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The Piteous Priests

"BLESSED BE THOSE WHO CONSUME THE BLOOM" They wander with no destination in mind, carrying their flourishing garden wherever the road may lead. Meadows bloom beneath their passing, branches flower at their touch, and the scent of fresh blossoms lingers long after they have gone. Dressed in heavy robes and adorned with flowers gathered from countless lands, they arrive unannounced at whatever place you call home, refuge, or resting place. They are the Piteous Priests. A wandering collective with its own beliefs and traditions, ready to be dropped into your world, setting, or campaign. A table of flora based mutations to drastically alter your PCs appearance.A progression tracker for a strange affliction that can unfold throughout your adventures to members of your party/your PCs.A collection of unique items, curiosities, and wares traded by the wandering pilgrims. CREATED FOR THE APPX. N JAM 2026 A concertina zine (or accordion-fold zine) is made from a single strip of paper folded back and forth into connected panels. Named after the concertina instrument, it can be read page by page like a booklet or unfolded into one continuous strip. Unlike a traditional pamphlet, where a single sheet is folded in on itself to create nested pages, a concertina is folded back and forth in alternating directions to form a continuous chain of panels. This 8-panel A6 portrait format (four panels per side) offers more pages and greater layout flexibility while still using just one sheet of paper. This is a reinterpretation of one of the original formats for APPX. N JAM 2026, inspired by a format suggestion I submitted that was later adopted into the jam's updated formatting guidelines. Rather than dedicating one of the original four A5 pages to a cover, each A5 page is divided into two A6 panels, preserving the same total printable surface area while making more efficient use of every panel for content. Concertina zines commonly range from 6–12 panels, depending on the sheet size. This version prints on a single A3 landscape sheet, then simply requires trimming and folding to produce a compact zine with more room for pacing, artwork, and text than a conventional pamphlet of the same size. Physical copies can now be bought in the UK from CAT SKULL PRESS Written by Haven Milne of Cat Skull Press and Gabe L. of Daily Ritual PressIllustrations and layout by Haven Milne of Cat Skull PressTo be used with INTO THE ODD and CAIRN