Empire of Bones

A project in Phoenix, AZ by Christopher Willett
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The sequel to The Painted Wastelands rises from the moldy grave.
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Dates: Jan 26th -> Feb 17th (22 days)
Project By: Christopher Willett
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Latest News

The Genie of the Sands

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Here we are with less than 24 hours left, and I have a sweet preview that Tim just finished!  My favorite thing to do in our books is to go back through Tim's Comics and find a moment we can recreate in game. Eagle eyed... (Read More)

We Want You to Join the Knights of Dust

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Let's take a little peak at a page from Empire of Bones These are just the inks. It'll be in color. Tim and I spent a lot of time talking about the Knights of Dust in our brainstorming sessions. They are grim and solitary... (Read More)

MUSIC!

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Music is such a huge part of The Painted Wastelands setting. Much of the lore revolves around bands like Silent Monk and Morbis Wretch.  A couple bands popular in Zeb and the Lands of Dust We've produced music as part of... (Read More)

What's Wrong Honey? You've Barely Touched Your Spaghetti Sandwich!

February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Food makes a big comeback in Empire of Bones. First, I want your players to eat food. We created some incentives to encourage them to chow down. I think food providing cool effects is more interesting than just more magic... (Read More)

The Hunter of Paracausal Happenstance

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Let's take a moment to peer into the musty pages of The Empire of Bones.  This is one of my favorite encounters we came up with. It plays with the multidimensional nature of The Lower Ethereal Hierarchy. When creating an... (Read More)

The Deck of Dead Things Completed

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Tim's been hard at work cranking out illustrations for Empire of Bones. Here is the complete collection of 22 cards in the Deck of Dead Things. This is a deck of cursed cards you can unleash on your unwitting players. Based... (Read More)

February 7th: Painted Wasteland's 2 Year Anniversary!

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers! REJOICE! For tomorrow is an important holiday across the Lower Ethereal Hierarchy!  2 years ago, I stumbled across Tim's artwork posted on social media. I stalked him, found his website and email and just reached out to him.... (Read More)

Necromancer Guilds: The Butchers

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Are you hungry? Time to eat up! The Butchers are a rogue guild in The Unholy City of Zeb. They are locked in a cold war with the Flesh Mongers. The Flesh Mongers hate these ghouls because they eat perfectly good flesh... (Read More)

Necromancer Guilds: The Organ Mongers

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  In the Unholy City of Zeb there are countless corporations and guilds for players to interact with. In this book, I tried to focus on the ones who have the most to offer players. The Organ Mongers are one such group. The... (Read More)

Dreamtongue Lore

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  This is outside of my normal scheduled updates but goddamn I had to share this with someone. Tim just dropped some new lore on Dreamtongue on my head!   (Read More)

The Sluice is Loose

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  The Unholy City of Zeb has recently transpositioned itself through a complex arcane ritual. The entire city was able to move across space and time to deposit itself on the other side of The Hundred Year Ocean. The Dreaming... (Read More)

The Knights of Dust

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  It's time to discuss one of the deep lore elements of the Outer Dreamlands: The Knights of Dust.  Tim told me about the Knights of Dust during a very early brain storming session. I wanted to put them in The Painted... (Read More)

The Deck of Dead Things

January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Let's talk about the Deck of Strange Things. First, I love cards and I love The Deck of Many Things. In my opinion it is one of the most brilliant magic items in the game we all love. I enjoy the tension of it and I love... (Read More)

Wizard Gulp! T-Shirt

January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Let's talk about the shirt. A lot of work went into getting it right. We were going to work with the company who made the button ups, they sent me several prototypes but they could not withstand the washer. Also they were... (Read More)

Old Enemies, New Enemies. Old Money, New Money.

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers!  One item that I really enjoyed from the original Painted Wastelands was the stack of ectos. Handing out money to your players is a very satisfying feeling. The ectos are items that represent ectoplasm and can actually be... (Read More)

Limited Edition Cover

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
And Greetings Lost Dreamers!  Let's take a look at Tim's beautiful cover. The original Painted Wastelands came with a green cover and an image of heroes moving through the pastel colored desert. We wanted this cover to reflect the horror and... (Read More)

Welcome to the Lands of Dust!

January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings Lost Dreamers! You have left the real world far behind you. Welcome to a completely different and all together horrific nightmare. You are surrounded by the gnashing, biting, and tearing fangs of a thousand horrid ghouls hungry for flesh.... (Read More)

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