Free Map 003

This week's free map isn't too new for folks who have read up on some of my other blogs, namely my infrequent campaign blog. I originally made this map a couple of years ago, intending to introduce it as a new locale to my players, but that never happened. It sat, unused, on a virtual shelf until I picked up the dice for a new side-campaign for the group I'm normally a player in.

Free GM Resource: Inspiration Pad Pro 3

This week's Free GM Resource is one of those "time savers" that can really help cut down on some GM prep time. Of course it could also be a huge time-suck for some, but that is the nature of these kind of things.

Inspiration Pad Pro is now at version 3. This table generator has a pretty slick interface and I love the way they've alternated color in the results window.

Frugal GM Review: Threshold Magazine

I was pleasantly surprised to find a Google+ link in my feed for a new 'zine and I had to go check it out. Now I fully expect most folks to probably check out this free magazine on their own, but I'll give you a quick, and then more detailed run-down of my observations.

My first impressions of this 'zine from the Vaults of Pandius?
     Holy Crap! Its HUGE!
     Something is just a bit "off"

After spending some time looking at the magazine I was better able to quantify my initial thoughts.

Free Map 002

After last week's map I felt like moving in a different direction and work on a small village map. After a few hours I decided to go ahead and scale back the map some while taking some more time in colorizing it.

I had started going through placing buildings, but those buildings were detracting from the effort (granted I hadn't finished tweaking them) and I thought that maybe this map wouldn't be as useful to other folks.

Free GM Resource: Dyson's Dodecahedron

This week's Free GM Resource is one of those online sites that is just....WOW. Dyson's Dodecahedron is a wordpress blog that contains tons of goodies for any GM running a Fantasy RPG:
     Maps
    Other stuff

Actually, there are a ton of great resources on this blog, along with links out to even more resources, but the focus is really on the wonderful maps....and by "focus" I mean that's as far as I'm able to get without wanting to abandon today's post to spend the day perusing the rest of Dyson's blog.

Frugal GM Review: Torchlit Dungeons 1

With my recent map kick I decided to start scouring Drive Thru RPG for some other maps and I came across this free introduction to Heroic Maps' line of products.

Torchlit Dungeon 1 is a seven page PDF that contains a four page dungeon. Two pages show the overall dungeon, one with the page layout outlined and the other without.

Free Map 001

Yesterday I found myself doodling a map while I should have been paying 100% attention to something...well someone else. Fortunately I caught myself before long and did what I should have been doing.

Now I'm not much of a doodler to begin with. Sure, I'll sketch out plans for ideas in my head, but maps? Not usually my thing. If I need a map, I'll make a map.....assuming I cannot find one already made to my liking.

This evening I decided to go ahead and make a map. This map has no purpose, but I figure someone can make use of it....

The map on the right is my finished attempt. This version is low-res, but here is a high-res version from my Patreon account. There are two obvious entrances at the top & bottom, but I envision a third secret entrance further up the hill/mountain this cave complex is in. This "secret" entrance goes into a small cave and there is a tunnel to another lower chamber which has another downward tunnel to the main complex. These tunnels, and the "secret" entrance can be marked up as you like.

I know it is a simple map, but I figured the more complex I made it, the less useful it would be for others to use.

If you like this map, or you have some basic suggestions and/or desires, feel free to let me know. I might make this a regular "thing".

New HackMaster Form-Fillable PC Sheet

It's been a good six week to two months since I started this latest version of my form-fillable PC sheet, and I've finally finished it.

I ended up making three different versions of this PC Sheet, one for multi-classed spellcasters, one for "regular" spellcasters, and another for fighter & thiefy types. The largest of the trio is only 8 pages while the other two are 6 pages each.

An earlier version had a bunch of spellcards to help track all of a Cleric's or Mage's spell details, but it added too much bulk to the finished product.

Compared to my earlier version which came in at 1.27 MB, this "larger" version that has twice as many pages and better graphics only weighs in at 1.47 MB.

The older version is free while this newer version is $1.99 for all three sheets or $0.99 for one of the versions.