Saturday, January 9, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Some stuff I've been playing with:
Mamphibians
Mamphibians are a genetic mixture of frog, toad, salamander and various
mammals. They are the descendants of Genetic Lab Experiments from the distant
past. Could be used for Mutant Future, Gamma World, Carcosa, D&D etc.
They worship the "Splicers" who created them. They live in cool damp caverns
underground. On the rare times they venture to the surface they must wear loose
robes well-wetted down and thick darkened goggles.
There are three types of mamphibians, Perfects, Uglies, and mulespawn. Male
Perfects are wildly colored anthropomorphic frogs. Female perfects are six
breasted and drab olive colored. Females do not speak but they can croak very
loudly. 20% of mamphibians are born as "Uglies", primarily anthropomorphic frogs
with random features derived from their mammalian genes.
Mamphibians can crossbreed with mammals and produce sterile offspring with
bizarre physical attributes. These are called Mulespawn. Mulespawn are produced
by crossing male mammals with female Mamphibians. Mamphibians. I love saying
Mamphibians! Mulespawn are 50% father species, 30% Mamphibian and 20 %
random mammal. Use the handy-dandy chart below to determine which part is
what.
Overall appearance is 50/50 male or female but Mulespawn are sterile. Mulespawn
from a combination of Mamphibians and another sapient creature (like a human or
alien or fantasy or scifi mammal) are sapient themselves but are only capable of
speech if their heads and necks are those of a creature capable of speech. E.G. If a
Mulespawn has a Tiger's head it will not be able to speak.
Mamphibians ornate weapons and tools are carved from bone and stone.
Mamphibians weave cord and cloth from the mosses they carefully cultivate.
A typical Mamphibian colony:
Males Quarters - Nests of moss decorated with shiny baubles.
Craft stations are clusters of workbenches, tools and materials for carving bone &
stone, weaving moss cloth and various other types of crafts.
The females generally stay in the female's pools or at their work in the farms,
unless summoned by a male for breeding purposes.
The Splice labs are where Mulespawn are created. The most intelligent of the male
Mamphibians are selected to be "Labteks" and learn to use the tools and methods
inheritied from their creators, the "Splicers"
The breeding pits are where the males drag the females to breed.
The fish ponds, insectariums, centipede & millipede farms are where the females
raise the Mamphibian's food.
Foyer - where visitors are dealt with, usually fatally. Visitors are often kept in order
to utilise their genetic potential in the Splice lab, and then dispatched and fed to the
centipedes and millipedes.
Guard Post - a squad of 10 Mamphibian warriors is on guard at all times.
x - indicates escape routes, twisting narrow tunnels many miles long, with
multitudinous traps - pits, snares, spikes, deadfalls etc. The routes lead to secret
entrances to the underdark. The Mamphibians have a predesignated rendezvous
point which they will die before revealing.
Mulespawn Example:
A typical Male and Female Amphibian:
mammals. They are the descendants of Genetic Lab Experiments from the distant
past. Could be used for Mutant Future, Gamma World, Carcosa, D&D etc.
They worship the "Splicers" who created them. They live in cool damp caverns
underground. On the rare times they venture to the surface they must wear loose
robes well-wetted down and thick darkened goggles.
There are three types of mamphibians, Perfects, Uglies, and mulespawn. Male
Perfects are wildly colored anthropomorphic frogs. Female perfects are six
breasted and drab olive colored. Females do not speak but they can croak very
loudly. 20% of mamphibians are born as "Uglies", primarily anthropomorphic frogs
with random features derived from their mammalian genes.
Mamphibians can crossbreed with mammals and produce sterile offspring with
bizarre physical attributes. These are called Mulespawn. Mulespawn are produced
by crossing male mammals with female Mamphibians. Mamphibians. I love saying
Mamphibians! Mulespawn are 50% father species, 30% Mamphibian and 20 %
random mammal. Use the handy-dandy chart below to determine which part is
what.
Overall appearance is 50/50 male or female but Mulespawn are sterile. Mulespawn
from a combination of Mamphibians and another sapient creature (like a human or
alien or fantasy or scifi mammal) are sapient themselves but are only capable of
speech if their heads and necks are those of a creature capable of speech. E.G. If a
Mulespawn has a Tiger's head it will not be able to speak.
Mamphibians ornate weapons and tools are carved from bone and stone.
Mamphibians weave cord and cloth from the mosses they carefully cultivate.
A typical Mamphibian colony:
Craft stations are clusters of workbenches, tools and materials for carving bone &
stone, weaving moss cloth and various other types of crafts.
