ARCADIA #1 Community Creations
Added 2021-02-04 23:00:11 +0000 UTCHey awesome patrons! It’s James Introcaso, your ARCADIA Managing Editor and MCDM’s RPG Line Developer. Thank you so much for the amazing response to Issue #1. I’m enjoying the conversations folks are having about the content here on Patreon, in the MDCM Discord, and on our subreddit.
You’re not just talking about the issue. You made dope stuff! Specifically, many wonderful GMs out there made a bevy of new mounts inspired by Willy Abeel’s “Jumping on Mounted Combat” article. Here’s a few of my favorites from Reddit:
- Adolescent Wyvern and Hadrosaurus Mounts from SoldierXMachina
- Dire Lynx from erikeu4account
- Giant Goat Mount from pepper-jk
- Giant Spider, Rhinoceros, Very Young Blue Dragon, and Young Felidar Mounts from Animus_Glitch
- Hydra Mount by Vasgorath
- Moose Mount from pr1va7e
- Sphen, the Lesser Sphinx, Mount from omer831
If you’re interested in making your own ARCADIA-style mounts, check out this guide from pepper-jk (which also includes a link to their Camel, Elk, Mastiff, Pony, and Riding Horse Mounts). You’ll need that guide if you use erikeu4account’s potion of dire transformation, which turns any Medium or smaller creature into a Large mount. And if you’re running the “Rally at Rakshar” encounter from Willy’s article, g0dxmode has you covered with a beautiful battlemap.
The community creations don’t stop there. PolarSuccess shared this incredible 2D miniature for SAM created by Printable Heroes from Leon Barillaro’s “The Workshop Watches” adventure. Print it out or upload it to a VTT to give SAM a sweet new look.
ARCADIA #1 is also inspiring some great discussions that are helping GMs and players everywhere up their game. Sadie Lowry’s “Uqaviel, the Recreant” article got the MCDM community talking about how cool it is when heroes become villains in this Reddit thread.
If ARCADIA inspired you to create, we want to know. For more awesome creations and to share your stuff, join the MDCM Discord and our subreddit.
All right. Time to keep cranking on Issue #2!
—James
Comments
Also got to note, the Table of Contents page looks gorgeous. The mount article is very cool and how all animal companions should have been dealt with. This side of the game really lacking in 5E D&D and the one subclass that gets one sucks at it. There should be a baseline for Animal Companions. I think feats would have handled it better in the 5E game. Thanks.
Evil GM
2021-09-07 01:09:11 +0000 UTCI love the cross-over coverage here. A retainer for "Strongholds & Followers" for the Titan Heart subclass is an awesome idea.
Evil GM
2021-09-07 00:48:09 +0000 UTCReading through the issues (finally) and leaving a few comments as I go. For the Titan Heart sorcerer, you probably should have that it is a sorcerer subclass in a subheading. That would make it easier searching through issues. You have to get into the article to find that it is for sorcerers. It is cool to be able to go Size Large. A pity it is only a sorcerer that can do so :P Cool little subclass. I like the spells, but they have pretty epic names for minor 1st level spells. I would be picturing something totally different than a few minor effects with spell titles like 'Cataclysm' (which deals psychic damage), 'Glacier' and 'Quake'. :D
Evil GM
2021-09-07 00:41:10 +0000 UTCWHat a great idea to link all the community creations here under the issue. Thanks for that James.
Evil GM
2021-09-07 00:30:06 +0000 UTCI can finally gauge for the moose mount I have in my game! Thank for establishing a type of precedent
2021-04-16 18:07:48 +0000 UTCI finally took a look at the first issue of Arcadia, and I was absolutely blown away! The experience brought back memories of when I used to excitedly flip through the pages of GameInformer as a kid, and I felt that same giddiness as I read through Arcadia. The MCDM team has done amazing work, the articles and the artwork were breathtaking and evocative, and most importantly made me want to immediately run my next session. It's abundantly clear the time and care that went into this project. Reading through The Workshop Watches, I was immensely taken by how charming and unique the concept was. The branching outcomes for S.A.M. were great! I of course also loved Uqaviel, such an awesome character! What really pleased me though and made me want to write to you guys though was the Raskar NPCs table in the Jumping on Mounted Combat article. It was really cool to see the NPCs referred to with pronouns as opposed to just gender/species. It was awesome to see the views Matt talked about in his Sociology of D&D video represented here. Keep up the fantastic work, I look forward to more : )
2021-03-10 17:03:50 +0000 UTCI absolutely love this! Can't wait to tweak the Workshop adventure to match up with my group's PC levels and put them through it
Rael Stanley
2021-02-23 10:51:14 +0000 UTCGreatness from start to finish! Will be running The Workshop Watches soon. Not sure how likely I will be to use the mounts anytime soon but certainly had a lot of fun reading about them. The Titan Heart subclass was really well put together (maybe OP though?). Either way, wish there was some way to create this class as well as any future subclasses from Arcadia using D&D Beyond. Is there any way to partner up with them somehow in the future to make it happen?
Jeffrey Katz
2021-02-18 17:57:57 +0000 UTCAt all times 🤩
Lexi Aniston
2021-02-11 15:16:52 +0000 UTCTreat good artists fair and they make good art, what a concept. World benefits once again from the mind that is MC.
BoB Knarly
2021-02-11 03:59:10 +0000 UTCReally like that you posted this, hope to see more!
Robert Middlemas
2021-02-06 18:14:12 +0000 UTCLove these weekly updates!
Aidan Kruse
2021-02-05 19:12:04 +0000 UTCThis is really cool. Love that you’re spotlighting stuff like this!
Seb Jones
2021-02-05 12:58:49 +0000 UTCBravo. Just like Colville once said to Mercer, take what the community creates and feed it to itself.
Alvaro Piedrafita
2021-02-05 09:12:44 +0000 UTCThank you for showing off my mount!
omer831
2021-02-05 07:24:30 +0000 UTCOh damn, I started that linked thread about flipping the meta! Sweet post, and it's so cool seeing everyone's custom mounts. Such a pleasant community.
The Panelist
2021-02-05 03:36:11 +0000 UTCHey, your map was fantastic, no wonder they would show it off
Schoopdoop McGoop
2021-02-05 03:16:30 +0000 UTCWhoa! You showed off my map! Thank you so much! <3
2021-02-05 02:30:16 +0000 UTCIts so cool that you are signal boosting the amazing stuff yall helped inspire! Keep up the good work!
2021-02-05 02:12:08 +0000 UTCSo cool! Thanks for compiling these into a convenient place.
Jacob Montague
2021-02-05 00:37:05 +0000 UTCMan I love how involved with the community MCDM is.
Hayden Dent
2021-02-04 23:18:22 +0000 UTCWell the community is why we're all here! We love showing this stuff off. -Matt
MCDM Productions
2021-02-04 23:17:32 +0000 UTCThis is exciting! Spotlighting community fanwork/homebrew is something that really exemplifies the spirit of Arcadia, I think.
Kammer
2021-02-04 23:16:23 +0000 UTCThis is awesome, thank you for showcasing people's engagement with Arcadia is so great to see your engagement with the community. This inspires me to create more!
Roman Penna
2021-02-04 23:13:25 +0000 UTCAwesome post, thank you!
Michael Shea
2021-02-04 23:05:36 +0000 UTCbeauty
jeffrey conway
2021-02-04 23:05:00 +0000 UTC
