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@robpr.bsky.social
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Anime, manga and comic book fan. RPG enthusiast. Grognard gamer dad and technophile.
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Best NPCs are always the accidental ones. The guard with no name. The innkeeper you made up in five seconds. The random merchant with a weird voice. Players latch onto them, and suddenly they matter more than your carefully planned villains. Funny how that works.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR #RPG
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
robpr.bsky.social
First adventure memories hit different. Mine was Palace of the Silver Princess many decades ago. Died to a surprise crossbow bolt from two female thieves in a side room, Candella and Duchess. Lesson learned fast. What was your first run?
#TTRPG #DnD #RPG #OSR
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
robpr.bsky.social
I steal ideas from video games all the time for my RPGs. A cool boss fight, a quest twist, a weird location, even the pacing of a dungeon. Games already solved a lot of problems we face at the table, so why not borrow what works and tweak it.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR #RPG
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Thinking about my holiday gaming plans now that December hits tomorrow. Hoping to squeeze in a few sessions, try a winter one-shot, and maybe catch up on some books I’ve been meaning to read. Slow month, cozy games.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR #RPG
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Thanksgiving-themed adventure ideas, keeping them weird, fun, and OSR-friendly:

• A harvest spirit demands the “true tithe” this year: something more than grain.
• A pilgrim caravan arrives with blessings… and a curse hidden in their wagons.
#TTRPG #OSR #RPG
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving! Grateful for my players, the stories we build, and the chaos that comes from one bad dice roll. Every campaign turns into a memory worth keeping. Hope your table’s full of food, friends, and critical hits.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Been using AI lately to build quick NPCs and sample dialogue for my sessions. It’s great for prep , fleshes out side characters fast, helps find their voice, and gives me lines to tweak before game night. Always good to have a few surprises ready.
#TTRPG #DnD #RPGPrep #RPG
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Don’t punish players for choices, just let the world react honestly. Help someone today, they might save you later… or resent the debt. It’s not about being fair. It’s about making things feel real.
#TTRPG #RPGDesign #RPG
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Games hit harder when choices matter. Not just “good or evil,” but why someone does it and what it costs. A burned bridge, a lost ally, or the town that remembers what you did. Consequences give weight to dice rolls.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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thetealegoist.bsky.social
Coyote & Crow is a sci-fi fantasy RPG developed by First Nations devs, where colonization of the Americas never happened and indigenous peoples advanced into high-tech societies. Players explore a world of tradition, innovation, and destiny shaped by their communities. #ttrpg #FirstNations
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
robpr.bsky.social
Been playing with chronomancy and time travel in my current game, and it’s wild how it changes everything. NPCs can lie across time, prophecies turn into puzzles, and choices echo backward as much as forward.
#TTRPG #DnD #OSR #RPG
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Hey folks, do us a solid and help push the great folks at @stillfleet.bsky.social past their last stretch goal! Danse Macabre now in its last 18 hours!

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#ttrpg #osr
Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying
Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Tharizdun is the big bad of my current game, so I'm revisiting The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Strange relics, old powers, forgotten lore. It quietly sets the stage for darker stuff like the Temple of Tharizdun. You feel the shadow before you meet it. Lots of worldbuilding.
#OSR #DnD
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Evening crew:
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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izzi.social
Running a Halloween one shot in a few hours.
Front cover of the ttrpg Nightcrawlers, by Tanner Yea.
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Halloween RPG ideas:
• A village traps ghosts in pumpkins to keep the dead quiet
• A masked festival where one mask belongs to something not human
• A house that grows new rooms every night, each one stranger than the last
Spooky works best when things feel almost normal…almost.
#TTRPG #OSR #RPG
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Going back to the original Ravenloft module. Still one of the best adventures ever written. Tight location, smart clues, real tension, and Strahd feels like a character not just a stat block. Gothic dread done right.
#OSR #DnD #Ravenloft #RPG #TTRPG
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
robpr.bsky.social
DungeonDraft

DungeonDraft has become one of my go-to tools for map making. It’s fast, clean, and doesn’t feel like “software gets in the way.” You can knock out a whole dungeon in one sitting without fighting menus. Great for homebrew prep.
#TTRPG #Mapmaking #DungeonDraft #RPG
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Online DM Tools
There are so many great DM tools online now. Things like Donjon for quick generators, Kobold Fight Club for encounters, Owlbear Rodeo for quick maps, Kanka for worldbuilding, and Fantasy Name Generator for NPCs on the fly. Prep has never been easier.
#TTRPG #DMTools #RPG
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
robpr.bsky.social
I’m reading the playtest rules for Ruttigers RPG and it’s shaping up to be something special. It keeps that clean OSR backbone but layers in a mythic tone that feels fresh. The art? Gritty storybook vibes that pull you right in.

instagram.com/richardwhitters
rhoringhad.blogspot.com
#OSR #RPG #TTRPG
October 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Of the most recent games I have read, this one really made me consider the rules lite aproach.Tombpunk is a rules-lite grimdark fantasy game built for fast play and bleak stories. Character creation takes minutes and the tone leans hard into ruin, rot, and desperate survival.
#TTRPG #OSR #Tombpunk
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Or maybe NSR is more your speed:

• Cairn
• Into the Odd
• Electric Bastionland
• Troika
• Tombpunk
• Knave

Same spirit of play, just looser rules and faster table time.
#NSR #TTRPG #RPG
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
robpr.bsky.social
Looking to start with OSR?
Some of the most popular OSR games right now:
• OSE (Old School Essentials)
• Basic Fantasy
• Dungeon Crawl Classics
• Lamentations of the Flame Princess
• Labyrinth Lord
• Swords & Wizardry

These keep classic structure and old school feel.
#OSR #TTRPG #RPG
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
robpr.bsky.social
OSR vs NSR comes up from time to time, and honestly I see them as cousins. OSR leans into classic play: rulings over rules, exploration, danger, and player skill. NSR keeps that energy but strips things down even more and goes rules-lite.
Both chase the same feeling
#TTRPG #OSR #NSR #RPG
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
robpr.bsky.social
One of the best lessons from Elden Ring is how mystery drives exploration. You don’t get a lore dump , you get a hint, a ruin, a symbol, a rumor. The table fills the gaps with curiosity. Players move because they wonder, not because they were told to.
#TTRPG #OSR #EldenRing #RPG
October 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM