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Qichin | Bard Vtuber

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🎲 Linguist by trade, game designer by passion🎲 TTRPGs | Linguistics | Education Art/Rigging by marocaron.bsky.social PFP by Petrichoral Autistic Enby (any pronouns), 37, from 🇩🇪 in 🇹🇼 DE/EN/ZH/FR www.twitch.tv/qichin Infodump threads: #InfoBard #TTRPG

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · Sep 18

After countless years, I finally have an introduction post! I'm Qichin, a nonbinary autistic bard vtuber. That means I stream!

What you get from following me:
🎲Talks about TTRPGs and their design
🔄Reskeets of things I like. So many reskeets
🧵Infodump threads on random topics
😶Yippee

An upper-body shot of Qichin in a relaxed lean in front of a background depicting the nonbinary flag colors.

A photo of a hurdy-gurdy (a medieval string instrument with a crank that turns a wheel to play the strings and buttons to produce various notes) with the poofy bard beret from the model digitally added to it, making it look like it's wearing the hat

The Yippee/TBH creature wearing Qichin's poofy bard beret

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 5h

That could also have been it. This was years ago, memory fuzzy etc. Main point is that you don't get counted as a viewer in all of them if you open too many.

Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 5h

First one of these starting in 17 hours!

Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 3d

For scary month, we're doing a double feature of my favorite TTRPG ever, Don't Rest Your Head! Join us to watch two different groups of awesome people, on two days of this coming week!

@bebu.bsky.social
@vesselreborn.bsky.social
@fenristeel.bsky.social
@wispsoul.bsky.social
@superjinxy.bsky.social

Announcement for Don't Rest Your Head: The Bad Man, a TTRPG Double Feature stream. Two Horror TTRPG Sessions in One Weekend!

On the left side is the cover of the Don't Rest Your Head rulebook, showing the title superimposed over the left half of a ghostly looking, very pale face with black hair and red markings that remind of wounds, as well as a completely white eye.

The first stream is Thursday October 16, 4 PM PDT or Friday October 17, 8 AM JST, with Bebu_Chan and VesselReborn. The second stream is Saturday October 18, 4 PM PDT or Sunday October 19, 8 AM JST, with Fenristeel, Soul/Wisp, and Super Jinxy.

Text is mainly white and dark orange, the background is dark gray. There's a very faint black silhouette of a figure in the background.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 5h

To my knowledge, opening too many streams at once had always meant that you aren't counted in any of them. Which is why if you want to support streamers with viewer numbers, opening like 4+ streams means you end up supporting none of them.

DJ Particle 💜🦑 VCEPHALO @djparticle.com · 3d

An explanation of how Twitch's new lurker/viewbot algo actually works.

Basically, people who use ad blockers and people who open an undisclosed number of Twitch windows at once are being assumed to be viewbots.

So being a lurker is still important, but now you can't do too much of it at once.

Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 3d

There have been a lot of theories about Twitch viewership and what Twitch is (or isn't) counting as a result of the view bot update.

We now have an update that I think tries to answer the question "What is a Lurker and what isn't?"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KlC...

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · Jan 24

this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord

screenshot of a post i made on twitter

Corey Brickley Illustration. Ju:
@CoreyBrickley
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i struggle with a brain that wants to stiffly copy whatever reference i'm using and one thing i've found helpful:
1. draw big blocky shapes over the reference
2. turn off ref and redraw big blocky shapes
3. draw in figure with big blocky shapes overlaid
Traducir post

photo of model posing as an elegant elf woman that ive blocked out with a chunky red brush

in a separate window ive redrawn the red blocks, then have drawn details over the red blocks, using the photo+red transparency as reference

final doodle of the figure drawing without the red blocking

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Auntie Lotus 🌼💜 @lotusenta.gay · Jul 13

It would be nice if important information being passed around had proper alt text.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 6h

History lesson rap 😎

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Maq @maqusan.bsky.social · 1d

Most of my difficulty sliders are set to easymode. I'm white, male, straight, cis, westerner. I try to listen, support, and amplify people who aren't.

I'm just asking you all do the same for neurodivergent and mentally ill people like me. Some days it feels like we're a socially accepted prejudice.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

Me with every game, and the reason I don't play a lot of different games anymore.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

5 pages now, and I have a tentative name?

Once I learn a simple layout program (looking at Scribus right now), I think I can actually turn this into something proper 😮

Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

So, uh, I just wrote an entire page for my TTRPG that I've been working on for holy heck too long. Gonna bring out a bare-bones version 1 before mucking about with it more and adding systems and mechanics.

I feel like I can do this?

