• Overview
  • Map
  • Areas
  • Points of Interest
  • Characters
  • Races
  • Classes
  • Factions
  • Monsters
  • Items
  • Spells
  • Feats
  • Quests
  • One-Shots
  • Game Master
  1. Hizume
  3. Lore

Author's Log

2/1/2026: Current Progress:

Character Portraits and Lore Clean up. If I have something worth posting I will. old portraits will be in the keeper folder.

1/20/2026:

Character Portrait updates for special characters.

updated some quests,

ew quest from Geoff just tell him you want to help with his radio station issue with the sync, he should give you a red key card.

Deep one Spell Icons updated

more monsters and much more, areas updated to include their spawning.

Time tracked and outputted for player.

1/14/2026:

1/13/2026

Name Updates,

Type and POI Updates

Goons have arrived for quests and Franz to use them when he need them.

New Location and new characters. You can start by waking up on a bus riding around Yomiyama.

1/10/2026:

Quest Up needs testing.

Updated Character portraits and altered annoying habits in preparation for Christmas Vigil Questline.


1/8/2026:

Added 4 new characters to town hall. (break from creating new characters unless I need one for quests) Reasoning: Rather take time to test NPCs and try and tailor them to sound different.

Added Lore page for adding starter equipment (loose guide) I think it's nice though

1/7/2026:

Added 5 new POIs for private meet ups to discuss investigations.
@Yomiyama Family Land @Public Bath House “Yama no Yu” @Café “Kissa Mountain View” @Love Hotel “Yume no Shiro” (夢の城) @Hida Bowl

Added New Characters to Cabaret Club:
@Suko Yasuhiro (須古 康弘), 24 @Hara Hiromi (原 弘美), 21 @Tobe Katsumi (戸部 勝美) @Oshima Kame (大島 亀) @Sawa Bunko (沢 文子)

Added Feats for voluntarily Handicaps in your roleplay!

1/5/2026:

Monster lore pages - Complete
Faction Lore Pages - Complete.
Arkham and Occultist Lore Pages - Complete.
Class updates - Complete.
World Logic - Complete.

1/2/2026:
Redone Civilian and Brawler Classes. Added 8 new Subclasses.

Added life to the City Hall, more NPCs, more items.

Added b29 map, pharmacy and arcade. some have quests ready to go.

will be focusing on fixing classes and feats until the next I write.

Did the medical practitioner, thief and engineer about 11 extra subclasses in all.

updated lore regarding vehicles for the mechanic class.

Added Mentalist class and 4 extra subclasses.


26-29th: Current Progress.

Added a bunch of NPCs.

Added a new map replacement that broke NPC positions at POIs but I fixed that.

Added lore on how Magic works in Hizume under keeper Notes.

Added Bus Station.

Added Bus Stops.

Renamed "Cardio Flow Elixir" to blood thinners. Thought it just sounded funny when spoken in dialog.

Added Areas on the MAP to add monsters spawners to the narrative when traveling around town.

Added "Eye of the Mother" to young NPC characters to explain safety for the youth around town. The Black Mother will turn them into Dark Spawn so it makes not point for Shibitos to attack them.

12/25/25:

Added two new NPCs to the Museum, Mika and Koji. Mika has a quest available for low level characters.

Updated Museum and Police Lore.

Updated Brawler and Bushmen Classes to use Con in place of proficiency bonuses.

Created a small Grocer in the residential block needs to the bridge.

Added some new roleplay items for Mika.

Updated Haruka at the supermarket, she now has a new quest.

Jiro at the Gunstore has a quest.

Hiroshi aka Passenger 13 has a quest.

added quest for Sachiko at the Highschool for players.

Updated damage and TO HIT of monsters.

Added Magnesium Mine POI

Added New Character Shop Owner of the small grocer. She has a supply quest that takes the player the mine.

12/24/25:

Players don't scale up in dmg, combat was a slog. Lowered the HP of all Monsters, should Hit Harder but not take forever to kill. CR0 5HP -> CR 10 50HP. CR19 90HP. (Franz will still create monsters with huge HP)

Created Monster Stat Reference in Lore.

Changed Brawler Class mechanics.

Updated Anomalies Page.

12/23/25:

Created a Yomiyama reference page for each character's relationship, linked under Keeper's Notes.

Added Quests, Blood is thicker than water, They have my son, The CIA killed my wife.

Added five new characters for the quest "They have my son" That is triggered when you speak to Shin in the Police Department.

Added some Roleplay Items.

Updated Character Creation guide to mention Avatar generation.

12/22/25: :

Updated Instructions to remind Franz to include Monster and Item list instead of generating everything.

Added 2 New Quests.

Added 2 New Monsters to the portfolio to keep Franz from leaning on generating new ones.

Updated Police Lore to Improve narration through those sections.

12/21/25:

Added the last 12 Roleplay Items.

A Small Lore Page on Crafting.

Feat: Haemomania

Feat: Haemophobia

Feat: Felinophillia

Mountaineer character at substation and new Mountaineer Class

Updated Gurgling Abomination

Added Whispering Wendigo Boss

Added Quest from new Mountaineer Character.

Added Basic Character Creation Guide.

Updated Title Card to Improve Discovery Aesthetic.

Added Police & Criminal Factions and Updated Characters.