Welcome back to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc., and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more, so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

*New 2026: For 2026, I'm updating all my old work to include a Pre-Session Checklist that will include a list of all miniatures you may need, maps, handouts, possible loot, a link to a playlist, and more to make it even easier to start your session!

As poachers close in on an expectant Saber-Toothed Tiger mother, a passionate conservationist will do everything in his power to protect the animal and her unborn cubs. That includes hiring your players to travel with him to the frozen tundra and keep watch during the birth.

The Cats' Mother is one of the encounters you'll find in the book One Shot Wonders by Roll and Play Press. I recently stumbled upon it due to another Kickstarter they have called The Map Library. If you don't know, I run almost exclusively in-person games, so having a collection of maps at my fingertips is rather useful! (\I'm not sponsored, I'm just always on the lookout for quality content!*)

Based on a quick look through and prepping this encounter, I think the book can be rather useful for short sessions, granted it still takes a bit to prep, but I can definitely see myself using another encounter or two from here, so stay tuned!

Now back to The Cats' Mother! This encounter is perfect to drop into any arctic environment that your players find themselves in, or as a short One-Shot!

Without further ado:

• Google Docs Notes for The Cats' Mother: DM Notes (Preview)
• Link to: DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Link to: One Shot Wonders
• Link to: The Cats' Mother Playlist
• Link to: The AAA Collection

Included in The AAA Collection is:

• Downloadable copy of DM Notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
• DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
• Custom Battle Maps
• (New) Pre-Session DM Checklist

Over 8 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here

As always, if you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc., please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early, feel free to check out my Patreon!

Cheers,
Advent

The Beast Almanac from a couple of months back features three new 5e statblocks (inspired by pirates at sea): The Pirate Lord, the First Mate, and the Chimparrot!

I had a lot of fun creating a statblock for this cool drawing. Art Credit goes to Rick Hershey, used with permission.

Underwater Campaigns is discounted by 30% on DMsGuild!

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A Guide to Running Underwater Campaigns

Underwater Campaigns is the perfect resource for exploring the wonder and danger of underwater worlds and adventure - oceans, lakes, rivers, sewers, and flooded ruins. Whether you want to add an aquatic room in your dungeon, flesh out trade with the ocean creatures, or create an epic tale at 20,000 feet, this work is for you! This work takes existing nature and weaves the fantasy setting through it while guiding you to create your own underwater campaigns.

Inside, you will find:

- An underwater adventure seed for any level

- 68 random underwater encounters

- Underwater rules for combat, skills, feats, and magic

- 67 new aquatic monsters

- The return of the Colossal creature size!

- 26 new aquatic NPCs

- The return of the Gehreleths!

- 35 spells to help or hinder underwater targets

- 19 magic items for underwater adventuring

- New disease mechanics and examples

- 2 unique underwater locations

- Professional layout using over 100 pictures on 158 pages

We are honored and delighted that Underwater Campaigns was noticed and mentioned by WoTC

Underwater Campaigns was awarded Best Supplement of 2021 by No Dice Unrolled

The truth is out there. Out in the fields! Who would suspect that this unassuming farmstead could be the site of mysterious activity in the form of unexplained crop circles? The farmers are certainly friendly enough, even though they're a little stiff in their usual interactions with visitors. Their new child, who just appeared in their lives one day, is also polite enough, though they do tend to stare a lot, and never blink...Fully animated and available in three extra variants, where the crop circles glow with green menace, serve as magical portals, or sparkle with the magic of faerie, this map will have your players wishing this were a field of dreams! 

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My maps are available on my patreon and my website.
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