SPARKS
Scrapbook
version 3.0
Sparks™ concept, font design and documentation by S. John Ross
Original illustrations and character descriptions by Glen Barnett, Brian L. Bird, Matt Drake, Tim Driscoll, Craig Griswold, Scott Johnson, Matthew Lake, Paul Lesack, P.D. Magnus, Anthony Merlock, Amy "Rogue" Miles, Darrel Miller, James Ojaste, Sandra Ross, and S. John Ross

Sparks Gone Fannish!

Odds are, if you're reading this at all, you're already familiar with Sparks: professional-quality paper miniatures in font form! Well, this one isn't quite professional . . . Instead, the Scrapbook was built entirely from donated fan-art, just for fun. Some of the minis make for great monster hordes (the thought of hordes of LouLou, Brian the Gamer or Samurachan is particularly unsettling).

I also threw in some of my own stick-figures, and the doodled miniature (Garygax) that was the very first "test drawing" I used when inventing Sparks in the spring of 1999. When Garygax worked, I phoned up Dan Smith and told him about this idea I'd had, and would be be willing to do some real art for me? The rest is history!

If you're new to Sparks, visit the Cumberland Games website at www.cumberlandgames.com and download the Sparks: Free For All set. The documentation for that set applies to this one, too, and you'll be able to see what our more serious sets are like!

I want to expand this scrapbook font with some of your fan-art! If you're interested, visit the Sparks webpage and read up on the requirements, or (if you can't find us on the web) email me at sjohn@cumberlandgames.com and ask!

Scaling

Sparks scaling is really easy to use: 25pt type = 25mm scale, 30pt type = 30mm scale (the most popular for dungeon-stomping games), 50pt type = 50mm scale, and so on! Clip, fold and play! Adjust as needed for larger-than-human scale characters (or just to scare your players).

Character Roster

These are the thirty-two characters included with this set. There's a different miniature for each letter of the alphabet from A to Z, and the numerals 1 to 6, with the lower half of each on the lowercase letter and the upper half of each on the uppercase letter (use a similar SHIFT-key routine to get the upper half of the numeric characters):

