Proto-Indo-European Mythology and D&D and D&D like settings

There is an idea that speaks of how every religion and mythology from Europe to India and I would argue even Abrahamic religions are branches of Proto-Indo-European mythology. This is all a round about way of saying that in a D&D type Polytheistic Culture it might be a good idea to have one singular mythos that encompasses every Pantheon on the world. This is what I would do in a Fantasy game that I would run but if you all are interested you can’t go wrong reading this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology

An extrapolation of an Planetary Romance idea

So as I am getting more and more interested in the classic pulp stories I just realized something. If Barsoom is ancient compared to Earth and Venus is younger than Earth. This would suggest that all of the worlds in the solar system from Pluto to Mercury are in a descending line of oldest to youngest. As this is the case it really makes my imagination go crazy with all of the cool stuff that could’ve happened in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe. Imagine the last outpost of Humanoid life clinging to their frozen dead landscape of Pluto. There could even potentially be Primitive Humanoid life that exists of Mercury. Anyways I just thought this idea was pretty neat so…

Kickstarter Shout-Out: End Times edition

I have been a fan of this developer for almost as long as I have been into TTRPGs. So in order to get his games more exposure I figured I would share this Kickstarter. Imagine if you will you are a young adult who suddenly wakes up one day. This particular day you are not where you went to bed, in fact you are actually in a post apocalyptic wasteland where humanity is going extinct. All of the sudden you are back in your own body. You check your pockets and inside is a handwritten note from your future self. The note describes that you have been chosen as a Survivor and that 10 years in the future the world is ending. It also describes that the world has ended many other times and people like yourself have stopped the end times. Now you are sent on a mission to stop the apocalypse. *Cue epic music*

If any of this interests you please check out the kickstarter for End Times by Vajra Enterprises.

Helping a Guy out – Cha’alt edition

Hey everyone as a reviewer of Cha’alt I feel the need to share this fact. Venger Satanis currently has a Kickstarter for seven adventures using the Gonzo insanity of the Cha’alt setting. If you want more adventures on the Lovecraftian, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Fantasy infused mess that is Cha’alt, I highly recommend jumping on this campaign.

Zelart Scholarship Seeks More Entries! Win $500!

Just boosting the signal for this. Remember if you are a genre artist who is disadvantaged in any way this scholarship is for you.

Postmortem Studios

The Zelart Scholarship fully funded, but we have still had very few entries. While you would think artists would be clamouring to get a $500 award, especially in times like this, social media algorithms and over-sensitive spam detection make it hard to get this in front of anyone. Sharing this post would, in that context, be greatly appreciated, putting it in front of more artist’s eyes.

Here’s the short-short version:

This is a scholarship fund, intended primarily for college and university students with an interest in genre art.

It is also open to any artists who are in reduced circumstances (long-term unemployment, homelessness, disability etc).

To enter all you need is a piece of print-quality art, to which the rights are available and which you have created.

You send that to me, explain your circumstances and if you win you get $500 and the art you submitted goes on sale…

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