The females generally stay in the female's pools or at their work in the farms,
unless summoned by a male for breeding purposes.
The Splice labs are where Mulespawn are created. The most intelligent of the male
Mamphibians are selected to be "Labteks" and learn to use the tools and methods
inheritied from their creators, the "Splicers"
The breeding pits are where the males drag the females to breed.
The fish ponds, insectariums, centipede & millipede farms are where the females
raise the Mamphibian's food.
Foyer - where visitors are dealt with, usually fatally. Visitors are often kept in order
to utilise their genetic potential in the Splice lab, and then dispatched and fed to the
centipedes and millipedes.
Guard Post - a squad of 10 Mamphibian warriors is on guard at all times.
x - indicates escape routes, twisting narrow tunnels many miles long, with
multitudinous traps - pits, snares, spikes, deadfalls etc. The routes lead to secret
entrances to the underdark. The Mamphibians have a predesignated rendezvous
point which they will die before revealing.
d100 Mammals Table for Mulespawn
| 1. Chimpanzee | 2. Gorilla | 3. Orangutan |
| 4. Giant Anteater | 5. Sable Antelope | 6. Zebu |
| 7. Armadillo | 8. Baboon | 9. Badger |
| 10. Flying Fox Bat | 11. Vampire Bat | 12. Zebra |
| 13. Black Bear | 14. Grizzly Bear | 15. Polar Bear |
| 16. Beaver | 17. Bison | 18. European Wild Boar |
| 19. Cape Buffalo | 20. Arabian Camel | 21. Bactrian Camel |
| 22. Capybara | 23. Caribou | 24. Cheetah |
| 25. Chinchilla | 26. Chipmunk | 27. Cougar |
| 28. Coyote | 29. White-Tailed Deer | 30. Tiger |
| 31. Cape Hunting Dog | 32. Echidna | 33. Eland |
| 34. African Elephant | 35. Indian Elephant | 36. Pygmy Elephant |
| 37. Fennec | 38. Fox | 39. Tapir |
| 40. Gibbon | 41. Giraffe | 42. Gnu |
| 43. Mountain Goat | 44. Varying Hare | 45. Hedgehog |
| 46. Hippopotamus | 47. Giant Forest Hog | 48. Red River Hog |
| 49. Prjevalskey’s Horse | 50. Ibex | 51. Impala |
| 52. Jackal | 53. Jaguar | 54. Jerboa |
| 55. Great Gray Kangaroo | 56. Takin | 57. Klipspringer |
| 58. Koala | 59. Kudu | 60. Langur |
| 61. Ring Tailed Lemur | 62. Leopard | 63. Clouded Leopard |
| 64. Lion | 65. Lynx | 66. Mandrill |
| 67. Markhor | 68. Marmoset | 69. Marten |
| 70. Meerkat | 71. Mink | 72. Mole |
| 73. Howler Monkey | 74. Spider Monkey | 75. Moose |
| 76. Mouflon | 77. Mouse | 78. Muskox |
| 79. Muskrat | 80. Ocelot | 81. Okapi |
| 82. Onager | 83. Opossum | 84. Otter |
| 85. Giant Panda | 86. Red Panda | 87. Pangolin |
| 88. Peccary | 89. Flying Phalanger | 90. Platypus |
| 91. Porcupine | 92. Pronghorn Antelope | 93. Jack Rabbit |
| 94. Raccoon | 95. Norway Rat | 96. Rhinoceros |
| 97. Rocky Mountain Sheep | 98. Skunk | 99. Squirrel |
| 100. Wolf |
Mulespawn Example:
And an example of an "Ugly" or randomly mutated Mamphibian.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
So this is ready now:
I've uploaded it to DTRPG and it should be available in a day or two. In the meantime here's the illustration I made for the back cover:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9PweY4wbxVrT19CUkY5M0ExVG8
and, totally unrelated, I got a Nikon camera and I love to take a photograph. You can see them at :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134289767@N08/
Going to be working on some paintings for the rest of the month as well as drawings for my next gaming project Runtmounts
Cheers and Happy Holidays whichever ones you are celebrating!
Sunday, November 1, 2015
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/160884/A-Hundred-Hellish-Hordlings
My hope was that five people besides my friends would download it so feeling pretty good about that! I've even made $13.58!
My next work, (which is much smaller) is about 75% finished. Here's a sneak peak at the working cover:
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
184 downloads so far at http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/160884/A-Hundred-Hellish-Hordlings , a sweet review at
http://swordsandstitchery.
and 2 five star ratings! I am stoked!
Just for fun here is the cover illlustration:
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