Duckslayer Games

28/02/2024

It is no secret in this game that some classes are better suited to intrigue campaigns than others. Where a Bard may be twisting their words like vines through the webs of deceit, the Wizard is casting spells to detect the lies. And the Barbarian? They're sharpening their axe, hoping for just one combat so they can make a new character.

Because All Rage and No Roleplay makes Barb a Dull Boy.

Introducing the Path of Psychopathy Barbarian from Duckslayer Games, a subclass that brings Barbarians into the political game, giving them abilities to extract information, as well as terrify their opponents! Find it on Drivethru RPG:

Path of Psychopathy Barbarian Subclass - It is no secret in this game that some classes are better suited to intrigue campaigns than others. Where a Bard may be

27/10/2023

Hey everyone!

Today's release is the Gritty Guide to Realistic Resting, a supplement which:

Stops long rests from curing all ills.
Provides a scaleable grittiness mechanic which makes long days of adventuring without a break start to wear on the characters, without slowing the pace of the game down!
Provides guidelines for how to adjust for resting conditions, making a long rest in a damp cave less effective than one in a warm tavern!
Makes healing magic matter by removing the Long Rest cures All approach.
Brings "Simple" classes more in line with "Complicated" ones by making rechargable abilities cost hit dice to recover, so Champions can focus on recovering hit points whilst Battle Masters have to spend hit dice on recoveiring their supremacy dice as well!
Closes the gap between Casters and Martials by making Spells cost hit dice to recover!
All of this in just 3 pages of Rules, and 1 page of Examples! It's a simple, streamlined, and elegant solution to the lack of hangover in 5th edition!

The Gritty Guide to Realistic Resting - Introducing the Gritty Guide to Realistic Resting, a supplement which: Stops long rests from curing all ills. Provides a

18/10/2023

New from Duckslayer Games, the Reformed Playable Race, the Third in the Halloween collection to be released on Drivethru RPG!

The Reformed are the stitched-up amalgamations of different recently-deceased adventurers, pieced together by Mad Scientists; presumably those keen on jigsaw puzzles.

Unlike their more monstrous kin, the Flesh Golems, the Reformed hold some memory of thier previous lives, and can function well within society, provided society lets them. Their drive for adventure often stems from a need to prove themselves to not be monsters.

Building a Reformed involves picking two other races to be constructed from, and then gaining a Primary and Secondary trait from them to create your new abombinable heritage! With 40 different races to choose from, each with a primary and secondary trait, you can make 1,600 different Reformed!

This document gives you all the information you need to build a character as a Reformed for 5th edition. Including flavour text to really bring the race to life, as well as all the unique racial traits they possess. Not just for Halloween, the Reformed are balanced for play in any 5th Edition game!

The Reformed Playable Race - New from Duckslayer Games, the Reformed Playable Race, the Second in the Halloween collection to be released on Drivethr

12/10/2023

Hi All!
Great news for you D&D players who love Spooky Season, three new playable races have dropped from Duckslayer Games - and 2 more are on the way!
Harvest Sprite:

The Harvest Sprite is a spirit of the Harvest, made manifest through levity and celebration. After the festivities that spawned them die down, they often seek adventure. They are walking jack-o-lanterns, with features such as casting light, retracting into their head to become indistinguishable from a pumpkin, and changing size over a long rest! This one is the only one available on DM's Guild (I'm moving to Drivethru RPG); find it in the link below!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/455201/Harvest-Sprites--Playable-Race?affiliate_id=2039928?src=FBpost

The Poltergeist:

Second in the Duckslayer Games Halloween Collection is the Poltergeist. Note that my logo's on the cover this time - this is me moving to DTRPG!
The Poltergeist is a soul who fell back through the veil whilst it was at it's thinnest, and got a second chance at life. They resemble colourless versions of themselves when they were alive. They have the ability to use Incorporeal Movement, as well as the ability to cast Mage Hand and Invisibility on themselves!
Find them on DrivethruRPG, in the link below!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/455570/The-Poltergeist?affiliate_id=2039928?src=FBpost

The Wild Hunt

They have many names - the Oskorei, the Wild Huntsmen, the Ghost Riders in the Sky (and less seriously, the Cornish called them the Devils Dandy Dogs. Way to ruin the mood, Cornwall!), the Oskorei are the Hunters who were left behind in the Material Plane, having fallen behind on the hunt. These Ghost Riders have the ability to activate an elemental aura, which they can extend to their steed, or to any vehicle they are driving.
Find them on DrivethruRPG, in the link below!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/456175/The-Wild-Hunt-Playable-Race?affiliate_id=2039928?src=FBpost

Thanks for reading, and happy gaming!

