Encounters in the Radiant Citadel
I made something new for D&D! Well, it’s actually a short part of a larger collaborative project: a one-page dungeon for Encounters in the Radiant Citadel, a D&D 5e encounter/adventure anthology.
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel is one of the cooler D&D5e books of the last few years, and I was honored to be invited to contribute something to this DMsguild book, helmed by Lyla Fujiwara and featuring short encounters by many different folks. My own contribution is titled “The Radiant River” and is a dungeoncrawl. Here’s a bit of my notes for the piece:
Underneath the Radiant Citadel, unbeknownst to many, a network of underground streams cuts through the heart of the Auroral Diamond. These magical waters carve through the indestructible Diamond as easily through soft clay, occasionally intersecting with the exterior. Sometimes the water is clear; other times it is topaz yellow, amethyst purple, moonstone blue or emerald green.
The tunnels resemble limestone caverns, but crystal. Green serpentine and prasiolite, clear or rose quartz, blue chalcedony and blue-green chrysophrase are common. A sparkling silt of tiny crystals makes “sand”. The River is filled with shimmering light, which enables plants to grow here like those found in wetlands: ferns, moss, horsetails, and occasionally mangroves. Small fish, snails and crayfish are common. Most of the river is shallow (1-4 feet deep) and wadeable, but there are periodic waterfalls and rapids, and sections periodically flood.
This, plus nine other adventures for $4.95. Go check it out now!
rip mockman press
it will be missed
Hey, I’m so sorry! I’m still here, I’m just terrible at updating this blog!
I’ll do an update soon. Lately all my energy has been focused on my upcoming Dreamland TTRPG at dreamrpg.com
oh for real?
man you dont even know
i used to never comment on stuff i liked even after years
and then it would just stop dead and i thought this was that all over again
anyway
iv been lurking here for many years silently reading and loving all the maps and campaign notes
the crusty primordial loose fitting scales and weird proportions make so many monsters look like living fossils
like they should have died out but didnt and decided to make it everyone elses problem
im glad to hear you arent gone
Thank you so much!! Yeah, I was lucky for our D&D campaign that there were so many players with great art skills as well.
I’m drawing a lot of stuff lately but saving most of it for the release of my new game. If you are on Facebook or Instagram, I’m more active there — “Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy” or “Mock Man Press” on Facebook, and “Mock Man Press” on Instagram.
Just offering freebies, as I was surprised that someone still plays KULT. See Website LINK, if you like. `So much on hyping The Dreadful Tome, nobody plays Cthulhu anymore…´ ;-)
Hi, big fan of the D&D walkthrough posters and just made an order! I am a little curious if you will restock some of the more classic ones (like White Plume Mountain and Barrier Peaks) at some point?
Hi James, thank you for the question and the order!! Sadly I don’t know when I will be able to get around to reprinting the older maps, but it’s possible. I can’t promise anything specific, but is it OK if I keep your email and email you if they become available?
Jason
Sure! That’s fine!