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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con

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#SFF enthusiast; #TTRPG designer, helper; He/him; of a certain 40s age. You can't take Jersey outta the boy, capisce? Peep me at tezrak on Discord for chat/DMs. http://linktr.ee/tezraktheimpslayer #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · Mar 13

Greetings! I’m Craig (he/him); you can find me as Craig Hatler, Tezrak, or Tezrak the Impslayer. linktr.ee/tezraktheimpslayer
Shadowlight & Personae is my self-designed (currently) self-published TTRPG: PWYW, released under CC-BY.
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #TTRPGSelfPromo

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#SFF enthusiast; #TTRPG designer; He/him; You can't take Jersey outta the boy.

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 4h

Commission @raul-volp.bsky.social for your pixel art if you want cozy cute pixelated dragons.

Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah this art is AI, and their pinned even says they use it so im not just going off the labeller.

Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 5h

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Script Change RPG Toolbox by Thoughty by Beau Jágr Sheldon

A multi-function content, consent, and safety toolbox for collaborative creation and gameplay.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 5h

Hey, I know everything’s tight, but Rob was a great advocate for our #ttrpg community, a fine game writer himself, and has sadly left his family behind in the capitalist hellscape. I’ve given a bit and ask you to consider it if you can.

gofund.me/4b2b51738

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 5h

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

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 9h

A biopic about the life of DRACULA star Bela Lugosi is in the works from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and the writers of ED WOOD.

Young Bela Lugosi Biopic In The Works From ED WOOD Writers

A biopic about the life of DRACULA star Bela Lugosi is in the works from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and the writers of ED WOOD.

dlvr.it

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 13h

Hey it's #PortfolioDay - I'm Kim, an illustrator who loves drawing wavy lines. www.kimherbst.com for my whole portfolio 💖

Illustration of a tiger along a water's edge with her cub swimming behind her.

Illustration of a young Goku staring up at an ethereal dragon shape above a mountain with Bulma sitting below him

Illustration of a monkey eating a glowing piece of fruit

Illustration of a white dove embracing a blackbird, surrounded by a halo and orbs of light

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Of Gods and Gamemasters (Jack, he/him) @jackgogsbane.bsky.social · 10h

Help if you can. #mutualaid #ttrpg

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 15h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 13h

@ttrpgkids.com gave #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG a positive review! www.ttrpgkids.com/2025/06/23/r...

Review of Shadowlight & Personae – TTRPGkids

www.ttrpgkids.com

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Basil Wright 🛫 Carcosa @kobanya.bsky.social · 14h

Since it's #PortfolioDay, it's an excellent time to repost the Sensitivity Consultant starter pack!

go.bsky.app/92T7cw1

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 15h

Hey folks!
Since it is starting to appear for pre-order, I can officially announce that I've finished my first solo book for the Game Master's series!
Introducing the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons!
Coming August 2026 but available for pre-order now!
#ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

Blue Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons" "A comprehensive guide to incorporating fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures" Colby Whittaker Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

Cover Art: Blue background with white symbols. A D20 in the center with a staff and spear crossed behind it. To the left a scale, lightning bolt and trident. To the right a skull, rod of hermes and an anvil and hammer

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🎃 Xero Reynolds 🎃 @artificerind.bsky.social · 16h

On the next video, I'll show y'all how I designed and built this encounter inspired by the Clockwork Dragon mini from @wizkids.bsky.social! Files for you to print your own device will be available soon. #minipainting

A clockwork dragon mini painted in golds, bronze, and different copper shades stands atop a clockwork device featuring a tower, and a large silver and gold gear before it topped with two Tesla coils painted in silver and copper.

The same build, as seen from its left side.

A closeup of the painted Clockwork Dragon mini.

A low up shot from on level with the main gear, looking up at the dragon.

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The Phantom Mensch @suzwoehrle.bsky.social · Feb 2

Crisis lines that do not call police:

• Blackline: 800-604-5841 (BI&POC, LGBTQ)

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US)

• Wildflower Alliance Peer Support:
888-407-4515

• StrongHearts Native Helpline:
844-762-8483 (Indigenous People)

• Thrive: 313-662-8209 (Trans-led)

• LGBT Help: 888-843-4564

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 15h

I can't wait for Mike Flanagan's Dark Tower. @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social appreciates King movies as well, we were gushing over Doctor Sleep yesterday evening.

