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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 13h

That is kind of how we treat our rules for Mecha and custom Battleframes - feels like D&D, but bigger.

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Megazord's Epic Guitar Solo Intro

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We’re on our way to building up our catalog for the 5.5E release of Valda’s Spire of Secrets - the best of these will be part of the hardcover! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

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Coming soon: Valda’s Spire of Secrets: The Ultimate Expansion for 5.5E

12 new base classes and over 150 subclasses.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Discover 13 subclasses and 27 spells in Expanded Wizard, out now! Evolve your custom companion as a Familiar Master, manipulate smoke as a Fumaturge, or summon cheese as a Tyromancer! Fill your spellbook with Chronomancy, Protospells, and Spellhacks magehandpress.com/product/expa...

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Expanded Wizard - Mage Hand Press

Unlock the secrets of the arcane with the Expanded Wizard! This collection of 5.5E subclasses and spells offers only the finest wizardry for your next character.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You can meet every subclass we've released through @dndbeyond.com and see the human-made art we've commissioned for each one in this round-up article. Subclasses are a character concept in a bottle, and I want you to get weird with yours: www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2207-g...

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Get Weird with Your Next Character in Valda’s Spire of Secrets

Discover 13wild subclasses—from the Muscle Wizard Barbarian to the Magic Missile Mage—in Valda's Spire of Secrets. Meet them all here!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We learned a lot about familiars from our Witch base class, and some of the best are in this pack. Summon a Pet Rock, a Flying Book, a Winter Wolf Pup, or a friendly Fright to join your adventure! This little ghost by Moniek Schilder will put a smile on your face:

A banjo-playing ghost smiles a chubby-cheeked grin in this square image. The ghost resembles a tattered sheet with spectral blue eyes and hands peaking out from underneath. A scattering of toys are falling from under the sheet, including a deck of playing cards, hard candies, a theater mask, and thick-spined books. The text reads Valda’s Spire of Secrets: Player Pack 2, and includes the D&D Beyond and Mage Hand Press logos.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

21 new spells from Valda’s profane spellbook fill out this pack. Warp your game with impish magic like Flashback, Cheat, Cosmic Horror, and Protect Threshold, illustrated here by @lucasferreiracm.bsky.social.

A male adventurer opens a thick wooden door in a dark and dingy dungeon. His leather armor and curved dagger may not be enough to protect him from the demon hidden just over the arch of the doorway. Its clawed fingers grasp both sides of the door, and its three glowing red eyes stand out ominously in the dark. The text reads Valda’s Spire of Secrets: Player Pack 2, and includes the D&D Beyond and Mage Hand Press logos.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Player Pack 2 has subclasses, feats, and spells to make your #dnd game feel like never before. Let me introduce your next character, and brag on the human artists who make our work so incredible. You have to see our new Heroic Sorcerer, a gish subclass brought to life by Noa Kriukova:

A portrait of a D&D character. She is wearing gold-trimmed plate armor and a billowing cape over white tights. A glowing longsword points toward the viewer as the character drives the point downward from above.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Subclasses are a character concept in a bottle, capable of imbuing a campaign with humor, horror, or heroism in a few features. That's why we went so weird with the subclasses we put in Player Pack 2 for Valda's Spire of Secrets. We've got one for each class now! www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2207-g...

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Get Weird with Your Next Character in Valda’s Spire of Secrets

Discover 13wild subclasses—from the Muscle Wizard Barbarian to the Magic Missile Mage—in Valda's Spire of Secrets. Meet them all here!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Fri., 8 a.m. - Epic Fantasy Quests that Actually Happened Fri., 7 p.m. - Do Beholders Have Buttholes? Sat., 6 p.m. - Do Owlbears Lay Eggs? Sun., 10 a.m. - How to Design a Monster that Matters Add us to your schedule here: www.gencon.com/event_finder...

The event's cover slide with a background of hexagonal tiles and text that reads "Do Beholders Have Buttholes?"

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We're at booth 2835 on the #GenCon exhibit hall this year. We're hosting a handful of panels, including Gen Con's worst game show

A map of the Gen Con exhibit hall floor showing the location of the Mage Hand Press booth.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Brand new base class incoming! The Dancer is a nimble and deadly martial class that kills with D4s! Juggle Daggers as a Harlequin, riddle your enemies with holes as a Fencer, or dance with the dead as a Danseur Macabre. Check it out for free on our website right now!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We can finally stop holding our breath! Valda's Spire of Secrets Player Pack 2 is coming to D&D Beyond this July. We're bringing never-before-seen subclasses, TONS of spells, and more—all fully redesigned for 5.5E and integrated with @dndbeyond.bsky.social.

A hammer-wielding dwarf ventures into a darkened, red-carpeted hallway surrounded by petrified adventurers in this promotional image. The text reads "Valda's Spire of Secrets: Player Pack 2". Logos for D&D Beyond and Mage Hand Press appear in the lower right.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Grax's Club is now on @foundryvtt.bsky.social ! Join the most affordable mercenary company in the 'Verse on surprising misadventures with all of Foundry's features. foundryvtt.com/packages/mag...

