Surge (Matt)
buckport.bsky.social
Surge (Matt)
@buckport.bsky.social
TTRPG fan, software developer
I reskinned a seemingly simple influence subsystem encounter from a AP for our homebrew #PF2e content to give myself and the group a chance to gain some experience with the subsystem, Read countless advice on how to run these encounters. And somehow it still felt a bit flat and slog-like.
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sometimes I stop and wonder why anybody would bring children into an awful world like #Pathfinder2e Golarion.

Then I remember that we need some surprisingly happy villager NPCs to chatter with about how they survived the latest apocalyptic event.
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@pipthespicy.bsky.social talk #Pathfinder2e to me.

Your party is in a near TPK encounter, gone down multiple times, nearly out of healing. You made a mistake earlier allowing a 11 HP Hit on the mini-boss that shouldn’t have happened. Do you add HP or give them the kill? Major story encounter.
January 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Running a #Pathfinder2e #RPGSage PbP campaign means an in-progress possible TPK encounter leaves players going to sleep in cliffhanger mode.

Resources dwindling, multiple trips to Dying, and unfavorable dice all leading to a desperate situation in round 5 of a combat against an old nemesis.
January 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bard: regales his travels with the rescued villagers, making the grave error of mentioning his time in Riddleport

Little girl: "Are you a pirate? Where's your ship?"

Bard: <finally speechless>

Little girl: wears eyepatch and talks like a pirate for the rest of the two day journey with the heroes.
January 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM

GM: You find amongst the rubble a shard of stone with an inscription on it that you cannot read.

Player 1: [Read Aura and find it's not magic]

Player 2: what roll can I use to see what it is?

GM: you can't read this unknown language

Player 1: Can I use cryptography?!?
January 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Despite this assurance, this is what I worry about every day with my group and drives me to work so hard at it. Build the world, make it better.
RPG tip from the archive: Your friends love you. You're game will be great.

#dnd #ttrpg
January 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#Pathfinder2e and #Starfinder2e fans, did you know we have interactive commands for: viewing DCs (simple or by level or rank), viewing character wealth by level, rolling to earn income, and building encounters!

Each uses drop-downs to change options and some even have a verbose/compact toggle!
January 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This incredible indie game is still on sale, discounted from its already insanely low price.

One thing I recently did is recreate the PCs from the campaign I GM in DD and see how I would run their party in tactical situations.

#Pathfinder2e #pf2e
December 29, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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We want to thank everyone who took part in the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest and gave us their feedback! We’re still making adjustments, but our blog today goes over some of the changes we’ve already made. Stay tuned for launch at Gen Con 2025!
December 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM
It's happening! Finally got through the BBEG monologue at the climax of our level 1-3 story arc, the obligatory 20 questions about terrain, sight, etc, and round 1 of combat has begun. I'm the players' biggest cheerleader, I hope their PCs survive. Love these moments.

#Pathfinder2e #PF2e
December 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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As promised with our new errata update schedule, the Fall Errata is here! We’ve also posted a blog about the errata to fill you in on some of the highlights, plus steps to navigate the errata in our FAQ. Read today’s blog: https://buff.ly/3ZTjCLA
December 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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New content up on the PF2e Archives of Nethys - the Tian Xia Character Guide & Prey for Death! Check out our front page for more details and thank you for your support!
December 16, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Besides the fun mini-campaign in Dawnsbury Days, it has been really enjoyable as a way to test various PC build combat tactics outside of group PF2e sessions. store.steampowered.com/app/2693730/...

#Pathfinder2e #pf2e #indiegame
December 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
My players have discovered (the fun way) how environmental features can make even a low threat PF2e encounter be challenging to win quickly.

They entered a cavern chamber with a waterfall causing mist that makes all creatures in the area concealed. Combat broke out.

#Pathfinder2e #pf2e
December 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Deadline coming to complete the Starfinder 2e playtest surveys paizo.com/starfinderpl...

#Starfinder2e #sf2e
December 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Dave's well-researched and polished videos are a great resource that I routinely cite to my players when they're having trouble understanding RAW. #Pathfinder2e
December 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Hello! We are a system neutral #PlayByPost #DiscordBot (but specialized in #Pathfinder2e and #Starfinder2e). We just ran some usage stats for that last week and wanted to share!

Games Created: 155
Dialog Posts: 7,221
- Users: 251
- Characters: 634
- Servers: 59
- Games: 128
- Channels: 231
August 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM