Derek Gustafson
Blood Sucker
Concept: “A Creature for MÖRK BORG.”
Content: A blood sucker. Obviously
Writing: Flavor saturating every last drop.
Art/design: Frightfully elegant characterization and design.
Usability: Simple and legible typeface choices.
Content: A blood sucker. Obviously
Writing: Flavor saturating every last drop.
Art/design: Frightfully elegant characterization and design.
Usability: Simple and legible typeface choices.
Gwalchmai's Laboratory
Concept: “An encounter with a duck faced alchemist in his laboratory”
Content: A duck-faced alchemist and his laboratory. What were you expecting?
Writing: Describes the room and alchemist, and presents a quest for the PCs
Art/design: Duckface, but Borgier
Usability: I hope you like duck butts more than you like tangerines or silver
Content: A duck-faced alchemist and his laboratory. What were you expecting?
Writing: Describes the room and alchemist, and presents a quest for the PCs
Art/design: Duckface, but Borgier
Usability: I hope you like duck butts more than you like tangerines or silver
I Hold Your Hand
Concept: “Based on I Hold Your Hand in Mine by Tom Lehrer”
Content: A Presence-boosting and Misery-inducing hand
Writing: A short paragraph of mechanics, obligatory lyrics, and Psalm 2:6 for easy reference
Art/design: Candy pink juxtaposed with rotting flesh. Yummy.
Usability: Harmful if not swallowed
Content: A Presence-boosting and Misery-inducing hand
Writing: A short paragraph of mechanics, obligatory lyrics, and Psalm 2:6 for easy reference
Art/design: Candy pink juxtaposed with rotting flesh. Yummy.
Usability: Harmful if not swallowed
Ikillya Monk
Concept: “You have sold your soul and serve the blue and gold giant.”
Content: A fairly lean class that forgoes special features in favor of special scrolls
Writing: Supremely concise with some clever humor in the additional scrolls
Art/design: Clean, conservative layout matches the theme, concept, and writing; oodles of umlauts
Usability: As a document, very easy to use; the class seems like it would be extremely handy in nearly any situation
Content: A fairly lean class that forgoes special features in favor of special scrolls
Writing: Supremely concise with some clever humor in the additional scrolls
Art/design: Clean, conservative layout matches the theme, concept, and writing; oodles of umlauts
Usability: As a document, very easy to use; the class seems like it would be extremely handy in nearly any situation
Jagande Död
Concept: “Jagande Död, the creeping death, is relentless in stalking those who are fated to die.”
Content: A reaper whose attacks do worse things than simply cause damage
Writing: One-sentence summary and one stat block; sharp and concise
Art/design: Judicious use of color adds variety and emphasis to the illustration and to the text
Usability: A creative catalyst for a nasty fight (in tandem with other monsters) or for upping any adventure’s difficulty
Mothman Penis
Concept: “It's a Penis! And, it's distracting.”
Content: Technically, it’s a strap-on.
Writing: Honestly, I wasn’t paying much attention. Have you seen the size of this thing?
Art/design: Design reminiscent of a prank pulled at a cryptozoology conference.
Usability: As a strap-on. Excellent conversation starter. Icebreaker at parties.
Content: Technically, it’s a strap-on.
Writing: Honestly, I wasn’t paying much attention. Have you seen the size of this thing?
Art/design: Design reminiscent of a prank pulled at a cryptozoology conference.
Usability: As a strap-on. Excellent conversation starter. Icebreaker at parties.
MÖRK BEARD
Concept: “The beard of a revered inquisitor and seeker of truth”
Content: A beard fit for Tony Vasinda
Writing: A concise beard-based paragraph
Art/design: Beardful with shades
Usability: Wear it with pride.
Content: A beard fit for Tony Vasinda
Writing: A concise beard-based paragraph
Art/design: Beardful with shades
Usability: Wear it with pride.
MÜG BORG
Concept: “First Mug in ELMB.”
Content: Rules for drinking bitter bean water from a cursed vessel
Writing: A simple, straightforward paragraph describing mechanics
Art/design: Yellow on black for easy readability; the illustration recalls Lord Byron
Usability: Blurs the line between game and meta, but doubles as an actual coffee mug. Clever clever.
Content: Rules for drinking bitter bean water from a cursed vessel
Writing: A simple, straightforward paragraph describing mechanics
Art/design: Yellow on black for easy readability; the illustration recalls Lord Byron
Usability: Blurs the line between game and meta, but doubles as an actual coffee mug. Clever clever.
Mëch Plant
“A random mëch generator for Mëch Borg”
Nechrubel’s Chimera
Concept: “A monster from the Valley of the Unfortunate Undead”
Content: A classic monster with a creative twist inspired by the illustration
Writing: A paragraph of basilisk-related lore and a stat block with a pretty nasty special ability
Art/design: Text segments are delineated by color; a warm palette keeps an apocalyptic feel, and the illustration provides loads of character
Usability: Use it
Content: A classic monster with a creative twist inspired by the illustration
Writing: A paragraph of basilisk-related lore and a stat block with a pretty nasty special ability
Art/design: Text segments are delineated by color; a warm palette keeps an apocalyptic feel, and the illustration provides loads of character
Usability: Use it
Virtually impossible Machine
Concept: “We accidentally started one of the most heated programmer debates, and I felt the need to make this.”
Content: Esoteric technology that either makes it easier to do things or makes it impossible to do anything.
Writing: One easy-to-read paragraph
Art/design: White text on black ground with an ASCII logo—very appropriate to the subject matter
Usability: See “Content” above
Content: Esoteric technology that either makes it easier to do things or makes it impossible to do anything.
Writing: One easy-to-read paragraph
Art/design: White text on black ground with an ASCII logo—very appropriate to the subject matter
Usability: See “Content” above
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