A long-term art project with some relevance to Dis.
A long-term art project with some relevance to Dis. Watch all the way through, it gets very interesting about 5min in.
http://weburbanist.com/2013/09/17/50-years-1-imagination-man-draws-2000-sq-ft-map-by-hand/
As a bonus, here’s a sample of the Planarch booklet I’ve been working on most recently, which is currently called A…
As a bonus, here’s a sample of the Planarch booklet I’ve been working on most recently, which is currently called A Refining Fire. It’s like Dune + the Bible + the Royal Geographical Society combined. Various science-based cults known as “mystery halls” search for truth on a plane covered in red sands. Not sure if this one or one of the others will get finished first.
The final version of Planarch Codex: Wintry Plane is now available in PDF from DriveThru (both single-pages and…
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The final version of Planarch Codex: Wintry Plane is now available in PDF from DriveThru (both single-pages and spreads, zipped in a folder). The POD print version will remain available through Lulu.
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/142982/Planarch-Codex-Wintry-Plane
The Puzzle Parish
The Puzzle Parish
It was ancient maze inhabited by The Minotaur’s descendants when the city of Dis began to devour it. When the the inhabitants of Dis began to creep in to settle and explore the maze the minotaurs at first were taken aback. Their experience with outsiders was limited to “adventurers” who sought only to slay them, so when the birdfolk of The Aviary Parish and the strange being known only as The Architects began to offer them work and other opportunities, they did the unthinkable. They unionized!
Now, minotaur rickshaw drivers are a staple in every parish of Dis and often the cheapest and fastest way to get around. They are still the only ones who can navigate the puzzle parish successfully and can always be found on it’s outskirts looking for fares.
Minotaur Rickshaw Driver
12HP, 1 Armor; Horn gore, close, hand 1d10, 2 piercing
-Navigate the streets of Dis
-Barge through the crowds
-Intimidate to overcharge
hi-tech elven parish, anyone?
hi-tech elven parish, anyone?
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kakotomirai
Hey Planarchs!
Hey Planarchs! I finally decided this supplement is done and put it up on Lulu for print sales. There’s more info on the post linked below. Thanks for your patience with the slowness of new Planarch materials emerging. I hope to have at least 2-3 things happening next year! (fingers crossed)
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The Calvino Cycle or, If on a Wintry Plane a Freebooter, the second excerpt from the Planarch Codex, is now available in print form through Lulu. It is at a new 6×9″ size, matching the dimensions of Dungeon World, Class Warfare, and so on, but is a 32-page B&W saddle-stitched booklet printed in Lulu’s highest-quality paperback format.
It’s kind of a bizarre product that’s difficult to describe: it contains a series of short adventure seeds for Dungeon World that connect with many of the same themes as the first Planarch Codex module (Dark Heart of the Dreamer), but these seeds are interwoven within a frame story inspired by Italo Calvino’s classic postmodern novel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler. Basically, the Planarch Codex series is an excuse for me to deconstruct and then rebuild our expectations for what a fantasy RPG product can be, inspired by postmodern literature, and this is definitely an attempt at doing that.
Ariel Cayce, in a brief review of Wintry Plane, said it’s “a very lyrical love-letter, with dungeoneering as its method and natality as its theme… When [Jonathan] says in self-depreciation that it’s a ‘weird’ adventure, what he means is that it’s adorable, lovely, and sincere.”
If you already purchased an earlier version of this booklet from me, or received one for free because you helped review or playtest it, I would like to offer you a copy of the new version for free as well. Just email me or plus me into a private thread with your address and I’ll send it along, since I can get copies at cost from Lulu. Folks I think might be in this category include: Lillian Cohen-Moore Jackson Tegu Ariel Cayce Lukas Myhan and anybody else who might have picked it up at GoPlay NW 2014. I’d also like to send copies to Claudia Cangini and Paolo Bosi, if you’re interested, since otherwise this booklet wouldn’t exist. In many ways, it’s also a love letter to all the Italian fans and translators of Dungeon World and the Planarch Codex. There are definitely more than a few “Easter eggs” in it for the Italian indie RPG community.
Late December is a terrible time to release a new product, so this is essentially a pre-release to thank everybody who’s supported my games over the past few years, giving you folks early access (if you want it and are not already buried in holiday expenses). Feel free to reshare if you want, but I’d honestly rather folks support Indie Mixtape Vol 2 if you have limited funds right now: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/141681/Indie-Mixtape-Volume-2
If you don’t care about print (or if shipping is too expensive), the final PDF version should be up on DriveThru/RPGNow shortly. The PDF is also currently available in one of Epidiah Ravachol’s terrific Epimas bundles, along with some other amazing games that I am honored to be alongside: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/epimas/
Love and thanks to you all! It’s great to have gotten another game product to this point.
So.
So… Dis’s father is something infinite and hungry. That sounds like something otherworldly or spiritual or demonic to me. Has anyone ever tried to Summon or Command Dis? Or the father? (As per World of Dungeon skills.)
Some more custom content for my Planarch Codex/Planescape crossover.
Some more custom content for my Planarch Codex/Planescape crossover.
The Oculus Vamos is a mechanism worn over the eyes which lets one identify and override Portals, allowing access to scape the planes without the use of a Key. When you use the Oculus Vamos to activate a Portal, roll +Plane Bond. On a 10+, choose up to 3. On a 7-9, choose up to 2, and on a 6-, all problems occur.
– You don’t get separated
-The Portal is not ruined
-You end up exactly where you wanted
Plane Bond: If you have visited a particular plane before, gain 1 Plane Bond. If you are from that plane, gain 2 Plane Bond. If you are welcome on that plane, gain an additional 1 Plane Bond.
So in my Planarch Codex/Planescape crossover I have a thief that is also an accomplished inventor, having invented…
So in my Planarch Codex/Planescape crossover I have a thief that is also an accomplished inventor, having invented a device, The Oculus Vamos, that lets him activate Portals without a key.
Anyway, he wants to continue inventing so I devised a custom Move that plays off/may replace the usual Tinker in WoDu.
When you use Tinker to invent or jury-rig something, roll+Int. On a 10+ choose 2, on a 7-9 choose 1:
-it doesn’t break/malfunction at an inopportune moment
-it doesn’t take a long time to make
-it doesn’t require you to use up your resources
What do you think?
Johnstone Metzger just did planar campaigns a huge favor by releasing an entire book on how to create custom DW…
Johnstone Metzger just did planar campaigns a huge favor by releasing an entire book on how to create custom DW playbooks by mixing and matching different character backgrounds. I’m so excited about this huge tome of awesomeness!
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If you like Dungeon World, Johnstone Metzger has ripped all the playbooks apart and provided guidelines for assembling them back together into custom playbooks of all sorts. A very, very cool idea that provides an excellent foundation for making playbooks for DW (and, really, other AW hacks as well). It’s a tome of a book at 526 pages, but it’s highly recommended. Plus, awesome cover by Nate Marcel!