In this cover image for the Foundry VTT module, a green-skinned, tusked orc in a greasy white tank top stabs a dagger into a map spread out on a tabletop. His eye-patched face is smug as he twirls a lit cigar. He is flanked by two companions, a robotic Vect and a bird-headed avia-ra.
The text reads "Grax's Club: A Dark Matter Adventure"

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our Gunslinger class came to #baldursgate3 in a community mod! Check out how some of our favorite mechanics translate, which encounters got easier, and which ones got much harder: m.youtube.com/watch?v=FjYk...

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Playing a Gunslinger in Baldur's Gate 3

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Final 24 hours for the Dark Matter Mega Box! Every backer gets Humbledark, the crossover setting guide for Humblewood by @hitpointpress.bsky.social. Don't wait!

A life-sized statue of a warrior owl holds the hardcover print proof of Dark Matter.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Kobolds are GM favorites for swarms of low-level foes and dungeons full of fiendish traps. Dark Matter’s space kobolds transform asteroid fields into elaborate traps intended to capture stray spaceships and strip them of parts in minutes. Add them to your game here: magehandpress.com/2026/02/spac...

A hero image showing a small lizard-like humanoid with angular features. It wears a space suit fit to its body and carries a futuristic, glowing harpoon gun. The text reads "Space Kobold: Asteroid dwellers and starship scavengers”

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Lore and statistics for the Space Kobold. Like their terrestrial counterparts, space kobolds make up for in cunning what they lack in physical strength. Asteroid fields that play host to space kobold colonies are death traps for spacers, minefields crisscrossed by steel wires and waiting harpoon guns to ensnare any unsuspecting ship that comes near. Once a ship or spaceborne creature is immobilized, a force of space
kobolds springs into action, dismantling it with old-fashioned tools and a force of graphids, a domesticated species of asteroid-dwelling beast. Warrens of space kobolds also inhabit the hoard planetoids of eternal dragons or are enthralled by creatures such as cyber liches. Any powerful creature makes an ideal ally for space kobolds, but they prefer overlords that deter spacesharks and other predators.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Husks are ominous space zombies built for sci-fi horror 5E games. The vacuum of space not only strips bodies of air, it rips away the soul, leaving behind Undead husks. It's one of more than 120 sci-fi monsters in Dark Matter! Check out the plain text on our blog: magehandpress.com/2026/02/husks/

A hero image showing a desiccated corpse wearing a cracked space suit and shambling toward the viewer in the cramped metal hallway of a spaceship. The text reads "Husks: Suffocated space undead for Dark Matter”. Art by Augustine Marceillac.

Lore and statistics for the Husk appear in this square graphic. Husks represent the grim fate of countless spacers who have been stranded in deep space without hope for rescue. Though a husk might at first resemble a spacer in distress, its cracked grey skin and ruptured Life Suit reveals its Undead nature.

Lore and statistics for the Forlorn Husk, a more dangerous and magical Undead monster, appear in this square graphic. Husks abandoned for too long become saturated with a sinister magic that dwells in deep space. They float uncannily in the air, even in artificial gravity, and suck the air out of the room like a hull breach.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Let us know which one's your favorite, and if you like these sneak peeks into the development process! I'm happy to do more!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Finally we have a cover that explains Dark Matter in a glance: it’s sci-fi, it’s fantasy, and it’s not too saccharine – a giant space skull means there’s peril and stakes! I could not be happier with Kirby’s work and thankful he’s stuck with us for all these years.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

After all these years, the Maw station’s skull is an iconic symbol of Dark Matter. Most recently, when I asked Kirby to return to the cover, he really wanted to show off the skull from a new angle, highlighting the space station behind it and the universe beyond. And wow! He was absolutely right.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Around our first Kickstarter, Kirby asked for another crack at it. I’m glad he did! This version zooms out to see the entire skull and adds splashes of red within the portal and burning out of the eyes. The teeth still act as a frame to the logo, but the perspective gives it better breathing room.

An illustrated cover for the Dark Matter hardcover

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Already you can see the familiar Maw station, the Void portal, and the tech detail that remind you that it’s sci-fi. In this piece the teeth act as a wraparound frame on the page without much inside. It’s also greener than you might expect, which I believe bothered Kirby shortly after handing it in.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

He’s also created the same cover for Dark Matter three times over the years, which neatly chart his development as an artist. It also serves to highlight the advantages of keeping the same art team and fostering their creativity over the long term.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

His earliest pieces were the Space Marine fighter and Void warlock, which represent some of the things I love about the setting’s art: it’s high-tech, but not too harsh or angular; alien doesn’t need to mean tentacles and gore; and the characters should make you want to play them!

