Lee
@dieselee.bsky.social
Tabletop game designer, author, & Actual Play @ DieselShot
Bi💜he\him
Streams on twitch.tv/dieselshot
Links: https://beacons.ai/leeplay
Tags: #TTRPG #GameDev #UE5 #Writer
Bi💜he\him
Streams on twitch.tv/dieselshot
Links: https://beacons.ai/leeplay
Tags: #TTRPG #GameDev #UE5 #Writer
Ran in an in-person game of ChangedStars today, then drove home and did an online unstreamed game of Fabula Ultima.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ran in an in-person game of ChangedStars today, then drove home and did an online unstreamed game of Fabula Ultima.
Hacking!
For games where digital systems are a serious consideration, rules for hacking almost always emerge as a natural consequence of the desire to subvert them.
While these rules vary from a handwave to a game in-and-of themselves, in ChangedStars we give them just enough to "stand alone."
For games where digital systems are a serious consideration, rules for hacking almost always emerge as a natural consequence of the desire to subvert them.
While these rules vary from a handwave to a game in-and-of themselves, in ChangedStars we give them just enough to "stand alone."
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hacking!
For games where digital systems are a serious consideration, rules for hacking almost always emerge as a natural consequence of the desire to subvert them.
While these rules vary from a handwave to a game in-and-of themselves, in ChangedStars we give them just enough to "stand alone."
For games where digital systems are a serious consideration, rules for hacking almost always emerge as a natural consequence of the desire to subvert them.
While these rules vary from a handwave to a game in-and-of themselves, in ChangedStars we give them just enough to "stand alone."
Watching the Sword and the Sorcerer with @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I had seen about half of it before, someone posted it on here, and I just assumed it was like... a latter-day parody.
But no, this dropped in 1982 and appears to have been entirely played straight? Honestly, respect.
But no, this dropped in 1982 and appears to have been entirely played straight? Honestly, respect.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Watching the Sword and the Sorcerer with @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I had seen about half of it before, someone posted it on here, and I just assumed it was like... a latter-day parody.
But no, this dropped in 1982 and appears to have been entirely played straight? Honestly, respect.
But no, this dropped in 1982 and appears to have been entirely played straight? Honestly, respect.
Oh yeah for sure, I love roll tables for generation and long-tail reference stuff where you can peruse and pick as you like.
I really poorly worded my post. There's certain games like the power tables in Sword World for damage or the range tables for Cyberpunk RED where they're necessary to play.
I really poorly worded my post. There's certain games like the power tables in Sword World for damage or the range tables for Cyberpunk RED where they're necessary to play.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh yeah for sure, I love roll tables for generation and long-tail reference stuff where you can peruse and pick as you like.
I really poorly worded my post. There's certain games like the power tables in Sword World for damage or the range tables for Cyberpunk RED where they're necessary to play.
I really poorly worded my post. There's certain games like the power tables in Sword World for damage or the range tables for Cyberpunk RED where they're necessary to play.
4/4
rife with abilities and rituals. There are sometimes bespoke ones alongside adventures, kind of like how Seth Skorkowsky talks about liking custom madness tables for CoC adventures; it's tied in to what's going on/cultists can be along it.
Normally you must gain access to such Tracks.
rife with abilities and rituals. There are sometimes bespoke ones alongside adventures, kind of like how Seth Skorkowsky talks about liking custom madness tables for CoC adventures; it's tied in to what's going on/cultists can be along it.
Normally you must gain access to such Tracks.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
4/4
rife with abilities and rituals. There are sometimes bespoke ones alongside adventures, kind of like how Seth Skorkowsky talks about liking custom madness tables for CoC adventures; it's tied in to what's going on/cultists can be along it.
Normally you must gain access to such Tracks.
rife with abilities and rituals. There are sometimes bespoke ones alongside adventures, kind of like how Seth Skorkowsky talks about liking custom madness tables for CoC adventures; it's tied in to what's going on/cultists can be along it.
Normally you must gain access to such Tracks.
3/4
I try to stray away from real world neuro-divergence, although there is some overlaps that are hard t' dodge (e.g. "pyromantics" like to burn shit down...); you're bound by your progression down this Track in your behaviour but you also begin to gain abilities.
"Occult Madness Tracks" are more
I try to stray away from real world neuro-divergence, although there is some overlaps that are hard t' dodge (e.g. "pyromantics" like to burn shit down...); you're bound by your progression down this Track in your behaviour but you also begin to gain abilities.
