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40. He/him. White. Pro-GM. TTRPG Designer. Not Sharing Images w/o Alt Text. Pro-GM: https://startplaying.games/gm/basiliskonline Games: https://basiliskonline.itch.io/ - TTRPGs: #SGG - Maps: #BasMaps - Paid Games: #BasSPG - Alt Text Resources: #AltTalk

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · May 28

New 📌 post!

I'm Dyer (or BasiliskOnline) I'm a full-time professional GM on @startplaying.bsky.social, a Map Creator on Patreon and a #TTRPG game designer on @itch.io

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#BasMaps | #SGG | #BasSPG | #AltTalk

A screen shot of my Startplaying GM page showing 447 paid games hosted in 2 years with a 5 star rating with 33 reviews. Visible games shown are PF2E Kingmaker and a WFRP 4E game, both on thursdays).

About Me

"Hey! I'm Dyer, I've been playing RPGs for going on 30 years, my older brother started playing them with me before i hit double digits and I'm familiar with a wide variety of games. I am a progressive, non-adversarial GM that believes in player agency and table safety. I also absolutely love teaching people new games, and thought this would be a great way to do that"

screen shot of a Large Thumbnail view folder of 9 of my maps. All various Fantasy buildings or landscapes.

A screen shot of my Itch.io page showing some released maps and various of my games (Immune, Diesel and Dinosaurs, Arcology World, Lumen Endgame)

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 2h

We got rid of a problem player, and have had some new people join recently, so Mystery Patrol is getting a reset! (All the cool comics do it!) New session 0 Next Week, so if you wanna check out Prowlers & Paragons and play in a supers game, great time to join!

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Join The Mystery Patrol [Weird Occult Super Heroes] - Discord / Foundry VTT - Prowlers & Paragons | StartPlaying Games

The game has gone through some changes in players/characters over its tenure and the group has decided to perform a soft reset of the game and setting and game, this is a great time to join! 🕯️ 🔮 🌙 🔮...

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 3h

Just watched KPop Demon Hunters and was delighted to see Arden Cho in the cast (were currently watching Teen Wolf as well 😂)

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 3h

Extreme Dinosaurs really is a standout of 90s cartoons in that not only does it have the standard banger intro for 90s cartoon, but about a dozen custom songs that are juat one offs during specific episodes

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 3h

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 4h

It was so good, truly a magnus opus for a first time GM

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

Run PF2E, but i've also managed to get some good headway with Prowlers & Paragons and Warhammer. Daggerheart, Cyberpunk, Vampire, Fabula Ultima and some other games are all relatively popular as well.

Also when searching you can now filter out all D&D games which is nice for players looking :)

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

and that is most of the dozens of players i've had over the last few years. Honestly its very nice that i don't need to rely on Social Media to grind engagement and value like i did when i did game design!

3. There is a LOT of D&D, but i've never had to run D&D on SPG thank god, I primarily ->

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

2. I don't know what you mean by Catch 22? That doesn't seem to apply here, however if you are asking how you get players if advertising on social media doesnt seem to do much... and the answer to that, is that besides mutuals/friends, all of my players have come from SPG itself ->

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

cancellations, as long as they communicate with me) that being said, I've had people say that the fact that they are paying for a game, makes it less likely they skip a session (even if they wouldnt be charged for the skip)

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

based on that time slot (so its not, "group gets together and then we decide when playing). SPG sends reminders to you, and by TOS someone pays if they don't "skip" the session before 24 hours of the game (realistically, i treat my players in good faith and still don't charge them even last minute->

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

Okie dokie, I kind of touched upon these in my doc, but i realize i should probably talk abit more about SPG specifics (and as it gets longer, edit up with some better organization)

1. Scheduling is managed by/through SPG for the most part. I set a game in a specific time slot and people join ->

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 6h

Most memorable 4e memory was my buddies very 1st time GMing & he masterfully put together a custom campaign where without any self reflection or interrogation, the PCs (me!) didnt realize wed been the bad guys the whole time (managed to stop the death god we summoned (oops) by the skin of our teeth)

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 7h

Almost got me, but ive been getting better at checking to make sure an artist is using real alt text. Blocked rather than reblogged.

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 8h

Ill hit these up after lunch! 💖

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 11h

History kinda glosses over that Hitler was a pedophile obsessed with his own niece Geli Raubal who he pretty much kept as a prisoner in his home until she took her own life, or for that matter how young Eva Braun was when they first met.

Nazis were always just like that it seems.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 9h

100% if i see a game has no vtt support, 99% of the time it wont get my money or any extra time. Which is sad for me as well as them.

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 4d

I am ALWAYS interested in seeing more people succeed in the Pro-GM space and i'm happy to answer questions and offer whatever help i am able ^^

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 4d

Aight I finally got around to updating some minor things about this, all in all not a ton of changes, but some little updates.

#proGm #PaidGM #BasSPG #ttrpg

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Paid GMing Draft

Last Updated 10/11/2025 About October of 2022, I started to run short on funds, and making ttrpgs just was not cutting it. I knew that meant I had to go back to work, which for me meant serving tables...

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 10h

people need to stop wasting money on things like custom dice and knack knacks so ttrpg kickstarters can put their money to actually useful shit like VTT support.

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 11h

😂

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 13h

thats been my experience in every reddit lmao

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Also am i headcannoning that Demon Knight is the prequel to Billy Zane's ex-demon in charmed? Yes i am 😂

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Billy Zane really is a great choice for a Demon 😂

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Trees that ive seen grow well in my area (lots of people have them) that I want to plant at our place:
- Figs
- Pomegranate
- Jiro Persimmons

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

one of my neighbors has Jiro Persimmons in their front yard and its 🔥