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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/10/2026

A bit more time today lets me redo... MÖRKTOBER DAY 1: GOAT The RITUAL GOAT MASK is a powerful relic, granting a BOON and BANE to any who dare wear it.

The legendary relic, "RITUAL GOAT MASK"

The image depicts a dark skinned figure wearing a flowing dark gray cloak, holding it open for all to view the secrets within. On their face they wear a yellowed goat skull and around their neck a silver amulet depicting some astrological-adjacent symbol with horns. The figure stands before a pink background.

In yellow mismatched text, "RITUAL GOAT SKULL" and "as shield."

Underneath, a yellow title reads "RAM!" and a white subtitle states "GIVE 'EM THE HORNS!". The BOON grants the wearer the ability to "when winning initiative, deal weapon damage +2."

In bold pink text, the BANE reads "stubborn." The descriptor text, in yellow, reads "cannot hide or flee from foes"

In the upper left corner in yellow hand-written text, "Morktober, ARJECU '26, goat"

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/10/2026

MÖRKTOBER DAY 1: GOAT A quick, last minute entry for the day. The GOAT MASK grants a boon and a bane to any who dare wear it. (In retrospect, I would have named them differently. 🤷)

Legendary artifact known as the goat mask. When worn, treated mechanically as a shield, grants a boon and a bane.

The boon is “charge.” When winning initiative, deal +1 weapon damage. Probably should have been called “ram”. Whoops.

The bane is “stubborn.” Cannot hide or flee from foes.

To the left of the image is a tanned figure wearing gray hood and robes and a silver amulet with a rough depiction of a horned figure within. On their face they wear a sunbleached goat skull.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Magnet tiles dungeons tiles wave 2 is finished. Made some bridge pieces and a few more land tiles. I’m debating painting the edges black too, but I know it won’t stand up to regular use and wear and tear.

Five magnet tiles painted as dungeon tiles in a straight line. Dungeon tile, rope bridge, dungeon tile with glowing runes, robe bridge, and standard dungeon tile.

An oranges cloaked wizard holding a scroll and scythe looks upon the areas they must travel to get to the portcullis stone gate at the far end.

The dungeon tiles are painted in various shades of gray and white with a dirty brown wash.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Here are the land and sea tiles I’d mentioned. I still really like how they turned out.

A magnet tiles configuration (5-5-4-3-3-1) from a downward perspective.

13 tiles are painted hues of blue and green to look like the ocean with white squiggles painted white to depict waves.

8 tiles are painted various shades of brown, some with elevation and sand to look like land.

Each of the 8 land tiles has skeleton minis, painted bone white, and a small wooden treasure chest and/or canvas sack filled with possible ill-gotten loot.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 26/09/2026

Making up some more dungeon tiles from magnet tiles. Awhile back I made some nature and sea tiles and they work great and were a lot of fun to make. I’m not one for super precise movement/placement by inch grid or hex, so this modularity works perfect for me.

A series of 10 magnet tiles painted black from an downward angle in a 2-4-4 arrangement.

Each tile has the outline of bricks on it to give the illusion of a paved floor.

The same tiles from picture one arranged in a 2-4-4 downward angle picture.

They are now painted various shades of gray and brown and white to make what appears to be bricks and stonework pop against the black and dark grey background.

Placed atop three of the tiles are three miniature double doors painted in the same scheme. One is a portcullis, one a wooden double doors painted, and the third an open arch.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 25/09/2026

COMING SOON... Storm CASTLE MÖRK & defend LJUSSTADT from COUNT VANIA'S rage before TIME RUNS OUT! VANIA is vampire horror meets arcade action by way of MÖRK BORG. VANIA streamlines MÖRK BORG's simple rules with a focus on quick play, short campaigns, & one shots. arcanejellycult.itch.io/vania

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 19/09/2026

Game day open table all set up and just awaiting players here in half an hour or so. Reading through my notes and prepping my pirate voice for Talk Like A Pirate Day! What treasures and dangers will the players find in the Dead Man’s Cove?!

Picture of a game table with a sea map depicting a small cove. Three ships stand ready to enter the cove guarded by a ship made of yellowed bone.

