Callum Grier
@calgrier.bsky.social
Backend Software Engineer @ Canva, and TTRPG enjoyer.
I had such a great day yesterday!
I walked into a LGS to get a cheap Lorcana deck (tried it once and wanted to try different colours) and they had a launch event on that we joined.
Hours of fun later we had an Opera House concert of Death Stranding music, with the original singer of BB’s theme!
I walked into a LGS to get a cheap Lorcana deck (tried it once and wanted to try different colours) and they had a launch event on that we joined.
Hours of fun later we had an Opera House concert of Death Stranding music, with the original singer of BB’s theme!
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I had such a great day yesterday!
I walked into a LGS to get a cheap Lorcana deck (tried it once and wanted to try different colours) and they had a launch event on that we joined.
Hours of fun later we had an Opera House concert of Death Stranding music, with the original singer of BB’s theme!
I walked into a LGS to get a cheap Lorcana deck (tried it once and wanted to try different colours) and they had a launch event on that we joined.
Hours of fun later we had an Opera House concert of Death Stranding music, with the original singer of BB’s theme!
I am so wrecked from the last few days of work that I’m struggling to decompress properly now that I’m home.
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am so wrecked from the last few days of work that I’m struggling to decompress properly now that I’m home.
It feels so cathartic reading through the latest MCDM Patreon post and feeling like they are directly responding to my online group's bad experience with the previous Adventure Path we ran, even though I know its not.
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It feels so cathartic reading through the latest MCDM Patreon post and feeling like they are directly responding to my online group's bad experience with the previous Adventure Path we ran, even though I know its not.
Draw Steel Ability Cards
Create and customise ability cards for your Draw Steel Character
cards.heroic.tools
September 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My Censor player felt like he was directly countered by a Fossil Cryptic. He was being challenged.
Once the party had given it damage weakness, pinged it for acting three time in a round and kept it constantly bleeding, the censor said “oh, I get it”
Once the party had given it damage weakness, pinged it for acting three time in a round and kept it constantly bleeding, the censor said “oh, I get it”
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My Censor player felt like he was directly countered by a Fossil Cryptic. He was being challenged.
Once the party had given it damage weakness, pinged it for acting three time in a round and kept it constantly bleeding, the censor said “oh, I get it”
Once the party had given it damage weakness, pinged it for acting three time in a round and kept it constantly bleeding, the censor said “oh, I get it”
MCDM putting out books thick enough to have the "MCDM" on the spine horizontal 🔥
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The MCDM RPG: Draw Steel Project Update: Draw Steel: Shipping Address Verification
Hey Folks,
We've started shipping books, a process that will take several months depending on what you ordered and where you live in the world, but we wanted to send out a...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
MCDM putting out books thick enough to have the "MCDM" on the spine horizontal 🔥
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Got the new card design for Draw Steel Ability Cards (cards.heroic.tools) implemented.
A long while off from having it ready for release, but I thought I'd share how it looks!
A long while off from having it ready for release, but I thought I'd share how it looks!
September 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Got the new card design for Draw Steel Ability Cards (cards.heroic.tools) implemented.
A long while off from having it ready for release, but I thought I'd share how it looks!
A long while off from having it ready for release, but I thought I'd share how it looks!
I can personally attest to these models being fantastic!
Go back the Kickstarter.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/263...
#drawsteel
Go back the Kickstarter.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/263...
#drawsteel
September 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I can personally attest to these models being fantastic!
Go back the Kickstarter.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/263...
#drawsteel
Go back the Kickstarter.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/263...
#drawsteel
I'm so happy seeing the positive response to our recent work on cards.heroic.tools
Not sure how healthy it is, but I absolutely live for the positive stories of people using these to play with their kids or onboard players to Draw Steel.
So keen to get the new card design and colour themes out!
Not sure how healthy it is, but I absolutely live for the positive stories of people using these to play with their kids or onboard players to Draw Steel.
So keen to get the new card design and colour themes out!
Draw Steel Ability Cards
Create and customise ability cards for your Draw Steel Character
cards.heroic.tools
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm so happy seeing the positive response to our recent work on cards.heroic.tools
Not sure how healthy it is, but I absolutely live for the positive stories of people using these to play with their kids or onboard players to Draw Steel.
So keen to get the new card design and colour themes out!
Not sure how healthy it is, but I absolutely live for the positive stories of people using these to play with their kids or onboard players to Draw Steel.
So keen to get the new card design and colour themes out!
Draw Steel Ability Cards has been updated and has a new url:
cards.heroic.tools
A lot of new features, but most importantly we now have every ability from the core rules!
cards.heroic.tools
A lot of new features, but most importantly we now have every ability from the core rules!