06/09/2023

Hi All! Today's release from Duckslayer Games is the Illithoid race, a balanced playable mindflayer race, designed to feed passively on feelings rather than on brains!

Find it on DM's Guild here!

Illithoid - Playable Mindflayer Race - Illithoids are a diminutive relative of the dreaded Mind Flayers. Their thin, wiry bodies are so pale as to be transluce

03/09/2023

Hi all! This week I released the Druid subclass - Circle of the Spiritwood into the world! This subclass allows you to channel your link with the trees and the forest into manifesting yourself as a powerful effigy of the forest, grappling and poisoning and slamming your foes to mulch! Find it on DM's Guild:

Druid Subclass - Circle of the Spiritwood - Circle of the Spiritwood The Circle of the Spiritwood is made of botanical sages, arborists, and those who love the thin

26/08/2023

Hey all, new release today - In Depth Falling, a pay what you want PDF on DMs Guild! Covering the difference between an intentional drop and a tumble, and with rules for falling onto another creature, with modifiers for size! Find it on DMs Guild now!

In Depth Falling - Do you yearn for a smooth system to cover falling in Dungeons and Dragons? Then look no further! This title has 3 pages

24/07/2023

Hey everyone, I've just released my latest product, the Cipher Hilt!

This magic item has 138 uses, and provides a long-term puzzle for the party to wrestle with as they play through your campaign, slowly discovering the magical effects of The Hilt! they could end up creating a magical tongue which they can taste through, or manifesting a barn to take shelter in, or simpyl firing a geyser of fizzy drink at the enemy - anything can, and probably will, happen! With a level of randomness akin to the Deck of Many Things, but with less of a campaign-ending power, this is an excellent magic item to drop into a lighter campaign without fearing for the end of the plot!

Check it out on DMs Guild!

The Cipher Hilt - Do you want to introduce a puzzling and stragne magical item into your games? Then look no further than the Cipher Hilt!

01/07/2023

Hello all!

The latest release from Duckslayer Games is now live - The Faerie Dragonborn, otherwise known as the Dragonfey!

The Faerie Dragonborn, or Dragonfey, are a race of slender dragonesque creatures with innate magical abilities. They are to the faerie dragons what dragonborn are to dragons.

This 5-page document has all the rules you need to play as the slight and mischievous Dragonfey! With their Euphoria Breath, inherent invisibility, and colourful appearance, they make excellent Bards, Trickery Clerics, and Wizards!

Find it on DMs Guild here!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/443766/Faerie-Dragonborn-Race?affiliate_id=2039928

29/06/2023

Hello all!

I am pleased to announce that following the completion of the Battle Smith Multiclassing Feats last week, I have wrapped up all 174 feats in a convenient (and cheaper!) package!

I even made a compiled cover!

**What is a Multiclassing Feat?**

Multiclassing Feats exist because there are a lot of things in Dungeons and Dragons which don't quite work together as well as they might - and because there are things that would be awesome if they just combined! Multiclassign feats are feats with a prerequisite in 2 classes which have been made to address this.

Let's say you have a Battle Smith Artificer who has multiclassed into Drake Warden. Now, Drakes are cool, and so are steel defenders, but RAW, you can only command one of them on your turn, and that makes this build lacklustre at best. However, with the Drakemetal Alchemist Multiclass Feat, you can combine them into a steel drake, which has its own combined statblock, and is totally awesome!

As a Barbarian, you might want to punch things, and so 3 levels in Armorer makes sense to boost that dream - but your gauntlets use Intelligence, not Strength, and you can't rage in heavy armour, so half your class is wasted. But with the Juggernaut feat, you can!

Find the bundle over on DMs Guild!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/443348/174-Multiclassing-Feats--the-Artificer-Bundle-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=2039928

23/06/2023

Artwork for the Steel Drake, an option for your Battle Smith Artificer/Drake Warden multiclass character with the new Battle smith Multiclass Feats on DMs Guild!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442616/Multiclass-Feats--Battle-Smith?affiliate_id=2039928

23/06/2023

Hey all!

The first wave of Multiclassing Feats - for your Artificer - are now complete!

67 more feats (bringing the total to 174 feats!!) are available in the Multiclassing Feats - Battle Master Supplement on DMs Guild!

