Arachnoid: Monday Mutant 36 just released!

 

Add spiderfolk to your post-apocalyptic campaign!

The oldsters engineered them as cuddly pets and collectibles, then the military made covert variants for war, but now, exposure to mutagenic agents has perfected spiderfolk for survival in the post-apocalyptic world of The Mutant Epoch.

Arachnoids are pigeon sized jumping spiders of considerable intelligence, the ability to talk, use simple weapons, wear armor, and even join forces with human scavengers and excavation teams.

Besides being a potential new wasteland monster with a paralytic bite, this new offering comes with rules on using them as player characters. Enlisting an arachnoid to a dig team means the ruin crawlers have a remarkable scout in their ranks, one that can go unseen by most any foe and deliver a knock out venomous bite.

Illustrated and written by William McAusland, creator of The Mutant Epoch, grab your ‘pay what you want’ copy of this small, venomous 'jumper' today. They are also playable as player characters with all the generation rules and outfitting included in this little 7 page RPG supplement!

Grab your copy today at this link: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/561698/Monday-Mutants-36-Arachnoid

Here’s what’s in the PDF:

The first 24 Pay What You Want offerings in this line-up were added into a book along with 6 never before seen, remarkable muties and available in the Monday Mutants Bestiary right here at drivethrurpg.com:

Monday Mutants Bestiary - Outland Arts | The Mutant Epoch RPG | DriveThruRPG

Best regards, William McAusland

Author and Illustrator

• The Mutant Epoch RPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30009/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG

• Fantasy Clip Inks https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30007/Fantasy-Clip-Inks

• Handcrafted Dungeons https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30008/HandCrafted-Dungeons

 

Hog Squealer: Monday Mutant 35 just released!

While untold numbers of bizarre, nightmare mutants of the post-apocalyptic wastes seek to devour or drive off would-be ruin explorers and wasteland travelers, few do so by first tying to make them careless, annoyed, or insane.

Hog squealers do just that, however, and often without first showing themselves, will call out in snippets of remembered voices—voices of past victims or those they taunted and tracked on earlier hunts. Each minute, a squealer will unleash a bit of dialog, either from the game master’s own selection, or from the massive d100 table included with this all new creature. These things make these annoying, often nonsensical calls in order to frustrate, confuse, and split the party, attempting to get one of their humanoid targets away from the group.

Hog Squealers are pony sized mutants with mainly pig ancestry, hunt in packs and appear as mutated specimens seventeen percent of the time.

Grab your copy today at this link: 

https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/560856/Monday-Mutants-35-Hog-Squealer

Illustrated by Avalon McAusland and written by Will McAusland, grab your ‘pay what you want’ copy of this fast moving vocal mimic to challenge your post-apocalyptic player characters today!

Lamprey-Whale: Monday Mutant 34 just released!

 

While nowhere is truly safe in the post-apocalyptic new era of The Mutant Epoch, the deep waters are particularly dangerous. In the case of the lamprey-whale, which can weigh in at over eight thousand kilograms* and measure up to fourteen meters*, these giant mutant fish either surface to first inspect a swimmer or vessel, or take a probing bite to see if it’s eatable—often mistaking a ship’s hull for its normal prey, baleen whales — and then move off or attack.

While in their standard form they are bad enough, but extra mutie variants also exist, some with two heads, tentacles, armored hides, amphibious adaptations, or ultrasonic surge abilities.

Illustrated by Avalon McAusland and written by Will McAusland, grab your ‘pay what you want’ copy of this behemoth of the Epochian waterways today!

*8000kg is roughly 17,500 pounds, while 14 meters is about 43 feet.

Grab your copy today at this link: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/559892/Monday-Mutants-34-LampreyWhale

Written by Will McAusland and illustrated by Avalon McAusland, this freak is our 34th Monday Mutant for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game using the Outland System.

The first 24 Pay What You Want offerings were added into a book along with 6 never before seen, remarkable muties and available in the Monday Mutants Bestiary right here at drivethrurpg.com:

Monday Mutants Bestiary - Outland Arts | The Mutant Epoch RPG | DriveThruRPG

Here’s what’s in the PDF:

Look for next week’s nightmare, the Hog-Squealer, illustrated by Avalon McAusland and written by Will McAusland.

Best regards,
William McAusland
Author and Illustrator

• The Mutant Epoch RPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30009/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG

• Fantasy Clip Inks https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30007/Fantasy-Clip-Inks

• Handcrafted Dungeons https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/762/Outland-Arts/subcategory/3754_30008/HandCrafted-Dungeons

Dumpster Mimic: Monday Mutant 33 just released!

 

As if the friggin' ruins weren't dangerous enough!

