Nick
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Indie TTRPGs Geek, found in the DMV area
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Pronouns: He / Him
Profession: Programmer
Alignment: Progressive Lefty
Handiness: Lefty
Known weaknesses: spicy food, cats, dad jokes
Posts about: #TTRPG #AudioDrama #AudioBook #recipe #Cooking #AirFry #Netflix
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Good night 💤
Time is a gentle thief, quietly stealing moments until all that’s left are memories that echo. In its silent passing, it teaches us that each moment is both a gift to treasure and a quiet goodbye.
Time is a gentle thief, quietly stealing moments until all that’s left are memories that echo. In its silent passing, it teaches us that each moment is both a gift to treasure and a quiet goodbye.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Good night 💤
Time is a gentle thief, quietly stealing moments until all that’s left are memories that echo. In its silent passing, it teaches us that each moment is both a gift to treasure and a quiet goodbye.
Time is a gentle thief, quietly stealing moments until all that’s left are memories that echo. In its silent passing, it teaches us that each moment is both a gift to treasure and a quiet goodbye.
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Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
Do you think the "Explain what a TTRPG is" page is necessary or not
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
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See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
Too many people wants the GM to provide the fun while they don’t do a damn thing to help anyone. Fuck that. Everyone has the responsibility to help everyone at the table have fun
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
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As a kid of the 90s yeah that shit was not peaceful yall.
I remember the fights we had in school, the bullying, things were not idyllic. It's OK to have some find memories of the times when you didn't have taxs and jobs but don't pretend it was all sunshine and rainbows
I remember the fights we had in school, the bullying, things were not idyllic. It's OK to have some find memories of the times when you didn't have taxs and jobs but don't pretend it was all sunshine and rainbows
Thinking back to some of the nostalgiaslop I've read this year about the 90s being an oasis of peace and calm in what people did and enjoyed without social media; are they trying to gaslight people into forgetting that stuff like Jerry Springer existed, where millions of people tuned...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As a kid of the 90s yeah that shit was not peaceful yall.
I remember the fights we had in school, the bullying, things were not idyllic. It's OK to have some find memories of the times when you didn't have taxs and jobs but don't pretend it was all sunshine and rainbows
I remember the fights we had in school, the bullying, things were not idyllic. It's OK to have some find memories of the times when you didn't have taxs and jobs but don't pretend it was all sunshine and rainbows
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We can stand up. We can fight back. We can be on the side of greater human rights & accountability & justice.
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We can stand up. We can fight back. We can be on the side of greater human rights & accountability & justice.
🤔 I gotta let these ideas percolate for a bit, but there's definitely something gameable in here
#TTRPG System shower thoughs…
#TTRPG System shower thoughs…
Swordfighting Writing Tip: Planning
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November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🤔 I gotta let these ideas percolate for a bit, but there's definitely something gameable in here
#TTRPG System shower thoughs…
#TTRPG System shower thoughs…
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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this is like cyberpunk gothic
"A death-haunted Trump is fed a steady stream of AI-generated news and polls while he focuses 100% of his efforts on building a ballroom that would dwarf the rest of the White House while navigating a series of accellerating and hidden health crises" is my take on the current situation.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
this is like cyberpunk gothic
#TTRPG Pitch
You've accidentally learned that the King's Vesir is using illusions, to convince him that parliament is out to get him, and that the people love him
Perhaps the anti-royalists have a point
You've accidentally learned that the King's Vesir is using illusions, to convince him that parliament is out to get him, and that the people love him
Perhaps the anti-royalists have a point
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#TTRPG Pitch
You've accidentally learned that the King's Vesir is using illusions, to convince him that parliament is out to get him, and that the people love him
Perhaps the anti-royalists have a point
You've accidentally learned that the King's Vesir is using illusions, to convince him that parliament is out to get him, and that the people love him
Perhaps the anti-royalists have a point
My Dudes please please read this, do the math for yourself.
Ask yourself why are we settling for such a poor deal?
Why shouldn't everyone have enough to eat?
Shouldn't everyone have the medicines, they need to be healthy?
Shouldn't everyone have free time to make art?
Ask yourself why are we settling for such a poor deal?
Why shouldn't everyone have enough to eat?
Shouldn't everyone have the medicines, they need to be healthy?
Shouldn't everyone have free time to make art?
This is a sobering read that starts from a straightforward premise: look at how the poverty threshold is calculated in the US and see how well it holds up as an actual measure.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My Dudes please please read this, do the math for yourself.
Ask yourself why are we settling for such a poor deal?
Why shouldn't everyone have enough to eat?
Shouldn't everyone have the medicines, they need to be healthy?
Shouldn't everyone have free time to make art?
Ask yourself why are we settling for such a poor deal?
Why shouldn't everyone have enough to eat?
Shouldn't everyone have the medicines, they need to be healthy?
Shouldn't everyone have free time to make art?
