Arabest Rumors

In Invisible Sun, the arabest are a mysterious people who lived in the vicinity of Satyrine years ago. Very little is written about the arabest in the rulebooks (though more is hinted in secrets known to a few) so I thought it would be fun to write a little. And while I’m writing a story for the arabest, why not write four?

Satyrine Resident Generator

I’m back today with another resource for your Invisible Sun game, a generator for neighbors and friends around the City of Notions. Use this for your own game to create scores of people around Satyrine.

Drinks in Invisible Sun

The surreal setting of Invisible Sun is full of amazing and strange details but one of the best ways to highlight the surreal is to juxtapose it with the mundane. In between jumping across worlds and sealing angels into bracelets, why not have your vislae stop off at a bar for a (mostly) normal drink?

Ten Things to Know About Invisible Sun

I just wrapped up Season 1 of my Invisible Sun campaign last week, taking a break from campaign play to be more flexible this summer. Given this experience I wanted to take a minute and give the Ten Things to Know treatment to Invisible Sun as well.

Dreams as Setting

Recently I sent my Invisible Sun characters to the Deeps of Sleep, a realm of nightmares and forgotten dreams. The reasons aren’t important but it did give me a chance to think of how to make a setting seem like a dream.

New Secrets for Invisible Sun

I just love the weirdness of Invisible Sun and especially all the weird secrets that characters pick up. These beautiful little gifts enhance roleplaying and planning to allow players to make amazing choices that delight everyone at the table. Today, I have a few more of those beautiful gifts!

Faces of Satyrine: Wayne Reynolds

It’s time for another edition of Faces of Satyrine! The first time I did this, I looked to the work of Tony DiTerlizzi whose Planescape work made it not much of a stretch to get to Satyrine. Today I’m looking at another fantasy illustrator whose work is instantly recognizable: Wayne Reynolds.

Zilats of Satyrine

I love the idea in Invisible Sun of zilats. There are vislae, like the player characters, and there are nons who can’t use a single spell. But there are also zilats who can do one particular kind of magic and nothing else. In my campaign I like the PCs to be special so I limit the number of other vislae they interact with. Most of the NPCs they encounter are zilats and it can be really fun to come up with their magical specialties.

Invisible Sun Resources

In running Invisible Sun it can be a bit hard to figure out how to grow your campaign. There’s so much in the game’s famous Black Cube but once you want to make your own materials then what does that look like? Well, here are four resources I can’t recommend highly enough for fellow IS Gamemasters.

Numerology in Invisible Sun

I love the spooky, occult aspects of the Invisible Sun game and especially the symbolism of the Path of Suns. It’s a unique conceptual background, carefully divorced from real world occultism by the game designers, but the depth of tradition in Tarot, numerology, and other divinatory practices means that you can take these concepts and run with them. Which I did!