Expanded to include Sorcery, Truth, and Religion. Now we have a nice dirty dozen. These are called Drives, though Lick is the odd one... not so much a drive as an unknown factor in a life of crime and intrigue.

JV West@jvwest.bsky.social · 21h ago

I have a #TTRPG in mind and these are the basic stats for characters: Sex Politics Drugs Alcohol Murder Theft War Art Luck It's safe to say this one is going to be rated R.

I have a #TTRPG in mind and these are the basic stats for characters: Sex Politics Drugs Alcohol Murder Theft War Art Luck It's safe to say this one is going to be rated R.

Hey everyone in the USA, I hope you're keeping yourselves hydrated and mentally secure in these times of overt fascism and absolute stupidity. It ain't easy. And to everyone else out there suffering varying degrees of tragedy as a result of all this bullshit, I'm so sorry. I hope we can fix it.

Geez. Went from making a zany space RPG to drawing a fat barbarian to writing a sword and sorcery RPG to fiddling with a cartoon animal RPG to writing a grimdark RPG based on a city called Hogbone ran by a cursed alcoholic Queen Regent. I am all over the place. Need to finish something soon.

Have you seen this incredible entry from @deadnought.bsky.social ?! Art by me, and frankly, it's never looked better! Very cool entry! deadnought.itch.io/the-pillars-...

The Pillars of Creation by Deadnought

A Weird Science-fantasy Point-Crawl for Old-school Essentials or Whatever

deadnought.itch.io

Hell's Angel #PinUpArt

Here's an old drawing of Wonder Woman. I can't seem to find the original scan. This is a pretty small JPG. I must have named it something else or lost it. Guess I need to rescan some of this really old stuff.

I DESPERATELY want to create and publish a #TTRPG in the spirit of RPGs from the 80s-2000s. Think Ars Magica, Legendary Lives, Army Ants, GURPS, Bean the d2 RPG, and Talislanta. I may or may not have been noodling on this for the past 5 days and it might maybe be a percentile skill system thing.

Fawn Rules! An oldie from the archive. Fawn Rainchild, Daughter of Pan-Gea. She's the star of my Hellion Cross comic from a while back... in spaaaacceeee. #PinupArt

The Eggs were a troubled couple, but they had love.

Gen Con is this weekend?! I thought it was a month ago. This is how I feel today.

You don't have to be overtly political. But working with right wingers because "keeping politics out of the hobby" is aligning with them. Apolitical stances ALWAYS favor the oppressors. You might grouse about it, but that's a fact, jack. You say a LOT by who you choose to collaborate with.

Not a D&D 4e bash, just a thought. I played 4e several times and in each combat (the games were structured around set piece battles) I've never felt quite as restricted in an RPG. And it's because of the special feats and stuff. If you have Bash That Bastard as an ability that grants x2 dmg...

Still heavily locked-in on writing/designing #TTRPG stuff, so I have not been drawing much other than a few sketches here and there. Like this one. I have 3 game projects that are between 70% and 90% complete. But getting over the hump is not easy right now. At least I'm still vertical and nerdy.

An RPG where you play peasants rising up against an invading colonial force. You were just normal farming and hunting folks, now you turn your traditional tools into weapons and call upon your peaceful spirits to aid you in battle. Is there a game with that exact theme? #TTRPG #question

Shadowdark came at a time when I wasn't paying much attention to the scene and I was a little burned out on D&D-based clones and hacks. So I ignore it, despite it being a HUGE success written by a woman and that everyone was raving about. I plan to pick up a copy soon. I'm happy this exists.

Gray Hulk sketch inspired by Tim Sale.

Hear now this proclamation and weep before the dread divinity of the Ocular Order

Ok... where did the #TTRPG fantasy dwarf's ability to smell treasure come from? I know it is probably rooted in Tolkien... but where did it originate in games? I know it's in #DCCRPG, but it's also in Legendary Lives from 1993. It is not in original D&D.

Tim Vigil doesn't skimp on details. He knows how to represent manspreading. This guy would be a real jackass on the subway.

Vampire: the Masquerade came out when I was in my 20s and I thumbed through the books regularly at mall bookstores. I should have been super into it. But I wasn't. I didn't buy it, didn't want to play it. But loved looking at it. I've never played it and I don't have any curiosity to try it.

Legendary Lives has a lot of character tables, including a Lifeline table, which gives you a clue about past events. Lots of LOVER stuff. There's also a separate Lover table. And this 272 page book has 39 pages describing a bunch of religions. Kinda cool. Also a Religious Lifeline table.

Legendary Lives from 1993 boasts that is it the first RPG to have player-facing mechanics. They call it "semi-diceless", meaning the players roll but the GM doesn't. When a PC is attacked, you roll in defense. The attacker doesn't roll. We see this style in a lot of games now. I like it. #TTRPG

Now I’m done done. I think. I hope. Very happy with this.

#sketch of Eve from Dragon's Lair 2. Or a version of her, anyway. Based on the studio model sheets. #pinupart

Not all vampires are hot sexiness. Unless you're into this guy, which is cool of course. #vampire

I like to sketch directly with inks, mistakes be damned. A huge portion of my sketchbooks are lacking any pencil marks, which explains why so many of the drawings are awkward. But it's the process that matters to me, not the product. #sketch #vampire

ONE... ha ha hah. TWO... ha ha. #chocolate #vampire

If you see this, post a non-Dracula neck-nibbler.

𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢 | COMMS OPEN@cromsferatu.bsky.social · 3w ago

If you see this, post a dracula that isn't Dracula