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@ghost-spark.itch.io

Ghostwriter of Ghost Spark. Known to some as Arty. Currently writing WARDEN. @GhostSpark_off and @ravenhaunts on Twitter. https://ghost-spark.itch.io/

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WARDEN by Ghost Spark Cinematic, Classless, Genre-Agnostic, d20 RPG

WARDEN is almost done, which is in many ways a modernized, alternative Pathfinder 2e, completely detached from the D&D Lineage. In various "What should Pathfinder 3e look like" threads, I've seen people wish for stuff that I have already implemented.

It's also a generic game ala GURPS or Genesys.

04.07.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Version 0.3 of the WARDEN Playtest from @ghost-spark.itch.io is out and I made a piece of art for it of the merchant Yiska from one of the example settings in the back! It's a really cool genre-agnostic TTRPG with solid combat and character building rules and is free to check out right now

07.05.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if your combat system is ponderous and dull, your ttrpg is TRAD
if your combat system is fast-paced and dull, your ttrpg is OSR
if your combat system is fast-paced and inscrutable, your ttrpg is a STORYGAME

01.05.2025 06:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 634    ๐Ÿ” 138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

repost this if anti-trans people are not welcome and unsafe with you

04.03.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 831    ๐Ÿ” 553    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

"What exactly is the difference between sci-fi and fantasy anyways?"

11.03.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 503    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Thinking of making the most radical left game ever and just marketing it as "apolitical" so chuds will scramble their eggs over it.

But then again, doing a hit piece like that is rarely an actually good idea.

Just feeling a little spiteful ig

24.02.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fair enough honestly.

In a perfect world I would use B for everything. But this is not a perfect world.

21.02.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actually, to reiterate:

B is best used when you use shapes exclusively.

C is best used when you mix lines and shapes (Character sheets for me)

A is best when you have very specific specs for the feature inside.

20.02.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

B is the cleanest, C has its uses, A is rare for me.

20.02.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Knowledge is powerโ€ฆ

16.02.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35199    ๐Ÿ” 13304    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1017    ๐Ÿ“Œ 712
An info-board summarising the difference between Twitter/X and Bluesky and the potential advantages that come with the latter. 

The original post is from @milesmeelezz.bsky.social . Please go support them and their amazing artwork.

An info-board summarising the difference between Twitter/X and Bluesky and the potential advantages that come with the latter. The original post is from @milesmeelezz.bsky.social . Please go support them and their amazing artwork.

I feel like I need to tap the sign cause I keep seeing people trying to "dunk" on hateful peeps on my feed.

This ISN'T TWITTER.

Please don't make it into it.

07.10.2024 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20921    ๐Ÿ” 12659    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 136    ๐Ÿ“Œ 300

So what he's saying is that they would create conditions for people to live FREE on a farm for multiple years, with the only conditions being "no screens" and laboring their own produce?

I feel like this project would be popular but not for the reasons this totally sane guy thinks.

15.02.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I extremely selflishly want people to link hatred of trans people with being a creepy little weirdo fascist man who actively ruins democracy and I want people to double down in the other direction as a response forever

13.02.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! The campaign is already like 70% funded in 24 hours, so it's looking very good overall!

11.02.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My renewed backerkit campaign is doing so good it is probably gonna go through.

Like, unironically the largest surge of activity my TTRPGs have ever had, so I feel like this entire venture is finally going somewhere.

11.02.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RELAUNCH: WARDEN โ€” The Genre-Agnostic d20 RPG From Ghost Spark - RELAUNCH: WARDEN โ€” The Genre-Agnostic d20 RPG

Well that fucking crashed and burned.

Anyway I'm doing another one.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

08.02.2025 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry if it's cringe or virtue signaling or whatever but unqualified and unconditional love and support to every trans person on earth. You will win and I will help you.

08.02.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7378    ๐Ÿ” 1374    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying no . Alt: an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying "no, I don't think I will".
03.02.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two emails.

From itch.io
"Ghost Spark has sent you a message about find(Humanity).
Hi! I'm Raven, and you got my game, find(Humanity), most likely from the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. I'm doing a new project, and I would appreciate if you would check it out."

Reply by Ga Go
"Tell me that your willy smells band and I will try it"

Two emails. From itch.io "Ghost Spark has sent you a message about find(Humanity). Hi! I'm Raven, and you got my game, find(Humanity), most likely from the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. I'm doing a new project, and I would appreciate if you would check it out." Reply by Ga Go "Tell me that your willy smells band and I will try it"

What a great day to have reading comprehension.

03.02.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel a great need to make a ttrpg character who wears an escoffion, you know, those two-horned things fine medieval ladies wore, sometimes with veils.

Kinda similar to hennin, the conical hats "fairytale princesses" have on their head.

02.02.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Psychologicals are a little less permanent. If your Strain goes to 0, depending on the factor that caused it, you gain various conditions, one being a bad mental breakdown. This is removed after you rest though.

That is unless you're a Vampire that loses a part of their humanity, that's pretty bad.

02.02.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just went whole-hog with physicals. Drop to 0 --> You gain an Injury. If you would die, you can use metacurrency to instead gain a Grievous (Permanent) Injury.

Injuries lower your Maximum HP by 5, and have additional effects. Surgery and resting a long time are the only ways to heal them.

02.02.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Snapshot of a Backerkit campaign:
WARDEN-  the d20 RPG for All Settings
By Ghost Spark
Raised 1,945โ‚ฌ, 27 days left

Snapshot of a Backerkit campaign: WARDEN- the d20 RPG for All Settings By Ghost Spark Raised 1,945โ‚ฌ, 27 days left

Okay so. I managed to get my #TTRPG Backerkit out, it's there, and it's already gotten pledges. Obviously, still a long road ahead.

But I'm just wondering what the hell am I gonna do now? Seek people who might want to talk about it? Do interviews? With whom?

I'm still so new to this LOL

02.02.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WARDEN - The d20 RPG for All Settings WARDEN is a genre-agnostic and cinematic d20 RPG, designed for tight, tactical and fluid gameplay.

I'm doing a Backerkit campaign now!

It's a pretty cool d20 game, not probably what you expect!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

01.02.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Like, if you and your friends know about this game, you can, at any time, just say "The Zombies are at the door" and you all start scouting the surroundings for things to protect yourself, and ideas on how to get safe.

I like the fact that it gives a touch of childlike wonder to my daily life.

28.01.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Zombies are at the door by Ghost Spark A game about a zombie apocalypse that starts NOW. Made for the 36-word jam.

I took part into the 36-word TTRPG game jam and came up with "The Zombies are at the door".

ghost-spark.itch.io/the-zombies-...

Like, it's such a simple premise, but what I love about it is that I've basically "restarted" the game I've been having today like a dozen times.

28.01.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I multiclass a lot, and it's always just getting the right "image" of my character on paper. I generally do not design characters with a class in mind, so they will often end up as a mixture of many things.

21.01.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WARDEN - The d20 RPG for All Settings From Ghost Spark - WARDEN - The d20 RPG for All Settings

Hello! I'm running WARDEN's backerkit in February 1st!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

20.01.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember 12+ hour sessions from my teenage years, but 3 IRL days is on another level.

I have no words.

11.01.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Monday Night RAW + Blade & Sorcery.

Just when you thought wrestling couldn't get more hands-on! Say goodbye to your knees and surroundings, it's showtime!

09.01.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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