Chris S. Sims

Coming soon: Beast the Roleplaying Game for D&D 5e Become a Hunter who gains the power to protect humanity from terrifying, titanic Beasts. An RPG compatible with D&D 5e (2024 version).

Studio Midhall and I are making Beast the Roleplaying Game, based on their hit board game and 2024 D&D.

The preview page is up.

Sign up for the Beast RPG newsletter, and get a preview with rules and characters, and an adventure, new monsters, and magic items.

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"TTRPGs are just so expensive now"
According to the MSRPs printed on my AD&D 2e books - PHB-$20, DMG-$18, MM-$30. That's $68 in 1990 money. Inflation puts that at $170ish in 2025.
We now have full-color books. Most RPGs come with PDFs. And all for the same price or less.
Stop yelling at clouds.

Coming soon: Beast the Roleplaying Game for D&D 5e Become a Hunter who gains the power to protect humanity from terrifying, titanic Beasts. An RPG compatible with D&D 5e (2024 version).

Studio Midhall and I are making Beast the Roleplaying Game, based on their hit board game and 2024 D&D.

The preview page is up.

Sign up for the Beast RPG newsletter, and get a preview with rules and characters, and an adventure, new monsters, and magic items.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

The first is a good look. The other flat caps are fine but not as good.

An RPG's design should aim to build system mastery through character creation and development. If it doesn't, it's a missed opportunity. Put another way, siloing very similar play options in specific contexts, such as class features or feats in D&D, is a mistake even if it initially simplifies play.

Dragon Slayers TTRPG Heroic fantasy roleplaying using the award winning Slayers system. Time to slay a dragon.

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Watching Stranger Things with my 14-year-old daughter who's interested in writing. It might just be THE BEST.

Coming soon: Diablo: The Roleplaying Game Officially licensed tabletop RPG adaptation of Diablo®, encompassing the entire universe of the genre-defining video game series.

So this is happening: #DiabloRPG

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But that sort of qualifier then raises the question: Why not use an existing spell? A valid answer is that no comparable spell exists. Then, the qualifier adds an interesting gameplay feature. I'll need to consider that for future design. Your thoughts are welcome.

But counterspelling or dispelling enemy magic is a feel-good moment for players that shouldn't be "simplified" out of the game. But Arcane Bursts and other magical actions that aren't spells do just that. They're detrimental to play without a "can be counterspelled" or "can be dispelled" aspect.

I get that huge spell lists are intimidating for running at the table. Still, they tell a story and interact properly with other spells. Design for utility calls for telling the DM how to use that spell list in combat and, if possible, other situations.

A philosophy in 5e design was that spells should do heavy lifting. It's why some monsters had spell lists in place of huge stat blocks with custom abilities. Also, spell lists, whether class based or innate, tell a story in shorthand and ensure meaningful interactions with other spells.

In modern D&D, too many class features resemble spells but don't route through those spells. It's maddening. One thing spells exist for is to define rules exceptions in a limited and easily modifiable sphere. Features that are no more than watered down or mashed together spells are poor design.

Sorry ... got distracted for a couple of weeks. Here's my completed cartoon homage to The Practically Complete Guide to Dragons ... the 2023 entry in my celebration of D&D 50th Anniversary.

Or an arrogant one.

CEO of Oreo Cookies: the oreo cookie is as important as oxygen

Ukrainian Night Tarot by Old God's Temple Explore Ukrainian folktales and witchcraft through a fully illustrated deck, researched and drawn by local artist Mariya Tobischeck.

Proud to be the 1,224th backer for Ukrainian Night Tarot by Old God's Temple.

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You only truly understand shareholder capitalism when you realize an Ouroborus also has to shit.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

Listen, what Mamdani means is that Dems should stop moving right when they're scared.

I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.

I'm about to order the Narnia books for my youngest.

My joy is that one game is with my daughters.

a man in a plaid shirt is saying i am a dungeon master ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is saying i am a dungeon master

Okay, I admit that I'm a player in one. So, I DM only four.

a man in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera .

I have five RPG campaigns going and am likely to start another.

If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.

Forty-four annular turquoise blue glass beads strung on modern thread. Found when a farmer ploughed up a cremation urn at Kongehøj in Denmark in 1885. The urn broke and was found to contain burnt bones, the 44 blue glass beads and two gold spiral rings. Research shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), indicating far-reaching trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago

Something lovely for your timeline!

Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age.

Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.

📷 National Museum of Denmark

#Archaeology

It should not be legal for general law enforcement officers to take measures, such as masks, to remain anonymous. If you're doing legal, non-undercover work, you should have to identify yourself and be identifiable. If you don't want to be identified, that work isn't for you.

Grandmother Fish is the first book to teach evolution to preschoolers. Kids love learning that they are part of the great family of life on Earth, and they love wiggling like Grandmother Fish and hooting like Grandmother Ape. Now in Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.

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