Issue 52 of my Dungeons and Dragons zine, d12 Monthly, is out! This one is this years Halloween issue – all about a world-altering event with the arrival of the Necropolis and the Moribund.
Issue 52 is the Necropolis issue. It features articles on:
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- A new city of Necropolis
- A new race: the Moribund
- A world-changing events
- New undead abilities
- 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:
Past Issues
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Issue 52 Contents
Issue 52 is the Halloween 2025 issue, and includes all original hand-created content.
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Feature Articles:
The Quiet City – This article lays the ground work for the city of Necropolis and gives you an overview of its arrival.
Nothing One Day, There the Next – This builds on the first article and focuses in on how and why the city arrived.
Expanding the Blight – This is where you get to figure out how to expand the Moribund and their plans across your campaign world.
Insidious Threat * – The Moribund bring with them some new weapons that will need to be carefully delt with.
They Are Different Somehow*– Some new undead abilities that the Moribund can instil in their undead.
Treasures with Bite* – Some Moribund loot for the PCs to find and perhaps use.
Bone Money* – The Moribund’s insidious goal for causing distrust and panic.
Rituals of the Grave – Some Moribund’s spellcraft.
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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 John Latta Art.
Internal Art by Dean Spencer, Face Folio, CastleGrief, Fat Goblin Games, Axebane, and Blake Davis.
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
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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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