Jacob Kellogg @JacobSKellogg@dice.camp

📌 Hi!
I'm Jacob, and I'm super into #gamedesign, so much so that I'm trying to launch a career with it.

I'm designing whole original #ttrpg's (like #JourneyAway, the non-challenge based fantasy RPG, releasing later this year), and also smaller projects (like #DnD #DnD5e content over on DMsGuild.com, such as the Mage-Knight class).

By supporting my work, you can get access to cool stuff like sneak peeks, art previews, early playtest versions, and more!

Thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/jskellogg

📌 Hi!
I'm Jacob, and I'm super into #gamedesign, so much so that I'm trying to launch a career with it.

I'm designing whole original #ttrpg's (like #JourneyAway, the non-challenge based fantasy RPG, releasing later this year), and also smaller projects (like #DnD #DnD5e content over on DMsGuild.com, such as the Mage-Knight class).

By supporting my work, you can get access to cool stuff like sneak peeks, art previews, early playtest versions, and more!

Thanks!

https://www.patreon.com/jskellogg

Oh dang, I just realized I don't have a pinned toot! I should definitely do that.

I'm pretty sure I've seen folks around here who would be interested in this, but I don't know if any of them follow me, so I guess I'll toss it into the aether and hope it gets to the right people?

My brother writes My Little Pony #fanfic and draws a #webcomic documenting his and his wife's real life, except as ponies.

They just launched a Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7382945

New headcanon: the dwarvish language sounds basically like the judoon (rhino-aliens) from #DoctorWho.

Hey y'all can you help me with my to-do list?

1) I need to settle on a name for my shonen-inspired adventure #rpg #ttrpg that I'll be Kickstarting soon. One idea is "Fists and Friendship", but still deciding. Thoughts?

2) Thinking of getting a title/logo design for the above game, need to know common prices and turnaround times. Where should I look?

Thanks!

I killed two assassins while the rest of the party went 3v3 against other assassins. I came out with barely a scratch, but our warlock barely stayed standing. Very melee.

Tonight will be my second session of a #DnD #DnD5e mini-campaign in which I'm playing a glaive-wielding battle master fighter with polearm master for the first time. When we left off, the PCs were in the process of being assassinated, but I made my perception check! Guess we'll see what happens next.

TFW your birthday is coming up and you'd like to go visit family but you can't afford to stop working that long. :(

The revised version of the Mage-Knight #DnD #DnD5e class is now live! I put a lot of work into revising both the class features and the spell list to improve both balance and class identity, and yet it's still free!

You know what else is free? Reviews. Please and thank you. ^_^

If you like it enough that you'd have used it even if it wasn't free, you can name a price on the site and support my work that way.

Thanks, hope you like it!
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/239653/The-MageKnight-Class

Found someone! With any luck, I'll be back again asking soon. :D

Really? Nobody knows a creator who could use a new patron?

I have a game designer friend who suggested some homework for me to do, to make sure my revised Mage-Knight class is properly balanced.

I did the homework, and it's even more well-balanced than I originally thought. That feels goooooood.

Gonna sleep on some final spell list adjustments, then probably publish tomorrow.
#DnD #DnD5E

Want to see some cool new art for #JourneyAway, the new non-challenge-based fantasy RPG I'm creating? Even if you missed the Kickstarter, you can get exclusive content like this by supporting my work on Patreon!

Also it helps me stay housed and fed.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/19589076

Y'all might not know this, but I recycle 10% of my Patreon income back into the community by supporting other creators' Patreons. I just reached $80/month, so do you have suggestions for who could use a little support?

My preference is for those who are part of an underrepresented population, and/or whose Patreons are still small and struggling. I don't have much to offer, so I want to put it where it matters, you know?

And if you want to pump the numbers, here's mine:
https://www.patreon.com/jskellogg

Why I'm scared right now:

https://plus.google.com/116393791489471841210/posts/MvX3gZhJ3S6

It's sort of like the old "Every job listing requires 5 years of experience, but you can only get experience by having a job" paradox.

I can't reach artists to hire them unless I have a following. I can't get a following until I've published a bunch of cool games. I can't publish major games without art. I can't get art unless I can reach artists to hire them.

It's like the capitalism of networking: can't get it unless you've already got it.

All the time, across multiple social media platforms, I see artists talk about how they're glad they didn't listen to people telling them to stop drawing in "anime style" and they love it. Similarly, I frequently see posts about "emergency commissions" and discussions of how terrible it is when folks ask for free art and whatnot.

Now I'm trying to hire an anime-style artist and pay them real money, and... *crickets*

Why? Because I don't have a major following, I suppose.