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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Apr 29

"With water it feels like a tactic. With mayonnaise it feels like a war crime."

#levelup #a5e

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Mar 10

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 17

$1k!!! I can't wait to put this book in your hands.

#a5e #levelup5e

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 8

It's close to $1k. Like. A couple of backers away. 👀👀👀👀

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 4

Over halfway...

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 4

It lives!!! Live and ready to back.

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 2

This is some good stuff. I own both books, consult the blog constantly, and will be picking up this one. 10/10 do read

Keithulhu Fhtammann 🔜 PAXU @themonstersknow.com · Jan 30

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

The cover of Making Enemies: A huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen. Another dwarf cowers in fear.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Feb 2

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.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 28

And a reminder that you can follow the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

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

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 28

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 20

Oooooh I love that! Giving out knacks is such a cool idea.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 18

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.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 18

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 18

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?

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 17

Your support literally is what gets this project off the ground. I hope you'll consider following along so you get notified right when it launches!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... #a5e #dnd5e #levelupa5e #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

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 17

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:

A black and white illustration of a bottle. Half of the bottle has an eerie mask overlay with an expressive eye; a splash of the liquid within forms its pupil.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 17

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.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 17

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 14

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.

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

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: 🍪

Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

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

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

I also threw together a little #a5e adventure that's perfect if you're trying to gently deWizardsify your table. I want to do more of these, so I have two half-written. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Lady Lyra's Blade - Sarah Breyfogle | DriveThruRPG

The Allister family has been lord of the land between the two rivers for as long as most folks can now remember - even the long-lived, elvish sort. Sure, things have moved around a bit, but as long as...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

This is actually my second Kickstarter. The first was for Stranger Sights, a book of monsters and exploration challenges, also compatible with #a5e and #dnd5e:

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Stranger Sights: Challenges for 5e and Advanced 5e - Sarah Breyfogle | DriveThruRPG

Peering into the cave's yawning mouth, you think for a moment you hear screaming. Cresting the next hill, you see sand dunes in every color you can imagine, turquoise and purples blending with orange...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Sarah (she/her) @scholarsarah.bsky.social · Jan 10

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:

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