The premier issue of Loviatar provides everything you need to kick off a successful and exciting fantasy urban campaign. Every hero must begin somewhere and "At the Corner of River Street Street and Craft Way" will get them started. A neighborhood of flats - including a warehouse, former tavern, detached home with loft and a ground level apartment - are fully detailed. Each residence has its own unique history, random encounters, NPCs and suggestions for future development. A few sessions to establish a group of characters can be played with just the material in this issue alone.
While the content is anchored in the Forgotten Realms for common reference, the material can be placed in any campaign setting. Furthermore, the Pathfinder game mechanics can be converted to any other version of D&D rather quickly.
Loviatar #1 is a 20 page digest. It has a cardstock cover and is printed in black and white. This issue supports the Pathfinder system.
Looking forward to reading the zine. The cover looks great.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to sending it to you. :) The cover is a piece of artwork from the Scrollworks days. I thought it appropriate to start the new chapter by giving props to the rag that got me started.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Good luck with the new zine. Looks great.
ReplyDeleteVery Cool! And nice to see some Realms love, as well! :)
ReplyDeleteTim: Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJames: The title of the zine is actually drawn from the Realms. Loviator is often used as a villain goddess on the Sword Coast, so I thought it was a nice fit. :)
I believe it's spelled "Loviatar" for the goddess of pain. *Whip-crack*
ReplyDeleteKill me now.
ReplyDeleteLOL Good luck with this zine Christian! I pla on getting a subscription when I get back to the states permanently!
ReplyDeleteI see the editorial process moves fast here Christian. *grins*
ReplyDeleteMatt: Looking forward to you getting back to the states!
ReplyDeleteGreg: I was up late. ;)
So basically those of us already with copies of Loviator now have super-rare collector's editions before the title typo was corrected?
ReplyDeleteDude, mine's going on eBay!
Just kidding, thanks again, the first issue looks great.
Heh. If you want I can send you a replacement copy. :)
ReplyDeleteI finally had a chance to read mine, and I thought it was great, even if I'm not playing pathfinder/3.x. Have you thought about putting in actual advertisements?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'll keep my uncorrected cover, and again offer editing service. Cheers!
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it. Next month I'm going to mix up the content to both keep myself amused and to appeal to as many readers as possible.
In the past I have sold ad space, but it's a fair amount of work to convince an advertiser that the zine has decent circulation. Mostly, the ads are a fun way for me to travel back to the hoary days of Dragon. Now, if someone were to ask me if they could run an ad - like a bro deal - then I'd give them as much space as they needed.
Take care,
Christian
My copy arrived today! Woohoo! Looks good.
ReplyDeleteI should probably write a blog about it.
I'm glad it arrived. Future issues are more varied in content, but I feel like I managed to stuff a lot between the pages. In playtest the characters had a field day with the gelatinous cube in the warehouse. They called it a "body disposal chute." Dear Lord....
ReplyDeleteI love all that id stuff that comes bubbling out of players when given the circumstances in which we usually place characters. I keep thinking about Kult, in which the cosmology basically is set up so that humans are immortal souls (though the characters in the setting are like us, and believe in their mortality) - and the setting explores what that means, in the rawest, most horrific ways.
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