Trying to keep other things moving...

Obviously, the Expanded Petty Gods project is on the front burner... and in the oven... and there's plenty of stuff still in bowls and mixers on the counter... but I am trying to keep other things moving.

I just sent out what is officially version "Beta 3c" of the Basic Psionics Handbook to the readers/playtesters. I'm feeling REALLY good about where this is. The revisions have generally moved from the "sweeping" type (e.g., reworking the psionic combat methodology) to the "tweaking" type (e.g., the latest round refined a lot of the ability descriptions).

Weekend schedule willing, I'm hoping to dig back into the Creature Compendium Saturday evening/Sunday day. There's not terribly much to be done here--especially when I compare the amount of work remaining on it to the work that I've put in on the EPG project over the last month, and how much more is yet to come. For the CC, the revisions consist mostly some consistency edits, a handful of clarifications, the addition of a tad more "flavor" to a handful of entries, and then a full round of proofreading. My goal, even with the Expanded Petty Gods project going on, was to release the Creature Compendium mid-December. Fingers crossed, that could still happen.

COMPLETE PETTY GODS LIST (gods only)

Here is the complete list (as I have it) for the "Petty Gods" section of the petty gods book. This does not include minions. There will be a separate/similar post later for that.

If you see a credit that's wrong, or know that one that you've already written/submitted is not listed here, please email copy immediately to pgcopy(at)newbigdragon(dot)com. (PLEASE NOTE: If you share this email, please share it as it appears here and do not add a "mailto:" link; I want to be able to keep this address up as long as possible for this project, and would prefer that the spam-crawlers not find it; thanks for understanding.)

New/unwritten gods will not be accepted, except by express permission (or this book will never get done).

GOD NAME	Writer:First	Writer:Last
Abondiance	E.T.	Smith
Adassec	Igor Vinicius	Sartorato
Aglaos	Evan	Van Elkins
Aglet	Stuart	Roe
Amber Blood Sword	Chris	Tamm
Ammon Thrax	Gavin	Norman
Anwyn Wood	Andrew	Crenshaw
Apar the Bright	Ash	Law
Ariphas	Katherine	Ausborn
Arolohnso	Brian A.	Cooper
Arvirive	Eric	Fabiaschi
Aspix	Benjamin	Ball
Atanuwe	Greg	Gorgonmilk
Atra	Jonathan	Bingham
Aþ	Mike “Carlson”	Davis
Attrecoppea	Ragnar	Arneson
Audrum	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Aurus Argentus	Patrick	Wetmore
Austura	Craig	Schwarze
Averted Onlooker	Logan	Knight
Avirgiri	Eric	Fabiaschi
Azwa	Garrett	Weinstein
Baj'Lique	James	Garrison
Barococar	Matt	Fischer
Bartleby	Patrick	Kennedy
Bashiuus	M.T.	Black
Beast of Unbidden Challenges	Nathan	Cohen
Behzd	Luigi	Castellani
Beng	Rob	Griffin
Beorl	Alan	Brodie
Berenedril	Terje	Nordin
Blentry		Porky
Boden	Eric	Campbell
Bogrump	Chris	Tamm
Bokrug	Nicolas	Senac
Boulubek	Keith	Sloan
Bubulmax	Tim	Stephens
Chaugnar Faugn	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Chel-Kloth	David	Haraldson
Chelk (see Chelk and Jodj)
Chelk and Jodj	Justin	Dunnuck
Chicxulub	John Everett	Till
Choozwiz	(Christian)	Rorschachhamster
Chu-bu	Keith	Sloan
Chulg	Thomas	Fitzgerald
Churfaz	Greg	Gorgonmilk
Clavibor	Antoine Marc	Belle
Clerchad	Mike "Carlson"	Davis
Clobrek	Antoine Marc	Belle
Coprolias	Peter	Regan
Corotus Thallian	Jonah & Paul	Brinkmann
Crom	James	Mishler
Cunnian	Mike "Carlson"	Davis
Curdle	Matt	Schmeer
Cuvoun	Eric	Potter
Davy Jones	Jonathan	Becker
Deeker	Al	Krombach
Dekardinis	Tim	Stephens
Derral-Orth	Ash	Law
Detriax	James	Mac Bride
Digiskleros	E.T.	Smith
Diit’Wentii		Legion
Dinud	Sean	Holland
Diplodias	Dave	Traube
Divine Worm	Logan	Knight
Dogasfos	Igor	Sartorato
Drasheeng	Trey	Causey
Elder Elemental	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Ellsbeth	James	Smith
Eraisho	Eric	Wirsing
E’rsae	Sean	Wills
Expiurge		Porky
Eye of Vengalate	Ash	Law
Fallen One	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Fattu Feri	Paul	Ballard
Feloren	Jens	Durke
Fimtakar	Stephen	Bartok
Flissik	Malcom	Bowers
Floog	Malcom	Bowers
Fluxalle	Michael	Smith
Fubar	Darcy	Petty
Gadfiel	Matt	Fischer
Galdu Aurkitu	Anthony	Ragan
Galishma	Ben	Djarum
Gilthigoet	R.J.	Thompson
Ginny Milk Eye	Chris	Tamm
Glaria	Eric	Fabiaschi
Glorfall	Johnstone	Metzger
Glyrea	Josh	Graboff
Gnunnug	Gavin	Norman
God of the Iron Urn	Geof	McKinney
God on the Mountain	Mike “Carlson”	Davis
Gor Nochri & Gar Nachri	David	Haraldson
Gorgonmjolk	Jonas	Mustonen
Go'Ruush	Mike	Lizardi
Go'Ruush (co-credit)	Christopher	Conklin
Grand Planar Gods	Eric	Fabiaschi
Grandpa Toadflap	Chris	Tamm
Gremlyn (Murphee)	Christopher	Ziegler
Groín	Kevin	Brennan
Grugzaret	David	Wellington
Gyttjan	Paul	Ballard
Haiah	Dan	Harms
Harbordorim	Tim	Huntley
Heka-Kup	Brian	Rae
Heolstor	Jeremy	Holley
Hexadron	Colin	Chapman
Hlinjassa	Simon	Forster
Hlo-Hlo	Keith	Sloan
Hoddypeak	Keith	Sloan
Hymenphalia	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Hweegarl	James	Mishler
Insitor	Josh	Graboff
Iracaecus	Johnathan	Bingham
Ixomant	Sándor	Gebei
Jabim	Igor	Sartorato
Jaiden	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Jale God	Greg	Gorgonmilk
Jessra	Malcolm	Bowers
Jexvenna	Dennis	Laffey
jhillenneth	Matt	Fischer
Jodj (see Chelk and Jodj)
Johnny Hopper	Chris	Tamm
Jöögengeld	Adam	Dickstein
Jus'enuf	Stephen	Bartok
Kahladaht	R. J.	Thompson
Kakanuawana	Ezra	Claverie
Kalantos	Craig	Schwarze
Kaldrabikkia		Dungeon of Sketch
Karga Savasha	Robert	Morris
Khaldranath	William	Maranto
Khaldranath (co-credit)	Jim	Brewer
Khorissa	Greg	Johnston
Kilooloogung	Igor	Sartorato
King Shroom	Jens	Durke/td>
King Under the Mountain	Evan Van	Elkins
Krythyle	Wayne	Rossi
Kwunndle	Andrew	Branstad
Kypselus	Josh	Graboff
Lacta Lacrima (Lacrimosa)	Duncan	Young
Lady of Cauldrons	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Lady of Lost Angles	Nathan	Cohen
Lady of Rains	Grant	Stone
Lady of Tasks Forgotten	Logan	Knight
Little Lights	David	Haraldson
Llewel	Alexandra	Ausborn
Lobon	Chris	Wellings
Loe-Hann	Johnathan	Bingham
Lord Barleycorn	Roger S.G.	Sorolla
Lord Downall	Joel	Sparks
Lord Greensayne	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Lord of Mediocre Plots	Nathan	Cohen
Lumagog	James	Garrison
Luriel	Malcom	Bowers
Machuk	Tom	Kilian
Magpie Princess	James	Murphy
