Something that got cut...

... from NUELOW Games' upcoming Halloween release, Tricks, Treats & Terror. It's a seasonal supplement for OGL Modern and other d20 System games set in modern times. It's got new starting occupations, new feats, and three adventure outlines for GMs to develop!

In this post we bring you the Starting Occupation Stunt Driver for Horror Films. The editor decided that it wasn't quite in step with the others and that as the odd man out it, well, needed to be taken out. Designer Steve Miller still likes it, and he hopes you will, too.

STUNT DRIVER FOR HORROR FILMS (an OGL Modern Starting Occupation)
You've made a living executing dangerous maneuvers for low-budget horror productions, chase scenes through abandoned warehouses, and careening down rural roads at night. Your reflexes are honed by years of split-second decisions, and you know how to handle a vehicle in unpredictable situations. You're comfortable with chaos, quick thinking, and the kind of adrenaline that comes from narrowly avoiding disaster. Your contacts in the film industry and your ability to move fast make you invaluable when things go sideways.
   Skills: Choose three of the following skills as permanent class skills. If a skill the character selects is already a class skill, he or she receives a +1 competence bonus on checks using that skill. from Drive, Escape Artist, Repair, or Tumble.
   Bonus Feat: Vehicle Expert or Dodge.
   Wealth Bonus: +2
   Contact & Narrative Benefit: Production Crew Network. You have an established contact in the indie film industry—such as a practical effects technician, stunt coordinator, or prop master—who can supply specialized vehicle modifications, pyrotechnic materials, or realistic prop replicas on short notice.

(All text in this post is released under the Open Game License and may be reproduced in accordance with its terms. Copyright 2026 Steve Miller.)

A preview of NUELOW's upcoming 'Space Smith' hybrid book!

 The one thing left to finish in our Space Smith collection (with classic comics, a never-before-published short story, and roleplaying game rules for OGL d20 games) is the RPG rules section. Here's a preview of the Work in Progress.

SHIP BELT (AKA SPACE BELT)

This item creates a personal gravitational field around the wearer, allowing them to feel as though they are present in their native gravity. They are also used on vessels that don't have artificial gravity either due to size or because they direct the power needed into additional shields or maneuvering capabilities. Some high-end variety of ship belts double as communications devices that allows the wearer to tap into and use the ship's intercoms system.

Using a Ship Belt
After strapping the belt around his or her waist (or anywhere on the body), the character must make a Use Advanced Technology skill check (DC9) to properly attune the belt to the energy frequencies of the ship's defensive shields. The ambient energies in the ship are converted into gravitons by the forcefield, letting the character move about as if he or she is in the gravitational field of their native planet. Items and being outside the field remain weightless.

(Well,,, we also have figure out what to do with the cover.)

Celebrating 15 years of NUELOW Games

 In June of 2011, NUELOW Games released its first official product, ROLF!: The Rollplaying Game of Big, Dumb Fighters. Since then, we've defied the odds by steadily releasing several products each month to the point where we now have over 375 items for sale... and the list keeps growing. According to RPG industry standards, micro-publishers such as NUELOW Games typically release a maximum of three or four items before the proprietors either give up or have accomplished what they set out to do. You can find many such dead operations haunting the dark corners of DriveThruRPG. Meanwhile, we keep chugging right along!

We invite you to join us in celebrating 15 years of NUELOW Games by grabbing a game product, hybrid comics/rpg hybrid release, a fiction anthology, and/or a complete mini-rpg or card game... because for the entire month of June, most of our backlist is on sale for 30 percent off the usual prices. (This means our already ridiculously low prices are even lower for the next four weeks!)

NUELOW Games has been exclusive with the various Onebookshelf sites since we launched. The only exception has been products they refused to carry (such as Nabbing Nicolas card game, which can be found at the Red Room, free of charge), and we are quite happy with the results; NUELOW Games was never intended to set the gaming world on fire, but instead has successfully served as an outlet for niche-oriented supplements for non-supported game systems (such as d20 Modern and OGL games in generral) and for original RPGs and card games. We began as a micro-publisher and we remain a micro-publisher, with steady sales across our backlist through our new releases. We're gratified and proud of the fact that we have an audience out there, some of which have been with us since the beginning. We're honored that you enjoy our often-times goofy releases, and we hope you'll stick around for what's to come.

Brigid the Red baked a cake for the 15th-year Celebration!

In the meantime, we hope you'll find something you may have overlooked, or felt was a little too expensive, during our 15th Anniversary Sale!

Ripped from the headlines!

It's a game that will let you experience the thrill of bringing Nicolas Maduro to justice--or of kidnapping him illegally, if you're the kind of person who feels sorry for drug-running, election-stealing dictators.

Nabbing Nicolas is a fast-paced game that's played with a regular deck of cards. It can be played by 2-4 players, and it's everything you might expect a game designed in an afternoon to be--and then some!

