Andie | MargoMods
@margomods.bsky.social
Former climate scientist, current D&D 5e / TTRPG writer, publisher, game designer.
Click the link for Heroic Ecohorror for D&D 5e!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/margomods/exoecology-for-monster-hunters?ref=5xwwd1
Click the link for Heroic Ecohorror for D&D 5e!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/margomods/exoecology-for-monster-hunters?ref=5xwwd1
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@margomods.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Exoecology for Monster Hunters: a 5e Ecohorror Boss Bestiary
Heroic ecohorror meets D&D 5e with extraplanar bosses, adventures, craftable items, and more. Available in PDF, VTT module, and print.
www.kickstarter.com
The Kickstarter for Exoecology for Monster Hunters is officially LIVE!
This book is full of extraplanar invasive species and ecohorror adventures for D&D 5E.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
This book is full of extraplanar invasive species and ecohorror adventures for D&D 5E.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
A fantastic summary & discussion of modern takes on skill challenges that ends with a take I can't disagree with: we should all put a little chocolate in our peanut butter.
NEW on the Blog: Skill Challenges. You know 'em. Or maybe you think you know 'em. Let's take a look at what they were, and what people thought they were.
Three games came out this year with some improvements to the tech. Let's look at those, too!
barilleon.com/skill-challe...
Three games came out this year with some improvements to the tech. Let's look at those, too!
barilleon.com/skill-challe...
Skill Challenges: Who Inherits the 4e Crown? - Barilleon's Web Zone
It’s the year 2025, and everybody is obsessed with this ttrpg called Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. Can’t get enough of it. There’s no shortage of games that cite 4e as inspiration for their own mech...
barilleon.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A fantastic summary & discussion of modern takes on skill challenges that ends with a take I can't disagree with: we should all put a little chocolate in our peanut butter.
Congrats to the whole MCDM team for funding! Over 1.25 million in less than a day is such an enormous feat.
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Congrats to the whole MCDM team for funding! Over 1.25 million in less than a day is such an enormous feat.
The radenwight ancestry in Draw Steel's Crack the Sun is reviving my desire to write an epic radenwight adventure about gathering allies to stand with a noble ratfolk army against something monstrous underground.
It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The radenwight ancestry in Draw Steel's Crack the Sun is reviving my desire to write an epic radenwight adventure about gathering allies to stand with a noble ratfolk army against something monstrous underground.
It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
The individual Acts of the epic Crack the Sun adventure sound like such bangers. I'm curious to see how they guide players between adventures because 1) weak links between adventures are such a long-standing problem in big campaigns and 2) I trust the MCDM team to come up with a great solution.
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The individual Acts of the epic Crack the Sun adventure sound like such bangers. I'm curious to see how they guide players between adventures because 1) weak links between adventures are such a long-standing problem in big campaigns and 2) I trust the MCDM team to come up with a great solution.
Reposted by Andie | MargoMods
Let’s CRACK! THE! SUN!
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Let’s CRACK! THE! SUN!
Hard to express how excited I am to see what they've been cooking 👀
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hard to express how excited I am to see what they've been cooking 👀
Have I been obsessively thinking about how to make boss adversaries in Daggerheart since returning from PAXU?
Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :)
youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :)
youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
Designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart
YouTube video by Mike Underwood
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Have I been obsessively thinking about how to make boss adversaries in Daggerheart since returning from PAXU?
Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :)
youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :)
youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
I should probably admit to myself redeye flights are getting harder as I get older and stop booking them 🫠
Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I should probably admit to myself redeye flights are getting harder as I get older and stop booking them 🫠
Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
A thoughtful review on The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire for Draw Steel! It's fun to see people playing the adventure, and I'm always jazzed when someone takes the time to share their thoughts :)
I got to run The Great Thaw by @margomods.bsky.social, one of, if not the first 3rd Party Crowdfunders for #DrawSteel!
It was a trial game for my players, after running the start of the Delian Tomb for others. I wanted to try another adventure to improve my Directing. Here are my thoughts.
1/6
It was a trial game for my players, after running the start of the Delian Tomb for others. I wanted to try another adventure to improve my Directing. Here are my thoughts.
