Once in awhile I get asked for collaboration on a Dungeons & Dragons / OSR project. I get addicted to people’s passions and usually can’t say no if I have time for it—especially if they are open to critique and/or edits in an effort to make it better. That part is pretty fun for me because you can build off ideas off one another—I mean, who doesn’t enjoy discussing D&D adventures? One example of a successful project was Peril in Olden Wood by Ray Weidner—pretty cool project! Ray had done most of the work and was open to suggestions and I enjoyed putting his ideas into layout mode. For Peril in Olden Wood fans, Ray has something new in the works—Beware the King of the Cannibal Cult! I haven’t been able to delve into it yet and he is patiently waiting on me to get some other AD&D adventures and modules published (as well as real life projects) but from what I know, it’s a high level AD&D adventure! I’m hoping to work with him this November/December.

Other such projects was The Red Prophet Rises, where after Prince of Nothing reviewed The Chest, we chatted and I challenged him to write his own adventure. I wrote Red Prophet, and Prince enhanced it, and it was an overall enjoyable experience. But that was just a warm-up for Prince as he accepted my challenge and our roles reversed as he wrote Palace of Unquiet Repose and I did edits and layout. So how could I say no to him on his next project: Slyth Hive?

I’m not going to ruin any surprises about the fantasy adventure except that it’s for Level 14+ adventurers for OSRIC! How many high level adventures are out there for D&D? I can think of Huso and maybe a few rare others, but that’s about it….now Ray and Prince are tackling the challenge—I love it! Slyth Hive it about 90+ pages of high creativity and challenges. The adventure is almost wrapped up so keep an eye out for it soon!

Coming of Winter

We got 3 D&D adventures rolled up into one big presentation called The Coming of Winter.

Eric Hunt has been working hard getting the cover piece done for Coming of Winter. You can check him out at ericthomashunt.bigcartel.com or on his instagram Ericthomashunt. He also has some assignments for the Winter’s Grasp adventure.

I’m working with ScorpyDesigns again and Sumit has been putting our ideas on paper as he shows the different metamorphic stages of the cryoptera—an insect humanoid race that lives in the snowy wastes. The cryoptera are the main antagonists in Ice Needles of the Cryoptera. I wrote that adventure awhile back during my Patreon days, but I’ve added an outside area and an additional level of the adventure and Jon has added some additional challenges. If you like Sumit’s work (he also did the cover for Gyllagoon’s Island), you can find him on Fiverr at Draw illustrations in black and white by Scorpydesign | Fiverr. I highly recommend him, super easy to work with and a great guy.

Finally Del Tiegeler is wrapping up his assignment list for Winter’s Blight (formerly Ice Troll Cave). I’ve really enjoyed ‘watching’ the adventure of the four heroes as they delve deeper into the cave. Del does a lot of cool details and has been a lot of fun to work with. So much fun in fact, I just put in an order for 2 more full page art pieces for Ice Needles.

You can check out Del’s art at mavfire.deviantart.com or www.delteigelerillustration.com.

The Merciless Merchants are busy and good things are coming! In fact, I’m sending out a coupon for The Nevermore Mines since its Halloween season—an adventure that is based off Jon’s garage/haunted house every year for Halloween. If my DrivethruRPG email doesn’t reach you, give me a holler here and Ill send you the coupon code.

Stay tuned for Coming of Winter Kickstarter news!