If this is something you'd have been interested in, sound off! Maybe we'll do a special edition box for the next campaign.
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Packing up a few extra-special Stargazer Keep starter kits. These are basically thank-you packages only for the most devout Dio fans we know, but now that I have them in-hand, I wish we had made a special edition backer tier!
As the prophecy was foretold, and so it shall be. The first section of the Stargazer Keep megadungeon is available for all on DruveThruRPG.
Stargazer Keep is a heavy metal, neon medieval, cosmic sword & sorcery megadungeon inspired by the songwriting of Ronnie James Dio.
www.stargazerkeep.com
Shit seems pretty bleak on this Earth Day. It may not be uplifting, but Dio pretty clearly diagnosed the issue in this song.
"Reaching for the stars, we blind the sky"
youtu.be/fMWIC7LMsKU?...
"... there are places that I do not belong, that I do not know, and perhaps never can know."
I really feel this. This foreword goes so hard, my excitement for Inkvein just shot through the roof.
Raiders of the Machine God leads directly into our upcoming section of the megadungeon, The Sword of the Septarch, which is currently in development. And it doesn't stop there! We have 7 sections outlined and plenty of ideas for additional content. Stay tuned for more Mork Borg megadungeon madness!
The Stargazer's Guidebook is our GM's guide and the full overview of our standalone Mork Borg hack. Plenty of lore/setting info, unique character advancement and magic system, an introductory section of the megadungeon, curses, wishes, dreams, loot, and moreβ¦
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
The dungeon is fully compatible with Mork Borg and can be run on its own, but if you want the full experience, there's more you'll want to see!
The Voyager's Handbook is stuffed with player-facing content, like introductory lore and character options.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
RAIDERS OF THE MACHINE GOD is the first self-contained section of the megadungeon. This beast of a zine is packed with goodies. 25 rooms, 5 rival factions, NPCs and quests, dozens of enemies and encounters, spells, magic items, and psychotropics.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
As the prophecy was foretold, and so it shall be. The first section of the Stargazer Keep megadungeon is available for all on DruveThruRPG.
Stargazer Keep is a heavy metal, neon medieval, cosmic sword & sorcery megadungeon inspired by the songwriting of Ronnie James Dio.
www.stargazerkeep.com
This was happening to me a couple years ago and I can't remember the exact details but it is fixable! I believe a quick Google search brought me to the solution.
Last Call.
Awesome job with the keyed room layout. It's very accessible.
I'm also loving the nested encounter tables. I stole this idea from your blog for my next Stargazer release!
The next Inkvein preview is here! Today we're looking at what goes into an Inkvein region! murkdice.substack.com/p/last-day-t...
1 day left to back our @morkborg.com megadungeon Inkvein! #osr
Reflecting on the Elden Ring movie casting news, Nick Offerman is definitely Blackguard Boggart, right?
4/20 Digital Special: Both my MΓRK BORG zine releases (Three Weeks in the Streets + The Amethyst Alcove) available today only for $6 each or both for $10.
More info here: www.reddit.com/r/MorkBorg/s...
Sentry Box is truly the crown jewel of our city.
Do it! I mean, at the very least the setting could be a great framing for a series of Call of Cthulhu scenarios.
A screenshot from the game Ultros. The scene shows the player character standing near a dead, slumping figure impaled by a sword. The background is coloured in vibrant neon green, violet, and purple. A dodecahedron is featured in the centre of the frame, part of an intricate mural. Mysterious florals, overgrown organic mass, and vaguely religious/mythological motifs dominate the scenery.
Any of y'all metroidvania fans sleeping on Ultros should really check it out. It's a really unique take on the genre, and not just visually. It's got combat and platforming and puzzle solving, but also gardening? And really soft rogue-lite elements? And it's psychedelic as all hell.
