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Morgan Davie
@fromthemorgue.bsky.social
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Tall man, weird little telly boy
Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writing, TTRPG design with Handiwork Games and Taleturn, taking action, discussing NZ political nonsense. Usually walking the dogs. #FiveEvil coming soon!
(mr_orgue at the bird site)
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(Good creature design is challenging! It's hard to make something that doesn't strongly evoke a class of creature from the real world, and many of those bring with them deeply baked-in assumptions about the fundamental nature of the beast. Badlands does well with lots of its critters, actually.)
Tinkerbell the fairy faces the neverbeast, a giant fluffy critter with green eyes, big fangs, and a friendly muppety face
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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HOT TAKE: Dungeons & Comedians have the best show art of the entire #DnD actual play scene, globally.
Promotional art in the style of Love, Actually. Against a background of a red ribbon, various couples hold hands or kiss under the mistletoe or otherwise look romantic. Text reads: This Christmas... dungeons actually
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Police Officers O’Leary and Minogue from the Wellington Paranormal division
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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COMPUTER, ENHANCE
Obviously fake detail from the GURPS Autoduel cover showing the car in the foreground has a TAMIYA logo on it because it's actually really tiny!
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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As we all block TechCrunch, let us marvel at the upside down hellscape implied by the phrase “Too burned out to travel”
Post by TechCrunch - @A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required” Link headline is “Too Burned Out To Travel?”
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Almost
Glum woman with green hair behind weird chocolate equipment at dismal fake Willy Wonka attraction
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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It is in a bit of a surprising place, behind these bollards! The blue bit of car is ours, that’s where we parked.

I never knew this little small business park kinda place existed!
Some big sheds behind a row of excellent bollards.
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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HUTT PEOPLE ALERT

We have visited the Pepper Raccoon studio and it is a cool place! The vibes are solid! It’s open for art trail adventures today and tomorrow!

So go!

We may have purchased a Xmas present or two…
Wild-looking tall man in orange jacket beside smiling artist in the studio with a Pepper Raccoon banner behind them!
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Embattled: 0/0

not yet. but soon.
screenshot showing a search for the word "embattled" in the Press story Foxy linked. No results.
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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My copy of the biggest creative project of my life just arrived and even my dog is impressed!*

FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror, designed and written by me, made gorgeous and wonderful by my good friends at Handiwork Games.

It’s real!!

*not really she just knows it’s time for a walk
Hardback book FiveEvil sits on a cushion next to a bemused black and white terrier
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Pepper Raccoon mail!
Very happy teenager.
Support local artists everyone!
@pepperraccoon.com
Mermaid sticker on red envelope by the amazing Pepper Raccoon!
October 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Out of the run of messy episodes in Twin Peaks season 2, this one stands out as not at all terrible. Diane Keaton's directing is one good reason why.
Twin Peaks title card: Directed by DIANE KEATON
October 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I know it’s a kiwi made out of hardware but my eye sees a xenomorph tail with a buzzsaw attachment
Hardware store “proudly locally owned” logo
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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#nzpol made this “please vote, friends!” video for insta/fb, thought I’d share here too even though nz folks here have already voted, right? Right
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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can't believe i still have to know who Bari Weiss is FFS

screenshot is from 2021 when I thought, foolishly, she was done.
Twitter post by me in 2021: With this desperate attempt at Seuss-ian rhyme in service of a pretend controversy, Bari Weiss makes a bold play for the title of “worst grifter”. Given this horror show of half-baked thought, it’s painful to remember the cultural power she was assigned until very recently. The Bari Weiss tweet I screenshotted reads, about Dr Seuss, "Enough with dividing. Try instead multiplying. Erasing books is insanity. Stand up for our common humanity."
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)

Finally caught up with this, and the exhilarating bricolage of visual styles is even more notable 2 years after release as smoothed-average AI imagery has crept in everywhere. Movement across edges is what we need to stay human. A triumph.
Poster for Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse, with Miles Morales in costume surrounded by dozens of other Spider-Man variants
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Teenager got mail from @pepperraccoon.com and is very very happy just like every other time!

Get on the Pepper Raccoon train everyone! Support amazing artists!
A shiny dragon sticker resting on the red envelope it arrived in
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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not yet.
but soon.
a search for the word "embattled" showing no results
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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MB1 INTO THE HIDDEN HALLS! Pay what you want for this dungeon for Tom Moldvay's Basic game. I've had loads of fun running groups through this dungeon and I'm glad to share it with the world. Classic #osr #DnD adventure as you like it!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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MB0 MORGUE'S BORDERLANDS! Pay what you want for this adventure setting for Tom Moldvay's Basic game. It's the Basic D&D supplement I wish I had had when I started playing! And yes these are THOSE borderlands, and a certain keep slots right in there.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
The cover to Morgue's Borderlands, styled like a classic-era Dungeons and Dragons adventure. The illustration shows a lizard person creeping over a rock towards a campfire.
September 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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MORGUE'S BASIC! If you liked Tom Moldvay's Basic D&D pink box from 1981, this is for you: a free set of rules to plug into your game.

