The Griffon's Saddlebag

Hey everyone! I wanted to give a quick reminder that if you haven't already picked up your copies of Books Three and Four, now's the time! These campaigns are also the only time I offer All-Access keys for the Ledger+. So in case you don't feel comfortable supporting the effort on Patreon with month

Follow the campaign here! Hey everyone! Thank you all so much for your continued support while I work hard on these books and rewards ahead of this two-book campaign. These books consolidate the last four years' worth of content (November '21– October '25) and pack them full of great additional art

Hey folks! As the title says, my first book, The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book One is now available on D&D Beyond! All of the book's content is there (adjusted for 2024 rules—a platform requirement), including its 365 magic items, 12 subclasses, feathren, and four setting options (the everglacier, feste

Hey adventurers! As the title says, The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book One is coming to DnDBeyond on March 31st! Get the first 365 magic items from the Saddlebag, converted for 2024 rules (as they now require) and made easy to use on the platform! And, if you already have Book Two on DnDBeyond, you can g

TL;DR: The Ledger (non-plus) got too long (it broke Patreon), and they aren't willing/able to fix it. So, the classic Ledger now has a duplicate off-site, like the Ledger+. Hey heroes! The Ledger, which has been maintained and updated daily for over 7 years, hasn't let me edit it since last month. S

Hey heroes! I'll be going on vacation to close out the year from Christmas day (December 25th), and returning on Thursday, January 8th. As always, I'll be posting content from other great creators while I'm out, so you'll always have something new to check out. These creators are, like me, supported

Hey adventurers! Power Word Meal is a fundraising event that feeds hungry children using ShareTheMeal. A lot of my colleagues have shared this campaign, but I wanted to jump in to help give a final push for the effort. There is an awesome giveaway with hundreds of prizes, but you have to sign up for

Hey everyone! As the title says, the Saddlebag will be on break from January 12th to January 26th (two weeks) and returning on Monday the 27th. If you also saw the previous post about the change in weekly schedule, you also know why this time off is scheduled when it is. In short, this time off is g

Hey everyone! Earlier this month I posted this poll regarding shifting Saddlebag's weekly release schedule to four items each week, down from five. I also gave some context. In short, we're moving abroad, and by reducing the output by one item, it affords me the opportunity to stay on top of the Sad

Hey everyone! I'm delighted to announce that The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two is now available for purchase on DnDBeyond! I've discounted the book by $5 for the first week of its release, bringing it to $24.99 (normally $29.99), as a way to thank you and the book's backers for making this possible.

Hey adventurers! I had a great time seeing so many of you at PAX Unplugged on Friday: thank you for stopping by and chatting with me! I've already had the pleasure of asking you this question in person, so this post will come to those of you as no surprise. A Brief Aside: I'll be taking two weeks of

Hey everyone! As the title says, come see me at PAX today! I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth (#3511) from 1 to 2:30 signing books, chatting, and spending time with you. I may have some more printed Skellies playtest booklets (free! Take one!), so be sure to ask about 'em if you see me! See you th

Hey everyone! I wanted to give you all an update regarding the DnDBeyond release of The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two. Because of the feedback you gave en masse (and some sharply worded emails from me), DDB has had to reallocate its development staff to work on updating the site's infrastructure. Th

...With a minor hiccup: Annual options are limited by Patreon to a maximum of 16% off. I have an email going with Patreon to investigate better options. Still: get two months free when you subscribe for a full year! If and when I can set custom annual options, you can be sure I'll do so. Hey everyon

Hey everyone! Last month, I asked you all for input regarding how the Saddlebag's membership tiers were structured. Thank you again to everyone who filled out those surveys: I read every one of them. To recap, or in case you missed it, these were the takeaways from those surveys: Republish the $3 ti

Hey adventurers! First of all, let me give a big thank you to everyone that participated in the questionnaires last week. Your feedback was super useful, and went into the planning of some upgrades to your tiers. Information on what upgrades you're getting to your tiers is just below this next segme

Hey heroes! I wanted to give you all a heads up that I'll be on vacation this week while visiting the Netherlands! I've been learning Dutch via Duolingo for the better part of two years, so I'm really excited for the opportunity to go and still feel woefully underprepared to speak to anyone in it. L

Hey adventurers! Just a reminder that I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth (#1538) signing books and chatting with folks until 11:30 tomorrow morning. I would love to see you there, and I'll no doubt have some item cards to hand out to folks that stop by. Come say hi! See you then!

