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J.N. Butler is a graphic artist who loves illustrating the fantastic and the macabre. They are inspired by the expressive power of ink — be it traditional or digital. They are also an experienced GM and TTRPG game writer and designer. And their most popular publication is a collection of NPCs and illustrations for Quest RPG called, Monster Manifest. They have a BFA in Drawing from University Of Cincinnati DAAP and an MA in Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University.
Monster Manifest
Quest NPC Stat Generator
The Waiting
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A Novel Dungeon   - Start making dungeons out of your favorite books!
RUNE Quick Start Edition   - Quick start for the RUNE roleplaying game
24 Game Poems   - Twenty-four short, evocative role playing games for two or more players.
How to make cool TTRPG pamphlets   - A free pamphlet teaching how to make RPG pamphlets
The Monomyth Thread   - an essay and heap of game parts inspired by a conversation
dialect backdrop template!   - a template i made for creating your own dialect material
Planetary Loop   - Travel the system as everything ends. Then start again.
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NOVA Creator Kit   - A toolkit for making your own content for the NOVA RPG.
MEGALOS: NEW GAME   - Free quick-start introductory adventure for MEGALOS
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Turn   - a slice-of-life, rural supernatural RPG about shapeshifters in small towns
HEARTMELTER   - worldbuild together — journal in secret
This Town of Ours   - A short taboo generator for the creation of fictional cultures
Bear Fight   - A business card rpg about a bear war.
LIGHT: Spark   - The first season for LIGHT. A spark leads to a brilliant light.
Maustrap   - A level 0 Mausriter game mode.
In the Light of a Setting Sun: Bonanza Edition   - Wild Western Roleplaying Game
52 Days on the Ice   - A GMless game for Two Players
The Dungeon Game   - A small dungeon building & crawling game for kids.
BAD MOON   - a game to play with the Moon that has wronged you
FloorScream   - The Only RPG You'll Ever Need
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The Cloister   - A two player storytelling game about the last hour of a long journey home
Village Witch Post   - A postcard game for a witch writing letters about her new home.
Wise Women   - A ttrpg about witches using plant magic to protect their community, while having to navigate its prejudices and taboos.
Our Hero Neighbors 2E   - A new game of community, collaboration, and cooperation
a loud noise in a quiet place   - A tabletop story game for one or two players about temporary hearing loss
Lichcraft   - An RPG about trans necromancers
Crossing the Seven Stars   - A 2-player game about useless lesbians mutually pining for each other across lifetimes
Roller Rink Redux   - a game about revisiting things that scared you as a closeted queer middle schooler