Sarah (she/her)
scholarsarah.bsky.social
Sarah (she/her)
@scholarsarah.bsky.social
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Storyteller: TTRPG Game Master, PhD candidate, designer, writer. Dissertating on myth and masculinity in Star Wars. Lead designer on Level Up #a5e, writing for it ever since.
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Happy Friday! I want to do a thread about all the things I do, but we're starting with the big, scary one: a prelaunch #a5e Kickstarter! Compatible with #dnd5e of course, but with more depth and complexity (can I say rare spells?). Follow it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... #ttrpgrising
Coming soon: Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
"With water it feels like a tactic. With mayonnaise it feels like a war crime."

#levelup #a5e
I'm good, but I'm not 'try and withstand all the fascism while also properly promoting a kickstarter' good (I live and work in DC it's so fun!). If you've backed anyway, I see you and I appreciate you so so much.

Haven't yet? It's the last day: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

#levelup5e #a5e
Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
$1k!!! I can't wait to put this book in your hands.

#a5e #levelup5e
Splendid Souvenirs funded! I meant to post yesterday but then my house LITERALLY flooded (I'm not kidding. so much water.)

Want to read more about it than my skywriting? Check it out:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
It's close to $1k. Like. A couple of backers away. 👀👀👀👀
Splendid Souvenirs funded! I meant to post yesterday but then my house LITERALLY flooded (I'm not kidding. so much water.)

Want to read more about it than my skywriting? Check it out:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
Splendid Souvenirs funded! I meant to post yesterday but then my house LITERALLY flooded (I'm not kidding. so much water.)

Want to read more about it than my skywriting? Check it out:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
It lives!!! Live and ready to back.
Happy Friday! I want to do a thread about all the things I do, but we're starting with the big, scary one: a prelaunch #a5e Kickstarter! Compatible with #dnd5e of course, but with more depth and complexity (can I say rare spells?). Follow it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... #ttrpgrising
Coming soon: Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
This is some good stuff. I own both books, consult the blog constantly, and will be picking up this one. 10/10 do read
In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing and MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing, I reverse-engineered hundreds of #DnD monsters to help DMs plan their combat encounters.

Now, in Making Enemies (Oct. 7), I explore everything that goes into creating #TTRPG monsters from the ground up. #booksky
I know I haven't been that active here - I said I would launch my kickstarter Tuesday and I still technically want to, but.

The weight of the world, man. It's a weird time to live and work in DC.
Thinking about a fun promo idea for Splendid Souvenirs (you know, the #a5e magic item book with the Kickstarter lauching next week):

Comment a number between 1 and 49 (the item portion of the book) and I'll tease something on that page. Art, item name, description, etc.

#ttrpgrising
Coming soon: Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
Oooooh I love that! Giving out knacks is such a cool idea.
I love it (although I'm biased, obviously). It's so easy to pick up coming from 5e and it just feels so much better to play! I've not looked back.
I have a Kickstarter launching early February with a ton of magic items, curse tables, and sentient item rules - first of its kind for #a5e but also compatible with #dnd5e!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

#selfpromosaturday
Also: I would like cool lefty/nerdy/gay patches for my jacket. I already have a NASA patch and a little planet embroidered on, and I have the cross stitch waste fabric for tatreez on my inner left arm... does anyone have recs?
Third: lots more original art! Our artist, Claire Busch, studied product design, so each magic item has a really unique visual look that, if I do say so, makes them really stand out amongst fantasy items. Seriously, look at this potion of deception:
Second: everyone who's writing on it is experienced, both at writing and at doing kickstarters. The book will be in your hands very shortly after the kickstarter ends as a result - it's basically all but a few layout touch ups at this point.
This week has been SO busy, but I wanted to talk about Splendid Souvenirs and why you should follow it (which you can do here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...)

First, I'm pretty sure it's the first magic item book for #a5e #levelupa5e. Not 100%, because I'm not omnipotent, but...pretty sure.
Coming soon: Splendid Souvenirs: Magic Items for 5e and Advanced 5e
Hundreds of magic items, rare spells, and expanded mechanics to reward your players.
www.kickstarter.com
As of today, I am able to take the 'paperwork pending' qualifier off of being a PhD candidate! Certificate should arrive soon.

Now I just gotta write the dang thing.
I also do layout (like, for my day job now), actual plays/podcasts (check out the Starcrossed Seaway on Youtube for evidence that I have a problem when it comes to alliterated s-sounds), and I drew the covers for both Kickstarter books. So: that's me! ✨️ if you made it here you get a cookie: 🍪
Back on #DMsGuild, I also have a zillion mostly system-neutral things under the Dungeons and Djinn moniker. DMsGuild searches still seem to be bad on mobile, but this link should work on PC: www.dmsguild.com/m/?author=Du...
Dungeon Masters Guild
www.dmsguild.com
Why should you trust this team to make magic items? Well, we've all written for Level Up before (although only @steampunkette.bsky.social is on #ttrpgsky so). I'll let her post her very cool stuff, but I'll keep sharing mine downthread: