The Campaign Builder's Guild

That seems to hold for the surface races in general, not just humans. Even the dwarves, who are kinda subterranean themselves, tend toward the faceless enemy type.

Often goggle-clad and alien (with all the machines, or the undead dwarves), yeah.  We see more of them but they tend to be goons.

Hmm... Goggle. That give me an idea for an artifact: Google Goggles (Work like a rod of divining or the Terminator's "John Connor"-seeking algorithm).

Don't worry, I understand about Draug. :)

Hello, I think you mentioned that you had completed the game. Will we see completion of the tale?

Best,
~LD.

I absolutely plan to complete the campaign write-ups.  I was able to crank out so many a few months ago because it was summer and my evenings were free.  Now my evenings are filled reading long nineteenth century novels...

Which novels, perchance?
Are you enjoying the classes?

A lot of Henry James.  And by and large it's very enjoyable, if challenging.  I'm TAing for a course with Lovecraft and Tolkien on the syllabus, which is pretty cool.

I am surprised at how much the Canadians seem to teach Lovecraft. I don't believe he or Tolkien is taught much in the US- if at all. Good luck with the TA work.

[ic=Episode 52: Marketplace]The fey marketplace bustles with strange creatures buying and selling.  The market is set inside a cathedral-sized cavern whose ceiling is supported by massive roots.  Brightly colored pavilions sprawl about the roots, in which faerie of all sorts buy and sell.  Kraashgar spots one tent with a sign outside that reads 'Alchemy,' beside a small fairy creature with dragonfly wings who plays a game of chance with an anthropomorphic weasel.  Opposite he sees a pavilion advertising the favours of a nymph courtesan, next to a tent where a lamia '" a creature with the lower body of a lion and the upper body of a muscular human '" sells charms pendants, and talismans of all sorts.  A creature with green flesh that sprouts small thorns seems to sell blades from one stall, currently being perused by a humanoid fox in a dapper waistcoat.  Further down our hero can see shops selling everything from fresh bodies to jewels to musical instruments to caged monsters to perfume.

First he approaches the lamia.

'What can I get for a redcap tooth?'  He asks, eying the eldritch bric-a-brac on the table.  The lamia grins toothily and describes several of its items.  Eventually Kraashgar selects two gemstones - a ruby and an emerald - which the merchant assures him contain the bound spirits of a fire and earth elemental: the jewels need only be shattered to conjure the spirits within.  He pays one redcap tooth for each and heads to the alchemist's tent.

Inside the alchemist's tent the air smells like herbs and incense.  A myriad of cauldrons, boilers, kettles, and shimmering glass globes are evident here, tended by the many limbs of a strange creature something like a humanoid tree, with black bark for skin and a humanoid face.  It sips at a cup of something steaming and sighs deeply.

The goblin haggles with the treant and eventually uses his remaining redcap teeth to purchase two potions - a potion of Blur and a potion of Haste.

Now properly equipped he seeks out of the satyr, Nodd, and gathers the rest of his companions - Kurlok, Skabrat, Szor, Cromn, and Xug.

'Alright, let's get this over with.'[/ic]

Any more progress with this over the courses break, Steerpike?

I had a lot of technology problems over the break which made it difficult to put new images together - printers whose scanners weren't working, computers without the same software I was using before, etc.  I have several pen and ink drawings of the next few episodes, uncolored and ready to be scanned... I should go dig those up, maybe this weekend...

Hope you'll manage to avoid any further problems and grace us with some more Goblin goodies :)

Oh no! Some of the image links are dead/dying :(

I still have the original images, so perhaps I should repost!

It's a great read for anyone who has not yet seen it- I was mentioning it to some friends over Christmas; thus why I noted the missing images. :o. A repost of the images/fix of them would be appreciated.

I wonder why images occasionally disappear from Image Shack? The same issue has happened before in other threads.