Hard at Work - July Teaser & Origins Recap!
Ok, the teaser comes a bit late when we are 4 days from launch (maybe because SOMEONE kept messing with my keystrokes...) BUT BEHOLD! A new blood-magic / Urban 5e release is coming 7/3!
Blood magic, body horror, and the sinister plots of urban organizations are brought to life in this horrific urban supplement.
This bloody new supplement brings you:
5 new monsters: Flee from the blood bot, which only becomes more powerful the longer it fights, pull corpses from the hemosocoma using them as armor, see through the deception of the Vermillion Order "healer", avoid infection from a wither, and try not to be drained by the horrific blooderfly.
1 new monster template: Disease becomes far more dangerous when wielded by withers, undead creatures that spread disease and undeath wherever they go!
1 new subrace: Play as a blood-magic corrupted mouseling subrace, the "hemascul" horrid, rat-like results of blood-magic experimentation.
1 new subclass: Enhance your gravebound with the mellitumancer subclass inspired (very loosely) by my own type 1 diabetes; this horrid disease causes your victims to wither away. But be careful.... if you don't spread the disease... it will slowly eat you away.
5 encounters: Easily drop bloody chaos into your campaign or string the encounters together into an urban adventure.
8 new items: Use your own blood to enhance your attacks with the "pump sword", drain enemies dry with a "combat leech", and use blood and drugs to your advantage!
11 new blood-magic spells: Add to your blood magic repertiour! Literally blow someone's mind with "blood pop", create unbreakable vows with "blood oath," and more!
12 digital battle maps: Bring the blood and gore to your table with 12 digital battle maps (gridded and gridless versions).
9 VTT tokens: Playing virtually? We got you; you can bring the viscera to the screen with these 9 VTT tokens!
1 STL file: The mouseling hemascul stl is ready to print! Play as a small blood mage and terrify all around you, you adorable little menace!
Origins 2026 Recap
The team is recovering from a long week on the road while still working on getting everything out on our usual schedule.
(As a reminder, we are a team of 4 that does... EVERYTHING and... it is a LOT).
We had an absolutely FANTASTIC Origins 2026. We had a great spot in the convention center and had an amazing time sharing stories with gamers old and new to the hobby.
We had one gentleman say he wanted a signature for the Kobolds & Cowboys book he bought to put next to the signed book he had from Gary Gygax. Another said our content was bringing him back into the hobby for the first time since AD&D, and we COULD NOT be happier to hear it.
We have to reapply to exhibit at Origins every year, so if you want to reach out to GAMA and let them know you want to see us again, PLEASE do! We had a fantastic year and are looking forward to a great 2027 convention.
Bloody fun is coming soon!
-Dillon and the Critical Crafting Crew