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Update July 10th, 2007

At the moment, I am developing a free pen & paper roleplaying game called "Machina Obscura".
In this game, which is set in a victorian, steampunky background (remember Arcanum??), the sky is crowded with airships (not only zeppelins, but also actual flying ships...you know, like in Skies of Arcadia), the oceans are conquered not only by sailing ships but also by steamboats and steam-submarines. There are cities which have a train line with other major
cities, some even have an inner-city train line (or tram-lines). This is an after-war world; there were the so-called "Ancient Civilizations" who fought a war which brought them nearly to extintion, at least to a state where all the knowledge was lost. Now, the world has recovered, and Archaelogists and Adventurers bring the news of the old civilizations - like in the Great Rainforest, where several gigantic mechanical spiders (similar to the one in "Wild Wild West") can be found. Those are long destroyed & long beyond repair - and overrun by the forest plants. But they were the foundation of the
invention "Mechanical Spider", which is a small but fearsome machine which everybody with the necessary skillz and parts can build. Here is a link to what it looks like: Spider Concept (credits go to ~IgnisFerroque) Also ancient technology are lighter-than-air-crafts (meaning planes ), but the people of this world haven't found out yet how to make them fly again.

The players can choose from different character classes (not races, as I don't add dwarfs, elves and the like to the game), which involve Engineer, Chemist, Blacksmith, Professor, Adventurer, Archaelogist, Electrician, Businessman and many more. A big part in the game are the inventions. You will use manuals, which you can buy or discover if you are lucky, and use if you have the necessary skills. In order to do so, you will need to have the necessary parts, and then with a test on your specific talent you can create those inventions.
There will be a newspaper, the "New Central Chronicle" where new technologies and every major event in the gameworld will be presented.
Updates will be coming.


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World Map

Machina Obscura Character Sheet

New Central Chronicle Header


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ARTWORK NEEDED!!!!!
please read the description carefully, thank you.

What is this about?
I need your imagination. I need special inventions, which will fit in this world. An airship, that looks like the Nautilus? Or a completely different type of submarine? At least they have work via clockwork or steam machine (as some steam machine in addition to a dynamo can create electricity, this is useable too).And I need landscapes and cityscapes of what this world might look like. And character designs. I need the whole artwork, to be exact As long as it looks inventive and victorian somehow!!! Oh, and I do need weapon designs!!!! You could look at the list of artworks I already collected, so that you know what I'm talking 'bout

Be creative, be inventive. Its up to you.
All artists who are willing to let their artwork use in this creation will be featured in my journal along with the used deviations, when the webpage is online, they will get proper credit.

>>register of needed artwork<<

Character Studies (I know that you need further informations on the characters. If you want to do some artwork for a character, send me a note and I'll send you the description!)
- Chemist
- Gunsmith
- Machinist
- Soldier
- Mercenary
- Electrician
- Vehicle Engineer
- Explosive Specialist
- Professor
- Adventurer
- Thief
- Mercantilist
- Archaeologist
- Seaman
- Technologist
- Fleet Officer

Weapons (I know that you need further informations on the weapons. If you want to do some artwork of a weapon, send me a note and I'll send you a brief description!)
ELECTRICITY
- Teslarod
- Teslagun
- Shocking Staff
- Shocking Boomerang
TRAPS
- Spring Trap
- Bear Trap
- Fire Trap
CANNONRY
- Gatling
- Field Artillery
RIFLES
- Shotgun
- Hunting Rifle
- Hand Cannon
- Elephant Gun
- Knife Thrower
- Rifle with Telescopic Sight
OTHER WEAPONTYPES
- Boomerang
- Metalplated Boomerang
GUNS
- Flintlock Pistol
- Flintlock Pistol, twin barrel
- Revolver
EXPLOSIVES
- Explosive Grenade
- Mustard Gas Grenade
- Molotov-Cocktail
- Smoke Grenade
- Nitroglycerin
- Dynamite
- Fire Grenade
- Stun Grenade
- Flash Grenade
BLADE WEAPONS
- Throwing Knife
- Knife
- Mechanical Knife
- Quality Knife
- Rapier
- Machete
- Cutlass
POISON
- Strong Poison
TOOLS
- Shovel
- Hammer
- Screwdriver


RULES
- send me a note with the link to the picture.
- it has to be victorian style (maybe a little bit of gothic too )
- steampunk!
- link in the description of the picture to this journal please

If I like your artwork, and if it fits in the game, your artwork will be listed here in this journal.


If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to write a note, thanks!

