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I’d like to share with you this new idea i had. I’m working on a table based quick missions generator, that is supposed to help me think up a random mission on the spot. For those moments… Have you ever had that moment, if you have you know what i’m talking about. That moment when one of your players are doing everything in his power to get an npc to hand over a desired item. Short of dragging said npc into an alley and stab him to death in cold…
Heart of Nostalgia My how the days fly at the moment, it is already 10 days since my last GM Nostalgia post. I promised then that next up would be the Demon Heart, a strange idea that came to me many years ago now. It was originally an idea for a crafts project, but so far it has not made it further than a sketch on paper. The idea was to create a lifesize Demon Heart prop, for no other reason than to do it. What would set it apart…
Which GM Response ? Turn out it is time for another Random table from Tiny Gork, this one was not on my todo list or planned in any way. The other day i saw a mention of Venger Satanis’ 33% rule for GM Determining if something a player proposes would fly or not, in an interview with VS. I have not watched the youtube vid yet though. But out of the blue, on this grey fall day, a table of responses to player inquiry came to me. Editors note: if…
I wanted to test a site called Skreened where you can design a t-shirt and sell it. You can set how many dollars you profit from selling a design and the rest of the cost are added on top of that. So i created a random table of loot that could be could be found in a Goblin Den and slabbed it on the back of a T-shirt Skreened. Goblin Den loot 1. Broken kobold femur. 2. Shiny but worthless ring. 3. Necklace of teeth. 4. Bright coloured stones. 5….
There would be no light without the darkness I have written on this random generator idea earlier (Here) and I’m still kicking ideas around on paper. Yesterday I came upwith 14 new entries for the first two tables of the generator. I am also debating with myself if I even need the Third table “What happened to put you straight?” as I am unsure if it is even within the theme of the generator. +James Etheridge commented in G+ and some of that made me think that perhaps there are…
It is already time for the 8th GM Nostalgia post, time does fly and that is exactly what this series of posts is all about. I’m going back over my old GM stuff and we are coming up on the final map of the Lich’s Pet Dungeon, my very first home made dungeon. If you are new to the series have a look at The GM Nostalgia Archive It seems traps are still a thing in map 4, we got a room full of lava with stepping stones and some…
Hola my Gork! I love sharing and I love re-use. So creating a new line of products to other GMs from my own stuff seemed obvious. Gork stuff handouts is a series of images created by myself that I believe could be used as handouts for your party when you want to add that extra touch of Umphf to loot or clues. The first batch being released is a series of pages designed to look like spellbook pages or scrolls with mystic texts and diagrams. On this batch is also…
Hola! I hope you are enjoying my trip down memory lane, manifested in these old dungeon maps of mine, as much as myself. Next up for my GM Nostalgia is the another old map, its the 3rd map in the Lich’s Pet Dungeon, continuing from map 2 obviously 😉 Apparently my map making skills were advancing as i appear to have blacked out the area surrounding dungeon areas, although it was a simple technique of crossing out the squares it did do the job of making the map more pleasantly…
Hola. Yet another Tiny Gork product has seen the light of day! I have just released Tiny Gork Sketches #1 and for the first 30 days it’s only $3! After that it’s $5 and my loyal Gorks on the newsletter even got a better discount than the $3 😉 I hope people will find a use for these sketches/drawings, they served me as a player and game master and I hope they will serve others in the future. I have more sketches and drawings I wish to share in future…
Back due to popular demand! (one can hope as much) I now present to you, the final rooms of the first dungeon map i ever made. I have come to remember that the dungeon was created by a Lich and the day to day business is run by a chaotic cleric who lives in the dungeon. But the pet dungeon is merely the first level.. After room 56, there is an entire new map and it doesn’t stop there. Two more maps follow after the 2nd level! But i’m getting…
Hola! It’s my great pleasure to announce that my Bootcamp project Galens Gamble is now released on Drivethrustuff -> Buy Galens Gamble My newsletter subscribers have had a little week’s headstart with a discount, but now it’s ready for you too! Galens Gamble is the product of the Bootcamp course i took part in, building a RPG book from no idea to release. Normally the course instructs this over 30 days, I took little over a year, however I did all the artwork myself, as well as editing and typography….
The final FREEG pdf from the 14th Warlocks Journal contest is released! get it here Drivethrustuff.com cheers!
Typography & Scribus Finally deciding that i’m done editing and re-writing, the project has now moved onto design/layout/typography. So I have tried to educate myself abit on those topics, a really good place for me to start was MB’s practical typography webbook Butterick’s Practical Typography and i also purchased a used copy of the Non-designers design book. All alongside learning to use the Scribus software. So i’m now knee deep in laying out Galens Gamble in Scribustrying to apply all the rules of typography i can remember. It has taken…
The end is fast approaching! I have seen Tiny Gork being deep in his work on the next book, the bootcamp project that was to result in a product is finally about to reach its destination. From what i can gather of my talks and sneakpeaks over his shoulder, Tiny Gork has researched an event concerning a mercenary band led by a man named Galen. Tiny Gork is calling it “Galens Gamble” and it’s about a band of adventurers that stood up to Galen and his mercenaries in a moment…
Hola! The deadline is approaching superfast! I am actually not home tonight, tonight is our christmas party at work. So i am extending the contest deadline till saturday. So get to work, create that artefact 🙂 Remember my timezone is GMT-1 -Copenhagen. Gork ya later!
hola! Tonight i spent some time working on a few photos i had lying around that i thought would be suitable for illustrations/artwork for the Galens Gamble adventure. Thought i’d share them with you. Gallery
Evening! I am tinkering with a new deity, for the June contest of Warlocks Journal. It is hosted by a newcomer, Soulguardian Publishing. Here’s a quote: “This month the challenge is to design a deity in 500 words or less. But there is a twist: you have to explain how time has changed this deity: maybe its has become more and more powerful, or maybe it is now dead and forgotten. Maybe its has married another deity, or maybe its children have been killed. Whatever it is, this twist has…
Greetings! We recently closed the Warlocks Journal contest of May 2014. I have released the previous Tiny Gork host of the Warlocks Journal of December 2013 – Woman in ice on Drivethrurpg.com. The PDF contains all the entries submitted for the December contest and is FREE. drivethru link: http://bit.ly/1hymxA2 May contest – Time Beast will follow soon, so keep an eye out 😉 gork ya later!
Origins The Dragons known throughout the multiverse as the Nel’dratha Dragons all have one origin, the one Nel’dratha Dragon known as the Queen or Mother of the Nel’dratha. She was the Mount and familiar of a powerful wizard, he helped her chase a dream. She dreamed of improving upon the immortality of dragons, she wanted more. Together they found a way to bind the power of dragons, undeath and shadow together into one. The Ritual was done at a secret place of power, part of the ritual required the wizard…
Black Star The facade Her story is no secret, she often shares many anecdotes from her travels. Where alot of mercenaries favors keeping an air of mystery about them, Black Star is very open mouthed. True or false, nobody really knows, though there is one thing she is tightlipped about. She has never revealed her real name, the only identity anyone knows about her is Black Star. The name Black Star is known and feared as a cold and cynical assassin, the underworld is full of stories and rumours about…
Lost Hounds of Triasli The Triasli Beast is an old legend of a gigantic diabolic 8 legged predator roaming the time flow. She was placed there as a guardian by an ancient time lord, before the first time Hunters, guarding time against time travelers. Throughout the planes the offspring of Triasli have been seen around strange rifts, assaulting anyone nearby. They pounce from out of nowhere with their 600 Pound, 6 strong legs and a head with an oversized mouth full of 2 sets of razorsharp teeth. They also have…
While im tinkering with quite a few Things at the moment, i am also constantly struck by new ideas. So here is a suggestion for an NPC inspired by the Time Hunters sourcebook i just released. Trass’gram Denholt An aging warrior sits in the corner of a dusty old tavern, his left hand clutches a wooden mug that has clearly seen better days. He does not appear to belong to a race you are familiar with, yet still he has that comfortable familiar feeling about him. His hair looks unkept…