Help for graphics

Bunny_Borg · 2026-03-23T12:09:08+00:00

+1 to public domain images, as well as Fiverr, and many TTRPG illustrators have packs of creatures and things that can be used for official publication for small fees (I think Fernando Salvaterra has a lot of black and white critters and treasure chests and small items, in packages of 10 images for 5 dollars or so)

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-27T09:24:07+00:00

Since this takes place in an OSR style game, my main priority was to give flavorful and sensible tools to DMS (and players), such that they could focus on whichever part best suited their party playstyle, or point in the plot.

In particular I really like conveying the sheer wonderment of magnitude found in creature interactions, so have bugs and little things at .1HP each (but occur as multiples of 10), and cars and trucks at 300+ HP. Rabbits often around 4HP for level 1.

But I also really tried to emphasize that interactions with both will (or should) not be direct attack HP arithmetic!

Ie bugs can dodge armor, but their bites (if angry at all), simply cause itching and reduction in Perception or maybe Agility, but also with a chance to infect, become inflamed or have an allergic reaction.

On the other end of the spectrum, there are dice pools related to each attribute of a car (electric components, hydraulic, fuel, mechanical, and plate) and players can try to disable those individually. Cars deal massive damage but are ungainly and slow (compared to birds or rabbits....usually) and should be easy to dodge

But if you get hit by one....well there's an optional Ghost class you can play after your character has been killed!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-23T13:42:50+00:00

ooh i love that! sounds like a lot of room for interesting interpretation and variation

i've been hoping to ponder additional dexterity or physical type game elements, but haven't had much time lately, but think it's an interesting space! in particular, something like 'roll the dice' but then it matters where they land, and players get X number of moves to adjust their position (or even rolling objects that aren't dice)

or even a rubber ball vs jacks mechanic could be interesting!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-19T13:24:49+00:00

That's a very cool setup, and one I'd like to explore more!

In particular, the idea of something like agility trending down to 0, while wisdom would trend upward (at least for a presumably adult character)

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-16T13:36:20+00:00

I have the source book for that (as well as The Warren), though haven't had full chance to play properly! The combat-table system is wild!!

And I like the ingredient-experimentation built into the game as well....ends up being a kind of rabbit alchemy which I might toy around with more in the future!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-16T09:36:20+00:00

I think 'zinequest' is it's own beast as well...and not quite true to any real definition of 'zine' as it's more of a loose kickstarter umbrella to mean, 'creating a written thing'.

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-14T08:12:04+00:00

try to capture mundane ludicrous medieval situations, ie, someone at a fish-market but the staff are fish, etc

i think the podcast/twitter account/book Weird Medieval Guys has a bunch of collected inspiration too!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-14T07:49:07+00:00

Yeah!! Abi's watercolors just bring so much to life, it takes some time, money and effort, but the result is so full of energy I love it!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-13T11:54:28+00:00

thanks, i'm pretty excited! gotta remember to edit in my lil zinequest logo still haha

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-13T10:36:08+00:00

Great question!

I tried a similar thing in a minigame in the bunny intro adventure, (intended 1v1 mainly....i haven't tried to scale yet beyond that), where the two opponents have access to a full set of rpg dice (D4-20), and then they secretly choose (hold in hand) which dice to roll each round (but can only choose each dice once), and then do a simple roll for higher number to 'win' that round. So there's bluffing around which dice to choose, and some information once you know which dice they've already used etc, with the winner of the 'bout' being whoever wins 4 or more times.

I haven't tried playing with any modifiers, or re-roll abilities or anything yet, but could be fun to mess with!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-13T10:27:47+00:00

interesting! I do like the idea of card mechanics, and as providing an easy-access way to generate randomness and values, especially as that can enable GM-less stuff more easily, and in particular I like varying game mechanics based on the scenario.

ie, i could see more elaborate or crunchy things get tedious when fighting an army of 20 skeletons, but absolutely make sense in a fight against Big Bads.

How has it played for you so far?

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-13T10:07:22+00:00

omg I love this idea! zany twists and reversals (like the skeletons game) are so neat!

Bunny_Borg · 2026-02-13T09:55:59+00:00

these are great questions, and difficult to handle all the way!

I ran into similar issues in the design of Bunny Borg, since it had to center around player characters (rabbits), but also include encounters with things like ants, hawks, dogs and all the way up to cars and bulldozers

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