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1d

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Kol They/Them @kolceridwen.bsky.social · 1d

im just going to have to let my phone shut off. which im sure will be great for any jobs that try to contact me. cuz im still living that bullshit dream. plz for the love of anything help

💕💸 🆙💰🏳️‍⚧️ #MutualAid #MABoost #HelpSky #SignalBoost #HelpFolksLive2025
pp: paypal.me/kolalex
ca: cash.app/$kolceri

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ParasitePup ✦ 🔞 ✦ 🔩❤️‍🩹 ✦ @parasitepup.bsky.social · 14d

I feel really shitty asking for help again but my internship that should've lead to a paid position basically didn't have room in their budget to pay me so I'm unemployed again.

I am not needing to make up about 630 USD before the 20th or ill be taken to court. and im currently in the negatives.-

ParasitePup ✦ 🔞 ✦ 🔩❤️‍🩹 ✦ @parasitepup.bsky.social · 29d

Update on my life and a cry for help.

If I don't raise enough funds soon I'm facing eviction.

Ko-fi:
ko-fi.com/parasitepup

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

It's 3 am but my stomach has turned into an Ace Chemicals factory with a constant buildup of exhaust gases that prevent me from lying down properly. At least I'm being productive while my digestive system holds me hostage.

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Edouard Noisette @ednoisette.bsky.social · 1d

It's #portfolioday again !
So hi, I'm Edouard, I'm a concept artist with nearly 12 years of experience working in the game industry. I'm currently doing environments for Crytek on Hunt Showdown, and mentoring young artists on the side !
I've a passion for dark worlds and historical settings !

A digital painting of a gothic cathedral in sunset light

a digital painting of a courtyard in a medieval street, in a foggy light

A digital painting of a covered parisian arcade, in the afternoon light.

An aerial view of a baroque street covered in snow, with a big clock on the right side.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think it'll fit the theme of this particular game, though =/

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 1d

Also the game is STILL nameless...

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Tulchip @ emergency move aid fundraising 🥀 @tulchip.bsky.social · 4d

Out of suggestions from some folks Ive opened the fund raising goal on my Ko-fi, any funds coming in from there will go towards allowing me to move safely despite my disability and afford all the necessities i will need without it affecting my medical budgets..

ko-fi.com/tulchip/goal...

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Jess Pendley, Werewolf Wrassler 💪🐺 @jesspendley.com · 1d

This only ends with The Beast’s death or yours.

You do not know which you fear more.

No Mercy For Monsters is a solo #ttrpg of familial oaths, dark obsessions, and toxic bonds perfect for fans of gothic romances, monstrous tragedies, and fantasy horror experiences.

Check it out below! 🐺🪓💜

Underground Oracle Publishing @undergroundoracle.com · 1d

You have done terrible things to find them.
Would gladly do more to draw them close enough to touch.
One way or another, the monster will fall.

Grab No Mercy For Monsters, a solo #ttrpg of dark obsession & the bond between mortal rivals.

Site: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...

Art from No Mercy For Monsters by Unplaytested Presents. It features a huntress, kneeling on the ground with her axe in hand while screaming. The visage of a werewolf floats in the ether above her. Art by Tasca Skelton.

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MarcoMaps Bernardini @marcomaps.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay !
I'm Marco, a queer cartographer specialized in creating maps that make you want to live and have adventures in them! 🏰🌲

A map of a 80's themed American suburban town

A map of a Dwarven city built on the side of a giant waterfall

A map of a continent with diverse biomes and zoomins of various locations

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Autumn @alpacawax.bsky.social · 2d

autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕

20/100

Dad can pay for week in the morning, van is getting repaired today, everything is happening at once and I just want. Need. To be safe tonight. Anything helps, needing before 11am EST! Thank you so much!

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HokutoAndy 🤜🤜➡️ 🦶👊 @hokutoandy.bsky.social · 1d

Dungeon Cinematography
Learn RPG Mastering Techniques from Movies
Yusuke Tokita

Interesting piece of Japanese tabletop RPG history with casual wokeness of how your PC's claiming they discovered something is as dumb as 'the whites claiming they discovered America, but the natives...'

Fantasy File Dungeon Cinematography Learn RPG Mastering Techniques from Movie Yusuke Tokida

The idea that the situation changes according to the actions of the PCs may just be a
fantasy. Masters should firmly pound this into their heads.
It may look that way, but in reality, the incident probably existed there, to begin with,
and it just happened to be discovered by the PCs.

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Even the word "discovered" might be extremely annoying to the side of the discovered
incident, like the anger of the indigenous people of America towards the whites who
"discovered" America.
Such discovered incidents often proceed regardless of the PCs' intentions or actions
and may even end on their own.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 2d

We have this one in German too :D