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Zombie Generator
by William W. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 02/19/2012 22:49:29

A nifty little program that generates descriptions and pictures of individual zombies. While I could possibly imagine getting some use out of the descriptions, the pictures created by the generator look more like modern art than zombie photos.



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Arcane Cultures: the Valok
by William W. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 02/13/2012 08:35:21

A nice little overview of a fantasy culture, presented completely system-free so that you can easily drop them into any fantasy campaign. The Valok are a tribe of poets and musicians with a very long (and partially forgotten) history. Lots of inspiration for adventure and character background here.



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Arcane Cultures: Cailleath
by William W. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 02/13/2012 08:27:55

A nice little overview of a fantasy city, presented completely system-free so that you can easily drop it into any fantasy campaign. The artwork is sparse but charming. Includes a pair of NPC character sketches that the PCs might encounter while visiting.



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Kingdom Builder Generator Pack II
by Sara P. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/12/2012 11:03:23

I got this program recently as I was having trouble with thinking up variety for my kingdoms. I think the best thing about it is you're encouraged to just keep clicking to generate new options and piece things together from there. I highly suggest grabbing it if you're looking for good creative prompts. Also I sent an email to their representative and she was very friendly and responsive. I'll definitely be a return customer!

I'll give a review of the features bit by bit so you know what you're getting into if you do choose to purchase.

There are 8 tabs, though they're all mostly covered under Kingdom & Hooks:

KINGDOM & HOOKS

This is the meat and potatoes of the generator, which sort of combines every specific tab together into one cohesive (or sometimes, not so cohesive, which can also be fun) kingdom. This is good for a quick launch point, and gives you

1) kingdom's name

2) the type of ruler (king, queen, oracle, etc)

3) prominent places (ex: Hopestop Mounts, Turtleweb Fen, Ni'ak Summit)

4) a few laws

[This can turn out quite nonsensical or silly, but is still fun and can be very inspiring for culture-building purposes. For instance just now I got these three: "The penalty for a juvenile illegally selling body parts is a flogging.", "The penalty for striking a messenger bird is a small fine.", "The penalty for a guard wounding a dog is a considerable term of servitude." Sounds like this place really likes animals and... corpses.]

5) recent events (gossip, natural disasters, political coups. Very interesting) 6) notable individuals (gives a prompt for each character, making for an intriguing launch point for character-driven plots) 7) army

[This is a really cool feature. Sometimes it comes up with rather basic armies, but for instance I just got this: "Aly'raom's army relies heavily on stealth and the use of tridents. They have been known to use pooka mounts and priests. They are famous for patriotism and for their terrifying armor. Each division contains 10 battalions of 490 soldiers. Currently, they are suffering from divided loyalties."]

8) current fashion

[Honestly, though fashion would seem to be least useful, I find it immensely helpful for making unique-looking cultures. The popular colour options can be very "ugly" combinations, but as an artist that sort of thing is a fun challenge. I've already made a fashion style based around one of the prompts, which uses nothing but dark yellow, dark gold, and bronze, with dark blue highlights. Came out surprisingly cool looking, despite traditionally ugly colours. It gives a cohesive feeling to each culture without going too far out into the deep end or using overly specific descriptions, which lets your brain work to picture it.]

From there, each subject is further broken down into its own tab, so if you're needing specifics to be changed about your kingdom, or you want to add to the laws or fashions or what-have-you, you can just tab over to the specifics and generate as many as you need without overwriting the kingdom tab.

Finally there's the flag tab. I find this tab really cool for more European fantasy type games, though it takes quite a lot of clicks to get to a point where I start finding unique or eye-popping stuff. I seem to get a lot of grey, forest green, and brown-red, but I think that may be luck of the dice more than a lacking program. Additionally, you can lock any colours /shapes/etc you like and keep rolling till you build your perfect flag. Also, there's a toggle for Heraldic colours only, which is great for more traditional charges.

All in all I really, really enjoy this program, and will probably look into more of their stuff in the future. They're really accessible, so if you ever have problems I'm positive they'll be able to help out. 5/5 from me. :]



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Zombie Generator
by Jason C. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 12/14/2011 15:47:45

Chaotic Shiny productions has a lot of great generators, including this one, up on their website for free. Just click on the Publisher Homepage link to the right. By providing the free generators for download, they can help you run games when you're away from the Internet.

The zombie generator includes all of the bells and whistles we've come to expect from CS: you can edit the text generated, copy and paste it into other game materials you're preparing, and voila! You've got a solid description of several individual zombies. One thing that's difficult in a zombie game is that dangerous situations are normally about hordes of zombies, making horrific descriptions of individual zombies fade into the background. The Zombie Generator is appropriate for situations in which someone unexpectedly opens the door to a closet and a zombie falls out, or a zombie is found to be inside the safe house, or comes crashing through a window, and the presence of just one zombie provides the horror and danger of the encounter.

It's free, what do you have to lose! Check it out, you won't always be on the Internet (if you do, you DO have Chaotic Shiny bookmarked, right?)



