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Month: February 2019

RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

1 Klickstarter You Should Buy – Starfarer’s Codex: Horrifically Overpowered Feats

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 - by Egg Embry

Wait… Klickstarter?… What’s a KLICKstarter with an “L”?   Well, it’s a promotional campaign for a Starfinder product that Owen KC Stephens, Starfinder Design Lead at Paizo Inc., has developed and released …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

3 RPG Crowdfundings You Should Back – Lasers & Liches, Encephalon Gorgers on the Moon, and The Compleat Beastman

February 18, 2019February 19, 2019 - by Egg Embry

On Kickstarter and Indiegogo there are over 120 RPGs, related items, and RPG zines running at the moment. As well, Rogue Genius Games’ (Owen KC Stephens) Starfarer’s Codex: Horrifically Overpowered Feats Klickstarter (the not …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

4 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Sentinel Comics, and Realms of Atrothia

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 - by Egg Embry

Currently, the volume of active RPG projects on Kickstarter is staggering. As of this writing, it’s orbiting around 100. There are so many worthy projects from that horde, but I’ve narrowed this …

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RPG Kickstarters You Should Back

5 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Spellmonger, Demon’s Veins, Love’s Labour’s Liberated, The Great Old Ones, and Professor Humbert Drumsley

February 25, 2019 - by Egg Embry

Because there are so many deserving RPG projects on Kickstarter, I’m experimenting with the format on this article, mixing the quotes and reviews a bit more and covering some additional …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Bloody Bill, Corsair

February 20, 2019February 18, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we turn our eyes to the high seas, and the lawless world of piracy. Drawn from many walks of life, with a …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Ilya the Grave Witch

February 13, 2019February 11, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we’ve got something special theme-wise. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble… That’s right, witches. In this case, all …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Karrak Ironfoot, Half-Ogre Pugilist

February 27, 2019March 5, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we turn our eyes to the high seas, and the lawless world of piracy. Drawn from many walks of life, with a …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters – Naema, Scion of the Dark Beyond

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 - by markt

Welcome back to Creative Characters. This time around we’ve got something special theme-wise. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble… That’s right, witches. In this case, all …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Mu Ticker, Ysoki Tech

February 28, 2019February 18, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

Once again, the week brings us round to Creative Characters, providing GMs and players with fresh and interesting characters ready to be dropped straight into your game. Over the last …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Oemoe-es Rann, Lashunta Rookie

February 14, 2019February 7, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

Welcome back to Creative Characters, Starfinder edition. We continue with our current crop of recruits to the career of law enforcement, the Particular Crimes Unit. They are an elite squad …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Triln Vantanos, Vesk Sergeant

February 7, 2019January 30, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

This is Creative Characters, your resource for ready-made characters to drop straight into your game. No muss, no fuss, no biohazard containment protocols. Currently, we are looking at law enforcement …

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Creative Characters

Creative Characters (Starfinder): Yurull Samat, Undercover Lashunta

February 21, 2019February 9, 2019 - by Nathan Ross

Welcome back to Creative Characters, Starfinder edition. The Particular Crimes Unit, or PCU are an elite law enforcement unit specializing in cases involving tricky technology and requiring significant expertise. The …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Gamble

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

The coin flip rules their day. The Gambles wander along, betting on anything and everything. Beneath their smiles and jokes is a sinister overtone: they want these wagers to be …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Sabtora Cat

February 19, 2019February 14, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

They prowl the sands, large predators with unusually long snouts for cats. Even more for such a predator is their four eyes; these eyes are spaced just so, allowing the …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Skeletal Powder Keg

February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

A nefarious combination of necromancy and black powder, a skeletal powder keg is a strange yet straightforward design. By taking a blindly loyal skeleton minion and placing within its ribs …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (5e): Slime-thing

February 5, 2019January 30, 2019 - by Quin Callahan

In the darkest cesspools and refuse piles, chaos reigns. At the bottoms of dark, forgotten pits of the abyss, there swirls the centuries of filth and magical leftover from countless …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Aurum Wyrm

February 10, 2019February 1, 2019 - by nwright

Aurum Wyrm CR 16 The great beast’s fourfold mouth splits open in a mighty roar as the gold around it melts and shifts. CN Huge dragonInit +1; Senses darkvision 60 …

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Miscellaneous

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Empty One

February 17, 2019February 13, 2019 - by nwright

Empty One CR 12 The man seems normal, but there’s an unmistakable sense of emptiness about him that makes your skin crawl. NE Medium HumanoidInit +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neurovite

February 3, 2019January 23, 2019 - by nwright

Neurovite CR 1 The man before you looks almost normal except for the glimmer of metal in his eyes and the ridges of wires running through the skin of his …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Protovi

February 24, 2019February 28, 2019 - by nwright

Protovi CR 4 This small mass of glowing light seems to constantly shift shapes, always nearly but not quite resembling the silhouette of some species or another. N Small outsiderInit …

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Miscellaneous

PRESS RELEASE – POWERED by the DREAMR (PbtA) and Love’s Labour’s Liberated (5e) at Kickstarter’s Zine Quest

February 8, 2019 - by Egg Embry

Love’s Labour’s Liberated introduces the theme of February, love, into your 5e campaign. Part of Kickstarter’s RPG Zine Quest, this publication focuses on a romanticized view of Cavaliers, Enchanters, Magic Items, and more for the world’s …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – Telekinetic Bloodline (Sorcerer Bloodline)

February 9, 2019February 12, 2019 - by mmiller

Telekinetic Bloodline Mind over matter is more than just a cliche in your family.  You understand the power of the mind to affect the physical world with thoughts alone.  Even …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Radiant Guardian (Paladin Archetype)

February 23, 2019February 21, 2019 - by mmiller

Radiant Guardian The strength of his will is a supernatural force.  It emboldens his comrades like a strong drink in the veins.  In the heat of battle, his mere presence …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Schadenfreudig Monk (Monk Archetype)

February 2, 2019January 30, 2019 - by mmiller

Schadenfreudig Monk It is natural to derive pleasure from seeing our enemies fall. It may be petty, but who among us has not felt a sense of self-satisfaction from witnessing …

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Miscellaneous

Saturday Potpourri – The Shock Troop (Fighter Archetype)

February 16, 2019February 14, 2019 - by mmiller

Shock Troop (Fighter Archetype) The shock troop crashes into his enemies like an iron wave. For him, a good offense is the best defense. He aims to bring the attack …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Desert Items

February 8, 2019February 4, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

The wind blows harshly off the dunes behind you, causing the lilac colored tent walls to strain against their poles. Valcav leans luxuriously over the wooden arms of his throne-like …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Gem Based Weapons

February 15, 2019February 1, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

You stand in the shadow of a gigantic statue carved out of the side of a mountain. Waves crash along the nearby beach as Valcav walks down wooden steps descending …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Lovecraft Mythos Items

February 22, 2019February 21, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

The ruins of the cyclopean city spread out into the distance as far as you can see. The non-Euclidean architecture gives you a headache if you focus on any single …

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Miscellaneous

The Magic Shoppe: Treasures of the Elemental Plane of Water

February 1, 2019January 14, 2019 - by Michael Vail-Steele

The sun shines brightly off the sand, and you can hear the calming sound of waves crashing against the shore. Valcav leans against the warped counter of his seaside stall …

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