Blog Archive

Kickstarter Feature - Amsel Suite | Desktop App for World Building and Session Planning

A product that I have been eyeing for quite some time has finally entered it's Kickstarter phase! Introducing Amsel Suite - Tome and Lore! These are the first two apps that will be developed for a new world building, roleplaying, and storytelling notes platform. Tome will be used for prepping notes for your story or roleplaying game sessions, while Lore will be used for keeping all of your notes on your world and the things within it, and both apps will be able to talk to each other so that things you reference in Tome can be linked for their dedicated articles in Lore and vice versa. The platform will be local and subscription free, so once you have it, it is yours to work with. I've already backed and I am looking forward to see them succeed and helping them along the way with my feedback to get the perfect world building and session prepping tool for me.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
November 27, 2023
November 26, 2023
Updated On : 
November 26, 2023

Production Update - 5/3/23 - We Recorded An Episode!!!

It's been a long time. Far too long. Our last recording session was on 10/15/2022... That was over six months ago! After that, life for the cast just got very chaotic and busy. But we were able to get together last weekend and sit down for a long 4 hour session filled with roleplay, exposition, and hooks for what the party might do next.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
May 3, 2023
May 3, 2023
Updated On : 
May 7, 2023

We Need Commission Ideas!!

We're in the final stages of getting the last commission from our Guild Masters commission series wrapped up. With this finishing up, we are in need of a new list to chose from for future commissions! We'd love to hear what characters or items you would like to see us have commissioned and they will get turned into a new pool to chose from in future polls over on Patreon. Click on the main post for this announcement to see a Google Form to fill out.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023
Updated On : 
March 24, 2023

Production Update - 3/20/23

Ohhhh boyyy... I did not expect to start up something like the production updates, get a new episode posted, and then not post one for 2 months. Long story short, life was kicking my own ass. BUT! There's a new episode out now (it only took 3 weeks!!!) and you should go listen to it. But a peak behind the curtain will tell you that it will be a little while before the next one. Guess you'll have to read the full post to find out why...

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023
Updated On : 
March 21, 2023

Production Update - 1/22/23

With our new website up and running, Damian wants to get in the habit of doing more regular text updates on how production is going. Considering everything else that went on this weekend, I am actually super happy with how far I got, though I was slightly under the goal I set for myself part of the way through Sunday. These updates probably won't be weekly, but if I feel like a significant milestone has been reached, I'll try to get a post up about it at the end of the weekend.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
January 23, 2023
January 22, 2023
Updated On : 
March 21, 2023

Some Steps In The Right Direction, But I Still Have My Reservations (OGL Updates)

It has been a busy week over at Wizards of the Coast when it comes to Dungeons & Dragons right now. After a week of silence, they came out with a cheeky statement to insult their pissed off fan base. Apparently their PR team is back from vacation this week though, as Kyle Brink has made a commitment to being more open about their process of updating their licensing, and we even got an actual draft of their proposed OGL1.2. Some of this is a step in the right direction, but in many ways, Wizards of the Coast is not doing enough to convince the community to calm down. This post includes my thoughts over pretty much the last week of Wizards' statements in regards to the OGL. I've started writing new one's a couple times now and I just can not keep up with the pace in which they are releasing new statements so I am condensing them down here.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
January 20, 2023
January 19, 2023
Updated On : 
March 21, 2023

Guest Appearance : Inter-Party Conflict with Damian the DM

Damian the DM got the amazing opportunity to sit down with Gabe and Jeff from Inter-Party Conflict and talk all about actual play podcasting.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
November 30, 2021
March 21, 2023
Updated On : 
March 21, 2023

Biting Off More Than I Can Chew

I’m sure by this point, you’ve noticed a distinct lack of the Adventures in Erylia in your ears for the last month. Things have been a little crazy around here and I’m trying to get them on track while balancing out the other things going on in my life. Things never really slowed down after the new year like I was expecting. If you wanna chat, about the show or otherwise, come hit us up in our Discord.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
January 28, 2019
December 22, 2023
Updated On : 
December 22, 2023

A Brief History of Syvahl

I have been listening to some new podcasts lately, especially trying to target some Dungeon Mastering and World Building shows to help make me better with building and running my own world. Just the other day I was listening to this episode of the Dungeon Master's Block about time lines and had a burst of inspiration. Here is a brief overview of the known history of Syvahl, as I expand into working on other continents, this time line will be stretched to take them in to account as well.

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
January 10, 2019
December 23, 2023
Updated On : 
December 23, 2023

Embracing Randomness

It's been a while since this blog has seen any love. Instead of just focusing on the world building for Erylia, I'm going to start writing more about playing D&D, being a Dungeon Master, and still work in world building elements when I think it fits. It's still going to be fairly sporadic when I post, but I'll try to get at least one thing a month. With that out of the way, let's talk about randomness and how it can be worked naturally into a game. One note before you continue reading, my experience as a DM come from the stories I run in this podcast, so the things I talk about are a look behind the curtain and are likely to ruin some immersion. 

Written By : 
Damian the DM
Originally Published : 
May 8, 2018
March 21, 2023
Updated On : 
March 21, 2023