#ttrpg book

[sir-lakealot]

If you like the vibes of Ascended Astarion but a text that recognizes his power over you BOY DO I HAVE A BOOK FOR YOU!

An Empty Embrace by Cyril Mezden

It’s essentially a naive cleric and his adventuring party getting transported to a world very much like Barovia. They meet village people that are suffering and they are trying to figure out what this mysterious figure at night that is tormenting them. Queue the cleric meeting a very suave vampire and starting to question himself. The vampire is very very dark Astarion vibes, controlling and having a thing for control. Things happen it’s spicy and you see what the cleric battles with emotionally trying to come to terms with everything he is feeling and a bit of spice.

The other main characters in the book are also fantastic!!! We have a queer wlw wizard and half orc barbarian who are intriguing and fu. To see their adventures as well. Ensue epic battles that are very tragic inspired but the adventuring party may not be fully prepared for it.

I read this book months ago and still think about how fun it is. If you want the vibes of Ascended Astarion wreaking havoc on a Barovia type place, adventuring party being trapped and having to solve why this town is cursed I would suggest this book! It is very fun and felt like a ttrpg one shot to me. If you read it let me know what you think!

[ydteus]

Hey!! Check out the kickass kickstarter I’m a part of for Fen’s Guide to the Myriad Realms!

Four Realms, Endless Adventure: Explore new Species, Classes, NPCs and Monsters in this 5th edition supplement! 100% #humanart

If you’re interested in my position, I’ll be a backer reward artist so keep your eyes peeled for when it launches! <3

Check it out here! Join the Notifications!

[12biscuits]

520 pages WIP!

[vforvalensa]

90s indie ttrpgs whip ass

[sirobvious]

“You just wrote your medieval fantasy setting to have medieval gender roles and homophobia and prejudice because you secretly fantasize about being able to be sexist and homophobic in a land with no PoC without any pushback! It’s fantasy, there’s dragons and wizards, it doesn’t have to have prejudice unless you, the writer, want it like that! In *my* D&D setting, there’s no sexism or homophobia, so that gay transgender women of all races can be holy knights fighting to protect the good kingdom from the endless hordes of the evil dark race that has threatened its borders for a thousand years!”

[pokeycub]

SHARING AN AWESOME BOOK KICKSTARTER

[paullovescomics]

Books read in the first half of 2023, part 1 of 15

[leithvit]

Last art commission of this year🎉🏅

[haridraws]

holiday gift season approaches.

do you know a FANTASY GAME ENJOYER? or someone with a YEARNING for d&d but no opportunity/ time to schedule it?

may i suggest.... my books

Where can I obtain these: Consider US & UK indie bookstores!! But, many places, like Forbidden planet online for less than a tenner. or Target.

Into the Dungeon: FUN. SILLY. Dungeon crawl! Get loot! Get eaten!

Into the Tower: Juicy fantasy novella vibe. Multiple unique endings. Wizard tower! Weird magic! Romance and horror options if you want!

BOTH: Standalone, quick reads, <1 hour to play once, no experience needed

Replayable. Achievements. Easy and hard modes

Meet creatures, kiss monsters

guest art I'm OBSESSED WITH. LOOK AT IT

Grainy VINTAGE (2018) photos of Felix Miall & Letty Wilson's inks

^ You might recognise these as the artists for many-award-winning ttrpgs including Heart: the city beneath and Wanderhome...

into the tower pics by Shazleen Khan, Faye Stacey & Sajan rai, THERE ARE LITERALLY SO MANY MORE BUT MOST ARE SPOILERS. CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO WORK WITH ALL THESE COOL ARTISTS TBH

Age rating FAQ: can I give Into the Dungeon to (or play with) nerdy children? yes. encouraged.

Number of players: solo, unless you read them aloud and get people to vote on their choices (I LOVE DOING THIS WITH CYOA BOOKS)

You can see more info, links to buy, character previews and a lil chart comparing the books here.

[ethanmaldridge]

I'm excited to reveal a new project: The Cursed Catacombs, written by Nick Eliopulos with nearly a hundred drawings by me!

It's a playable novel, a solo RPG, a dungeon crawler in book form. Take on the role of the last living apprentice to a legendary wizard, sent out on a dangerous errand with nothing but your wits and an untrustworthy imp trapped in an orb. Chart your own path through The Cursed Catacombs and reserve your copy now, wherever you get books!

[dealunart]

Cultures of Roshar for the Stormlight RPG (aka Cosmere RPG) by Brotherwise Games (Link to the kickstarter here)

ADs: Johnny O'Neal and Katie Payne

I haven't had much to post on socials lately so I haven't been very active but now I can finally show some of the things I've been up to, starting with this! Can't believe it's already been a whole year since I painted these.

[namarikonda]

🏕️🕯️ Vigil, Sacristan of the Forgotten & paladin of Sepulchrophos created for @sleepywyrm_ed ! [ leftover sales ]

[gentrigger]

Friend was talking to her student about our upcoming ttrpg game where we were going to do a murder mystery. The student, who was used to playing D&D asked how she planned to soft railroad us into contributing to the mystery instead of going off and doing something else and she had a hard time understanding that we all got together and agreed upon the social contract of "we want to do a murder mystery and will abide by the fictional and in-character limitations of the scenario"

[slowpokegamer]

Dandelion giving himself these fuckass crazy stats in his TTRPG book compared to his original character sheet in the core rulebook is the best summary one could ever get of his character

[forthegothicheroine]

The idea of trading blood- the vampire must bite its victim and then offer its own blood- was started in Dracula and is now popularly believed to be the case. Not so, however. For the most part, all that is required for a person to become one of the undead is to die in a horrible fashion- violent deaths, suicides, hangings, battlefield deaths, murders, stillbirths, death during delivery, death by plague, and so on. Being born under a curse can also lead to a vampiric life, including being born with teeth, born with a caul, born between Christmas and the New Year,being born out of wedlock, being a seventh son or daughter, or even being born on Christmas Day. In some rare cases a person returns from the dead if they were bitten by a vampire, without having had to drink the vampire's blood. In more than a few cases, if a werewolf dies it comes back as a vampire. That's not something seen in movies, which is a shame because it makes for a nice and very frightening twist.

Jonathan Marberry and Janice Gable Bashman, Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil

[gudgurkan]

Page 45 of my upcoming fantasy journal book - Armor Revenant

Kickstarter link