Buzzard Brain
@buzzardbrain.bsky.social
RPG storyteller, world builder, fantasy cartographer, battlemap artist, consultant, & web developer.
☮️ May all People know Peace
☮️ May all People know Peace
Been working on the Firefly freighter #battlemap for #FoundryVTT again. Finally getting to building out the bridge.
Made w/Dungeondraft and assets from @forgotten-adventures.net and Hellscape.
Made w/Dungeondraft and assets from @forgotten-adventures.net and Hellscape.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Been working on the Firefly freighter #battlemap for #FoundryVTT again. Finally getting to building out the bridge.
Made w/Dungeondraft and assets from @forgotten-adventures.net and Hellscape.
Made w/Dungeondraft and assets from @forgotten-adventures.net and Hellscape.
The next time I play myself in an end-world game I've got my character portrait and VTT token ready. 🙂 Fun with HeroForge...
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The next time I play myself in an end-world game I've got my character portrait and VTT token ready. 🙂 Fun with HeroForge...
The quest to get it right is often brutal, messy, & filled with course corrections. WIP #battlemap for a Firefly-inspired #GURPS game. Built w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
July 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The quest to get it right is often brutal, messy, & filled with course corrections. WIP #battlemap for a Firefly-inspired #GURPS game. Built w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
It's great fun living next to national forest. This morning we had a bobcat in our backyard. What a lovely creature! ❤️ Enjoy your breakfast my friend!
July 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's great fun living next to national forest. This morning we had a bobcat in our backyard. What a lovely creature! ❤️ Enjoy your breakfast my friend!
Trying something new. Working on a #battlemap of a Firefly space freighter for an upcoming #GURPS game. This old girl is a bit of a rust bucket atm. With luck & elbow grease she'll shape up. Here's the Engine Room.
#Dungeondraft
Assets by @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
#Dungeondraft
Assets by @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
July 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Trying something new. Working on a #battlemap of a Firefly space freighter for an upcoming #GURPS game. This old girl is a bit of a rust bucket atm. With luck & elbow grease she'll shape up. Here's the Engine Room.
#Dungeondraft
Assets by @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
#Dungeondraft
Assets by @forgotten-adventures.net & HellScape.
Designing & building a #FoundryVTT interactive landing page for the new Wardlands Campaign in the world of Ehrto. I ❤️ working with Matt's Active Tile Triggers.
June 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Designing & building a #FoundryVTT interactive landing page for the new Wardlands Campaign in the world of Ehrto. I ❤️ working with Matt's Active Tile Triggers.
I vacuum seal our bulk dry goods in 1/2 gallon mason jars. You can even vacuum seal flour in mason jars if you are careful and patient.
June 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I vacuum seal our bulk dry goods in 1/2 gallon mason jars. You can even vacuum seal flour in mason jars if you are careful and patient.
Working on the new #GURPS Wardlands Campaign set in the world of Ehrto. Today I'm designing and building out the campaign Timeline at #Worldanvil. Set at the edge of "civilized" lands, this campaign will feature more Action and Monsters than my other ongoing games. I'm enjoying the darker mood. 🖤
June 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Working on the new #GURPS Wardlands Campaign set in the world of Ehrto. Today I'm designing and building out the campaign Timeline at #Worldanvil. Set at the edge of "civilized" lands, this campaign will feature more Action and Monsters than my other ongoing games. I'm enjoying the darker mood. 🖤
May 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Making & organizing Macros in #FoundryVTT this morning to make running my #GURPS games more efficient. Also made some minor adjustments to the formatting of number labels on the Hotbar via custom CSS.
May 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Making & organizing Macros in #FoundryVTT this morning to make running my #GURPS games more efficient. Also made some minor adjustments to the formatting of number labels on the Hotbar via custom CSS.
Happy office mate.
May 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy office mate.
One of our #GURPS games is more about politics, intrigue, mysteries, & exploration. There's a castle, followers, retainers, & businesses. It involves a fair bit of accounting & commercial RP. Tracking that stuff can be a challenge. Using #FoundryVTT inventory sheets & loot journals works well.
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One of our #GURPS games is more about politics, intrigue, mysteries, & exploration. There's a castle, followers, retainers, & businesses. It involves a fair bit of accounting & commercial RP. Tracking that stuff can be a challenge. Using #FoundryVTT inventory sheets & loot journals works well.
I think the new approach to dealing with shadows is going to work well. But it will require that I make some changes to how I build battlemaps to make it more efficient. Here's prototypes/WIP of the Eastwatch #battlemap.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net .
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net .
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think the new approach to dealing with shadows is going to work well. But it will require that I make some changes to how I build battlemaps to make it more efficient. Here's prototypes/WIP of the Eastwatch #battlemap.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net .
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net .
I've been building a bunch of stock #GURPS NPCs for different types of soldiers and making multiple custom VTT tokens for each one at Hero Forge. All of this gets imported into #FoundryVTT and stored in a Compendium for quick use in the future.
May 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I've been building a bunch of stock #GURPS NPCs for different types of soldiers and making multiple custom VTT tokens for each one at Hero Forge. All of this gets imported into #FoundryVTT and stored in a Compendium for quick use in the future.
Back to working on the Eastwatch #battlemap today. Getting ready to try a new approach to dealing with trees and shadows. If the results don't suck, I'll share more this evening.
WIP. Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net.
WIP. Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net.
May 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Back to working on the Eastwatch #battlemap today. Getting ready to try a new approach to dealing with trees and shadows. If the results don't suck, I'll share more this evening.
WIP. Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net.
WIP. Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net.
This handsome and healthy fella is 16 years old today. Happy birthday Lucius! He's the bright orange kitten on the top of the pile in the first photo. Born to Trinity, who left us some years ago. One of the few familiars I've known since their birth. ❤️
April 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This handsome and healthy fella is 16 years old today. Happy birthday Lucius! He's the bright orange kitten on the top of the pile in the first photo. Born to Trinity, who left us some years ago. One of the few familiars I've known since their birth. ❤️
I track time, seasons, sun rise/set, the moons, & weather. Knowing the phases the moons, length of day/night, and if the moons are visible greatly influences nighttime encounters. Weather can drastically change travel times, visibility, etc..
April 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I track time, seasons, sun rise/set, the moons, & weather. Knowing the phases the moons, length of day/night, and if the moons are visible greatly influences nighttime encounters. Weather can drastically change travel times, visibility, etc..
Lighting design & wall/door definition for the Firefly Keep #battlemap in #FoundryVTT. Next up is building the smart tiles for stairs & travel between levels. The tower is 5 levels above & 2 below ground. Over 50k sq ft of space. This is a major setting for one of my stories.
April 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Lighting design & wall/door definition for the Firefly Keep #battlemap in #FoundryVTT. Next up is building the smart tiles for stairs & travel between levels. The tower is 5 levels above & 2 below ground. Over 50k sq ft of space. This is a major setting for one of my stories.
Working on a #battlemap scene for the Chapel of Sorceros, the god of magic & knowledge, at Firefly Keep. A small pyramid in the center of an ornate, sacred garden.
Made with #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net
Made with #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net
April 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Working on a #battlemap scene for the Chapel of Sorceros, the god of magic & knowledge, at Firefly Keep. A small pyramid in the center of an ornate, sacred garden.
Made with #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net
Made with #Dungeondraft & assets by @forgotten-adventures.net
Spent some time designing the Gallery at Firefly Keep. This feels like a suitable place to display the discoveries of a young Mage of the Arcane Order.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from Forgotten Adventures.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from Forgotten Adventures.
April 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Spent some time designing the Gallery at Firefly Keep. This feels like a suitable place to display the discoveries of a young Mage of the Arcane Order.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from Forgotten Adventures.
Made w/ #Dungeondraft & assets from Forgotten Adventures.
Today work continues on the Eastwatch #Battlemap [80x80]. While building this scene in #Dungeondraft, I got tons of new lore on the Rangers that call this place home. Ranks, names, workers, animals, and some operational details.
This will be the setting for some upcoming #GURPS 1-shots.
This will be the setting for some upcoming #GURPS 1-shots.
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Today work continues on the Eastwatch #Battlemap [80x80]. While building this scene in #Dungeondraft, I got tons of new lore on the Rangers that call this place home. Ranks, names, workers, animals, and some operational details.
This will be the setting for some upcoming #GURPS 1-shots.
This will be the setting for some upcoming #GURPS 1-shots.
My current WIP: East Fort #battlemap.
At the eastern edge of the Faewood forest, this Ranger outpost watches over the Newhome Road to ensure that vital trade route remains safe and open.
At the eastern edge of the Faewood forest, this Ranger outpost watches over the Newhome Road to ensure that vital trade route remains safe and open.
March 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My current WIP: East Fort #battlemap.
At the eastern edge of the Faewood forest, this Ranger outpost watches over the Newhome Road to ensure that vital trade route remains safe and open.
At the eastern edge of the Faewood forest, this Ranger outpost watches over the Newhome Road to ensure that vital trade route remains safe and open.
We finally got a bit of snow overnight. I don't expect it will last long. Sure is pretty while it lasts.
March 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We finally got a bit of snow overnight. I don't expect it will last long. Sure is pretty while it lasts.
Wrapped up an epic fight & chase in a sprawling mine tonight. 2 dozen combatants in a fight that lasted over 60 rounds... which in #GURPS is really long combat. Took 3 game sessions to complete. This scene was built inside #FoundryVTT w/ tiles from Gabriel Pickard.
March 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wrapped up an epic fight & chase in a sprawling mine tonight. 2 dozen combatants in a fight that lasted over 60 rounds... which in #GURPS is really long combat. Took 3 game sessions to complete. This scene was built inside #FoundryVTT w/ tiles from Gabriel Pickard.