#taz map

[boggblog]

Opening commissions bc 1)don’t have a job and 2)gotten really into doing portraits/maps for my dnd nonsense. if anyone wants art (for any reason not just dnd) pls send me a message I’d very much appreciate it.

Character designs/icons starting at 20$ for a single character, any mapping/world building stuff based on complexity as well but also if u have a budget I can simplify things to work for it!

#art #commissions #commissons open #dnd #dnd maps #dnd stuff #ttrpg character #ttrpg art #ttrpg #taz map #taz balance #taz fanart #taz ethersea #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #the adventure zone ethersea #oc sketch #original characters #art for sale #commission info #ok I think this is already too many tags sorry #the maps and bard sketch are from adventure zone the other two characters are my player for a campaign I just joined

[bonky-boo]

If I made a MAP for TAZ Steeplechase, who would be interested?? It has NOT gotten enough love, Justin did awesome on this campaign!!

#art #the adventure zone #the adventure zone: steeplechase #steeplechase #taz steeplechase #montrose pretty #beef punchley #emerich dreadway #dungeons and dragons #dnd #map #multiple animator project

[mango-sideburns]

On to Ethersea! I was absolutely pronouncing that wrong whenever I saw it lmao

#the adventure zone #taz #taz ethersea #in my mind it was like whether minus the w-sound #also these maps are. so bad

[dreamscape-witch]

Days 2-5

Day 2: Spiders (Annabelle cane from TMA)

Day 3: Path (TAZ Amnesty)

Day 4: Dodge (Juno Steel and Vespa from TPP)

Day 5: Map (Map bot from Security breach)

#art #original art #inktober #inktober 2023 #annabelle cane #the magnus archives #the magnus archive fanart #the adventure zone #taz amensty spoilers #taz #tpp #the penumbra fanart #the penumbra podcast #vespa ilkay #juno steel #map bot #fnaf secruity breach #fnaf

[papergardener]

Pivoting from obsessing over TAZ Balance to Warriors is how I remember how much I love powerful women with deep, deep tragedies that they caused by trying to do the right thing for everyone else and should get their happy ending, even if they feel they don’t deserve it.

#TAZ Balance #Warriors #Lucretia #Bluestar #Yellowfang #hell let's toss in Leafpool #I wanna protect these gals #and write their happy endings #actually the Warriors fic is about #Stonefur #but point stands #got inspired by #Starclan's Chosen #holy shit that's a good MAP

[jerreeeeeee]

Planar Dance - Chapter 7

#mine #fanfic #taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #look at my map boy

[utaesthetics]

DM-XMAS-TAZ

#unreal tournament #deathmatch maps #DM-XMAS-TAZ

[thebathtubkeeper]

I made a map!

I’m pretty happy with how it’s turned out, I have never edited a map like this before. Hopefully I’ll improve the more I do this lol

The general setting is the (fictional) town of Pinecust, it’s kinda based off the town I grew up in. It was a small logging town out in the middle of the Pacific Northwest forest that had kinda lost a lot of it’s bustle decades before I came along. I’ve had a lot of fun kinda planning everything out and making little pieces(such as the map).

If you have any deeper interest in Pinecust feel free to ask. Or if you have any advice or anything like that for a baby Keeper :))

#ttrpg #ttrpg stuff #ttrpg design #ttrpg community #monster of the week #motw ttrpg #map! #first mystery: the horse one #my stuff #I’m currently working on a second map #but like it’ll be like a close up off the Lavender Grove #it’s built in Minecraft and then going to be painted over to give it better lighting lol #and I’m also working on a visual of the creature that the mystery #is like centered around #much to do and so little time to do it lol #feel free to reach out to me #I want to make ttrpg pals real bad! #be my friend! #also just like a side note my campaign is quite inspired by TAZ: amnesty but it’s not like a just rehashing of it if that makes sense #like the aesthetics are what I really borrow from

[pagesofkenna]

