T. A. Inkwright

“With a mortar launcher.”

Just want to put it out there to @darringtonpress.bsky.social that I no longer work for Wizards of the Coast and am very much in the market to bring my tabletop creativity to new ventures.

The fact that I didn't work for WOTC before is a minor detail I'm sure we can look past.

#ttrpg #dnd #oneshot

It turns out I might have been getting my shoe size wrong by three whole sizes most of my life.

How's your week going?

Returning home from #londonmcm #comiccon. Ridiculously exhausted, won’t be back until well after dark.

Give me two days in the rejuvenation pod then it’s back to the typewriter…

Day 2 of #londonmcm and we’re still reeling from how busy Friday was.

Head to Artist’s Alley G2 and loudly intone the passphrase

“The Pensive Man Forever Holds His Peace”

For no reason other than it would be funny.

Bonus points if I hear you at the wrong stall.

London MCM starts today!

If you want to meet up to discuss:

- Tabletop
- Writing
- Voicework
- My secret upcoming project
- A chance to win £50 of candles
- The Norwegian archipelago of Svarlbard

Then head to G2 in Artist’s Alley where I’ll be aiding the wonderful @lientietattoos.bsky.social
#mcm

The DM needs, and the canal provides...

#dnd #tabletop #oc #canals #someboatshavefunnynames

I still reference this one from time to time.

I do miss the days when the content we got was as tailored as this was to specific features.

a man in a purple shirt and tie is sitting in front of a shelf . ALT: a man in a purple shirt and tie is sitting in front of a shelf .

It's the final D&D session to run for the week and therefore my final battle with chronic fatigue before the weekend.

Come on brain. You got this!

Third day in a row my pain levels have gone up, and not down like I expressly told them to.

It hurts, but worse still is how annoying distractive it is. I'm just trying to craft fantasy worlds and my spine is like "That's enough faeries and magic for you boyo!"

Minimalist TTRPG Jam 3 A game jam from 2024-09-28 to 2024-12-07 hosted by Binary Star Games. Make a Thing Right Now, Third Time's The Charm This, for a third time, is a jam all about primal, elemental, close-to-the-metal TT...

The system I'm writing for the Minimalist #TTRPG Jam is roughly:

- 8% Rules
- 12% Jokes
- 80% Ridiculous Premise

I can't wait to not play it.

Link for those interested in joining in:

itch.io/jam/minimali...

Hmm, challenge accepted!

Thanks for the link, I'll see what I can crank out in the next few days.

Features included:

- Random list of events, and sub-events that would spring up based on outside triggers

- Peer-reviewed stats. e.g. you can claim you'd be strong enough to do something easily, but the table might have other opinions

- Travelling element, where the table plays while walking

I dreamt I wrote a one-page #ttrpg system called 'Here and Now' where the premise is the moment the game starts, a second timeline is sprung where something interrupts the game and the would-be players have to survive whatever has transpired.

In this timeline you roleplay the other, in real time.

Finally watched the first season of 'Pantheon' and... Wow, what a rush. It ticked a lot of boxes for me.

Above all else I can't stop marvelling at how grounded it was. Believable reactions, emotions, and conundrums while still delving deep into some great sci-fi elements.

Would highly recommend.

The larger table setup in our dedicated #d&d tavern room means there's no longer anywhere we can put the Christmas tree.

Genuinely considering putting it in the bathroom this year.

You don't need a new hobby
You don't need a new hobby
You don't need a new hobby
You don't...

Flashy lights and blippy bloops are my new weakness.

"The DM and their five DMPCs conducted a short ceremony for their fallen companions, pointing out all the ways they could have played better."

People are missing the obvious. Elon Musk's main gripe is he's not allowed to play.

He's a nerd and he can't play a #ttrpg because he's the main boss of r/rpghorrorstories. A raging narcissist that can't be told "no". He's incompatible.

If he can't enjoy the game, nobody else is allowed to either.

What #videogame has the most realistic loot?

I find myself craving a game, probably survival genre in the 'real world' where loot is realistically placed and proportioned. No more finding shotguns on crocodiles, or not finding an object on a character you can clearly see has one.

This aligns with a number of notions I haven't shared or committed to paper because I'm scared they might make more sense than I currently believe them to.

I don't think technology is the source though, it's just a conduit. One reliant on something scarier; the devolution of human empathy.

It's a lot easier to make humans dumber than it is to make computers smarter.

We're often celebrating the feats of artificial intelligence when we ought to be mourning the demise of our own.

Yep, I switched to left-aligned after being told it was better for Dyslexic people.

I've been working on a #d&d 5e class for a little over a year, with a hope to publish next year.

It *still* doesn't have an official name.

I flit between two possibilities on an almost weekly basis, annoyingly aware that the correct option is likely a third I've yet to think of.

The placement of the 'Alt' text link on the image knocks the last 'Y' from this gif and gives it an entirely different meaning.

Now we just need to work out what the unit of measurement is for determining ones concern-level.

Might I suggest stress-eaten brownies?

More TTRPGs Need to Include a “Game Pitch” - Fari RPGs Let’s face it, we (probably) all have too many TTRPGs lying around. Buying TTRPGs, collecting them, reading them, and playing them are for many four totally different hobbies. That means...

More TTRPGs should include a "game pitch".

Not a marketing pitch to get GMs to buy the games.
A game pitch meant for the GM to use to lure potential players.

farirpgs.com/posts/more-t...

I've been out of action for a few days, courtesy of my chronic illness.

I find it's like falling off a merry-go-round. I've picked myself up out of the dirt, checked myself over and dusted myself off, and now I'm just trying to pluck up the energy to leap back on.

Someone save a unicorn for me.

Black Friday sales are a good way to support human artists and build up your library of stock art for all of your #TTRPG publishing needs.

I'm so glad that response has been so widely adopted.