The GM’s Secret Notebook

My "secret" notebook as a GM (Game Master) to my friend's RPG. A place where I can archive things and post my own notes, drawing and RPG related things.

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EPHIRUS: An "Amnesia" RPG

"Amnesia" RPG Concept: The GM/DM creates the characters based on their players likes and dislikes. The players know nothing about their characters because the characters themselves don't remember anything. As the game progress the players and characters learn about their past and all before the memory loss.

How I'm using the concept in my game: All the player characters died and were brought back to life by an emo necromancer and a vampire hemomancer. All the characters death are related somehow. Now they have to find out who they were, who they ARE and (in theory) help the necromancer find his long lost sister. How it all connect? Well, they will find out.... Maybe ;)

The World: Ephirus is a fantasy world with many countries and continents. The main story starts in the spiritual realm (as everyone is resurrected), but progress in the mortal realm. The map represent that realm. The named/colored countries are the ones my players come from.

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No idea the source, but here have this.

Edit: Source is Pretendo Games. Thanks to @happilyeveraftereveryday for finding them!

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Feeling lucky?

A powerful spell, comparable on average to a lower-level Call Lightning, but it runs the risk of simply failing entirely, if you lose concentration or the fight ends before it triggers. Could be a powerful opener to a battle, or perhaps even an assassination technique.

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Today we bring you Algol Dabih, the Amethyst Rapier!

The spectrum of color begins to fade with our second to last entry in this series, the amethyst rapier has many tales about how despite good intentions, its wielders always seem to find themselves embroiled in chaos…

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“Of course I’m not scared of you just because you have claws. Sure, you could kill me with them at any moment… but, like, so can any random human with a knife.”

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A villain, in his dying breath as he’s mortally wounded by the hero, uses the last of his magic in order to resurrect the fallen friends of the hero in his journey to defeat him. It sounds like a counterintuitive idea; Until you realize that some of them died at the hands of their allies.

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“Why should I like and be kind to men, when they have done nothing good to me?”

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"Are you surprised, dear? That I am a demon?"

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"I'll do anything to have her back"

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"I'm not losing him, not again"

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Picrews I use for online RPG

Mermaid MakerMermaid MakerGot into online roleplaying? Your DM needs a character token and you want something else than google-searching random people’s art that may fit your character’s description? Or are you a DM looking for quick NPC tokens and portraits? Try these picrews!

(This is a completely personal post, my intention is to keep these as in-setting as possible so I’m omiting the overly simplistic styles and anime styles)

Humanoid characters:

Baydews avatar maker V. 2.0 - Supports characters in fantasy settings. Supports heterochromia.

Tiefling maker - Great for characters in fantasy settings, not only for Tieflings!

Djarn’s character maker - No clothing choices for fantasy settings, but it’s a very detailed realistic portrait maker.

Bright’s picrew hell - A bit more cartoonish but has a lot of options for humans and fantasy creatures. Supports heterochromia.

Cute D&D character creator - Something more lighthearted if you want to see your OCs as cute chibis.

Murmur Character Creator - Not many “fantasy” option but it’s good for creating a nice female character portrait.

Dragon Age elf/human maker - For fairly realistic female elves and humans

The Dragon Prince Elf creator - The Dragon Prince style, elves/elvish characters, has horn options too. No clothings.

Hadingley Hill maker - medieval/renaissance portrait maker

Fantasy Icon Maker - For fantasy characters. Supports heterochromia.

Fantasy icon maker - another nice maker with many options

Fantasy girl - elvish/human female characters

Fantasy Hero Creator - Simple maker with some nicely detailed elements

Female human&elf / Male human&elf - a detailed fantasy maker

Muscular female / Muscular male -  a detailed fantasy maker for buff characters

Fairytale duet M/M | F/F | F/M - Humans/elves, realistic skin tones only.

Mystical elf maker - Cute elf girl portrait maker

Elvish character creator - Elf lady. Limited realistic skintones but nice clothing and background choices

AATAVEITH CHARACTER CREATOR - Human/elf female. Natural human colors only but many clothing options.

Mermaid Maker - Female mermaid or humanoid

Witch Doctor - Female only

Victorian Steampunk Dressup - A detailed steampubk character maker

Elven Fashion - Female elf only. Realistic skintones and some nice clothing.

Enchanter Maker - Female elf/human

Deity maker - Lots of creative options for inhuman characters. Base/lineart only

Non-humanoid characters:

Dracthyr Maker - For all your dragons and dragonkin

Dragon PNGtuber Base Generator - Dragon base/lineart only. 

DnD Frog Maker - Frog people

Catfolk Maker - Cat people

Dragonborn - dragon people

Wolf / werewolf designer - Wolf face portrait with many nice options

Werewolf - fantasy werewolf

Anthro character creator - Various animal people

Animals:

Wolf&dog - Fluffy friend custimizable with apparel

felidaze’s cool cat creator - Cats with lots of options

Wolf Maker - simple wolf creator

My Froggie - Fantasy frogs

Mouse Warrior - For all you Mouseguard/Mausritter players!

RATS!! - Realistic rat portrait maker

gay rat maker - realistic fullbody rat with apparel

Mouse Guard Maker - Creator for Mouse Guard characters

Dream Horse Maker - Horses

Cat Maker - Cats

Avian Creator - Birds

Fantasy Bird Creator - birds

Realistic Goat maker - realistic goat with lots of options

This is a resource for private online gaming between you and your friends, no commercial/advertisement usage!

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hey gm can i have advantage on my next nat 1?

Hmmmmmm.... Maybe, if you are a good boy ;)