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This supports my thesis that we should have both a PM chosen by Congress to actually run the country and a ceremonial President chosen in a nationwide election with a discretionary budget to do whatever bonkers nonsense
I see we've entered the making-movies-for-the-strongman phase of democratic decline.
‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request
"Rush Hour 4" in the works at Paramount after prodding from president Trump.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This supports my thesis that we should have both a PM chosen by Congress to actually run the country and a ceremonial President chosen in a nationwide election with a discretionary budget to do whatever bonkers nonsense
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Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Update 7: Preview: The Core Playbooks · Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Preview: The Core Playbooks
This was supposed to be update #1, but you all blew us away. Now we're playing catch up!Click through to download the core playbook PDF set.As always, please ask any quest...
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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I appreciate this man is dressed like Zenigata.
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I appreciate this man is dressed like Zenigata.
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Random #TTRPG idea: The great library had a massive wild magic surge and multiple tomes came to life and escaped. Now your group has to go recover them
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Random #TTRPG idea: The great library had a massive wild magic surge and multiple tomes came to life and escaped. Now your group has to go recover them
Peanut butter works on a lot of things. I was inspired by those tiktok cucumber salad recipes with peanut butter
To fry rice with it
When cooking You don't need much peanut butter. Just 1 tbsp is a lot
To fry rice with it
When cooking You don't need much peanut butter. Just 1 tbsp is a lot
So also an unhinged fact
What if peanut butter is just that good that it hard carries most of things it's paired up with
What if peanut butter is just that good that it hard carries most of things it's paired up with
Would peanut butter and ground german mustard work..
I'm high and the if ya think about it the flavor profiles kinda seem to imply it would
I'm high and the if ya think about it the flavor profiles kinda seem to imply it would
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Peanut butter works on a lot of things. I was inspired by those tiktok cucumber salad recipes with peanut butter
To fry rice with it
When cooking You don't need much peanut butter. Just 1 tbsp is a lot
To fry rice with it
When cooking You don't need much peanut butter. Just 1 tbsp is a lot
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I dont thinkg it through; but something about skeletons in space suits scratches some deep itch of mine.
Quick 30-minute skeletal astronaut.
Drawn while doing chargen for tonight's ZSF game.
Drawn while doing chargen for tonight's ZSF game.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I dont thinkg it through; but something about skeletons in space suits scratches some deep itch of mine.
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Random #TTRPG idea: one of the best bits of advice I was given as a young GM eons ago in the dark ages of the 80s was "It's not just your story". You should remind yourself that every player is also writing the story. Learning to adapt goes much farther then trying to railroad
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Random #TTRPG idea: one of the best bits of advice I was given as a young GM eons ago in the dark ages of the 80s was "It's not just your story". You should remind yourself that every player is also writing the story. Learning to adapt goes much farther then trying to railroad
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While I’m flying to my lady love, my Vorkosigan reread has hit everyone’s favorite: a civil campaign!
The premise is as simple as it is unexpected: what if your military space opera with a bent towards spy craft and mysteries had a romantic comedy, just an entire romantic comedy
The premise is as simple as it is unexpected: what if your military space opera with a bent towards spy craft and mysteries had a romantic comedy, just an entire romantic comedy
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
While I’m flying to my lady love, my Vorkosigan reread has hit everyone’s favorite: a civil campaign!
The premise is as simple as it is unexpected: what if your military space opera with a bent towards spy craft and mysteries had a romantic comedy, just an entire romantic comedy
The premise is as simple as it is unexpected: what if your military space opera with a bent towards spy craft and mysteries had a romantic comedy, just an entire romantic comedy
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This is very elegantly stated (the op thread is excellent as well)
“Vibes” is when your existing theory of power is insufficient to explain reality so you blame reality
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is very elegantly stated (the op thread is excellent as well)
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I'll be writing about all of this shortly for Constitutional Perspectives once I get to Level Two, but: the fight over election systems at the federal Convention was a fight about the nature of the Union
If you follow Lincoln's view of the Union, neither the Senate nor the EC are defensible
If you follow Lincoln's view of the Union, neither the Senate nor the EC are defensible
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'll be writing about all of this shortly for Constitutional Perspectives once I get to Level Two, but: the fight over election systems at the federal Convention was a fight about the nature of the Union
If you follow Lincoln's view of the Union, neither the Senate nor the EC are defensible
If you follow Lincoln's view of the Union, neither the Senate nor the EC are defensible
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“You mean Politics is spending the rest of our lives making sure our enemies don’t win?”
Yes, actually
Yes, actually
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“You mean Politics is spending the rest of our lives making sure our enemies don’t win?”
Yes, actually
Yes, actually
Hell today, for the right lady I'd burn a cd 😈
Hopefully she would appreciate my eclectic taste in music
Hopefully she would appreciate my eclectic taste in music
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Hell today, for the right lady I'd burn a cd 😈
Hopefully she would appreciate my eclectic taste in music
Hopefully she would appreciate my eclectic taste in music