Carnival of the Damned

Just wanted to let everyone know that David Baity's Carnival of the Damned is still amazing! We'd hoped to have things wrapped up by this point, and any and all delays have been directly related to my poor health over the last few months. David's text is complete and edited, there's only a couple pieces of art to polish off, and I'm in the process of creating the first proof to go out to my loyal army of readers.

Thanks to everyone that has expressed excitement over its release, and we hope to have it in your peasant-crushing hands as soon as possible. :)

Jon

Occupation List Descriptions

I've added links from the 0-Level and Upper Level character generators to a new page with descriptions of the various occupation lists that are available. A number of folks have requested this over the years. :) 

Occupation List Descriptions

Christmas in July Sale

All Purple Sorcerer Adventures are 25% off through July 30th in both the Purple Sorcerer Store, and at RPGNow!

A host of DCC titles from Goodman Games, Purple Duck, Thick Skulls and more are also on sale at RPGNow.

 

Blasted Clerics and their Healing Sorcery!

I'll be going in tomorrow to have surgery to blast away some kidney stones. I'll likely be out of action for a few days and unlikely to reply to any queries during my recovery. :)

Before dropping off the grid, I've added a checkbox on the 0-Level generator so you can create blank versions of any of the 4-character and tourney style options. I've also fixed a few minor irregularities in both the 0-Level Party Generator and the Sorcerer's Grimoire. As always, if you every see anything that doesn't look right, let me know.
Take care everyone.

Updated Character Generators

In in the closing moments of what will surely become known as The Great Kidney Stone Explosion of Mighty Tools 2015, I'm pleased to announce the release of new versions of the Zero and Upper Level Generators with some very cool new features:

Tourney Character Sheets are now integrated into the 0-Level Party Generator

Just select from a growing list of tourney styles in the style/format drop-down, and the generator will create 0-level characters in the '1 serf per page' tourney style. I've done some minor graphic work so all the tourney sheets have been touched up with their own individual flair.

Create Multiple Characters in a single PDF

Yes, you can now create multiple characters in PDF format with a single click! For weary judges looking to assemble a stack of standard 4-character or tourney sheets, you can create up to 50 character sheets at a time. In testing, I believe these 50 page PDF's are actually easier on the server than creating dozens of individual sheets, and a 50 page sheet is scarcely larger than a solo sheet since the background graphic (the main file-size contributor) is embedded a single time for all the sheets. Give it a whirl!

Streamlined code makes it easier to add specialty features

For example, John Carr requested an occupation list that would start each character with zero beginning funds. Previously this would have involved updating codes in lots of different places, but the recent code streamlining simplifies processes like this considerably. It's also much easier to add new occupation/equipment lists: it's basically as easy as dropping the new files onto the server, so expect a number of new lists in the future! :)

Continuing Support

As this Kidney Stone Marathon has gone on, I've been reminded how much I enjoy working on these tools. But it's your support that makes them available to the community, paying for hosting and publishing costs, as well as helping to purchase new devices and tools to both test and develop the utilities.

With no formal pledge drive this year, this will be my final call until 2016: If you feel inclined to support the free tools, any and all donations will be warmly received.

http://purplesorcerer.com/support.php

I truly appreciate and thank everyone who has supported, and continues to support, Purple Sorcerer Games!

 

New Web Tools

While battling a kidney stone of late, I've hurt a bit too much to sleep, but have had a clear enough head to get in a little coding. So I whipped up web versions of the Mercurial Magic, Demon, and Dragon generators. My pain is your gain! ;)

So here are the newest web tools:

• The Dragon Generator
• The Demon Generator
• Mercurial Magic Generator

One final reminder
Even though we raised enough last year that I'm not doing an official fund raiser for 2015, if you feel inclined to continue supporting the free tools, any and all donations will be warmly received. Thanks to everyone who continues to support Purple Sorcerer Games.

 

Happy Happy Fun Fun

If you've tried to contact me in the last stretch without success, I apologize: It's happy fun fun kidney stone time! I deal with small painful stones fairly frequently, but this is shaping up to be a stone of the "please let me die" variety, and outside of writhing in agony I tend to not get much accomplished. ;)

I had a similar stone 4 years ago and it required surgery: we'll find out tomorrow morning after my cat scan if we need to do so again. Until it's resolved things will be quiet in Purple Sorcerer Land. Take care everyone.