Incredible, it's really an impressive amount of detail and content. It would be so much fun to use this for a nautical hex crawl campaign.
i was responsible for the conspiracy focus here: beyondtheicewall.tumblr.com after I found the map initially, I got in touch with the artist and joined up to work on the world.
Always wanted to write the roleplaying game for this. I will be using Luke Gearing's Violence system probably
This is awesome! I've got some reading to do.
Omg I love this, I might just steal it!
The next section of the megadungeon draws heavily from ancient Egyptian power plant theories. Research into the topic has been a wild journey.
If you've got any conspiracy theories that have sparked creativity, share them below!
I don't know if this is very healthy in today's cultural climate, but I really enjoy engaging in conspiracy theories and psuedoscience as creative prompts for storytelling and world building. I leaned hard into flat earth, electric universe, and plasma apocalypse while writing Stargazer Keep.
A screen clipping of a google doc sidebar listing the rooms in Stargazer Keep - Yellow: The Sword of the Septarch. The listings include Orange-Yellow Staircase, Seven Circuit Labyrinth, Crystal Edifice, Waveguide Exhaust, Scalable Wall, Waveguide Shaft, Garden Terrace, Resonance Basin, Catastrophic Release, Scaffold Hoist, Radiant Rise, Antechamber, Stairs of the Jackal, Sunstone Throne, Breached Stairs, and Ritual Chamber.
A screen clipping of a google doc sidebar listing the rooms in Stargazer Keep - Yellow: The Sword of the Septarch. The listings include Stairs of Taranis, Balcony Seating, Shrine of the Sun, Harmonic Ascent, Sunblind Steps, Solarium of Solitude, Hall of Records, Fractured Plasma Conduit, Tomb of Heroes, Caduceus Staricase, Cenotaph of the Ascended, Overcharge Staircase, Celestial Stage, and Arpeggiated Oscillator.
How about a sneak peak of the rooms we've got in store for the next section of Stargazer Keep?
Which room are you most interested in exploring? If you ask nicely, I might tell you about it.
That's crazy but why do you have so many roommates?
you should definitely check out ALL my starter packs for this #FollowFriday but today I'll spotlight Queer Artists to Commission! π«Άπ»π©·π
let 'em at your blorbos!
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A screen clipping of a google doc sidebar listing the rooms in Stargazer Keep - Yellow: The Sword of the Septarch. The listings include Orange-Yellow Staircase, Seven Circuit Labyrinth, Crystal Edifice, Waveguide Exhaust, Scalable Wall, Waveguide Shaft, Garden Terrace, Resonance Basin, Catastrophic Release, Scaffold Hoist, Radiant Rise, Antechamber, Stairs of the Jackal, Sunstone Throne, Breached Stairs, and Ritual Chamber.
A screen clipping of a google doc sidebar listing the rooms in Stargazer Keep - Yellow: The Sword of the Septarch. The listings include Stairs of Taranis, Balcony Seating, Shrine of the Sun, Harmonic Ascent, Sunblind Steps, Solarium of Solitude, Hall of Records, Fractured Plasma Conduit, Tomb of Heroes, Caduceus Staricase, Cenotaph of the Ascended, Overcharge Staircase, Celestial Stage, and Arpeggiated Oscillator.
How about a sneak peak of the rooms we've got in store for the next section of Stargazer Keep?
Which room are you most interested in exploring? If you ask nicely, I might tell you about it.
A screenshot of a google docs sidebar listing the key factions and NPCs in Stargazer Keep - Yellow: The Sword of the Septarch. The listings include Durendart the Warrior King, Chrysopoeian Knights, Golden Specters, Jackals, Exalted Elves, Theosebia, Stalla Polaris, Nebula and Country Girl, Kristoff, and Machine God Cyboros.
Who likes worldbuilding? I just had a blast blitzing through the backstory and faction lore for the next section of Stargazer Keep. It's always fun to puzzle over what needs to be vague and obfuscated, leaving room for GMs and players to fill in the blanks.