Now, reports from the old megalopolis are coming in telling of excavators getting swallowed alive by something among the junk, something they thought was cover and concealment. Dig teams and scavs who survived these encounters call the monsters 'lid-lurkers', 'trash-shells', 'scrap-hermits' or 'dumpster-mimics'.

Good luck out there, ruin looters, you'll need it!

Grab your copy today at this link:

https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/559078/Monday-Mutants-33-Dumpster-Mimic

Written and illustrated by Timothy Berriault, this ambush predator is our 33rd Monday Mutant for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game using the Outland System. Tim is also the author of One Day Digs 7, The Ascent, available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/188283/one-day-digs-7-the-ascent

 

Blood-Thirster: Monday Mutant 32 just released!

Also called Ear Faced Devils, these bear sized mutie monsters can hear your characters whispering from a half a kilometer away, and hear your walking from even further off. Watch the shadowy ceilings, too, as these vampiric pack hunters are known to drop on ruin explorers, drain the blood of those they latch onto, and inject paralytic venom into opponents and prey who put up a proper fight.

Grab your copy today at this link:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/558306/monday-mutants-32-blood-thirster

Written by Will McAusland and illustrated by Avalon McAusland, this freak is our 32nd Monday Mutant for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game using the Outland System.

The first 24 Pay What You Want offerings were added into a book along with 6 never before seen, remarkable muties and available in the Monday Mutants Bestiary right here at drivethrurpg.com:

Monday Mutants Bestiary - Outland Arts | The Mutant Epoch RPG | DriveThruRPG

Here’s what’s in the PDF:

Look for next week’s nightmare, the Dumpster Mimic, 3D illustrated and written by Timothy Berriault.

Best regards,

William McAusland

Author and Illustrator

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Epochians!

Hello everyone, Season’s Greetings from Outland Arts,

2025 has seen a lot of challenges and changes, and not a lot of outward progress on ongoing books and ventures, although there is a ton of stuff going on behind the scenes. Our next book, Nuke Tower, is in layout, the Third Party license is all but finalized, the first contact-renewal email for the Outland Arts Insider Newsletter ready to go, and a heap of art for upcoming Monday Mutants turned in. Following the release of Nuke Tower, we will craft a compendium of all the exiting One Day Digs in print format, plus PDF, which will include several all new ODD mini adventures. As for the TME novel series, third edits on book 11 are happening now of this initial 17 book offering, and I’d like to see the first novels come out next September at the latest.

This year also saw some excellent content coming from Tim of the Rubble Goblins for the Actual Play shows and the many shorts, which have been well received, and I sure look forward to more! Thanks also got to Tim for organizing the Drink n’ Draw events on Discord.

With that said, have a splendid Christmas and here’s wishing you a healthy, creative and prosperous 2026!

Kindest regards

William McAusland (Mutant Lord)

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: One Day Dig 1

 Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: One Day Dig 1 

Ep 2 of Blood for Bellridge with Rubble Goblins

https://www.youtube.com/live/MR6uTIwXX-o

Check it out!

The Southern Rangers Short by Rubble Goblins

 The Southern Rangers Short by Rubble Goblins

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iUrZzGWPRto

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The Underwarrens Session 6

 Live now!

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The Underwarrens Session 6

https://www.youtube.com/live/Kl_hFgQRmqA

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The High Desert Session 36

 Shrike Queen! Happening Now! 

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The High Desert Session 36

September 3rd 2025

Join Rubble Goblins Tim and the crew for another live play episode of The Mutant Epoch TTRPG

https://www.youtube.com/live/3PyhrU02CYE

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Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: Character Creation Demo Show

 Happening Now! 

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: Character Creation Demo Show

August 6th 2025

Join Rubble Goblins Tim and the crew for examples of character generation using The Mutant Epoch TTRPG hub rules book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dRNd_hbQkc

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cters #charactergeneration

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The High Desert Session 32

 Happening Now! 

Actual Play - The Mutant Epoch: The High Desert Session 32

July 23th 2025

Join Rubble Goblins Tim and the crew for session 32 for live, remote play of this post-apocalyptic TTRPG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WujgijBaerc

Painting Nuke Tower's Cover while camping

 Been doing some camping and painting on a hundred year old easel. This is going to be the cover art for our next book, a massive 3-5th rank adventure called Nuke Tower. Stay tuned for more progress shots as I get back to this one! WM

Drink n Draw tonight

 

https://discord.com/invite/DtXY7hv

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM 

Paint Minis, draw, sculpt or ask questions about The Mutant Epoch, illustrations for RPGS, writing and more.

