Knockspell #5

Matt Finch just sent me my contributor copy of Knockspell #5.  That was very kind of him.

I contributed an article about using Scrabble tiles as monsters in your game.  I also have a way to use a random draw of tiles as a "wandering monster roll."  I think its a pretty clever little mechanic.  There are some files in the file section to the right to go along with the article too...

There are some great articles in there as well.  One is about the differences between weapons in 0e games.  Sure they all do the same damage, but what else do they do?  There's an article about magical vats and some seaborne magic items.

There are also two adventures that look pretty cool.

I don't get any royalties for my contribution; just the free PDF copy.  Go check out the issue for yourself.  I don't believe that you'll be disappointed!

Old School Gamer Bling - NPCs - Dwarves (pt 1)

Here's a different version of the Old School NPC Cards.

In this one, I took the exported file and brought it into GIMP.  I deleted all the empty fields to make the face of the card larger.  Then I imported each picture separately and scaled it to the card.

The result is a larger picture with still a little bit of room at the top for name and other info.

See if you like it...

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Old School Gamer Bling - NPCs - Swashbucklers

Over at the Wizard's site there's a page with PC/NPC portraits.  I found those via Dyson Logos' blog and wandered on over there...

An idea struck me!  I have these cool NPC cards that I bought from Paizo -- why not make my own?

Here's a deck of a dozen "Swashbucklers" based on the art I found over there.  I figure I can write the stuff the PC's "know" about the NPC on the front and I can crib my notes on the back...

Click here to download the PDF

Here's a preview!

If folks like these, I'll keep making sets to post.  Heck, I might even stat up a set with names and noteworthy bits already printed on the front if folks think that would be helpful.  

Let me know!

Old School Gamer Bling - Colored Potions

I printed up a sheet of 9 potions that you could use in your Old School game as props for your players.  It occurred to me that you might not want all your potions to be GREEN!


I'm not a Photoshop/GIMP expert, but I found this little filter called "colorize" and I transformed that JPG into nine different colors.

That way, you can print it out, give the potions to your players and they can say "I drink the pink potion" or write a little text on the card and it can be "I drink the pink BUBBLY" potion.

For help with potion descriptions, check out this handy dandy little chart from Telecanter.

Enjoy!

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MMMM Art - Borsin

Here's Jef's take on the Borsin...  Enjoy!

A Trip to See the Trollgod

My friend JD and I had the chance to go visit Ken St. Andre at a local game store, Samurai Comics in Phoenix, AZ last night.  We interrupted his Shadowfist game and he was a good sport about it.

Ken was great and it was an honor meeting him (officially).

I think, in the distant past, it is highly likely that JD met Ken at the original Flying Buffalo Games when he was 8.  It's entirely possible that in high school, I was in the same room with Ken, but I'd have been too shy to say hello then.

Anyway, here are a couple of pics and if you ever get the chance to meet this gaming legend, be sure to stop and say "Hi."

MMMM Art - Aqueous Orb

Jef created another bit of art I'd like to share.  Here's his take on the aqueous orb...