Yo I'm sharing this bundle I discovered the other day because 1) its 4 roleplaying games for less than $10, currently all 7 are only ~23 bucks, 2) this website appears to be an alternative to HumbleBundle that focuses solely on TTRPGS, which is cool because 3) what a great way to learn about new TTRPGs! if you're intimidated by the sheer volume of roleplaying games that exist out there this is a great place to start!

but most importantly 5) all of the games in this bundle are what I'd call 'worldbuilding games' which are a really cool subgenre of roleplaying game that I wish more people would take advantage of

in most campaign-style games, you create a story with your friends (or solo), but you have to do a lot of creative work outside of the game to create the map or the towns or the people, etc

in these games though, the whole game is creating the maps or the towns or the people. the games are usually played in one session and when you're finished, you have a cool bit of lore that you can include in your regular campaign game (or, as this bundle encourages, your NaNoWriMo project). its a really fun way to create something that can continue to be useful in other ways

#if youre familiar with TAZ - the game The Quiet Year that they played is in this category of 'worldbuilding game' #and its a great example of how you can come up with something so dynamic as a group using the randomization rules #like. griffin could have just sat down and said 'i have made this world here it is' but by building it together in Quiet Year #everyone had buy-in and was surprised with what they ended up with and got to contribute and be invested in aspects of that world #The Quiet Year builds specific kinds of settings but theres a bunch of other map-making ttrpgs and theres one in this bundle! #im rambling i just want to share this cool thing #like designing characters? play a character designing ttrpg! like making maps? (i do!) play a map making ttrpg!

[utilitycaster]

OGL misconceptions

Since I am still seeing a lot of misinformation out there, I figured I'd do a fact check post. Note that I do not personally have a copy of the leaked draft; some resources are given at the end of the post. See also the 2000 OGL v1.0a here. This is noncomprehensive, is only touching on some of the things I've seen most commonly in the tags [sidebar: the only tag I check regularly is the Critical Role tag, and much of what I've seen on Tumblr is coming from people spamming that tag for general D&D content that only tangentially mentions CR, so...stop doing that.] Finally, this is based on what is a draft, and there are quite possibly going to be updates to the final document. I would also assume that the January 13th effective date will be changed based on the release date of the finalized OGL.

Free fan content is not affected. That is covered by the Fan Content Policy. Your personal homebrew or the weird-ass build you saw on Reddit or the item you saw in a post last week are all fine.

Actual play shows should be largely unaffected, and only merchandise containing WoTC IP would be. (NOTE: original posting of this post had a typo of "affected" for "unaffected"; check your reblogs) Shows like Critical Role, NADDPod, and D20 all use homebrew settings, so that's also unaffected (as is any Exandrian content that was published in the Explorer's Guide and Call of the Netherdeep; that is CR's IP that WoTC has license to use). A show might be affected if they've set the game in a WoTC licensed setting or with a WoTC module (eg: Eberron, Ravenloft), but most of the shows that do that are put out by WoTC anyway. Critical Role and TAZ have, notably, already avoided using copyrighted terms for deities, races, etc. in published non-WoTC works (this is why Melora is exclusively the Wildmother in the Tal'Dorei guides, because "Melora" is WoTC IP, but the idea of a nature goddess is obviously not; this is also why Cree in the Nine Eyes is referred to as catfolk and not a tabaxi, or why Phandalin's name in the TAZ graphic novels is changed to Haverdale). The only reason why a show might need to switch game systems would be if they use a system that is not D&D but is based on D&D's SRD and which will be subject to the OGL changes. Most Pathfinder shows I'm aware of use the Pathfinder SRD (ie, free), and SW5e as used in Starstruck Odyssey is also free. This also only affects the future of those shows.

VTTs (Virtual Tabletop Tools) may be affected, but most of their core features aren't. Battle maps and virtual dice rollers are not WoTC IP. Incorporating the mechanics of D&D into the VTT is, but that would mean actively having a character sheet or monster statblock available within the VTT. You could still just have a dice roller that prompts you for a modifier (which is how I always personally used Foundry). D&D Beyond will not be affected, since it is owned by WoTC. Additionally, many VTTs already have existing agreements specifically with WoTC that will take precedence over the OGL, which is a catch-all for companies that do not have specific licensing agreements. See the WoTC/D&D Beyond blog post here.

Only creators making over $750,000 specifically on material licensed under the OGL will be subject to royalties, and only on income in excess of $750,000. This means that if you put something up on DMs Guild and make $500, you are fine and owe nothing. If you make $749,999, you owe nothing. If you make $750,100, you owe the 25% royalty only on the $100 you are making above $750,000. WoTC predicts under two dozen companies will actually be affected by this at this time; they are all fairly big names within the D&D content arena such as Paizo, Darrington Press (CR's imprint), Hit Point Press, Green Ronin, Kobold Press, etc. Royalties also are said to begin in 2024, so companies have a year to decide what to do.

Now for the editorializing part:

Paizo is specifically in the crosshairs and anyone telling you to switch to it is either misinformed at best, or does not have your best interests at heart. Paizo is the main target here. The others are publishing material that serve as supplements to the core WoTC products, but do not replace them. For example: if you have either of the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting books, you will note that they do not have stats for the races mentioned, nor the core class information. If you want to play a Cobalt Soul Monk, you still need the PHB in addition to the Tal'Dorei setting books. On some level, this is almost certainly due to Paizo being like "look! we're like D&D but we're not! switch to us!" And, understandably, WoTC is saying "hey, you took our SRD game engine and are now our largest competitor", which is also almost certainly why this is overriding the OGL 1.0a under which Pathfinder was originally created. I am not saying not to switch to a different TTRPG if you want to! You should always feel free to switch to a different TTRPG if D&D is not meeting your needs! I am saying that Pathfinder is probably your absolute worst bet in terms of things likely to be affected by the OGL, and anyone telling you to switch to it is telling you to jump from an ocean liner into a slightly smaller ship heading straight for a waterfall solely because the ocean liner stopped serving bottomless brunch.

People throwing this to actual play shows do not know what they are talking about and are just trying to start shit. Self-explanatory; why should Dimension 20 or whatever put out a statement on an unofficial leaked draft that minimally affects them.

Bad faith is common and everpresent. As discussed extensively on this blog in scattered bitchy shitposts, there are a lot of people who hate D&D/WoTC, or Critical Role, or other popular actual play shows. Sometimes their reasons are valid and sometimes their reasons are stupid. It doesn't really matter though; what matters is that their minds are made up and they will be telling you to switch game systems/stop listening or watching pretty much regardless of what the companies do. If you want to switch or stop listening, that's fine! But, as mentioned, I remember a few months ago someone arguing that you should switch from D&D because they were obviously going to start licensing NFTs for profitability reasons, and now the OGL specifically prohibits that. There's a lot being pulled out of thin air to make spurious arguments. In general, it is helpful to ask yourself "is this person recommending a game because they genuinely believe it will improve my life and better fit my individual tastes and needs? Or are they just being a dick about D&D or this specific actual play show and don't give a shit about my happiness, just as long as I'm not playing the game/watching the show that they, an internet stranger with bad vibes to boot, do not personally like."

YouTubers are trying to get views, and that is usually their primary goal. Also self-explanatory. If you're trusting the same people who decided that Silvery Barbs would ruin D&D which had also already been ruined by the chronomancy class, the fact that some sorcerers get more spells than other sorcerers, the fact that healing word exists... to tell you that this has ruined D&D? I don't think I can help you.

Several of the things people are freaking out about are either standard boilerplate now, or were in the original OGL. OGL 1.0a reserves the right to terminate the license with 30 days notice as well (item 13); stating that material you make via an open license can be used freely by the owner of that IP is fairly standard legal practice.

