Jacob Rodgers
@jacobrodgersrpg.bsky.social
Designer/Writer for a variety of Roleplaying Games.
Ashen Frontiers is my personal project, a post-fantasy apocalypse TTRPG. Sign up for news at https://ashenfrontiers.substack.com
Ashen Frontiers is my personal project, a post-fantasy apocalypse TTRPG. Sign up for news at https://ashenfrontiers.substack.com
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Using Demiplane's #Daggerheart Nexus led to a favorite moment in season 1: The #softofrope.
We’ve such a good experience that we're partnering with
@demiplane.com to give away 3 core rulebook Demiplane codes to help kickstart your adventure!
All you have to do is like and repost this to win! 1/2
We’ve such a good experience that we're partnering with
@demiplane.com to give away 3 core rulebook Demiplane codes to help kickstart your adventure!
All you have to do is like and repost this to win! 1/2
May 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Using Demiplane's #Daggerheart Nexus led to a favorite moment in season 1: The #softofrope.
We’ve such a good experience that we're partnering with
@demiplane.com to give away 3 core rulebook Demiplane codes to help kickstart your adventure!
All you have to do is like and repost this to win! 1/2
We’ve such a good experience that we're partnering with
@demiplane.com to give away 3 core rulebook Demiplane codes to help kickstart your adventure!
All you have to do is like and repost this to win! 1/2
Just backed Cold City Hot War!
Looking forward to the second edition!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Looking forward to the second edition!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Cold City Hot War
Berlin and London. Horror and trust.
www.kickstarter.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just backed Cold City Hot War!
Looking forward to the second edition!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Looking forward to the second edition!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Discord is letting folks put user-generated artwork into their "AI"
(scare quotes because LLM isn't really AI) to manipulate and apparently there's no way to opt-out or otherwise protect your work...
(scare quotes because LLM isn't really AI) to manipulate and apparently there's no way to opt-out or otherwise protect your work...
discord users, make your voice heard and send your complaints to support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req... ! they'll need to address this or face the backlash.
Discord has apparently added generative AI "apps" users can use to modify any image posted in any discord server.
On by default, no way to disable them, no moderation tools.
Fuck discord, support artists (discord sure doesn't).
On by default, no way to disable them, no moderation tools.
Fuck discord, support artists (discord sure doesn't).
February 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Discord is letting folks put user-generated artwork into their "AI"
(scare quotes because LLM isn't really AI) to manipulate and apparently there's no way to opt-out or otherwise protect your work...
(scare quotes because LLM isn't really AI) to manipulate and apparently there's no way to opt-out or otherwise protect your work...
Updates on Character Creation for Ashen Frontiers (post-magical apocalypse TTRPG) today:
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
#ttrpg
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
#ttrpg
Character Creation
Progress on the Player-facing Side
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February 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Updates on Character Creation for Ashen Frontiers (post-magical apocalypse TTRPG) today:
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
#ttrpg
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
#ttrpg
My latest news on Ashen Frontiers (post magical apocalypse fantasy #ttrpg) is out now:
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Further Development
News about Ashen Frontiers
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February 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My latest news on Ashen Frontiers (post magical apocalypse fantasy #ttrpg) is out now:
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Mum Chums
A slice of life RPG about the people who care for kids
www.kickstarter.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I’m not really sure what to say, or what I can say with any meaning, about what’s happening in the US right now.
But it is also MLK day today in the States, and so here’s a piece from our blog from a few years back about Hadrian of Canterbury who came from Libya.
handiwork.games/happy-martin...
But it is also MLK day today in the States, and so here’s a piece from our blog from a few years back about Hadrian of Canterbury who came from Libya.
handiwork.games/happy-martin...
Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day
Today’s the official observance of Martin Luther King Jr in the United States and to celebrate the occasion we thought we’d take a look at a famous person of colour from the period of B…
handiwork.games
January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m not really sure what to say, or what I can say with any meaning, about what’s happening in the US right now.
But it is also MLK day today in the States, and so here’s a piece from our blog from a few years back about Hadrian of Canterbury who came from Libya.
handiwork.games/happy-martin...
But it is also MLK day today in the States, and so here’s a piece from our blog from a few years back about Hadrian of Canterbury who came from Libya.
handiwork.games/happy-martin...
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I took some time this morning and updated my Bluesky TTRPG Starter Pack Directory, adding 21 new starter packs since the directory was first published.
If you're looking for more people to follow in the tabletop roleplaying space, hit the link. Reposts always appreciated!
#dnd #ttrpg #bluesky
If you're looking for more people to follow in the tabletop roleplaying space, hit the link. Reposts always appreciated!
#dnd #ttrpg #bluesky
Bluesky TTRPG Starter Packs Directory – WobbleRocket
A directory of TTRPG Starter Packs for Bluesky, compiled by PJ Coffey and Wobblerocket. The packs are organized by category.
www.wobblerocket.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
News about Ashen Frontiers, my post-magical apocalypse RPG in progress: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Resolutions
News about Ashen Frontiers
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January 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
News about Ashen Frontiers, my post-magical apocalypse RPG in progress: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
So where do folks go today to get RPG news and discuss new games?
