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Gadgeteer and Equipment | Dark Matter
Yet another new base class in the revised Gadgeteer, plus the entire Dark Matter Equipment chapter!
The Gadgeteer
We've overhauled the Gadgeteer class into one of our most interesting and powerful base classes yet! You're looking new and expanded subclasses, an entire new list of Ga...
2025-10-01 05:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostOrigins and Feats | Dark Matter
Dark Matter is back! This month, we're showing off the entire Origins and Feats chapters, including all of the new Species and Backgrounds, updated and expanded for 5E 2024!
Now that we've finished updating all of our base classes (minus Dancer and Binder for now), we're full steam ahead on...
2025-09-01 05:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostComplete Vagabond 2024
Just Leo and me out on the road. Of course, Leo don’t make good conversation, on account of bein’ a dog.
Become a dangerous wanderer with the Complete Vagabond, enhanced and expanded for 2024. Wield a suite of deadly combat maneuvers and become even more lethal when yo...
2025-08-01 05:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Now on D&D Beyond: Valda’s Spire of Secrets Player Pack!
I’m thrilled to announce that Valda’s Spire of Secrets is coming to D&D Beyond with a player pack! We’ve adapted some of the very best subclasses, species, spells, and more from Valda’s to 5th...
2025-04-01 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostBlood on the Lens
We made an RPG! It’s horrific! In Blood on the Lens, when you take damage, you tear pieces off your character sheet.
We made an RPG! It’s horrific!
In Blood on the Lens, you play characters in an unfolding horror movie. And when you take damage, you tear parts of...
2025-04-01 05:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Equipment | Dark Matter Revised
The Equipment chapter includes the most pivotal mechanics in Dark Matter 2024: Blasters, Laser Swords, Magic Items, and much more!
This is the big chapter -- the Equipment in Dark Matter includes the most pivotal mechanics that we introduce to the game: Blasters, Laser Swords, Magic Items, ...
2025-01-01 06:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Species | Dark Matter Revised
The new races (now called species) presented in Dark Matter are perhaps the single most important element in the setting’s identity. Whether you want to play a robot vect, space-bug skathári, oozelike amoeboid, or some alien type of near-human, this chapter has an option guaranteed to...
2024-11-01 05:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Blood on the Lens 1.3
Just in time for your Halloween one-shots, we've updated Blood on the Lens with tighter rules and cooler character sheets, AND we've created an entire website for this game so Directors and players have a friendl...
2024-10-18 23:05:05 +0000 UTC View PostArachnoid Stalker
Do you feel that great power comes with great responsibility? Do you want to do whatever a spider can? Don’t tell Disney and you can play a spider rogue from whichever multiverse your table is in. We’ve taken a couple passes at this subclass; this is the most up-to-date version, polished to p...
2024-10-18 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCelestial Lancer
One of Final Fantasy’s most compelling fighters is the Dragoon, a lance-wielding knight who jumps all the way off the screen to unleash a devastating attack from on high. I wanted that anime extravagance for fighters in my game. When we chose subclasses for our massive player expansion 2024-10-15 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Bone Knight
We took quite a few passes at the Osteomancer from Dragon Compendium before settling on this send up for fighter with more than a little Wolverine in its DNA. Use your Hit Dice to empower your strikes as you grow weapons from your very body! This is the most up-to-date version of the subclass as ...
2024-10-11 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe 'Verse | Dark Matter Revised
For months, we've been working in the background on a top-to-bottom revision of Dark Matter for the 2024 version of 5E. Updated races, updated weapons, new magic items and spells. And now that the new 5E-2024 is out, we can start showing off the fruits of our labor, one chapter at a...
2024-10-01 16:45:02 +0000 UTC View PostBlasters - 2024
Nothing is more essential to Dark Matter than the cold steel of a blaster at your side. The attached document contains a sample of the upcoming revision for Dark Matter poses a simple question: should blasters continue using two dice for damage rolls (without adding an...
2024-09-26 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEnforcer
This Rogue subclass re-worked the Thug alternate class feature from 3.5, added inspiration from the Nightsong Enforcer for 5e, and polished both to perfection for Valda’s Spire of Secrets. ...
2024-09-24 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Updates!
Howdy!
The form and function of our Patreon is long overdue for an update. Right now, we’re going through and making some improvements to your Patreon experience, including:
Free posts! (Backdated over the last year or so)
Categories and tags for easier ...
2024-09-19 17:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post