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Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit

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Why Not Have It All?

If you are interested in this product, you might also be interested in Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit Compendium. It contains this product along with all of the other Toolkits I have published on the DM's Guild.

And the best part - it is Pay What you Want as well. You can get over 1000 pages of content with one checkout. If you are interested, just click the image below!

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This Toolkit contains a collection of generic set pieces I have created in my time as a dungeon master. It includes an assortment of dungeon maps, puzzles, fully detailed dungeons, random encounters, entire one-shot adventures, and tables to create hundreds of fun magic items. Most of these are able to be dropped in any campaign setting with just a small amount of work by the DM, providing at least thirty hours of content!

Contents

8 d100 Magic Item Enchantment Tables

These eight tables can help you create a huge assortment of custom magic items that stray far from the ordinary! Four of the tables provide benefits and the others provide detriments, allowing to craft all manner of magic item by rolling for special properties! These have 4 tiers each - starting from Minor enchantments and going all the way up to Legendary. Starting with things as simple as gaining a d4 for a particular stat to summoning powerful allies at the start of combat or becoming an avatar of the item itself!


6 One-Shot Adventures

One-shots are adventures that contain an overarching story or quest and tie themselves up at the end of a session. These are typically expected to last 3-4 hours (though some may take longer as noted in the adventures below) and are a great tool for newer Dungeon Masters who may be hesitant to jump into the deep end without assistance. They are also a valuable aid for an experienced DM that might be running low on prep time! Reading through the pages within this book should provide you with everything you need to run an exciting story for your players.  

Tread through the Bog of the Hag and see if you can escape with your jawbone still intact. Face off against the grand eyeless frog demon known as the Gol'Goroth and his army of cultists that have been terrorizing the small town of Goldenleaf Village! Challenge the fighting spirit of a novice set of adventurers by putting them up against the trials within Dromar's Tomb! 


4 Dungeons

The Dungeons section of this book contains all of the monsters, puzzles, traps, and descriptions you will need to drop any of these four dungeons into your world with little to no effort! Unlike the one-shots, these do not have a story built around them and are simply a set of challenges set to the theme of that particular dungeon. Do your players have the knowledge required to solve the riddles of the dragon turtle that lurks within the Submerged Cavern? Can they adapt on the fly to successfully complete each wing of The Trial of Champions? Will they crumble in the face of the powerful constructs and challenging puzzles that lurk within The Tinker's Laboratory? 


12 Unique Puzzles

A dozen puzzles to challenge your players. Most can be dropped into any dungeon or world with little to no effort on the Dungeon Master's part. All are unique puzzles that should hopefully catch your players off guard and give them a nice challenge beyond simply slaying powerful creatures.


11 Dungeon Maps

A collection of maps you can use for additional dungeons. Sometimes all you need is a spark of inspiration to make that next exciting dungeon and hopefully these will help you out! (Though I will admit that I am not an artist!)

This Toolkit was just the beginning! To see my other products, click the links below!

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/202858/Nerzugals-Game-Master-Toolkit Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit 2 https://www.dmsguild.com/product/263546 https://www.dmsguild.com/product/302595/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-3 https://www.dmsguild.com/product/409347/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-4
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Ryan A October 30, 2022 12:56 am UTC
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Hi! Did you ever do a follow up to the Gol'Goroth adventure?
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Steven W October 30, 2022 1:37 am UTC
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Yes I did! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/263860 is the individual adventure but you can also get it as part of the my Tome of Horrifying Adventures - https://www.dmsguild.com/product/263546/Nerzugals-Tome-of-Horrifying-Adventures
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Robert F September 04, 2021 4:50 pm UTC
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Really want to pick up the Hardcover version of this book, but the link says it's unavailable. Any idea when it might be back for purchase? Thanks so much! Looking forward to picking up the whole trilogy!
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Steven W September 04, 2021 5:03 pm UTC
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I was actually unaware that hardcover copies were o longer available. I am heading out on vacation but I can so some investigate this when I can!
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Robert F September 05, 2021 2:19 am UTC
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Thank you so much! I'd really love to pick them all up in hardcover :)
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James B September 11, 2021 11:34 am UTC
I'm also interested, so I am commenting in the hope you ping me when your investigations conclude.
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Steven W September 13, 2021 4:14 am UTC
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Hey there! Let me know if this link is working for you now! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/243231/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-Print-Version I believe I worked out the issue with the DM's Guild and it should be available once again. Sorry about the delay getting back to your request, I needed a PC to get the work done! Let me know if you are still encountering issues and I can follow up.
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Steven W September 13, 2021 4:14 am UTC
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Hey there! Let me know if this link is working for you now! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/243231/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-Print-Version I believe I worked out the issue with the DM's Guild and it should be available once again. Sorry about the delay getting back to your request, I needed a PC to get the work done! Let me know if you are still encountering issues and I can follow up.
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Ja W December 28, 2020 8:41 pm UTC
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Hey there - really cool book.

