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Ilsa Vaduva is a controversial character. As her background might me considered off-putting to some, I have posted it here on my blog, rather than on any social media, so only those who are interested in the character will have to read about her. Content Warning : The villain known as Matriarch is one that engages in casual use of sex and sexuality as a weapon. The following background contains mention of drug use, human trafficking, sex trafficking, and child prostitution. If these are subjects that you or your players are not comfortable in engaging with in your campaign, please feel free to discard or modify Ilsa Vaduva, Matriarch, and/or Voluptuary as you see fit. Ilsa Vaduva was born in Romania. As she grew up, it was clear she would be a beautiful woman, and chose to become a fashion model at a young age. When she was 16, Ilsa was cast as a vampire bride in an adaptation of “Vlad the Impaler” that was filming in Romania. Here, the actor Gary Reeves took a liking to the young woma

 As I prepare to once again start running my Transformers: MASK '88 campaign, I am going through my old notes and building Contacts for the characters whom the PCs regularly interact at the Boulder Hill base outside of Jasper, Nevada. The regular NPCs at the base include: Brawn - Autobot munitions expert. He serves as the team's Quartermaster. You can find his Contact Build here . Brainstorm - Autobot scientist. He maintains and operates the base's Cybertronian technology, such as its Land Bridge. Cover Girl - As one of GIJoe's best vehicle engineers, Cover Girl maintains the team's motor pool. She is delighted to operate with new vehicles assimilating the Cybertronian technology, like those found in the MASK garage. Sgt. Stone - Whereas Cover Girl is assigned to maintain the motor pool of MASK, Sgt. Stone is here to maintain the physical bodies of the Joes stationed at Boulder Hill. Plus, I'm a big fan of Brendan Fraser! William Fowler - Just transferred from

 It's been a while since I've managed to get one of these contact builds done. I've been busy with my new art site, several commission projects, and a couple of writing projects. Recently, Ive been able to clear some of those off my plate, so now I can get back to having fun with these contacts! Let's get back to work with the Autobot Recordibot: Steeljaw ! Steeljaw is a character that has undergone several changes and incarnations throughout different Transformers series and continuities. In G1, he was a lion-formed Recordibot who operated with Blaster, as well as an expert tracker.  In the Bayverse films, Steeljaw was a dumb slobbery dog-bot who just served to tell stupid dog jokes: humping legs and peeing and/or slobbering on everything (great work, Michael Bay!) One of the newest incarnations -- from the Robots In Disguise animated series that served as a sequel to TF: Prime -- of Steeljaw was as a Decepticon revolutionary who had a werewolf-like robot form. He was

The contact build for today is Ramhorn ! This Autobot cassette was one of several introduced to us in the Transformers movie from 1986. I don't personally recall seeing him in the classic Marvel Transformers comic series. But he did feature prominently in the first several episodes of the third season of the G1 TF animated series. Unlike Eject and Rewind, who have jobs within Blaster's communications sector, Ramhorn is all about the fight. I guess he serves as the enforcer for the Autobot Communications sector. I you enjoy this content, please help my friend Owen and his fight against cancer . RAMHORN " Flee before me or else you'll fall before me ." Ramhorn is one bad-tempered tape. In beast mode, he's very aggressive and easily provoked. If somebody messes with his stuff, he'll most likely smash the offender, then smash the tampered-with belongings, then smash everything nearby for good measure. He's very strong, too, able to derail a train with a si

In honor of the release of Transformers One, I have created a Contact Build for Sentinel Prime. While this build is unlikely to be used in most TF campaigns, it is possible someone may want to run a TF campaign set in the early days of the Great War, or perhaps have a game based on the movie TF: One itself. This contact build may help facilitate character interactions with Sentinel. Sentinel Prime (sometimes known as Sentinel Zeta) has been depicted in many different ways over the course of Transformers series and revisions. In their earlies version, he is the bearer of the Matrix of Leadership -- one of many in a lineage of Primes --  handing it off to Optimus before his passing. It was likely the Transformers Animated series of 2007 that solidified the modern version of Sentinel as he is depicted today; showcasing that the lineage of Primes was not always one of virtuous bots. Some came into their position as Prime through manipulation and guile, rather than being a bearer of the Mat

The contact build for today is the Recordicon: Eject ! I hope you're ready for some football! If you enjoy this content, please help my friend Owen with his fight against cancer ! EJECT " Clutch hitting is the key to an effective offense ." The best way to describe Eject is that he is always ready for some football! A confirmed Earth-sports junkie, Eject constantly scans the airwaves for everything from baseball, basketball, football, soccer, hockey, anything, from professional to academic-level competition. This occasionally interferes with his job as a surveillance agent, should a game go into overtime when he should be monitoring Decepticon activity. Sports clichés and terms litter his speech: "home runs", "touchdowns", "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!" and, of course, "Are you ready for some football?!" For Eject, sports are more than a form of entertainment. To his mind, they are also the answer to the war. He feels that