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Jean Verne

Accursed Guardian

Concept: “Rumours in Anthelia’s court tell of a curse making the Shield immortal as long as the Countess remains unharmed...”
Content: Anthelia’s personal bodyguard.
Writing: An example of the cunning brutality one should expect in Anthelia’s court.
Art/design: An accursed guardian at the ready. Behind textual battlements of white and black.
Usability: Violence isn’t always the answer. 

Anecdotes

Concept: “Some wizard, who couldn’t be bothered to light up a fire, decided to summon a fire demon and trap it in a lantern.”
Content: A very bored lantern.
Writing: Mischievous and open-ended. A spark to be ignited at your table. 
Art/design: A scvm reading a story to their demon lantern. Framed by boxed text 
Usability: Keep it occupied, or it will keep you occupied. 

Bonefire

Concept: “A bone taken from the body of a dead witch... it will burn until it is no longer needed.”
Content: A reliable firestarter and effective witch attractant.
Writing: Bare bones, practical, with just a spark of magic.
Art/design: Menacing witches overlook a clean engaging design.
Usability: Please burn responsibly. 

Brain Pest

Concept: “After eating some mushrooms from the depths of Sarkash, a tribe of goblins seems to have grown intelligent.
Content: Mushroom powered hyper intelligent goblins.
Writing: Mechanics provide an interesting abstraction of tactical superiority.
Art/design: Tiny goblins plague a victim behind the prominent text bars.
Usability: Bounty not included. 

Böwhoss’ handbook: notes on internal ignition

Concept: “In this volume you will find the most noteworthy, dangerous and strange encounters of my recent voyages.”
Content:
A variety of NPCs, monsters, and other hazards as well as a new scroll, a malevolent mushroom, an optional Misery-related madness, a relatively benign tavern, and a much less benign inn
Writing:
The first-person POV and travelogue style have a folksy and often irreverent tone
Art/design:
Typefaces, engravings, and paintings reinforce the concept while other graphic elements lend some insidious and esoteric atmosphere
Usability:
Includes player-facing handouts that include lore but no mechanics or GM-specific information

Cloud of Sinners

Concept: “Submit your players to a purity test by forcing them to fight their inner demons.”
Content:
A monster with stats based on the PC with the weakest Presence test
Writing:
Evocative descriptive text with concise, clear writing and instruction in the tables
Art/design:
Clean, well-organized presentation with shocks of yellow for emphasis and visual guidance
Usability:
Invites improvisation but also provides tables to roll characteristics

Compost

Concept: “This shady business has confused more than one necromancer.”
Content: A walking tree with a surprise inside.
Writing: A unique take on armor that reinforces an amusing concept.
Art/design: A dead tree creeps up behind boxed text.
Usability: Clean text boxes make for easy reference. 

Craving the Green

Concept: “A treasure is to be found in the ruins of the old castle on the mountain. […] Getting there will be pretty easy, but what you’ll find in the treasure might make the way down a bit tricky…”
Content:
A clever bait-and-switch—and then murder
Writing:
Besides stat blocks for the 2-headed lizards, includes copious background and instructions for the GM
Art/design:
Use of color aligns the text with the graphic and provides conservative emphasis to help the GM quickly navigate the document
Usability:
A unique, rules-lite dynamic for navigating and resolving the central conflict

Crypt Guard

Concept: “He fashioned himself an armour with the tombs of his loved ones... It was highly impractical but terribly efficient”
Content: “Heavy” Armor.
Writing: -1d6+2. What more do you want?
Art/design: A menacing tomb gate stands closed before our boxed text. 
Usability: It's also DR+4 to all Agility tests except defense. 

D66 Grotesque People

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Concept: “What do they want? And ... What might they have?” 
Content: A collection of unfortunate souls to probably stab.
Writing: Makes wonderfully clever use of the “Who... Wants... Has...” npc format. 
Art/design: A filthy riot of design. But it quickly establishes structure. 
Usability: As fvcking inspiration. 

Dagger of Crimson Melodies

Concept: “The blade of this dagger is engraved with blank sheet music. As soon as the dagger tastes the blood...”
Content: Blood pumping musical dagger.
Writing: Steady mechanical escalation with a bloody surprise. 
Art/design: Background illustration of music. Yellow, white, and black.
Usability: Put on your favorite tracks. 

Erroneous Revelations

Concept: “He experimented a lot with divination, mainly trying to make it easier, often at the cost of accuracy.”
Content: A scroll to bring about an unlikely future.
Writing: Hilariously un-prophetic.
Art/design: Serious layout belies decidedly humorous contents.
Usability: Specificity adds to the hilarity. 

FantasticJean's Misery's Keep

Concept: “an independent production by Jean Verne… hastening the final Misery” 
Content: A miserable keep-crawl, redecorated, again.
Writing: A dastardly villain, a towering castle, treasure to steal, and dolls… 
Art/design: A magazine print production, depicting the keep through a surrealist collection of public domain imagery.
Usability: Functional, accessible, and visually rich. 

Fiery Joust

Concept: “A patch of scorched land... a dueling circle... reclaimed by local villagers but for much less dignified purposes.”
Content: Bare-Knuckle boxing for fun and profit.
Writing: Effective mechanics and engaging lore.
Art/design: Some poor scvm with a block of text for a head.
Usability: Great little downtime event to while away the Miseries. 
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