Who Needs a Monster Manual...

When Japanese corporations provide you with all the monsters you need?

http://pinktentacle.com/2011/02/pachimon-playing-cards/

Daruna - A Map

Starting a campaign without a map is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without peanut butter. This is my first effort at a map for the previously mentioned Daruna campaign. I've created this using the free version of Hexographer, a hex mapping application from Inkwell Ideas. I really do need to buy a copy of this excellent application sometime soon.

Eve Online - Character Creator: Round II

A while back I wrote an article about Eve Online's new character creator, and how it would be a nice way to put together portraits for NPCs in RPGs. Of course it has the big problem of requiring the Eve Online client and an active account to actually use it. Fortunately, there's a Better Way (TM).

More on Snow

Freaky snow is freaky.

That's some weird stuff there.

How about that Weather?

So if you're somewhere in a large portion of the United States, you're probably seeing the same thing outside your window that I'm seeing outside mine. Snow. Weather like this always makes me think about outdoor adventures, travel, and how conditions like weather affect play in RPGs. A lot of games that support outdoor adventures or have rules for travel include lots of tables and exceptions for handling things this sort of thing. I generally don't use them. Let me explain.

Current Events

In which I discuss various forms of stuff that I am doing. Last week was a big loss due to a rather nasty bug I caught (along with most of my family). Since I really don't like posting "I'm not posting" posts, things got quiet here. Too quiet. I'm pretty well recovered now, just in time to get hit with more bitterly cold weather. Luckily I managed to get in a nice walk around the neighborhood yesterday, something that's all too rare an occurrence during the winter months here. So with the chit chat out of the way, here's a rundown on the current state of entertainment here.

Sick Day - Have a Link

A serious bout with a stomach bug took out my will to write this week, but I hate letting that much time go by without posting anything, so here's a link to a fantastic photography site. Opacity is dedicated to photography of abandoned places. Whether you're looking for inspiration for a haunted house, an abandoned warehouse, or a post-apocalyptic lab, this is the place to look. The sites are amazing and the photography is top notch. Go. Look. Be amazed. Or creeped out.