abcdefgh
ijklmnopq
rstuvwxy
z123456

•	Alexis Lucky, by P.D. Magnus (A/a): The beautiful but treacherous Alexis Lucky. Perhaps she is some relation to Dr J Robert Lucky, in line to inherit millions. Perhaps the last name is just a coincidence, and she will kill him just to watch him die.
•	Dante, by Matt Drake (B/b): When the mob needs someone to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies, they send Dante, their hell-sent assassin.
•	Diabolis, by Glen Barnett (C/c): Prickly and cranky, you just know he hasn't had his morning coffee yet. He's not really the kind of guy that sees things from your point of view. But underneath that fearsome exterior is ... sinews and ichor, mostly. Diabolis is the versatile type - one day he's an imp, next day a huge demon. Some days he's an actor in a rubber suit wandering from the set of a Japanese monster flick, throwing a tantrum because his mocha latte spilled in his lap. Or he could be Brian Newstein, careless bioengineer, whose latest experiment has gone terribly, terribly wrong - he was supposed to come out violet, not green.
•	Dr. Fargus, by Matt Drake (D/d): Although his experiments have cost him an arm, Dr. Fargus vows to rid the West of evil with his own brand of frontier justice (and a few well-aimed blasts of his trusty flame pistol).
•	Dworf, by S. John Ross (E/e): A stick figure of a Dwarf. I spelled it "Dworf," though. Haha! I funny.
•	Fiter, by S. John Ross (F/f): A stick figure of a Fighter. Same joke as before, but he's easy to remember 'cause "Fiter" begins with his native letter F.
•	Garen, by Glen Barnett (G/g): Garen is a hungry looking beggar. On close inspection he - at least you think it's a he - is not quite as dirty as you'd expect, but his manner is surely that of someone who grew up on the streets. Watch out what you say to him, though - Garen is hiding something!
•	GaryGax, by S. John Ross (H/h): A piece of Sparks history: the original Spark himself. His owl familiar (you can sort of tell it's an owl) is perched on his shoulder. His mind is lost in arcane thought. His chin is lost in an arcane beard. I made GaryGax available as a standalone freebie for the mailing list a long time ago, but here he is now again, with company. What? You aren't on the mailing list? Get thee to the website, you scamp!
•	Gublun, by Anthony Merlock (I/i): Creeping throught the dungeons and ruins, Gublun hunts out his favorite prey - adventurers. His favorite tactic is the knee bash, followed only by the "uppercut". Gublun strictly follows the creed, "If you fight and run away, you live to fight another day".
•	Hafling, by S. John Ross (J/j): My spelling errors get subtler, bwahahah.
•	Kstaath-Haach, by Glen Barnett (K/k): His fangs aren't the only venemous weapon he's carrying. This squamous spear-carrier could be one of the fanatical guardians of the Temple of Set. Perhaps he's  a brave warrior from a secretive tribe of snakemen. Maybe he's a magical hybrid, the creation of a cruel wizard . . . or a barbaric alien king on a steamy jungle world.
•	LouLou, by Sandra Ross (L/l): LouLou is an orphan. She is an innocent-looking 10-year old with a devious mind. Watch your wallet if LouLou is around!
•	"Me" (Brian the Gamer), by Brian L. Bird (M/m): Brian is always ready to throw some dice, deal some cards, or design and playtest a new game.  Caution be to those who oppose him. For when the chips are down and his aid is needed, he always seems to roll the number he needs. In RPG or Wargame alike with he is a master of the dreaded "Shooka-Shooka-Squeeze." 
•	Mothman, by Tim Driscoll (N/n): This mysterious red-eyed denizen of the West Virginia hills is often seen before or after UFO sightings. He enjoys chasing teenagers and startling rednecks. Once you've seen him, expect a call from dark clad inquisitive strangers. Don't answer the phone!
•	Suit, by Matthew Lake (O/o): As for the description, um, I've got no idea. Bad day at the office? Mr Johnson's armed security goons? [Shrugs] Sorry.
•	Undedd (P/p) and Wizerd (Q/q), by S. John Ross: Sure can get a lot of mileage out of poor spelling, yessiree bob. Yep. Sure can. Yep . . . [Long Silence] Is this mike still on? Can we go now?
•	Betty (R/r) by James Ojaste: She's neat and petite, but if turn your back then you'll end up as meat!
•	Roger "Harpoon" Constant (S/s) by Paul Lesack: Hunting the deadly house-eating shark (and other large sea-creatures), this famous hunter is always suave in his tailor-made wetsuit. Able to deliver both bullets and insults with deadly accuracy, he's often at odds with the multinational corporations that hire him to protect their valuable property. Shatterproof sunglasses complete his ensemble, ensuring female attention and protecting his bloodshot martini eyes from overly-bright UV rays.
•	Dane (T/t) by Darrel Miller: Partner of Rian, this guy is a gun for hire. He has stuck close to his friend ever since the death of Rian’s master. He tries to convince Rian that his master's death was not really his fault, but isn’t very sucessful.
•	Enak Rown (U/u) by Darrel Miller: A simple Lustan pilot and mechanic, Enak wants only to make money to put into his ship. He is always looking for new ways to modify existing ship systems and reroute old ones. That is, in part, why he agreed to take Dane and Rian wherever they wanted to go.
•	Larry (V/v) by P.D. Magnus: He dropped out of high school and moved to Hollywood with plans to be a big star. That was ten years ago and his big break hasn't come yet, but he's landed a job as a stunt double for Nikos the Bear.
•	Meltdown (W/w) by Craig Griswold: A super-villain from the 1950's rocketed forward to the present by a nuclear explosion. She has great strength, invulnerability, and an explosive temper.
•	Nikos (X/x) by P.D. Magnus: Raised in a trailer park and trained in the most prestigious dojo in Colorado, he was fighting ninjas by age 12. His first role was as an extra in a soda commercial, but he's starred in a dozen hit movies since then. When he's not making movies, he likes to play golf and to steal food from campers.
•	Samurachan (Y/y) by Paul Lesack: More than just a fiercely loyal pet, Samurachan sneers at death so long as he is the servant of his master. He fears nothing but failure. The price of defeat lurks in the back of his mind - a painful transmogrification into the scorned Roninchan.
•	Rian (Z/z) by Darrel Miller: A young member of the Mystik Order, Rian lives in self-imposed exile. In a desperate battle on a distant world he killed his master (he believes: unknown to him, his master was merely a clone). Struggling with the Darkness that threatens to engulf him, he spends his time with his partner, Dane.
•	Superior Fellow (!/1) by Darrel Miller: This guy was once alive, but now is dead, to all pleas of humility. He is convinced that the world revolves around him and that Megalopolis only survives because of him. With super power beams jumping from his eyes, he battles the foes of Corporate America.
•	Tatzelworm (@/2) by Craig Griswold: An elusive creature of the Swiss, Bavarian, and Austrian Alps - part cat, part snake. They are poisonous, ravenous, and deadly. Fortunately, they mostly content themselves with attacking livestock. Mostly. 
•	Skelly (#/3) by Amy "Rogue" Miles: Skelly is a misanthropic pile of bones that was summoned into existence by an inept student of the dark art of necromantic heckling. Embittered and unsure of his sexual preference (due to the fact that it's entirely too difficult to determine the gender of animated bones), Skelly finds himself the scourge of unded cocktail parties up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
•	Orgo-5150 ($/4) by S. John Ross: The single most advanced device ever constructed in the Secret Luzedrian Robotics Lab of Ronulax XIV. Which is why the Secret Luzedrian Robotics Lab of Ronulax XIV is now the Secret Luzedrian High-Security Prison For Excessively Lame Robotics Engineers That Have Really Pissed His Galactic Eminence Off.
•	Don't (%/5) by Scott Johnson: Having hocked his clothes to pay his tattoo artist, he set off on the road to spiritual perfection. He believes spiritual perfection is best achieved through kicking people in the head.
•	Desiree Beauchamps (^/6) by Scott Johnson: She wrassled her 8 brothers, growin' up in the bayou. Then she wrassled gators. Now, she wrassles in mud. Don't mess with them thar mud wrasslers. They's tougher than they looks.

More Sparks On The Way!

Cumberland Games & Diversions is always developing more Sparks and other gamer-fonts, as well as a growing line of other paper-toys, games, and gamings supplements! Keep an eye on our website at:

http://www.cumberlandgames.com

Please support Sparks by buying lots of them! The more we sell, the more we can make! Enjoy your Sparks!

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This documentation and the Sparks font design are Copyright © 2001, 2002 and 2003 by S. John Ross. The artwork used in this set is Copyright © 2001, 2002 and 2003 by the individual artists. Sparks is a trademark of S. John Ross. Users of this font are granted license for unlimited private use of the images contained in it - print all the Sparks you want, use them as illustrations on your character sheet, whatever you like, provided you don't use the images in any public forum (like the World Wide Web, or any form of publishing, hardcopy or electronic) or sell them for profit in any way. Inquiries regarding licensing the Sparks artwork for purposes not granted by this license should be directed to the artwork's owner. This font is provided as-is with no warranty expressed or implied. Any questions about this font should be directed by email to S. John Ross <sjohn@cumberlandgames.com>