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Play On Words Studios
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We are an independent studio focused on creating high-quality, diverse, and narrative-driven gaming experiences for players of all backgrounds with original IPs https://linktr.ee/playonwordsstudios
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Known simply as “the politician,” Jalithai hails from the Society of Ravens but sees opportunity in the Rat King’s momentum. With a silver tongue and a ledger of debts, Jalithai offers elite influence at a price.

Read more 👉https://playonwordsstudios.com/dev-blog/f/dev-blog-8-spotlight-on-rise-of-
Affiliate unlocked. Join us on Twitch and hit Follow. House of Skye streams Tuesdays at 9pm Eastern, with bonus streams on other days. Thanks for being awesome.

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Take quick turns, adding a new piece or a new connection until the web feels alive. Read more �‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AkX1T #ActualPlay #ShadowCityMysteries #TTRPG
Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye.

We go live every Tuesday at 9 PM Eastern on Twitch and YouTube.

Catch up on Episodes 1–3 on Twitch, YouTube, and Spotify.

Twitch: https://tr.ee/HouseOfSkyeTwitch
YouTube: https://tr.ee/HouseOfSkyeYouTube
Spotify: https://tr.ee/HouseOfSkyeSpotify
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EUphoria is community for #TTRPG creatives across Europe, esp. highlighting marginalised & underrepresented communities like POC, LGBT+, ND, disabled and more. There's so much diverse talent within our time zones and region

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📢 THIS IS WHAT EUROPEAN TABLES LOOK LIKE
The Iron Union stands for every worker who toils in the city’s forges, factories, and dangerous trades. United by labor and the ever-present danger of losing a limb, members support each other through pensions, prosthetics, and collective bargaining.

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Spectrum Metamagic refines these effects; green channeling might heal through nearby vines, blue alignment can calm a witness into cooperation, and subtle rituals become tools for undoing conspiracies. Read more �‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AiSnx #TTRPG #ShadowCityMysteries #GameDesign
Parties, cats, and missing people.
Just another night in Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye.

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Farank has strong feelings about walking.
Let’s just say… he’s not a fan.

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Reggie: “It’s not Either/Or… it’s Yes and Options.”
When improvisation meets investigation in Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye.

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Maker (Constitution) Artisan and engineer: you craft gear in downtime, bolster your hit points for arduous crafting, and fight with the inventions you’ve built.

Read more 👉 https://playonwordsstudios.com/dev-blog/f/dev-blog-6-diving-into-classes-scm-the-roleplaying-game
Skilled Sneak lets the Infiltrator add a die to a Stealth or Investigation check on the fly, even after seeing a poor roll, ensuring they slip through hidden backdoors or spot the hidden ledger. Read more �‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AgmG5 #ShadowCityMysteries #TTRPG #GameDesign
Miss the premiere of Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye?
Catch the VOD on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify and then join us live Tuesdays at 9 PM ET for more mystery.

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https://tr.ee/HouseOfSkyeYouTube
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Aurikesh Session 163

In today's session, my PCs returned to the City of Brass, where they had previously depowered and driven out the Flame in the Bronze, the city's ruler. It is now under the control of Feriza, a fire elemental.

They were coming to the city to keep a bargain with Dispater.
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Aurikesh, Session 136: In the Claws of the Demodand

The PCs learned that one of their bosses - Puck, masquerading as a mortal - was being hunted by something called a “demodand” and some bounty hunters. So one PC who is especially close with him agrees to magically disguise as him, as bait.
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Aurikesh Session 169: A Fallen Tower

In this online session the PCs used their fast travel artifact, Gravestone, to travel from their home city to a graveyard that is a week or two away, in the hinterlands.

48 sessions ago, they had freed a storm giant king, who had once ruled an empire.
Aurikesh Session 168: The Valley of Dry Pines

In this session the PCs handled some personal magic item crafting; I'm negotiating a variant Figurine of Wondrous Power with one of them, and another finished making a reskinned Mizzium Apparatus called the Coffer of Cacophonies. (This will come up.)
Aurikesh Session 167: Gravestone and Graven Blade

In this session the PCs wrapped up a goal they started almost 40 sessions ago: they created a magic item called Gravestone. It lets them travel through the Ghostlands (Shadowfell), as long as their destination is a graveyard or major battlefield.
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Player Holdings in Aurikesh

Today in Harbinger of Doom, I've created rules for player holdings in my long-running campaign, ranging from a countryside estate to a cult and a casino. Check it out!

www.brandesstoddard.com/2024/06/play...
Player Holdings in Aurikesh – Brandes Stoddard
www.brandesstoddard.com
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Aurikesh Session 139

I ran my D&D game on Saturday. The PCs decided to go back to the Tomb of Djored the Golden and keep trying to find a domain sentinel's faceplate so they can make a magic item that will let them teleport to major sites of death (graveyards and battlefields, mainly).
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Aurikesh Session 168: The Valley of Dry Pines

In this session the PCs handled some personal magic item crafting; I'm negotiating a variant Figurine of Wondrous Power with one of them, and another finished making a reskinned Mizzium Apparatus called the Coffer of Cacophonies. (This will come up.)
Aurikesh Session 167: Gravestone and Graven Blade

In this session the PCs wrapped up a goal they started almost 40 sessions ago: they created a magic item called Gravestone. It lets them travel through the Ghostlands (Shadowfell), as long as their destination is a graveyard or major battlefield.
Aurikesh Session 166: Threefold Negation

It has once again been two months since we played; my June and July were a whole mess. The PCs were inside a portal nexus that connected Aurikesh (which means "the Living World"), the Abyss, Carceri, and the Para-Elemental Plane of Ice.
Connect them with short notes that explain who owes who, who protects who, and who wants what. Read more �‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AjlYM #ActualPlay #ShadowCityMysteries #TTRPG
You may have seen references to this deck in our upcoming projects, Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir and the Case Files series. Within those titles, the Tarot serves as a thematic and storytelling device. Read more �‘‰ https://playonwordsstudios.com/dev-blog/f/dev-blog-5-spotlight-on-the-tarot
Start with your Patron, add player characters, their key contacts, one notable NPC organization, and one interesting item or event (McGuffin). Read more �‘‰ https://lttr.ai/AjhG1 #ActualPlay #ShadowCityMysteries #TTRPG
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Debuting tonight, @playonwords.bsky.social presents their new AP stream “Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye”.

From in their upcoming 5e setting book, SCM is a dark clockwork noir where the lines between reality & the supernatural blur.

Airing Tuesdays @ 9pm EST on Twitch.TV/PlayOnWordsStudios
Dev Blog #17: Building Shadow City Together: https://lttr.ai/AjhG0

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