Bucket conundrum question. The clue says the buckets can all be filled with items from the room, but I couldn't figure out where the blood was, unless the intent was the blood of one of the characters in the room?
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Steven W December 29, 2020 1:37 am UTC
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Yep, sorry about the confusion! It is intended to be blood from one of the party members.
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Hector D June 30, 2020 7:24 pm UTC
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Greetings!
I was wondering what is the difference between the dungeon master's toolkit 1 & 2, and the game master's toolkit. I have the dungeon master toolkit and want to get it in print version, but i'm not sure if I should get one or the other. Thank you!
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Steven W June 30, 2020 8:23 pm UTC
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Hi there! They are all completely stand-alone products with their own contents. The Game Master toolkit and DM Toolkit 2 both have monster stat blocks for you to use while the first toolkit does not. They all have puzzles and adventures for you to use in your games as well! If you'd like, they are available as PWYW so you can download the products for free to see which content you enjoy the most and make your decision from there!

The Game Master Toolkit is OGL so it uses Game Master instead of Dungeon Master but it is written with the intent to be used with D&D 5th Edition.
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Scotland K June 16, 2019 12:13 pm UTC
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Maybe it is because my coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but I loved these collections so much that I would love to buy physical copies of all three in the description but cannot figure out where to get them.
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Steven W June 16, 2019 4:02 pm UTC
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https://www.dmsguild.com/product/243231/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-Print-Version For this one
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/202858/Nerzugals-Game-Master-Toolkit for my second book
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/243234/Nerzugals-Dungeon-Master-Toolkit-2-Print-Version for my third

Hope that helps and glad you enjoy the books =)
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Paul M December 13, 2018 11:01 am UTC
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These books are amazing! So helpful.

Just one question, are the Dungeons (The Submerged Cavern specifically) able to be run as a one shot themselves?

It fits into the world I've put together so perfectly, but I'm not sure how long it's expected to take to run it
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Steven W December 13, 2018 1:12 pm UTC
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The Submerged Cavern is one of the more combat light dungeons so if your players are fast, they might be able to get through it in one night! It took my own group two sessions to conquer that one as they solved the puzzles and riddles and found unique ways to face down the other challenges of the dungeon, but probably about 5 hours in total. My estimate would be 4-6 depending on hour pacing and combat speed.
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Paul M January 13, 2019 12:01 pm UTC
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Thanks for the reply.

Ran it on NYE, everyone really enjoyed it. Had to drop it from 3 caverns to 2 because my group were super quick with the combat (the Mind Flayer was downed in 1 round - their initiative was insane) but they took their sweet time just deciding which way to go. An example of this is they split the party to look down each tunnel a little bit, then went with the first one, found the trapped step and set it off even though it was clearly a trap.

Anyway, great stuff in this - already planning on running some of these with my regular groups!
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Carrie F November 15, 2018 6:43 pm UTC
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Hello. I purchased the DM Toolkin 1 & 2 and the GM toolkit. I paid for the PDFs, paying the recommended price and downloaded the PDFs. On all of them the table of contents is all weird greek lettering and unreadable. On the Game Master Toolkit the entire PDF is that way. Example: https://i.imgur.com/pPPBE7d.png from the GM Toolkit.
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Carrie F November 15, 2018 6:53 pm UTC
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Disregard the above, it seems to be an issue with the PDF viewer I was using (which is designed to read blueprints and architectural drawings). Opening it in adobe reader works just fine. Thank you!
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Ádám U September 01, 2018 12:19 am UTC
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Hello,

I like this book. It's fun so far.
I I just want to give a little clarification. The puzzle, "The Locked Doors" said to require at least four players. However, I found a solution requireing only two. (Based on this document, V21.)

It goes like this:
1) One player is enough to open doors 1-4.
2) After opening door no. 4, they open door no. 7. One player than goes between door no. 2 and door no. 7 while the other stays back to reopen doors 1-3 after their friend opened door no. 7.
3) We trivially open door no. 5.
4) Now we open door no.6. For this, one player goes between doors no. 4 and no. 6, and the other stays behind as before.
5) The player behind opens doors no. 3 and no. 4, and colses doors no. 1 and no 2. they open door no. 8
6) At this point, teh only missing requirement for opening door no. 9 is to open doors no.1 and no. 2 which is (again) trivial.

The puzzle is great tough, I'm glad to have read it. I hope...See more
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Dallin H August 01, 2018 9:25 pm UTC
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Once I have the money, I'm going to buy your printed materials. The content in these works is top notch. You've inspired me to try and develop my own 5E content. Thank you!
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Rusty P July 13, 2018 10:33 am UTC
I love the looks of this. Is anyone working on a Fantasy Grounds implementation of this or the sequel? As a remote gamer, because I would rather play than code, I rely on FG modules and don’t mind paying for them.

I’ve purchased a lot of Rob Twohy’s stuff and he seems to do a very thorough conversion, if he or someone else is not already working on it.
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Steven W July 13, 2018 1:50 pm UTC
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Hey Rusty,

Unfortunately, I don't think I am allowed to distribute any official FG modules since the product is published on the DM's Guild. It would violate their exclusivity agreement. I know I am at least not allowed to sell it in their store as I have already worked with them in the past on it. Now adding FG resources as part of the download for this might be ok (though I'm still not sure), but I don't have any plans of doing so at the moment. I am already diving deep on my next book and trying to keep the momentum going.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

-Steven
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Rob T July 14, 2018 4:18 am UTC
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Steven, you can AND SHOULD sell this as an FG mod separate from the PDF (fully complies with DMs Guild TOS). Search my name (Rob Twohy) and see how many collaborations I've done. I'd be happy to help.

