olivier legrand
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Hello everyone
In a few months, CRUSADERS will enter its second year of existence and I'd like to celebrate the event with a big supplement (well, bigger than our usual SHOWCASES) - a book of VILLAINS! The idea would be to have one-page writeups of, say, 20 to 30 villains...
I'd be really delighted to have some help on this project - not only to "share the workload" but also (more importantly) to have different perspectives, inspirations etc. reflecting the inventiveness and diversity of classic superheroic universes.
If you are interested and pretty sure you can deliver some written material within a reasonable time-frame (even if it is a single character!), please contact me on this group - either on this thread or by PM.
Here are a few guidelines / basic preliminary stuff:
- I'll act as final editor of this project so I may reject submissions that seem inappropriate or ask for some rewrites, etc.
- Writeups should use the standard format used in the various CRUSADERS INTERNATIONAL PDFs or the "villain of the month" in the SHOWCASES.
- Of course, they should also be 100% consistent with the CRUSADERS rules. I'd prefer to avoid having to design whole new powers for a single character - but I'll be 100% available for technical discussions, if needed. Remember that most SHOWCASE issues contain additional powers.
- Characters should be consistent with the overall "Super 80s" feel and spirit of the game. Also try to avoid using names which are already trademarked by Marvel, DC, etc. (and yes, this can make things difficult - but then again, we'll check this when we get there).
- When designing NPCs for CRUSADERS, I tend to work from existing illustrations (stockart that I've already bought) rather than start from scratch and then try to find a suitable illustration - but not everyone is comfortable with this method, so do as you like! If you'd prefer to do it my way (work from an existing illo), we'll work things out together.
- This would be an entirely pro-bono labor of love (alas, I cannot pay you anything; Legrand Games Studio is not a real publishing company and functions with an effective budget of 0; most of my products are either free or PWYW and money gained on DrivethruRPG is mainly used to buy more stockart for forthcoming stuff).
So, if you're interested and committed, feel free to reply on this thread or contact me by PM. Excelsior!
In a few months, CRUSADERS will enter its second year of existence and I'd like to celebrate the event with a big supplement (well, bigger than our usual SHOWCASES) - a book of VILLAINS! The idea would be to have one-page writeups of, say, 20 to 30 villains...
I'd be really delighted to have some help on this project - not only to "share the workload" but also (more importantly) to have different perspectives, inspirations etc. reflecting the inventiveness and diversity of classic superheroic universes.
If you are interested and pretty sure you can deliver some written material within a reasonable time-frame (even if it is a single character!), please contact me on this group - either on this thread or by PM.
Here are a few guidelines / basic preliminary stuff:
- I'll act as final editor of this project so I may reject submissions that seem inappropriate or ask for some rewrites, etc.
- Writeups should use the standard format used in the various CRUSADERS INTERNATIONAL PDFs or the "villain of the month" in the SHOWCASES.
- Of course, they should also be 100% consistent with the CRUSADERS rules. I'd prefer to avoid having to design whole new powers for a single character - but I'll be 100% available for technical discussions, if needed. Remember that most SHOWCASE issues contain additional powers.
- Characters should be consistent with the overall "Super 80s" feel and spirit of the game. Also try to avoid using names which are already trademarked by Marvel, DC, etc. (and yes, this can make things difficult - but then again, we'll check this when we get there).
- When designing NPCs for CRUSADERS, I tend to work from existing illustrations (stockart that I've already bought) rather than start from scratch and then try to find a suitable illustration - but not everyone is comfortable with this method, so do as you like! If you'd prefer to do it my way (work from an existing illo), we'll work things out together.
- This would be an entirely pro-bono labor of love (alas, I cannot pay you anything; Legrand Games Studio is not a real publishing company and functions with an effective budget of 0; most of my products are either free or PWYW and money gained on DrivethruRPG is mainly used to buy more stockart for forthcoming stuff).
So, if you're interested and committed, feel free to reply on this thread or contact me by PM. Excelsior!