New year, new art. Got some handmade paper and new watercolor markers for Christmas, and started drawing maps. #watercolor #ink #fantasymap

I'm getting closer to being able to run entire RPG sessions entirely from my text editor. #emacs #elisp #rpg #nerdshit

It's a nice day to be outside in #UrbanaIllinois. #NoKings #Chambana

beep boop #vcvrack

Spooky Tree. Started as a sketch on newsprint, but I like how it turned out. Figma Micron 01, Pitt Artist Pen soft brush, and Affinity Photo for some editing and color. #art #penandink #sketch #drawing

I didn't draw very much during 2024 - too busy, too stressed, too uninspired. But I started doing lots of sketches on big sheets of newsprint over the holidays, just to get back into the habit. Here's the first one of 2025. I hope that I can keep it up during 2025. #art #sketch #drawing #penandink

I've finished the map for ODD Hack #2. There's still a lot of writing left to do for the issue, but it feels good getting this part done. #ttrpg #map #dungeoncrawl

Should have double-checked this, because a wrong "ARRAYFORMULA" threw it off. High-level monsters in OD&D are hitting pretty much every round, regardless of armor.

Then divide average hit points by average damage (3.5 hp, because d6s) to get how many times a character can be hit. Then you figure out how many attack rolls that takes, assuming reasonable armor and an attacker of the same level. High level combat doesn't actually take this long, because of magic.

I started by looking at average hit points by level. It's all d6 hit dice in the original, with some extra hit points here or there. One interesting thing: clerics start off close to fighters, but by level 11 have fewer hit points than magic-users. They make up for it with armor and saving throws.

Potential cover design for ODD Hack #2 (you may need to click to see the whole thing). Contents will include the second half of The Shunned Abbey adventure, plus a few articles. OD&D's "core mechanics", combat rules without hit points, and attribute generation are likely topics. #ttrpg #odnd #zine

Watercolor continues to be difficult, but I think this may be on the cover of the next issue of ODD Hack. #ttrpg #ttrpgart #zine

Trying out a new set of watercolors with a line and wash cavern. #art #ttrpgart

Got this far testing the idea with fineliners and watercolors, then our toddler woke up. #zine #ttrpgart

Sketching an idea for the cover of the next ODD Hack issue. I think I'll like the general composition after a few adjustments. I just used whatever colored pencils I had nearby, but maybe I'll stick with a Skeletor + Ecto Cooler color scheme. Dunno.

Working on ODD Hack #2, starting with maps for the second half of the Shunned Abbey adventure. I've got the first one mostly done (first pic) - just need to detail the furnishing, add flagstone squares, and graphite shading to match the maps from issue 1 (second pic). #ttrpg #dungeonmap #zine

Guess I'll start with a thing I made recently. On the right is a draft 16 page zine about OD&D that I put together for Gamehole Con in October. On the left is the finished 24 page zine that I published after Thanksgiving, and set up PoD sales this week. dungeonbaboon.itch.io/odd-hack-1 #zine #ttrpg