Month: October 2017

In Nomine Revisited: The Bone Smiths.

Bone Smiths – Google Docs

The Bone Smiths

People are always surprised when they discover that Saminga, the Demon Prince of Death, has quite a few competent artificers working for him.  They probably shouldn’t be: the practice of necromancy is Death’s major operational priority, so it’s not unreasonable to expect his Servitors to be good at it.  That implies a certain institutional knowledge and acceptance of Enchantment among Samingans.  As necromancy is not the only thing that uses the Enchantment skill, it follows then that various Servitors of Death would have branched out into other fields of artifact creation.

In their own particular way. Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: The Bone Smiths.

Rejoice, my droogies: Thor: Ragnarok apparently Does Not Suck.

I got sent this via email: it’s not really a final trailer so much as it’s some new footage thrown into the old trailer footage and look, Thor: Ragnarok is apparently going to be good, OK? The critics are so far loving it and it’s made $107+ million foreign already before the American release. I think that we are actually gonna get the comic love letter to old-school Marvel and Led  Zeppelin that we were promised.

Cool.

Patreon microfiction: ‘CSI: IASB.’

I’m forced to admit: I’m not exactly sure how the world of “CSI-IASB” functions.  I do know that IASB stands for “Illuminated and Ancient Seers of Bavaria,” which certainly implies certain things. But, really, sometimes these things are merely snapshots, even to me. I’ll spare you the picture that I drew.

Tweet of the Day, I Think That I Would Have Liked Reginald Tippin edition.

At least I assume Reginald Tippin’s dead.

If he’s still alive he’d be 88.  Unless he’s some kind of revenant. In which case… well, it’s not like he didn’t warn his enemies, hey?

Book of the Week: Anno Dracula: One Thousand Monsters.

Kim Newman’s latest, and it’s an excellent choice for Halloween.  Anno Dracula: One Thousand Monsters is a vampire novel (of impressive pop culture awareness) set in Japan in 1899, which is a fascinating setting in its own right.  This book is also a standalone-sequel of sorts to Anno Dracula itself, but if you haven’t read it yet you should do so anyway. It will well reward your time.

And so, adieu to Infinite Stars.

Largh the Lost [GURPS 4e]

Largh the Lost – Google Docs

 

Largh the Lost [600pt]

Description: Largh is about five feet tall, weighs 250 pounds of solid muscle, and is a vaguely humanoid nightmare of poison-dripping ichor, sickly red-purple skin, and razor sharp tentacle claws. It wears a heavily-modified human-made TL8 tactical vest with plates at the absolute slightest excuse, including ‘it’s been too long since the last attack.’ In fact, Largh only takes it off when it wants to hide. Continue reading Largh the Lost [GURPS 4e]