If interested feel free to contact me... rob DOT twohy AT gmail DOT com
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Karen M July 08, 2018 5:21 am UTC
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am i missing something in the Bucket Conundrum? It says there is an inscription on the far wall as well as something written on the sign, but I don't see anything about WHAT is written on the sign
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Steven W July 08, 2018 5:33 am UTC
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Sorry about the confusion. There is a section right after Room Description called "The Stone Inscription". This contains the text that is inscribed upon the wall.

The wooden sign is what contains the pictures of what goes into each of the buckets. I suppose "text" is probably the incorrect word for this, but from a distance that may be what it appears to be to the characters. The characters can associate each of the pictures with the metal buckets hanging over the room. Alternatively, you can get rid of this sign and simply have these pictures inscribed directly on the buckets.

Hopefully that provides some clarity!
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John Z May 25, 2018 4:32 pm UTC
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My group is running through Strahd and I (player) am getting the chance to DM a One Shot next week. I'm super excited to lead the group & our DM through the Cult of Gol'Goroth!

The monsters in this are so sick & twisted. I love it!
https://imgur.com/a/KfN9qqu
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Steven W May 25, 2018 5:39 pm UTC
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Thanks! The Gol'Goroth seems to be one of the most loved adventures I have produced! I have some ideas brewing for a resurrection of the ancient from demon for a higher level one-shot that I think will be just as twisted and exciting!
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John Z May 25, 2018 5:55 pm UTC
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That would be awesome!

Great writing style and storytelling as well. Very easy (for me at least) to work your descriptions into the narrative flow. I'm a fairly new DM so I'm pretty sure this should be taking as a compliment:)
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Gian G June 01, 2018 3:37 am UTC
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What program is that you're using to organize?
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Steven W June 01, 2018 3:41 am UTC
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If that question is directed at me, the product is put together using the Homebrewery. I don't think you are supposed to link other sites so just search Natural Crit Homebrwery to get to it.
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John Z July 03, 2018 6:39 pm UTC
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Sorry for the delay in response. It's Realm Works.
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Karl L May 22, 2018 2:20 pm UTC
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I love the book, I downloaded the print friendly version and there are a couple of formatting errors on some of the tables... Starting at page 9.
Otherwise, this is a great product.
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Steven W May 22, 2018 2:26 pm UTC
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Whoa, don't know how those guys snuck in there! Thanks for letting me know! I will get those fixed as soon as I get home from work. Sorry about that!
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Steven W May 22, 2018 2:33 pm UTC
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Nevermind, haha, it should be fixed now!
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Karl L May 22, 2018 3:17 pm UTC
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Perfect, thank you. I appreciate it
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Mono P April 28, 2018 2:31 am UTC
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Great toolkit for inspiration or quick content! One thing thought.

The seven digit puzzle says "the number created by the first three is GREATER than that created by the last four"
BUT THEN it states that "both sum up 15"
this is misleading and probably a mistake or typo.
for the record the puzzle can even be resolved with that clue so I just simply took it out. BUT I wanted to let you know!

keep the content coming and feel free to see by my content and tell me if you like it! (got plenty more just didn't find time to transcribe it and upload it! ^^

Regards, M.
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Steven W April 28, 2018 5:40 am UTC
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Hey Mono, it isn't a typo but perhaps a confusion in the way it is stated. The SUM of the first three and the last four both equal fifteen, but the number created by simply taking the raw number is greater.
* The number created by the first three is greater than that created by the last four
* The sum of the first three numbers and of the last four numbers are both 15.

[843] > [0591] but [8+4+3] = 15 and [0+5+9+1] = 15

Does that give some clarity?
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Mono P August 28, 2018 9:16 pm UTC
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It does a lot!
Thank you for the clarification Sire!
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Gordon D April 12, 2018 11:35 pm UTC
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I would pay $50 for a book but I’m limited on pdf. And I so want this.
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Steven W April 13, 2018 12:21 am UTC
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I'm glad you feel that way. Hopefully one day the DM's Guild will allow for us to create print copies of our products. Until then, the best you could do is maybe to print it out and bind it yourself if you really want a physical copy!
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Andrew K February 10, 2018 2:58 am UTC
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So so good. Is there a map of the Yuan Ti temple that I'm missing?
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Steven W February 10, 2018 3:57 am UTC
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Unfortunately, all of the maps in this Toolkit were handmade by me and I am far from an artist. I tried at one point to create something that could be used, but the three stories of the structure made it quite difficult for me. Here was my effort of an example of a single floor - https://i.imgur.com/21rYkJa.png When I ran the temple, I drew out some of the major areas where the battles will occur (just a few simple rooms) and the rest is done via descriptions. Hopefully that helps!
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