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  • New Map!

    It’s been a while since I’ve done any work on my fantasy maps, but I just touched one up to use as an image on my business cards! Here’s the full thing: I might come back to this one if I feel like populating it with forests and settlements, but I think it’s time for…

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  • RPG Encounters: The Monster in the Mirror

    Recently, I started prep work on a West Marches style D&D campaign in a custom world, and that’s had me facing all kinds of new challenges. I’ve been messing around with hex maps in Worldographer and hand-drawn maps for players, I’ve been raiding every D&D 5e supplement I have for interesting monsters, and I’ve been…

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  • Mini Stories 2: Illithid (Mind Flayers)

    Illithid: The Mind Flayers The last of Leah’s rations were gone. She’d entered the caves beneath Thakhar almost a week ago with her party, and now— She tried not to think of them. She wanted to forget their names. Forget their fates. Leah felt the insides of her bags and ran her hands across the…

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  • Mini Fiction 1: Thri-Kreen

    Thri-Kreen: The Mantis-Men Hot air breached the Soggy Sage as Marlowe pressed through the door. He furrowed his brow. The tavern’s name was, he surmised, ironic. Even inside, he could feel the air greedily drinking his sweat through his robe. The wooden walls and counter fared no better from the look of things; they were…

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