#ttrpg setting

Implicitly changes focus and perspective I think.

Even with homebrew. The core mechanics of a system tell you what matters, what doesn’t, and what kind of story is gonna be told.

[ID: a banner with a dark forest background that reads "How High! an industrial fantasy city". there is a red outline of a wolf. end ID]

How High is a rapidly developing city in the state of Wolfsden. The state is known for its sprawling forests, crystal clear lakes, and snow-peaked mountains. But, never mind that. How High has everything you could want: late-night food stands, local history museums, and most importantly: work, work, work. The city is home to the most state-of-the-art factories this side of whatever that big river’s name is. You might even occasionally see an automobile roaming How High’s maze of streets!

Of course, How High owes its success to The Wolfpack - the state’s very own resident gods. Six strong, a model family, and … sorry, did you say seven? No, you must’ve misheard. Six strong, champions of the working man! They hardly miss the forest this city used to be at all.

The poverty, bigotry, and white-collar crime is nothing you need to bother yourself with. Praise to the Wolves!

[ID: three screenshots from the zine showing a leisure activity roll table, a plot hook, and three NPCs. end ID]

In this zine ... 

This zine is a setting for How High, a fantasy industrial city. Imagine if 1880s Denver, Colorado was ruled over by a pack of wolf gods who were being driven to madness by rapid industrialization and growing bigotry within their territory. Imagined that? Okay, you've got the gist. 

The 8-page zine includes a custom layout on every page, roll tables, NPCs, plot hooks, a pantheon, and more!!

One of the TTRPG-things I made at the hospital is out!

It's the year 3000. Trains are a dead technology, replaced by portals. But one man has made a theme park to capture their glory days. Go explore!

if you're a writer looking for something to spark a short story idea, or a game master looking for the world of your next TTRPG adventure, may i suggest Apocalypse: EDEN?

set in the late 2040s, 15 years after the end of the world, Apocalypse: EDEN tells its setting through the stories of two mysterious narrators. one, living in the dangerous and hungry jungles that now cover the planet's surface. the other, a member of the EDEN commune, who believe they are tasked with being the gardeners for this new world.

thanks to the fact it was made for the Tiny Library Setting Jam, Apocalypse: EDEN is only playing card sized! it's also PWYW, so you don't have to spend a penny, and it's full of my original artwork :)

Uprising is a micro setting I have created for the Tiny Library Jam #6.

It is about revolution and a civil war. The setting is completely free and due to the nature of the jam fits totally within a single playing card.

long post under the break!

TL;DR

Red Rock Resort - an iconic hotel on Mars - has been tossed around from owner to owner multiple times within the past two decades, none of which seem to know what to do with it.

But the new owner wants to bring it back to its original glam - with a few modern touches.

(And since this was a Blades in the Dark campaign, my players took advantage of the rebranding to prey on the new flock of high-profile tourists entering the property - only to almost immediately get in over their heads.)

Like the other two loops, the Roslyn Loop (RosLoop) was built during the scientific boom of the 1970s. It brought a huge influx of workers to the previous mining town to build, then staff the particle collider for specific research. Roslyn was chosen for a few reasons. Washington was no stranger to cutting edge nuclear research, and many of the scientists that had been working at the Hanford Site moved to this installation as a career opportunity. 

Furthermore, the already hollow ground of the Coal mines provided an easy opportunity for a number of booster rings to be constructed for the high energy research needed. 

The influx of the scientists brought a want to make families. Some families had already lived in Roslyn before the loop, now they are about equal in number. 

Roslyn is also interesting given its distance from both a major Magnetrine Highway, as well as the cascade mountains and greater forest area. 

The city is just over a mile in diameter, with the loop sitting just northwest of the town’s edge, making it great to access many of the amenities by bike, or even by foot. 

The summers are warm, but not hot, and many Kids on break will bike to the local town of Cle Elum, just a 15 minute ride down the coal mine trail, right on the yakima river to swim and play on the rocky shores. 

Adults will most likely be found at 'The Brick' or 'Mako’s Place' for drinks on off hours, or bumming around the Northwest Improvement Co. general goods store.

Also in town is a newly opened video and home computing equipment retailer named CompuTech in response to the growing demand from the tech-savvy scientists. This also was coupled with the opening of Silver Rocket Electronics consignment for various second hand oscilloscopes and other test equipment, but sometimes through the rubble extraordinary things could be found. Also downtown is Basecamp Books, a bookstore. There is a small medical clinic downtown, but more serious injuries may need to be treated at the Cle Elum Hospital 20 minutes bike, 5 mins car ride away.

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mystery ideas:

A kid wakes up, he was in a coma for 8 years but hasnt aged a day

Rogue robot is destroying crops between cle elum and roslyn 

In the back of the Silver Rocket, you find

A watch that counts backwards

2. A strange blinking device that freezes time while you are touching it 

3. A tv screen that displays impossible footage from the past 

For some reason, all the fridges in town stop working