You can get Nabbing Nicolas at our secondary outlet, Etsy. We hope you'll enjoy overthrowing the regime!

UPDATE: You can also get it from The Red Room--and it's free there!

(And speaking of those who find it a worthy use of their time expressing support for a drug-running, election-stealing dictator, here's a variant rule for Nabbing Nicolas: Players can choose to protect Nicolas and his lovely wife from apprehension by keeping him in their hands. Instead, they must focus on other ways to earn points, so that they can win when the game ends.)

'The Ghost of Hong Kong' anthology is now available!

If you've enjoyed the Ghost of Hong Kong stories that have been posted here on the blog over the past few months, you want to get yourself a copy of the latest NUELOW Games release!

The Ghost of Hong Kong short story anthology contains fifteen short stories (twelve of which have never been published before), each of which either highlights a point in the Ghost's bloodsoaked career, or gives us a look at her "after-hours" activities.

Since visitors to the blog may have already read some of the stories included in The Ghost of Hong Kong anthology, we're making the book available for you at a discount. Use this link instead of the one above to save a couple bucks!

If you get a copy of The Ghost of Hong Kong, please let us know what you think of it, either by posting a comment here or on the listings pages at DriveThruFiction or DriveThruRPG.

NUELOW at Christmas: Day Nine

Psychostick and NUELOW Games want to help supercharge your Christmas Spirit with this Rammstein parody. Or... maybe not. You be the judge!


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(Our resident Christmas Aficionado, L.L. Hundal, said. "Are you kidding me?!" when she first started watching. Then she began to laugh. Christmas Cheer Unlocked!)

The Members of Pyschostick wish you a happy Christmas!

And speaking of Christmas Cheer, here's something that's offered for you enjoyment under the Open Game license and it can be reproduced according to its terms.  Copyright 2024 by L.L. Hundal and Steve Miller.

Bobble Hat of Christmas Good Will (for d20 System games)
This unique artifact radiates a faint magic aura from December 1 to January 5. During this time, it causes the wearer to radiate cheerful Christmas energy--but there is a price to pay should he or she abuse the status as an incarnation of the Christmas Spirit.
     d20 System Game Mechanics: Grants the wearer a +2 bonus to all Charisma-based skill checks. In addition, the wearer gains a +1 supernatural modifier to AC/DR and a 1 point per die of damage dealt by an attack, because those that would harm the character are hesitant to do so. If the wearer uses Bluff or Diplomacy skills to defraud or cause trouble for another person, all benefits of the Bobble Hat of Christmas Good Will are lost and the character comes under a curse that results in a -4 penalty to all Charisma-based skill checks. The only way the curse can be removed is through the power of a god, or by the character giving a Christmas gift to his most hated enemy, as well as giving away the Bobble Hat of Christmas Good Will to a more worthy owner.

NUELOW at Christmas: Day One

Here's a random adventure idea (or maybe the start-point for an adventure) generator set around Christmas time.

WHO IS YELLING AND SANTA CLAUS AND WHY?

Roll 1d6 against the tables below to determine the identity of the Redhead confronting Santa Claus and why she's upset with him. Make note of the results and then let your imagination build an adventure around them!

WHO IS SHE?

1. The new shop steward of the elves who work at Santa's Workshop.

2. The older sister of two brothers who she is raising by herself after 

     their parents were killed.

3. A newly accredited FBI agent.

4. L.L. Hundal of NUELOW Games.

5. A werefox in her human form.

6. Roll two more times on the table. Both results apply to who she is.

WHY IS SHE YELLING AT SANTA CLAUS?

1. She has discovered he's a fake; it's actually Steve Miller of 

    NUELOW Games.

2. The elves at Santa's Workshop are going on strike, demanding

    better pay, better hours, and beds at least as nice as those 

     enjoyed by the reindeer.

3. She wants herself and her boyfriend off the Naughty List...

    or promises this will be Santa's last Christmas.

4. She wants her little brothers to get decent gifts this year, 

    instead of just a bunch of cheap crap from Overstock.com. 

5. She wants Santa to use his supernatural knowledge of who's 

    where and who's been good or bad to find her parents that 

    have been kidnapped and are being held for ransom.

6. As with #5, but she wants Santa to use his powers to take her 

    to the porch pirates who stole the Christmas presents she'd 

     ordered for her family and friends after the Amazon Delivery 

     Guy left the packages by her front door.

HOW DO THE PLAYER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED

(OPTIONAL)

1-2. Santa comes to them for help with the mission/protection.

3-4. The Redhead comes to them for help with confronting 

        Santa Claus and the subsequent mission.

5-6. One of the Redhead and Santa's targets comes for help.

Now it's up to you to come up with a scenario to entertain and thrill the players at your gaming table, be it real or virtual. And if you feel like sharing your Christmas gift to them with the rest of us, pleas submit your ideas. We'll post them to the blog and our Facebook page!