Magrundi	John	Turcotte
Maharb'aal	Nicolas	Senac
Maladmin	Malcom	Bowers
Mal-laM	Sándor	Gebei
Malnor	Thomas	Martin
Man in the Moon	Barry	Blatt
Manguaça	Igor	Sartorato
Manidono	Erin	Palette
Mar Nod	James	Patterson
Mearra (overview)	Eric	Fabiaschi
Meer-Smah	Eric	Wirsing
Meifer	Thorbjørn	Steen
Mephassuros	JP	Glutting
Merramorina	Eric	Fabiaschi
Mespilus	Chris	Wellings
Micicara	Eric	Fabiaschi
Mico	Jim	Pacek
Mixmalix	Malcom	Bowers
Moen Hepnir	Johnathan	Bingham
Moorealeth	Patrick	Stuart
Morbiphallugus	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Mosht Al Blopp	Charles	Turnitsa
Moslammin	Joshua	Burnett
Moss-Worn Goat	Logan	Knight
Mystical Martan	Tony A.	Rowe
Naaragiga	Todd	Roe
Nanefesterad	Dennis	Carter
Nanny Binx	Chris	Tamm
Nardrea	Eric	Fabiaschi
Naught	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Nazarash	Blair	Fitzpatrick
Nebius	johnathan	Bingham
Neco	Troy J.	Truchon
Neub	Mark	Bober
Neuph	Thorbjørn	Steen
Nhucyy	Duncan	Eshelman
Nocton Zython	Beard	Portly
Nox	Tim	Brannan
Nug	James	Mishler
Numathoth	Gavin	Norman
Nwee	Edward	Green
Nyctalops	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Obnomeht	Jonas	Mustonen
Ochlos Volgus	Eric	Jones
Odxit	Ndege	Diamond
Ogrimox	Gavin	Norman
Okla	Luka	Rejec
Old Mother	Simon	Forster
Old Snicker	John	Feldman
Ollollde	Gavin	Norman
Ooboora	Andy	Thompson
Ooom	Damian	Breen
Ophurton	Blair	Fitzpatrick
Ormix Prol	Malcom	Bowers
Otda'Btatle	Blair	Fitzpatrick
Otto	Malcom	Bowers
Ouk	Dan	Cassar
Pafflur	Stefan	Poag
Päkkaan	Alan	Brodie
Paleonumis	Ian	McDougall
Palester Olhm	Andrew	Crenshaw
Panathoth	Gavin	Norman
Pandantilus	Erik	Tenkar
Patchwork God	Colin	Chapman
Patisseria	Jodi	Mishler
Pelchako		Studio Arkhein
Perichronaos		Porky
Pherosathoola	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Philespurio	John	Grant
Pilikke	Emmett & Paul	Brinkmann
Polly		Studio Arkhein
Pollycockle	Keith	Sloan
Possimium	Tim	Shorts
Qinmeartha	John	Grant
Qualdoni	Jed	McClure
Quantum Ogre	Courtney	Campbell
Qu'pan	Richard	Iorio II
Qurgan Quagnar	Emmett & Paul	Brinkmann
Qwarghourn	James	Mishler
Raselom	Patrick Henry	Downs
Rasoob	Erin	Palette
Ratacus Gant	Erik	Tenkar
Ravel-Unravel	James	Ward
Rhan-Tegoth	Chris	Wellings
Rosartia	Shaun	Haskins
Ruslivia	Eric	Fabiaschi
Sa'hwo	Anthony	Pastores
Saint Biritus	Igor	Sartorato
Saint Gunther	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Saint Vineria	Fr. David	Eynon
Sant Brothers (Dewi, Iltud, Teilo)	Geoffrey	McKinney
Satrum	Dan	Proctor
Screbblo	Craig	Schwarze
Seppophis	Jeremy	Duncan
Seshati Pyhatia	????	????
Sernis	Josh	Graboff
Sertetti	Eric	Fabiaschi
Silvarno	Patrick	Wetmore
Skaal	Charles	Turnitsa
Somnau	Andrew	Branstad
Sorga	Will	Arnold
Sousroga	Matthew	Baron
Sovereign Bastard	Matt	Diaz
Syizarkhog	Igor	Sartorato
Tallemaja	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Tarvin	Bryce	Lynch
Tau	Thed	Rune
Teptrigor	Jeremy	Reaban
Termarr	Eric	Fabiaschi
Termas Tunneller	Jonah & Paul	Brinkmann
Theb	Malcom	Bowers
Their Wife	Jason	Kielbasa
Thuf	David	Haraldson
Thwizeviblyz	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Tix-ka-tix	Erik	Jensen
Tlacotani	John Everett	Till
Tonya	Matthew	Schmeer
Tremella	Garrett	Weinstein
Tricruxia	John	Stater
Tsrura	Eric	Fabiaschi
Turquoise Idol of Communion	Logan	Knight
Tybesi-O	Igor	Sartorato
Tyop	Patrick	Wetmore
U'illa	Damian	Breen
Undek	Atailton	Miranda
Ungsi		Dungeon of Sketch
Uroborialis	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Urglu	Terje	Nordin
Verlore	Steve	Collington
Verthish	Matthew W.	Schmeer
Vexarus	Evan	Van Elkins
Vindico Vindicatum	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Vodei	Josh	Graboff
Vydia	Luigi	Castellani
Wart Mother	Chris	Tamm
Whisper Will	Dale	Cameron
Wicked Skein	John Everett	Till
Xaxolx	Malcom	Bowers
Xinrael	Greg	Gorgonmilk
Xoox	Eric	Potter
Yeb	James	Mishler
Ykelu	Kevin	Brennan
Yellow King	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Yemeles	Keith	Sloan
Yeolnuma	James	Garrison
Yessir	Jürgen	Mayer
Yggrd	Rob	Griffin
Yhoundeh	Chris	Wellings
Ykelu	Kevin	Brennan
Yululun	Craig	Schwarze
Yurm	Erol	Otus
Ywehbobbobhewy	Matt	Schmeer
Yyy	Richard J.	LeBlanc, Jr.
Zeekil	Matt	Jackson
Zikcub	Doug	Rusch
Zirkonia	John Gavin	Lighterness
Zodraz	Trey	Causey
Zodraz (co-credit)	Beard	Portly
Zumbiboo	Igor	Sartorato
Zuurrt	Ezra	Claverie
Zyni Moe	Keith	Sloan
Zzyzz	Justen	Brown

Production Tip #1: RGB vs. Grayscale Images

I've decide as I continue to work my way through the Expanded Petty Gods productions I will start to post some production advice for all those self-publishers out there.

Today's advice specifically relates to the use of RGB vs. Grayscale images. More specifically, in instances where the book will be eventually released as both a B&W interior print version, as well as a PDF copy.

So, to begin, here's today's piece of advice...

If you're going to have a B&W interior (including grayscale images), and you know your product will be release in a PDF version, then make sure your source photos are in Grayscale..

Technically, this is quite easy to accomplish. In Photoshop, you simply change the color mode from RGB to Grayscale by going IMAGE > MODE > GRAYSCALE (see image at left). Also, most scanner programs have a grayscale mode. PLEASE NOTE: In most cases, it's best to retouch/image adjust in RGB before converting to grayscale.


Now let's answer the question, "Why grayscale?" There are two answers to this...

First, it actually makes for a more visually consistent (i.e., "professional looking") PDF. Check out the Digiskleros example from the Original Petty Gods PDF vs. the Expanded Petty Gods layout. In the first example, from OPG, notice the sort of "greenish" tone in the image? Now look at the 2nd example from EPG. Notice the consistency and richness of the black tones. Now, look a the 3rd image, where I take the greenish version from OPG and show it in the EPG layout.


Original Petty Gods with RGB Abondiance.


Expanded Petty Gods with grayscale Abondiance.


Expanded Petty Gods with RGB Abondiance "pasted in."

That alone should be enough reason to do it. But there's a second and equally-compelling reason. And it all comes down to file size limitations and restrictions. All of the OneBookShelf companies (including RPGNow, where most of us distribute our PDFs) have very established guidelines for production, but the following two, when taken at face value, are VERY misleading...

– All Images are RGB color
– All Images are 150 dpi/ppi

The reason they want images as RGB is because they are assuming the images themselves are in color, and if saved as CMYK, they would be tremendously larger. You'd think they would only be 25% larger, but a CMYK file size can often be more than 300% larger than it's RGB counterpart (it all has to do with file compression algorithms; or so the petty god of desktop production has told me).

