The Bogeywoman's Cave

WARNING While a lot of my blog already deals with body horror, this is more extreme than usual. There is nothing sexually explicit, but there is a lot of disturbing imagery. If you choose to use this material in your game, please make sure your players are comfortable with this kind of thing.

Blogger's Note: Holy shit this post has been in my drafts for far too long, I'm gonna finish it up and post it now. Loki (my fiance who I love very much) came up with this idea based on this die which e gave me for Yule. The basic premise of the weapon is simple: are you feeling lucky, punk? The Rod of Heavenly Lightning (and pigs) is a metal staff with a button in the middle. A hexagonal prism of pink crystal adorns the top of the staff, with 5 faces depicting a lightning bolt, and 1 depicting a pig. When the button is pressed, roll 1d6. On a 2-6, the wielder conjures forth a lightning bolt, dealing [Wielder level]d6+3d6 damage to anyone within line of sight. On a 1, there is a puff of smoke, the Rod clatters to the ground, and the would-be magician is transformed into a pig. The pig retains the INT, CHA, and WIS scores they had before their transformation, but their DEX, CON, and STR become 8. In addition, the victim no longer has opposable thumbs, the ability to we...

(I couldn't find the source of the image, please let me know if you know its origin) Mantis Man Move:  120 feet/turn/180 feet/turn flying/120 feet/turn swimming Hit Dice:  4 Armor Class:  8 Treasure Class:  nil Alignment:  Neutral Attacks:  2 Damage: 1-6 each The Mantis Man is a strange being that haunts isolated rivers. It is roughly humanoid in shape, with pale brown skin, large eyes, mantis-like arms, and wings which can unfurl from its back. The Mantis Man is a shy creature, and is unlikely to attack unless provoked. It is capable of turning invisible, though it has a 25% chance of its invisibility not working properly, rendering it translucent. Though called the Mantis Man, it is unknown if this creature is actually insectoid in nature, and its origins are similarly shrouded in mystery. 

Quick summary: I want to have a megadungeon to run so I can have a fallback if I don't have a more complicated adventure planned. I have some methods I will use to make that possible. (From Dark Souls 3) I want to have a megadungeon to run because I am lazy. In theory, this sounds like a massive contradiction. What could possibly be lazy about having a multi-level maze full of monsters and treasure? Well its simple; megadungeons can just be pulled out at the drop of a hat whenever people want to play D&D but you don't have the energy to run a story-based and complicated adventure. There can be aspects of diplomacy, role playing, and drama from a megadungeon game, but this emerges naturally and requires little intervention from the GM, it helps shift some of that responsibility on to the players. Megadungeons are also good because they can be modular. If you find a nice dungeon someone else made, you can tack it on as a side-level. You can nab rooms from other a...