Weekly Drop 024 - Desert & Sand (Patreon)

🏜️ The desert takes everything it can. Water, life, and even those who fail to survive it can become part of the sands. Yet life still finds ways to endure, whether by hiding beneath the dunes, hunting from the shadows, or taking whatever moisture it can find. This week, we're venturing deeper into the desert, where survival comes at a cost and not everything that walks the sands is still alive.

• Monsters (with variants): Desert Walker (CR 2), Dune Stalker (CR 3), Rain Leech (CR 9)

• Item: Hourglass of Stolen Time - a powerful magic item to steal and control time (very rare → artifact)

• Spell: Desolation - the perfect spell for all who dislike plants (level 5 necromancy)

• NPC: Zarekh Sandwarden - protector of one of the few oases nearby

• Encounter: Oasis Under Siege (APL 5) - Lastwater is under siege as desperate orcs demand a share of the oasis or threaten to take it by force.

This week’s highlight goes to the Hourglass of Stolen Time. Mainly because I really like powerful magic items, and... who doesn't? There is just something fun about designing strogn items and not needing to constantly consider if it still fits the lower rarities.

More content is added every week - and past drops continue to expand with VTT support.

🧟 Monsters

• Desert Walker

• Dune Stalker

• Rain Leech

🗡️ Item

• Hourglass of Stolen Time

⚡ Spell

• Desolation

⭐ Feat

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🧝 NPC

• Zarekh Sandwarden

⚔️ Encounter

• Oasis Under Siege