Digital Being inhabiting a Laptop Computer

 Digital Being inhabiting a Laptop Computer

Ink Art from page 73 of  The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules

While a digital being can be housed within almost any laptop, and access the programs, files and peripheral devices that it’s hooked up to, only 1 in 10 are specially designed to accommodate digital beings and have a back port that accepts either a palm disk, medallion disk, or the CPU core from a hand mirror or projector aerial drone. To better aid the DB when interacting with physical beings, any laptop will let a digital being’s face appear on the screen as an animated version of its chosen or assigned persona. 

Watch a video intro of this new book at RPG Overviews on Youtube:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmR1zStcU38

Digital Being PC inhabiting a Medallion Disc

 

Ink Art from page 73 of  The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules

This device looks like some sort of art déco style piece of ancient jewelry. 2 in 6 will feature genuine gold and silver decorative elements, and of these, 1 in 6 will also be fitted with gemstones which double the buy or sell price. They are very much like palm disks and feature the same chance of a potential add-on. Because they are worn on a stainless steel or leather necklace, they can often be slipped beneath a wearer’s clothing — although doing so blocks the digital being’s visual receptors unless the fabric is specially punctured or of a mesh material.

You can play these digital beings using the new rule book.

Check it out: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

Palm Disk housed Digital Being Cowpoke

 

Ink Art from page 72 of  The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules

These were the most common housings for digital beings and often serve as the core CPU container within larger vessels. Palm disks come in many shapes and sizes but generally perch in an open hand, on a shelf, in a vehicles cup holder or back pocket. 

These disks sometimes feature a bonus add-on. Roll 1d10.

1-3. No add-on.

4. Waterproof and will float if dropped in liquid.

5. Pop out spider legs: climbing 3 skill points, movement rate 4m, scratch opponents SV +0, DMG 1pt

6. Extra encryption: Improved firewall bonus of -20 FW.

7. Ultra memory: Can contain 150TB of data

8. Military Grade Toughness: Add +2d6 Endurance and increase DV by -13.

9. Pop out rotors: This unit can fly like a small drone, although makes the same amount of noise as a bumblebee when active. Movement rate 12m, with flight duration 1 hour before a 12 hour recharge period must take place. While flying, increase defense value -20 DV.

10. Two add-ons (roll 1d6+3, twice on this table but down-pick or re-roll duplicated results).

New to the Mutant Epoch RPG? 

Grab the free quick Start rules PDF and the included Adventure, ‘Muddy Mayhem’: https://www.outlandarts.com/qsr.htm

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Wristwatch Projector Digital Being

 

Ink Art from page 72 of  The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules

Besides being an excellent projector that allows hands free use, this watch can also be worn under the wearer’s armor to better protect it — although anything blocking the topside projection emitter will stop the holographic image from appearing, seeing its surroundings or launching its shock generator or most other apps — yet the digital being can still verbally interact with the wearer. This model will normally be a clunky, sports style watch with a digital readout of the current time (once set) plus offer a stopwatch feature, night light mode (which can emit a soft illumination in a meter around the wearer), 

Come say hello at this EN World thread:

https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-mutant-epoch-rpg-expansion-rules-book-is-finally-here.707667/

The Dreaded Pulviss

 

The dreaded pulviss!

Grab it today at the recession friendly price of Pay What You Want! At

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/524023/monday-mutants-31-pulviss

For the mutant Epoch tabletop role-playing game.

Pulviss Monday Mutant 31

Don’t become the unwilling subscriber and rope-bound follower of this hulking mutie!

The Pulviss gets its name from the word ‘pulverize’. This apt name serves it well for both its brutal, multiple close-in attacks, as well as its bizarre need to dominate, demoralize and crush the willpower and self respect of those that it collects.

We return to the Monday Mutants series with a bang. The pulviss is an epic 8 page creature listing for an unpredictable and grotesque collector of companions — just hope your post-apocalyptic heroes don’t end up roped to the gang of ‘subscribers’ and ‘fans’ for the colossal brute’s sport, or left tied to a post as a decoy when something worse comes along.

This is our 31st Monday Mutant for The Mutant Epoch role-playing game using the Outland System. Our previous 24 Pay What You Want offerings were added into a book along with 6 never before seen, remarkable muties and available in the Monday Mutants Bestiary.

This collector of unwilling playthings, pets, and bait humans includes a 1d8 random mutation table, 2d12 table of possible humanoid thrall captives to rescue, along with a 3d6 table of collectibles that the beast carries as loot, or barter items when in the mood to trade for luxuries.

While we can’t publish a Monday Mutant every week, we are aiming to release one of these freaks every 2nd Monday for this ongoing next dozen. Join us on your favorite social media venue and follow along, links at our website.

Grab your copy today at this link:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/524023/monday-mutants-31-pulviss

Best regards,

William McAusland

Author and Illustrator

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