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11/30/2024

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04/01/2024

“A golden sickle gleams in one hand; in the other, you bear a sprig of mistletoe, harvested beneath the full moon. You reach out with your mind and spirit, your consciousness sinking into the earth with rootlike tendrils. Nature is a wild, ancient thing—not yours to command, but a power to treat with and appease. The sprig of mistletoe bursts into silvery flames, and the compact is sealed: mist feathers the air, and a hundred years worth of greenery spring to vibrant and miraculous life around you… awaiting your guidance.”

~ Druid Grove by dScryb writer Kelly Stewart

03/19/2024

Hear that? We've added 1,000 new ambience, SFX and music tracks to Opus, including 300+ Cyberpunk, synthwave, metal, and chillwave tunes! And you can now find hundreds of songs by the acclaimed Swiss composer, Adrian von Ziegler, and the renowned Canadian composer, RPG Music Maker.

03/19/2024

The March giveaway is live! We've giving away a Celestial subscription and two Player subscriptions. It's free to enter.

02/29/2024

Leap Day Sale - 29% Off All Subscriptions 🔥

02/14/2024

Opus is the perfect web app for your tabletop roleplaying games. Optimized for prep, play and immersion. Featuring over 3,500 ambiences, sound effects, and music tracks by . Start your free trial today!

01/30/2024

Have you tried Opus yet? Start your free trial today.

dScryb is an award-winning publisher that provides Boxed Text—descriptive text of places, monsters, spells, items, characters, and other observations—meant to be read aloud by Gamemasters to players. It is set in the world of epic fantasy, like many of your favorite RPGs.

01/19/2024

“The air grows unnaturally cool, and your breath begins to mist in the darkness as a creeping frost rimes the ground. The air shimmers as the spirit coalesces before you, a translucent specter in the gloom. The woman is bedecked in ancient armor, and her eyes hold a vacant, hollow sadness which chills your soul.”

~ 𝐃í𝐬 by dScryb writer Alex Gray, art by Dean Spencer Art: https://dscryb.com/scene/dis/

01/08/2024

“The cavernous underground chamber echoes with the susurrus of cascading water. Ages of erosion from an aboveground source have carved the chamber into a series of rock shelves, sinkholes, and land bridges. The water seems to flow without end, shimmering in the light that pierces the chamber roof.”

Art by Stained Karbon Maps, descriptions by Kelly Stewart and editor Nicola Aquino.

Check out Cave of a Thousand Waterfalls! https://dscryb.com/maps/cave-of-a-thousand-waterfalls/

01/03/2024

“Fog obscures the ground, the pliant earth sinking beneath each hidden footstep. The headstones rise above the cold and clinging veil, acting as bleak beacons to guide you. The efforts of a caretaker or groundskeeper are absent here. The grass and shrubs are overgrown, with vining plants crawling up the pedestals of crosses and the feet of angels. Some headstones are broken, their messages to the dead interrupted, like a breath stopped short.”

~ 𝐅𝐨𝐠-𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 by dScryb writer Megan Garner, art by the amazing Dean Spencer Art: https://dscryb.com/scene/fog-cloaked-graveyard/

12/20/2023

Introducing Opus: The perfect web app for your tabletop roleplaying games. Optimized for prep, play and immersion.

Opus is currently in beta. We'd love for you to try it out, and share your experience and suggestions. Sound good? Then, start your free trial today!

12/06/2023

“The bench on the wall behind the ladder is empty save for a space suit attached to a hook. In the gloom of the cabin the empty garment takes on a sinister new life as it seems to reach out toward you with hollow limbs. The accompanying helmet and gloves float nearby, suspended as if frozen in time.”

Our latest collaboration featuring descriptions by dScryb writer Alex Gray and gorgeous art by Czepeku Sci-Fi. Check it out! https://dscryb.com/maps/bomber/

11/30/2023

“An oil lamp hung from the ceiling casts its sickly pale light on a wall of gruesome trophies: some prizes hanging from hooks, others displayed on floating shelves. Most of the items collected here are organs and other body parts floating in pickling jars. A bronze pot of spicy, sweet incense burns on one of the shelves to stave off the smell of brine. The unsettling centerpiece of this grim collection is a full humanoid skin, leathery and green, its armpits hanging on iron hooks. On a shelf to the right of its papery arm, a preserved feminine head is frozen in an agonized scream, her eyelids sunken in. In another jar on the shelf above, two reptilian eyes with pink tendril tails float.”

~ 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐬 by dScryb writer Megan Garner, art by the talented Dean Spencer Art

11/27/2023

dScryb's is almost over. All annual subscriptions are 43% off… but not for long!

11/24/2023

Our & sale is live right now and it's one you don't want to miss! All annual subscriptions are 43% off!

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dScryb is an award-winning publisher that provides Boxed Text—descriptive text of places, monsters, spells, items, characters, and other observations—meant to be read aloud by Gamemasters to players. It is set in the world of epic fantasy, like many of your favorite RPGs.

11/08/2023

For the warrior who cuts with their words as well as their blades, we've published the definitive collection of over 1,000 melee and ranged attack descriptions.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

This work is the direct result of enthusiastic requests from you—our incredible community of GMs and players—and lots of hard work by the writers and editors.

Some descriptions are as short and punchy as an irate Dwarf Barbarian; others, as pithy and cutting as a testy Elf Bard. They cover all permutations of weapons and fighting styles, such as and . And thanks to the ingenuity and creativity of the authors, all are designed to work in virtually any circumstance, against any foe.

Over the next few months we'll be launching a specialized user interface to enhance the experience further.

The Combat Collection is live, and available to all Celestial, Hero, and Player subscribers.

𝐆𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

P.S. Enter the November giveaway for a chance to win a Celestial subscription for free! https://dscryb.com/dscryb-celestial-membership-november-2023/

P.P.S. Cover art by the talented Dean Spencer Art.