Artwork
There are several artworks I've found on dA, which I am allowed to use. Thank you!
The list will be updated irregulary.
Please notice that the names shown here are the names of the deviations. They might appear in different names and different coherences in my creation. Also, some of them will be actual technology, some will be ancient technology.
overall Counter: 92 Artworks

===Airships=== Counter: 24
"H.M.S. Cumulus" by k4-pacific
"The Cormorant" by steamby51
"gnomish airship" by trs
"Goblin Zeppelin" by Saurus
"King of the Skies" by CPripper
"Rustic Airship" by MechaDaveO
"The Airship" by Celarent
"Zeppelin" by jbdesign
"Zuke Zorin's Airship" by Mad-Russian
"Redemption" by Sir-Bobbo-The-Fourth
"l'amour et l'armistice" by saturn-ix
"Super Airship Plus" by The-Necromancer
"Air Ship" by LizzyIzzyBoink
"Flying Ship Sketch - Grounded" by hesir
"Lorelei" by ladyDoor
"Airship" by weecharco
"Airship Sketch 2" by redpanda
"Dirigible Airship" by Miritalner
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"skyship over a city" by steamby51
"the white dove for john" by steamby51
"skycharter and brigitte" by steamby51
"skyships" by steamby51
"pirate raider skyships" by steamby51
"abel docked" by steamby51

===Steamtrains=== Counter: 10
"Loco-m-o-t-i-o-n" by robertmekis
"IR Streamliner" by coldmarble
"Armored locomotive" by steamby51
"Machine Pit" by Castillion
"PX48 - 2" by kolejki-mlawa
"Steam power" by theastronomer
"Big Retro-Future Train" by dindon
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"sherlock hound riot train" by steamby51
"euro semaphores" by steamby51
"engine 25" by steamby51

===Steamboats and other ships=== Counter: 3
"PS Lincoln Castle" by aartvark
"HMS Warrior" by AlltheWorldsSquirrel
"Final Version of the Fantasy" by Yotna

===Steam Submarines=== Counter: 6
"Interceptor underway" by DevilDalek
"the nautilus" by chloe-kitten
"Not the Nautilus" by cuha
"Nautilus" by blindacre
"Submarine Whale" by Haxagor
"Prehistoric Submarine" by Coffee-Rules

===Weapons=== Counter: 10
"behind the gun" by mdsurf
"Concept: Steampunk Shotgun" by PhantomBlaze
"Beauty" by x2creator
"gun texture 3" by x2creator
"gun3" by x2creator
"gun texture" by x2creator
"gun" by x2creator
"Kobarid-Caporetto war museum 1" by Pillar-of-order
"gun 2" by datalist
"MK1 TowerGun" by Freelancer89

===Other Inventions=== Counter: 16
"the power of steam III" by Daxserv
"horizontal steam engine" by steamby51
"Spider Concept" b< IgnisFerroque
"Boiler Room" by Nocturnal-Devil
"Broken Dial" by winterbourne
"a trasportation in Steamboy" by Vanbay
"Live Steam Engine" by angel-of-killing
"Steam Engine" by fastrak
"SteamDream WIP" by Freelancer89
"Steam Quad multiview" by ObliviousFafnir01
"Steambot" by thunderhammer
"SteamDream WIP Textured" by Freelancer89
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"for night of ni, atticusW etc." by steamby51
"yet another steam battlewagon" by steamby51
"a big steamer" by steamby51
"the steam powered ATV" by steamby51
"Steam Engine" by Naruto-De

===Landscapes/Cityscapes=== Counter: 7
"2-6-0 in Edinburgh" by Amarynceus
"Steam Punk Street" by RabidElf
"Refinery" by jSepia
"Iron Bridge" by dollydaydream
"Railway Bridge" by Montefiori
"Industrial Dawn" by Bristow-Bailey
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"the mines of lok nore" by steamby51

===Character Studies=== Counter: 6
"Victorian Stare" by Sellers
"Antique Winter" by niviswinter
"mechanical bird pilot" by Lucisang
"Steampunk Inventor" by gpalmer
"Breathit 6000" by stinkypete
"back in the right time" by villagegirl

===Mixed=== Counter: 10
"Victorian Advertisement" by TheDuuude
"Warlord of the Air" by RonnyRonin
"When the wheels have stopped" by jevinart
"Gear Works" by thorndraco
"Clockwork" by micdt
"interior 19" by cyborgsuzystock
"by shape, by feel" by erikschorr
":: Deep Under ::" by neoheaven
"steampunk-o-rama" by sweetnessleaze
"metal stars" by DeepIlusions


A BIG THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT.WITHOUT YOU,THIS PROJECT WOULDN'T BE AS POSSIBLE AND INVENTIVE AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO NOW! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!!