Various rules primers and character sheets are scattered about with two Pirate Borg Player’s Guidebooks. A small black treasure chest sits behind the map with various minis and a Pirate Borg boom sat atop.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 17/09/2026

This Saturday’s Talk Like A Pirate Day game of Pirate Borg for a local open table rpg meet up group is a go. I may have gone a bit overboard in my prep and decided to kitbash some pirate ships together. Did I need to? No. Was it fun? Yes.

Six pirate ships on a hex map of the open ocean.

Four are “regular” ships, with flags and dirty white sails depicting, black diagonal stripes, blue vertical stripes, red diagonal stripes, and a green skull and crossbones respectively.

Ship five is a “bone ship” that is painted yellow-white, with sails made of bat wings and the planks made of bones. (Read: plastic Halloween spider legs)

Ship six has purple wooden planks and a yellow, aged sail. Draped over the wood are torn bits of old sail. Very Scooby doo meets pirates adjacent.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 25/08/2026

To quote, “This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.”

Batman breaking a gun in two saying “this is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.”

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 24/08/2026

Per @owlbear.rodeo head dev Mitch's own admission: YES. They use AI in coding for the site. They really buried the lede on this one and danced around it. Glad to have confirmation that Owlbear Rodeo caved and uses AI. Do with this what you will. I won't be using Owlbear Rodeo anymore. Gross.

Screenshot from the Owlbear Rodeo subreddit where Mitch (u/mitchemmc) confirms that they use AI.

"Yeah that’s a lot about what spurned this post.

We’ve been small bits of AI assisted code development for a while. In a code editor it worked a little like autocomplete. I’d start writing the syntax for a for loop and it will add the rest of the plumbing work then I can start writing the actual logic. Then the editors started offering tools where it would write the logic, I would describe the algorithm I wanted and it would put fill in the blanks. Then they started offering tools where it would build a full feature just by describing it. I first tried this when we were building our custom sync engine and it was a disaster so I deleted everything and wrote it from scratch.

Now the AI coding tools are one step removed from this again, they want to build the whole app for you (they don’t even show you the code anymore). And I’ve been trying this for a lot of this year. It’s supposed to be so much faster. But again it’s always just a disaster and I’ve thrown most of that code out.

So yeah we’ll still use a little bit of AI to autocomplete our syntax, or write the algorithm I want. But for the foreseeable future we won’t be anywhere near the vibe coding area of the industry.

And just to make doubly sure, this doesn’t mean we support AI in any other capacity. We haven’t and will never use AI art, music or anything in a creative capacity"

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 21/08/2026

I’m a sucker for all of the background characters and weird aliens in Star Wars. I love the designs! In particular I love Long-Snoot from A New Hope. He’s got that shy guy long snout and goggles and I’m here for it. If I have to choose a main character… I’d have to think on it.

Garindan aka “Long Snoot” action figure from the Star Wars Power of the Force Line. He wears a long gray cloak and hood. Below he has a dark brown mask with a long cylindrical snout and goggled eyes. Under his cloak he wears dark gray nondescript pants and shirt with black leather gloves and knee high boots.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/08/2026

TODAY AT GENCON… I did a last minute Dungeon Crawler Carl book signing with Matt and Jeff. Participated in the D&D Dungeon Dare deathtrap dungeon. Did some last minute dealer hall purchases and a few scavenger hunts. And checked out Dragonbane, which I very much enjoyed. I get why so many dig it

A shot of many lining up to have their books signed by Matt (left) and Jeff (right) of Dungeon crawler Carl fame

D&D poster that says in vertical letters on the bottom left “dungeon dare” with an image of a lich above a gravestone with a skeleton crawling out of it

Picture of a Dragonbane bio for Alberic Gleamheart, the dwarven merchant and treasure hunter. Behind the bio is a list of Dragonbane mechanics and nearby is a set of black polyhedral and an expo marker

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/08/2026

I am so beat. I didn’t even bother with the last two hours of the dealer hall, I’m lounging in my room instead to end Gen Con. Whew! YESTERDAY I did the D&D Carnival and it was great. I did the Bloodfields mega game. And I checked out Tunnels & Trolls. It was fun! I need to read/play more though!

Swag from the D&D carnival. Including a black dice bag with a red oversized d20 with a liquid core.

A series of spot the difference forgeries of various fantasy scenes. The top half of a poster that reads dungeons & dragons.

My character sheet for the carnival with the various ability score based quests I had to undertake to pass my bardic quest.

Lastly an early reader copy of the Baldur’s gate 3 astarion book by t. Kingfisher. It features astarion in his traditional garb with a golden goblet in hand.

A shot of my tunnels and troll character sheet, not filled in. A yellow mechanical pencil rests on top and six red and white dice sit nearby.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 01/08/2026

Wow! What an experience. BLOODFIELDS AT BATTLESTAR STATION was one of my favorite events at GEN CON. @dngnclub.itch.io @panictable.com knocked it out of the the park! PYRAMID PLASTICS may have perished, but plastic is forever. It’s in our hearts.* *Literally. Legal made us add that disclaimer

Mothership character sheet for the Bloodfields at blackstar station event. I played Giovanni, a Union organizing teamster.

Also pictured is the Bloodfields Prom pamphlet with a picture of a couple. One has a disco ball head and a prom suit, the other a prom dress and a single glowing eye flanked by blonde hair.

Below is a badge ribbon reading “I died in the Bloodfields!”

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 01/08/2026

Tag yourself. I’m… 24/7 Anime And banh mi

Merriam Webster’s new words by birth year feature. For 1985 we have 24-7, adware, air fryer, alternative country and pop, anime, antiresorptive, banh mi, and more.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 01/08/2026

LASTLY on DAY TWO I caught a comedy improv show from the CHAOS & CRAWLERS crew running the DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL RPG and got an evening of laughs and some cool swag.

Swag from chaos and crawlers. Four trading cards depicting each comedian’s character. A badge ribbon that says “by his left tit” and “chaos and crawlers”. Lastly a bookmark featuring a character from the DCC books, Samantha, yelling “I WILL KEEP YOUR PLACE!”

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 01/08/2026

DAY TWO of GEN CON was one for the books. Started off taking 2ND PLACE at NASCRAG and won a cool Fez. Ate some delicious Arepas. Got some dealer hall time in. Got into a last minute game of DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL RPG. Took 2ND PLACE and got table MVP in the PIRATEBORG “Into the Maelstrom” tourney

Red fez with a golden tassel. Says “NASCRAG SURVIVOR GEN CON 2026 - second placed on it.

Bio of “BEEF SUPREME” from the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG. Beef is a Romanian circus performer with a penchant for showmanship and explosions.

My table MVP prize was a copy of pirate borg’s player’s guidebook. I had my table sign the cover for me to commemorate the rad experience.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 31/07/2026

I’ve been wearing this fez all day. I’m not even a fez person, but I love it!

Red fez with golden tassel that reads “NASCRAG SURVIVOR 2026 - 2nd Place”

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 31/07/2026

Let’s see what day two of GEN CON will hold! Today is mostly my dealer hall day. Day one was rad, with PIRATE BORG, ETERNAL RUINS, and winning the SHADOWDARK tournament!

Pic of the shadow dark tabletop with a giant hex map of the ocean. Flanked on every side is dice and character sheets

Dry erase character sheet of my eternal ruins character Elias and some dice

Golden Minotaur statuette denoting the winners of the crimson crucible tournament

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 31/07/2026

One hell of an end cap to day one of GEN CON was winning @lurkingfears.bsky.social SHADOWDARK: CRIMSON CRUCIBLE tournament! Jason knocked it out of the park as GM and our table had an absolute blast.

Trophy declaring the holder the winner of the Lurking Fears’ Shadowdark tourney at Gen Con 2026.

The top half is the golden head of the Minotaur and the bottom half is the black trophy bit with the above text.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 30/07/2026

GEN CON has started off with a bang. The opening ceremonies was rad. Afterwards did a quick peek at the dealer hall before rushing off to a PIRATE BORG take and play. We had a lot of fun. The ship combat was a standout for us.

Picture of a hex sea map for Pirate Borg. Three Pc controlled ships flee from a cove filled with ghost vessels and a kraken.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 24/07/2026

5 DAYS UNTIL GEN CON THIS ISN'T A DRILL While I have a busy one ahead of me, I'm always game to put names to faces of mutuals. I'm seeing CHAOS & CRAWLERS Playing in PIRATE BORG, THE ETERNAL RUINS, SHADOWDARK, D&D, MOTHERSHIP, TUNNELS & TROLLS, & DRAGONBANE Competing in NASCRAG & some tourneys

My five day schedule for Gen Con 2026. It is broken down by hour blocks and day.

Wednesday includes arrival in Indy and seeing Chaos & Crawlers that evening.

Thursday is a busy day, including opening ceremonies, Pirate Borg, The Eternal Ruins, and capping off with a Shadowdark tournament.

Friday morning is competing in NASCRAG with a big break for the dealer hall, followed by a Pirate Borg tournament and Chaos & Crawlers again.

Saturday is the D&D Carnival, a Mothership battle Royale tournament, and Tunnels & Trolls: A New Age.

Sunday is the final day, featuring D&D and Dragonbane.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 19/07/2026

"DEATH AT DISMAL KEEP" is the first official supplement for THE OSDK design movement originating from DISMAL KEEP 1e. One part bestiary (over 9000 entries) and one part mega-dungeon adventure where you fight each one in a nondescript 10x10 room. Kickstarter in December. Seeking $2 million.

Fake cover for a fake game, "DEATH AT DISMAL KEEP"

A black and white image of some river mermaid monsters lounging in front of a keep. The woman is naked, so I had to censor her bits because otherwise bluesky would tag my post as inappropriate. cool. thanks. it's classic art, you boobs.

in the bottom left is a blue circle with ODSK written on it (old school dismal keep.) In the top right is a poorly drawn yellow star with handwritten black test that states "over 9000 mobs!!!".

on the bottom of the fake cover it says "an osdk supplement by arjecu"

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 18/07/2026

With this news I’m formally founding the OSDK (old school Dismal Keep) as a competing design movement that will supplant DK 3e. LONG LIVE THE OSDK! #osdk

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 17/07/2026

Here's a preview of HUNTERS OF DISMAL KEEP Sharks, I'm seeking $1 million USD and a movie franchise. Hoping to follow in @voxparlour.bsky.social's shoes.

Two images of fake previews for the fake game, "Hunters of Dismal Keep". They're just poorly taken screen shots, between the two of them they say:

"HUNTESR OF DISMAL KEEP PREVIEW
DO NOT STEEL

HUNTING & SCAVENGING
After you kill a magical beast, you can spend (IDK) 10 minutes scavenging or something. (Research cleaning animal corpses)

Roll a D6:
1. Nothing
2. Fur
3. Teeth
4. Bones
5. Leather
6. Magical something I guess idk

CRAFTING
If you have enough time and scavenged stuff you can make stuff from it. Like armor and weapons and stuff. (Very loosey goosey because I can’t be bothered to create rules for this stuff.)

I guess this takes place between adventures, so plan accordingly.

EASY CRAFTS
Potions, small weapons and stuff
- difficulty 3
- successes 2

MEDIUM CRAFTS
Clothing and cosmetics, weapons too?
- difficulty 3
- successes 4

HARD CRAFTS
Cool looking heavy armors
- difficulty 4
- successes 4

ELITE CRAFTS
Like super special armor that offers resistances and stuff
- difficulty 5
- successes 6"

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 17/07/2026

Really excited for my first "Born in Dismal" hack based on @voxparlour.bsky.social's excellent and critically acclaimed DISMAL KEEP line. HUNTERS OF DISMAL KEEP expands the system to include the original idea of monster hunting and crafting from their scavenged remains. Kickstarter coming November

The fake cover for a fake hack of a fake game, called "Hunters of Dismal Keep". The cover is black and white with a public domain image of two figures in night clothes arguing in heavy black and white pen work. The image is bordered in black, with white text above reading "Hunters of Dismal Keep" and below reading "a licensed Dismal Keep hack by arjecu."

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 13/07/2026

God this is such a great source of inspiration. Jun Suemi's style is just spectacular. I decided to do a quick and dirty ten minute digital ink sketch & color of my take on Suemi's Wizard. I tried to match colors as best as my colorblind eyes would allow.

Quick and dirty sketch/color, inspired by the works of Jun Suemi in the NES classic Wizardry.

A dark beared figure wields magic in his right hand and a mace in his left. He wears a shaded green short sleeved tunic with a yellowy leather chest piece and golden belt with a circular moons motif. He also wears yellowy leather boots and a cuff on his left wrist. Above his tunic and leather chest piece is a sweeping red cloak that covers both of his shoulders and goes to his calves. It's clasped together by a golden brooch with a purple gem inlaid. His right hand is bejeweled with golden bracelets and rings, two of which also house purple gems. He casts a purple-hued spell that emanates from his hand.

A text reads: "Wizards - dread sorcerer who knows the magicks of priests and magus. Evil cultist."

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 06/07/2026

Looking for my game design stuff? You can find me over on itch: arcanejellycult.itch.io Or on rpg-trader: rpg-trader.com/creator/118/... Or even on my barely updated blog: arcanejellycult.bearblog.dev Happy gaming!

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 06/07/2026

The page limitations are just one more page, basically front and back of a letter sized piece of paper. So very limited! Here's where I ended up landing. I appreciate the feedback, helped me drill down on what I wasn't happy with.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 05/07/2026

Time to kill some darlings. I'm trying to optimize as much gamable space as possible given the page limits of #AppxNJam 2026. I'm attempting a torn cover with stats below, but am not totally convinced by the execution. I'm thinking about scraping cover's stat block. I'd love some feedback.

Cover A for "The Fountain of Weal" as described in the alt text in the quoted post. The cover is not torn (but is worn) and features no gamble stat block.

Cover B for "The Fountain of Weal" as described in the alt text in the quoted post. The cover is torn (and worn) and features the stat block for a creature, "Water Weird", under the torn cover.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/07/2026

I've been working on my #AppxNJam 2026 entry in my fleeting free time today and I think I got my cover in order with as much time as I can spare. I feel like this sets the tone pretty well. Now onto finding time to write and design!

A fake, weathered 1960s swords and sandals inspired fiction book, "The Fountain of Weal" by "arjecu".

Underneath the creases, smudges, and weathering, a moon-themed woman stares down upon a tanned and fur-loincloth wearing barbarian as he ascends a long stone staircase, carpeted in resplendent crimson and gold. At the top of the stairs is a set of various bones and a skull near a fountain. Emerging from the fountain is some sort of strange, enraged water elemental type creature.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/07/2026

Been trying to make designated time, no matter how limited some days, to draw some more. It’s tough! I’ve been in a science-fantasy mood, so here’s a techy-magus dude.

A science-fantasy tech-magus. They wear a tattered and dusty cloak and hood. Peeking out are two glowing yellow eyes and a weathered metal rebreather of some sort with neon green tubing. The tech/magus’ body is wrapped in soiled bandages and they wear a simple brown tunic, tattered with age. Upon their waist is a hemp rope belt with two nondescript techy-looking devices on their hip. Their left hand casts some sort of oily dark blue magic.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 01/07/2026

I’ve been running a solo adventure using @emielboven.itch.io’s The Electrum Archive. I never really got solo play until recently, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised to be having such a good time. Here’s one of my crew: Kor the Manhunter. A fleshgraft session went awry and he now has a crab arm.

A science-fantasy character from my ongoing solo play of The Electrum Archive. Kor the Manhunter has an aqua colored crab arm and wears a weathered brown duster with flowing blue trousers and brown boots. He wears a tattered red cloak and a strange airfoil shaped helmet that reveals his lower face like an odd Batman mask. His left hand and side is covered in a skin tight dark brown wetsuit. He carries a telescope.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 02/06/2026

I’ve not drawn regularly in a minute, so I did a few warm up quick fifteen minute drawings tonight. Here’s one!

In inky black caverns beneath the fortress, two goblins (one burly and carrying a large sword, the other stout and wielding black flames) lead a horde of unknowable quantities of goblins towards the surface.

Above a fortress sits solitary in the pitch,light only coming from he moon and stars. A lone guard patrols the decaying battlements oblivious to danger lurking nearby.

Drawn in digital inks in only black and white using a scratchy pen.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 07/05/2026

Someone please tell me that I’m funny.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 30/04/2026

The cool thing is that I look like a less rad Jake from Chinatown. So if you need any noir detective work, I’m your private dick.

Jake Gittes, portrayed by Jack Nicholson, in the film Chinatown. He wears a gray fedora, sunglasses, and bandages over a recently broken nose.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 05/03/2026

I’ve been trying my best to emulate that old black and white cross-hatch filled OD&D art style while maintaining whatever passes for my “style.” I think I did pretty good? Definite room for improvement, but I’m pretty pleased with it.

A black and white cross-hatched rendition of a dungeon scene in an old school D&D adjacent style.

The scene features an angry cultist wearing a jeweled ram medallion on the left. They’re dressed head to toe in strange robes with a droopy but pointed hood. Only their angry face can be seen.

In the bottom right is a feral rat lunging upwards, eyes crazed and wide, mouth agape ready to sink its vicious fangs into its prey.

In the upper right is torn and tattered banner.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 10/02/2026

I abandoned ship a bit after the watercolors failed (user error) and just finished it off with paint brush markers. It was fun going non-digital again, even if I see where I went wrong.

Warduke from the 80s D&D action figure line. He wears goofy blue chain on his left arm and leg, a fur loincloth, black leather boots and shoulder guard, a golden demon belt, and spiky metal gauntlets and boot cuffs. He wears a blue batwing helmet that conceals his face except for glowing red eyes. He carries a metal demon face shield in his right hand and points forward with his left.

Bad watercolor and fun paint markers.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 10/02/2026

February Day 2, 17th overall. Continuing the iconic D&D action figure line in this paper mini style. Today we're playing with nefarious Warduke, skulking Zarak, and wicked Kelek.

Three fantasy figures from the '80s D&D line. Warduke, Zarak, and Kelek.

Warduke keeps getting autocorrect as Warlike, so heads up. He wears blue chain on his left side with black leather boots. He has a spiky black and red pauldron and spiky metal gauntlet and boot cuff on his left side. He wields a corrupted magical sword in his left hand and a metal shield with a demon's face on his right. He wears a furry loin cloth, held in place by a golden belt with a demon's face on it. He has a winged blue metal helm that obscures his face, but causes his eyes to glow a wicked red.

Next is Zarak, a half-orc assassin of some sort. He wears a dark blue gambeson over dark brown trousers and black boots that are stitched together. He wears red leather gloves and a black and red leather mantle over a dark blue tattered cloak. He has two brown leather belts, with a pouch on his right side and two daggers accented with gold on his left. In his right hand he carries. golden dagger. He has a dark blue hood that slightly obscures his green, scarred face. Two ears poke out.

Lastly is the evil wizard Kelek. He is a hunched over pale, elderly man. He is bald, but has a crimson gem embedded in his forehead. He has a long grey and white beard with a long mustache. He wears a black, flowing robe that covers his body to his ankles. The ends of the sleeves and bottom of the robe are decorated in a crimson red pattern. He wears red canvas slacks and black leather boots. His forearms poke out of his oversized, flowing sleeves, covered in dirty wrappings. In his left hand he wields some sort of red magic, in his right he carries some sort of magical focus that looks like a golden amulet. His robe has a vampire's cowl behind him, flanked by spikes on his shoulders.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 09/02/2026

Day 1 of February and 16 overall. More knights and a wizard based off my son’s castle playset!

Three figures, two knights flank a gnome wizard.

The first knight wears chainmail and a chain hood with an orange surcoat. The armor is accented with four black diamonds and a brown leather belt, gloves, and boots. In her right hand is a sword held aloft and her left rests on the leather scabbard attached to her belt. She is tanned.

