New Perspective Checks about Learning & Teaching RPGs with @tezrak.bsky.social, designer of Shadowlight & Personae, a genre hopping universal TTRPG that you can tweak to play any kind of story. We talk about accessibility, revising your rules language, providing player aids, and more!
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday ICYM yesterday, you can watch the recording on YouTube of @lorelink.com very kindly offering me space to showcase #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG ! www.youtube.com/live/tPdmsTN...
Shadowlight & Personae | Planning, Play, Discussion
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November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday ICYM yesterday, you can watch the recording on YouTube of @lorelink.com very kindly offering me space to showcase #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG ! www.youtube.com/live/tPdmsTN...
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG is 100% human made, text written by humans, art commissioned from humans.
Greetings! I’m Craig (he/him); you can find me as Craig Hatler, Tezrak, or Tezrak the Impslayer. linktr.ee/tezraktheimpslayer
Shadowlight & Personae is my self-designed (currently) self-published TTRPG: PWYW, released under CC-BY.
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #TTRPGSelfPromo
Shadowlight & Personae is my self-designed (currently) self-published TTRPG: PWYW, released under CC-BY.
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #TTRPGSelfPromo
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#SFF enthusiast; #TTRPG designer; He/him; You can't take Jersey outta the boy.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG is 100% human made, text written by humans, art commissioned from humans.
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday #SelfPromoSunday #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Wherein I spent fourish hours after running for RTR Dark Carnival 2025 brain dumping everything that clicked for me after presenting the adventure for the 4th time. craig-hatler-games.beehiiv.com/p/revelation...
Revelations post-Trembling (Dark Carnival 2025, Now in the Rear View)
So many tumblers surrendering to so many ridges on so many keys
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday #SelfPromoSunday #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Wherein I spent fourish hours after running for RTR Dark Carnival 2025 brain dumping everything that clicked for me after presenting the adventure for the 4th time. craig-hatler-games.beehiiv.com/p/revelation...
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday Good News: I've a Thing That's Happening(TM) in the next couple of weeks (more once I know that it's okay to promote it)!
😬 News: I need to have v4 of the #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG SRD & the Basic Game ready to submit by Friday (2 weeks prior to Thing)!
😬 News: I need to have v4 of the #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG SRD & the Basic Game ready to submit by Friday (2 weeks prior to Thing)!
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday Good News: I've a Thing That's Happening(TM) in the next couple of weeks (more once I know that it's okay to promote it)!
😬 News: I need to have v4 of the #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG SRD & the Basic Game ready to submit by Friday (2 weeks prior to Thing)!
😬 News: I need to have v4 of the #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG SRD & the Basic Game ready to submit by Friday (2 weeks prior to Thing)!
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday if you're in the Triangle NC neighborhood on Sat 11/1 I'll be running #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG in person for RTR 's Dark Carnival spooky game day! www.meetup.com/raleigh-tabl...
Dark Carnival 2025: Trembling in the Cold of Dark: Darquehaven Manor, Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
**Welcome back to The Dark Carnival!**
Raleigh Tabletop RPGs' annual horror TTRPG event day is back for 2025 and better than ever! 8 fantastic GMs are here to run 8 sessio
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October 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #SelfPromoSaturday if you're in the Triangle NC neighborhood on Sat 11/1 I'll be running #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG in person for RTR 's Dark Carnival spooky game day! www.meetup.com/raleigh-tabl...
It is in essence how wealth is handled in #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG. You have spheres of bounty, which can be anything from hard cash to lines of credit to a property deed. That sphere gives you a bonus die on relevant skills.
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It is in essence how wealth is handled in #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG. You have spheres of bounty, which can be anything from hard cash to lines of credit to a property deed. That sphere gives you a bonus die on relevant skills.
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG
When you're in the weeds of updating your SRD and you realize that past you made a lot more work for present you.
When you're in the weeds of updating your SRD and you realize that past you made a lot more work for present you.
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG
When you're in the weeds of updating your SRD and you realize that past you made a lot more work for present you.
When you're in the weeds of updating your SRD and you realize that past you made a lot more work for present you.
“There is nothing in the dark that isn’t there when the lights are on.” — Rod Serling
THE TWILIGHT ZONE debuted #OTD in 1959.
THE TWILIGHT ZONE debuted #OTD in 1959.
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On Sunday October 4th at 10am PT, we have @tezrak.bsky.social talking about his game Shadowlight & Personae!
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#TTRPG #TTRPGs #TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #TrickofShadowlight craig-hatler-games.beehiiv.com/p/s-p-trembl...
S&P "Trembling in the Cold of Dark", a Trick of Shadowlight: Example Characters (6/8)
Weird Investigators in the '20s (1920s that is), with Personae v4
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September 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
S&P and the '20s (1920s that is)
Darquehaven Manor 2025
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September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Coasters? Zines? Business cards (that double as blank character sheets)? Oh my! #FabulousFriday #FabulistFriday
April 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG Coasters? Zines? Business cards (that double as blank character sheets)? Oh my! #FabulousFriday #FabulistFriday
#TTRPGTuesday Looking for one or two players to join 2Legit2Crit this Saturday, who'll be very kindly giving me the space behind the GM screen to run #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG !
April 23, 2024 at 12:16 PM
#TTRPGTuesday Looking for one or two players to join 2Legit2Crit this Saturday, who'll be very kindly giving me the space behind the GM screen to run #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG !
#TTRPG #SelfPromoSaturday #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #WhyPersonae #WhyShadowlight The Itchfunding ends on 8/31, never too late to contribute if you're feeling generous. itch.io/s/88632/pers...
Personae v2 - Funding Formal Book Products for Personae and Shadowlight
A sale by Craig Hatler Games, 50% off Personae
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August 26, 2023 at 2:27 PM
#TTRPG #SelfPromoSaturday #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #WhyPersonae #WhyShadowlight The Itchfunding ends on 8/31, never too late to contribute if you're feeling generous. itch.io/s/88632/pers...
March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#TTRPGs #WIPWednesday #WhyPersonae #WhyShadowlight
I did a thing! You can make digital #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG character sheets on the fari.app VTT now!
I did a thing! You can make digital #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG character sheets on the fari.app VTT now!
September 27, 2023 at 6:19 PM
#TTRPGs #WIPWednesday #WhyPersonae #WhyShadowlight
I did a thing! You can make digital #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG character sheets on the fari.app VTT now!
I did a thing! You can make digital #PersonaeSRD #PersonaeRPG #ShadowlightRPG #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG character sheets on the fari.app VTT now!
#TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #WIP
I think now that I've got all the cards mocked up I'm going to get some cream & navy spray acrylic paint & just spray all the cards front & back rather than painting by hand. Then, after I've painted the details on by hand I'll spray with clear gloss.
I think now that I've got all the cards mocked up I'm going to get some cream & navy spray acrylic paint & just spray all the cards front & back rather than painting by hand. Then, after I've painted the details on by hand I'll spray with clear gloss.
#TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #WIP
The digital mockup is complete. 64/64 cards. craig-hatler-games.beehiiv.com/p/dynamae-or...
The digital mockup is complete. 64/64 cards. craig-hatler-games.beehiiv.com/p/dynamae-or...
January 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG #WIP
I think now that I've got all the cards mocked up I'm going to get some cream & navy spray acrylic paint & just spray all the cards front & back rather than painting by hand. Then, after I've painted the details on by hand I'll spray with clear gloss.
I think now that I've got all the cards mocked up I'm going to get some cream & navy spray acrylic paint & just spray all the cards front & back rather than painting by hand. Then, after I've painted the details on by hand I'll spray with clear gloss.
We're less than a week away from the end of September, aka Birthday Month! There's still time to jump into the #shadowlightandpersonaerpg #shadowlightandpersonaegamejam2024! https://itch.io/jam/shadowlight-personae-game-jam
September 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
We're less than a week away from the end of September, aka Birthday Month! There's still time to jump into the #shadowlightandpersonaerpg #shadowlightandpersonaegamejam2024! https://itch.io/jam/shadowlight-personae-game-jam
#TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG doesn't care what species, ethnicity, nationality, etc. you are by default. Everyone gets a free background enhancement that can stand for something relevant from any of those categories that you could benefit from. The more relevant, the more you invest in it.
How important to you is it that "human" be a playable character type in traditional adventure TTRPGs?
#ttrpg
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April 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#TTRPGSky #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG doesn't care what species, ethnicity, nationality, etc. you are by default. Everyone gets a free background enhancement that can stand for something relevant from any of those categories that you could benefit from. The more relevant, the more you invest in it.
With X-Men being on everyone's minds* I'm starting to noodle on how I'd build the gang in #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG.
* For good reason, '97 is awesome and gives me a strong reason to rewatch the whole original series run.
* For good reason, '97 is awesome and gives me a strong reason to rewatch the whole original series run.
March 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
With X-Men being on everyone's minds* I'm starting to noodle on how I'd build the gang in #ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG.
* For good reason, '97 is awesome and gives me a strong reason to rewatch the whole original series run.
* For good reason, '97 is awesome and gives me a strong reason to rewatch the whole original series run.
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG goofing off with a promo.
April 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
#ShadowlightAndPersonaeRPG goofing off with a promo.
#ttrpgsky tonight at 8pm E/7pm C I'll be on @mildrathemonk.bsky.social 's Twitch channel talking about TTRPGs and #shadowlightandpersonaerpg! https://www.twitch.tv/mildrathemonk
February 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#ttrpgsky tonight at 8pm E/7pm C I'll be on @mildrathemonk.bsky.social 's Twitch channel talking about TTRPGs and #shadowlightandpersonaerpg! https://www.twitch.tv/mildrathemonk
#WipWednesday #shadowlightandpersonaerpg https://craighatler.itch.io/personae-rpg/devlog/849137/srd-updated-to-personae-v3
SRD Updated to Personae v3
The substantial updates to the Personae system as reflected in the Shadowlight & Personae Basic Game . All reference sheets and supplemental materials can be found bundled with that product now instea...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:24 PM