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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer)

@ravenquill.bsky.social

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Josh (he/him). I write gun rules and PC species for D&D. Polyamorous, LGBTQ+ ally, anti-fascist 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🚫 AI/NFT/crypto Firearms: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/441768 Species: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/488980 Find more: https://linktr.ee/ravenquill

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · Aug 28

Reason #0 - Because you want to 😉

Check out my comprehensive rules in Smoke & Thunder: Firearms For Fifth Edition and it's sequels!

www.dmsguild.com/product/4417...

Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · Aug 26

🧵 Why you should include firearms and other technology in your #dnd game...

1. Because they're historical - Gunpowder is older than many of the common weapons in D&D. Rapier, longbow, and even halberd are more recent inventions than gunpowder.

a man with long hair is talking about black powder .

Alt: a man with long hair is talking about black powder .

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 2d

The scoop: Trump refuses to do anything to reduce health insurance premiums; House Republicans refuse to come back to Washington due to Epstein files; and now they send layoff notices to CDC researchers dealing with burgeoning measles cases?

MAHA=Measles Are Here Again

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Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · 2d

Alt Text; @lindss_tastic

Resistance is NOT a one lane highway. Maybe your lane is protesting, maybe your lane is organizing, maybe your lane is counseling, maybe your lane is art activism, maybe your lane is surviving the day.

Do NOT feel guilty for not occupying every lane. We need all of them.

🌈 MAZZ @tornfeathers.bsky.social · 19d

i saw this and i’m not gonna lie i needed to see this.

i hope it helps others not feel guilty that we can’t do more

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 2d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Bony Troxell @troxellstradingpost.com · 2d

Okay, reskeeting with a purpose.

I need $350 for some new equipment.

Please by my stuff.

Bony Troxell @troxellstradingpost.com · 2d

As I stress about getting stuff done for VoltCon next weekend, I'm reminded it's #SelfPromoSaturday, and I DO have an online shop that I really should promote.

Come on by. We've got neat TTRPG accessories, jewelry, and other nifty things! Like Dragon Toilet Paper holders!

troxellstradingpost.shop

Troxell's Trading Post

TTRPG accessories, jewelry, and more!

troxellstradingpost.shop

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Heck yeah!

Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent!

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AJ || Pasta_Parade @pastaparade.bsky.social · 2d

Campaign 2 of Choose Your Roll kicks off this October! The Rolls We Choose follows Raphael, Lowell, Lucien, Einar, and Sylvie through the French-inspired realm of Lyon. Join us for Session 0 on Oct 18th at 7PM EST: twitch.tv/choose_your_...

#dnd5e #a5e #ttrpgcommunity #SelfPromoSaturday #ActualPlay

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a cool mechanic.

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d'Artagnan @dartagnantt.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the space, Josh!

I've been working on a 5e replacement for about two years. Where I do things like make fighters tactical, give rangers themes, and warlocks spell slots! My patrons get access to the playtest materials!
Check it out, it's awesome!
bsky.app/profile/dart...

d'Artagnan @dartagnantt.bsky.social · 25d

While playing 5e, can you never find a spell worth casting that doesn't eat at that concentration you're already holding?
In #6thDawn I've modified spellcasting where concentration is usually optional, but you might not want to give it up.

#TTRPGRising #TTRPG #DnD
www.patreon.com/posts/6th-da...

Optional Concentration

Some spells have an active component beyond yourself that you must control, but otherwise work without your intervention. If you choose to concentrate on these spells, they work just as concentration spells above. However, you can choose to not concentrate on them, this keeps the spell going with no control over it whatsoever.

Fear

3rd-rank illusion
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot cone)
Components: V, S, M (a white feather or the heart of a hen)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 minute

You project a phantasmal image of a creature's worst fears. Each creature in a 30-foot cone must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or drop whatever it is holding and become frightened of you for the duration. *While concentrating on this spell*, you can use your action to target all creatures in another 30-foot cone, but can't affect a creature again if it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting of fear.

Invisibility
2nd-rank illusion
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (an eyelash encased in gum arabic)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 hour

A creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends. Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on the target's person. The spell ends for a target that attacks or casts a spell.

*While concentrating on the spell* and no creatures currently benefit from the spell, you can use your action to touch another creature to turn it invisible.

Moonbeam
2nd-rank evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (several seeds of any moonseed plant and a piece of opalescent feldspar)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 minute

A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, dim light fills the cylinder.

When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it is engulfed in ghostly flames that cause searing pain, and it must make a Constitution saving throw. It takes 2d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

A shapechanger makes its saving throw with disadvantage. If it fails, it also instantly reverts to its original form and can't assume a different form until it leaves the spell's light.

*While concentrating on this spell*, you can use an action to move the beam 60 feet in any direction.

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Halloween and scalies is a great combination.

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Fiery Discourse @fierydiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

In a couple of weeks, we'll be doing our Halloween special! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHQTONab-Vd57q0dx8XZDftqdKUxwMehi

Fiery Discourse - YouTube

Fiery Discourse is a podcast discussing media that features dragonesses, female dinosaurs and female reptiles of all kinds. Each episode is about an individu...

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for posting!

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KeyCheyn @keycheyn.bsky.social · 2d

Hi! Thanks for hosting. My name is Cheyn, a versatile artist. Sharing the current project that I'm currently working on with my classmates:

bsky.app/profile/keyc...

KeyCheyn @keycheyn.bsky.social · 29d

Are you looking for an animation with the themes of:

- Photography
- Aswang
- Kalooban (Inner Self, Desires, and Will)

I and my classmates are currently working on LENTE! Stay tuned!

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Watch the preview on: youtu.be/fq1WEp7J_Rc?...

More clips and upcoming works on: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

LENTE
Second Preview Art
Alejandro Roces, Buenavondre Los Desderios, Pilar Salonga

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Those are so cool!

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Sarah @bags4dice.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Saturday! We have only 25 dice advent calendars ready to ship at the end of October 😁

creatoriq.cc/4q6DZQo

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I love that art!

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Zosimos @zo51m05.bsky.social · 2d

Hey there!

I'm putting the finishing touches on some spooky new linocuts for my retrofuturist vampire hunting RPG Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

Coming soon: Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet

A retrofuturist gothic horror TTRPG of vampire hunting, cosmic secrets, and bloody fates

www.kickstarter.com

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Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer) @ravenquill.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for sharing!

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The Lashunta from Castrovel (va-vara-varru) @lashunta.bsky.social · 2d

~Samaea!~ - Thanks for the space!
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The Lashunta from Castrovel (va-vara-varru) @lashunta.bsky.social · 3d

A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6, Chapter 9
In which Vaeol and Remaue, in visiting Remaue’s family, learn something of Kaure’s.

www.worldanvil.com/w/castrovel-...

#pathfinder #pathfinder2e #lashunta #castrovel #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #worldanvil #selfpromotesaturday

A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6, Chapter 9

In which Vaeol and Remaue, in visiting Remaue’s family, learn something of Kaure’s.

www.worldanvil.com

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The Aleks (they/them) @thealeks.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure if this is a bit like trying to sell milk to dairy farmers, but it's cool to see what folks are working on.

For my part, I've launched a kickstarter a week back for Shores Of Night - non-lovecraftian cosmic / surreal horror rpg.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Shores Of Night

The hot, new, rules-medium take on weird, surreal, and cosmic horror roleplaying (no gods, no kings, no sanity mechanics, all cubes)!

www.kickstarter.com

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Zosimos @zo51m05.bsky.social · 2d

Hey there!

I'm putting the finishing touches on some new linocuts for my retrofuturist vampire hunting RPG Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

Coming soon: Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet

A retrofuturist gothic horror TTRPG of vampire hunting, cosmic secrets, and bloody fates

www.kickstarter.com

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Fiery Discourse @fierydiscourse.bsky.social · 3d

Check out Fiery Discourse, the only podcast on the internet dedicated to media featuring dragonesses, female dinosaurs and other similar saurians and scalies! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHQTONab-Vd57q0dx8XZDftqdKUxwMehi

Fiery Discourse - YouTube

Fiery Discourse is a podcast discussing media that features dragonesses, female dinosaurs and female reptiles of all kinds. Each episode is about an individu...

www.youtube.com

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