PREMIUM GM TOOLS FOR SERIOUS 5th EDITION CAMPAIGNS
Backed by 105+ verified customer reviews averaging 4.9 out of 5 stars, MageGate Games publishes premium 5e-compatible GM tools for Game Masters. Every title is designed to reduce prep, strengthen boss fights, and provide reusable systems that support long-term campaigns.
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HEIRLOOM MAGIC ITEMS
STOP MAGIC ITEM CHURN! Want 1st level characters to start with cool magic items that scale in power with them as they level up? Then you need customizable 5e magic items with our scaling 5e loot system.
Claim your FREE RULES for GMs and PLAYERS to level up your 5th Edition (5e) game today!
These rules are designed to work with your favorite 5e books, including DMG + MageGate Games' 250 Best Magic Items series.
MAGEGATE GAMES: LEVELING UP
4 YEARS IN BUSINESS
35 TITLES PUBLISHED
44 YEARS GAMING EXPERIENCE
The Magic of MageGate Games
"We Make Danger Matter." (TM)
MageGate Games ("Mage Gate" on Amazon) is a leading independent publisher of precision tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Founded in 2021, the company is recognized for producing high-quality 5e-compatible sourcebooks that empower both game masters and players.
MageGate Games designs 5e tools that make danger matter again. Instead of adding new subsystems or bloating stat blocks, our books reshape how pressure, risk, and consequence enter the game—turning environments into active threats and ordinary encounters into memorable, story-driven conflicts that GMs can run at any level with minimal prep.
With over thirty successful titles released for the 5th Edition (5e) ruleset, MageGate Games has cultivated a loyal fanbase by delivering gritty, grounded content—especially during the Open Gaming License (OGL) crisis, when trust and creativity mattered most.
Led by USA TODAY bestselling author Jackson Dean Chase, MageGate Games continues to push the boundaries of immersive worldbuilding and create tools that bring out the best in every GM and player.
MageGate Games designs 5e tools built for serious game masters.
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Legendary Lairs is the premium boss fight toolkit for 5e GMs. It is built around a simple philosophy: encounters should be fast to run, tactically engaging, infinitely reusable, and dangerous enough to matter. Every lair is designed to help busy Game Masters create memorable boss fights, meaningful terrain interactions, and low-prep adventures without filler, gimmicks, or throwaway mechanics.
LEGENDARY LAIRS: ELEMENTAL LAIRS
Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs is a 5e-compatible GM toolkit featuring modular boss lairs, tactical encounters, traps, hazards, and multi-stage boss fights designed for low-prep tabletop RPG campaigns.
You get modular, mix-and-match templates for:
- Air
- Cold
- Earth
- Fire
- Lightning
- Radiant
- Thunder
- Water
Full color, 132 pages.
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LEGENDARY LAIRS: ELEMENTAL MAGIC ITEMS
Hundreds of GMs downloaded Legendary Lairs: Elemental Magic Items— have you? These aren’t just loot drops. They’re plot hooks.
Get 8 FREE magic items for your 5e game—one each for:
- Air
- Cold
- Earth
- Fire
- Lightning
- Radiant
- Thunder
- Water
The perfect companion for use with Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs.
Full color, 18 pages.
LEGENDARY LAIRS: UNEARTHLY LAIRS
Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs is a 5e-compatible GM toolkit featuring modular boss lairs, tactical encounters, traps, hazards, and multi-stage boss fights designed for low-prep tabletop RPG campaigns.
You get modular, mix-and-match templates for:
- Acid
- Disease
- Necrotic
- Poison
- Psychic
- Shadow
Full color, 156 pages.
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