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10 Region Maps
by John L. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/25/2011 13:27:55

My facilities only permitted black and white printing of the maps, so I cannot fully evaluate them. To me, some of the terrain features seemed rather randomly distributed without natural connections. The players versions and DM's versions of the stories about the places on te maps were much better. They were not as fully fleshed out as many commercial ones, in that they decribed towns as such, rarely going into detail about specific buildings (aside from some interesting ruins) or about NPC characters. Given the level on which they were written, though,I thought they did a good job of setting up potential poltical and economic connections (especually conflicts) among the towns, potential adventure hooks and the like. I have not had a chance to use them in actual play, which is the real test, but they looked promising.



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Character Builder Generator Pack
by John K. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/11/2011 12:17:59

Quite a 'random' little generation tool, as my grandchildren would say. I I like its speed and its variety. It will not give a perfectly formed and quirky character, but that should always be the GM's role. However it will churn out enough NPCs to keep the players reeling on their heels. Well worth the money. Could be of use in inventing characters for a short story, setting up character conflict etc.



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10 Region Maps
by john b. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/30/2011 15:49:29

The maps and surrounding text are not really "complete"; but offer a wealth of great ideas and "follow-ons" for any campaign. These were well worth the price!!



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10 Region Maps
by Bob P. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/30/2011 12:23:42

maps were a bit crude in graphics but would serve well as handouts to players



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Treasure Hoard Generator Pack
by Peter H. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/20/2011 02:36:35

This is a real blast for the money! Sure, most of it can be found at the publishers website but there are rumors about areas without internet connection. And then this one comes in to save the day. Different tabs allow you to generate a wealth of items, be it charms, gems, artifacts, weapons, coins from long-lost-lands or more. And the big plus: you can pick your parties level and have a whole treasure trove generated for them, filled with ordinary money, random artifacts and some other magic goodies.



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Martial Cultures: The Sijara
by Jay S. A. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 07/22/2011 00:17:44

If there's one thing that fantasy gaming has always needed, it would be more products that focus on the little details of a given culture. Books like Martial Cultures: The Sijara fill that particular need quite well.

As a GM who enjoys having varied cultures that go beyond simple stereotypes, I found Martial Cultures: The Sijara to be an entertaining read that goes into detail about the nature of the Culture in question, from their beliefs, their myths, little details like fashion options and the idiosyncrasies that make characters of that culture to be more than just another face in the crowd.

What I liked the most about this book is how easily the author enables players to understand the Sijaran culture and makes it easy for them to play one without having to go too technical. Little details like fashion choices and little behaviors that may seem just a little odd to outsiders are explained in a fashion that makes sense in the context of a "real" culture and that alone makes it a great read.

For those interested in crunch, the book also goes into full detail on how to integrate the culture into a campaign setting, adding little rules tweaks, sample feats, character options, and even plot hooks.

Overall, Martial Cultures: The Sijara is a dense, well-written, and interesting book that lends much-needed flavor to the standard fantasy rpg campaigns out there. I'd definitely recommend it for GMs or even players who are looking to lend more depth to their settings.



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Arcane Flavor
by alain g. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/11/2011 15:16:29

A great product for all arcane classes. 5 highly flavored cultures, which can integrate all arcane classes from the PHB 1 and 2. The fluff is really good, the book is very well organized and it is easy to read, even on screen.

My only concerns are on the mechanics side. I didn't see any major balance issue, yet I feel there is something missing. I expected more powers, and a few paragon path as well. On the alternative class features, some of them were quite interesting, but others are less attracting (not from a lack of balance, though).



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Arcane Flavor
by Timothy B. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 04/08/2011 23:05:55

Need more background for your wizards or a cool place for them visit? Then this is the book for you. Living in a world full of magic should make for some magical lands and people, Arcane Flavor present five such cultures. Easily added to any campaign world. Each city, culture or locale also comes with new powers, spells, feats or rituals that are common to that region (and no where else!) Cailleath is a fey city like no other. It's people are a strange assortment for any world and getting stranger all the time! It is a magic cosmopolitan filled with wonders not possible anywhere else in the world, or worlds, given it's nature. The Valok are nomadic peoples with their own stories and songs and these contain power. The Merry-Bedlam Company stretches this idea even further with a large extended theater family whose original race is no longer clear. Karxal is a arid nightmare of a land, all the more reason to find arcanists devoted to beauty. And finally to strike fear into hearts of power mad wizards everywhere are The Ternion.

The product has good layout and everything is very clear to read. The art is also good.

The rules are 4th Edition, but there is enough background here that it would be good for any game.



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10 Fantasy Coins
by Ron T. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/23/2011 14:38:29

An excellent source for RPG or other gaming props. I like the descriptions included and love the fact that this is free!



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10 Region Maps
by chris e. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/06/2011 16:31:36

well i have seen much better, and honestly, i could do better with half an hour in photoshop. however, they were free, but still, i could make a similar map in the third grade with a crayon and piece of construction paper.

heres a suggestion for people: download GIMP for free instead, get used to the coloring, along with the dodge and burn tools, and make your own.



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