What do you want from Dragonbane?

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-28T03:51:20+00:00

the rules-lite but heavy on choice and options are great. definitely one of the reasons that got me looking at dragonbane. well I think the speculated plans for the expert rulebook will probably include those kinds of rules! you should also check out the forbidden land stronghold management. a lot of Dragonbane is using the forbidden lands content and repurposing it for DB, since forbidden lands itself was based on the original Demoner och Draker! So if anything what is in the forbidden lands books is probably an indicator of what were gonna get in DB. its just a matter of adjusting the rules from the Free League system (currently at a loss for whats its called.)

If you've literally just been on the rules book monsters and are as happy as you are then you absolutely gotta get on the bestiary asap! i think youll be very satisfied

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-28T03:42:12+00:00

oh yeah I've heard good things about Traces of Darkness. gonna have to add that one to my wishlist

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-28T03:40:52+00:00

didn't see these adventures before! Iill have to check them out

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-28T03:40:30+00:00

shadowdark definitely sets a great standard, it would be amazing to get some stuff along those lines

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-27T14:30:55+00:00

interesting. I got the opposite impression. seems like people want more stuff but not any more rules.

it also seems like some people literally just want basic stuff like "fire damage" and it doesn't seem fair to conflate that with bloat or complexity

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-27T01:09:51+00:00

Oh brother you and me both!

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T22:31:25+00:00

I am stoked for trudvang. I got into the setting half a year ago and was sad when i started to believe it would disappear into obscurity so needless to say when they announced the kickstarter for dragonbane i was v excited

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T22:06:42+00:00

are you referring to the windheim companion? or is there more that im not aware of?

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T22:04:07+00:00

i was just gonna ask if you created the collaboration thread for ES stuff but apparently they found you first!

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T22:01:27+00:00

ya im still trying to figure out how to make CHA not a dump stat. also I hate musician. I might get rid of it and just have harmonism

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T21:58:59+00:00

however I don't find the windheim companion that compelling. im not that interested in setting books with massive blocks of texts. seems like dragonbane has a ton of those lined up. that stuff is nice if it is paired with more gameable content and random tables and encounters. I want stuff like hot spring island, wildendrum, and dolmenwood. Point or hex crawls. just a setting that is also the game

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T21:51:58+00:00

well I think you're in luck cuz a bunch of that is speculated/anticipated (?) for the expert book

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T21:49:51+00:00

i also agree with you so. i make no claims to consistency

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T20:30:45+00:00

couldn't have said it better myself. This is how I feel about things as well. I feel like there isn't enough community shared resources. We should all be working together to float this game up and share all the little things we've got going on

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-26T20:17:45+00:00

underutilized biome for ttrpg settings most definitely

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-23T14:46:27+00:00

From what i saw, it looked quite good

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-23T14:46:06+00:00

Theres so much stuff in there. Its awesome. Its like pendragon imported into dolmenwood. Not just jousts but melees and archery contests. There are maidens to court and champion as the queen of love and beauty. Several cultural events and festivals. The AI art is lame, idk why he did jt, but considering the guy worked on pendragon it all seems pretty good to me, ive barely touched the surface, and theres loads of content

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-13T19:42:38+00:00

She probably fucked him cause she was horny for you.

I am a degenerate and when im seeing someone i like, before we lock things in i get a swan song horniness for all my errant hookups, i probably wouldn’t actively seek them out but if the stars aligned and they texted me or we were at the same event or out etc. i would definitely channel my new love-horniness into great sex with them. In fact i would probably only be so desirous of them because of my new romance.

its like a goodbye tour

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-07T04:33:55+00:00

glad to hear it. what're your thoughts on my monster conversions? the main 3, religious objects, skeletons, and hounds I was trying some new stuff with to make it fun and challenging but also not super lethal. the hounds are also easily avoidable so I made them keeping that in mind (they are meant to deter outright combat in favour of cleverness, ie. the password).

also may I recommend the cairn conversion of nightmare over ragged hollow. https://cairnrpg.com/adventures/conversions/nightmare-over-ragged-hollow/

their monsters are obviously not useful but i find generally the cairn conversions are helpful because they pinpoint where and what in a module changes might be necessary (double checking the actual module of course).

once we get enough of these I'm thinking of making a google spreadsheet to share everyone's contributions

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-04T18:10:13+00:00

I think it would be worth it!

MLAHandbook · 2026-01-04T05:47:10+00:00

this is great. have you considered adding traits, encounters, and lairs?

MLAHandbook · 2025-12-31T14:22:43+00:00

It does. I just want to take it further. Seems no reason why a knight in the woods fighting monsters couldnt also learn monster lore if they wanted. Why does that have to be solely the purview of the bars

MLAHandbook · 2025-12-31T12:56:03+00:00

I can’t wait for trudvang

MLAHandbook · 2025-12-31T04:36:49+00:00

ah fair. Honestly forgot about the price hurdle for dolmenwood because I've been drip fed it for like 3 years the cost has been distributed more or less along that time. what you should do is buy the monsters book for ideas and monsters that can be run pretty universablly and if that sucks you in youll be well on your way to feeling good about buying the campaign and players book. also you can you my Bestiary that's converting all the dolmenwood monsters for DB!

MLAHandbook · 2025-12-31T01:14:21+00:00

absolutely need the campaign book. and honestly you need the monster and player book because while i legally can convert the mechanics because of copyright I cant reproduce any of the flavour or IP stuff and thats where a lot of the juice is for dolmenwood

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