The second is a gnomish wizard, standing about half as tall as the knights. He has wild white hair and large mustache under a golden crown. He has darker skin and wears a red robe accented with golden fabric. He wears a golden cloak clasped together with a gold rope. In his right hand is a glowing staff with a magical yellow gem. In his left he wields some sort of yellow magic.

The last knight also wears chainmail and a chain hood, but with a purple surcoat. His armor is accented with four black diamonds and a black leather belt, gloves, and boots. He carries a small wooden shield in his right hand and a glaive in his left. He is pale, with dark eyes and a great dark brown mustache. Mustaches rock.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 06/02/2026

Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. (Wrong answers only.) Gandalf. Obviously!

It is in fact NOT Gandalf. It is James Earl Jones depicting Thulsa Doom in the ‘80s Conan The Barbarian movie.

He wears a quasi-ancient Egyptian headdress and cultist robes with a giant brass girdle. On his back he wears a cloak that looks as if make from some sort of ghillie suit material.

I can’t help with what colors things are, sadly I don’t see them very well. Sorry.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 31/01/2026

Day 15. I made and posted a new thing about half of the month between travel and illness. I’ll take it! I decided to draw up some of the iconic D&D action figures in the simple “paper mini” style I’ve been playing with: Strongheart, Mercion, and Peralay.

Three classic D&D action figures characters.

First up is Mercion, the good cleric. She wears shining plate with a yellow surcoat and white hooded cloak. On her surcoat is black Pegasus. She wears a dark brown leather belt and lighter brown gloves and boots. In her right hand she carries a golden holy symbol with a Pegasus inlaid and in her left a quarter staff. She has fair skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes.

Next is Strongheart, the lawful good paladin. He wears shining chain and plate and a winged helm with blue plumage and the visor up. He wears a blue gray chain cape and has a blue skirt. On his chest is an azure lion sigil. He has a black leather belt and boots. He has an olive skin tone and dark mustache. In his right hand he raises a long sword.

Last is Peralay the elf. He is a mix of a fighter and a wizard. He wears chain with a green surcoat that goes to his claves that is accented with small golden bucklers. He wears a dark green cloak with a vampire like collar and brown leather belt, bandolier, and turned up toe booties. He has pale skin with pale blonde shoulder length hair. He wears a golden circlet. In his right hand he carries a wooden shield with a golden griffon’s head painted on it and in his left he carries a shimmering green magical sword.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 28/01/2026

Day 14. The Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. While MPatHG doesn’t always hit for me (‘tis but a scratch), I always have dug the design of their black knight. Boars are rad as hell.

The black knight from Monty python and the holy grail.

He wears dark gray chain under a weathered black surcoat depicting a crimson boar’s head as the knight’s sigil. He wears black leather gloves that grip a two handed sword in his left. His right hand is raised to a point and he states plainly that “none shall pass.”

He wears a dark brown belt with light metallic accents and a medium gray bucket helm with many rivets.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 26/01/2026

Day 13 and also #goblinweek Day 1 Glibbik the Goblin Knight. He just wants to be a hero!

Glibbik the Goblin Knight is a green goblin with a shock of bright verdant hair. He grins with his left hand raising a weathered dark gray sword and his left foot rests upon a battle-scarred bucket helm.

Glibbik wears a faded red surcoat with the sigil of a fish skeleton on a metallic shield. Underneath he wears dark gray short-sleeved chain. Over it all is a tattered black cloak.

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arjecu but a vampire @arcanejellycult.itch.io · 22/01/2026

Day 12. I’ve really been enjoying this little paper mini style, but wanted to spice up the posing. Red knight on a horse. Let’s go!

A Red Cross Knight sits upon a black horse speckled with gray over a green grassy field.

The Red Cross knight wears light chain with a red surcoat with a white cross over the chest and skirt. He also wears an armored helm with a visor and crimson plumage. Over his shoulders is a crimson cloak. In his right hand he carries a massive dark metal axe. In his left he holds the horse’s reins.

The black horse is speckled with gray and wears a crimson horse blanket with faded gold accents. On top is a brown leather saddle.

In the background is a single black pike driven into the green grassy field. It carries a crimson banner that waves in the wind.

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