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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4h

I love the elevation tools! They're tiered! TIERED!

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 5h

High above the clouds, standing on a finger of rock, Draugr stands alone against the Wyvern.

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4h

Affinity Publisher is such a good tool for writing ttrpg stuff. I open up Word and look down on it like "why are you even here?"

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Mastering Dungeons @masteringdnd.bsky.social · 15h

Draw Steel Combat Encounters!

Teos and Shawn examine how the Draw Steel RPG handles player turns, including forced movement, damage, and dying!

Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkg...
#DnD #TTRPG #DrawSteel

A Draw Steel Warrior struggles against goblins swarming him. Shawn and Teos are smiling.

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Esoteric Ebb @esotericebb.bsky.social · 22h

Merry #wishlistwednesday to all current & future Ebbheads out there in the wild!
We'd absolutely love it if you'd consider adding our upcoming TTRPG inspired CRPG Esoteric Ebb to your lists 🙏

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 7h

If spiders don't have bones - how move?

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 10h

The handful of times I've gone to reddit for TTRPG related discussions hasn't been great. Great for finding homebrew stuff but I would never post stuff on there though.

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 14h

If you like Candela Obscura and like supporting local Aussie streamers, my wife is doing a live stream tonight with Let's Roll for Dragons! #ttrpg #candelaobscura
www.instagram.com/p/DP0uBoTD_X...

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 1d

Eager for mine, but I live 'down undah', so it'll take a bit longer.

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Jonas Tintenseher @tintenseher.bsky.social · 2d

And we're caught up with Day 13 of #ttrpgpromptober in Draw Steel! I'm finding that Foreshadowing is really a key feature to making terrain actions fun to interact with. But we'll see how they develop! #promptober #drawsteel #abandonedlocations #ruinedkeep #castle

A terrain statblock for a ruined keep in the Draw Steel TTRPG.

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 2d

I've wanted to give Mothership a try...

ianyusem.bsky.social @ianyusem.bsky.social · 2d

I live! Dropping this Mothership Month: a brand new way to play your favorite sci-fi horror RPG, with a high-powered corporate twist on the PC crew.

Trade economic for moral horror in the grand MOTHERSHIP EVIL CAMPAIGN.

Keep an eye out for the (free) full release in the next few weeks.

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Jonas Tintenseher @tintenseher.bsky.social · 2d

Had a stacked weekend, but we're catching up with Day 11 of #ttrpgpromptober in Draw Steel! #promptober #drawsteel #thalassophobia #thalassophilia #kraken

Draw Steel Promptober ‘25
Day #11: Thalassophobia/philia
Scion of the Deep Title
My lungs filled with water and my vision went black. Little did I know my last breath was truly my first.
Prerequisite (3rd Echelon): You die underwater in the presence of a powerful aquatic being, such as a kraken.
Effect: You are restored to life, but your appearance is permanently altered with clammy skin, extraneous tentacles, fins, gills, scales, sharp teeth, or some other accent determined by the Director. You gain the Waterborn complication and choose one of the following additional benefits:
Invocation of Fathomless Will: The first time in an encounter that you become dying, you gain two surges.
Invocation of Shared Breath: Each time you finish a respite, you can choose any number of allies who are also finishing a respite. Until you finish another respite, each ally chosen this way can breathe underwater, can automatically swim at full speed while moving, and has lightning weakness 5.
Invocation of Surging Tides: Once per turn when you
push or pull a creature, you can use a free triggered action to shift a number of squares equal to half the forced movement distance.
Jonas Tintenseher Powered by Draw Steel

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Jonas Tintenseher @tintenseher.bsky.social · 2d

Still catching up with #ttrpgpromptober in Draw Steel! Keeping it simple for Day 12 😅 #promptober #drawsteel #liminal #liminalspaces #polder #shadowmeld

Draw Steel Promptober ‘25
Day #12: Liminal Spaces
Shadowslip Ancestry Trait
An additional ancestry trait option for polder heroes.
Shadowslip (2 Points)
Your connection to shadows is so strong, you seem to flicker and disappear from sight in the bink of an eye. Whenever you use Shadowmeld while you have concealment from darkness or shadows, you can first teleport a number of squares equal to your highest characteristic score. You don’t need line of effect to your destination as long as it’s within the same area of darkness or shadow that you started in.
Jonas Tintenseher Powered by Draw Steel

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 2d

Draw Steel, babyyyyyyy!

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent show tonight with Brennan Lee Mulligan! There was drama, the element of pizza and sensual reverse mermaids. #endlessdungeon

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

Speaking of Pillars of Eternity! In a time before yore, I actually did a video essay on PoE 1. Check it out if you're into narrative breakdowns.
youtu.be/o38tvVA6f5o?...

Pillars of Eternity | Complete Narrative Breakdown

YouTube video by GriffinMuffin

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so happy to have met Josh Sawyer at PAX Aus this year. I totally garbled my on-the-spot question about how he creates characters. But it's definitely something I'm grateful for. The Pillars of Eternity games are, well, pillars, to my expectations of stellar worldbuilding and RPG writing.

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

What an awesome panel! It's great to hear some good advice about world building and insights into video game RPG writing/design.

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Jonas Tintenseher @tintenseher.bsky.social · 5d

O, swear not by the moon, by the Tyrant-Moon...it's Day 10 of #ttrpgpromptober in Draw Steel, and we're getting wacky! #promptober #drawsteel #moon #tyrantmoon #backstagedungeon

A stat block for "the Tyrant-Moon", a battlefield terrain modifier for the Draw Steel RPG.

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

I totally gotta get in on the next one!

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The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · 8d

THE RESULTS ARE IN 🗳️ After loads of voting, we finally have the results of the first #JamsOfTheTimescape!

Congratulations @tintenseher.bsky.social 🥇and @dillbizzle.bsky.social 🥈! You each win a set of hero dice boxes kindly provided by @hellomcdm.bsky.social

itch.io/jam/jott01-t...

Top ranked games in the JotT #1: Treasure Sets of the Timescape

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

So pumped!

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sitting in the theatre RIGHT now! Pumped!

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

Last day of PAX today. While I'm not running any games, I'll be walking around with my son and going to a worldbuilding panel. And Josh Sawyer will be on it!

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GriffinMuffin @griffinmuffin.bsky.social · 5d

Managed to get a seat at the Draw Steel live play at PAX today. Was cool to see lorecaster and mythology aficionado, Dael Kingsmill playing. Seeing the Fall of Blackbottom being played was awesome. Tbh I didn't know they were so many Aussie MCDM playtesters, glad to know.

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