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If you missed the announcement this week, all of these new / revised archetypes and the blog posts about feats for feedback are building up to my next product: the Complete Martialist Handbook. It's due out this spring or summer, hopefully by end of May. It's also a colla...
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I'm writing this update from Hawaii where I am (after 10 months, finally) on my honeymoon with my new(-ish) wife. I hope you all are doing well too! Here today is a concept I was really excited to develop. I'm pleased with how it came out and I hope you will be too. I wonder if...
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Here's another sneak preview at one of our upcoming yet-to-be-announced product. Perhaps between this and the last preview you're starting to piece together the final project but I hope you'll still act surprised when I announce it for realsies soon! In the meantime, I hope you ...
2018-02-27 07:25:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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I needed a break from some of my longer term projects yesterday and I had found stock art of a werestirge recently so I decided to cook up stats for it. I hope you enjoy it! There is one small error that will be corrected on the document this week: the damage for the claw attack...
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Everyone's favorite crystalline heroes are back! In this week's backer exclusive preview I present the Shardmind race. Please feel free to leave feedback or comments. The shardmind race may be revised before publication and your feedback will help make sure it's as good as ...
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Linked here is v0.2 of the early draft of the Summoner class. I posted v0.1 on twitter, reddit, and facebook and got some great feedback. I've tightened it up quite a bit and I'm looking to hear from all of you about what you think of the direction it's moving in. I'm planning ...
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Last week I had our Sterling Vermin Recruits & up vote on what archetype from my upcoming revision to the Complete Martialist Handbook I would spoil for backers. Between the Paramour archetype for Rogue, the Gunslinger for Fighter, and the Path of the Sylvan Warden for Barabar...
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A couple months ago when the Tortle Package was released on the DM's Guild I realized there was something terribly wrong with D&D 5e - it didn't yet include enough dragonturtle related content. In an effort to correct that grievous absence, I present an early draft of...
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Happy new year! I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season. My wife and I went back to my ancestral home of Ohio and mostly dodged the worst of the weather which I consider a win!
As some of you may know, and as I’ll announce officially on the blog tomorrow, the Playerâ€...
2018-01-02 22:43:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've completed my chapter of the collaborative project I'm currently involved with and I was asked to revise and include the Prophecy Domain as well. This archetype was originally featured in the Complete Devout Handbook on the blog. I really enjo...
2017-10-19 00:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is the final race I'll be writing for my upcoming collaboration and I think it rounds out not only the rest of the options in the book, but the options available in 5e as well! Nixies are small humanoids from the feywild that dwell in lakes, ponds, and rivers near the sett...
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Sorry about the radio silence this month - I had a bit of a creative drought! I am (hopefully) up and running again with this preview today of the Forgekin. The forgekin are the 7th of 8 races that will be included in an upcoming project I am collaborating on with other creators...
EDIT: The Hengeyokai race is now on the DM's Guild which means it must be taken down here. Please message me if you are a Patron and didn't get it while it was available here!
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I'm happy to release the final version of the Hengeyokai race today. Please down...
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In today's backer exclusive preview we're taking a look at another module in the upcoming Darkest Dungeons & Dragons supplement: Pox & Plague. This module will include rules for increasing the difficulty of treating diseases as well as introducing or expanding on 18 maladies ...
2017-08-21 14:51:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody!
This week's office hours are 6 to 8 PM PST on Wednesday, 8/9. Come on by and talk to me about anything and everything Sterling Vermin related while I work my way through Pyre!
See you then,
Benjamin
2017-08-08 05:46:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi backers!
Today is our first preview of an upcoming project going by the code name, "Project: Nightmare Mode". Project: Nightmare Mode is a supplement that includes variant rules to use in your D&D campaign to crank up the heat on your player characters by introducing madness, virulent...
2017-08-04 20:16:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Come ask me your D&D and Sterling Vermin Adventuring Co. questions while I play Pyre!
2017-08-03 01:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody!
My new computer is finally set up and ready to go which means it's time to launch into the next phase of the Sterling Vermin Adventuring Co. and, with it, office hours!
I haven't decided on the exact schedule yet, perhaps once every two weeks, I'll be holding a two hour office ...
2017-08-01 03:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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Looks like I was wrong - one more race preview coming your way this month! This time it's the myconids. As always I'm interested to hear your thoughts and hope you'll give it a whirl at your table.
Thanks,
Benjamin
2017-07-30 03:06:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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Probably the last race I'll manage to put together this month, please enjoy this preview of the hengeyokai race and, as always, feel free to share your thoughts and feedback on the document itself or in the comments here. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and hope you enjoy! 2017-07-29 20:17:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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Another backer exclusive for July, here's the preview of the shadar-kai race for 5e. Please take a look at it and if you have any thoughts, feel free to share them. I also encourage you to give it a shot in your own campaigns and see how it feels!
I suspect the trait, "Cloak of...
2017-07-15 18:39:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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This month's backer exclusive is a preview of a new player character race I'm working on, the half-dwarf. It's the first of a series of new races I am writing for a collaborative project I've been recruited for and I want you all to be the first ones to see it! If you have any f...
Happy July everyone!
As many of you probably know I got married late last month. It was great! It also took a LOT of my time both before (planning & entertaining out of towners) and afterwards (mini-honeymoon and total exhaustion).
Now I am getting back in the swing of things but I wante...
2017-07-09 23:52:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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This weekend's preview is a bit more lighthearted / over the top than the Seven Devils and it's named after a famous 1st level spell to boot! Can you guess which one?
I'm still feeling out this format for describing tavern locations so feel free to give feedback on ...
Last October I talked a bit about a project called Tavern Troublemakers that and previewed about a dozen monsters that would be included. The idea behind the project was to provide a lot of tavern-themed content all in one place and have it actually published as a book rather than pdf only. I went r...
2017-05-29 20:47:40 +0000 UTC View Post
There's quite a bit packed into today's preview - revisions to Pugilist class features, a new Fight Club, and new weapons for use with Pugilist characters. I'm looking for feedback before these are incorporated into the birthday update so please leave your comments here or on the doc!
2017-05-23 05:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody!
Short notice here but doing a 24-hour shout out to gauge interest - would anyone like an official Sterling Vermin Adventuring Co. hoodie? We are doing a black zip up hoodie with the logo in solid white centered on the back. The price would be about $30 (at that I am losing money...
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I got busy today and generated a few magic items for the Pugilist's upcoming birthday. Please take a look and let me know what you think - both in terms of feedback for what I've created so far and what you'd like to see in the final birthday update!
Hope everybody had an adve...
2017-05-08 05:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostHi everybody!
I hope you're all doing great. Things have been a bit quiet over here as we plan some upcoming changes, big projects, and tiny projects but I wanted to reach out today to get your ideas about the Pugilist's upcoming birthday (June 7th).
Does anyone have any suggestions for wha...
2017-05-07 16:58:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello patrons!
Today the Sterling Vermin Adventuring Co. Anthology knocked out the Complete Adventures of M.T. Black to become the most popular title on the DM's Guild. And I couldn't have done it without your support! I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I a...
2017-04-27 02:34:12 +0000 UTC View Post