It’s been awfully quiet around my site. That’s deceptive: my head’s been down working on a lot of really cool stuff! Let’s take a look at some of things fast approaching the finish line.
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Adventures in Dalentown for DeScriptors RPG now available at DriveThruRPG
Are you looking for a perfect starting settlement (or three?!), or a headquarters for your fantasy roleplaying game campaign setting? Want a bunch of ready-made NPCs, dozens of scenario ideas, and interesting allies and adversaries for your players to interact with?
Look no further than Adventures in Dalentown!
Now Available!
From the product page:
Adventures in Dalentown presents an expanded write-up of the prospering settlement of Dalentown, originally featured in The Darkness Beneath Dalentown. In addition to the new shops and Non-Player Characters, we’ve included dozens of adventure hooks, two additional nearby settlements, and an expansive bestiary featuring creatures benevolent and malicious! Keyed maps and extensive use of art throughout provide fantastic references for your scenarios, useful ideas for characters to populate your worlds, and plenty of conflict to get your characters immersed in the setting immediately!
This 45 page supplement includes:
- Beautiful cartography from Elven Tower Cartography, Dyson Logos, and Tim Bannock.
- A chapter each on Dalentown the growing human settlement, Rock Down the halfling & gnome village, and the mysterious Wizard’s Enclave!
- A chapter covering additional encounters in the sewers of Dalentown, as well as other areas in the region.
- The bestiary features 24 creatures — all with accompanying art! — to serve as playable characters, NPCs, monstrous foes, or mysterious allies, complete with suggested traits, setbacks, and more!
- Loads of adventure ideas for each location, tying the settlements together or allowing you to use them separately as you wish in your campaign!
This version uses the DeScriptors diceless roleplaying game system, available in PWYW or Definitive Editions!
Written by Matthew & Tim Bannock. Editing & Layout by Tim Bannock. Art by Bruno Balixa, Earl Geier, Rick Hershey / Fat Goblin Games, Gary Dupuis, Emile Lassalle and Alcide Dessalines d Orbigny, Theophile Tardif-Desvaux, Gustave Dore, Various Stock Art Resources. Cartography by Tim Bannock, Elven Tower Cartography, Dyson Logos.
Maps by Tim Bannock created using Cityographer by Inkwell Ideas.
Pick up Adventures in Dalentown today!
Behind the Scenes & Actual Play for DeScriptors, the Word Game Micro RPG
A version of this article first appeared on neuronphaser.com. It has been moved here and updated with new content, insights, and links!
DeScriptors: Anything Goes PWYW Version was just released on DriveThruRPG and there are already plans to publish a bigger Definitive Edition in the coming weeks. But what is DeScriptors? And why is the gonzo Anything Goes setting the first release?
Read on and find out where DeScriptors came from, where it’s going, and check out several episodes of the popular Worldbuilder’s Anvil podcast, where host Jeffery Ingram ran DeScriptors to help troubleshoot his fantasy campaign setting!
DeScriptors: Definitive Edition Updated with New Options and Variant Rules
DeScriptors: Definitive Edition wouldn’t be definitive if we didn’t keep it updated with new rules and mechanics as they come out, right? Turns out we’re working on the imminent release of The Darkness Beneath Dalentown: DeScriptors Version and we created some fun dungeoncrawl-esque mechanics, as well as addressed one-on-one and troupe-style play.
Pick up the updated version today at DriveThruRPG (it’s in My Library if you already purchased the game) and subscribe for more updates on The Darkness Beneath Dalentown: DeScriptors Version coming soon!