Because grayscale images have less digital information in them, they tend to be smaller than their RGB counterparts. This means a couple of things for you... 1) it's okay to make your images grayscale, even though OneShelf says they need to be RGB, and 2) when your program compresses your file to make the smallest PDF it can, it will actually retain more "in between" information for your image (color images, especially JPGs, "squeeze" out a lot of the details of an image), meaning it will look a lot better on screen and when it prints from your desktop! Oh, and if you want that image to hold more detail, then always go with with TIFF over JPG.

Now, all this being said, for any artists sending me Petty Gods art, please just keep sending me the file types you would normally send!!! I'm doing any sort of adjustments and conversions on my end, to maintain as much production quality as possible! So, if you've sent me RGB JPGs in the past, then just keep doing the same, and I'll worry about all the stuff I noted above!

Coming soon... I discuss the power of the "Levels" control in Photoshop.

Petty Gods Layout Update: Petty Gods through "P"

On the Expanded Petty Gods book, I've got the rough layout done for the "Petty Gods" section up through "P." There are a few copy holes here and there throughout the book (going back as far as the "C" entries), and there are plenty of art "stand in" blocks (black rectangles which hold space for illustrations to come), but as a whole it's shaping up. I'm trying to keep the layout as flexible as possible, so that I can accommodate any unexpected layout issues that crop up.

The page count currently stand around 200. That includes the intro section, the "Cults & Cultists" section, and the "Divine Items" section. So, as expected, by the time the minions, spells, and appendices are added in, the page count will come in around 300.

I'm still thinking it will take through December to get most of the layout done, then through January to get proofing and final art pieces in.

Now that I've been able to get through more of the layout, review the entries that still need art, and know what kind of art-holes I need to fill in, I'm hoping to get a wave of art assignments out this week, with the hopes of having most of those back in by the end of Thanksgiving weekend.

I'm also trying to make the end of November as the absolute drop-dead date for any copy items that are hanging out there. Content items that remain incomplete at that point will likely be dropped.

Petty Gods Update: A through F

Just a quick post to let everybody know it looks like I have all but 1 piece of the art accounted for the A-through-F entries for the "Petty Gods" section of the Expanded Petty Gods book. That doesn't mean the all the art is in for those entries, it just means that it is accounted for. So... a) I have the art and it's already in the layout, b) the art exists (in whole or in part) and I'm waiting on the illustrators to find/complete and send them along, or c) the art has been assigned.

At this point, only 2 descriptions from A-F are missing or incomplete. I have a rough draft of one of them, and am just waiting on the finalized version. The other one is supposed to exist, the contributor is working on finding it.

I've spent the good part of this week working on coordinating art needs with artist styles and availability, so layout hasn't progressed much (and I don't imagine it will until next week). But it feels great to look at the spreadsheet and only see 1 missing art-hole (I dare not call it an "A-hole") for A through F.

In the next couple of days, I will likely be posting lists of entries for the "Petty Gods" and "Minions, Knights and Servitors" sections, to confirm that no entries have fallen through the cracks. (Look for that tomorrow morning.)

Expanded Petty Gods Lives (#epglives)

Okay. This is me, officially announcing that I have taken over the reins on the
Expanded Petty Gods project.

Over the last couple of weeks, as I began to reach out to a few folks individually as well as the OSArtists group at Google+, I know there was some speculation. I, however, wanted to get a bit more accomplished before I made the official announcement. (As stated above, this is it.)

I've been lucky that this time of year there's always a bit of a lull in my workload (I have two big clients whose jobs I get put to bed at the middle-ish of October), which is why I reached out to Greg Gorgonmilk to offer my assistance in taking over the reins (something we had discussed briefly toward the end of this past summer).

So what have I been doing over the last few weeks?

MASTER SPREADSHEET
The first thing I did was create a new master spreadsheet (based off Greg's spreadsheets and expanded by the list of the gods from the Original Petty Gods PDF). As you'll see in the sample below, I broke out contributors' names (by first and last), as well as created a column for alignment and domains. Once the book layout is done, I'll be able to add page numbers for each entry, and spit out indexes for petty gods by alignment, writer, and artist (and possibly domain). The other thing this let me do was do a "matchback" to all art and content entries to see what I did/did not have, in the way of both copy and art. The OPG content came from Peter Gifford (who did the layout on the original version) and the archives that Greg had been making.



