The patrons, hello. Casual visitors, greetings to you, too. As you may have heard or seen, patreon has decided to change their revenue structure, impacting me and you with larger fees. This is not something that makes me very jolly, but for now, I don't have a solution yet. However, I'm open to ideas and solutions and revolutions. Now, back to ...
2017-12-08 04:39:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm testing mixing public mini-updates between the larger chunks of UVG. These texts and art will (probably) find their way into the monthly series. I'm also testing a zine-sized layout (see attached).
The Moon-facing Ford was lost behind the grass-knit dunes. Poncho shivered, the wan purple light of the sun behind the haze layer no cons...
2017-11-30 02:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patrons!
Welcome back to the UVG. This time, we continue our voyage, pushing deeper into the far west, where the Dark Star also rises. My focus this time was on detailing more regions, pushing into the misty regions as fast as I could, and uncovering the detritus of the Long Long Ago.
Including bio-engineered fungal gardens, hall...
Welcome to November. The days grow colder, the leaves grow redder, and I am imposing some new discipline on my UVG writing, putting 200 oddly shaped words to paper every day.
Which is great.
There is, however, also feedback I seek from you, dear heroes. My goal is to write an adventure that is inspiring but also quick to use at the table. T...
2017-11-04 23:53:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We've made it into the deep steppe, beyond the Last Serai! Woohoo! Deadly one-way journeys, machine graveyards, and peaceful high steppes abound.
Specifically:
* Pages 30 to 35 detail the three new areas
* Page 36 has an expanded summary of the upcoming areas. Outlined almost all the way to the Black City (area 30). I've realized that...
2017-10-31 03:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Where has this month gone? I turn my head, work on some projects, and here it is, whooshing by.
For the next update, I'm tackling five desolate areas:
- The Way Stone, a graveyard of Long Long Ago machine creatures,
- The North-Facing Passage, an ancient chiseled way bathed in a death-bringing light from the south. Hence, a journey mostly ...
Let us continue our voyage! The trading depot of the Last Serai for your exploring pleasure, as well as a full-on vome nest, if you want to threaten your players with horrible bloody death.
Those are pretty art-heavy sections, so I've added high-res A4 files of those you can print out for your home game.
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Dear patrons!
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2017-09-30 09:49:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Holy Amazeballs! Thanks to y'all, we've breached the $100 per post barrier. I can't emphasize enough how good it feels to know that you are out there, looking forward to the weird epicness of the my little WizardThiefFighter imprint.
There were times I thought to myself, "Luka, what are you doing? Who cares about weird drawings and strange dreams...
2017-09-29 05:32:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"The Sea of Centaurs region was settled by the Children of the Great Mother from beyond the Shear nigh on five centuries ago. The Good Children dominated the barbarics for long years, but then the devils of the Great Kaan forced them to submit in 370zd. After the Bonethrone War the Centaur overlords were cast out, but at great cost with the South C...
2017-09-25 23:40:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Followers, heroes, warriors, here's a freebie from my blog, a rebuild of an old post. http://www.wizardthieffighter.com/2017/47-demiwarlocks-d100-mag...
2017-09-22 11:30:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Voyaging further along the northern route, travelers pass through the depths of a toxic biomechanical infestation and approach the holy site of the lime nomads: the grass colossus.
In this update: two major areas, four more odd sites in the wilderness, a corruption table, eight NPCs for the nomad clans, events among the nomads, and teasers o...
quite unrelated to the UV Grassland, here's probably my last piece from Busan. Tomorrow I'm moving to Seoul.
Wish me luck with my studio set up and that no missiles start flying because some stupid hothead with daddy issues thought it'd make 'em look strong.
2017-08-14 07:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Besides the paid posts, I am thinking of adding a free art feed to the Patreon. It will be pretty much similar to my AoWTF feed, though possibly a bit sparser and more retro-focused.
I accidentally posted the wrong patreon content on WTF ;) Probably something to do with the flu and being out of it.
Have a monstrous bubble leech to return you to the fantasy realms.
2017-08-10 01:58:41 +0000 UTC View Post
First: thank you for your patience!
