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karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard · 11 months

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Pre-order Now!

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2023/06/07/pre-order-now/

Get ready for steampunk adventure!

June is a big month. There’s two books available for pre-order – in both paperback and eBook.

Cogs and Curiosities – release date 24th June, 2023

A collection of steampunk short stories, set in same alternate history/steampunk world as The Adventures of Viola Stewart and The Department of Curiosities. Availble to pre-order via author – eBook and paperback Availble to pre-order online – eBook and paperback

The Department of Curiosities (Ed2) – release date 1st July, 2023

Book one of The Department of Curiosities – new edition – with new cover and internal formatting. Availble to pre-order via author – eBook and paperback Availble to pre-order online – eBook and paperback

#alternate history #books #buy books #Cogs and Conspiracies #ebook #fun #new book #new cover #pre-order #pre-order info #short story #short story collection #steampunk #steampunk adventure #The Adventures of Viola Stewart #The Department of Curiosities #writing

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joncronshawauthor · 10 months

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Exploring the Goblin Realms: An Interview with Jaq D. Hawkins

Author Jaq D Hawkins has made a name for herself in the world of fantasy fiction with her captivating world-building and unique characters. In this exclusive interview, we delve into her creative process, inspirations, and what she has in store for readers. Join us as we learn more about this incredible author and get a sneak peek into the fantastical worlds she has created. What inspired you…

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#Airship Mechanoids #author interview #captivating fantasy fiction #creative process #goblin series #Goblin Trilogy #influences #Jaq D Hawkins #pet dragon #quick action #science fantasy #steampunk adventure #themes #unique characters #world-building

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faygos · 3 months

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good morning take my harley-english doodles ☀️

#jake english #jade harley #homestuck #whomstve #classic homestuck #in my brain they have epic steampunk-style globetrotting adventures together #and invent all sorts of wonderful gadgets #i'll get around to drawing it #i need a tag for these two...

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robo-dino-puppies · 3 months

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some prettied-up screencaps of my new favorite trio

+ a bonus

#around the world in 80 days #atwi80d #phileas fogg #jean passepartout #abigail fix #very quietly foaming at the mouth over them honestly #send them on more adventures pls #idk if people do stuff with already-touched-up screencaps but feel free to use them for whatever! no credit needed!#haven't had the energy for gifs but i could knock these out easy #(episodes 2 and 4 did not lend themselves to a great shot of all three but i tried. or the one from ep 8 but i wanted to use it)#also helllllp #i'm semi-seriously considering sewing an abigail outfit #...and furthermore this show has reawakened some previously hibernating Steampunk Feelings in me #i made this

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lesbiciousbeginnings · 4 months

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Today’s Weird Butch Look

#me #I Love cameo pendants. I feel like a steampunk adventurer wearing a portrait of her lover while she’s away from home.

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animepopheart · 10 months

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★ 【Taizo】「 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter

#anime art #scenery #steampunk #adventure #anime #artist: Taizo

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readtilyoudie · 8 months

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Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 7

#animal appreciation #manga(visual)monday #fullmetal alchemist #fma #hagane no renkinjutsushi #hiromu arakawa #edward elric #alphonse elric #winry rockbell #adventure #dark fantasy #steampunk #manga

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weirdlookindog · 8 months

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A Trip to Mars (Himmelskibet, 1918) - Trade ad

#himmelskibet #a trip to mars #1918 #1910s movies #holger-madsen #sci fi #steampunk #adventure #utopia #trade ad

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dailyadventureprompts · 2 years

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Campaign: Iron and Brine

Since the beginning, mortal artifice has only had one aim: to stand against the storms and calamities of our world and say “no more”. Sure we get distracted trying to build a better mousetrap, your clockwork armies, your time controlling clocks and the like, but all if it is rooted in the desire to shield those we love from reality’s next ruinous blow.

... and in some cases, to hit back

-Cosimo, chief artificer in service to the Duke of Alanath

Looking for a subtly steampunk maritime adventure? One that begins with a little mystery and a rather daring con, moves on to dungeon delving, subterfuge, pirate raids and ends with a Pacific Rim style clash between a seamonster and a giant robot piloted by the party? You might not have been looking when you started reading but I bet you are now.

Campaign Start: The Duchy of Alanath is a beacon of progress towards the coming age, airships carrying cargo between most major settlements, advanced naval batteries defending the shore from pirates and worse, secret projects up in hidden mountain foundries that will forever tip the balance of power. , but the root of all this industry threatens to come to a grinding halt when the goods exchange in the Harbour of Breeker’s Bay threatens to turn into a riot.

Dispatched by benefactors with concerns about the market, or merely in town and caught up in all the chaos, the party will either have to get to the bottom of what’s caused this gridlock, or figure out a way to turn the crisis to their benefit, without getting taken advantage of by more shady characters looking to do the same. Regardless of where the party end up, they’ll eventually come into the service of a shadowy schemer with unintentionally heroic goals, who will set the party towards all manner of inadvertent good deeds before having them get to the bottom of the conspiracy at the heart of the duchy’s problems.

Early Game:

Preparations to sail out on the evening tide have been completely derailed when the party realizes the crew of the ship they were attempting to board have been slaughtered, and they’ve stumbled upon the killers in the midst of deposing of the bodies. These killers are no mere pirates, but a cult of cuthroats from the deep who’re looking to intimidate local smugglers and pirates into obedience.

Follow a trail of on-land drownings to discover a merfolk priestess cutting her way through the duchy’s exotic animal dealers. Her niece has been kidnapped for a noble’s menagerie, but does rescuing a child really condone such savage methods?

The party’s patron sees a means of getting close to their target, a fretful and oft distracted duke, by hunting a great beast that’s marauding around the borders of his territory. This hunt goes a bit awry when the beast crashes into an ancient ruin hidden beneath the surface of a lake, which the party will need to explore if they want to deliver a killing blow to their target.

