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I’m back for an eighth installment of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what’s going on, this is a series where I feed the GPT-3 AI entries from the Vaults of Vaarn bestiary and let it come up with… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 8
I’m back for a seventh bumper-sized dose of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what’s going on, this is a series where I feed the GPT-3 AI entries from the Vaults of Vaarn bestiary and let it come… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 7
A quick update. Vaults of Vaarn: Deluxe Edition has a second print run. The book sold out within days in 2022, so hopefully this allows people who missed out last summer to grab their own copy! Order from Antipode Zines (ships from the UK). Order from Games Omnivorous (ships from the EU). Order from Exalted… Continue reading DELUXE EDITION SECOND PRINTING
The first Vaarn Summer Jam ended on the 7th of September 2022, with 33 submissions from tabletop RPG creators on itch.io! I've been delighted by the variety of the submissions and the level of artistry shown by the community. This is the conclusion of my overview of the Jam submissions. The following summaries aren't intended… Continue reading VAARN SUMMER JAM: THE ENTRIES (PART THREE)
An underserved category of monster is the Outsider, something that hails from beyond the bounds of our universe and is strange even to Vaarn. Here are five Outsiders to throw at your party. Be warned that they all fight in bemusing or annoying ways, and most require hypergeometric or anti-paradox gear to properly fight. Also… Continue reading FIVE OUTSIDERS
Issue 04 is still a while off, but I have been producing content for it sporadically throughout 2022. As an early Christmas present, here's a few of the monsters the PCs might encounter while exploring the Great Wall. Cannon Beetle Biological / SyntheticLevel 3, Armour 16, Morale +7, Encountered d6Attack: Cannon (d12 blast) The Wall’s… Continue reading CREATURES OF THE WALL
The first Vaarn Summer Jam ended on the 7th of September 2022, with 33 submissions from tabletop RPG creators on itch.io! I've been delighted by the variety of the submissions and the level of artistry shown by the community. This is a continuation of my overview of the Jam submissions. The following summaries aren't intended… Continue reading VAARN SUMMER JAM: THE ENTRIES (PART TWO)
The first Vaarn Summer Jam ended on the 7th of September 2022, with 33 submissions from tabletop RPG creators on itch.io! I've been delighted by the variety of the submissions and the level of artistry shown by the community. The great pleasure of creating a TTRPG setting is seeing others add to or modify it,… Continue reading VAARN SUMMER JAM: THE ENTRIES (PART ONE)
My home Vaarn campaign (currently on hiatus) reached a point where the PCs were delving into the flooded artificial caverns beneath the city of Gnomon, ostensibly in the employ of the Water Baron but in reality seeking to disable his sabotage device. We will return to this narrative someday, and I don’t intend to spoil… Continue reading CREATURES OF GNOMON’S DEPTHS
The word 'daemon' in Vaarnish parlance can refer to a number of different phenomena. What these disparate entities hold in common is that they are bodiless intelligences, often malicious, that seek to influence the material world or to inhabit the flesh of humans. The term is loosely applied: a swarm of invasive nanomachines might be… Continue reading QUANTUM DAEMONS
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