Some Helpful Tips for POD Self Publishing

Here is  link to a useful article. I don't create enough content to always remember how I did it last time. I'm also too lazy to write down all the steps I take to make a PDF print ready.

Horrors Material & Magic Malignant Proof is in...

[EDIT] 08/20/17: New proof is in and the book looks great. Order away!

and there are some errors with the art. Looks like any graphic I saved as a PNG file prints black.

There are also some typos uncovered during my initial hard copy review, but overall pleased with the product.

If you are planning on ordering this POD format wait until I update the files at DriveThruRPG.Com. The PDF obviously downloads and prints correctly. The update will only affect the uncovered typos for the PDF and can be easily printed later.

Here is a look at the new book alongside USR Sword & Sorcery. 11" x 8.5" format, black and white interior.

This book, unlike the basic rulebook, has a table of contents and page numbers to aid in thumbing through. But really, the book is only 31 pages of content so navigating the book is easy.

Cthulhu & Chivalry NPC Deaths of Recent Note

The players of my Cthulhu & Chivalry campaign have had the luxury of travelling in a group of well armed NMA troopers. Enough of these "red shirts" suffered grievous wounds today one of my players accused me of whittling down the herd because I didn't want to keep up with the paperwork. Nothing could be further from truth! I had given the entire squad names so I could lovingly track the horrible fates which some of the supporting cast would surely meet. Here are the brave NPC meat-shields which took the deadly hits instead of my band of plucky PC's in this morning's session;

Chris Cox, NMA Soldier; died falling from rope bridge fending off an attack from a large bird.

                             
Roger Howard, NMA Soldier; gunned down by his own party after becoming infected with a strange, sticky substance.

Thomas Williamson, NMA Soldier; fell from rope bridge trying to flee from the horrid sticky substance turning his flesh into writhing vines.

There is also the case of the unfortunate Mr. Bartlett. This unlucky soldier has been battered by possessed trees, attacked by wolves, almost joined his brother in arms Cox in the rope bridge death-plunge and now suffers a gruesome wound from an errant musket shot. His last hope now resides in the good Dr. Norton patching him up. With that man's track record absolutions are already being prepared for good Mr. Bartlett.

New USR Sword & Sorcery Supplement

[EDIT 07/11/17] Softcover 8.5" x 11" print version now available!

Horrors Material & Magic Malignant is now available from DriveThruRPG as a $1.95 PDF. This 11" x 8.5" publication will also be available as POD 31 page softcover black and white with a green color field with red lettering, not the black and white as depicted in the PDF. If you are concerned about toner ink I would not print out the cover from the PDF. There is a title page which will make for a less toner-intense cover. Anyways, the POD version will not be available for sale until I get my proof back and uncover all my typos. It will cost the same as the POD 38 page rule book, just shy of six bucks?

HM&MM provides 24 non-player characters typical of a sword and sorcery realm, 32 beasts and monsters as well as magic for all three schools found in USR Sword & Sorcery; Artifacts, Mesmerism, and Sorcery. With both USR Sword & Sorcery and Horrors Material & Magic Malignant the Crypt Keeper has everything they need to start playing sword and sorcery fantasy adventures in less than twenty minutes.

USR Sword & Sorcery features fast character creation, random encounter tables and simple resolution mechanics so folks can get down to the business of playing, not learning. 

So gird your loins, quaff your wine flask and leap into the fray with Vanishing Tower Press' latest release!