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Carolina Álvarez @ AH JW Valencia @kaiselka.bsky.social · 22h

Hi #portfolioday I'm Carolina, an illustrator and comic artist from Spain. Love drawing fantasy and my OC's ❤️

Links: linktr.ee/kaiselka

#VoxMachina #OC #DungeonMeshi

My OC Jocelyn from my webcomic Forgotten Sons.

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Bell of Lost Souls @belloflostsouls.net · 15h

D&D: Five Things Exciting About A Potential Return To Dark Sun

With an updated Psionics UA, it’s seeming like we’re headed to Dark Sun in the not too distant future. Here’s why that’s exciting! As the dust settles on the updated Psion and psionics Uneaarthed Arcana, and with another playtest full of apocalyptic subclasses, it feels pretty strongly like we’re going to be headed to Dark […] D&D: Five Things Exciting About A Potential Return To Dark Sun first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls

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Sol's Roles (He/They) {Accepting New Clients} @solsroles.bsky.social · 16h

Send that private message telling them how their work helped your table. "Your accessibility guide made my deaf player feel so welcome" or "That combat variant saved my campaign." Personal stories fuel creators' motivation.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 17h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

Keep me posted if you do it in the evening after 4pm!

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

Do you have a booth, are you attending just as a guest, and/or are you running games?

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 1d

A cover-up, a Satanic panic, a corrupt police force, a vigilante militia, and a serial killer.

The Street Wolves are in over their heads in Heart of Glass.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

A gentleman dressed in men's attire popular in the late 19th-century. He's standing in front of a partially open door, and is gesturing towards the camera with an open hand, inviting you inside.

Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Crowdsourcing feedback in small bites.

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

All of it except for painting minis, though even that I'll do occasionally. I lean more towards making crafty props and such.

Sotiris (he/him) @sotirispitelis.bsky.social · 17h

#ttrpg folks — how do you get your ttrpg fix when you're not actively playing or preparing for a session?

Do you paint minis? Browse ttrpg discussions online? Watch videos? Read new systems? Daydream?

Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 16h

#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky I commissioned Claudio to create both cover and interior illustrations for the #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Core Guide, Basic Game and promotional materials!

Two humans, one masc presenting and one femme presenting, the former taller than the other. Their backs are to the camera, opening a door which they're looking into radiating white light out and onto their faces. Surrounding the door are windows and other doors looking out into distant vistas: perhaps one with a hooded and robed man, one a cold moonlight mountain range, one of space and a spaceship, one of a bizarre tentacled creature, and one of a television screen and a cartoon character.

A woman explorer, Nya Melko, dressed in practical clothes. She's holding up a lantern while exploring some abandoned ruins, lantern in left hand and bullwhip in the right.

A dwarf, Grioghr Rafsmussen. Dressed in black leathers with a determined expression on his face, he's carrying manacles in one hand and a short sword in the right. He's hiding in an alley, watching and listening an illicit encounter between a robed individual carrying a curved dagger, and someone just out of sight.

An anthro species appearing to be a bilaterally symmetrical insectoid, dressed in an orange and white jumpsuit. They're on a starship or space station, working on the inner mechanisms of a disembodied android or robot head.

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Mike Myler @mikemyler.bsky.social · 16h

Wearing some Claudio art on my arm for years now.

It is weird for more than a week to go by without someone complimenting it.

Hire Claudio.

Claudio Pozas — Commissions Open @claudiopozas.bsky.social · 20h

Hello, #PortfolioDay! I'm Claudio, illustrator from Brazil. I've done art for D&D, Magic, Witcher, Marvel, Cyberpunk Red, Star Wars, and more. I dream of doing MotU art, and I'm trying to do more books/comics covers. I also do private commissions, so let's do art together!

Colored drawing of He-Man, Teela, and Orko facing off against Skeletor, Beast-Man, Mer-Man, Evil-Lyn, and a disassembled Faker on the steps of Snake Mountain.

Series of stained glass windows depicting the fall of the archangel Zariel and her ascendance as a Duke of Hell.

Painting of Tiamat, the five-headed Chromatic Dragon.

Painting of He-Ro, a powerfully-built wizard, being ambushed by Demo-Man, a green skull-faced demon.

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