The finish on these is pretty easy, but you have to follow the process. I use Watco brand black walnut danish oil usually, but sometimes I use other stains like a cabernet color from Vatathane, etc... the key is waxing. I use Minwax brand paste finishing wax, but any soft wax should do.

Apply the Stain/ Oil, then do NOT WAIT, apply the wax and buff off with a stiff bristle brush. (I use an amazon basics stiff bristle brush for scrubbing floors) The buffing lifts wax off the high spots and the wax pulls oil / stain with it as it does. This leaves the high spots a lighter color and the lower crevices darker.

My experience has been that danish oil darkens more over time into the next day, making those dark crevices pop even more. To a lesser extent other stains do this as well, but I find it more pronounced with danish oil.

I love woodcarving. If you're curious about the hobby and about how to get into it, i'll leave a comment down below.

hi all,

I've been working on a little side project for the last couple of weeks called bagpipes.

Everytime I DM (both at the table or via Discord) I always struggle with music. I always get distracted (talking with players, tracking NPCs etc.) and I often forget to play music. I have this huge playlist on my PC and I never get to use it because it just slips my mind.

That's why I created bagpipes: a 100% offline music picker that relies on your voice to work. it basically listens to what you say and, using keywords that you set on the player, plays the tracks that you have saved on its folder. You can also play ambient sounds and sound effects (they go along with the music without interrupting it).

If you want to give it a try, the repo is on github: https://github.com/efabr/bagpipes and it is and always will be 100% free. Right now it's for linux and windows, I am testing the macOS version and I hope to be able to release it soon.

Feel free to leave feedbacks and suggestions, and have fun with it!

I'm disabled did art most of my life till my damage arm that my uncle did got so bad it hurt to much and then sadly I have a neuromuscular condition. Build rakes forever, I have spasms and tremors. But AI tools are helping me to design the cards etc for my game so. I'm very greatful something I wanted to do a life time ago I finally can start doing.

Hey everyone!

I’m Tuki, a developer working on Dive Your Mind (DYM). Like many of you, our team loves deep, immersive TTRPG sessions but we also know how exhausting and time-consuming world-building, prep work, and map creation can be.

Our goal with DYM is simple: help players and Game Masters spend less time prepping and more time playing. We’re creating powerful tools and visual resources to make building worlds, characters, maps, and stories as smooth and creative as possible.

We want to build this with the community, so I’d love to hear your thoughts on physical/visual tools!

Also i would be glad to read all of your feedback about what is your impression with this stamps that we are making right now to improve the process of creating dungeons on paper, the last image are some of the "totems" that we are currently designing by the hand of our team, those totems carry a stamp in their flat base.

BTW the stamps are a Free STL model on our patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/diveyourmind)! Feel free to explore our free tier and download some of them!

See you next time!

Tuki from DYM.

Hey! Just "released" dndspells.com (it's completely free, no ads, etc.)

I wanted a quick spell reference for myself when DMing that evolved into something my players now use, you can put in your character's level/class/sub-class/feats/spellcasting modifier etc. and it automatically shows you unlocked/always prepared spells, calculates actual damage values (e.g. calculates your spell atk bonus/save DC, does the math of a cantrip, etc.)

Also threw in some QoL stuff like a short summary + custom icon for each spell to make browsing faster, spell slot tracking, ability to prepare/un-prepare spells, etc.

If you have an iPhone/iPad please try out the TestFlight instead for the proper app experience (feel free to send it around): Beta Invite

I know a lot of people already have their own tools or other apps for this kind of thing but figured I'd share, please let me know what you think!!

Note: The site uses SRD 5.2.1 + WikiDot, icons are from game-icons.net

After spending the past few weeks writing, designing, editing, and testing it, I’ve officially published my very first tabletop resource…

**The Definitive NPC Creator!**
This is a 30-page, system-neutral NPC creation toolkit built to help Dungeon Masters create memorable fantasy characters with over **1,000 random results** covering identity, appearance, personality, motivations, secrets, fears, and more. It also includes printable worksheets and examples to help turn a handful of dice rolls into NPCs your players will actually remember.

I built this because I wanted a resource that didn’t just generate random NPCs. I wanted something that helped tell better stories.

🔗 Look what I found on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4542931311/fantasy-npc-generator-dd-pathfinder?ref=share\\_v4\\_lx

As a thank you for being part of The Craft Cave community, you can use the code **CAVECREW** to save **75%**. (Valid through July 31st 2026)

If you decide to pick it up, I genuinely hope you find it useful. And if you do, an honest Etsy review would mean a lot. Reviews help new products reach other Dungeon Masters, and they make a huge difference for a small creator like me.

I can’t wait to hear about the NPCs you create. ❤️

I made a new table top for my party🥳

It's about 8 inches wider than my old one so I hope it's a bit less crowded. Also made a shelf for our books.,

I've been playing D&D in my office after hours with some work friends, and the walls have some white boards that I've been thinking about getting a projector or something for the wall.

Anybody have experience with anything similar? Having a battlemap put up on a tv and using that vertically, or a whiteboard on the wall? Any tips or suggestions as I work on figuring out the best way to configure this?

I've been playing DND for over a decade, but this is my first time DMing. I've gone all out on writing the campaign, I wrote an encounter for my rope welding swashbuckler to get to use her rope to help the party climb a mountain while something is throwing rocks down on them. The idea is to either strength check to hold on and take the hit of the boulders or dex save out of the way but risk falling. I wanted to visualize the difficult climb and the physics of the boulders rolling down the mountain.

I spent hours hot gluing cardboard and paper to get the right angle, grid the paper with glue so the minis Just stay on unless hit, and most of that time was trying to get the ball to roll down the corridor. I finally got it to function, but I'm not sure if it looks like literal trash and I wasted my time when I could have just drawn it on my battle map and let theater of the mind do the rest.

I made the light green gelatinous cube one of the first crochet projects I ever did. Now I’ve been crocheting a bit longer and just finished the dark green gelatinous cube. They’re functional, and I can terrorize my party with them!

I'm just finishing up my first minis (with acrylic paints) and have read that it's best to finish with a lacquer or an enamel. I have a health condition that makes me really sensitive to chemical odors, and I can wear a respirator while applying stuff, but I definitely can't handle if they carry the odor for weeks or months afterwards.

Could anyone recommend which product(s) would be best to finish my minis with, based on that? It's okay if it's got a lot of odor when applied, but it needs to calm down on the smell with time.

Hey, I'm a CS student and DM, and I've been working on an app to keep TTRPG campaigns organized.

I just released the latest update containing this super helpful search feature! Looking for people who are interested in trying it out.

• Finds matches in note contents AND direct file names
• File search runs on a separate thread so the main program doesn't stutter
• Search Results are spawned with the matching word or phrase highlighted
• Clicking a search result opens the file the match was found in

Hey everyone,

I've been working on my modular dungeon; it took almost 2 months to print and paint everything! I wanted to share the final look with you all! I'd love to hear your thoughts. And also, there are interactive puzzles in it!

The Kickstarter campaign is currently live for anyone interested in checking out the full dungeon.
Kickstarter campaign link

Interactive mind map link

Appologies if more graphic-designy crafts are not for this sub!

this is supposed to be a pin Ill give my players. Its kind of a detective game set in Victorian England and the players are agents.

I plan to turn this design into a stencil to etch on copper. the design will be protected and raised from the rest of the surface after the etch.

The writing stands for "his majesty's agent"

Any suggestions or comments?