Among other things, with these feats, you can:

have your steel defender rage with you
cast Channel Divinity through your steel defender
grant your steel defender the same movement types as your wildshape
combine your Steel Defender with your Drake Companion or Wildfire Spirit to form awesome new options
use your Arcane Ward through your Steel Defender
And loads more!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442616/Multiclass-Feats--Battle-Smith?affiliate_id=2039928

20/06/2023

Multiclass Feats - Artillerist - Multiclassing is a brilliant way to expand the range of characters that you can build for Dungeons and Dragons, but ther

20/06/2023

Multiclassing feats for the Artillerist!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442191/Multiclass-Feats--Artillerist?view_as_pub=1

20/06/2023

Hey everyone,

I now have 3 Multiclass Feat documents up on DMs Guild, with a total of 107 feats to combine these three subclasses of Artificer with almost every other subclass in the game, for new and unique combinations!
The most recent is the Artillerist, which represents a change in that I am now drawing my own art, rather than using AI! So the art's a little less professional, but it was made by a human!

56 feats in this one, including the Ragecannon, Mounted Cannon, Conduits and Shrine for Paladin and Cleric abilities, and an Arcane Cannon to allow your sorcerer to use metamagic on the cannon!

Multiclass Feats - Artillerist - Multiclassing is a brilliant way to expand the range of characters that you can build for Dungeons and Dragons, but ther

08/05/2023

I've only gone and made another one!

Multiclassing feats for your D&D 5e Armorer - use your Thunder Gauntlets as Monk Weapons, Wildshape in full Arcane Armour, and much more! Over 30 feats to integrate your Armorer ability with every other class in the game!

Check it out over on DMs Guild, and Stay Tuned for more of these!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/436987/Multiclass-Feats--Armorer?affiliate_id=2039928

05/05/2023

Hey all! Check out my newest publication, Multiclass Feats for Alchemist Artificers!
Fed up of Alchemists having a list of 6 potions to make? Check out these Feats for Dungeons and Dragons, to combine your Alchemist with every other class in the game!
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/436548/Multiclass-Feats--Alchemist?affiliate_id=2039928

Multiclass Feats - Alchemist - Multiclassing is a brilliant way to expand the range of characters that you can build for Dungeons and Dragons, but ther

01/04/2023

Introducing the new Race option from Duckslayer Games - the Choeropsi!

This race of pygmy hippofolk live alongside Halflings in waterside villages and towns!

Find the full rules (pay what you want, so for most of you that means free) over at DMs Guild!

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/432152/Choeropsi--Pygmy-Hippofolk-Race?affiliate_id=2039928

24/11/2022

Introducing the first published adventure from Duckslayer Games: The Steepfield Cheese Chase!

Every year, the mountain city of Steepfield hosts a great cheese-chase; rolling 5 wheels of cheese down a mountain slope, and then hurtling after them in a bid to catch them before they fall into the lake below. But, this year, all is not as it seems; an ancient evil has been awoken, and the towns very existence is at risk! If only there were a band of 3-5 level 5 adventurers in the crowd who could help...

dmsguild.com/product/417713/The-Steepfield-Cheese-Chase?affiliate_id=2039928

Step into a world of evil magic, summoned cheese monstrosities, terrified halflings, and horrfying puns!

The Steepfield Cheese Chase is the debut adventure from Duckslayer Games; a roughly 6-8 hour adventure for 3-5 level 5 characters, which pits them against a multitude of cheese-fiends as they fight their way through the towering city of Steepfield, to ascend to the top of Sentinel Hill, and face off against he dreaded Brieholder that awaits them, before the horrifying Gorgonzilla can destroy the town.

This adventure has been built to offer genuine danger and adventure to the characters, and wacky puns and laughs for the players. This adventure has never failed to see smiles, laughs, and genuine pun-induced psychic damage from all around the table!

This 23-page adventure features 8 new and unique monsters to fight, with unique illustrations, and no less than 80 puns riddled throughout to keep your players laughing (or groaning) throughout!

This product includes the 23-page full-colour PDF of the Steepfield Cheese Chase, and a full-colour battlemap of the final fight scene in Sentinel Tower, which can be imported into your choice of online tabletop!

This adventure is the first of many you can expect from Duckslayer Games. Keep checking in to see what's new!

The Steepfield Cheese Chase - Every year, the mountain city of Steepfield hosts a great cheese-chase; rolling 5 wheels of cheese down a mountain slope

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Wizard Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Warlock Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Sorcerer Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Ranger Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Eldritch Knight Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Bard Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Fed up of spending hours working out what spells you can and can't have on your high-level spellcasters?
Check out our Spell Selection made Simple series over on DM's Guild!

Arcane Trickster Spell Selection made Simple - How many times have you spent hours poring over your new character, working out and re-working out which spells they can

18/11/2022

Our first publication:
Animal Handling in one page!
give your players the challenge of training the animals they encounter, and make them work at it!
This title is up as Pay What you Want on DM's Guild!

Animal Training in One Page - Do your players long to befriend and train every creature that they come across? Are you fed up with them bending animal