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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 3h

This random old dude's rendition of I'll Follow You Into the Dark.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=avdi...

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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 4h

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 5h

I don't have near enough time to write this, but there's a lot of interesting comparisons to be made between Berserk's Eclipse arc and Tale of the Heike. Very similar story beats, super similar themes. There's quite a lot there.

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 7h

My latest solo #ttrpg story is nearing its conclusion! The Mind Made Up follows a disaffected PhD grad returning home to find everything is... the same? Except for a strange infection that has risen from the sea. That's new.
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Mind Made Up ToC

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 1d

That's a great way to do it. So many series I see start really promising, but then meander around, get super bloated, and eventually hit a point where they're essentially unfinishable.

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 1d

Missing Number

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 1d

If there's one thing I would recommend to aspiring analog horror makers, it's to plan an ending.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

This year, I've had so many productivity issues. Whole days lost, deadlines completely blown I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with me

Yeah, so for the last 48 hours I decided to tune out the news and concentrate on an article and surprise surprise: it was the fascism this whole time

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Epic Tales and Critical Fails - Our GM is a Crit Award nominee @etalesandcritfails.bsky.social · 2d

Catch our #pathfinder2e #actualplaypodcast where six misfits are brought together by strange dreams & become embroiled in the schemes of a mad clockwork automaton.

Prepare for adventure, terror & the occasional use of bad language. Not to mention the dubious dice rolls.

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Negative Modifier @negmodpod.bsky.social · 2d

We can think of at least a few worse ways to waste an hour or so then listening to Q-Cell lie to cops and begin to unearth the dark reality of what's been going on in a Central Florida retirement community
youtu.be/-ZJ-eB1OYdg

Wellness Check (Part #9) - Delta Green #deltagreen #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast

YouTube video by Negative Modifier

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the space! Want to try our BADASS system (which takes the rule of cool to ludicrous heights) FREE? Lucky you! KILL THE NAZI distills our system to a business card! Give it a try and tell us what you think! #TTRPGs #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #Geek bsky.app/profile/mhp-...

Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 8d

KILL THE NAZI is FREE: our BADASS system (Overgrowth, Splatter League) distilled down to a business card! Download it, share it, upload your playthroughs, message us, and tell us what you did! After all, we fight fascists through community! #TTRPGs madness-heart-games.itch.io/kill-the-nazi

Art card featuring a stylized, socialist realist portrait of a worker throwing a Molotov cocktail at a figure in a suit with a long red tie. Text reads "KILL THE NAZI! A Micro-BADASS Game for 1 GM & 2-3 Players"

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 2d

My cool stuff!
Added a new chapter to my solo ttrpg novelization! I've been playing my own weird horror game, The Insensate Ones. A disaffected PhD grad returns home and finds everything... the same? Except for some kind of infection from the deep sea.
ko-fi.com/post/Mind-Ma...

Mind Made Up ToC

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 2d

Ticking away the moments that make a dull day, you promo and waste the hours in an off hand way...
Because it's #selfpromosaturday in #ttrpg and #writing space! You got cool stuff? Of course you do!

Mind Made Up ToC

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Silverwolf!
Added a new chapter to my solo ttrpg novelization! I've been playing my own weird horror game, The Insensate Ones. A disaffected PhD grad returns home and finds everything... the same? Except for some kind of infection from the deep sea.
ko-fi.com/post/Mind-Ma...

Mind Made Up ToC

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Silverwolfminis @silverwolfminis.bsky.social · 2d

Hi all! I don't really feel up to doing much #selfpromosaturday stufffor myself, but that doesn't mean I don't want to make a space! So please,

* Post your promo
* Interact with others
* Repost to spread everyone's hard work

#ttrpgcommunity #minis #ttrpg #selfpromo

a cartoon of a man with the words shameless self-promotion written below him

Alt: a cartoon of a man with the words shameless self-promotion written below him

media.tenor.com

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Michael Spearwater @michaelspearwater.bsky.social · 2d

For #selfpromosaturday, it'd be nice if someone took a look at this one

I know my marketing skill stats have a negative value, but it'd still be nice to see

#romantasy #travelogue #needreaders

Michael Spearwater @michaelspearwater.bsky.social · Jul 9

My author's copy is in!
My #romantasy #travelogue, A Wager for Wanderlust, is ready and waiting, available 7/31!

This title is something of a departure for me, including a new pen name for less child-friendly material

#AskMeAnything? (If you feel like it?)

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBZMX7MP

Front cover of "A Wager for Wanderlust" by Michael Spearwater
cover art by LykosVTuber

It shows an artistically messy gentleman's desk with sketches of fantastical nudes, a pocket watch, various writing implements, etc.

In the background there are statues and portraits, a bookshelf, and books on the floor

Back cover of "A Wager for Wanderlust" by Michael Spearwater
cover art by LykosVTuber

It shows a gentleman's personal office with various navigational implements, artwork, a letter, and books strewn across the floor. A frilly pink item of lady's apparel can be seen on the floor near the spine of the book

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Quinn Majeski 👁️ Absurdia crowdfunding now! @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the space!

Absurdia is a TTRPG love letter to classic and contemporary absurdist works like Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls. The campaign ends in less than a week!

Subvert normalcy. Embrace chaos. Get weird.

