Aboleth Workshop: TTRPGs for All

 And now for something completely different!  Friends, I am extremely excited to share one of the longest fan ttrpg projects I have ever done.       In case you didn't know, my favorite campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game is Ravenloft.  Ravenloft is the gothic horror and fantasy setting, made famous with modules like Curse of Strahd and characters like Strahd von Zarovich !  And my favorite era of the setting, as I am sure you can guess, is the D&D 3e/3.5 era by Sword & Sorcery Studios !     S&S took all the amazing lore and character options from previous incarnations of Ravenloft, and updated-slash-expanded on them with the storytelling mechanics and themes of 3e/3.5 edition.  This was all done from 2000 to 2008.  As with any campaign setting of D&D, it has had a rabid fanbase for decades since its inception--Ravenloft was not afraid to test the limits of gothic fantasy, horror st...

      A homebrew race of genie-blooded duplicate who love to travel and trick mortals, for   Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by   Aboleth Eye !             As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye     The Markeen are a diminished race of genie, their ancestors stripped of their elemental mastery and bound to be reborn bound to the form and lifespan of a mortal on the Material Plane.  They keep their existence and powers a secret, as mortals might seek them out mistaking them for true genies.  All the Markeen are bound by this secret existence, as well as a ritual Search for their mortal double all their lives.  Markeen love traveling and having adventures along the way, using their skills and cleverness to manipu...

     A homebrew vegetal sheep-like monster for   Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by   Aboleth Eye !        As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye The sound of bleating can be heard from just beyond the treeline.  Following it, past a withered section of forest, you see a lone lamb grazing in the middle of a lavender glade, surrounded by shrubbery.  The lost sheep must have been rolling around--its thick shaggy coat appears green and speckled with purple wildflowers.        The lamb trots away playfully as you approach--to the middle of the glade.  And you notice suddenly, beneath its black hooves, the half-buried remains of a wolf's skull.  Suddenly the encircling bushes all rise up on four legs, revealing th...

    A homebrew race of wine cultists who have gone feral for   Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by   Aboleth Eye !        As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye     Maenads are a race of half-feral zealots to gods of chaos and wine, wanderers and hedonists who have transformed into fierce predators through occult rituals.  These creatures, outside of the delirious atmosphere of their cult, are often at the behest of a feral thirst for blood, wine and violence they can barely master.  Their souls evolved and rewritten from their original selves, they wander the earth seeking glory, the divine and bloodshed (though not necessarily in that order). "This month is fit for little. The dead ripen in the grapeleaves. A red tongue is among us. M...

     A homebrew race of seductive planetouched for   Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by   Aboleth Eye !        As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye      The Concubi are a race of descended from humans who were intimate with or pacted with succubi and other manipulative, soul-draining fiends.  Many mortals would trade their soul, their destiny or even their own legacy for their heart's desire.  Succubi and incubi, of all demonkind, are the most eager to forge these damnable pacts.  And the embrace of a succubus is famously unforgettable; their tainted touch irreparable.  Even their cursed descendants feel the draw of their Abyssal ancestor... "We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us,  but we sip only little by...

    Beware beautiful figures who enthrall you with a look and eagerly wish to embrace you... Beneath their alluring smile and shimmering sleeves, glinting eyes and venomous fangs lay coiled, ready to strike!      A monster class for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 , inspired from the Sword & Sorcery Studios' bestiary for the Ravenloft campaign setting,  " Ravenloft: Denizens of Darkness" and its 3.5 edition update "Denizens of Dread ".     The configuration for this specific monster class was  created by  Aboleth Eye !      As always, though this was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye "We are wise women, we are giggling girls.  We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased,  We both carry a switchblade in our sleeves." Ani DiFranco , songwriter , in her song ...

      Reaching heights of arcane power their lesser kin could never touch, the Lamia Nobles  are terrifying masters of chaos and devastation !      A monster redesign and monster prestige class for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by  Aboleth Eye !  See my  Lamia monster redesign-slash-homebrew monster class post for more information!      As always, though this was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye Australian Water Python   by  David Clode  on  Unsplash

    A shapechanging harbinger of desolation and tyranny, the Lamia is a monster all too gifted at preying upon humanity...  And above them, terrifying masters of arcane power, the Lamia Noble rule over the chaos they unleash!      A monster redesign and monster class for  Dungeons & Dragons  3e/3.5 ; created by  Aboleth Eye !        As always, though this was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye Photo  by  Simon Hurry  on  Unsplash

     A homebrew class of purehearted idols for  Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5 edition , created by Aboleth Eye!  Inspired by the 2025  Netflix original animated movie KPop Demon Hunters !      A s always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5   edition in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! -- Aboleth Eye     Songhunters are a rare bardic talent.  Rather than grant others with musical aid and channel spells to heal or charm, they manifest harmonic energies into magical weapons and dance through danger, in sync with the rhythm of battle.  Everywhere a Songhunter treads is a stage, and they are stalwart and inspirational defenders of the Material Plane.       Typically Songhunters are trained rather than naturally able to conjure their sacred weapons.  There are several ancient orders of Songhunters on t...

    A homebrew race of object-headed planescape wanderers for Dungeons & Dragons 3e/3.5 ; created by Aboleth Eye !  Originally starting out as a way to bring object/TV-headed characters to life, this has developed into its own entire race of unusual outsiders searching for their purpose      As always, though this homebrew was made with  D&D  3.5 edition  in mind, with a few tweaks you can absolutely use this material with  Pathfinder  1st edition ! --  Aboleth Eye      The Estran are a race of outsiders said to come from neutral planes, where the forces of Law and Chaos clash.  Sometimes even planar energy fronts collide, manifesting these strange outsiders as wanderers of the planescape.     Also known as “object-heads”, the Estran are outsiders born with humanoid-resembling bodies from the neck-down.  Floating above their stump of a neck, instead of an attached humanoid head, ...