Mid Game

A ship of famed treasure hunters has beached itself miles up the coast, the crew scattering to the winds. After delving the wreck and tracking down some of the sailors aboard, the party discover that they defiled an altar to an ancient sea goddess, and now a monster from the depths is due to hit the nearby port any day now.

Break up a fight between two of the Duke’s most trusted advisors, an arcanist and an artificer, and then escort the artificer on an expedition to some far off ruin under mysterious pretenses. This is the party’s best chance to discover what the Duke’s secret project really is.

Foil an assassination attempt against their patron, Racing against time to save his life and track down the source of the attack. Even if the party manage to pull him back from death, they’ll need to seek out a great act of healing or alchemy to permanently undo the damage.

Throughout their adventure, the party will be hounded by the Duke’s all seeing spymaster, a woman with strange powers and an undying loyalty to her liege. Do the party take her out to fulfill their objectives, or can they convince her that their actions are innocent, and earn a powerful ally in the process?

Late Game

Infiltrate a massive, hidden foundry high in the mountains where a titan sized construct is being assembled piece by piece. A kingdom destroying weapon in the wrong hands, the party will face a difficult choice in joining with the duke’s forces to see the construct completed, halting its progress through sabotage, or finding a means of triggering a meltdown in the robot’s arcane engines.

Hitting the self-destruct button on the giant robot might be a bad idea, as the arcane energies that gave the thing both power and defence, once destabilized, will tare a hole through the fabric of reality and give the party many more problems to deal with than just a petty duke and his tin soldier.

Surprise Surprise! That cult that was chopping up sailors back at the start? Turns out they’ve managed to lure a kaiju into working with them, a terrifying beast that’s capable of summoning tsunami-level tidal waves, meaning it’s capable of levelling coastal ports but attacking any settlement connected to the duchy’s central waterways. If the party has been paying attention to the signs of this cult’s escalating threat, they may be able to convince the power players of the campaign to work together to defeat this beast... if not, the party might’ve just sabotaged their primary means of fighting back against it.

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fwipination · 4 months

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Our dnd players are going to be wrapping up their adventure soon.

Six years, a demi-godship intern, ascension to aasimar, recreation of a godly artifact, building the first ever airship, and saving their oldest friend by making him a dragon...

I had to make them some proper art to celebrate.

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msworn · 1 year

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Thin Slice of Lamb (Dashingdon Demo)

Play the Demo on Dashingdon

An insurance adjuster, armed with an Arcane Forensics degree and surrounded by a group of loyal colleagues, investigates the strange events unfolding in Universe, a city transitioning from flintlock pistols to magic-powered Automations.

Currently sitting at roughly 20 thousand words (~11 per playthrough), this serves as an introduction. I plan to write quickly and release updates very often.

Thin Slice of Lamb (WIP) - Hosted Games / Works In Progress - Choice of Games Forum

What to expect

You are not terribly special.

Romance is present and is going to be an important part, but not the main focus.

Stats are usually more descriptive than prescriptive. Your abilities are limited mostly by specific decisions that you’ve made throughout the game rather than a stat check.

Alternate History 19th century

Not unlike Victorian England

Some magic but it’s very limited. E.g. you can light a candle, but a bonfire would be a challenge.

Romance Options

Three Bisexual ROs (one female, two males). There might be new ones in the future.

Ophelia (F) - sits at your reception desk, draws chalk-on-blackboard advertisements, binds policies. […Ophelia’s used to hearing men’s opinions on what’s best for her. And to ignoring them all the same…]

Jeremiah (M) - young and promising adjuster working at your office. [If you were born yesterday, you would probably be moved by the devilish smile and the half-closed sly eyes that the dark-skinned 20-something employs to trick other people into liking him. Not to mention that the image of impeccable appearance that he maintains with his pinstripe suit is definitively incongruent with his brattish arrogance. ]

Anselm (M) - stoic adjuster working at your office. […soldierly figure towering over you as if a pillar you could hold on to…] […they will see the same lopsided widow’s peak governing over his tall forehead and flowing into a wide, beastly jaw. A face that’s too well-defined to be ugly, and too long to be conventionally handsome.]

#choose your own adventure #choice game #interactive fiction #interactive novel #interactive story #choicescript #dashingdon #cyoa #choice of games #hosted games #demo tba #new wip #if wip #wip #work in progress #steampunk #victorian england #if: intro #if: updates

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karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard · 10 months

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REVEAL: The Department of Curiosities - Ed 2 Booktrailer #3

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2023/07/01/reveal-the-department-of-curiosities-ed-2-booktrailer-3/

Today is re-launch day for second edition of The Department of Curiosities. The new edition – with new cover and formatting – is NOW AVAILABLE in paperback and eBook.

New booktrailers for a new edition.

Revamped booktrailer #3: The Department of Curiosities – Ed 2

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#books #booktrailer #ebook #new cover #new video #novel #paperback #pre-order #steampunk #steampunk adventure #steampunk book #The Department of Curiosities #video #writing #youtube

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exhausted-eternally · 5 months

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Scrolls 'n' Sketchbooks

Hello everyone!

As I have had an influx of new followers lately (likely due to the advertisement of Talviel's Kitchen, along with some of my other books), I would like to share that I have

✨ My Website~ ✨

where I share photos of many of the books (amongst other things) I have made! Here you can find news on things like shop updates, sales, or new projects, my Portfolio containing some of my favorite books & others that proved to be popular, my Commissions sheet, and contact information. Members can receive email updates to notify them of new posts, and starting next year, paid subscribers will be able to receive discounts for my Etsy shop (and possibly commissions as well)!