d12 Monthly – Issue 42 – Holidays & Festivals

Issue 42 of my Dungeons and Dragons zine, d12 Monthly, is out!

Issue 42 is the Holidays & Festivals issue. It will feature articles on running downtime, adding it well into your campaign, simple rules for building a business, and much more! (See below for details).

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Related Issues

Here is a list of past issues of d12 Monthly that you may find compliments this issue. A lot of my issues can be used with OSE quite easily, but here are some specific ones:

Issue 32: Classes – This issue is is dedicated to make classes in OSE better. There are rules for expanding secondary skills, adventure goals, and much more. 

Issue 23: Towns & Cities – Use this issue to bring your settlements to life and enhance your downtime.

Issue 11: Familiars & Followers – Use this make your NPCs even better.

Issue 13: OSE – An issue that will add to Old School Essential rules.

Past Issues

Free past issues are also available.

Issue 42 Contents

Issue 42 is the Holiday & Festivals issue, and includes all original hand-created content.

FREE Version

The FREE version contains the following articles:

Feature Articles:

One Festival At A Time – An article outlining why festivals are an important part of your game and campaign world.

Time To Rest – This article covers how to create festivals and holidays in your campaign world.

They Come & They Go – A list of seasonal festivals, broken down into the four seasons.

Myths & Legends – Sometimes you need some inspiration to get started with festivals. Listed in this article are 30 myths you can use for the basis of festivals in your campaign world.

All In A Day’s Play – A random table of unpredictable events that can happen during a festival.

Familiar Features:

Character Building – A list of NPCs you can use for your festivals.

Solo Spotlight – Some ideas for how solo players can interact with festivals in meaningful and engaging ways. 

Creature Feature – Festival attracts all sorts, even monsters. In this article is a list of monster-related events that may take place at festival time.

Spellcraft – For religious festivals, priests often give out minor blessed items that will give the recipient some luck or keep them warm on cold festival nights.

Adventure Location – The Moon Market, as it is known locally, is dedicated to the Moon Goddess and only appears during the Moon Festival. 

Class Acts – Whether lifting trinkets in a crowded bazaar or pilfering secrets in a noble’s court, the life of a pickpocket promises excitement, danger, and plenty of loot. 

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FULL Version

The FULL Version also contains the following articles:

Feature Articles:

Putting The Fest In Festival – Use the tables in this article to generate festivals based on various categories, such as season, theme, and activity. Use these to spur on your creativity.

Festival Template – This template is designed to help you design a festival, in conjunction with the articles in this issue of d12 Monthly. 

Festivals of Myrbridge: The City of Bridges – The city-state of Myrbridge (part of my own campaign world) has a number of festivals and celebrations that the locals and visitors partake in throughout the year. 

The Joy of Festivals – Games and contests of skill are a large part of festivals and celebrations. In this article are 12 examples.  Simply roll a D12 or choose one. Also included are simple game rules. 

Contributions

Want to feature in the zine in an upcoming issue? Feel free to contact me and let me know what you want to contribute.

Art

Cover art by Henrik Karppinen

Art on page 4, 6 & 23 by Fat Goblin Games
Art on page 9 & 19 by Dean Spencer
Cartography Stock Art by Elven Tower Cartography
Some Maps © 2022, Firehawk Games
Some Maps © 2022, Tim Dugger
Featuring art by Daniel F. Walthall, found at: drivethrurpg.com/product/181517, available under a CC BY 4.0 licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
All art ©, used with permission, all rights reserved. Some artwork provided by Zed Nope, and used with permission. Unless otherwise mentioned, all articles are written by Russ at YUMDM. 

Over to You

What did you think of the issue? Any favourite articles? Feel free to leave any feedback on this issue in the comments below! 🙂

While You’re Here…

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