Scott Fitzgerald Gray
@scottfgray.bsky.social
9th-level layabout, vindictive good. He/him. Worked on a whole bunch of D&D. Working on a new game at CORE20RPG.com. Human rights aren’t political. Fuck Trump.
Pinned
Twenty years ago today, February 6, 2004, I started work on my first freelance editing assignment for Wizards of the Coast — the 3.5e sourcebook “Complete Arcane.”
What a long, fantastic trip it’s been.
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What a long, fantastic trip it’s been.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
FRPG GM and Player Tip: The right number of tests and checks to make in a game is the number that feels the most fun. If too many checks start to feel tedious, or if not enough checks makes it feel as if the characters aren’t doing anything, talk about what changes might make for a better balance.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
FRPG GM and Player Tip: The right number of tests and checks to make in a game is the number that feels the most fun. If too many checks start to feel tedious, or if not enough checks makes it feel as if the characters aren’t doing anything, talk about what changes might make for a better balance.
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Y’all, Claudio is a friend of mine down in Brazil. He is a terrific person and a terrific artist!
He’s in need of some gigs to help make ends meet.
Maybe some D&D character commissions for your group for the holidays?
Please share!
He’s in need of some gigs to help make ends meet.
Maybe some D&D character commissions for your group for the holidays?
Please share!
Help me pay bills! Slots still open! Discounted prices! DM me for info!
A project I was counting on for my December bills got delayed, so I am wide open to take on larger projects and holiday commissions for December delivery.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Y’all, Claudio is a friend of mine down in Brazil. He is a terrific person and a terrific artist!
He’s in need of some gigs to help make ends meet.
Maybe some D&D character commissions for your group for the holidays?
Please share!
He’s in need of some gigs to help make ends meet.
Maybe some D&D character commissions for your group for the holidays?
Please share!
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November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I do this with resistance too to keep players on their toes or when they're metagaming- though there's always a story element/reason to it as well- and I will describe the creature as appearing different in some way from the "standard" they may be aware of.
FRPG GM Tip: Taking a stock monster and converting some of their damage to a different type is one of the fastest ways to customize foes. Skeletons with lightning swords or cultists whose fire spells deal poison instead can give an otherwise straightforward encounter a unique feel.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I do this with resistance too to keep players on their toes or when they're metagaming- though there's always a story element/reason to it as well- and I will describe the creature as appearing different in some way from the "standard" they may be aware of.
FRPG GM Tip: Taking a stock monster and converting some of their damage to a different type is one of the fastest ways to customize foes. Skeletons with lightning swords or cultists whose fire spells deal poison instead can give an otherwise straightforward encounter a unique feel.
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
FRPG GM Tip: Taking a stock monster and converting some of their damage to a different type is one of the fastest ways to customize foes. Skeletons with lightning swords or cultists whose fire spells deal poison instead can give an otherwise straightforward encounter a unique feel.
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
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Why a reverse sale? We have plenty of opportunities to get the magazines for a low price all year. For this, I wanted to give folks who are able a chance to support us a little extra, so we can keep growing the publication.
Tomorrow is Itch Creator Day (we get 100% of the profits) and we're joining Itch's week long creator sale with a Reverse Thankshalloweenmas Sale! Get Issues 1-3 for 33% more and support the magazine going into 2026! itch.io/s/170523/rev...
Reverse Thankshalloweenmas Sale 2025 by Prairie Dragon Press
A bundle by Prairie Dragon Press, $29.91 for The Hearth Magazine #1, The Hearth Magazine #2, The Hearth Magazine #3
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Why a reverse sale? We have plenty of opportunities to get the magazines for a low price all year. For this, I wanted to give folks who are able a chance to support us a little extra, so we can keep growing the publication.
Post your favorite LOTR character, wrong answers only.
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Post your favorite LOTR character, wrong answers only.
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Ia! Ia! It's a Dork Tower Friday! Cthulhu-tastic new strip up now, at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/28/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/28/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, please and thank you!
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ia! Ia! It's a Dork Tower Friday! Cthulhu-tastic new strip up now, at the Mothership:
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/28/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/28/1...
Repost/Reblog/Repeat, please and thank you!
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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Draw Steel core rules updated today with errata, The Summoner and Fall of Blackbottom have dropped, and patrons are trying out the Alpha version of the Codex VTT today. Incredible work done by the team.
