Pretzel Lectern

Dec 10, 2020

Hourly Comic Day 2020

There wasn't much going on while I was doing this, but more than that, my heart just wasn't in it, so I didn't finish. Work's been frustratingly boring lately and I think it carried over. At least what I did come up with was pretty funny, and I'm proud of the drawings.

Shaarzahn Races: Humans

More fun with Hero Forge! This time I decided to go back to my cousin's Bronze Age forum RPG setting and mine, Shaarzahn, for inspiration. The next few posts will be the races we designed several years ago. We tried for a much more outside-the-box approach to inventing these races, rather than leaning on old Tolkeinesque stereotypes.

Dec 5, 2020

D&D: Infernal War Machine Tokens Expansion: Warlords of the Avernian Wastelands

My basic tokens for the infernal war machine tokens for Roll20 were a huge hit, both with my party and with some folks I shared them with. I decided to make some extra tokens for the other Avernian warlords you encounter in the game and to make them have unique looks to them. There's something about video games with different-skinned models where a little change can go a long way in evoking a different feeling. Also, a few of them have different upgrades swapped around.

Making these made me think of the files inside a map editor that let you find the models exclusively used in the campaign. Perhaps I'll make an HD expansion someday in the future and give all the models more subtle differences beyond just coloration. That could be fun.

1d20 Interesting Ships

I marathonned all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies this year and really, genuinely enjoyed them. I remember being so confused when I watched them the first time, but they're meant to just be fun adventures, not sensical-plot films. Anyway, them and reading through Ghosts of Saltmarsh gave me some ideas for some interesting ships you might encounter on the high seas of D&D.

HeroForged Corridor Tokens

Who knows, maybe Corridor could be conceivably ported to a service like Roll20 in the future. Eh, who am I kidding? I'm just having fun with my month of subscription to Hero Forge. It does make me wonder what Corridor could have become if I hadn't realized how much better D&D is.