Tom Kilian
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I was looking at some Bill Peet drawings before I started this guy
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I was looking at some Bill Peet drawings before I started this guy
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My next MtG portfolio card, the Bog Serpent
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My next MtG portfolio card, the Bog Serpent
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I want to give a huge amount of thanks to @radiofreelunch.bsky.social for the years of reference-heavy illustrations he assigned me for Six Ages - between the extensive clothing and architectural reference and David's exacting eye to detail, Six Ages is in my artistic blood (and informs my work now)
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I want to give a huge amount of thanks to @radiofreelunch.bsky.social for the years of reference-heavy illustrations he assigned me for Six Ages - between the extensive clothing and architectural reference and David's exacting eye to detail, Six Ages is in my artistic blood (and informs my work now)
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Okay I have one more.
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Okay I have one more.
My next MtG portfolio card, the Bog Serpent
December 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My next MtG portfolio card, the Bog Serpent
Where this breaks for me is “can I intuit something useful about the setting from the new terms?” A calendar with Wet, Dry, and Storms does that, while D&D’s Mystaran calendar is just the normal one with an extra step where you look up to confirm that “Nuwmont” is January.
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Where this breaks for me is “can I intuit something useful about the setting from the new terms?” A calendar with Wet, Dry, and Storms does that, while D&D’s Mystaran calendar is just the normal one with an extra step where you look up to confirm that “Nuwmont” is January.
All the custom rules I’m using in my solo D&D game (so far).
Haunted Houserules
In the natural way of things, my solo OSE game has accumulated a number of house rules. I started out with several: Max HP at 1st level. A c...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All the custom rules I’m using in my solo D&D game (so far).
My most controversial literature take is that The Lord of the Rings was written in English by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
My most controversial literature take is that The Lord of the Rings was written in English by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
Exalted Funeral invited me on to the Dolmenwood launch party, which (it turns out) is a livestream that you can watch rather than a covid-style office get-together!
Dolmenwood Launch Party with Gavin Norman
YouTube video by Exalted Funeral
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November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Exalted Funeral invited me on to the Dolmenwood launch party, which (it turns out) is a livestream that you can watch rather than a covid-style office get-together!
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For my third sample I wanted to interpret a card in a way that fit the mechanics but felt tonally distinct from the original art. The result: cute bug jewelry.
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For my third sample I wanted to interpret a card in a way that fit the mechanics but felt tonally distinct from the original art. The result: cute bug jewelry.
I‘ve engaged in opinion writing:
I disagree with the common no-magic-shops-in-D&D attitude. I think item shops are cool!
I disagree with the common no-magic-shops-in-D&D attitude. I think item shops are cool!
Ye Aulde Magicke Item Shoppe
The power of a good list Characters should be able to buy magic items. PC magic-users should also be able to make them (at a level, price, a...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I‘ve engaged in opinion writing:
I disagree with the common no-magic-shops-in-D&D attitude. I think item shops are cool!
I disagree with the common no-magic-shops-in-D&D attitude. I think item shops are cool!
You don’t see Batman teaming up with the Scooby Gang anymore. What’s up with that
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
You don’t see Batman teaming up with the Scooby Gang anymore. What’s up with that
For my third sample I wanted to interpret a card in a way that fit the mechanics but felt tonally distinct from the original art. The result: cute bug jewelry.
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For my third sample I wanted to interpret a card in a way that fit the mechanics but felt tonally distinct from the original art. The result: cute bug jewelry.
My solo game takes a turn! On the borders of Eveningstar, war is preparing
Tale of the Black Sword 1 – Beautiful and Terrible As The Dawn
August 13 Ivy Almyr sets out for the Caves of Chaos, accompanied by her retainers. Our… Heroes? Ivy Almyr , Fighter 3 Ambrosius Blackcloak ,...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My solo game takes a turn! On the borders of Eveningstar, war is preparing
A little side jaunt in my solo game, where Eveningstar's C-tier adventuring party fights some three-headed goblins to win a magical singing teacup.
Silver Daggers 1 - No Slime Like The Present
August 13 Equipped with new maps and new party members, Eveningstar’s third-best adventuring party sets out for the Haunted Halls. In the di...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A little side jaunt in my solo game, where Eveningstar's C-tier adventuring party fights some three-headed goblins to win a magical singing teacup.
The Gunslinger is a funny book because it neatly answers the question of what Stephen King would read like if he had an editor who could get him to cut anything, and the answer is “really good”
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Gunslinger is a funny book because it neatly answers the question of what Stephen King would read like if he had an editor who could get him to cut anything, and the answer is “really good”
The party takes a break from the Haunted Halls for a dip into the equally dangerous but far more treasure-filled Caves of Chaos
Session 13 - Into the Caves
August 11 Feeling frustrated by the meagre pickings they’ve had from the Haunted Halls of late, the party decides to do a bit of potholing i...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The party takes a break from the Haunted Halls for a dip into the equally dangerous but far more treasure-filled Caves of Chaos
Check out these cool bugs
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Check out these cool bugs
After the drama and narrative developments of the past few sessions, my PCs return to their roots (fighting bugs in the dark for pocket change)
Delve 12 – The B Team
August 3rd Gimwort, Tansybell, Eldred, Old Dolf, and Mell return to the Haunted Halls. Trigg remains behind, still recovering from wounds ta...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
After the drama and narrative developments of the past few sessions, my PCs return to their roots (fighting bugs in the dark for pocket change)
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I did a cool comic for this!!
Pleased to share the cover for Hostile Planet by the great Tyler Landry!
We'll be officially launching the campaign tomorrow, if you'd like to jump on the pre-launch page- here ya go: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
We'll be officially launching the campaign tomorrow, if you'd like to jump on the pre-launch page- here ya go: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I did a cool comic for this!!
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I've got an open illustration schedule at the moment, and I'd love to work on some book projects.
Are you/do you know an art director? Let's get in touch!
Are you/do you know an art director? Let's get in touch!
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I've got an open illustration schedule at the moment, and I'd love to work on some book projects.
Are you/do you know an art director? Let's get in touch!
Are you/do you know an art director? Let's get in touch!
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The second card in my sample portfolio, Dragon Mage
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The second card in my sample portfolio, Dragon Mage
I don’t know where Duo Owl got the idea that he can talk to me like that.
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I don’t know where Duo Owl got the idea that he can talk to me like that.
Sketches for my next portfolio card. I appreciate the Magic art team providing a lot of public examples of their art direction over the years, as that helped me to refine my sketches and pick which one to go with.
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sketches for my next portfolio card. I appreciate the Magic art team providing a lot of public examples of their art direction over the years, as that helped me to refine my sketches and pick which one to go with.