Hey adventurers! I wanted to let you all know that I'll be in Indianapolis next week for GenCon. I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth, as usual, signing books and talking about whatever you want for an hour and a half on Friday morning! I hope to see you there!

Hey everyone! I wanted to put out a final reminder to help out the Saddlebag by voting for it in the ENNIES! This is very cool. It's up for Best Supplement (very very cool). You are the deciding factor of whether or not this actually wins it. Coolest. ENNIES voting closes TOMORROW. To celebrate, Hit

Hey heroes! I wanted to give you all a heads up that I'll be on vacation next month for a week while visiting the Netherlands! I've been learning Dutch via Duolingo for the better part of two years, so I'm really excited for the opportunity to go and still feel woefully underprepared to speak to any

I lost three fish last week. TL;DR: this item from 2022 is now free, and features the three fish no longer with us. Please use this item with my heartfelt thanks and appreciation in your games. I would love to hear about your stories and time spent with it. Tending fish is a unique sort of pet care,

Hey heroes! I mentioned this last month, but it's time for me to take a break! I'll be on vacation for the next couple weeks, returning on the 19th. In the meantime, enjoy a bevy on content shared with the community by some of my mega-talented friends in the creator community. I'll share posting new

Hey adventurers! I am so excited to announce two upcoming TTRPGs: Fathomfarer and Skellies! Oh, and before I bury the lede: You can read and playtest these systems right now. You can read the documents and download any character sheets you need using the links at the bottom of this post. Please rest

Hey heroes! As always, thank you so much for your support. It's always an honor to wake up in the morning and get to work making content for us all collectively to enjoy. You make it possible, so thank you! I try to give you all plenty of heads up for when I go on vacation, and this is no exception.

Update: Hey heroes! It looks like the Patreon developer team has figured out a working solution for the base Ledger again. Thank you for your patience! Based on my current communication with them, it seems like this is a temporary fix that will work until they implement a larger fix, presumably mean

Hey heroes! Next month, I'll be taking a week off to enjoy the New England wilderness. I'm very excited about it: my partner and I really love spending time out there whenever we get to. I'll be gone from one Sunday to the next. As always, I'll be posting free goodies from other top-notch creators e

Hey adventurers! Like the title says, I'll be at the HPP booth (#2669) between 1 and 2 TODAY at GenCon! I hope to see you there! I'll be giving out some early Book Two cards and embarrassing myself with a Saddlebag muppet. Lemme sign your books! We'll also have some extra copies of Book Two, in case

Hey heroes! I'll be taking a week off starting next Wednesday, returning the following one. If you'll be at GenCon, I'll be signing and chatting and doing my best to roleplay with a Saddlebag muppet on Thursday the 3rd! I'll be at the Hit Point Press booth from 1-2pm (Booth #2669): come see me and g

Hey adventurers! I'll be taking next week off—my partner and I are having some work done on the house that we can't be present for, so we'll be taking the time to have the relaxing break we had hoped to have in December. Obviously the OGL debacle took precedent at the time, but now that it's over, I

Hey heroes! Thanks for the generous extra week of time off: it was extremely valuable. If anyone hasn't been brought up to speed on the hijinks relating to OGL 1.1, please read about it here from a Saddlebag-support lawyer's (very readable) post on Medium: https://saddleb.ag/ogl This is a great brea

