Scintilla Studio

22/03/2024

Well, this may be the easiest question I've ever answered.

06/02/2024

It's here! Precious Things is a one-page RPG about tiny dragons building cozy hoards in the present day. Emily and I gave this game a major glow-up for Zine Month 2024, and you can get it for free on itch.io or help us make tiny dragon stickers.

It's also my second book deal! 🤯 I'll be turning this little world into a full RPG sourcebook with Wet Ink Games later this year.

08/01/2023

For about 2 years or so my job has been to retell the story of extinct animals in D&D. With a proposed update to the game's license, Wizards of the Coast could render the project extinct. Here's the whole story up to now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KfWExVYrkfEWgdfS32j0i...

20/11/2022

There's a story about a werewolf and a robot Emily and I have been working on in the background, and it kind of took off over Halloween! Discover the world of two beat cops in a fantasy world doing their best, and get the best werewolf playlist ever made on Instagram at GuardDogsComic!

Trace and Etch shared a post on Instagram: "The wolf sheet practice for the comic started ferocious… but things change. ". Follow their account to see 14 posts.

14/04/2022

Hey Nerdist, likes our thing! Mage Hand Press readers are going to love this write-up.

Extinct animals like the dodo are getting a new life as mythical beasts in the unofficial Dungeons & Dragons supplement The Book of Extinction.

22/02/2022

returns with Luthic, the Blood Moon Witch, goddess of orcs in - the mama bear who is fully done with everyone's mysogynistic nonsense.

Get it on your podcast platform of choice!

29/12/2021

Let's see. From left to right: ranger, rogue, fighter, cleric, wizard. Am I wrong?

Don't split the party, guys

28/12/2021

"Oh no, you got dinosaur in my chicken!"
"You got chicken in my dinosaur!"

"Accidentally."

22/12/2021

Writing at the intersection of and :

28/10/2021

They're ripping your body out of your body!
The kelledros are body-snatching jungle aliens in Planegea by Atlas Games - here's creator David Somerville making my skin crawl on Making a Monster: https://scintilla.studio/monster-planegea-atlas-games/

18/10/2021

Fizban, guide to D&D's new sourcebook on dragons, is not just a charmingly hilarious grandpa. Get the whole story on Making a Monster with Amy Vorpahl: https://scintilla.studio/monster-fizbans-treasury-of-dragons-with-amy-vorpahl/

17/10/2021

The Kingkiller Chronicle could learn a thing or two from Dungeons & Dragons about the proper maintenance of libraries:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-amy-vorpahl-candlekeep-mystery/

15/10/2021

First of two episodes with Amy Vorpahl releases today! With apologies to Patrick Rothfuss.
https://scintilla.studio/monster-amy-vorpahl-candlekeep-mystery/

This is a quick bonus episode ahead of Mondays release on Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons with one of the cool kids, Amy Vorpahl. She was extremely generous with her time and offered to do a “Making a Monster lightning round” on the monster she created for Candlekeep Mysteries. Follow wherever yo...

23/08/2021

What if Road Runner was 9 feet tall, and raging mad?
This summer I wrote an adventure called "Summer Thunder" featuring a monster called the kulog - it's the Fillipino word for thunder. Can you guess why?

19/07/2021

Being a career creative is about collaborating. Here's a piece I've been working on this summer with a great team of designers and artists:
Terrifying encounters for all your Ravenloft or any other horror-filled campaigns. Incomprehensible nightmares await in Tales From the World's End.

The title includes:
16 horror encounters
18 chilling letters between wicked narrators
15 new monsters
original are and cartography

All of the above for just $9.95 during the release week! Get your copy here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/364792/Tales-From-the-Worlds-End?affiliate_id=1485089