Two illustrations of futuristic D&D characters.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I’d like to highlight the amazing work done by our artist, @kirbish.bsky.social, whose style has defined what Dark Matter has looked like for almost a decade. Let's take a look at what he's brought through the years! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

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Dark Matter Mega Box: Sci-Fi 5E

A 5th Edition campaign setting set in a universe inspired by Mass Effect, Dune, and Star Wars. With maps by Czepeku!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

You've unlocked another stretch goal for Dark Matter! Creatures of living gravity, void elementals arise at the edges of black holes, threatening to drag your crew to oblivion. Back the Kickstarter to explore and survive! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

James Gurney's canvas for the 1st edition of John Dalmas' Homecoming (1984) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

A spaceship descends into a glade filled with medieval-esque knights and foot soldiers.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Can you survive intergalactic corporate horror and escape the Form, or will you climb the ladder to victory? Bring the adventure to your table when you back the Dark Matter Mega Box!www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

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Dark Matter Mega Box: Sci-Fi 5E

A 5th Edition campaign setting set in a universe inspired by Mass Effect, Dune, and Star Wars. With maps by Czepeku!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Mothership Down. After an amoeboid mothership crash-lands on a Low World, the characters must rescue the crew and repair the ship. Soon the characters learn that the mothership has landed in Roswell, New Mexico, and that there’s far more deadly things aboard the ship than Low World soldiers.

A TTRPG battlemap showing a circular ship like a classic UFO with a central cupola.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Every Life Worth Saving. An S.O.S. from the hospital ship Caladrius sees the characters descending to the surface of Kiron, a planet infested with a swarm of deadly psi-worms. It’s a mad dash to find survivors aboard the ship and escape before the worms overrun the ship!

A TTRPG battlemap showing a ship crowded with medical bays and equipment.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Heist at Squengis. To prove their worth to the Firm, the party must infiltrate a ship/diner named Squengi’s to raid its safe. Little do they know, other Contractors are hiding throughout the restaurant on the same job and willing to kill to secure the heist for themselves.

A TTRPG battlemap showing a ship built in the style of a 1950s diner, complete with check-patterned floor and windowed atrium.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The Deal. In a prison ship en route for the distant colony of Blackpost, the characters must break free of their cells, find weapons, and make a break for the escape pods! But beware, the Bronze Skeleton “Screw” stands between the party and freedom.

A TTRPG battlemap showing a prison ship.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Each chapter of this campaign is a one-shot adventure built around a single battlemap by @czepeku.bsky.social. You can play as one large campaign, or play individual adventures as one-shots. Contractor Corps comes with 11 adventures! Here’s a rundown of some of our favorites.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Escape a prison ship bound for the freezing edge of the ‘Verse, join the Firm and embark on criminal adventures in Contractor Corps, one of two hardcover campaigns in the Dark Matter Mega Box. In this criminal campaign, you play a crew of Contractors working for a crime syndicate known as the Firm.

A hard-bitten male bartended covered in cyborg augmentations holds a burning cigarette in the futuristic bar known as Yokai Flux. Art by Lucas Ferreira CM.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Guardians of the Galaxy is a good touchstone for the 'Verse, yeah!

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Many of the other maps in the collection fall into two camps: urban sci-fi streets, or the floorplans of compelling buildings. Explore a bounty hunter’s tavern, a digital holodeck, or a film set for the moon landing (yes really!)

A neon-soaked futuristic street viewed from the top down.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

When your ship touches down on an alien world, pick a map and boom – instant adventure! But these aren’t “generic desert #6” and “rocky outcropping #11.” There’s a high-tech base built on that river, strange alien machinery within the crystals of the desert, or a crash site in the lake.

Crystalline boulders dot a landscape of sand dunes, seen from the top down.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Dark Matter’s in-depth ship combat system lets every player participate with unique roles and build a home base unique to every party. The ship battlemaps included in the collection give you compelling maps for a home base, a derelict ship dungeon crawl, or a hostile boarding action!

A battlemap showing a top-down view of a football-shaped spaceship dotted with green equipment.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@czepeku.bsky.social makes the highest-quality battlemaps in the world, bar none. The Dark Matter Mega Box includes a set of 50 dry- and wet-erasable sci-fi battlemaps by Czepeku, in print for the first time. Each is a beautiful and creative backdrop for whatever adventure you can imagine!

A top-down view of a scaffolded rooftop in a futuristic city. The name Czepeku is just visible in the background, identifying the artist.

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Mage Hand Press @magehandpress.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

You've unlocked the $175K stretch goal on the Dark Matter Mega Box Kickstarter! This is a brand new Mega spell for ship combat that creates a giant mech suit made out of hardlight, using a scaling statblock similar to spells such as Conjure Dragon. It's an amazing way to spice up ship combat!

A big green suit of armor illustrates this web graphic for the stretch goal. The text reads "Stretch Goal Unlocked: $175K - Mega Spell: Hardlight Battleframe. Summon a Mecha Battleframe made out of hardlight to crush your enemies underfoot!

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