"Occult Madness Tracks" are more
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
3/4
I try to stray away from real world neuro-divergence, although there is some overlaps that are hard t' dodge (e.g. "pyromantics" like to burn shit down...); you're bound by your progression down this Track in your behaviour but you also begin to gain abilities.
"Occult Madness Tracks" are more
I try to stray away from real world neuro-divergence, although there is some overlaps that are hard t' dodge (e.g. "pyromantics" like to burn shit down...); you're bound by your progression down this Track in your behaviour but you also begin to gain abilities.
"Occult Madness Tracks" are more
2/4
a hit to your psyche deals a Madness point, in addition to shit like what should never be seen and terrible insights and revelations of Truth.
The idea is that reality is too much to bear and so our "reality" is a collective illusion denying the eldritch truth; going "Mad" is seeing the truth.
a hit to your psyche deals a Madness point, in addition to shit like what should never be seen and terrible insights and revelations of Truth.
The idea is that reality is too much to bear and so our "reality" is a collective illusion denying the eldritch truth; going "Mad" is seeing the truth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
2/4
a hit to your psyche deals a Madness point, in addition to shit like what should never be seen and terrible insights and revelations of Truth.
The idea is that reality is too much to bear and so our "reality" is a collective illusion denying the eldritch truth; going "Mad" is seeing the truth.
a hit to your psyche deals a Madness point, in addition to shit like what should never be seen and terrible insights and revelations of Truth.
The idea is that reality is too much to bear and so our "reality" is a collective illusion denying the eldritch truth; going "Mad" is seeing the truth.
Yeah I don't like that x-x
GU's Madness Tracks are player selected and may be swapped at "Respites" (safe breathers). When you gain Madness it's immediately spent progressing down the track. There's psychological hit points that are far more commonly taxed than Madness gain, but at 0 Psyche 1/4
GU's Madness Tracks are player selected and may be swapped at "Respites" (safe breathers). When you gain Madness it's immediately spent progressing down the track. There's psychological hit points that are far more commonly taxed than Madness gain, but at 0 Psyche 1/4
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yeah I don't like that x-x
GU's Madness Tracks are player selected and may be swapped at "Respites" (safe breathers). When you gain Madness it's immediately spent progressing down the track. There's psychological hit points that are far more commonly taxed than Madness gain, but at 0 Psyche 1/4
GU's Madness Tracks are player selected and may be swapped at "Respites" (safe breathers). When you gain Madness it's immediately spent progressing down the track. There's psychological hit points that are far more commonly taxed than Madness gain, but at 0 Psyche 1/4
Aah well good news and bad news Shadowdark enjoyers. The East Kyrlizia print proof is here, and...!
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November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Aah well good news and bad news Shadowdark enjoyers. The East Kyrlizia print proof is here, and...!
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0w0 What's this? (notices your VoidSafe Hull Crawler)
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
0w0 What's this? (notices your VoidSafe Hull Crawler)
What I find really fascinating is here on page 92 we have the fatigue system; drop to 0 fatigue? You start playing with fire the more tuckered you get. Honestly a novel stamina mechanic that's off the main line of what I see many game devs / tabletop rpg designers doing—worth considering.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
What I find really fascinating is here on page 92 we have the fatigue system; drop to 0 fatigue? You start playing with fire the more tuckered you get. Honestly a novel stamina mechanic that's off the main line of what I see many game devs / tabletop rpg designers doing—worth considering.
Shout out to Rune Quest: Slayers. They used a d6 die pool-with-modifiers roll for success system for combat. All 1s meant a fumble, and the number of 6s that hit scaled up into the crit.
Late night TTRPG History, iSuppose? Game design a bit similar to ChangedStars re:Twists\Success.
Late night TTRPG History, iSuppose? Game design a bit similar to ChangedStars re:Twists\Success.
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Shout out to Rune Quest: Slayers. They used a d6 die pool-with-modifiers roll for success system for combat. All 1s meant a fumble, and the number of 6s that hit scaled up into the crit.
Late night TTRPG History, iSuppose? Game design a bit similar to ChangedStars re:Twists\Success.
Late night TTRPG History, iSuppose? Game design a bit similar to ChangedStars re:Twists\Success.
1.) On bluesky you can detach a repost so they no longer link back to you and the chord is severed. For most people this is the end of it.
2.) This argument looks real different when you're misgendering them, as this post does right now; I hope it's unintentional.
2.) This argument looks real different when you're misgendering them, as this post does right now; I hope it's unintentional.
