Portal Author

Steven Forbus

Founder, Creative Director, and Project Lead at My Cat Portal Studio

“If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.” ― Groucho Marx
Steven Forbus

Who is Steven Forbus?

A closer look at Steven Forbus’s background, interests, and contributions to The Portal Log.

Steven Forbus is the co-founder and creative director behind My Cat Portal Studio, where he shapes the identity, visual direction, production flow, and crowdfunding presentation of the studio’s projects. With a background in film and audiovisual production, he brings a director’s eye to tabletop RPG publishing, connecting tone, artwork, story, and practical production into a coherent whole. His work is driven by cinema, dark fantasy, Japanese pop culture, underground sensibilities, cats, and the belief that every project should feel intentional, alive, and unmistakably its own.

This profile collects the author’s work, notes, and contributions to The Portal Log.

Articles by Steven Forbus

Browse the latest entries, guides, and notes written by Steven Forbus for The Portal Log.

Make High-Level D&D Weird Again

GAME MASTER TIPS

Make High-Level D&D Weird Again

Your 17th-level party has outgrown ordinary obstacles. Build adventures around competing crises, changing battlefields, and places where reality needs a closer look. La Notte Eterna supplies the liquid light and imprisoned gods.

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The Rotten Few, episode 6: Bell House

LORE

The Rotten Few, episode 6: Bell House

Bell House sits at the heart of a web of favors, debts, and quiet threats. In Episode 06 of The Rotten Few, pressure closes in around Mara Vey, Cairn Bell, and the secrets moving through Mubunash.

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