Tom Thornton
Essex, united kingdom
“Creating fun (and mostly absurd) resources for tabletop roleplayers who like their roleplaying games more improv comedy than meat grinder...”
It was a brisk March morning in 2018 when one avid D&D enthusiast in the South East of England decided to start up an Instagram account to share some of the ridiculous character ideas he'd thought up. To be quite honest, it's snowballed a little bit out of control since then.
Now with over 22,000 followers and a thrice-a-week posting schedule, Dungeon Master's Workshop creates digitally illustrated magic item cards, random encounter tables, side quest adventures and still the occasional ridiculous NPC.
The flagship offering from DMW is the item cards, featuring such nonsense as a flintlock pistol made from a trumpet, an incredibly dangerous illegal firework and a tiny frog wearing an equally tiny hat. For some reason, people just love these, so Dungeon Master's Workshop gladly obliges, creating ever weirder additions for the world's greatest roleplaying game.
Dungeon Master's Workshop can be found on Instagram, Patreon, and www.dungeonmastersworkshop.com.
While the adventures of D&D were born in the deep dungeons, the adventurers themselves are often shaped by their hometowns and the settlements they grew up in. The Urban Archetypes is an insight into exactly that; what kind of heroes are born among the bustling market squares, the grimy streets and the lively taverns.
Volume 1 introduces three new subclasses and two new character backgrounds influenced by the urban setting:
Barbarian, Path of the Drunkard
Rogue, the Temple Thief Archetype
Dark Civilization Warlock Patron
Tax Collector character background
Blacksmith character background