Hey heroes, title says it all. The video goes into more detail about the time off and why it's sadly needed. TLDW; I'm taking another week away from making daily content in order to continue planning a path forward in the wake of OGL 1.1. I know that I and the rest of the creator community are doing

Hey heroes! I'll be taking off next week to enjoy the end of year holidays with family. I'll be taking off starting from December 25th and returning (with poll results) on Sunday, January 1st. As usual with Saddlebag vacations, I'll be posting quality content from other creators here for the time I'

Hey heroes! I'll be at PAX Unplugged on Saturday from 12:30 to 2:30 at the Hit Point Press booth, #3631! Come say hi, chat, and maybe get a book signed! I'd love to see you! Keep on adventuring! -g

Hey heroes! In case you just want to cut to the game details, you can scroll down just a little bit ;) If you've been here for a while, you know that I try to only make changes to the formula on Patreon at the start of each new Saddlebag year (each November). This is so that you can rest easy knowin

Hey folks! I'll be out on vacation for a week! ⁠ As with all Saddlebag vacations, I'll be sharing content from other people I admire in the community. They've generously donated this stuff to you, FOR FREE, which you can get to using the Vacations highlighted story each day when they're posted. Be s

Hey heroes! I'll be in Indianapolis for GenCon this week! Namely, I'll be hanging out at the Hit Point Press booth on Friday from 12:30 to 2:30! Come say hi! I'd love to see you! See you there! -g

Hey heroes! I'll be at GenCon in Indianapolis next month! I'll be posting content as normal during up until Saturday the 6th. If you'll be at the convention, be sure to stop by the Hit Point Press booth when I'm there to say hi! I'd love to see you. More details on when I'll be there will come out o

Hey heroes! As I mentioned a couple weeks back, I'm going on a week-long vacation to take some much-needed R&R. If you backed the Kickstarter and got a PDF of Book Two, I also just released the first look of the Book Two PDF on Backerkit. I hope it gives you some enjoyment during the week! And if yo

Hey heroes! Title says it all! If you're new to the Saddlebag, welcome! Thank you all so much for the outpouring of support. Chances are good that you know about what I've been up to lately, so I hope you can understand how much I'm craving a little R&R in the woods somewhere. In case your first rea

Get your copy of the book NOW! Hey adventurers! The Kickstarter campaign for the second book in the Griffon's Saddlebag series is now live! This next compendium is twice as long as the first: coming in at over 400 pages. In it, you'll find... Over 500 magic items! Item indexes and random treasure ta

Hey everyone! I wanted to send out another reminder that if you haven't signed up to be notified of the second book's Kickstarter launch, now's the time to do it! The Kickstarter campaign launches this Thursday for the second book: a massive compendium of over 400 pages, 500+ magic items, 12 new sub

Hey adventurers! The title says it all! I'm so excited to announce that the campaign for The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two launches in two weeks on March 17th at 11am Eastern! SIGN UP HERE to be notified when the campaign launches! So without further ado, I'll jump right into it! Here's what you can

Hey everyone! I posted about this last month, but as a reminder, I'll be taking some much-needed time off to wrap up this year and lead into the next. I'll be returning to posts as usual on Monday, January 10th. Please also note that there's a pretty decent chance that the monthly Setting will be re

Hey adventurers! I'll be at PAX Unplugged this weekend, and especially from 12:30-3:30 on Saturday afternoon! Come see me at the Hit Point Press booth #3213! I'll be there to sign stuff and talk about anything you want!⁠⁠ You'll also be able to see me walking around: I'll be the guy (presumably the

Hey everyone! I wanted to give you all a month's heads up that I'll be taking the final week of December and the first week of January off! This time will be spent resting and enjoying the seasonal holidays, as well as working on Book Two! As always whenever I take a vacation, I'll be posting conten

Hey heroes! First, thank you so much for bearing with me as I went through these changes. I hope you're all as excited as I am about these updates and for what's in store. Again, thank you for supporting all the effort that goes into making this content for you each day: it's an honor to be able to

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