It’s been a while since I made any Planescape related content, but this is an idea that I got super excited about designing recently. This set of random generator tables is designed as a toolkit for any DM running a game in the Planescape campaign setting, who might need to quickly come up with a Planar Portal (let’s face it, the things are popping up all over the place, and that’s just in Sigil)!
The lists of Portal Types, Locations, Gate Keys, and Portal appearances are all based directly on lore from original AD&D2E Planescape books, and I’ve thrown in a few references to specific things from those books (the gate key A freshly cut flower is a reference to For the Price of a Rose, one of the starter adventures from the Planescape Campaign Setting boxed set), and from Planescape: Torment (For which there are several references, that aren’t hard to spot).
These tables are naturally designed to be used pretty freely by DMs - they needn’t randomise every part of the portal, or can simply choose from the lists, or just use them for inspiration. With the exception of a couple of 5e-specific ability checks, the lists are generally system-neutral too, so they can be used for Planescape games in the original AD&D2E rules set as well.
Woe is a cutter who finds that a portal that costs them a 500gp diamond to open takes them straight to the Hive ward. Though, if that breaks them out of the deepest layers of the Abyss, then it might just be a price worth paying…
An ink/digital color commission of the client’s earth genasi monk character, Qalyana! I really enjoyed coloring this one - she seems to have a fairly muted palette at first glance, but then she has all these vibrant little details - the veins of gemstone along her shoulders and arms, the faint rainbow sheen in her hair, stuff like that. Super fun!
book, movie, play, or musical: and it was love at first sight :)
my inner demisexual, rising from my person like the fucking kracken: ok but like, what are your mutual interests? what are your shared values? name me one (1) single fact you know about this individual other than how their face looks by moonlight? how is their sense of humor? will they get along with your friends? are they even nice? well jesUS DON’T KISS HIM YET, FOR ALL YOU KNOW HE’S A REPUBLICAN
Various assumptions fly around the trans community so I wanted to test things a bit!
There are four questions, and only two are required.
This will close no earlier than 12pm noon UK time on Saturday 24th August 2019, and depending on my energy levels and attention management it might be open longer. If this survey is still open your response will be counted.
There are now over 500 participants, and I’ve set up most of the spreadsheet for analysing the responses, and it’s super interesting. Some predictable results in there, and some surprises.
Everyone non-cis is invited, of course, and every response helps - but in particular, the kinds of participants we need more of are:
- Trans men; - Trans women; - People over the age of 30; - People who have been out for 10 years or longer.
Thanks everyone for your help with promotion! If you are able to share in any non-Tumblr ways that’d be a big help!
Florence + the Machine and Hozier may have fae energies, but Bastille has ‘immortal who has never entirely gotten over the mortal lovers he’s outlived’ energies
Loë ● dragon hoarding identities ● they / them ● chaotic good ● RPG ● dungeons and dragons ● doctor who ● black sails ● sf ● tea ● third wave coffee ● pottery ● wood ● humans ● fandom ● metafandom ● conventions ● stuff and things ● psychology ● cookies ●