I know the old standbys (rpg.net, enworld, etc.) but it feels like just us old farts talking to each other, and I can't help but feel there's more out there that's mostly invisible to us.
I know the old standbys (rpg.net, enworld, etc.) but it feels like just us old farts talking to each other, and I can't help but feel there's more out there that's mostly invisible to us.
January 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So where do folks go today to get RPG news and discuss new games?
I know the old standbys (rpg.net, enworld, etc.) but it feels like just us old farts talking to each other, and I can't help but feel there's more out there that's mostly invisible to us.
I know the old standbys (rpg.net, enworld, etc.) but it feels like just us old farts talking to each other, and I can't help but feel there's more out there that's mostly invisible to us.
So, multiclassing in D&D-alikes.
I tend to fall on the side of not allowing multiclassing, seeing a class-based game as a set of tropes to be used.
But others have expressed that multiclassing allows them to make the custom character they want to play.
What say you?
I tend to fall on the side of not allowing multiclassing, seeing a class-based game as a set of tropes to be used.
But others have expressed that multiclassing allows them to make the custom character they want to play.
What say you?
December 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
So, multiclassing in D&D-alikes.
I tend to fall on the side of not allowing multiclassing, seeing a class-based game as a set of tropes to be used.
But others have expressed that multiclassing allows them to make the custom character they want to play.
What say you?
I tend to fall on the side of not allowing multiclassing, seeing a class-based game as a set of tropes to be used.
But others have expressed that multiclassing allows them to make the custom character they want to play.
What say you?
I started watching Critical Role because it was an opportunity to see how another table ran 5e.
And, in the pandemic, I fell in love with The Mighty Nein. Never latched onto C3.
But every time I see discussion of Daggerheart and maybe it for C4, there's more than an undercurrent of 1/
And, in the pandemic, I fell in love with The Mighty Nein. Never latched onto C3.
But every time I see discussion of Daggerheart and maybe it for C4, there's more than an undercurrent of 1/
December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I started watching Critical Role because it was an opportunity to see how another table ran 5e.
And, in the pandemic, I fell in love with The Mighty Nein. Never latched onto C3.
But every time I see discussion of Daggerheart and maybe it for C4, there's more than an undercurrent of 1/
And, in the pandemic, I fell in love with The Mighty Nein. Never latched onto C3.
But every time I see discussion of Daggerheart and maybe it for C4, there's more than an undercurrent of 1/
On this day of thanks, a bit about making monsters in Ashen Frontiers: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
November 28, 2024 at 7:54 PM
On this day of thanks, a bit about making monsters in Ashen Frontiers: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
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Final 48 hours for the #FiveEvil Fiendish 5E Horror kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
If you like #TTRPG games, here's five reasons why you don't want to miss out on this one:
If you like #TTRPG games, here's five reasons why you don't want to miss out on this one:
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Final 48 hours for the #FiveEvil Fiendish 5E Horror kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
If you like #TTRPG games, here's five reasons why you don't want to miss out on this one:
If you like #TTRPG games, here's five reasons why you don't want to miss out on this one:
Folks, I'm trying to build out my spell list for Ashen Frontiers / BLEND20.
For a traditional adventure fantasy TTRPG what magic do you want to see?
(And, for bonus points, let me know if you see as more Arcane, Divine, Primal, or Psychic magic.)
For a traditional adventure fantasy TTRPG what magic do you want to see?
(And, for bonus points, let me know if you see as more Arcane, Divine, Primal, or Psychic magic.)
November 20, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Folks, I'm trying to build out my spell list for Ashen Frontiers / BLEND20.
For a traditional adventure fantasy TTRPG what magic do you want to see?
(And, for bonus points, let me know if you see as more Arcane, Divine, Primal, or Psychic magic.)
For a traditional adventure fantasy TTRPG what magic do you want to see?
(And, for bonus points, let me know if you see as more Arcane, Divine, Primal, or Psychic magic.)
I put out an update on Ashen Frontiers, my post-magical apocalypse RPG in progress.
Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Ashen Frontiers News
Okay, this will be a grab-bag of various updates about the project and will show off some new drafts.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I put out an update on Ashen Frontiers, my post-magical apocalypse RPG in progress.
Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
I'm (part of) a stretch goal!
My friends at Handiwork Games are Kickstarting FiveEvil, a horror reimagining of the 5e rules, and, for a future stretch goal, will do a crossover scenario with BEOWULF: Age of Heroes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
My friends at Handiwork Games are Kickstarting FiveEvil, a horror reimagining of the 5e rules, and, for a future stretch goal, will do a crossover scenario with BEOWULF: Age of Heroes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Update 6: Monday Update! Actual Play Incoming! Exciting Crossover news! · FiveEvil: Fiendish 5e Horror
Hello, and welcome new backers!
