Welcome to Maylin’s Games

Welcome to Maylin’s Games — a one-person tabletop RPG studio built on 45 years of dice-rolling, world-building, and the kind of obsessive love for D&D that turns a lifelong hobby into a creative calling.

I’m Patrick, and I’ve been playing tabletop RPGs since the early 1980s. Over the decades I’ve been a player, a forever-DM, a homebrewer, and — more recently — a content creator on YouTube under the name Carpe DM. This website is the next step: a home base for everything I’m building.

What You’ll Find Here

This site is where I’ll share original 5e content, free resources, design diaries, and updates on upcoming projects. Right now, the flagship product is Terramancer: Mastery of Stone — the first book in an Elementalist subclass series that reimagines how elemental magic works in D&D 5th Edition.

But there’s more coming — Aeromancer, Hydromancer, and the rest of the elemental series are in various stages of development. There’s also the 5e Character Sheet Generator, a free web tool for building characters fast, and plans for a Living World platform that will connect persistent campaign experiences online.

Why “Maylin’s Games”?

Maylin was one of the first characters I ever played — an elven mage who saw magic not as power, but as connection. That idea stuck with me through decades of gaming: the best RPG experiences aren’t about stats and min-maxing. They’re about stories, choices, and the people around the table.

That philosophy shapes everything I make. Whether it’s a subclass, a one-shot, or a digital tool — it should make the game better at the table, not just on paper.

Stay Connected

This blog will be a regular thing — design diaries, DM tips, product updates, and community highlights. If you want to follow along, the best ways are through the Carpe DM YouTube channel, the Discord community, or just bookmarking this site.

Thanks for stopping by. Pull up a chair — the tavern’s always open.

— Patrick / Carpe DM