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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head

@aaronderschaedel.bsky.social

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He/Him | Definitely Not Young Lover of tabletop RPGs, coffee, swimming, and ink for both drawing and writing.

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 22h

Glad to have my major commitments done this year.

Going through my notes.

Found a lot of ttRPG sub systems I wanted to make, but only had ideas for.

Some of the details are coming back to me, past that phase of "what the fuck did I mean when I wrote this?"

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Pacalakin @pacalakin.bsky.social · 4d

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 4d

A missed deadline is better than a complete crash out.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 5d

Also, minigame: guess which one was me.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 5d

Conversation I had in Deep Rock Galactic:

Dwarf 1: Are we gonna fight this [Dreadnought?]
Dwarf 2: Well, we can try reasoning with it.
Dwarf 3: I don't speak Glyphid, unfortunately.
Dwarf 4: You need to drink more Slammers, then.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 6d

Freaking awesome Balatro run just now.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I see this image, I can't help but think of those German memes where a dog is in some wild circumstance.

This one would be "My fucking dog is stuck in the microwave!" / "Mein Scheisshund ist in die Mikrowelle!"

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Victor, a Rascal certified game designer @thisisvictor.bsky.social · 6d

I've said it once and I'll say it again: People who think that character death is the only interesting consequence in TTRPGs are boring people.

"Oh I can't create tension if the game doesn't allow for me to kill a PC."

Really? You can't? Or are you just bad at GMing?

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 6d

These sentiments are why my approach as GM is to be an arbiter of events.

I set the stage, but then the players may use it as they see fit.

(Importantly, I'm not coy. I inform players when they're about to do something that their character would know is a bad idea. "Gotcha!" moments are dumb.)

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 7d

Mood.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 7d

Finally finished this fantastic labor of love I began earlier in the year.

The content is pretty sparse and surface level. Though I do think I outdid myself with the VFX and acceptably with the audio mixing.

That said...you ever wanted Final Fantasy in your ttRPG? Look at some of these!

Fanmade Final Fantasy ttRPGs -- Disc 2

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 7d

"I want [character] to beat me up. It would be sooooo cute!"

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 8d

"I don't care what you do, just stay outta my freakin' BBS!"

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Gaz @nyazsche.bsky.social · 9d

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Reid Young @reidman.bsky.social · 9d

> company sells a ness outfit for 14 years
> finally plan an earthbound-themed halloween party
> didn't coordinate costumes
> bracing for prisoner's dilemma, "oops all nesses"
> day of the party arrives
> exactly one ness
> TWO crested bookas

apple kid, jeff, ness, starman, putrid moldyman, ego orb, frank fly, toto captain, electra, I<3NY NPC, ATM, everdred, orange kid, fuzzy pickle, 2x crested bookas

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 10d

I dread any sort of video editing, truth be told. But I'm almost sad now that I'm nearly done with Fanmade Final Fantasy ttRPGs Disc 2.

On the other hand? I didn't expect to find so much when making disc 2. There'll be enough new material for third, I'm sure.

(I brought my A-Game to this one.)

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New Title Cards Every Day! The Official DBZEpisodes Account @dbzepisodes.bsky.social · 20d

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 11d

That was something I did once, because I had a lot of stuff I felt was clever writing, but I cut it from its main script.

So I used some really bizarre thumbnails for those.

It was sort of a signal that the viewer isn't getting their regular fare from me.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 11d

What if the thumbnail looked like an insane conspiracy theory with a title admitting it was brain rot?

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 11d

Cube using nothing but custom cards.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 12d

The things around his legs, and that thing in his hand reminded me of tools.

So I figured there was some kind of craftsmanship going on.

Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 12d

The boy delights in taking things apart.

Not destroying. No no no.

Deliberately and carefully removing pieces from things until they are a pile of all it's original parts.

And sometimes, he'll even remember how to put it back together!

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torment nexus expert @pascalsmt.bsky.social · 12d

Dude.

air ride 2 menus. It's themed like the surface of a desk.

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Aaron der Schaedel 💀 Thick in the arm, and thick in the head @aaronderschaedel.bsky.social · 12d

Tabletop RPGS: The most fun you'll ever have filling out paperwork.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 → ENGAGED! @gremlin.world · 18d

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