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Daniel Kahn @ PAXU
@frictionlessdan.bsky.social
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Mithral best-selling D&D / TTRPG freelance writer & publisher.
Science teacher and magic the gathering enthusiast.

Portfolio: https://dankahn.carrd.co

Email List: http://eepurl.com/h0nmfv
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Just published some @foundryvtt.bsky.social conversions of Tomb of Annihilation expanded adventures to @dmsguild.com . People have been asking for FVTT content for a while so we are trying it out! Grab my platinum best-selling expansions including Ruins of Mbala and Secrets of Shilku.

Link Below.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I love #dnd and I love #cthulhu but if you go and courageously fight Cthulhu and kill him doesn’t that totally miss the point?
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July 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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“*Digital maps from this product are not downloadable and require a Master Tier subscription for hosting on Maps, the official @dndbeyond.bsky.social VTT”

Excuse me?

This is also for the new starter set. #dnd5e
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Shout-out to all the teachers out there enjoying a well-earned summer rest. Here's a free #dnd5e subclass for you all.
College of Education Student-Centered Learning You are trained to set up situations where students can teach and learn from one another. Starting at 3rd level, a creature you have given a Bardic Inspiration die to can use their reaction to give that die to a creature within 60 feet of it that is making an attack roll, contested ability check, or saving throw. A creature that does so gains a Tutelage die—which is always a d4. It lasts 10 minutes and uses all the same rules as your Bardic Inspiration die, except it can only be spent on the type of roll that the gifted die was used for. Critical Reflection One of the most important tenets of the College of Education is having the humility to look back on the past to do better in the future. Starting at 3rd level, when you cast a spell using a spell slot that requires a single creature to make a saving throw and that creature succeeds on the saving throw, you can use a reaction to reflect on the situation and learn from it. If you do, you can expend one use of Bardic Inspiration to regain the expended spell slot. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Addressing Misconceptions Your students often come ready to learn with misconceptions about the world around them, often inspired by fear, misleading information, or common misunderstandings. Starting at 6th level, you have been trained to adapt to help unravel and get to the root of ideas that drive misconceptions. As a reaction to a spell or effect causing the frightened or charmed condition on a creature within 30 feet, you may expend one use of Bardic Inspiration to begin using your Countercharm feature. Culturally Responsive Teaching You have discovered that the best way to learn is through lived experiences with people from different backgrounds than your own. Starting at 6th level, you can use Charisma instead of Intelligence for ability checks using the History and Nature skills.
July 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Goldfishing my new Kuja deck on @archidekt.com and I’m casually doing 40 damage per cast to each opponent on turn 6.

KILL!

#mtg #finalfantasy #ffix
June 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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One of my favorite map makers @sagamack.bsky.social wants to draw maps for YOU! Hit her up for your next ttrpg project or book. She’s got some availability while supplies last.

Look at this cool AF map!!!
Fortunes favor casino map by Saga
March 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Looking for the perfect one shot your players will LOVE? Check out Stolen Hearts, an anthology of heists centered around love stories for every level range.

💙 Great stories
💙 Hand drawn maps and art
💙 Ready to play on @roll20.net with minimal prep
💙 Hot vampires

www.dmsguild.com/product/4366...
Stolen hearts roll20 preview of a museum map with a vampire NPC Stolen hearts roll20 preview with a bugbear butler and a mansion map Balance of Flour adventure preview featuring two red tiefling women Roll20 stolen hearts preview featuring an infernal casino map
March 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I think if it literally said draw a card and flip next upkeep I’d totally agree but the chance that it wiffs at least 50% of the time is super rough.

Also an enchantment in an artifact deck is a bummer of anti synergy. Wish this card started as an artifact.

Why do you like it?
February 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Looking for the perfect one shot your players will LOVE ❤️ this February? Check out Stolen Hearts, an anthology of heists centered around love stories for every level range.

💙 Great stories
💙 Hand drawn maps and art
💙 Ready to play with minimal prep
💙 Hot vampires

www.dmsguild.com/product/4267...
Stolen hearts cover Map of Fortune’s Favor Casino Preview of stolen hearts with a map of the poshwealther estate Preview of yours eternal featuring a tiefling vampire
February 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Is Count on Luck good enough to play in Krenko Mob Boss Edh? I feel like a two drop impulse draw like Reckless Impulse is going to be better given the agro nature of the deck. I really want to drop a three drop haste enabler before krenko comes down.

Thoughts?
February 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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This is sick tech for Jolly Balloon Man mtg commander. Play this, copy it, use the original to crew the copy, search 👀
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, search your library for a nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Saddle 4 5/5 R 0015 DFT • EN CHRISTINA KRAUS Tw & © 2025 Wizards
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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He’s even in Innistrad! The outrage! SMH
Faithless Looting reprint that doesn’t actually feature Loot the character, but that’s the joke.
January 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Everyone with the middle earth hobbits mtg precon:

👎 Why didn’t Frodo ride the eagles to Mordor??

👍 Why didn’t Frodo ride the thopters that came in their packets of lembas to Mordor??
Stridehangar automaton generates a thopter whenever you make a food token (or any artifact token)
January 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Anyone play this game? Looking for a fun coop game for my spouse and I to play. 8.2 on BGG got my attention.
Sky team board game box
January 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Is the new administration going to be checking the size of our… *checks notes*… reproductive CELLS?
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Sharing this on this comment level so it doesn’t go away when I block this person.

Receipts of the theft were kept.
Part of a map designed by Daniel Kahn and originally hand-drawn by Nicole Mastrodomenico copied by kewmaps with their name on it “by kewmaps” and no credit to the designers after claiming they didn’t do exactly that. Part of an original map for the Tower of Enchantment hand-drawn by Nicole Mastrodomenico for the supplement Ythryn Expanded Towers of Magic.
January 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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January 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Seen on Reddit. Amen to that.
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for ai to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.
January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I'm not sure when it happened, but my Yon Adventure Bundle for the Wild Beyond the Witchlight #dnd5e adventure has become a Mithral best-seller on @dmsguild.com!

I'm giving away a copy of Hither, Thither, or Yon (your choice) to a lucky winner.
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Yon Adventure Bundle cover art with a Mithral best-seller badge. Featuring a throne with constellations, pillars made of a different rocks, and a windmill in the mist.
January 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Thanks for the awesome shirt!
December 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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This is me!
December 6, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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Free Bard subclass college of the aurora I made for T.M. van Dalen for his Fernbloom’s Guide to Freebone Vale. Check it out if you like illusion magic bards for #dnd!

Get the PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1RqB0...
November 30, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Playing some landfall decks, especially my boi Sméagol helpful guide and I’m so tempted to get fetch lands but it’s so damn expensive. Is that just how it goes if you want higher power landfall? Even a single Verdant Catacombs is like $20.
November 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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I wish this were pauper price!!! I love wirewood symbiote to save my little elfies
November 24, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Love Judith but she’s such a lightning rod for removal since she basically implies that I’m going to wipe my opponents boards. Any suggestions for how to help keep her up in Rakdos or improve the deck overall? #mtg #edh #commander

archidekt.com/decks/697426...
November 24, 2024 at 6:32 PM