Issue 43 of my Dungeons and Dragons zine, d12 Monthly, is out!
Issue 43 is the Weird Magic issue. It will feature articles on the origins of ‘weird magic’, unusual magic books, types of weird magic, corruption, 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 4: Arcane Magic – This issue is dedicated to magic for magic-users and wizards, featuring an easy way to track spell components and to augment spells with special components, magical mishaps, and much more.
Issue 6: Undead – Use this issue to bring your undead to life and enhance your bad guys.
Issue 11: Plane & Demi-Planes – Create your own planar constellation, all about the elemental planes, journeying the Spirit Planes, and much more.
Issue 13: OSE – An issue that will add to Old School Essential rules.
Past Issues
Free past issues are also available.
Issue 43 Contents
Issue 43 is the Weird Magic issue, and includes all original hand-created content. It is the first of a trilogy of issues covering the weird.
FREE Version
The FREE version contains the following articles:
Feature Articles:
It’s Magic, Jim. But Not As We Know It – An article outlining what ‘weird magic’ is.
The Original Seed – This article covers how weird magic can manifest in your campaign world.
What Harm Ever Came From Reading A Book? – A list of creepy and unusual magic tomes.
Familiar Features:
Character Building – How Planes can affect characters who visit them or how they may “leak” their corrupting influence into the world.
Solo Spotlight – All about an NPC you can introduce into your campaign: Aeldrin the Fractured Mage.
Creature Feature – Scare your players again with these magic-eating creatures.
Spellcraft – All about how spells can evolve.
Adventure Location – Hidden between the folds of existence lies the Shattered Veil, a demi-plane where the very fabric of reality has unravelled.
Class Acts – All about sorcerers of amalgamated lineages.
FULL Version
The FULL Version also contains the following articles:
Feature Articles:
Variety Is The Spice Of Life – A list of various types of weird magic you can use in your campaign world.
The Corrupted – What happens when the magic turns on its user.
Nothing Lasts Forever – How magical efflux can influence your once normal campaign world.
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 Lore Wise Games.
Art on page 5,13 & 17 by Dean Spencer
Art on pages 10 & 11 by Daniel Comerci
Art on page 15 by SA Gary
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…
Since 2021 I have been publishing d12 Monthly, a monthly zine, which has a ton of articles for any edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
Printed copies are available in my store. The PDF is available on DriveThruRPG and you can get both, plus support my work, via my Patreon.
I will also be releasing some more products in the near future.
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