simic Combine on that world and much like his brethren he loves to try and improve upon nature and preserve it and also like his fellow members, he has grown beyond his natural body…

Wererats: Just part of the Mischief

Welcome to October, folks.  Just realized that we have begun our deep dive into Weres here in spooktober.  I would like to say that it was a massively planned multi-media event, but it just seems that the stars have aligned for this day and time.  Anyway, we are working toward our first published adventure, MANIFESTOContinue

CHARACTER REFERENCE: STITCHES (WARFORGED ROGUE ASSASSIN)

Today’s CHARACTER REFERENCE is an oddity. Warforged have been an interesting choice for a pc since they debuted in EBERRON. They were created for a specific task and, once the war was over, they found themselves lost…

Character Reference: Aetris

Welcome to our newest ongoing series here at the Tavern! CHARACTER REFERENCE is an ongoing source for DMs to use to create NPCs or for Players to develop extraordinary out-of-the-box characters. This is a jumping off point. It can be taken as is or tweaked to fit your individual needs…