This was my first #TTRPG and I love it. These tweaks and extras are my attempt to make it even more itself.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

#OSR #DnD
The cover of a game book titled Morgue's Basic The illustration shows a dragon head mounted on a wall between two torches.
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I made a picture!

I am not an artist at all but it was fun to draw something and then mostly ruin it by colouring it in with felt tips. (with a wash of grey added digitally after scanning it in)

I was referencing another illustration, if you know the dragon you get 10 bonus XP.
Illustration of a dragon head mounted on a wall with flaming torches mounted either side.
September 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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#nzpol Wondering who to vote for in the local elections?
Karen Yung (Kaz) is standing for Hutt City Council and I reckon she's a fantastic candidate. She's just posted this on FB about how she herself works through the voting options. I thought it worth sharing here.
Karen Yung facebook post: Some of you have been asking me what are my thoughts about the candidates and the local elections, and who I'll be voting for. I'm currently still working through who I'm putting a tick (FPP system for HCC) or high ranking (STV system for GWRC) for, and it'sa process of elimination; but as I've been doing that wrestling, I've noticed there are definitely some key aspects I've been considering: 1) COMMUNITY: What is the community grape vine telling me? If I know someone, that can be really helpful; especially if I really know them, and perhaps even consider them a friend (although even that's not a guarantee they have my vote, mind you.... Great people don't always have the best skills and strengths for a role, afterall). However, if they're more of a colleague or acquaintance, how do other people know and see them? What are people experiencing from them? One of my red flags is the amount of times just in this election someone from the community has come up and shared with me a not so great experience where a candidate (it has been more than one) who has shown up for the first time "just to take a photo" and left shortly after or other similar experiences. And often, I couldn't help but feel like the sentence of 'And I felt a bit used' was left unspoken. We need to be mana enhancing, not diminishing. 2) CAPABILITY: Do they know much about Local Government? Now I don't expect wannabe elected members to have gotten elected before, because there a number of ways to get involved. Like have they even shown up to a recent HCC meeting? I have heard some say their years of governance experience is transferable; and having been involved with governance for 20 years and local govt for 9; to a degree it is - but there's a lot more to LG than just governance. Also, re the mayor? Baseline : they need to know more about LG than me. 3) CULTURE: Do they have a vision? (And are they capable of actioning it?). I want a leader who can see bigger and better than just themselves to set things up for a better city for years to come. Do they inspire, and can they bring people along with them? Because that's the sort of leadership we're gonna need, to pull us out and beyond the limitations of a short election cycle. My other basic considerations: 🫶🏽 Are they a good, kind person? The other day a resident asked something along the lines of, if you had an ailing family member, which mayoral candidate would you leave them with? And actually we're fortunate that they're all decent sorts and I'd be happy to leave them with either. However, I need more than just a good, kind person for city leadership. ❤️🤍🖤 Māori Wards - are they supportive? Will they be voting for them? Might seem minor, but it's a major for me. If you don't understand the basics of Te Tiriti in these lands, and the importance of walking the talk and honouring it, you probably will fail to be committed to do the just thing when we really need it. 💡Have they been present and shown up? Civic leaders need to show up, especially when it gets tough - does their track record show this, as an existing elected member or community leader? 👂Do they listen? Not have they heard me, but are they actually listening, engaging, growing, learning? This one speaks a lot to authenticity and is a fundamental basic, and also says a lot about their approach to people. You may very well have other measures and values that are more important to you, but either way - please make sure you vote, have your say, and choose people who do genuinely represent you. Happy voting x Kaz
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I just can’t get over it

This is how the story ends

Pages of redditor shittery and then this

THE DEPUTY PM’S UNSAFE DRIVING IS THE STORY

what is going on in that newsroom
Stuff screenshot: When contacted by Stuff, Seymour confirmed he was in the car, and that he was happy with the general tone of the comments. "Good to see the Reddit commenters could understand what sort of person this is without even needing to be there," he said. "If memory serves, the person in front of me was driving erratically, speeding up and slowing down in the right lane." Seymour did not address the issue of his speed.
September 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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These two headlines side by side make me ill.

Imagine it had been a Green MP in the car. If you think the top headline would be anything other than “Green MP filmed speeding” I have a shiny bridge to sell you.
Two adjacent headlines from Stuff.co.nz Watch: Seymour slams driver who filmed him overtaking in left-hand lane on SH1 Green MP Benjamin Doyle resigns, citing safety concerns
September 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM