ARCADIA 13

Hello Hello MCDM Patrons,

It is your James Introcaso, here with ARCADIA 13 for your hungry senses to feast upon. Within these hallowed pages lie the secrets of whimsy, spooky, and—the greatest treasure of all—teamwork.

Cover Art by Nick De Spain

This month’s cover art comes from one of my favorite artists and humans, Nick De Spain. Nick is a full-time MCDM artist who also works with our freelancers. He is very much responsible for the beautiful images you see in ARCADIA month after month. This cover is tied for my favorite ever with ARCADIA 4 from Grace Cheung, another MCDM staff artist. I get some serious metal vibes when I look at this dragon!

Group Maneuvers by Steve Fidler

Has your barbarian ever wanted to toss the fighter into the fray? Have your ranger and rogue asked to fire their arrows at the same to make dodging harder for another target? Want two dragons to overlap their breath weapons at the same time on unsuspecting adventurers? This article provides new teamwork reactions that heroes and their foes can use to make combat more dynamic. Gustavo Pelissari knocked it out of the park with the illustrations in this one!

Monsters of Wonderland by Kat Kruger

Inspired by the works of author Lewis Carroll, this article brings you new whimsical creatures to challenge your players with strange magical abilities. The bandersnatch, hag moth, mome rath, and snark come to life in these stat blocks, and they’re not asking you to join a tea party. Henrik Rosenborg created the delicious art for each of these critters.

Poor Undead Souls by Mario Ortegón

Not all ghosts are the same. Each has their own unfinished business that keeps them in the world of mortals. That’s why this article brings you seven new ghost variants, each with lore, exorcism techniques, new traits and action options, and a sample NPC spirit. Elisa Serio and Faizal Fikri smashed the art for this article.

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Now back to ARCADIA 14!

—James & the ARCADIA crew

FAQs

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