Mastodawn

It's that kind of day, apparently. Time for Manifesto Shùzì Deux, bitches. This one, I've titled:

"The Urban Occult Punk Manifesto"

I know, I know, the title's a little obvious, but they can't all be winners, friends. I'm doing what I can here. 😹

https://ellisarcwolf.com/#urbanoccultpunk-manifesto

Urban Occult Punk blends spiritual rebellion with city grit. It celebrates the gutter trash that wield low magic as a weapon against oppression. The core is punk ethos: anti-authoritarian, DIY, and asking, "Peace for whom?" The answer: *Fuck your peace. * 🔥

#UrbanOccultPunk #Punk #AntiAuthoritarian #Manifesto #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WorldBuilding #LowMagic #EllisArcwolf #FuckYourPeace #UrbanFantasy #SpeculativeFiction

I've written in this genre already, but I want to go back and do it all again, better this time. I've changed a lot since Fortune ran me over with her wheel, and now that I'm slowly coming back up on the other side, I've grown a lot too. So I have a lot of new things to say, new motivation to say it, and I'm glad I already have people eager to listen.

You guys are awesome. 💙

This is supposed to be a shameless plug for my pet genre! Don't make me empathize with you! RUDE! 😻

Ellis Arcwolf

Ellis Arcwolf is a queer, trans, Latina author of speculative fiction and a former Licensed Professional Counselor. She explores themes of identity, trauma, and justice through storytelling, FFXIV, and philosophy. This is her website.

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Ric Jul 30, 2023

@LeviKornelsen

I'm a baby publisher looking in on the NSR scene.

#ttrpg #bosr #osr #nsr #yearzeroengine #forbiddenlands #grimdark #vtm #lowmagic #horror

#worldbuilding #lowfantasy #film #genrefiction #occult #writing

BASHMAN Jan 31, 2023

Honor + Intrigue on Lulu once again! https://www.lulu.com/shop/chris-rutkowsky/honor-intrigue/paperback/product-1y57ypzv.html?q=honor+%252B+intrigue
#TTRPG #Swashbuckling #LowMagic

Honor + Intrigue

Honor + Intrigue is an award-winning standalone swashbuckling role-playing game from Basic Action Games. Inspired as much by Hollywood as by history, Honor + Intrigue pays homage to the swashbucklers of the silver screen as well as great works such as those of Dumas and Sabatini. Game Masters should feel free to use history as a source of inspiration, not a restriction. True to its inspiration, Honor + Intrigue plays fast and cinematic, leaving the focus on drama and action unfolding. Welcome to the Age of the Baroque. It is a time when daring highwaymen ply the coach-roads, musketeers protect the king, and buccaneers cross swords on the high-seas. While the game assumes a 17th century setting, there is also advice to play it in any age from that of Elizabeth to Bonaparte, or even to make a completely fictional setting. Note: This version has been revised to include updates introduced in the Intriguing Options line of supplements for Honor + Intrigue.

Lulu

gdorn Sep 16, 2019

These came up in my feed recently, and I think are a great summary of the kinds of discoverable magic I want in the 0th-level OSR game.

https://slugsandsilver.blogspot.com/2019/09/petit-albert-spells.html Real-world book of peasant-level magic, the Petit Albert, printed in 1706. Love spells and crop spells and no 'kill things with fire' spells.

https://hmmmarquis.blogspot.com/2019/08/commandment-magic-user-spells-based-off.html - spells inspired by Greek, Mesopotamian and Egyptian myths (higher level, but flavorful and dangerous).

#cantrips #LowMagic