Month: January 2026

Will you rescue the missing party, or be double devil-donked to death?

In the early days of dungeon delving, every party had a reliable donkey to haul their loot. But as the dungeons grew deadlier, the donkeys… didn’t. That changed when the mage Kelethel the Delver decided to bring traditions back with a magical twist. Now, the Adventurers’ Guild offers a wide array of Dungeon Donkeys—from elemental-infused beasts to chimeric wonders—designed to survive the horrors of the deep.

But not all experiments go as planned.

An adventuring party has gone missing in the ruins of an ancient, evil temple. They had everything they needed: a skilled teamster, a guild contract, and a state-of-the-art “devilish” dungeon donkey.

The party never returned. The ruins are now under the command of a terrifying new leader—not a lich, not a warlord, but Kiraxx, the donkey they brought with them. Empowered by the temple’s unholy energy, Kiraxx has claimed the dungeon as his own, leading a band of bugbears and goblins.

What’s Inside:

  • A Complete Level 2-3 Adventure: A ready-to-run encounter designed for 3–6 players.
  • The Dungeon Donkeys: Full stats for a massive variety of specialized pack animals, including:
    • Elemental Donkeys: Air, Fire, Earth, Water, and Frost variants.
    • Chimeric Donkeys: The wall-crawling Spider-Donkey and the aquatic Asinuscampus.
    • Planar & Undead Donkeys: Including the treacherous Wight Donkey and the fearsome Devil Donkey.
  • Unique Monsters: Face off against “Clawed Skeletons” and “Bright Boi” the bugbear lieutenant.
  • Detailed Maps: Includes cartography for the Temple Ruins and the unhallowed dungeon beneath.

Will your players solve the mystery of the missing party, or will they find out why some donkeys were sold at such a deep discount?

Videos for my D&D products are available on my Eternal Library: Random Universes YouTube channel.

Information about my other D&D products is available on my web site, drmcl.com.

 

Mike’s Free Encounter #122: Devil Dungeon Donkey

 

Purge the Drowned City of the Damned

Following the events of C9: Thyrella’s Trident, the sunken city of Thalasson remains a festering wound of necromancy. While the goddess Thyrella once washed the city away in a wave of divine vengeance, the infernal power of Psithyrostomaxenos has raised its citizens as twisted, water-logged undead. Now, heroes must descend into the ruins to break the power of the Drowned King’s Archons and reclaim the city for the living.

The Fallen Archons

The city is ruled by the Five Archons, powerful undead who represent the corrupted remains of Thalasson’s former leadership. To purge the city, you must hunt down:

  • Androbasileus, the Tyrant of Bronze: A legendary warrior who once tried to conquer the city, now bound in death to protect it with a spear of flame.
  • Dromarchos, the Charioteer: A champion athlete who races across the ruined hippodrome with fiendish steeds that breathe fire.
  • Chrysargyros Emporos, the Merchant: A soul-devouring businessman who still guards his  agora, trading in lies and eternal debts.
  • Kritarchos, the Judge: A corrupt legalist who dispenses “justice” via iron, lashes, and brandings from his drowned courtroom.
  • Poiētēs, the Poet: A singer whose venomous charm and razor-sharp verses chain the living in a rhyme of death.
  • Ergates, the Worker: A powerhouse who haunts the quarry, wielding a maul heavy enough to shatter bone and stone alike.

Key Features

  • The Philosophers’ Grove: Seek out the ghost of Alopexophos to free the souls of murdered philosophers from the torment of the Pyrobasan devil, Psychomastix.
  • Unique Undead: Encounter new horrors.
  • Legendary Loot: Recover items including the Spear of Stratokratos, Heraclitus’ Estin Pyr Kosmou, and Thales’ Hydromorphé.
  • Modular Design: Optimized for Levels 11-14, this adventure can be run as the tenth chapter of the Consortium series or as a standalone high-level crawl through a haunted aquatic metropolis.

Included Materials

  • A 60-page PDF adventure with detailed lore, maps, and stat blocks.
  • High-Resolution Maps (with and without grids) for the city ruins, the Kastrodom, the Hippodrome, and more.
  • Fantasy Grounds Unity Module file for easy VTT integration.

Do you hear the bell? It’s a high tide of adventure!

Product Details:

  • Levels: 11-14 (Tier 3 / Gold Rank)
  • Format: PDF + ZIP (Maps & VTT)
  • Series: Consortium (C10)

Videos for my D&D products are available on my Eternal Library: Random Universes YouTube channel.

Information about my other D&D products is available on my web site, drmcl.com.

 

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A Philosopher’s Blog 2025 brings together a year of sharp, accessible, and often provocative reflections on the moral, political, cultural, and technological challenges of contemporary life. Written by philosopher Michael LaBossiere, these essays move fluidly from the ethics of AI to the culture wars, from conspiracy theories to Dungeons & Dragons, from public policy to personal agency — always with clarity, humor, and a commitment to critical thinking.

Across hundreds of entries, LaBossiere examines the issues shaping our world:

  • AI, technology, and the future of humanity — from mind‑uploading to exoskeletons, deepfakes, and the fate of higher education
  • Politics, power, and public life — including voting rights, inequality, propaganda, and the shifting landscape of American democracy
  • Ethics in everyday life — guns, healthcare, charity, masculinity, inheritance, and the moral puzzles hidden in ordinary choices
  • Culture, identity, and conflict — racism, gender, religion, free speech, and the strange logic of modern outrage
  • Philosophy in unexpected places — video games, D&D, superheroes, time travel, and the metaphysics of fictional worlds

Whether he is dissecting the rhetoric of conspiracy theories, exploring the ethics of space mining, or reflecting on the death of a beloved dog, LaBossiere invites readers into a conversation that is rigorous without being rigid, principled without being preachy, and always grounded in the belief that philosophy is for everyone.

This collection is for readers who want more than hot takes — who want to understand how arguments work, why beliefs matter, and how to think more clearly in a world that rewards confusion.

Thoughtful, wide‑ranging, and often darkly funny, A Philosopher’s Blog 2025 is a companion for anyone trying to make sense of the twenty‑first century.

 

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