September 25 2005 (Strip 53)

In strip#53, we meet Korbin the cleric. Many other qualifiers could be added here, but who wants spoilers? Go read the strip, and get your derrière back here!

While you're reading the strip, lemme refresh your memory about David Reeder's "Wryneck's Wheelhouse: Mobile Home of Doom," a PDF HackMaster module now available for download! You can get a preview here: secondrat.com, and download it at RPGNow! Proceeds got to a military unit, so they can be properly equipped. That would not only increase their chances of getting back hom alive and well, but also helps then out they're called on to clean things up a bit after a hurricane, for instance.
Besides, that charming module includes illustrations by yours truly, and a special one-of-a-kind Casual Gamers strip.
While we're on the subject of begging for donations, after you've donated a bit to the Red Cross (or another reliable charity in regards to Katrina & Rita), click on the "Donate to Eyeskream" button right atop Korbin's bulbous head. Hosting Casual Gamers is getting increasingly expensive for Eyeskream, so any help is appreciated!

Now, back to the old, obese gnomish cleric, Korbin. Yup... nasty Dragon magazine articles toting the benefits of a flawed, non-munchkin character! Yes, I did say "old." While there wasn't room left in the strip to specify, Jeyps made Korbin old as well. In hindsight, the obvious goal was to add some extra wisdom. In reality, Korbin wasn't all that bad. Turns out that he's a normal, average character. The way they should be, with "normal" stats. We just never considered that "normal" characters were worth playing before then. ... Even AFTER, for some of us! ;-)

-----> Flouzemaker: Casual Gamers

September 22 2005 (Strip 52)

I had some great fun drawing some of the new characters featured in strip 52, including Thoar. Man, I love his look! :D
So Tony retains his fixation for Elves, and Dan lovingly sticks to his fondness for heavily armored Lawful Good tanks. No matter how stupid they both actually are, at least they look cool, and that's half the battle!

As you can guess, been rather busy during the past week. So busy, in fact, that I didn't even get to visit the Eyeskream Forum in five days... that's saying a lot since I'm usually there at least two or three times a day!
Of all those busy days, the most important has to be last sunday, when our group finally gamed. All in all, it unfolded rather well, as I managed to off a character. That's always good! ;-) Plus, as a bonus, it was the newbie's character, so she's not a PC Death virgin anymore! Unfortunately, her new character is a horribly min-maxed meat shield. "Add more strength," the guys told her, "add more strength!" Well, they got it. STR: 19, INT & WIS: 4. And here I thought we grew beyond that over the years! ;-)

It's not like I can really complain, though. I still have some munchkin tendencies I can't always repress myself... like that Fighter/Thief/Magic-User I rolled up the other day. There isn't enough room on a standard character sheet to record all the bonuses and special abilities.

-----> Flouzemaker: Casual Gamers