Sources:

OGL v1.0a

WOTC Fan Content Policy

Gizmodo/io9 coverage

D&D Beyond/OneD&D blog post

Screenrant coverage

#d&d #this is rebloggable but I will be blocking clownery as always. #long post

[ceilingfan5]

taz musical theater au, please :O??? -ise (currently listening to broadway Anastasia and going buckwild again /lh)

"So," Kravitz says, the door closing behind him dramatically. He doesn't put his bag down like he usually does. Instead he looks stiff and frustrated and confused. And cute. Still painfully fucking cute, as always. "I was surprised to see you at the casting call today."

"Why? You've been talking about it since I moved in last month." Taako kicks his feet off the edge of the couch and keeps pretending to read the magazine he stole from the dentist yesterday, as revenge for having to be there. It's months old, but some of the recipes are still interesting.

Kravitz makes a face like he is trying, with all his might, not to telegraph how confused and frustrated he is. Too bad. Consider that code morsed, buckaroo. Tappity tap tap, you've betrayed how you feel. Better luck when the telephone gets invented. 

"It's just," he says. "I did not think you were interested in musicals. Or this musical, specifically. Or being in the musical that I am running, and taking very seriously, by the way."

"Did I do a bad job in my audition?" Taako audibly turns a sleek page, and pretends to be interested in Cheez-it encrusted lamb nuggets. "You don't have to give me a call back if I'm not right for the part."

"No," Kravitz sighs, shaking his head. He clutches his bag close, like it will be a weapon against the great unknown of Taako's mysterious motives. "You were–amazing. I was afraid we weren't going to have a villain this round. You- Taako- " Kravitz walks over and grips the back of the couch. Taako looks So Very Incredibly Casually up at him, smirking. "You absolutely bodied your audition." 

"Cool," Taako says, like it doesn't matter at all. Like, oh, chips were on sale? That's nice, maybe we'll make some dip. Maybe not. "I thought there was uh, a process for letting people know they're in." 

"There is!" Kravitz stresses. "But we live together. Taako, we live together, I've known you for almost two months now, I've been talking about this musical all summer, and I've never heard you sing! What- I didn't know you even knew where the playhouse was!" 

"Google maps," Taako provides helpfully. He closes his magazine thoughtfully. Maybe tomorrow he will get some Cheez-its. Lamb nuggets can't be that bad, can they? 

"That's not my question!" Kravitz looks, get this, confused and frustrated. It's hard not to laugh right at him.

"What is your question?" Picture of innocence. Stock photo of a sky-blue day. Motives? What motives? 

"Why did you try out for my musical??" 

"Bored. Sounded fun," Taako says with a shrug. 

"Are you interested in musicals??" Kravitz looks like the unhingedness of this line of interrogation is dawning on him a little late. 

"Who isn't?" 

"Taako!" That grip on the couch is so tight. Fuck, he's gorgeous. Maybe a little dim, though. 

"Kravitz!" Taako grins. "Did you not want me there? Is there a problem? I thought this roommate thing was going okay." 

"It-" Kravitz throws his hands in the air and huffs. "You're allowed to be there!" 

"Oh good," Taako says, playing as stupid as he can manage with a straight face. "Not gonna get arrested today. Probably." 

"Taako-" 

"I mean you never know," Taako adds conversationally. "Always good to be prepared." 

"Are you going to take this seriously??" 

"Course," Taako says, and shrugs. 

"You're not just doing it to fuck with me??" Kravitz. Darling. Really? Your first guess is that he's being mean, and not trying to follow you to a second location because he doesn't want to miss out on his Kravitz time? Sabotage, and not ooey-gooey crush the likes of which an adult ought not have to suffer?? Has Taako been Too Subtle? 

"Why would I do that?" Taako tosses the magazine onto the side table. The two of them watch the whole pile of shit slide slowly onto the floor. Sheet music and snacks and playbooks and photos and maybe the lost remote go all over in slow motion. Taako looks back at Kravitz. Kravitz looks pinched. Calzone of a dude here. Dumpling, even. What's in your pocket, guy? What savory morsels are you withholding? 

