Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 13h

B for environs: cues players to pay attention to the context of their actions and possibly explore several methods of approach for a task.

A for character skill- a changing difficulty asks them to look at their tools and skills to apply to a task, or ask for help from other players

1 3

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 13h

I think it depends on how much you want to emphasize player agency/character skill vs effect of the world/environs on character behavior

1 1

Reposted by Serpent

Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 15h

let me try to get a few on board: you know when people post stuff like "if you want to learn to draw, pick your most perverted kink and work towards being able to draw that until you can make yourself horny"? they don't realize it, but they're actually embracing Freire's pedagogy.

The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 15h

I need to figure out how to get more people to read Paulo Friere....

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere

1 18 74

Reposted by Serpent

Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social · 3d

Hi everyone, the fundraiser is live here: tilt.fyi/EDYtxn82Gu

Kristin passed away on September 15. She was a part of the TTRPG community and a published author. She was an advocate for multiple myeloma awareness. This campaign is a joint effort between multiple communities in her memory.

1 49 54

Reposted by Serpent

Sadie is 🎲 Laying It All on the Line 🎲 @oakleafinsignia.games · 17h

Please consider joining our team! ✨✨✨

The QueerXP @thequeerxp.bsky.social · 18h

Hey everyone!! We are opening up applications for 2 more editors to join our production team.

These folks would be responsible for editing our episodes for the rest of Season 4, starting with the December APs!

Please share this application, this is an important postion to our podcast. Thanks you!

The QueerXP: Editor App - Season 4

The QueerXP is looking for 1-2 editors to help us with the remainder of the season! Please note: These would be volunteer positions. While we have a Patreon, the money we bring in from that does not...

docs.google.com

8 15

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 16h

Very fun time playing Ahoy for the first time as the Leviathan. Even if I got too caught up in the sauce eating people instead of scoring victory points. BUT! It was the right amount of complex to keep my undermedicated ADHD brain locked in.

1

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 21h

Ended up using this compass spread thetarotlady.com/a-tarot-spread-for-when-you-feel-lost-compass-spread/ with The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Oracle deck, which really boiled down to: pause on being detail-busy and rest. Which. Is usually my issue tbh

A Tarot Spread for When You Feel Lost: The Compass Spread

A Tarot Spread for When You Feel Lost: The Compass Spread. This is a tarot spread I use when I can't find my way. The Compass spread is easy but effective.

www.thetarotlady.com

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone got a fav #tarot spread for aimlessness? I like using tarot as a journaling aid and thr storminess of today has def thrown me off

1

Reposted by Serpent

🕊️✨ Bird ✨🕊️ @poultrymancy.bsky.social · 1d

You have to actively train your brain to perceive, process, and /absorb/ good things. It is hard.

But you can only bring out of your head what you put into it, by only allowing yourself to focus on hardship and misery, you rob yourself of the ability to feel happiness and perceive good around you.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

2 53 120

Reposted by Serpent

Daniel, The Copper Compendium @thecoppercompendium.co.uk · 1d

Want to create your own TTRPG? Here's a list of resources for doing just that!

thecoppercompendium.co.uk/so-you-want-...

3/5

So, you want to make a TTRPG?

A compiled list of links to resources useful for creating your own TTRPGs. Based on the lists I posted previously on Tumblr and Bluesky, as well as similar resources created by others.

thecoppercompendium.co.uk

1 1 1

Reposted by Serpent

Anton ☾ @antonarcana.gay · 1d

Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.

4 690 1.3K

Reposted by Serpent

Aaron Voigt @aavoigt.bsky.social · 1d

1. Thomas remains the best essayist in RPGs. Come for the Midsommar comparison, stay for the critique of Hindu nationalism.

2. Don't threaten me with a good time

Maybe you can write the essay that I didn't - an analysis of Encanto as "folk horror
without the horror". What if the land hungered ... for everyone to be nice to each other?

2 4 23

Reposted by Serpent

wyllora @wyllora.bsky.social · 3d

I'm co-hosting an open-submission fanzine with @haasio.bsky.social ! We're accepting pieces of art & writing for Triangle Agency!

Haasio will be laying it out in his amazing Vault-style, make sure to follow the submission guidelines to make his job easier!

Simple Graphic reading The Triangle Agency Fan Zine

4 4

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you. Yeah the whole discussions area is a mess and the server itself is full of entitlement on all sorts of levels so leaving is probably overdue. I can always holler at my spouse and here about character design stuff.

1

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 2d

of course part of my brain launched into 'what if we make a pngtuber and go over every female character' which is a fun flight of fancy but i am well aware of my limitations

1

Serpent @serpenttongue.bsky.social · 2d

Well, newest supervive hero was revealed and i dunno if it's worth it to start a discussion about her design on the discord. there is a mod who has explicitly expressed distaste for any discussion regarding female character design, and any/all discussion immediately attracts trolls that derail it.

2

Reposted by Serpent

🌱Elaine Lithgow 🌱 @elainelithgow.bsky.social · 3d

In todays dev vlog I chat about content first vs product first TTRPG design.

Yeah, this one's for the layout sickos and the folk who are so excited they can't stop writing.

Two Methods of Designing TTRPG Books

YouTube video by Is This Something? A TTRPG Dev Vlog

youtu.be

3 5 22

Reposted by Serpent

Nael "Extortionate Metagaming" Fox @sfxprb.bsky.social · 4d

Not that he needs me to, but I can vouch that Jeremy will send you this book quickly and with no hassle. Got a copy of ItO Remastered here to prove it.

Brazen Head of Criswell (owner/operator) @brazenhead.bsky.social · 4d

For sale: Black Powder and Brimstone RPG hardcover in like-new condition.
$35 includes media mail shipping within the continental US.

1 1

Reposted by Serpent

SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 4d

New to the #SoloRPG List: The Kingdom of Prester John by @korartificer.bsky.social
A solo journaling RPG of wandering between the reality of the late 1100s and the dreamscapes of medieval Christian mythology.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

Cover for the solo RPG: The Kingdom of Prester John. A man sits upon an austere throne, adorned with a cloak and crown and holding a scepter

4 6

Reposted by Serpent

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 4d

Oops! I accidentally sent this essay a day early, the second in my series about books in ttrpgs and how we play with them.

When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?

How do we talk about TTRPG Books?

An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.

www.backwardstabletop.com

2 14 30

Reposted by Serpent

Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole @tabletopbookshelf.com · 5d

NEW ARRIVAL: Rue From Ruin from @adepticarus.com

Betrayed, alone, and full of rage, you'll undertake a harrowing journey of troubles and self-discovery. Features over 100 escalating troubles you may encounter leading to 256 possible endings!🐺
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/rue...

1 4 5

Reposted by Serpent

ted! @corantus.bsky.social · 4d

helvia [she/her] for carm 🎶🎙️🤖

ko-fi.com/corantus/com...

15 57

Reposted by Serpent

Jen C Mars @jencmars.bsky.social · 4d

Any TTRPG art friends looking for a quick turn around gig?

Client needs 3 humanoid character pieces (head, 1/2, full body) in a semi-realistic (think TTRPG book) fantasy art style. Full color.

Needs for next week, I’m not available.

Ideal if you have store front you can charge from (eg Etsy)

4 28 19

Reposted by Serpent

Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 5d

Miss Major was known as many things in her community — a caretaker for other Black trans women, a defender of the homeless and the incarcerated, and a Stonewall veteran who did not want the past to be used as an excuse for inaction.

Read our full obituary here:

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

19thnews.org

4 56 160