So in our current campaign, we've found a book the details a lot of magical artifacts in our Homebrew world. Each entry is written in different languages and the book is enchanted to make it difficult to read even if you know the language.
Some of the items we already have and the book has taught us more about them. We've also started writing notes in the margins for the items with additional information that seems to be missing.
Basically I'd like to try and sort of create this book, at least digitally. So I'm looking for suggestions for programs or websites I can try that are super user friendly and easy, and don't look too terrible, that could help me create something like this. I don't really have any experience with image editing or anything like that, so the easier to use the better.
I can’t help you on the digital art, but I am piping up to say that actually creating a physical book is really not as hard as it seems, at least these days. If you secretly wish you could provide your players with a physical prop, this is something within reach, that won’t break the bank and won’t take forever There are prefabricated book blocks that you could buy and write in, and binding them conventionally is pretty straightforward. If you would rather print out your pages, a stab binding is a very simple technique appropriate to this that can look quite beautiful and deceptively complex.
I don’t want to rattle on about something you may have no interest in doing. But if you’re interested I could point you in some directions to pursue one of these options. (YouTube is a fantastic resource for bookbinding, for starters.)
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I’m a gamer. I’m in my 50s. I’m female. And Iblog about it. I also have an instagram devoted tophotos of dice.
I appreciate the suggestion, and down the line it might be something I pursue further, especially as we continue to unlock more of the book and more items catch our attention. At this point though, it'd be less than 10 pages, so not something that really needs to be bound.
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Hey there everyone!
So in our current campaign, we've found a book the details a lot of magical artifacts in our Homebrew world. Each entry is written in different languages and the book is enchanted to make it difficult to read even if you know the language.
Some of the items we already have and the book has taught us more about them. We've also started writing notes in the margins for the items with additional information that seems to be missing.
Basically I'd like to try and sort of create this book, at least digitally. So I'm looking for suggestions for programs or websites I can try that are super user friendly and easy, and don't look too terrible, that could help me create something like this. I don't really have any experience with image editing or anything like that, so the easier to use the better.
Thanks so much in advance for any suggestions!
I can’t help you on the digital art, but I am piping up to say that actually creating a physical book is really not as hard as it seems, at least these days. If you secretly wish you could provide your players with a physical prop, this is something within reach, that won’t break the bank and won’t take forever There are prefabricated book blocks that you could buy and write in, and binding them conventionally is pretty straightforward. If you would rather print out your pages, a stab binding is a very simple technique appropriate to this that can look quite beautiful and deceptively complex.
I don’t want to rattle on about something you may have no interest in doing. But if you’re interested I could point you in some directions to pursue one of these options. (YouTube is a fantastic resource for bookbinding, for starters.)
I’m a gamer. I’m in my 50s. I’m female. And I blog about it.
I also have an instagram devoted to photos of dice.
I appreciate the suggestion, and down the line it might be something I pursue further, especially as we continue to unlock more of the book and more items catch our attention. At this point though, it'd be less than 10 pages, so not something that really needs to be bound.