Similar to my AI-generative experiments with MidJourney, I’ve been dabbling with AI to produce expanded content for homebrew campaign settings. It’s been kind of fun to upload some basic outlines and concepts to something like ChatGPT and then watch what it spits out. After some back and forth fine-tuning, the results end up pretty good (in my opinion). The re-skinned dwarfs I was calling the Komari Xul from the last post turned out pretty good. That started with little more than the Bazen Pur files in my links section and a detailed prompt outlining some thematic goals and sources of inspiration. Below is another example for a OD&D re-skinned halfling class using the same approach and files.
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Komari Xul –The Severed Breed
A re-skinned OD&D Dwarf Fighting-man for the Bazen Pur Campaign Setting
“We Were Not Born. We Were Broken Into Being.”
Overview
The Komari Xul are not a natural people. They are a crafted breed, shaped by inhuman hands in steaming flesh-vats beneath the Peaks of Dawn, where light could not reach and screams echoed for centuries. They were not born of womb or love, but conjured from clay, bone slush, and fire-glass. Their flesh is packed dense with calcified memory; their sinews laced with arcane ligament runes.
Still alive and gaming! Once again, I’ve fallen far behind on posting game reports. While I haven’t been blogging, I’ve certainly been running the campaign. This session occurred months ago. We’re scheduled to play session 11 next week. Anyway, see this post for a recap of Session 5.
When not gaming or working, I’ve had the opportunity to harvest medicinal plants and berries to make a tincture, some syrups, and a jam. After sitting about eight weeks in alcohol, my yarrow tincture is ready. I also made some delicious thyme and lemon syrup that not only was good for some coughs the kids had (not COVID!), but also for some lovely cocktails! Lastly, just this morning, I was finally able to harvest the now purplish elderberries. Didn’t get a lot thanks to the birds that also find the berries delicious, but enough to present my loving partner with a tasty jam this morning. Here are some pics of the yarrow tincture before moving on to the game report!