"I don't know," he says, after a long, painful moment. "But I'm going to find out." And he turns and marches toward his room. 

Wuh oh. Maybe they got two very different messages on what this story is about. Should he say something? 

Then again…Taako doesn't mind an enemies to lovers plot. Not one bit. 

#taz #taakitz #tazb #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #fan5fics #taz balance #taakitz fic #thank you!! #clearing out my inbox

[countriesgame]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Tasmania, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

#tasmania #australia #oceania #country polls #polls

[jaydoesartiguess]

Oohhhhhhh uhhhh d10 Catjam and my friend my best friend argo Keene? Been Thinking About Him

[id: a digital art piece of Argo Keene from taz graduation. He is smiling wildly, hunched over a map and pointing at something on it. He’s drawn in a limited color palette.]

hiiiiiiiiii Argo my beloved

#jay does art i guess #taz #taz graduation #argo keene #He’s got red hair like him mama

[voidfishbitch]

From TAZ’s Twitter - the map of Ustaben

#taz steeplechase #taz #the adventure zone #taz spoilers

[jerreeeeeee]

Planar Dance

The I.P.R.E.'s first mission past the outer planes, Starblaster I, was a success. Headed by the skilled Captain Davenport and made up of many of the greatest minds at the world's premier planar institute, the mission revealed a great deal about the nature of the planar system, providing a leap in extraplanar knowledge.

Aside from scientific discoveries, the two-month trip was uneventful.

Having returned, the crew of the Starblaster face challenges on their homeworld. Their bonds are strained, their steady lives begin to fall apart, and a new threat rears its head, one that it may fall to the crew to stop…

#taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #mine #fanfic #ipre #btw the map IS supposed to be a little bit of a spoof of forgotten realms faerun. except better bc i know how geography works

[jq37]

You know what, Aabria's not allowed battle maps anymore. She nasty. She does nasty things on battle maps and she can't be trusted to not be nasty when using them. Shame on her. On to less nasty parts of the episode, the very funny obsession with the invention of hats reminded me of the Taco Quest from Taz Balance and that was very fun for me. I hope the upcoming murder of all the leaders of Last Bast doesn't get in the way of Tula slamming down Bennet big style.

Oh man between school, my game coming out Thursday, and work I have been so busy this week. Sorry for the delay in answering but I wanted to make sure I answered this before the new episode tomorrow! Let's run through these real quick:

(1) Every season Aabria is on D20--as player or as a DM--she comes into the dome with a mission and clearly, this go around, that mission was push the practical effects to the LIMIT. She really said, "Theater of the Mind has protected you for too long," and came out SWINGING. There was a whole ass tile puzzle! Which, is an insane thing to exist in the world diegetically btw and I'm glad they addressed that on the AP lol.

(2) Yay for the players achieving their nonsense, self-imposed hat side quest. That's one of the best parts of D&D!

(3) In The Seven, Brennan created a hot NPC that Aabira's character was into but at the end of the day couldn't be with because (spoiler alert) he was working for the bad guys and Aabria said, and I quote, “Who could have known the cop was a cop." Now, Bennet isn't a cop, but he is a lieutenant at this super shady compound and turnabout would absolutely be fair play. But I do hope Bennet ultimately has a good head on his shoulders and doesn't betray the party in some way because Tula is so tired. She deserves this W. Aabria please. Let her have this.

#dimension 20 #burrow's end #spoilers #d20 #asks #farmer-10 #dimension 20 spoilers #burrow's end spoilers #d20 spoilers #in crown of candy I wanted grisini to defect. i really really did. #but brennan was like nop! he's rolfe in the sound of music! sometimes ppl who seem nice get swayed by bad ideology :) #and I was like yeah I know :( #anyway we'll see how much kool aid bennet has injested