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Always reblog Noble Hierarchy. Also, female equivalents: Empress Queen Grand Duchess Grand Princess Archduchess Duchess Princess Marchioness Countess Viscountess Baroness Dame Lady

Are you creating a fantasy world with magic? If you want to give your characters some interesting and unique abilities, here are some ideas.

Dzieciakom (i mi również) gra Roll&Draw spobobała się tak bardzo, że postanowiłam zrobić swoją wersję. Zapraszam więc do rzucania kością i rysowania swoich potworków – Roll a Monster gam…

The graphic is intended as a mind map or a checklist for kick-starting world-building exercises. At its heart, it reminds us that things are connected.

Fan arts chiscara por que ya no me caben en la galería y no sé dónde guardarlos. Se dan los créditos. No subo las cuentas que no tienen permitido subir su contenido.

“地下闘技場に入り浸って拳でご飯食べてる新シンさん”

I must admit that I have only just obtained an appreciation for illustrations and artwork. In my younger years, I was too much of a 'power gamer' too focused on numbers and probabilities to fully appreciate the flavour and artwork. In some combats, I did not even care about the name of the beast I was fighting, I just wanted to see its stats. Art was always there, and I always acknowledged it; I just didn't really care for it. However, as I have started to include public domain artwork in my gamebooks and I have started reading about the creative process that artists go through, I have started to discover that the role of the illustrator is crucial to the atmosphere in a gamebook. Someone who has known this for far longer than I is Russ Nicholson excellent illustrator of many gamebooks and RPGs including (but not limited to) The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, the Fabled Lands series, the Robin of Sherwood gamebooks and the Kingdom of Wyrd (Bloodsword). Biographies of Russ can be found here and here. You can visit his blog here. Today, it is my privilege to introduce an interview with Russ Nicholson. What was the first gamebook you read? That would be 'The Warlock of Firetop Mountain', but I only read it after it was published as I was not given the full manuscript when I created the illustrations. What is your favourite gamebook? Tough one. In terms of intricacy it wouldn't be one but the interconnected series 'The Fabled Lands' which attempted to offer more than 'find yourself in the typical maze or dilemma scenario' that tended to permute the early gamebook format. Where I worked in the 80's some of my students found out about my involvement with 'Warlock' and wanted to start a game club after school based round 'Runequest'. I was roped in, but it quickly fell by the wayside as too few, then virtually none [lol], turned up. I often read the 'White Dwarf' scenarios but it was not till I went to France that I met any true gamers who wanted to involve me, and Frankly after being 'killed' so many times playing 'Warlock' I became rather disillusioned. lol. What gamebooks/interactive fiction would you recommend to a newcomer to the genre? That depends a lot, I think, on what you like as a general thematic choice, and whether you wish to play alone or with with others. In general terms I would say 'The Fighting Fantasy' series, 'The Lone Wolf' series, and of course, 'The Fabled Lands' series. But I am no expert. Summarise what a gamebook is to a newcomer in 100 characters or fewer. Duh! The gamebook has been superseded by Game consoles, and downloadable apps that have moved far beyond the tiny game boxes that came out in the 1980's. The gamebook in its original state is more to do with nostalgia, especially in the UK , but is alive and vigorously kicking on the continent and the US. Its 'vinyl to the downloadable album from the web'. What is the process for creating illustrations for gamebooks? depends what you mean by 'process'. But effectively my usual working pattern goes as follows: being given a brief which involves a page of text or character/scene description, thinking about visual possibilities, trying out sketch ideas, pencilling, inking, cleaning, spotting & checking, sending sample for acceptance, making changes if required, sending artwork and invoice. What's the most important thing when coming up with gamebook illustrations? That the job is suitable and ideas are forthcoming. Is there anything that you enjoy illustrating more than anything else? Any particular creatures or scenes? No, I love any visual opportunities to create all elements relating to the world of Fantasy. But if you look at my work you'll always see a love of pattern and intricacy. What is your favourite piece of art? My interest in art is universal and encompasses every aspect ... my favourite piece of art is legion and ranges from fine through commercial to craft. How do you practice your drawing to make it the best it can be? As any artist, that is: I look, I synthesise, I imagine, I practice. What have you got coming up in terms of your gamebook projects? At present I am working on a couple of projects in America and France where gaming, including Germany and Belgium and other parts of the continent, remains very active. Do you have any other sites besides your blogs/Twitter feeds? Blog, Facebook, Google+, etc. But have real need to organise a better website. What do you think the future of gamebooks is? The market has shrunk but remains very active in Europe, America and Canada particularly. I think as long as their are dedicate fans willing to make the time and effort they will live on, and at present the world of apps, and their possibilities, present a still developing field. For more examples of Russ's excellent work, visit his blog, his google+ and his Facebook.

Learn how to write a magic system with examples by following these 18 easy steps. Whether you’re creating a hard or soft magic system.

mi duo, mi duo !!! #roier #roierfanart #qsmp #qsmpfanart

you and my prince of the underworld você vai ver como e a vida de uma estudante em uma escola só de garotos s/n uma garota que foi teletransportada junto com sua família inteira quando ela chegou lá todos em sua família ganharam formas ferais(metade Anima)e cada um ganhou um poder foi estranho no começo mais eles conseguiram controlar bem seus poderes s/n tem duas magias individuais com uma ela consegue fazer qualquer coisa e a outra conseguir fazer qualquer coisa com a água incluso também respirar em baixo da água um detalhe e que yuu também está na fic obrigada por ler a descrição começou dia 24 de junho as 00:00 terminou em????

Over on Designboom at the moment, there's a fantastic interview with Min Wang, design director for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and Dean of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). For the past five years his design studio,...

Gorgo (Gorgô) (pl) Gorgones The Gorgon is one of a race of creatures with origins in Greek mythology, legend and folklore. The term 'Gorgon' itself is derived from the Greek 'gorgo', meaning 'grim', 'fierce' or 'terrible'. The first and undoubtedly most famous Gorgons (Gorgones) were a trio of sisters, named Euryale ("of the wide, briny sea" or the "wide-stepping"; the eldest sister), Stheno (Sthenno, Sthenusa, the "strong one" or the "mighty one"; the middle sister) and Medusa (Medousa, the "qu

A collection of writing prompts, dialogue prompts, character sheets and world building tips gathered by yours truly. Sometimes I may also write a story underneath as well, but the whole point of this book is to inspire you and break your writer's block. So please take a look and enjoy, and if you would like to submit a prompt/tip please sent it to me over Wattpad DM's, if I add it to the story I will include your @ underneath! Enjoy!

Yanfei's not just a Cutie #原神 #yantao

Kusho Kusho no Mi allows the user to fuse their body into anything that is dark-colored, whether naturally dark, or dark via external circumstances, such as shadows. This fruit was eaten by Lamont and made him a Void Human (虚無人間, Kyomu ningen). Void is Kusho in Japanese The main part of the fruit is a round purple fruit, shrouded in a lighter purple shell. The stem has a unique shape, different than a normal fruit, but similar devil fruits. The main strength of the fruit is that Lamont can merge

I tried to redraw a thing. Notice how I've since learned to distribute my laziness more evenly.

Since we didn't get a demo here's a image of all the Hoyoverse protagonist Who's your favorite?

Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…

These character packets will help you organize your characters’ traits in one central location. Have you ever written a character who had short, lustrous hair in chapter one and frizzy ankle-…