Morgue has been playing FiveEvil with some really talented friends from Aotearoa New Zealand, and we have the video evidence to prove it!Playing with Morgue are• Julz B...
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November 11, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I'm (part of) a stretch goal!
My friends at Handiwork Games are Kickstarting FiveEvil, a horror reimagining of the 5e rules, and, for a future stretch goal, will do a crossover scenario with BEOWULF: Age of Heroes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
My friends at Handiwork Games are Kickstarting FiveEvil, a horror reimagining of the 5e rules, and, for a future stretch goal, will do a crossover scenario with BEOWULF: Age of Heroes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
FiveEvil: Fiendish 5e Horror
Tearing 5e apart for a truly terrifying horror game experience
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I wrote something about the Character Sheet for my game, and perhaps folks will find it of interest, since the system is a mashup of everything I like about various editions of D&D, Pathfinder, and other fantasy adventure TTRPGs.
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
What a Character Sheet can Tell You
A bit about BLEND20, the underlying rules for Ashen Frontiers
open.substack.com
October 8, 2024 at 7:55 PM
I wrote something about the Character Sheet for my game, and perhaps folks will find it of interest, since the system is a mashup of everything I like about various editions of D&D, Pathfinder, and other fantasy adventure TTRPGs.
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
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Clive Evil is back and he has tough questions about Five Evil!
Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Download Free Splinters previews here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
#fiveevil
Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Download Free Splinters previews here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
#fiveevil
September 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Clive Evil is back and he has tough questions about Five Evil!
Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Download Free Splinters previews here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
#fiveevil
Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
Download Free Splinters previews here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
#fiveevil
Howdy folks!
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Here is the latest: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
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Weekly News
For February 7 - February 13
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February 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Howdy folks!
I release news for my fantasy post-apocalypse TTRPG project Ashen Frontiers every week.
Here is the latest: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Sign up to get the news in your email inbox!
I release news for my fantasy post-apocalypse TTRPG project Ashen Frontiers every week.
Here is the latest: open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro...
Sign up to get the news in your email inbox!
The Weekly News update for my post-apocalyptic fantasy Ashen Frontiers ttrpg project is out now!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to read about the farming community of Agrak, magical Glamors, and more!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to read about the farming community of Agrak, magical Glamors, and more!
January 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
The Weekly News update for my post-apocalyptic fantasy Ashen Frontiers ttrpg project is out now!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to read about the farming community of Agrak, magical Glamors, and more!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to read about the farming community of Agrak, magical Glamors, and more!
Hey TTRPG folks, how's it going?
If you're working on something, from just prep for the next session, or your own setting, rules, or complete game, tell me about it.
And if you're here, check out what others are doing and use this buttons below....
Let's make 2024 all about independent creators!
If you're working on something, from just prep for the next session, or your own setting, rules, or complete game, tell me about it.
And if you're here, check out what others are doing and use this buttons below....
Let's make 2024 all about independent creators!
January 6, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Hey TTRPG folks, how's it going?
If you're working on something, from just prep for the next session, or your own setting, rules, or complete game, tell me about it.
And if you're here, check out what others are doing and use this buttons below....
Let's make 2024 all about independent creators!
If you're working on something, from just prep for the next session, or your own setting, rules, or complete game, tell me about it.
And if you're here, check out what others are doing and use this buttons below....
Let's make 2024 all about independent creators!
The Ashen Frontiers (my fantasy post-apocalyptic project) Weekly News is out!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to learn about the latest map for the expanded version of the free Setting Guide, a bit about how spells (and spellcasting) works, and more!
Sign up to get the news in your inbox!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to learn about the latest map for the expanded version of the free Setting Guide, a bit about how spells (and spellcasting) works, and more!
Sign up to get the news in your inbox!
December 26, 2023 at 7:20 PM
The Ashen Frontiers (my fantasy post-apocalyptic project) Weekly News is out!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to learn about the latest map for the expanded version of the free Setting Guide, a bit about how spells (and spellcasting) works, and more!
Sign up to get the news in your inbox!
Visit open.substack.com/pub/ashenfro... to learn about the latest map for the expanded version of the free Setting Guide, a bit about how spells (and spellcasting) works, and more!
Sign up to get the news in your inbox!
I've been working on an updated Character Sheet for Ashen Frontiers (my post-fantasy apocalypse setting) using BLEND20 (my mishmash of 4e, 5e, Pathfinder 2, & whatever else I like).
Here's the new draft, with "things you do" on one side & "things you have" on the other:
Here's the new draft, with "things you do" on one side & "things you have" on the other:
November 11, 2023 at 1:45 PM
I've been working on an updated Character Sheet for Ashen Frontiers (my post-fantasy apocalypse setting) using BLEND20 (my mishmash of 4e, 5e, Pathfinder 2, & whatever else I like).
Here's the new draft, with "things you do" on one side & "things you have" on the other:
Here's the new draft, with "things you do" on one side & "things you have" on the other: