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Some Player Journals

 Okay, this is going to be one of those deals where you came here to get my crabcake recipe, but you have to listen to my whole life story and what happened with great Aunt Eunice during the depression to get there. I'm sorry in advance. 


You're probably here to get the print files for the My Tyranny of Dragons Player Journals. If that's the case, and you have no patience for my story, just scroll down. I'll put a heading there. Otherwise, on to glory!

I'm one of those guys who is super creative, motivated in short stints, has a full-time job (but makes very little money), and can't get a side hustle going because of too many responsibilities and a bad case of ADHD. Why am I telling you this? Well, maybe we can help each other out. "Stay awhile and listen..."


About My Stuff

My first Budget Bespoke post was all about the stuff I made for my Dragon Heist game, including some original STL files I made in Tinkercad of all things. 

Anyway that met with overwhelming positive feedback, but other than the STL files, everything was so unique to my campaign that I didn't share or publish any of it. I feel that I can't sell any of the stuff that I make because of licensing and all that. Also, I don't have the sustained focus necessary to create / produce on the level necessary to make even pennies on the DM's guild. 

Meanwhile, I am producing handouts, encounter cards, item cards, and more on a weekly basis. I am happy to share these things with the community for free because I know how hard it is to get stuff together for a game and how expensive this hobby can be of a DM. 

My Sob Story

I am also struggling. I have a lot of legal debt. My ex-wife left me for another dude like 11 years ago, but took me to court for increased custody 3 times and stopped working, so I pay over half of my paycheck in Child Support, despite having 50/50 Custody. I live in a "No-fault state" so the system is automatically punitive to dads even if the entire fault lies with the mom. I have had to fight and fight just to keep my kids in my life, even though I did nothing wrong. Most months, I go into the red and she is living in a McMansion. 

So, I can use any help I can get. I am setting up a Ko-Fi page. If you can throw me 2 bucks sometime. I would appreciate it. Meanwhile, I'll just keep posting free download links for my creations here. 

The Campaign Journals

Part of what I like to call my Beadle & Grimm inspired budget bespoke series.

I really liked the little journals that they put in the Planescape DM vault. I decided to take a whack at it. I’m also working on some for Rime of the Frostmaiden. I have definitely pirated a lot of art out of the books in order to design these. If I get a copyright strike of some kind, these will disappear.

I printed these myself. I just designed them to print in landscape as a booklet… basically digest size. Open in Acrobat, print landscape (auto rotate) flip on short edge, trim the stupid laser print margins on a slide cutter, and staple bind them. If you print page 1&2 on cardstock, it makes a nicer product. 

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My Tyranny of Dragons Campaign Journal

Donate

I set up a Ko-Fi page. I hope it works!

Bonus Content: IWD Journal - First Draft

This is my first draft for Rime of the Frostmaiden. I am working on another whole box set for that campaign. 

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My Icewind Dale Campaign Journal (First Draft)

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I set up a Ko-Fi page. I hope it works!



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