Matt Ashcraft

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

Is Affinity's software going totally free to use?

Hmm. So this website magically appeared on the internet a few hours before Canva's 1pm keynote. www.affinity.studio

Paper miniature of a tabaxi barbarian

Paper miniatures of a group of kobolds

Paper miniatures of a group of owlbear variants

Paper miniatures of a group of bullywugs

Well hello there #PortfolioDay

My name's Christian and I draw printable paper miniatures for ttrpgs like DnD in a derpy style🎲 New ones are coming each month to patreon.com/lichfest

A caricature of Lt. Columbo (art by Brad Guigar). The header says “Just One More Thing…” and the text reads: “Y’know, I hate to bother ya, but… I noticed your sketchbook there. Looks like you’ve been savin’ the ‘good paper’ for somethin’ special. Thing is… I’ve seen a lotta cases, and the good stuff? It usually never gets used. Might be better to mess it up now while you still got the idea fresh.”

Battlemap with purple mushroom platforms and a slew of goblin paper minis with sinister magical lights coming from below.

Battlemap with purple mushroom platforms and a slew of goblin paper minis with sinister magical lights coming from below

Battlemap with purple mushroom platforms and a slew of goblin paper minis with sinister magical lights coming from below

Had a blast with today's D&D session in the Goblin city of Pilzstadt. Players were able cause enough chaos to rescue their companion from the Ascension ritual and escape into the tunnels.

Paper minis from @trashmobminis.bsky.social were excellent for all the various goblinoid clans present.

YouTube video by Mystic Arts How One-Shots can tell a story

This one is more system agnostic: stripping the "dungeon" from the classic "5 Room Dungeon" down to the foundation so you can prep and run a one shot in any kind of setting with minimal prep. I've used this for a few "ready in 15 min" sessions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVM...

RPG publishers! Please consider releasing your products in epub! It’s an open standard, improves accessibility, and makes it much easier to read and use your product on a phone!

Yuuuuup. Also, I don't give a shit if some of the worst people in the world think I am being performative or am virtue signaling. Fuck 'em. They don't get to tell me how to be.

Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.

Sunnyvale councilmember injured in bike accident - San José Spotlight Sunnyvale Councilmember Richard Mehlinger was hit by a car while riding his bike on California Avenue Aug. 30, breaking his left thumb and right wrist. He said the incident shows the necessity and urg...

Sunnyvale, like Berkeley and other cities, has made zero progress toward their Vision Zero safety goals. Now their own city council members are getting hit by cars. Will this motivate some action?

sanjosespotlight.com/sunnyvale-co...

1d100 Forgotten Realms Factions: SlyFlourish.com Article from the Archive

https://slyflourish.com/1d100_forgotten_realms_factions.html

#dnd #ttrpg

www.kickstarter.com/projects/row...

We just reached 1000 Kickstarter backers for UNDERISLES! What an amazing month of funding.

The cover of Making Enemies: A huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen. Another dwarf cowers in fear.

Excited for the release of Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games? Let other folks know: Mark it as "Want to Read" on Goodreads and Storygraph!

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I was stuck for ages on doing my own comics because I wasn't as good (obviously) as Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. Then Kieron posted this and the dam broke.
simonkjones.substack.com/p/developing...

Atomic Robo is the finest two fisted pulp science hero long form storytelling in America. Buy this one and ALL THE OTHERS.

CMYK Color Palette by Exeunt Press CMYK color palettes for Affinity Publisher

Just added 1000 community copies to the EP CMYK Color Palette for Affinity Publisher. 🎨

Go grab it for freeeeeeeeeeeee!

exeuntpress.itch.io/cmyk-color

#Affinity #Publisher #CMYK #RGB #Colors

4 TTRPGs You Can Play in 2 Hours or Less

Illustration of a pair of leather boots floating, they're adorned with embroidery of chains breaking that are also lighting up with blue magic.

"Boots of Levitation", the last illustration I did for MCDM's fantasy RPG Draw Steel.

Working for this game was a huge honor!

#mcdm #DrawSteel #fantasy #illustration

"Just break it down into smaller steps!"

Cool. Now I have 42 tiny tasks I'm avoiding instead of one big task.

Thanks?

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The Art of Johan Egerkrans

Johan Egerkrans blends raw Nordic folklore with stunning monster art. Self-taught and versatile, he redefines mythological illustration and inspires modern interpretations of ancient fears, captivating audiences…

https://darklongbox.com/the-art-of-johan-egerkrans/

SHRIEK

I did not know about this book and I have never bought a thing faster in my life
Time to eat rice for a week but it'll be soooooo worth it

tfw your spider sense is tingling

there's a really important playtesting phase that a lot of ttrpg designers are scared to wallow in, which is the "this game is 100% unplayable without the designer present" phase

What movie did you see way too young?

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Do you hate AI?

Are you an editor, proofreader, designer, illustrator, typesetter, marketer, book blogger, audio narrator, reviewer, ARC/beta reader?

WoodPig Press is creating a pool of freelancers for future paid work.

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#booksky #books #publishing

Normally, I would just go with the battlemap, but I knew our tabaxi monk was going to want to climb things.

Papercraft windmill with working blades and windows that open overlooking a battlemap of a walled garden. Manticore paper mini trampling the gardens by @trashmobminis

Ran the latest adventure with the family as we make our way through a Phandelver/Icespire Peak mashup campaign.

Tonight's session was Umbrage Hill with a homemade papercraft windmill be me and manticore mini from @trashmobminis.bsky.social.

Cooler heads prevailed and combat turned to parlay.