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Draw Steel core rules updated today with errata, The Summoner and Fall of Blackbottom have dropped, and patrons are trying out the Alpha version of the Codex VTT today. Incredible work done by the team.
FRPG GM Tip: If you run your games on a virtual tabletop, prep way more encounter maps than you need. Being able to quickly drop an easy random encounter into the narrative makes a great way to fill out a session if you’re not quite ready for where the characters want to go next.
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
FRPG GM Tip: If you run your games on a virtual tabletop, prep way more encounter maps than you need. Being able to quickly drop an easy random encounter into the narrative makes a great way to fill out a session if you’re not quite ready for where the characters want to go next.
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Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
FRPG GM and Player Tip: Whenever characters gain new benefits, features, or magic, players should feel free to talk about that and why it excites them. Sometimes that’s an out-of-game discussion, but it can also be an in-game moment of “My character dramatically reveals this new thing they can do!”
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
FRPG GM and Player Tip: Whenever characters gain new benefits, features, or magic, players should feel free to talk about that and why it excites them. Sometimes that’s an out-of-game discussion, but it can also be an in-game moment of “My character dramatically reveals this new thing they can do!”
FRPG Player Tip: Power gaming can be fun, but the hobby is filled with power gamers who will tell you how much more fun they started having when they focused less on optimizing mechanics and more on optimizing story. Heed their wisdom and experience.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
FRPG Player Tip: Power gaming can be fun, but the hobby is filled with power gamers who will tell you how much more fun they started having when they focused less on optimizing mechanics and more on optimizing story. Heed their wisdom and experience.
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I'm now open to work and looking for my next role as a Writer or Game Designer in games, now that my contract has ended.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have many other indie and AA projects where I was responsible for content, systems and production.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have many other indie and AA projects where I was responsible for content, systems and production.
I am now open to work and looking for my next role as a Writer or Game Designer in games, now that my contract has ended.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have worked… | An...
I am now open to work and looking for my next role as a Writer or Game Designer in games, now that my contract has ended.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have worked acros...
www.linkedin.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm now open to work and looking for my next role as a Writer or Game Designer in games, now that my contract has ended.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have many other indie and AA projects where I was responsible for content, systems and production.
I have worked on the award-nominated Civilization VII, and have many other indie and AA projects where I was responsible for content, systems and production.
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Grab the preview built on D&D rules; see what you think.
Beast the Roleplaying Game for D&D 5e
Become a Hunter who gains the power to protect humanity from terrifying, titanic Beasts. An RPG compatible with D&D 5e (2024 version).
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Grab the preview built on D&D rules; see what you think.
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Honestly, it's so cool to see names and a basic scenario I created used by these players. I love how Aabria uses the pieces to help the players make emergent fiction.
D&D Forgotten Realms Official One Shot - Adventures in Faerûn w/ Dungeon Master Aabria Iyengar
YouTube video by Dungeons & Dragons
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Honestly, it's so cool to see names and a basic scenario I created used by these players. I love how Aabria uses the pieces to help the players make emergent fiction.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
“But I ignore things
And I move sideways
Until I forget what I felt in the first place…”
Radio Free Isheridar.
And I move sideways
Until I forget what I felt in the first place…”
Radio Free Isheridar.
Noah Kahan - Growing Sideways (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by NoahKahanVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“But I ignore things
And I move sideways
Until I forget what I felt in the first place…”
Radio Free Isheridar.
And I move sideways
Until I forget what I felt in the first place…”
Radio Free Isheridar.
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My New Initiative Tracking System for Draw Steel!
I get crafty and find an easy way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkd...
#DrawSteel #ttrpg
I get crafty and find an easy way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkd...
#DrawSteel #ttrpg
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My New Initiative Tracking System for Draw Steel!
I get crafty and find an easy way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkd...
#DrawSteel #ttrpg
I get crafty and find an easy way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkd...
#DrawSteel #ttrpg
FRPG GM Tip: Even for players who love to be descriptive during a game, it’s easy to feel reluctant to offer up description from a fear of taking away from what the GM is meant to do. So make it clear when you’d love some input by asking for descriptions of tavern interiors, killing blows, and more.
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
FRPG GM Tip: Even for players who love to be descriptive during a game, it’s easy to feel reluctant to offer up description from a fear of taking away from what the GM is meant to do. So make it clear when you’d love some input by asking for descriptions of tavern interiors, killing blows, and more.