1/6
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A thoughtful review on The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire for Draw Steel! It's fun to see people playing the adventure, and I'm always jazzed when someone takes the time to share their thoughts :)
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TONIGHT!!! Vaesen: The Withering Wick premieres on the BossJellybean Twitch channel. Set 1 month before the events of our main adventure…the inhabitants of a small town suffer a paranormal catastrophe, this is their story.
#ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
#ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
TONIGHT!!! Vaesen: The Withering Wick premieres on the BossJellybean Twitch channel. Set 1 month before the events of our main adventure…the inhabitants of a small town suffer a paranormal catastrophe, this is their story.
#ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
#ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
I am so excited for people to watch this 10 Candles + Vaesen mini series. This ended up being the most emotional game I have ever been a part of. I had no idea what I was getting into 👀
Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I am so excited for people to watch this 10 Candles + Vaesen mini series. This ended up being the most emotional game I have ever been a part of. I had no idea what I was getting into 👀
Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
If you like TTRPG characters with secrets, traumas, or fears, I have an easy hack for making it really fun at the table.
Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you like TTRPG characters with secrets, traumas, or fears, I have an easy hack for making it really fun at the table.
Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
Gravedigger's Harvest launched today! This new dark mystery adventure for 5E features a fantasy version of a coal miner's black lung intertwined with lung-heisting monsters and an elaborate ecosystem of horror.
Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Gravedigger's Harvest
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e
www.kickstarter.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gravedigger's Harvest launched today! This new dark mystery adventure for 5E features a fantasy version of a coal miner's black lung intertwined with lung-heisting monsters and an elaborate ecosystem of horror.
Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Check it out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Today, I am launching a new D&D 5E Kickstarter collaboration, but I am still reeling from a weekend filming the most intense and emotional TTRPG story I've ever been a part of!
So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.
So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today, I am launching a new D&D 5E Kickstarter collaboration, but I am still reeling from a weekend filming the most intense and emotional TTRPG story I've ever been a part of!
So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.
So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.
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A dark fantasy mystery adventure for 5e with a Goblin Lich as the main villain? Say no more.
Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
#dnd #ttrpg
Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social
Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
#dnd #ttrpg
Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for 5e with a Goblin Lich as the main villain? Say no more.
Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
#dnd #ttrpg
Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social
Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
#dnd #ttrpg
Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social
MCDM really did a fantastic job filling the Draw Steel books with cool stuff to use. I keep being delightfully surprised each time I find preexisting support/content in the books for the wild ideas that pop into my head.
Also excited that my physical copies arrived!!
Also excited that my physical copies arrived!!
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
MCDM really did a fantastic job filling the Draw Steel books with cool stuff to use. I keep being delightfully surprised each time I find preexisting support/content in the books for the wild ideas that pop into my head.
Also excited that my physical copies arrived!!
Also excited that my physical copies arrived!!
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The FINAL* episode of THE GREAT THAW OF GRYZMITHRAK SPIRE! If you enjoyed this playthrough, RUN IT for your table!!!
@margomods.bsky.social, you did SUCH a great job on this! It was a lot of fun to run!
youtu.be/IutdffBUiwU
@margomods.bsky.social, you did SUCH a great job on this! It was a lot of fun to run!
youtu.be/IutdffBUiwU
Swol from Studies | The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire Ep. 3 FINALE* | Draw Steel Actual Play
YouTube video by Rise Heroes Rise!
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The FINAL* episode of THE GREAT THAW OF GRYZMITHRAK SPIRE! If you enjoyed this playthrough, RUN IT for your table!!!
@margomods.bsky.social, you did SUCH a great job on this! It was a lot of fun to run!
youtu.be/IutdffBUiwU
@margomods.bsky.social, you did SUCH a great job on this! It was a lot of fun to run!
youtu.be/IutdffBUiwU
I feel like I need a GM screen that just has the message "ask for fewer rolls" plastered all over it.
October 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I feel like I need a GM screen that just has the message "ask for fewer rolls" plastered all over it.
Oohhh, my Crooked Moon book arrived! I can already tell this is going to be a book I crack open constantly to launch myself into one of my favorite headspaces: spooky forests for TTRPGs.
September 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Oohhh, my Crooked Moon book arrived! I can already tell this is going to be a book I crack open constantly to launch myself into one of my favorite headspaces: spooky forests for TTRPGs.
It's always so exciting to see people playing an adventure I wrote!! Check out @riseheroesrise.bsky.social playing the Draw Steel adventure, The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire!
Watch the first episode of THE GREAT THAW OF GRYZMATHRAK SPIRE by @margomods.bsky.social RIGHT NOW on the channel!
youtu.be/BAw_jD3yADg
youtu.be/BAw_jD3yADg
Calamity Kobolds! | The Great Thaw of Gryzmathrak Spire Ep. 1 | Draw Steel Actual Play
YouTube video by Rise Heroes Rise!
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's always so exciting to see people playing an adventure I wrote!! Check out @riseheroesrise.bsky.social playing the Draw Steel adventure, The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire!
Oops, I got a little too lost in the D&D worldbuilding sauce for this desert adventure.
It's been too much fun fusing environmental science shenanigans with fantasy nonsense, though. I took black lung and asked the question: what if they inhaled glowing dust falling from a crack in the sky instead?
It's been too much fun fusing environmental science shenanigans with fantasy nonsense, though. I took black lung and asked the question: what if they inhaled glowing dust falling from a crack in the sky instead?
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oops, I got a little too lost in the D&D worldbuilding sauce for this desert adventure.
It's been too much fun fusing environmental science shenanigans with fantasy nonsense, though. I took black lung and asked the question: what if they inhaled glowing dust falling from a crack in the sky instead?
It's been too much fun fusing environmental science shenanigans with fantasy nonsense, though. I took black lung and asked the question: what if they inhaled glowing dust falling from a crack in the sky instead?
Reposted by Andie | MargoMods
One of the stretch goals we didn't get to with Tome of Intangible Treasures II was a companion adventure inspired by its Ritual system. Well, I'm doing it anyway in collaboration with Andie of @margomods.bsky.social and Iris from @greengobletgames.bsky.social!
Coming soon: Gravedigger's Harvest
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e
www.kickstarter.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of the stretch goals we didn't get to with Tome of Intangible Treasures II was a companion adventure inspired by its Ritual system. Well, I'm doing it anyway in collaboration with Andie of @margomods.bsky.social and Iris from @greengobletgames.bsky.social!
Cool, cool. I spent 30* (THIRTY!!**) minutes answering emails today. I can take the rest of the day off, right?
*yes, this isn't very much time at all
**but consider this: it FEELS like an eternity!
*yes, this isn't very much time at all
**but consider this: it FEELS like an eternity!
September 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Cool, cool. I spent 30* (THIRTY!!**) minutes answering emails today. I can take the rest of the day off, right?
*yes, this isn't very much time at all
**but consider this: it FEELS like an eternity!
*yes, this isn't very much time at all
**but consider this: it FEELS like an eternity!
I was nodding along to James Introcaso on YouTube as he listed off classic antagonists in upcoming Draw Steel adventures... until he said one of them takes you to the SUN?
I mean.. yes, some GMs want to throw their players into the sun, but I don't think they meant it like that! I can't wait 👀
I mean.. yes, some GMs want to throw their players into the sun, but I don't think they meant it like that! I can't wait 👀
September 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was nodding along to James Introcaso on YouTube as he listed off classic antagonists in upcoming Draw Steel adventures... until he said one of them takes you to the SUN?
I mean.. yes, some GMs want to throw their players into the sun, but I don't think they meant it like that! I can't wait 👀
I mean.. yes, some GMs want to throw their players into the sun, but I don't think they meant it like that! I can't wait 👀
In today's D&D writing fugue, I made a casual reference to plato's cave to fuel some cosmic horror with a lonely god on the underside of reality. I'd say today's going pretty well!
September 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
In today's D&D writing fugue, I made a casual reference to plato's cave to fuel some cosmic horror with a lonely god on the underside of reality. I'd say today's going pretty well!