James Maliszewski

Friday Feature: The Making of the Unmakers

Last week's Friday Feature presented Aranalar, a sword +1, +2 vs the Unmade. I have since received a few emails and messages asking me, "What are the Unmade?" That's a very good question a...

About the Friday Feature

No doubt some of you are wondering about the "Friday Feature" tag I placed before my most recent post. Allow me to explain.

At the start of 2023, I'll be adding unique regular benefits for al...

Friday Feature: Aranalar

Aranalar ("Indomitable") is a sword +1, +2 vs the Unmade forged from alchemical steel. Its blade is single sided, forward curving, and,like all Kulvuan osuna, i...

An Experiment

Since everyone seems to be playing around with AI art these days, I thought I'd give it a whirl and see what I could come up with. Bear in mind that I have no idea what I'm doing with this thing. A...

Creatures of sha-Arthan

To be clear, this is another work in progress. Some of the entries are incomplete; others have not yet been updated to the new format. In addition, there are many more entries that have not been wr...

A Work in Progress

Even more so than the Player's Guide section, this is incomplete: https://d...

Updated sha-Arthan Player's Guide

Work continues on The Secrets of sha-Arthan – slowly, admittedly, but progress is being made. I wanted to share a little of that here for the benefit of my patrons. An expanded and updated versio...

Pronunciation

I'll be honest: I really like the idea of audio posts and this is a good example of where the format is quite useful.

This is My Voice

I Live

First, an apology for the lack of new posts over the last month. The real world has, unfortunately, kept me busy lately. Beyond that, I've hit several significant rough patches with the development...

Advancement & Equipment

Another revised section for your perusal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1igQ...

Sorcery

Here is a link to the rules for sorcery: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15bl1...

Small Update

Here's the link to a very slightly revised character class document: https://d...

Revised Character Classes

As promised, here is a slightly revised version of the basic character classes: 2022-04-05 23:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Damage, Saving Throws, Skills

Here's another draft of some rules material: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1...

Scion Dynasties

A slightly updated version of the Character Classes is coming shortly, consisting mostly of minor corrections and additions. One part I wanted to share in advanced was the following section, which ...

Alignment

In sha-Arthan, alignment represents one’s loyalty to a person, organization, religion, realm, or philosophy. An alignment thus represents what a character values in life. Choosing an ali...

Character Classes Draft 2.0

Here is the latest working draft of the Secrets of sha-Arthan character classes: 2022-03-21 18:31:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Units of Measurement

As I progress through the latest revision of the rules, I've been considering the standard units of measurement. D&D (and most fantasy RPGs) have traditionally used US customary measurements, b...

A Preview

Here's another piece of artwork I wanted to share, this time of an additional class I've been working on, based on feedback received of the existing classes. With luck, I'll be able to share the de...

Vault Warrants

(This is a bit of work-in-progress text concerning an important aspect of adventuring within the city of da-Imer. Certain small details may change, but what follows is essentially what will app...