This week’s guest is Jarrett Crader. We talk about his history of editing and proofreading RPGs and the launch of his new company Space Penguin Ink, and discuss the products he’s selling: Adrift by KD (for Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG), Beyond the Silver Scream by Forrest Aguirre (for DCC RPG), Distress Signals by Reece Carter (for Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG), Dread Nights by Will Rahman (a standalone expansion for Forbidden Psalm compatible with MÖRK BORG RPG), Garden of Corda by Cade Crites (for Troika! RPG).
We talked briefly about their upcoming books At the Mutants of Madness and At Ease.
General Paste, an anthropomorphic tube of toothpaste, rides on a storm cloud that rains down green rock candy that he tries to get you to eat. A river of rock candy flows from a large mouth into a river that ends by going down a grate. Scattered throughout the room are 32 decayed and jagged teeth minions waiting to ambush you with a plaque attack.
If your teeth touch the rock candy, d32 of your teeth rebel, but you do gain one of the following advantages. Roll 1d6: 1) Gain 1d6 hit points. 2) Your fingernails turn into sharp rock candy claws for the day. 3) Energy boost to take a 2nd action. 4) Speed boost for an additional 10-feet of movement for an hour. 5) Happiness: you can counteract ennui or sadness effects. 6) Allows you to speak in the language of the teeth… any teeth.
A dentist office area contains a dental chair to strap you to and extraction tools mounted on the wall. Hidden inside the chair is the magic item: Insurance Card. This card can force a cleric to heal you, or you can use it in other bureaucratic ways like filing claims against monsters who hurt you.
Teeth minions: Teeth who rebel grow legs & arms equipped with hammers or pliers, and rip themselves from your mouth. They grow to a foot tall and attempt to liberate the rest of your teeth with the rock candy or through violence. These teeth speak their own adorable tooth language. There are rumors of the legendary candy of this room that can give you XP, but it’s a lie spread by the teeth minions like door-to-door salesmen.
If you have no teeth left the rock candy has no effect and the teeth minions will leave you alone.
Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson
Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Jarrett Crader
Appendix N: Call of Cthulhu, The Mist, Super Mario Bros. 3, Hatfields & McCoys, Ghostbusters (Slimer’s Ecto Coolers and toothpaste), Creepy Crawlers (toy), Sealab 2021 (Stormy), X-Men (storm), Aquafresh toothpaste, Rumble in the Bronx, Die Hard, Home Alone, Tiger Wizard’s Dental Dungeon, Clive Barker’s “The Body Politic” from Books of Blood Vol. 4, Evil Dead 2.
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This episode is sponsored by Exalted Funeral, and we talk about Vorpal Almanac by Levi Combs of Planet X Games and illustrated by Sally Cantirino.
Within these pages you will find 22 magical blades of all sorts. Dare you harness the inner magic of the crystalline sword Mournshard? Are you willing to pay the price
to tame the hellbound blade Nygotha, the Crimson Requiem? Do you possess the mettle to command Videns, the Sword of Many Teeth?
Contained within are full descriptions for each blade’s powers and abilities, but also its dark history and secret lore on the long road to falling into its latest wielder’s hands. These weapons can be placed into ongoing campaigns, dropped into a one shot, or you can sample the flavor and use it all elsewhere.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Come find us at Gen Con 2023 on Aug. 3-6. We’ll be sharing a table with Brain Colon’s Creature Curation.
Our physical adventure map for The Heal World is now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral, with art from our guest Brian Colon of Vast Grimm. This is the true story – of you visiting a planet that’s also a living god – trapped in a time loop – working together to stop a violent demagogue from committing deicide – to find out what happens when people stop being polite – and start getting healed: The Heal World. BUY IT HERE.
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Epic Levels is hosting a Best Dwarf Drawing Contest! The winners will be selected by our host of celebrity judges, all accomplished Dwarf Drawing champs! David Hoskins, Erol Otus, and Tiger Wizard!
We chatted about doing this on our Old-School Essentials episode, and so, we’re really doing it! The contest will be open for submissions through August 17th 2023. You may submit a Dwarf you’ve already drawn, or draw a new one. You must be the author and owner of the Dwarf Drawing, and be okay with us sharing it along with your name on our social media. You can submit any kind of Dwarf you like. Warhammer mohawk Dwarves, Gimli’s, Silly named Snow White Dwarves, Heck! Even Dark Sun Mul (Dwarf Human Hybrid) will be acceptable!
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