DropTheDie
@dropthedie.bsky.social
Heyyyy everybody. I'm JB, better known as DropTheDie. ➤He/Him ➤Dungeon Master ➤Bestselling TTRPG Author ➤Business e-mail: [email protected] ➤Links to it all: http://linktr.ee/dropthedie ☰ Put me to WORK!
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DropTheDie
@dropthedie.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Oh yeah, btw.
I'm JB, a #TTRPG designer, writer, editor, and layout artist.
Most recently I've been designing Tales of the Valiant with Kobold Press, but you may have seen me on MCDM's Arcadia, D&D Beyond's articles, Absolute Tabletop's Mecha Hack and Aether Nexus, and a many other places!
I'm JB, a #TTRPG designer, writer, editor, and layout artist.
Most recently I've been designing Tales of the Valiant with Kobold Press, but you may have seen me on MCDM's Arcadia, D&D Beyond's articles, Absolute Tabletop's Mecha Hack and Aether Nexus, and a many other places!
Not yucking anyone's yum, but the best part of Frankenstein (2025) was the fact it made me go get my copy of the 1818 text and read quotes that far exceeded the film.
Alas. If you enjoyed the movie, I'm thrilled! You should pick up a copy of The Modern Prometheus and give it a read!
Alas. If you enjoyed the movie, I'm thrilled! You should pick up a copy of The Modern Prometheus and give it a read!
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Not yucking anyone's yum, but the best part of Frankenstein (2025) was the fact it made me go get my copy of the 1818 text and read quotes that far exceeded the film.
Alas. If you enjoyed the movie, I'm thrilled! You should pick up a copy of The Modern Prometheus and give it a read!
Alas. If you enjoyed the movie, I'm thrilled! You should pick up a copy of The Modern Prometheus and give it a read!
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Today, I'd like to mention the STRENGTH of a binary pass/fail skill system in #TTRPGs that is often not talked about...
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today, I'd like to mention the STRENGTH of a binary pass/fail skill system in #TTRPGs that is often not talked about...
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
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Buy my game please~
It's by me so you know it's good.
It's by me so you know it's good.
Launch!
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
GRAVITY is a one-shot-focused RPG about powerful people stuck in an increasingly bad situation. To maintain suspense, the game uses a rotating-GM system (stolen from Lovecraftesque and my previous game, Bleak Spirit) to ensure that nobody knows what the Threat is until the climax.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Buy my game please~
It's by me so you know it's good.
It's by me so you know it's good.
Today, I'd like to mention the STRENGTH of a binary pass/fail skill system in #TTRPGs that is often not talked about...
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today, I'd like to mention the STRENGTH of a binary pass/fail skill system in #TTRPGs that is often not talked about...
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
You're more likely to get players/PCs to think outside the box if their original, obvious attempt fails. That failure can further inform the narrative.
short 🧵1
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Tabletop has its own vernacular, like any other sport or hobby, including "you see."
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tabletop has its own vernacular, like any other sport or hobby, including "you see."
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
Tabletop has its own vernacular, like any other sport or hobby, including "you see."
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Tabletop has its own vernacular, like any other sport or hobby, including "you see."
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
I could wax poetically about correlation to Emily Dickinson and the Dickinsian use of sensory verbs and dashes, but short answer is: the phrase almost never correlates to sight at all.
Weird, eh? 🧵1
#TTPRG
Sadly, it takes money to make things.
The less money you have, the more you have to fabricate on your own. The more you do on your own, the longer it takes.
So in about 44 years, maybe i'll have one of my TTRPGs ready for print. -.-
The less money you have, the more you have to fabricate on your own. The more you do on your own, the longer it takes.
So in about 44 years, maybe i'll have one of my TTRPGs ready for print. -.-
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sadly, it takes money to make things.
The less money you have, the more you have to fabricate on your own. The more you do on your own, the longer it takes.
So in about 44 years, maybe i'll have one of my TTRPGs ready for print. -.-
The less money you have, the more you have to fabricate on your own. The more you do on your own, the longer it takes.
So in about 44 years, maybe i'll have one of my TTRPGs ready for print. -.-
I used to call it 'bathos' when players would undercut tension, fear, or thematic worldbuilding in my #TTRPG sessions with absurd jokes/references. Then I heard Matt Mercer refer to the effect perfectly as: 'slapdickery'
It's too self evident, too tonally appropriate. It haunts me.
It's too self evident, too tonally appropriate. It haunts me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I used to call it 'bathos' when players would undercut tension, fear, or thematic worldbuilding in my #TTRPG sessions with absurd jokes/references. Then I heard Matt Mercer refer to the effect perfectly as: 'slapdickery'
It's too self evident, too tonally appropriate. It haunts me.
It's too self evident, too tonally appropriate. It haunts me.
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hey man wanna learn a card game
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
hey man wanna learn a card game
Hit a pretty sturdy wall with my ADHD symptoms, so i started up my meds again.
I know it's lesser side effects, but there's some misery in the little adjustments, man...
- Constantly biting my cheeks/tongue
- Dry skin
- Loss of time perception
- Dehydration
- Sudden fatigue
- Cough
- Sweating
I know it's lesser side effects, but there's some misery in the little adjustments, man...
- Constantly biting my cheeks/tongue
- Dry skin
- Loss of time perception
- Dehydration
- Sudden fatigue
- Cough
- Sweating
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hit a pretty sturdy wall with my ADHD symptoms, so i started up my meds again.
I know it's lesser side effects, but there's some misery in the little adjustments, man...
- Constantly biting my cheeks/tongue
- Dry skin
- Loss of time perception
- Dehydration
- Sudden fatigue
- Cough
- Sweating
I know it's lesser side effects, but there's some misery in the little adjustments, man...
- Constantly biting my cheeks/tongue
- Dry skin
- Loss of time perception
- Dehydration
- Sudden fatigue
- Cough
- Sweating
"Just climb the walls with ladders"
Go ahead, i'll watch.
Go ahead, i'll watch.
The mighty twin gate towers of #RaglanCastle #Wales. The machicolations around the top of the towers, holes between the corbels supporting the overhanging parapet, allow objects to be dropped on attackers #TowerTuesday
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Just climb the walls with ladders"
Go ahead, i'll watch.
Go ahead, i'll watch.
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🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
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my man hitting em with the "ehhh heh heh heh"
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
my man hitting em with the "ehhh heh heh heh"
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🆘🚨🆘🚨
Help is desperately needed!!!
There has been no movement on this, and Maya REALLY needs our help to survive and stay safe.
Let’s not let them fall through the cracks like too many have and are.
We have to be here for each other!
Reposts can make a huge difference even if you can’t donate!
Help is desperately needed!!!
There has been no movement on this, and Maya REALLY needs our help to survive and stay safe.
Let’s not let them fall through the cracks like too many have and are.
We have to be here for each other!
Reposts can make a huge difference even if you can’t donate!
$1101’s needed for food, hygiene/health basics, glasses & to renew my passport! #TransCrowdfund #BIPOCMA
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Tips linktr.ee/mxmd1
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Tips linktr.ee/mxmd1
#Music truthbytwo.bandcamp.com
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October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🆘🚨🆘🚨
Help is desperately needed!!!
There has been no movement on this, and Maya REALLY needs our help to survive and stay safe.
Let’s not let them fall through the cracks like too many have and are.
We have to be here for each other!
Reposts can make a huge difference even if you can’t donate!
Help is desperately needed!!!
There has been no movement on this, and Maya REALLY needs our help to survive and stay safe.
Let’s not let them fall through the cracks like too many have and are.
We have to be here for each other!
Reposts can make a huge difference even if you can’t donate!
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This is it, folks, the biggest day of my life in the #ttrpg space!
The 3 of us worked day and night to bring this incredible world to your tables, and I sincerely could not be prouder of what we accomplished.
300+ pages of our hearts and souls in gorgeous crystalpunk form are waiting for you. 👇
The 3 of us worked day and night to bring this incredible world to your tables, and I sincerely could not be prouder of what we accomplished.
300+ pages of our hearts and souls in gorgeous crystalpunk form are waiting for you. 👇
Take to the watersands with your scrap house crew and unlock the secrets of the Blighted Plane!
Harrow: The Blighted Plane contains everything you need to explore this incredible crystalpunk fantasy world.
Grab yours here! #ttrpg
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
Harrow: The Blighted Plane contains everything you need to explore this incredible crystalpunk fantasy world.
Grab yours here! #ttrpg
Store: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is it, folks, the biggest day of my life in the #ttrpg space!
The 3 of us worked day and night to bring this incredible world to your tables, and I sincerely could not be prouder of what we accomplished.
300+ pages of our hearts and souls in gorgeous crystalpunk form are waiting for you. 👇
The 3 of us worked day and night to bring this incredible world to your tables, and I sincerely could not be prouder of what we accomplished.
300+ pages of our hearts and souls in gorgeous crystalpunk form are waiting for you. 👇
It's difficult discussing the specificity of TTRPG language with people.
The more specific you write, the more important or unbendable a rule feels.
The less specific you write, the more loose or malleable a rule feels.
That texture informs the players as to what is and is not important.
The more specific you write, the more important or unbendable a rule feels.
The less specific you write, the more loose or malleable a rule feels.
That texture informs the players as to what is and is not important.
October 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's difficult discussing the specificity of TTRPG language with people.
The more specific you write, the more important or unbendable a rule feels.
The less specific you write, the more loose or malleable a rule feels.
That texture informs the players as to what is and is not important.
The more specific you write, the more important or unbendable a rule feels.
The less specific you write, the more loose or malleable a rule feels.
That texture informs the players as to what is and is not important.
Given how people, historically, have acted toward me...
9 / 10 intimidation. It is not something I enjoy or am proud of.
9 / 10 intimidation. It is not something I enjoy or am proud of.
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Given how people, historically, have acted toward me...
9 / 10 intimidation. It is not something I enjoy or am proud of.
9 / 10 intimidation. It is not something I enjoy or am proud of.
Day 11? Of incredibly poor sleep.
The edges are starting to fray to the point that words are feeling pretty elusive.
The edges are starting to fray to the point that words are feeling pretty elusive.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Day 11? Of incredibly poor sleep.
The edges are starting to fray to the point that words are feeling pretty elusive.
The edges are starting to fray to the point that words are feeling pretty elusive.
Today, i got stung by a bee. It got tangled in my hair and considered me a threat afterward, i guess.
I'm not allergic, so it was just a pinching pain and a tiny dot on my forehead.
But i can't stop thinking about watching that little bee die on the concrete, wishing things had been different.
I'm not allergic, so it was just a pinching pain and a tiny dot on my forehead.
But i can't stop thinking about watching that little bee die on the concrete, wishing things had been different.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Today, i got stung by a bee. It got tangled in my hair and considered me a threat afterward, i guess.
I'm not allergic, so it was just a pinching pain and a tiny dot on my forehead.
But i can't stop thinking about watching that little bee die on the concrete, wishing things had been different.
I'm not allergic, so it was just a pinching pain and a tiny dot on my forehead.
But i can't stop thinking about watching that little bee die on the concrete, wishing things had been different.
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I don’t talk enough about this, so I’m manifesting:
I am open for social media collaborations and creator programs! particularly in TTRPGs and Gaming ✨
I am open for social media collaborations and creator programs! particularly in TTRPGs and Gaming ✨
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don’t talk enough about this, so I’m manifesting:
I am open for social media collaborations and creator programs! particularly in TTRPGs and Gaming ✨
I am open for social media collaborations and creator programs! particularly in TTRPGs and Gaming ✨
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Your modern #TTRPG #DND reminder (Tales of the Valiant, 5e, 5.5e, etc). Darkvision doesn't give you night vision goggles like seal team six, it's extremely powerful in Dim light (where normal vision has disadvantage on attacks and Perception), and lessens the horror when its pitch black.
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
when you spend about $70 and about 30 hours cleaning a car, it makes you resent the people responsible for its condition to an unhealthy degree.
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
when you spend about $70 and about 30 hours cleaning a car, it makes you resent the people responsible for its condition to an unhealthy degree.
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hiiiii please come say hi 🥰 happy launch day!!! we'll be talking about SHIFT and answering questions in the chat, would love to see you if you have a minute to stop by~
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
hiiiii please come say hi 🥰 happy launch day!!! we'll be talking about SHIFT and answering questions in the chat, would love to see you if you have a minute to stop by~
That supermoon, tho.
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
That supermoon, tho.