Draw Steel Ability Cards
Create and customise ability cards for your Draw Steel Character
cards.heroic.tools
September 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Draw Steel Ability Cards has been updated and has a new url:
cards.heroic.tools
A lot of new features, but most importantly we now have every ability from the core rules!
cards.heroic.tools
A lot of new features, but most importantly we now have every ability from the core rules!
I’m sitting here doing my monthly planning, journaling for the month of September.
Only halfway through realised how pointless it was to write out “ of September” after every date
Only halfway through realised how pointless it was to write out “ of September” after every date
September 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m sitting here doing my monthly planning, journaling for the month of September.
Only halfway through realised how pointless it was to write out “ of September” after every date
Only halfway through realised how pointless it was to write out “ of September” after every date
Some terrain painting tonight! I’m very proud of my river tile
August 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some terrain painting tonight! I’m very proud of my river tile
I knew that Dungeons and Discourse couldn’t make a Draw Steel review without making it clickbait. What a great glowing review!
August 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I knew that Dungeons and Discourse couldn’t make a Draw Steel review without making it clickbait. What a great glowing review!
As fun as last night’s Draw Steel combat was, my favourite part was after. The heroes were negotiating with the righthand-man of the big bad of the town.
They uncovered that he had become the head enforcer to *protect* the people of the town (a bit misguided). They used that to end the hostilities.
They uncovered that he had become the head enforcer to *protect* the people of the town (a bit misguided). They used that to end the hostilities.
August 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As fun as last night’s Draw Steel combat was, my favourite part was after. The heroes were negotiating with the righthand-man of the big bad of the town.
They uncovered that he had become the head enforcer to *protect* the people of the town (a bit misguided). They used that to end the hostilities.
They uncovered that he had become the head enforcer to *protect* the people of the town (a bit misguided). They used that to end the hostilities.
The great combat of Whitehill has concluded! The heroes faced Vaz the Blackhanded and his minions.
In the end, Vaz fell and Brock was left alone, still intending to fight and holding a hostage.
The heroes saw that Brock hadn’t killed anyone and found peace with him through negotiation.
In the end, Vaz fell and Brock was left alone, still intending to fight and holding a hostage.
The heroes saw that Brock hadn’t killed anyone and found peace with him through negotiation.
August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The great combat of Whitehill has concluded! The heroes faced Vaz the Blackhanded and his minions.
In the end, Vaz fell and Brock was left alone, still intending to fight and holding a hostage.
The heroes saw that Brock hadn’t killed anyone and found peace with him through negotiation.
In the end, Vaz fell and Brock was left alone, still intending to fight and holding a hostage.
The heroes saw that Brock hadn’t killed anyone and found peace with him through negotiation.
All set up and ready for tomorrow’s Draw Steel game!
The heroes face Vaz the Blackhanded. Just as their betrayal of the tyrant has been revealed he has summoned an army of minions to fight by his side.
Meanwhile, Brock and his men move to subdue Chaplain Haul, who is giving a sermon of rebellion!
The heroes face Vaz the Blackhanded. Just as their betrayal of the tyrant has been revealed he has summoned an army of minions to fight by his side.
Meanwhile, Brock and his men move to subdue Chaplain Haul, who is giving a sermon of rebellion!
August 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
All set up and ready for tomorrow’s Draw Steel game!
The heroes face Vaz the Blackhanded. Just as their betrayal of the tyrant has been revealed he has summoned an army of minions to fight by his side.
Meanwhile, Brock and his men move to subdue Chaplain Haul, who is giving a sermon of rebellion!
The heroes face Vaz the Blackhanded. Just as their betrayal of the tyrant has been revealed he has summoned an army of minions to fight by his side.
Meanwhile, Brock and his men move to subdue Chaplain Haul, who is giving a sermon of rebellion!
Draw Steel really is a game the most heroic game to run RAW.
I like running close to RAW for most games; it makes the triumphs more real. Rule of cool is always welcome, but if you're doing cool shit while being totally constrained to what's "allowed" by the game, that's so much cooler to me.
I like running close to RAW for most games; it makes the triumphs more real. Rule of cool is always welcome, but if you're doing cool shit while being totally constrained to what's "allowed" by the game, that's so much cooler to me.
August 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Draw Steel really is a game the most heroic game to run RAW.
I like running close to RAW for most games; it makes the triumphs more real. Rule of cool is always welcome, but if you're doing cool shit while being totally constrained to what's "allowed" by the game, that's so much cooler to me.
I like running close to RAW for most games; it makes the triumphs more real. Rule of cool is always welcome, but if you're doing cool shit while being totally constrained to what's "allowed" by the game, that's so much cooler to me.
It's amazing the amount of carry-over rulings that slip into Draw Steel from other games.
I, as much as everyone else, really need to look at how I'm running the game and ask "do the rules really say that?" and **not** fill in blanks left in the rules with assumptions from less-heroic games!
