Hey Everyone,
First off I'd like to shout out a few new members that has joined our ranks. The latest one is Peepeetugboat. I believe I know Peepeetugboat from somewhere. It's hard to forget a name like that. Mike Halleron aka the Erudite DM is in the house. Mike is a notorious Franophile and a friend I've gamed with last year. And Jon Smith has decided to get some cool things in the mail. I appreciate you and everyone else who's joined my Patreon. I'm nearly at 550.
On to the things that are happening. First, The Demon of Porters Crown has been printed. I just need to sit my ass down and prepare the labels and shove them in the mail. I plan on getting them out on Monday.
The picture above is what I'm working on for the next project. When I did my poll a few months back creating urban locations was the highest vote getter. Fogest & Beluer Alleys is the first of the series. I am including what the cover will look like.
One of the reasons I started this Patreon, in 2011 (I think), was to do these short projects so I could play with different layouts, graphic design, and just ways to present information in different ways. This one is a little different from my typical offering as it is a top fold. I have to perform some acrobatics with revising it for printing compared to a typical zine design. It allows the GM to see a full page when opened.
It's one of y more involved projects for Patreon, probably my largest. I am adding a lot of elements into the project.
· A map of solid blocks to represent each of the individual buildings. Labels on the detailed entries. Not all buildings are labeled. The way I uses the unlabeled buildings is as homes, tenements or yet to be determined. Sometimes your party needs a cartographer nearby and you can take a blank building and create a cartographer shop instantly.
· Each block has its own unique random encounter table. Each neighborhood has its own unique feels but I also have things overlap with other parts of the city so its not isolated.
· Each entry has a short description of the building itself.
· Then owner and who ever is involved and the services provided.
· Price lists.
· Averaging 4 to 5 Adventure Seeds if the GM would like to get the party involved into something more than buying charcoal.
· Other NPCs that can often be found frequenting the business.
· What associations the location has with the neighborhood. It provides a quick look at how the neighborhood reacts to the business.
· And then there are sections where I describe/stat an important NPC or item I mention.
· Art from kickass artists like Rick Hershey, Dean Spencer, The Forge and others. I've linked to their Patreons. I highly suggest you take a look and consider joining.
As you can you can see by the list I've tried to jam this full of cool content that is easy to access and use at the table.
I'm hoping to complete it this weekend. Fingers crossed.
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