I've been working on a new campaign setting inspired by Ravenloft, Bloodborne, and Darkest Dungeon. The setting can be used as-is on its own or dropped into an existing Ravenloft campaign as a new domain. Failing that, there might be some details you could steal for your own games in there somewhere. Whatever, I'm not the boss of you!
You can get a free pdf of the setting here (http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2015/06/arksylvania-free-pdf-poe-test.html).
Or browse the blog posts I've made about it here. (http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/search/label/arksylvania)
Already nabbed this. Awesome stuff.
Quote from: Ronin;834546Already nabbed this. Awesome stuff.
Thanks, man!
Quote from: misterguignol;834582Thanks, man!
I liked this one a lot, as you know.
Quote from: Aos;834589I liked this one a lot, as you know.
And I appreciate it.
Although, if that header image sucks I want it known publicly that it is all Aos's fault for encouraging me to uses pens & crap like that. He must carry the burden of shame.
Quote from: misterguignol;834598He must carry the burden of shame.
It's what I was made for.
This is very cool, thank you for sharing!
Gonna subscribe to your blog. Great stuff in there too (and it's fun to read the entries with all of the images).
Great stuff, misterguignol! I've been combing through this stuff looking for stuff to splice into my Witch Hunter game. In fact, I have half a mind to send you my uber villains for you to warp and twist. No really, your blog is one of my regular stops, so keep it up!
Tom
Quote from: Necrozius;834600This is very cool, thank you for sharing!
Gonna subscribe to your blog. Great stuff in there too (and it's fun to read the entries with all of the images).
Thanks. Sharing this stuff out is the only way to do it, imho. People trying to monetize their blogs or establish themselves as "the voice of the hobby" are engaged in fundamentally different activities than I am, you know?
I made some stuff, put it out there, and hopefully people will have a use for it.
Quote from: Blusponge;834605Great stuff, misterguignol! I've been combing through this stuff looking for stuff to splice into my Witch Hunter game. In fact, I have half a mind to send you my uber villains for you to warp and twist. No really, your blog is one of my regular stops, so keep it up!
Tom
Thanks! I dig your blog quite a bit as well. (Witch Hunter is one of the few rpgs I hold on to...wish there was more stuff like yours out there for it, to be honest.)
Quote from: misterguignol;834536I've been working on a new campaign setting inspired by Ravenloft, Bloodborne, and Darkest Dungeon. The setting can be used as-is on its own or dropped into an existing Ravenloft campaign as a new domain. Failing that, there might be some details you could steal for your own games in there somewhere. Whatever, I'm not the boss of you!
You can get a free pdf of the setting here (http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2015/06/arksylvania-free-pdf-poe-test.html).
Or browse the blog posts I've made about it here. (http://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/search/label/arksylvania)
I absolutely love this short setting you've created. Would you be opposed to it being adopted for ZWEIHÄNDER (//grimandperilous.com) and released on the home website (with full credit to you)?
Great stuff!!! I have been checking out Witch Hunter and I would definitely use, abuse, pervert and worship the bloody evil of Arksylvania!!!
Thank you!!!
Damn, that's really good. I like how you manage to pack so much inspiration in such a short document. And of course, it's a
great ersatz-Transylvania.
Just curious, as the document is system-agnostic, but what ruleset are you running this with?
Quote from: ZWEIHÄNDER;834626I absolutely love this short setting you've created. Would you be opposed to it being adopted for ZWEIHÄNDER (//grimandperilous.com) and released on the home website (with full credit to you)?
That would be an
amazing match! I am half tempted to use Arksylvania in lieu of the standard-issue Vampire Counts next time I run WFRP.
Quote from: ZWEIHÄNDER;834626I absolutely love this short setting you've created. Would you be opposed to it being adopted for ZWEIHÄNDER (//grimandperilous.com) and released on the home website (with full credit to you)?
We can probably work something out for that. Hit me up in a PM and we'll work out the details.
I appreciate the work you do in resurrecting the 1e WFRP flavor, by the way. That was the best gaming I had in high school, so I still have a lot of love for WFRP.
Quote from: Spinachcat;834628Great stuff!!! I have been checking out Witch Hunter and I would definitely use, abuse, pervert and worship the bloody evil of Arksylvania!!!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for saying so.
Quote from: The Butcher;834632Damn, that's really good. I like how you manage to pack so much inspiration in such a short document. And of course, it's a great ersatz-Transylvania.
Thank you for the kind words! I was striving for as much Gothic flavor in as few pages as possible. I still went over my self-imposed page limit though, alas.
QuoteJust curious, as the document is system-agnostic, but what ruleset are you running this with?
I am probably just going to use 5e D&D because I'm lazy and it already does what I want, but I also considered using Beyond the Wall.
Aos mentioned to me that the Savage World of Solomon Kane would be a good fit, and I tend to agree with that as well.
Quote from: misterguignol;834646Aos mentioned to me that the Savage World of Solomon Kane would be a good fit, and I tend to agree with that as well.
Oh, you could totally do it with SWoSK. Actually, unless you are looking for a more Howardian S&S magic system, you could do it with the core SW right out of the core book, ten bucks and done! The fantasy and horror companions would be very helpful. I believe the latter includes the gritty damage alternative, but you can get that for free no problem.
Now, Witch Hunter and Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane are kinda like kissing cousins. There are some things I think it does better than SW, but as a whole I have a hard time recommending anything over SW. It's just a fun game to play! If you haven't tried it, you really should. And if it doesn't scratch your itch, WH may do it.
One thing BOTH of these games do well that DnD5 doesn't (as far as I understand it, I haven't played it so...) is they allow you to throw hordes of bad guys at the players and keep it exciting without things getting too ugly. WH has good minion rules, and SW is no slouch.
So anyway, yeah. I second Aos' suggestion. :)
Tom
Quote from: Blusponge;834678Oh, you could totally do it with SWoSK. Actually, unless you are looking for a more Howardian S&S magic system, you could do it with the core SW right out of the core book, ten bucks and done! The fantasy and horror companions would be very helpful. I believe the latter includes the gritty damage alternative, but you can get that for free no problem.
I've played/run a lot of Rippers, Solomon Kane, and Deadlands Reloaded...pretty fun system, but I think the people I play with have been a bit burned out on it for a while, unfortunately.