As usual, bought the module both from Swordfish Islands as well as here since the digital content will most likely be updated more often on itch.io. :)
Was a no-brainer considering the quality of the first zine.
This is a super-impressive module, which I backed during ZineQuest #3.
The writing is crisp and the layout is designed to be easily usable at the table. Without spoiling too much, the adventure includes some faction tensions and most encounters can be solved non-violently if the players are smart.
I am currently adapting The Vitacernis as an adventure location in a Hex-Crawl run in Knave. It's really easy to do if you allow giant trees in your world (thinking of Troika! and Fronds of Belevolence), so take a look into it even when looking for sweet adventures for other OSR-rulesets.
This is an excellent module! The layout work is very nice - I've seen modules with similar layout but they were much shorter, it's something else to have it that nice and consistent throughout a whole setting, not just a single dungeon. Clear influences from Necrotic Gnome are felt - exactly the right source material to be taking inspiration from in this regard. :)
You known how it is, you order them in bulk and there was literally like a 1-2 EUR difference between 250 and 500, so I thought to myself 'What the heck?' ;)
By the way - I know this is possibly too much to ask for considering you're giving your design away for free, but I noticed that the familiars are scaled to 3.5"x2" (aspect ratio 1.75) business cards, which are the standard in the US.
It's fine as long as I print them on my printer centered and all but I was about to order a batch from a professional printer and noticed that in most of the EU (+ UK) the default size seems to be 85mm x 55mm (aspect ratio 1.5454...).
So, the question is: Is there a possibility you could create a non-imperial version in 85mm x 55mm? :3
I could resize it through rasterization but that would stretch out the text OR I could recreate the little fellows in PowerPoint or something (retaining attribution of course!) but that would probably take longer for me than for you.
P.S. I realize I might be opening a can of worms here. There are many countries following a 90mm x 55mm or 90mm x 50mm standard. ;)
And with that, I'm following you now. ^^ I'm a bit reluctant to pay for stuff up-front since much of it is so-and-so but if you have more dungeons / adventures or whatever in the works with a similarly nice art style and layout, I'd drop a gp or two on that. ;)
This is so wholesome! Will take my familiar with me today on my solo lockdown-walk outside. :) Another pretty cool business card RPG in a similar vein, where you have to get something (flowers) to somewhere(/someone) is Bouquet by rocketorca.