I, as much as everyone else, really need to look at how I'm running the game and ask "do the rules really say that?" and **not** fill in blanks left in the rules with assumptions from less-heroic games!
August 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's amazing the amount of carry-over rulings that slip into Draw Steel from other games.
I, as much as everyone else, really need to look at how I'm running the game and ask "do the rules really say that?" and **not** fill in blanks left in the rules with assumptions from less-heroic games!
I, as much as everyone else, really need to look at how I'm running the game and ask "do the rules really say that?" and **not** fill in blanks left in the rules with assumptions from less-heroic games!
I’m putting together my usual session notes into written prose—it’s a fun activity, highly recommended it—but I’ve just had the fun thought of having “Director’s commentary” for my ‘meta notes’ throughout the prose, to contextualise what I thought would happen and how the players always surprise me.
August 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I’m putting together my usual session notes into written prose—it’s a fun activity, highly recommended it—but I’ve just had the fun thought of having “Director’s commentary” for my ‘meta notes’ throughout the prose, to contextualise what I thought would happen and how the players always surprise me.
Today I had an absolutely fantastic session at Draw Steel.
My Monday session was almost enough to make a drop everything, but this session today will be going for months!
Way too much cool shit happened for me to post here, but it was great.
My Monday session was almost enough to make a drop everything, but this session today will be going for months!
Way too much cool shit happened for me to post here, but it was great.
August 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today I had an absolutely fantastic session at Draw Steel.
My Monday session was almost enough to make a drop everything, but this session today will be going for months!
Way too much cool shit happened for me to post here, but it was great.
My Monday session was almost enough to make a drop everything, but this session today will be going for months!
Way too much cool shit happened for me to post here, but it was great.
I am a man who will choose to slowly become more irritated by my headphone's low battery *beep* for several hours instead of taking the 5 seconds required to change the battery.
July 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I am a man who will choose to slowly become more irritated by my headphone's low battery *beep* for several hours instead of taking the 5 seconds required to change the battery.
My plan yesterday was to quickly do some session prep for my Draw Steel game today, then continue riding the motivation-wave to work on improvements the Draw Steel ability cards website.
Now instead I have two notes on the next session and a first draft of Draw Steel Strongholds and Warfare rules..
Now instead I have two notes on the next session and a first draft of Draw Steel Strongholds and Warfare rules..
July 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My plan yesterday was to quickly do some session prep for my Draw Steel game today, then continue riding the motivation-wave to work on improvements the Draw Steel ability cards website.
Now instead I have two notes on the next session and a first draft of Draw Steel Strongholds and Warfare rules..
Now instead I have two notes on the next session and a first draft of Draw Steel Strongholds and Warfare rules..
After a night full of ideas and drafting, I can say that my players really enjoyed the new Kingdom Rules I made for my PF2e Kingmaker game.
I still have a bit to work on, in terms of porting ideas and details, but long story short: It's Draw Steel Downtime Projects with resources and teamwork!
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I still have a bit to work on, in terms of porting ideas and details, but long story short: It's Draw Steel Downtime Projects with resources and teamwork!
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July 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
After a night full of ideas and drafting, I can say that my players really enjoyed the new Kingdom Rules I made for my PF2e Kingmaker game.
I still have a bit to work on, in terms of porting ideas and details, but long story short: It's Draw Steel Downtime Projects with resources and teamwork!
1/?
I still have a bit to work on, in terms of porting ideas and details, but long story short: It's Draw Steel Downtime Projects with resources and teamwork!
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Finally! The Sky King’s Tomb is over!
Reviews from players:
- why did we do this?
- final fight is “debate me bro”
- this is the first and last Adventure Path I will ever play
- foreshadowing is for losers
Reviews from players:
- why did we do this?
- final fight is “debate me bro”
- this is the first and last Adventure Path I will ever play
- foreshadowing is for losers
July 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Finally! The Sky King’s Tomb is over!
Reviews from players:
- why did we do this?
- final fight is “debate me bro”
- this is the first and last Adventure Path I will ever play
- foreshadowing is for losers
Reviews from players:
- why did we do this?
- final fight is “debate me bro”
- this is the first and last Adventure Path I will ever play
- foreshadowing is for losers
I have not crunched so hard on an RPG session in a long time, but I managed to run my first session of the Delian Tomb for work friends.
As a result, and with many I cut, I got a useable version of a character sheet for each class, using my in development modular sheet builder!
The Conduit:
As a result, and with many I cut, I got a useable version of a character sheet for each class, using my in development modular sheet builder!
The Conduit:
July 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I have not crunched so hard on an RPG session in a long time, but I managed to run my first session of the Delian Tomb for work friends.
As a result, and with many I cut, I got a useable version of a character sheet for each class, using my in development modular sheet builder!
The Conduit:
As a result, and with many I cut, I got a useable version of a character sheet for each class, using my in development modular sheet builder!
The Conduit: