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The Bai Ze & the Book of Monsters

Created by Anthony Christou

A Luminous Ages Comic Anthology combined with a 5e Compatible Campaign and Content. STLS & Resin Miniatures - Book 3 in the series

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Sneak Preview of the content from the b
about 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 05:51:42 PM

Comic book page progress

Here is a sneak peek into the comic book pages I am painting right now. This is a scene from Adaross where Thrakos and Arcturios are spying on the masked one who is opening up portals using the Bai ze tu. This is the pencil and flat stage of the comic section. Wait till you see what I do to finish this artwork and render it all up!

I will reveal more of this art and the story before the close of the campaign.

Check out this amazing paint job of the Huli Jin by Emerson Ward a miniature painter and community tester of our campaign.


 
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 Mother of Monsters


 You know me I love Greek Mythology and this book looks amazing I will be getting a copy of this for my d&d sessions!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/mother-of-monsters-dnd-5e-adventure-in-ancient-greece?ref=dmdqe6
 Welcome to Mother of Monsters, a new DnD 5E adventure saga inspired by the myths and legends, gods and heroes of ancient Greece! This incredible adventure spans the Kagari Islands, warring city-states plagued by rampaging monsters and sinister cults. Each island holds breathtaking beauty but hides terrible secrets within dark tombs and forbidding caves. The pious people of the Kagari Islands attribute their every fortune--good or bad--to the will of the gods, yet civilization exists upon the skeletons of societies long past, and the Underworld awaits with monsters aplenty. Within this world, Mother of Monsters offers 200 pages of adventures and bonus material to create a sensational sword and sandals campaign!

 
  THESEUS Volume 1


Theseus is a well-known figure in mythology for defeating bandits, killing the minotaur, and ruling over Athens. While the story itself is a fable, there is likely a true story that undergirds the legend. This is most definitely not it.
 This is more like what happens if someone loves Greek mythology very much, studies it in-depth along with the culture, language and history of that period, is fascinated by the idea of a true story behind the myth, but is simply not a serious person.
 Thus I bring you Theseus: Volume 1. A satirical retelling of Theseus' first four adventures along his path to Athens. And rather than powerful hero from the myth, Theseus is neither very strong nor particularly smart, and is simply swept up in a tide of accidental fortunes as well as the schemes and mischief of a host of bored gods.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jholtillus/theseus-volume-1-a-graphic-novel?ref=user_menu
 

Silver dice with Blue Numbers are in! You can now add them to your order
about 3 years ago – Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 10:28:06 PM

Check out these Blue and silver dice

So I just got another colour option in from the factory and they look amazing they are blue and silver dice. You can order extra dice as add ons now and I will ensure that you get whatever colour you need.

What do the dice sound like?



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Magnetic Heroes were created by Artel W Miniatures Studio, a company known for producing high quality resin miniatures loaded with details, options and personality. Check out how this approach works with the Magnetic Heroes project - almost certainly you’ll be impressed!

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Holiday Spirits

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bd4db-issue3/holiday-spirits

What do you get with HOLIDAY SPIRITS?

  • HOLIDAY SPIRITS is a 80-page comic in standard American comic size graphic novel, on high-quality gloss paper.
  • Some of the best Writers in INDIE COMICS - Travis Gibb (Broke Down And Four Dead Bodies), Jonathan Hedrick (Recount),  Kurt Belcher (Rottentail) and more 
  • Some of the best Artist in INDIE COMICS -Craig Florence (Always Punch Nazi's) , Gabriel Elías Ibarra Núñez (The Recount),  Robby Bragdon (Cthulhu Invades Oz) Don Nguyen (Pablo the Gorilla) and more 
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  • Plus loads of additional bonus content in the Deluxe Digital-PDF!
  • At higher pledge levels, backers will access campaign-exclusive limited-edition items.

Our Final Halloween

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikegarley/our-final-halloween-1-4

Our Final Halloween is a horror comic inspired by the likes of HP Lovecraft and John Carpenter. Set in 1984 a group of teens find themselves covered in blood, disorientated, and with no short-term memory. In our first issue the gang started to uncover the horrors of what happened on that fateful Halloween, but despite their best efforts they only just scratched the surface. Now, with Halloween 1985 just around the corner they know this is their last chance to defeat the evil Deadworlders once and for all..

Preview of the Gem Devourer Stat block sheet! Plus a comic book page reveal
about 3 years ago – Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 12:47:23 AM

Preview into the  5Erpg and comic

Hey gang check out the gem devourer stat block sheet this is just two of the gem devourers out of the many types that you will have to face in Levos!

Stat Block sheet draft for the Gem devourers

Here is another comic book page to check out also hope you like it.

Comic book page
Help us to unlock the free coin! if we get the highest funded anthology in Australia
Lets get the free dice unlocked also before the last 4 days to have a smashing ending!

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Plan 59 from Outer Space - Issue 2

Back in 1957, Ed Wood brought us a movie about aliens who tried to raise the dead in order to destroy humanity in order to prevent us from causing a galaxy destroying weapon that they believed we would one day create. This was Plan 9 from Outer Space.

Obviously, plans 1 through 8 failed, and (spoiler alert, but frankly the movie has been out for 63 years now, so there shouldn't be much to spoil) so did Plan 9. But what happened in the years since 1957? Did the aliens just give up? Were they going to cease their plans to stop us and save the galaxy? Of course not. Almost 60 years have passed, and in that time, they have attempted to destroy us nearly 50 more times, and humanity has become quite adept at fighting them off. But today, they are coming back for their 59th plan, a plan that is so nefarious, it just might work.

How will the aliens try to destroy humanity this time? Just look in your hand. That little device that's always by your side and that you could never live without. They will destroy us using our own cell phones.

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Ozaka's Guide to Legions

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And there’s more! New bosses and mooks! Advice on how to design your own action-oriented bosses with cinematic abilities! New weapons and some optional rules for armor! All found in Ozaka’s Guide to Legions!

Check it Out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/458886079/ozakas-guide-to-legions 

1st Update
about 3 years ago – Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 12:51:25 AM

Last fundle Bundle

Hey folks I have setup the last fundle bundle to run the whole of the last 9 days. I have thrown in 6 free npcs for you all plus 3 stl files! Check out a close up version of the npcs below.

Last weekly bundle!
6 npcs as a pdf

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For a world that Killeroo once had to hide away from society, THIS Australia is now largely his domain.


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Miskatonic Woods: Art Drink Coaster Number 6

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He's been wanting to explore some of the other denizens of the Lovecraftian realm, so in this coaster, he focused on the unsettling story; “At the Mountains of Madness”.


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Check out how amazing the miniatures are and I am thinking of releasing maps as play mats
about 3 years ago – Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 12:50:03 AM

Two Tailed fox looks epic

So one of my good artist friends Emerson Ward who is also a fantasy artist and has been assisting in play testing the Salamander race has been painting miniatures for me. Oh my don't they look amazing if anyone does want miniatures painted myself and Emerson are in partnership to make the minis and paint them together and we charge about $80 per miniature if your interested please leave a comment or send  a message and we can of course do an add on for fans if they want a painted miniature of their choice from out range of minis.

Close up of the two tailed fox with a paint job form Emerson Ward

What is this map they are on?

Also the map that you can see is a map that I painted and created I have about 6 in range or more and what I do for our Dungeons and Dragons sessions is I have them printed onto rubber mats. We cover the area we don't want revealed with paper and slowly reveal the map. Another options is rolling the gaming mat in under itself and slowly unrolling or unfolding themap

Maps as play mats

I have a range of play mats that I can make at the size of about 40cm by 90cm and they have many of my maps from the Luminous Ages world and this book also. If you can please let me know is this something you would get a play mat with a grid on it for you to play D&D.  If you can please leave a comment on this post and let me know I can add it as an add on and also reveal all the maps I have available on an update and also on the Kickstarter page.

Leave a comment on this post if you would order maps as rubber playmats that you can roll and reveal in stages?

The rubber play mat as a map You can reveal the map by rollign it out slowly and holding it in place with rubber bands.
maps as play mats

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