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A sample page spread from the GM's Guide in our current kickstarter project, a collection of 50 system-neutral magic items for TTRPGs inspired by medieval literature, marginalia, and archaeology.

Okay, technically this one is inspired by pre-medieval archaeology, but come on. Look at it. You can't be mad at those little mice.

This was inspired by the following item of ancient pottery, currently held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (link here):

And no, I cannot explain how or why I decided that this thing should be used to make helpful mouse-constructs out of wine. But if you want it to do that for you, you can back the kickstarter at the link below -- it runs until the end of June.

Kickstarter

Marginal Worlds Magic Item Deck

A collection of 50 system-neutral magic items pulled directly from medieval manuscripts.

I'm taking an online class about Buddhism that's offered by a Tibetan Buddhist Abbey that's about an hour away from me and this week I introduced a bunch of people to the concept of hopepunk and in his response to my weekly reflection the class facilitator said "I would tend to agree with the hope punks, hope and compassion are radical ideas." And I'm just loving the words "the hope punks." We're punk cuz we have hope for a better future. Nihilism can't be found here. We're the hope punks.

purpose

My grandma just called and, among other things, said “You have hips. That’s good! Men like hips!” and then she interrupted herself to say “Women like hips. People of your preferred gender like hips. I can never remember”  And I was like “Thanks grandma! My preferred gender is none of them, no thanks.” and she was like “Okay, no one will comment on your hips!” very self satisfied, like “aha, I have figured it out” I think like half her grandkids are some variety of not-straight and she can’t always remember which is which but she is the epitome of like “she’s a little confused, but she’s got the spirit!”

The possessive Wimchlat

My response to this week’s BestiaryPosting challenge from @maniculum - thank you again for running these challenges!

Pencil sketch, then lines in Pentel brush pen. Another quick one this week, but I'm pretty happy with it :)

Reasoning below the cut…

"It is a beast marked with spots on its back like those of a pard, but it resembles a wolf: its urine is said to harden into a valuable jewel called [redacted]. The Wimchlats know that this is valuable, as is proved by the exceptional care with which they cover it with sand: they are naturally jealous, and cannot bear it to fall into the hands of man. Pliny says that Wimchlats only bear cubs once."

We don't have a lot to go on, apart from that it resembles a wolf. I could have spend some time making it more 'wolf-like' but in the interest of expediency what we have here is mostly a wolf. We do have some rosette spots, like a leopard, which were really fun to draw, and one of the reasons I picked the brush pen again (plus I feel like I'm getting better at controlling the lines!).

Here we see a Wimchlat mid-creation of a valuable jewel :)

Expressions People Use When They Lose a Game (Electronic Fun with Computer and Games #5, Mar. 1983)