Based on the finalized spreadsheet, there will be a total of 300 petty gods in the book (including the 100 or so from the Original Petty Gods edition, but not including the minions/knights/servitors). I believe there are only a handful of these for which I'm still working on getting the source copy. There is a lot more art that needs to be done, which is where the major push will be over the next month or so. There is a separate spreadsheet for the 40+ minion/knight/servitor listings.

The email address I've set up for those interested in lending their artistic talents to this community projects is pgart(at)newbigdragon(dot)com (please send links to samples, and please put "Petty Gods Art" as the subject line). [No new/additional copy/non-art content will be accepted unless specifically requested, or already agreed upon to appear in the book.]


LAYOUT
Believe it or not, over the last couple-three weeks, I've gotten rough layout done on approximately 150 pages of what looks to be a 275-300 page tome. Originally, when I was looking to help Greg with the layout on this back as early as last October, we were going for more of a 1e/Futura-typeface-driven look, a la the AD&D Monster Manual. In looking to speed up the process on the layout of the entire book, I'm going to default to what has become the New Big Dragon "house look" for the internal pages for two reasons: 1) I'm really familiar with its nuances, which will allow me to tremendously speed up the layout process (e.g., because I can make odd typesetting decisions on the fly, based on how I've done similar things in the past), and 2) because this Expanded edition was intentionally a Lab-Lord compatible book, this Souvenir-typeface-driven look is consistent with that edition (and the editions that inspired it).



So here's an overview of the layout and what's been accomplished so far:

• TITLE/INTRO SECTION - complete minus some art
• SECTION 1: Petty Gods
  about 75 pages of this have been roughly laid out, encompassing all petty gods from A through L (what's there will take some layout tweaking as art comes in, but all of the typesetting has been completed as noted from A-L)
• SECTION 2: Minions, Knights & Servitors
  I have not started on this yet, but intend to do it after finishing the remainder of PGs from Section 1
• SECTION 3: Cults & Cultists
  About 7 pages have been laid out here; this includes all submissions previously made for this section; I'm also working on creating a d10xd30 set of listings (since there are 300 petty gods)
  that suggests cult names, membership, and practices for the PGs listed in Section 1
• SECTION 4: Divine Items
  All copy for this section has been roughly laid in and typeset (about 20 pp), but there is no art (though, I believe this section will have very little)
• SECTION 5: Spells
  No layout has been done for this, but I've collected all the spells (from the various entries)
  and put them in a master spreadsheet by spell name (which I'll be able to export and quickly layout). Entries will include contributor's name, and the reference related entries in the book. Expect this to take about 20 pages.
• APPENDICES - have not been laid out at all, but will be easy
  (since it's big chunks of copy)
  A. Create a Religion In Your Spare Time for Fun and Profit
  B. Barsoomian Pantheon (a wonderful section by Michael Curtis)
  C. Reaction Tables (need to be written, but I have thoughts on organizing this)
  D. Petty Foods of the Petty Gods
  E. Petty Classifieds
  F. Other works referenced in this book
  (e.g., Dunsany's The Gods of Pegāna and issues of Underworld Lore)

TIMELINE
I believe layout will easily take the rest of November and into early December. (While I've had a lull in work which has afforded me the ability to blow through all of the above, I can't expect it to last forever). I also believe based on the number of illustrations still needed, it may take through January (or longer) to fill in all the holes. BUT! proofing can happen before all art is in. So the hope is that while art is being completed, so is the proofing/correcting.

No guarantees, of course, but (fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc.), release sometime in February?

[BTW, I'm out of pocket most of the day today, so anybody that leaves a comment below or messages me through Google+ will probably not hear back from me until this evening.]

Busy & Big

I don't think I've ever gone this long between posts. Just a note to say I'm around, working in the background on something big. I mean that literally. It will likely be 300 pages complete. 

You are now free to speculate, though I know a couple of you know what it is.

On a side, but related note...

I'm hoping to use the weekend to catch up on psionic and creature compendium input.