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@orthopraxy.bsky.social

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Dyslexic, Hiker, TTRPG enthusiast/writer. Particular devotion to the Mirror of Patience, Patron of Workers. Check out my modules 'Raven's Loft,' 'The Yaksha's Sigil' and 'Thrown Voices'!

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · Aug 21

My Liminal Horror module, Raven's Loft, is finally released!
I hope you all like this spin on Ravenloft- the first nsr / osr module I've made.

I tried to keep to the spirit of the AD&D module as much as possible in a modern setting. For the Twisted Classics Jam.

orthopraxy.itch.io/ravens-loft

Raven's Loft by J.

A Liminal Horror investigatin of coastal terror

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 17h

I agree about Christmas, but only if it's slapped into an otherwise original fantasy world.

If a game or setting is built for the ground up for Christmas, I think it can work. I'm thinking specifically of The Wassailing of Claus Manor or the hex crawl Unholy Land. Both are great!

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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 1d

I recently published an adventure for Cairn 2e, and I'd like to talk about the development process a bit, it folks will indulge me.

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 1d

Today, it's time for the Great Brindlewood Bay Bake Off, and our Mavens are competing!

After accidentally ruining their dish (Olive Oil Orange Cake), the judge is found murdered!

Over the investigation, our Mavens have found *SIX* whole Void Clues! The most I have seen in a single session!

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 3d

Ran a fresh install of the new Zorin OS 18 on my main desktop and am feeling at the height of my power

Snappy, clean, and fast. My desktop is perfect for my needs, but can't upgrade to Windows 11 due to arbitrary hardware restrictions. Switched to linux last year--best tech decision I've ever made

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

GUYS

GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC

GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU

OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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actioncookBOOk @actioncookbook.com · 4d

All Robot & Computers must shut the hell up. To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You. I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk

I am a Divine Being
You are an Object.

You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 5d

TONIGHT: at the art house

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 6d

Daily bunny no.3107 doesn't need a kitchen

A bunny in the wilderness cooks a stir-fry over a portable stove. It is evening, and he's hung up a tarpaulin nearby for a campsite. A chipmunk and a raccoon wait eagerly for their food.

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 7d

For me, it was YTVs late Friday night spooky block.

Freaky Stories, Are you Afraid of the Dark, Truth or Scare, Big Wolf on Campus, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. All that stuff got me real early

J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 7d

Every once in a while I get the urge to write a "In Defense of *Blood in the Chocolate*" blog post, but then I think better of it.

Probably for the best.

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 7d

Obviously I have a complicated relationship with The Game that module was written for, but it introduced me to the OSR, so I suppose I owe it something at least.

Lots of great modules are trapped within that game...

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 7d

I can remember exactly where I was when I first opened the Veins of the Earth PDF

I was working at a care home, and I had just turned on Star Trek IV for the residents

I randomly stumbled on it while looking for modules for a 5e game

By the time the movie ended, my brain chemistry was different

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 8d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 7d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Sep 9

in a way aren't we all holding a barrel in the darkness

BouleRonde @bouleronde.bsky.social · Sep 9

Donkey Kong holds a barrel in the darkness

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 8d

GOBLIN

J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 8d

TONIGHT!

GOBLIN!

SUSPIRIA!

LIVE!

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Pe Metawe Games @pemetawe.bsky.social · 8d

Teen Drop-In Indie RPG Games! Come by Tues Oct 14 for 11am-2pm and play Shadowdark with our GM.
Age 13+
$5/person welcome but not required.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 13d

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 15d

Today was session two of Brindlewood Bay @pemetawe.bsky.social.

The Mavens tracked down a Cancerous Cardiovascular Cult in: 'Cardio Makes the Heart go Stronger?'

This is a special scenario because it was written by, well, me! It's Vol 2 of Sprigs and Kindling! Find it at: sprigsandkindling.com

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 18d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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hellojed @hellojed.bsky.social · 18d

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J. @orthopraxy.bsky.social · 18d

There's going to be some *good stuff* in this issue, let me tell ya!

Go read S&K!

Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · 18d

Happy October! We have a Sprigs & Kindling Volume 5 cover reveal for you! This volume is themed around the TTRPG Trophy and creator @jesseross.com did the art! It's incredible!

You can check Volumes 1 to 4 of S&K here: sprigsandkindling.com

A man has his head thrown back as a tree erupts from his chest

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 21d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 22d

Unironically I think this should be illegal. We should have the right to be dead.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22d

"Dad—I’m creating this chatbot to talk to you." Jon Michael Varese on the resurrection of his dead father through ChatGPT:

I Used ChatGPT to Resurrect My Dead Father

My own private Frankenstein

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