

Will I be judged for my start in the industry? Likely. He treated me like a welcome addition to the community. Instead of treating me like a joke because I am trying to buy my way through the door he was happy to talk gaming, and Kickstarters, and RPG websites. I really liked playing mideval detective to solve that mystery. For his part, Lucas was awesome. There we had the opportunity to meet Lucas and play through another adventure he created, Bella’s Yarn (5e), another excellent adventure. Then Sir Leland* and I went to Gen Con 2016, my first Gen Con. To my initial question, will I be taken seriously if my resume is all vanity press Kickstarter rewards? It was a worry. Vanity press RPG writer’s credit number two and RPG art credit number one complete! On to number three… These adventures have been delivered and enjoyed. The steps to bring this to life – pay, bat ideas between John and Leland, write, draw, submit, read, smile – were all easier than I could have asked for. Lucas took these characters, saw their backstory and potential within his world, and wove them into the fabric of his tales in Yrisa’s Nightmare and Rats in the Street.
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UPDATE – – John McGuire did a write up of his character and the process here.Ĭredit where credit is due. The characters unite these adventures through their shared easter egg (no pun intended) backstory.

In Rats in the Street, Sully and Celltar take on some of the larger NPC roles within the adventure. In that adventure, Sully and Celltar Drumthunder appear as part of the supernatural effects that drive the tale. He put Kaiya Blackmoore as an important NPC in Yrisa’s Nightmare. Lucas picked up on the shared backstory and saw a clever way to use the characters. For me, this RPG offering yeilded an additional triumph, I drew the picture that accompanies Celltar Drumthunder on the City of Brass and in the Rats in the Street PDF.What did we do with three NPCs? We alluded to a shared history through them. It was just before Christmas 2015 and these seemed like fun gifts for my RPG buddies, John “Cursed Sword” McGuire and Sir Leland Beauchamp. I bought the ability to create three NPCs for Yrisa’s Nightmare. The opportunity to create an NPC expanded my resume from just a location seed to a character. These characters will all be included in the web supplement, and in the finished adventure.”
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Remember, Yroden will be released using a CC BY-SA 4.0 license so only select this option if your comfortable with that. World Builder add-on – “Work with to create an interesting NPC for the village of Yroden or nearby countryside.That extra sauce that captured my wallet was the:
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PDF copy of Rats in the Streets for either Pathfinder or 5e – $5 via Kickstarter / $4.95 via.PDF copy of The Song of Aracos for 5e – Kickstarter Bonus / $4.95 via.Print and PDF copies of Yrisa’s Nightmare for either Pathfinder or 5e – $25 via Kickstarter / $25.53 (taxes and shipping to me) via.To get my $75 they needed something extra on top of: The concept – viking mysteries – interested me but I collect Kickstarter writing credits. Launched in November, 2015, both adventures come from Lucas Curell the creator of the online RPG tool, City of Brass. This time, you’re facing a gang of wererat thieves and you have to piece together the clues to stop them. Rats in the Street is a city adventure in the same world as Yrisa’s Nightmare. Rats in the Street (5e) by Ember Design Studios Your characters arrive, supernatural attacks happen to them and those around the settlement, and your party either uncovers why these attacks are happening or they don’t get to leave. Yrisa’s Nightmare is a supernatural mystery set in a viking fort town. Yrisa’s Nightmare, an RPG adventure for Pathfinder and 5e by Ember Design Studios Another opportunity that presented itself was Ember Design Studios’ Kickstarter for Yrisa’s Nightmare and Rats in the Street. This is my journey to freelancer and it starts with selecting the Kickstarter RPG Reward Level: Vanity Press.įor my first purchase, I participated in Sasquatch Game Studio’s Primeval Thule for 5e where I provided a location seed in their campaign setting. It lets me write something with a low word count, typically a few hundred words like an adventure hook, a NPC, a location seed, a monster, or a magic item that will be printed and credited to me. Before I dive too far into these thoughts, let’s touch on how the Kickstarter vanity press idea works? Some RPG Kickstarters offer rewards that let you submit content to their game. They offer an opportunity to write and you pay them for the opportunity.ĭue to my schedule, this is ideal.