Second: whoah, made it. Welcome yet deeper into the Ultraviolet Grassland! This installment adds:
- the next area: the Potsherd Crater, including map
- a teaser of the area after that: the Grass Colossus, including map
- six more weird encounter areas
- a load more NPCs
- revamped kits and mounts...
So ... the re-laying-out has been happening and is nearly done. It has been challenging, I won't beat about the bush, but ... well, done now.
I should write a post about laying out rpgs, it's really interesting for a certain type of human.
Anyway, looking forward to giving you something cool again soon.
2017-08-04 07:41:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, lords! You must be thinking to yourselves, well, that's gone and fizzled out, hasn't it? He's not updating no more!
And you'd be wrong. The simple fact is, I'm taking stock of my workflow. What I like most is writing and drawing. So far I've been laying out the adventure in InDesign and that is a slow pain. Also, not conducive to writing.
... 2017-07-30 14:07:11 +0000 UTC View PostI'm going to forge ahead with another section really soon, so it's polling time again:
2017-06-10 04:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Patient Patrons! Our caravan stumbles and jumbles off, deeper into the UV grasslands, crossing the first obstacles on our trading journeys. Odd sights, rare nomads, and the very palatable traditionalists of the Porcelain Throne await.
... choo, choo, kachoo!
What's new: Pages 10–15 have been added. Slightly more than I planned, but there ...
2017-06-05 08:23:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Leonard Pierce suggested a bearded thief, but I missed the beret. So it goes. ;) there's still a number of you that haven't submitted your heroes! Huh!
Part 3 of 8 is also a bit delayed. I had the choice of rushing through layout, or polishing it like a rough ultramarine's skull.
So you can guess which I chose.
The next episode...
Quick art preview - this grungy ole guy comes to you courtesy of Frotz's Classy Hero Act.
Fingers crossed: next step in the journey comes out this weekend.
A collector of trifles, a bagger of purses, a tosser of livingwood furniture antiques. Myles Corcoran's Jonky Bonko.
Thief, short, lean, unpersuasive but a specialist in the improvised chair leg or pool cue.
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Just got back from a trip and ramping up work again on the UVG front. And what better way to start, than with the p...
Well, well ... looks like we done got to see a preview of the UVG map style. Looks legit?
2017-05-22 13:28:55 +0000 UTC View PostPhew. First month I charged you guys. That was a bit heartstopping for me, hitting that post. I didn't lose too many of you! Good!
Next step: the Caravan Heads West + the first stop. With caravan guards included.
Guess that was pretty clear from the last poll, but this time, I'd appreciate some feedback on how useful you find the format. Dr...
2017-05-01 09:13:50 +0000 UTC View PostGosh! A bonus post?
Well, yes. So, it's free. You know how the one page dungeon is coming around? Yeah. You get to see my dungeon first.
You can use this to flog my patreon page around and tell people: "we were supporting the stratometaship before it was cool!"
2017-04-30 09:29:48 +0000 UTC View Post
"Holy moley! I did it, but damned," P.T. adjusted his helmet, "that swordpig could eat lead like a brick wall."
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Finally, folks, the second part of at least eight of the first expedition. This one's gonna cost ya, but you're also supporting all the rest of the art, so ... ;) Quidditch pro qualude. I thank ye.
Next post, we're final...
2017-04-22 15:09:22 +0000 UTC View PostFolks! You've noticed I haven't posted anything extra on the UV grassland yet? There are some real life reasons, but those are boring. The main thing is, I realized I needed to lay the groundwork for the adventure before I wrote it.
That's rules in RPG-speak.
Now, they're not finished yet. And once the adventure is done, I'll revise them an...
2017-04-21 03:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostNow we're getting into Patron-only territory. You've seen the Violet Citadel ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Ep0mpfHrnpd2dmZm0xX1R3SXc/view?usp=sharing ) - that one's free, because that's where the journey starts, and I want yo...
2017-03-22 01:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the first step in the first Stratometaship expedition - visiting the Ultraviolet Grasslands beyond the Purple Lands. Our first stop is still in the Purple Lands, the in the citadel of the Purple God(dess).
This first part is free of charge (and lightly updated today), to show the direction the illustrated expedition will take. The...