Absurdia: The (Meta)Physical Edition

An absurdist tabletop roleplaying game about the inane hilarity and mundane horror of everyday life, inspired by Welcome to Night Vale, Alice in Wonderland, and Gravity Falls.

www.backerkit.com

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Zosimos @zo51m05.bsky.social · 2d

Hey there!

I'm putting the finishing touches on some spooky new linocuts for my retrofuturist vampire hunting RPG Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

Coming soon: Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet

A retrofuturist gothic horror TTRPG of vampire hunting, cosmic secrets, and bloody fates

www.kickstarter.com

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Fiery Discourse @fierydiscourse.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Fiery Discourse, the only podcast on the internet dedicated to media featuring dragonesses, female dinosaurs and other similar saurians and scalies! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHQTONab-Vd57q0dx8XZDftqdKUxwMehi

Fiery Discourse - YouTube

Fiery Discourse is a podcast discussing media that features dragonesses, female dinosaurs and female reptiles of all kinds. Each episode is about an individu...

www.youtube.com

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KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 2d

Thank you for the chance!

We're literally 1 FOLLOWER AWAY from reaching our goal of 200 followers for KOKOTÖNA's Kickstarter so please share with anyone and everyone y'all think would be interested in it!

KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 2d

#KOKOTÖNA goes live on #Kickstarter in LESS than 24 hours & we're REALLY CLOSE to achieving our follower goal!

If you like:

• #MÖRKBORG, #OSR or indie #TTRPG titles
• Grimdark #Fantasy
• Aztec & Mayan myths

Then join the ALMOST 200 flesh-bearers ready to venture into Teotlan!

#SelfPromoSaturday

Coming soon: KOKOTÖNA: A Grimdark RPG inspired by precolonial Mesoamerica

A standalone, MÖRK BORG-compatible descent into a Mesoamerican-inspired apocalypse. Dark fantasy roleplaying of xokol & blood-obsidian.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ava's Adventures @avasadventures.bsky.social · 2d

This week I've started setting up a website dedicated to my developing #ttrpg Undead Paradise.

The players take on the role of zombies who have regained their sentience/memories and are now navigating a mutated world long after humanity has fallen.

Check it out at: www.undeadparadise.com

Undead Paradise

Visit the post for more.

www.undeadparadise.com

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d'Artagnan @dartagnantt.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the space, Thought Punks!

I've been working on a 5e replacement for about two years. Where I do things like make fighters tactical, give rangers themes, and warlocks spell slots! My patrons get access to the playtest materials!
Check it out, it's awesome!
bsky.app/profile/dart...

d'Artagnan @dartagnantt.bsky.social · 25d

While playing 5e, can you never find a spell worth casting that doesn't eat at that concentration you're already holding?
In #6thDawn I've modified spellcasting where concentration is usually optional, but you might not want to give it up.

#TTRPGRising #TTRPG #DnD
www.patreon.com/posts/6th-da...

Optional Concentration

Some spells have an active component beyond yourself that you must control, but otherwise work without your intervention. If you choose to concentrate on these spells, they work just as concentration spells above. However, you can choose to not concentrate on them, this keeps the spell going with no control over it whatsoever.

Fear

3rd-rank illusion
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot cone)
Components: V, S, M (a white feather or the heart of a hen)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 minute

You project a phantasmal image of a creature's worst fears. Each creature in a 30-foot cone must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or drop whatever it is holding and become frightened of you for the duration. *While concentrating on this spell*, you can use your action to target all creatures in another 30-foot cone, but can't affect a creature again if it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting of fear.

Invisibility
2nd-rank illusion
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (an eyelash encased in gum arabic)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 hour

A creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends. Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on the target's person. The spell ends for a target that attacks or casts a spell.

*While concentrating on the spell* and no creatures currently benefit from the spell, you can use your action to touch another creature to turn it invisible.

Moonbeam
2nd-rank evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (several seeds of any moonseed plant and a piece of opalescent feldspar)
Duration: Optional concentration, up to 1 minute

A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, dim light fills the cylinder.

When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it is engulfed in ghostly flames that cause searing pain, and it must make a Constitution saving throw. It takes 2d10 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

A shapechanger makes its saving throw with disadvantage. If it fails, it also instantly reverts to its original form and can't assume a different form until it leaves the spell's light.

*While concentrating on this spell*, you can use an action to move the beam 60 feet in any direction.

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AJ || Pasta_Parade @pastaparade.bsky.social · 2d

Campaign 2 of Choose Your Roll kicks off this October! The Rolls We Choose follows Raphael, Lowell, Lucien, Einar, and Sylvie through the French-inspired realm of Lyon. Join us for Session 0 on Oct 18th at 7PM EST: twitch.tv/choose_your_...

#dnd5e #a5e #ttrpgcommunity #SelfPromoSaturday #ActualPlay

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 2d

400 in the hole for my $1k out of pocket med. Stretched out half doses as long as can. Hurt shoulder is bleeding costs for me. Pls help out if possible.

Grab TTRPGs:
www.drivethrurpg.com...

Drop tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev

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TDungeonator @tdungeonator.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Thought Punks!
Added a new chapter to my solo ttrpg novelization! I've been playing my own weird horror game, The Insensate Ones. A disaffected PhD grad returns home and finds everything... the same? Except for some kind of infection from the deep sea.
ko-fi.com/post/Mind-Ma...

Mind Made Up ToC

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