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Marco Riggio

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Alien undercover.

Alien undercover.

this is one of the illustrations I created for the Starfinder book "Murder of Modern City". These were among the first pieces I worked on for Paizo, and I truly hope you like them. Let me know what you think!

28.08.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

40k has a lot more depth in lore, as would be expected from a setting that lasts this long. AoS is the reboot of old warhammer fantasy, and its lore has been shaky at times, but it does have better models. You also might want to check out space marine 2 since the episode is tied to the games' story.

23.12.2024 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's also great is the tension it *should* create between the versatility of adding extra colour and the reliability of running less colours. Unfortunately, with the power of fetches and diluting of the colour pie, this is less so the case.

21.12.2024 09:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also AI art is... not something I want to support tbh.

21.12.2024 08:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This. I find it hard to feel anything other than gratitude at the thought that they took time out of their life not only to read my work but also to write out what they thought didn't work. At worst, I disagree with the opinion and no big deal... but if I don't, I just got a way to improve my work.

08.12.2024 22:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I suppose I should start with introducing myself but well I can do this now πŸ˜„
I'm freelance illustrator from Warsaw. I do mostly art for boardgames, covers and ttrpg. I love to paint fantasy characters and worlds and read fantasy books.

08.12.2024 13:54 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Pull a nightmare before Christmas: Easter has had it with playing the second fiddle and wants to be on top of the holiday rankings by eliminating the competition. A whole new meaning to rabbit hunting season.

08.12.2024 11:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can confirm everything felt very samey. Every class felt like it had the same options with slight reskins. I guess it made balancing easy, but the game very boring.

06.12.2024 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That depends on your definition of a flop. It did do better than 3e, but it didn't grow as much as wotc wanted/needed.

05.12.2024 23:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's very valid. To be fair, I don't think 5e is perfect, and a lot of the things it does could be done better. I just don't think it's bad to lean on houserules.

05.12.2024 23:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If all it is is name recognition, why was 4e a flop? The 5e system is very grokkable and light on crunch. You can write as many rules as you want, but you'll never be able to account for all the edge cases. In the end, it'll always come down to DMs ruling on the fly, it's just how overt you make it.

05.12.2024 23:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a bit harsh. I can see the merit in saying: "not every rpg needs to have a ruleset that tries (inevitably unsuccessfully) to incorporate everything and scares new people off." Leaning on houserules makes the system easier to learn and to balance, and 5e was successful because of that.

05.12.2024 22:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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30.11.2024 00:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Couldn't agree more. Every flaw is just a virtue taken to excess. Healer? What is the ultimate form of healing? Necromancy. Protector of the meek? Make sure nothing could ever harm them by preventively exterminating them. Peace lover? Just mind control everyone to prevent war.

29.11.2024 00:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's just his way to spread his warmth and love across the universe.

28.11.2024 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starter pack interaction represent! While some of us might not know you personally, we presumably share at least a passion, so it gives a chance to interact if you post about that common interest. But tbf I might have gone overboard on the starterpacks xD

28.11.2024 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some lovely robot skeleton 'friends'

#warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #necrons #minipainting

25.11.2024 05:43 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an β€˜icicle’ it was an β€˜ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add β€˜ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an β€˜ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.

28.11.2024 10:17 πŸ‘ 5924 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 60

Ahhh, I see. I'm a bit of a ramen head and love to discuss the various types of ramen and experiment with various combinations ^^

28.11.2024 10:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check this thread out if you are a #ttrpg creator!
So many great free resources πŸ”₯

28.11.2024 07:45 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

looks good... but now I want to know what broth you went with on the ramen (the only real problem of adding too many toppings).

28.11.2024 08:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Blood Lord Hejaqet"
PZO9314 Β© 2022 Paizo Inc.

28.11.2024 08:17 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean... some might consider 5 am as still being night. I'd say that's still very consistent with the night person trait xD

28.11.2024 08:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Way to go ^^ personally, if I have to write on non-standard hours, I see the quality of my work go doooown.

28.11.2024 08:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Erevans-Guide-to-Death-and-Beyond-Playtest-Ver-1.0.pdf

Here's the first glimpse of Erevan's Guide to Death and Beyond, a project I am extremely proud to have worked on.

If you want some FREE #dnd5e material, there are almost 200 pages to sink your teeth in here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ltFb...

#ttrpg #rpg #ttrpgfamily #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgs

25.11.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think names are kinda important, but not really. Sometimes a name just evokes a vibe that just doesn't fit and then it must be changed. I also change all names I keep forgetting after a couple of days of writing. If I can't remember them, then they're just not working.

24.11.2024 22:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If it's supposed to sound alien I do the opposite. Find the sound pattern and make the name sound as different as possible.

24.11.2024 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Making up names is such a minor part of writing, I'd say don't sweat it too much.

Personally, it depends. If I want to name something for a humanlike civilization, I look up the a fitting word in different languages, see if there is a pattern to their sounds, and make the name sound similar.

24.11.2024 22:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably the healthiest way to look at it ^^

22.11.2024 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was talking to a friend of mine about this recently. It seems like a lot of people buy mostly for the sake of collection nowadays. As a writer, it's a bit disheartening, but I guess many people don't have time to play. I've also seen singleplayer modes getting requested (and succeeding) a lot.

22.11.2024 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0