Hirelings, Henchment, and Historical Habitations for DnD

[@QuestingBeast]

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/questingbeast09221 Get the Staffortonshire map book in PDF: bit.ly/StaffortonshirePDF Get it in Print: bit.ly/StaffortonshirePrint Get Face Folio in PDF or Print: bit.ly/FaceFolio Get Gig Economy in PDF: bit.ly/3SfnLTJ Get Gig Economy in Print: bit.ly/GigEconomyPrint

[@path1024]

Did you just virtue signal to me? I wasn't very impressed.

[@path1024]

You better write the company and tell them to stop being so unwoke.

[@PunnyBears]

holy shit I *neeed* that map book. I am a huge stickler for historical authenticity, even in a regular fantasy campaign, because I figure earth got it right and there's no sense in reinventing that sort of thing. But holy cow, I spend so much time researching building layouts, that book would save my goddamn soul

[@pixledriven]

Huzzah for system neutral content that aren't adventure modules! We need more stuff like this in the hobby.

[@peterhowardlawson]

You're such a great salesperson: I immediately found a copy of the Staffortonshire book in a local store, threw my kids in the car, and drove to the store to buy it.

[@derrickc.7036]

All these book reviews have been so helpful in mapping a mini campaign. Even if I don’t buy some their basic premise always inspires.

[@trioofone8911]

Cool. That London Bridge one is accurate. People built their houses on top of it. It burned down a few times (not the stone bridge...): people rebuilt right on it again. A great thing to remember for your own home brew city--people probably literally live ON the bridges

[@ddis29]

i wish i had that map book back in the pre internet days

[@thecaveofthedead]

The Staffortonshire book looks so useful for those of us who love 17th C tech levels. Totally had the same thought with the face folio. An unexamined bias there.

[@AlVainactual]

Bought both gig economy and the map book, both EXTREMELY useful for campaigns, plus I'm a designer and history nerd and I LIVE for building plans

[@freshhands9461]

That Habitations book is such a great idea! In the right setting, this will be an awesome resource for prepping. Once again, my shopping list grows larger, thanks to you :D

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

The portraits books could be called Rogues & Waifus to better describe its content. All three look great!

[@wholebeachlawip]

my hard copy of ‘Gig Economy’ arrived today. Great book. Love it. Thanks for the tip :)

[@urzaz]

The map book is absolutely something I wish there was more of. That's really great stuff.

[@luisalgimia]

A little search at Gallica BnF will solve your need for maps and save you tons of money :D

[@monkeyblooddesign]

Thanks for reviewing the Staffortonshire book, Ben :) I'm glad you liked it.

[@linkandshiek5522]

Gonna use that map book for writing short stories. Love Victorian manors and alot of them had been around for a few hundred years so it should be useful

[@seileurt]

I backed Face Folio specifially to get the portraits to make tokens for players. It's very useful to have a hundred pictures at your disposal that print well.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

The German RPG Das Schwarze Auge (the Darkj Eye) has done something like the Staffordshire book. Not with as many pages and buildings, but they did add a description and history, a number of NPC's that could live and/or work there without stats and a few adventure ideas. Easily adaptable to any setting. I don't think they have been translated to English though. One was 'Tempel Türme und Tavernen' (Temples, towers and taverns), the other was more focused on fortifications, the 'Armorium Ardariticum'.

[@ivanrichmond3524]

I think I like Staffortonshire the best. I've actually always wanted something like that, and never even thought of someone putting it into one book specifically for TTRPG's. The faces one doesn't look as good to me. As you showed it to us, I didn't see very many faces I'd really use. They seemed to be of one of two types: generic or punked-out (having unusual hairdos, piercing, etc.). Neither style really expressed much of a sense of personality. It looked mostly external. It would probably be easier to just do web searches for graphics for your adventure and then print them out or have the files ready to show to players. That way, you could get something very close to what you want.

[@pez5767]

Such wonderful and unique options. Might need this set!

[@DeltaDemon1]

The maps one is interesting because it includes historically accurate layouts which is not really for the historical accuracy but more for the verisimilitude.

[@philippelegault3928]

Nice overview, especially like the 1st and third book :) Palladium Books also has a some books with castle floorplans in their Weapons line. I don't own them but they're advertised as system neutral. Cheers! :)

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@pendantblade6361]

That John Williams book is amazing.

[@ardentdrops]

I disagree with the notion that the simpler buildings are superfluous. As someone who's never lived in the middle ages it's not immediately obvious to me that low-class homes often don't have dividing interior walls. It's obvious in retrospect, but if it were never explained to me I wouldn't have considered it.

[@TimDecker989]

Glynn Seal is a top notch guy and a top notch content creator. He does great cartography work.

[@mjolasgard2533]

They look great - I'm going to be a poor man!

[@Lycaon1765]

hmm, maybe I could get that map book for my birthday :o

[@paulll47]

As much as some people like to crap on it, lamentations of the flame princess supplements are always high quality, some of the best osr stuff.

[@jimmd68]

True and Glynn Seal's work is pretty amazing stuff! My only problem with LotFP is the constant violence=sex theme, which gets old quick. Raggi is an excellent author and creator though.

[@paulll47]

@@jimmd68 It's a matter of taste I guess, I know it might seem excessive but that is exactly why I like it, no punches pulled and constant weirdness, the game has a cult following for a reason afterall.

[@andyduvall7090]

The quality of a game book does not overshadow the legitimate reasons people have against lotfp, both the company and several of it's authors.

[@paulll47]

@@andyduvall7090 Meh, aside from the whole Zak whatever his name is situation, most of the arguments I heard against them are just people being overly sensitive.

[@feltdeletemightcutelater4597]

@@paulll47 I mean, I think it has most to do with Raggi's weird social media rants at the time, and the fact that he continued to work with Zak after he claimed he was cutting ties. That ultimately drove me to abandon LotFP, even though I was a huge, huge fan.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Fantastic

[@Daniel-Strain]

Does anyone know if DriveThruRPG can print an 8.5x11" book horizontally? (bound on the short side) - thanks!

[@andrewdiaz3529]

Gig economy is great! Got it a while back

[@mikegould6590]

I can see how the NPC text and book of portraits might pair very well! Nice.

[@paulcrosslin6011]

Very cool pamphlets, Questing Beast being super relevant as always. Ben, keep on keepin' on and I will see you when I'm lookin atcha. -Sundog

[@parttimehero8640]

The third book is great but unnecessary if you look at most art history books for architecture, those are actually rather common and you could get more variety as well since this one was rather eurocentric.

[@VhaidraSaga]

Actually it has stuff from all over the world. It shows exactly how to draw them on your maps, to scale, too.

[@DeltaDemon1]

Never understood the need for NPC books. Since campaign worlds are different, they always need to be redone almost entirely. I just create my own. Faster and easier.