tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69745462024-03-15T01:20:22.126-07:00Tan HorizonsSometimes you can't see the smog for the haze.Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-40311929136254399422024-03-15T01:19:00.000-07:002024-03-15T01:19:31.095-07:00Ghazilu<p> The Legio Caelum are shaping up to the unorganized Ghazilu, a winged celestial servitor class symbolic of divine wrath. I'm going to have six sets of servitors, two celestials, two fiends, and two fey, with seven ranks in each set to match the summon spell appropriate to that set.</p><p>I'm finishing the seven ranks of Ghazilu right now.</p><p>Eventually this will be sold as <i>Celestials & Fiends & Fey.</i></p><p>It helps when I get stuck to pretend there are no wrong answers, just imagination.</p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-51892054586371723762024-03-09T17:13:00.000-08:002024-03-09T17:13:43.826-08:00Nice Work If You Can Get It<p> The Kushta continental setting will have 24 realms, 8 independent dwarven citadels, 26 pantheons and 24 playable ancestries.</p><p>I'm looking at years of work filling this in.</p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-40134293963366122212024-03-09T03:42:00.000-08:002024-03-09T03:42:35.713-08:00Time to Learn Cartography <p> My inkarnate.com subscription is up for renewal. Haven't played with it enough. I want a continent about the size of the USSR with 24 realms and 8 dwarf citadels. Considering the price of art and maps I'm better off teaching myself...</p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-59316239961295756742024-03-06T18:22:00.000-08:002024-03-06T18:22:26.172-08:00Legio Caelum and Choir Sinister coming soon<p>Have decided the next project will be another in the Kushta Pantheon series. A heavenly host of empyrean servitors under an Angelus Imperator, and homemade demons under a demigod demon. </p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-76263751473156655952024-03-01T01:23:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:23:43.512-08:00Go Offroad<p> This year I turn 50 and reflect upon my indulgence in the hobby of roleplaying gaming, and I feel pretty good about it. I don't just act out a role, I'm making homebrew content and selling it, and could do more if real life would calm down.</p><p>One of the things I reflect on is GMing loosely, and I'm getting fonder of it. I'm not a kid or a college student, and the people I play with tend to be busier than ever now. In the New Economy we often have to take on odd hour jobs to make ends meet, and it's just more increasingly true that we're less and less likely to complete a two-year campaign together. </p><p>So...go for a rich experience! Allow that homebrewed quirk, that special piece of equipment, that extra proficiency that isn't strictly by the book. Be open that you're deviating from convention play, they can't take their character sheet to a Hall and fit in, but how often does that happen, really? </p><p>Above all allow published third-party content like what I sell on DriveThruRPG.com as CougarShadow Press LLC. Bend it. Play with it. Make it fit your vision, but allow a unique and stylish roleplaying experience at your table. You'll have fun with it.</p><p><br /></p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-65539449385189746932023-08-21T20:58:00.000-07:002023-08-21T20:58:01.483-07:00Next Book is Up!<p> <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/448571/Tarot-of-the-Pontifex-Pharaohs">Tarot of the Pontifex Pharaohs</a> at DriveThruRPG lets you summon the ghost of a level 12 cleric! Put a unique prize deck in your game and let the fireballs fly!</p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-46687568618731061742023-05-23T11:37:00.003-07:002023-05-23T11:37:58.873-07:00First Book is Up!<p><b><u>84 Rituals of Ancient Kushta</u></b>, a compendium of rituals for Pathfinder Second Edition! Cruelty-free dancing rituals to empower your party, promote diplomacy with NPCs, barter with entities, and give some special oomph to the BBEG! $5 and it's yours!</p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/438205/84-Rituals-of-Ancient-Kushta?src=hottest_filtered">84 Rituals of Ancient Kushta - CougarShadow Press LLC | DriveThruRPG.com</a></p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974546.post-47019448092836342172023-04-05T22:10:00.003-07:002023-04-05T22:10:46.235-07:00Tada<p> CougarShadow Press LLC is now organized and up and running!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJjxrB7AbFSBgcYBeo6661_AuyMhZHB7mATmmidDbjeEUC7c3-XLX8MBbL0D7teMll6Vo5Mi8KOLUZ5vo_6tZ3ncggJxJot88fzpS8SwZma_A5W1JF21ycyDL7GJOhwfzxZHSqkdaWpPxzgKKy87g94zlVl0Wr0ymGDQ_P9893YHJWwWhDzo/s1920/LogoLLC2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJjxrB7AbFSBgcYBeo6661_AuyMhZHB7mATmmidDbjeEUC7c3-XLX8MBbL0D7teMll6Vo5Mi8KOLUZ5vo_6tZ3ncggJxJot88fzpS8SwZma_A5W1JF21ycyDL7GJOhwfzxZHSqkdaWpPxzgKKy87g94zlVl0Wr0ymGDQ_P9893YHJWwWhDzo/w475-h267/LogoLLC2.png" width="475" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Christopher Balsz Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05949606289257333731noreply@blogger.com0