Monday, August 13, 2012

I am Your Game Master


This piece was originally done as part of the Battle of Four Armies T-shirt. A Battle Interactive for the Living Arcanis Game Universe created by Paradigm Concepts. The concept behind it was that it would be for the GM volunteers running the games for those of us playing. Ultimately when it came down to cost it had to be incorporated into one shirt that included the three main factions from the lands of Milandir, Canceri, and Coryan and the faction that most except for I think 4 or 5 pcs that represented the Swords of Nier.
Battle of Four Armies Shirt
The +1 tickets in the tentacles were representative of bonuses that were purchased for charity and could be used to increase a die roll or re-roll a missed chance if multiples were used.

I've always envisioned the GM as an Elder God controlling this little center of their universe and vision. Their Tentacles outstretched tweaking the strands of fate. Even when we're not playing Cthulu there's always something that deserves a bit of unknown terror from the great beyond. I mean would you rather fight a large brown bear or a Giant Dire Bear it's green eyes glowing in the darkness casting light upon the purple ichor dripping from it's maw. 

The system I'm currently running at home is Pathfinder, sort of a D&D 3.75. It was easy for me to adapt my 3.5 D&D thinking to it and Paizo has done a phenomenal job at generating supplements. The campaign I'm running/adapting is the Kingmaker Pathfinder Adventure Path. So far it's been a blast and hopefully we'll be able to play a little more often once the summer Saturday bbq season is over. Though that means it's the start of NCAA football, the DVR is going to be getting a serious workout. 

I set up a store on Zazzle.com and made the Game Master shirt available to purchase. Buy one or several for your friends! Happy Monday!

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