Octolirious

Wrapped up the Alan Wake 2 DLC I missed last year this weekend! Very interesting, though I wish it were a bit longer and more consistent. Lots of little stories that left you looking for more.

It's been so cold here the last few weeks my lashes keep freezing on my walks!

Art from the Magic Card “Turtles Forever” The four teenage mutant ninja turtles appear in a multiverse crossover. Donatello appears to be from the old live action movie, Raphael from the Fred Wolf TV cartoon, Leonardo from the Magic the Gathering TMNT universe, and Michelangelo from the Mirage comics. They are fist bumping and noogie-ing each other in front of a bright cityscape background. Ninjas lay scattered and defeated behind them.

My Ninja Turtles card from Magic the Gathering was revealed!

promptober list of prompts on a light orange background. here is what it says: Promptober 2025 Use #promptober or #ttrpgpromptober when you post! Create a pitch for a game, design a mini-module, draw a quick map-- anything ttrpg related, according to the prompts! 1. Free space (do whatever) 2. spells 3. potions 4. Dark woods 5. masquerade 6. myths 7. secrets 8. spirits 9. thriller 10. moon 11. Thalassophobia/thalassophilia 12. Liminal space 13. Abandoned locations 14. stars 15. Free space (do whatever) 16. hauntings 17. blood 18. sorcery 19. Wizard’s tower 20. Lost book/lost knowledge 21. Sword in the forest 22. Summoning circles 23. aliens 24. Colossal beast 25. cryptid 26. Trail cams/found footage 27. Dreams/nightmares 28. Gods/goddesses 29. flowers 30. harvest 31. halloween

#Promptober is here! This time I included two free spaces, for people to make whatever they want (or to even take that day to rest). As usual, please use the #promptober or #ttrpgpromptober tags when you post! please also don't feel shy about tagging me in them so I can reskeet.

Last week I got my finished character commission! I've never had an online art comm before so I'm pretty pumped to have it back. Moving onto the next steps of getting stream ready. Art by /HollaceDay

Spa day in the mountains today! No pictures allowed inside of course, but lots of hot tub and cold plunge time. Back home first thing tomorrow.

Puffin-inspired angler going to be used for Vtubing.

I got the first part of my Vtuber design commission back from the artist! After asking permission, heres the pic! They're also doing a version without the coat and a casual version. They're a Puffin-Inspired angler.

Last week I was able to get my first commission accepted on VGen! I've never ordered art before so I'm pretty excited about it. I eventually want to try Vtubing so it's the first steps to getting that ball rolling.

God I had an absolutely incredible strawberry pun for an image my wife shared me only to be told they were in fact meatballs so it was a miss. Suffering. Torment, if you will.

Good luck with your trip!

Started Playing Tactical Breach Wizards today. It's kind of an Xcom light, though everything resets between encounters, so its more of a puzzle game than tactics like I hoped. Surprised by how funny the writing has been.

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Oh, also watched a video on interior design today that really got me thinking on what to do with the empty space that is my living room for the last few years. Plants, Layers, Lights and Textures seem to be the key points, so i'm hitting the IKEA this weekend.

I've been playing a lot of Marvel Rivals over the last few weeks, but I just don't have much interest in ranked. Maybe i've just gotten older but I just don't have much of a stomach for online toxicity like I used to, regardless of the shiny rank medal telling folks how good I am.

Very cold weather report.

The recent weather is making it just a bit difficult to get my daily steps in. Anytime this cold snap could end would be great.

I had grabbed the top and pulled and it separated the wool liner entirely from the part I pulled! the poor thing looks like an old dog toy now with its guts inside out.

Kind of embarrassing moment today. I had a haircut, went with the clean shave, however when I put on my beanie it was pretty tough to put on. The stubble was like a grip on it. So, when i got home and took it off, i grabbed the top and accidentally tore the inner liner!

Food sickness is not how I imagined I'd start my holiday but thats what I get for "winging it" when it comes to cook times.

Busy week! Wrapped up my 55 session tabletop campaign with the Monster of the Week system and did a company holiday party tour at a gelato factory where I made a custom flavour! Going to spend the weekend getting some R&R.

Went to the studio Bell museum in town for my wife's birthday. It was bigger on the inside than pictured.

Well I learned yesterday that going to the gym then trying to come back and sleep was a terrible combination as I was completely awake for the rest of the night. On the one hand, went to the gym when I said I would. On the other insomnia. Need to do better for Saturday.

Late night gym nights in prairies are rough. It's going to be a long cold winter...

Work laptop crapped out mid meeting, massive snowday and I got zero sleep last night. Sometimes I wish I could just say "hey boss, mulligan. It's a no go for me. I'll see you tomorrow."

Got pulled into a meeting today with 3 other people interviewing staff to take notes. I was told the other 2 are also taking notes.

"So why am I here?" I asked.

The lead DM's me "they suck at taking notes." I'm in corporate hell, I swear.

I instinctively want to write out exactly how things should go, highs and lows, even dialogue. But, that's not how the game says it should go. "Play to find out what happens" is the prescribed rule. So how do you meet in the middle, how do you write an improv ending? Wing it I guess.

Need to write the finale session for my Monster of the week game tonight. Finales are always a bit weird in TTRPGs because it's rare that there are mechanics for endings, but narratively it's super important. It always feels like a push pull of needs and wants when it comes to these stories.

Difficult weekend unfortunately. Took a couple of days off but a distant family member passed in the middle of it. Now i'm going to be going back to work more stressed then when I started the long weekend.

I’ve discovered the greatest mod of all time

Louie’s Mansion

Did some shopping this weekend and found a place that sells Wagyu hotdogs! Time to taste the best of the worst.

First day back to the gym! Even if it was just cardio day it's still nerve wracking getting back into the swing of things.