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
1.) On bluesky you can detach a repost so they no longer link back to you and the chord is severed. For most people this is the end of it.
2.) This argument looks real different when you're misgendering them, as this post does right now; I hope it's unintentional.
2.) This argument looks real different when you're misgendering them, as this post does right now; I hope it's unintentional.
I enjoyed writing a wilderness survival / stranded-away-from-society scenario for ChangedStars as I got to really think about the rules and items provided for those sorts of scenarios and think of the best supportive framework to present them to players; also, I got creative with custom Archetypes!
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I enjoyed writing a wilderness survival / stranded-away-from-society scenario for ChangedStars as I got to really think about the rules and items provided for those sorts of scenarios and think of the best supportive framework to present them to players; also, I got creative with custom Archetypes!
Personally I am much for of a make-your-own kind of guy; but for learning a system, a one-shot, or just stepping into a character role they have a ton of value if presented well. Atop that, "Actors" not selected to be PCs are advised to be used as NPCs! And they're stat-equivalent in a pinch.
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Personally I am much for of a make-your-own kind of guy; but for learning a system, a one-shot, or just stepping into a character role they have a ton of value if presented well. Atop that, "Actors" not selected to be PCs are advised to be used as NPCs! And they're stat-equivalent in a pinch.
The latest ChangedStars drop is here! Marooned is a survival adventure scenario, and I figured I'd share my favourite spoiler-free part of the module with everyone in the #TTRPGCommunity to celebrate: the character sheets!
Odd I know, but I've thought a lot about how to present pre-gen characters.
Odd I know, but I've thought a lot about how to present pre-gen characters.
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The latest ChangedStars drop is here! Marooned is a survival adventure scenario, and I figured I'd share my favourite spoiler-free part of the module with everyone in the #TTRPGCommunity to celebrate: the character sheets!
Odd I know, but I've thought a lot about how to present pre-gen characters.
Odd I know, but I've thought a lot about how to present pre-gen characters.
Throwback to that time I designed a tiny TTRPG on one page, "Grenadiers." This is the 1.1 version of the rules because I had change something about, walls? I think.
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Throwback to that time I designed a tiny TTRPG on one page, "Grenadiers." This is the 1.1 version of the rules because I had change something about, walls? I think.
Up late thinking about this quote tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Up late thinking about this quote tonight.
Yeah I didn't really agree with him on anything b\c it's ultimately all taste but it was pretty well written and I enjoy seeing alien viewpoints elucidated at length from a True Believer.
Also lowkey in the "emphasis on play" / "emphasis on adventure" Duel of Ideas[tm] I'm the guy with the bone:
Also lowkey in the "emphasis on play" / "emphasis on adventure" Duel of Ideas[tm] I'm the guy with the bone:
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yeah I didn't really agree with him on anything b\c it's ultimately all taste but it was pretty well written and I enjoy seeing alien viewpoints elucidated at length from a True Believer.
Also lowkey in the "emphasis on play" / "emphasis on adventure" Duel of Ideas[tm] I'm the guy with the bone:
Also lowkey in the "emphasis on play" / "emphasis on adventure" Duel of Ideas[tm] I'm the guy with the bone:
Just finished the principle phase of the dieselshot discord re-design! This may be a good time to let you know that you can get all the latest on @dieselshot.bsky.social's ongoing and upcoming projects there, as well as talk to @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social & I! #ttrpgcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Just finished the principle phase of the dieselshot discord re-design! This may be a good time to let you know that you can get all the latest on @dieselshot.bsky.social's ongoing and upcoming projects there, as well as talk to @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social & I! #ttrpgcommunity
Beachline Macabré
Today is G-day, the day when I could first say what I had posted was in a very technical sense of the word "gameplay." Not exactly how I envision it really looking or feeling but this is probably the foundation of every puzzle in the game at work here. #UE5
Today is G-day, the day when I could first say what I had posted was in a very technical sense of the word "gameplay." Not exactly how I envision it really looking or feeling but this is probably the foundation of every puzzle in the game at work here. #UE5
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Beachline Macabré
Today is G-day, the day when I could first say what I had posted was in a very technical sense of the word "gameplay." Not exactly how I envision it really looking or feeling but this is probably the foundation of every puzzle in the game at work here. #UE5
Today is G-day, the day when I could first say what I had posted was in a very technical sense of the word "gameplay." Not exactly how I envision it really looking or feeling but this is probably the foundation of every puzzle in the game at work here. #UE5