An Epic Monthly Magazine for Fifth Edition on Foundry VTT

Crucible Magazine is an exciting monthly full colour magazine available in Foundry VTT as well as digital and print that is made for the fifth edition of the world’s greatest tabletop roleplaying game!

Taking our cues from the magazines of the past, but putting in our own modern twists, this issue contains over 100 pages jam packed with unique game ready content for the whole table!

• Are you a DM lacking time to prepare each session and want fully fleshed out adventurers that are ready to run?
• Wish you had more marvelous magic items and monsters with stunning artwork at your fingertips?
• Are your players always looking for those new class options to fit exactly the kind of character they want to play?
• Do you love Foundry Virtual Tabletop and want to get a monthly supply of game-ready adventuures, monsters, magic items, and narrative ideas?

Crucible Magazine provides all of that… and more!

WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE?

Two Brand New Subclasses

This issue brings a brand new subclass for Bards and Cleeric. Each subclass is configured to automatically apply all of your new class features as you level up so there's no pesky book keeping as your players grow stronger.

College of Full Sails - Bard

A life on the sea can be an arduous one. Hard work and toil under an unforgiving sun, creatures who view a crew of sailors as nothing more than another option on their menu, and attacks from pirates (or privateers) are all real and true hardships that accompany a career on the ocean. It would be all too easy for spirits to wane under the weight of these ever-present burdens. But for those crews fortunate enough to contain a bard from the College of Full Sails, a waning spirit is never an option.

• Bolster or shield your allies using a reaction
• Sing a restorative shanty to renew your allies and reduce their exhaustion
• Stopper death, with the option to utilise your bardic inspiration for extra benefits
• Invigorate your allies to unleash extra attacks using the power of inspirational song.

Black Salt Domain - Cleric

It’s been said that mortals should be wary of staring too deeply into the void for fear of what they may find peering back from that ceaseless darkness. But what of those souls who focus their gaze not beyond the distant stars, but into the inky, roiling depths of the infinite ocean? More free-ranging shamans than dogmatic priests, clerics who join the Black Salt Domain are not answering the divine call of any single deity, but heeding the cacophony of siren-like whispers that rise from the unknown depths of the seas.

• Natural benefits and advantages to altering self to an aquatic form
• Channel the Tides of Weal and Woe to reap a number of benefits to bolster your allies
• Unleash the power of the depths against enemies that are struck by your spells and attacks.
• Wear down your foes, using the cold ocean spray to sap away at their agility and vitality.

Four Fantastic Adventures with 8 Beautiful Battle Maps

This issue includes 4 brand new adventures perfect for a wide range of levels and each one is complete with dramatic battle maps, unique creatures, interesting NPCs, beautiful artwork, custom items and a deep lore that you can use outright or pick and choose pieces of it to flesh out your world.

The Adventures Ahead of You:

• Temple of the Clockwork King: A pirate king seeks an ancient artifact hidden in a jungle temple and protected by a clockwork guardian, and tricks the characters into daring the puzzles and traps to bring him the treasure.
• Curse of the Sea Wraith: An undead kraken roams the oceans under the command of a cursed crew seeking souls to feed an immortal curse. If they don’t find a way to escape, the adventurers will find themselves added to the ever-growing pile.
• Ballad of the Bonny Bard's Booty: While hunting for buried treasure, the adventurers find themselves attacked at sea by pirates and shipwrecked aboard a jungle island.
• Horror of the Deep: A wealthy archeologist petitions the characters to help them investigate an ancient ruin beneath the sea. What they find is a horror-filled prison hiding an ancient evil that can threaten the entire material plane.

Deadly Monsters, Marvelous Items, and Intriguing NPCs

Whether you need new statblocks for your players that know every creature, unique items that give your players new ways to solve (or create) problems, or fully fleshed out NPCs to dot your world and ensure that you're never unprepared for any unexpected left turns this issue has everything you need.

• 43 terrifying creatures to challenge your players
• 24 brand new items to decorate magic shops, serve as quest objectives, and entice your players with including beautiful new artwork to make it all come alive
• Unique abilities and features that you can use to build your own custom creatures
• Inspiring plot, campaign and wilderness encounter hooks
• Plenty of NPCs with interesting connections and backstories

Even More Exciting Content

• Brand new backgrounds to customize your characters complete with traits and tables to help flesh out their unique personalities
• The new Oceanic Dwarf subrace
• 'Adventuring Days' random events to throw at your players on the high seas
• 'The Blood Board' providing quests and plot hooks for your players.
• 'Port Mercy' - A huge supplement for the coastal town - adding factions, locations, NPCs and map art
• Follow our brutal adventures in our 4 page graphic comic Direquest: Legends Of The Freelands
• “Dear Direlords”; our informative agony aunt round table, here to guide you through your player and adventuring woes with his unique brand of advice
• In-depth interviews from creators and iconic figures from the TTRPG community, this month's issue we speak with Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting