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I heard someone smarter than me say that only people who are actually competent in their craft/field doubt themselves because they are the ones who truly want to excel. I think about that a lot when I doubt myself as a designer.

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Tip for newer homebrewers: nothing is free. Using art you found with a Google search isn’t kosher. Commissions and stock art purchases are the only way you can guarantee legitimate operations

This isn't a thing in any creative circles, ever. The only time you don't need to talk to an artist about using their work in your publication is if you buy their stock art, which comes with a license that covers a conversation about rights, usage. This person's explanation is extra ripe bullshit.

a how to guide for creating crossword dungeons. Step 1 - Find and Do, do the crossword. Step 2 - See Beyond, find the inspiring words and start to see the shape. Step 3 - Extrapolate, ditch words you dont like, create walls, you contol the dungeon. Step 4 - Draw the rest of the owl (make the dungeon from the inspiration). Step 5 - BE NOT AFRAID. Its just a dungeon created from a crossword, they wont always work. Useful tips: Metro for daily free crosswords. CrosswordSolver, for tricky clues. DungeonScrawl, for making maps. LootTheRoom - for more random ideas

A comment on itch reminded me of this idea for creating #TTRPG dungeons I had a while back. I still think its neat and I don't think I've actually shared it here on bsky.

So bsky.. meet Crossword Dungeons!
Do a crossword, use the answers and designs as inspiration for the rooms, get creative!

Definitely making mechanics that evokes the narrative and gamefeel you want out of the game.

Digital drawing of a small fairy sleeping in the middle of a tree stump, surrounded by leaves.

Fall sprite 🍁

100% agree on this take. I heard on the grapevine they initially wanted to make a series out of it, so maybe the sudden shift in story direction was due to that.

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CABF! @playgubatbanwa.bsky.social @dylvillanous.bsky.social @falling-rhayne.bsky.social mike wazowski

While I think the best ruling is the one that works for your table, there's something insanely addicting about being able to smartly use a spell for an unintended purpose but works within the bounds and rules of it.

So yes, I agree and would let magic-users at my table do the same.

One of my fave disciplines! The illustration really sells the concept 🔥🔥🔥

Martial exemplars of righteous action, word, and belief, the SARIMANOK KNIGHT takes to the field astride their bonded regal omen-bird as both a symbol of Akayu knightly virtue.

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Hoy Kadungganan! Here's an event calendar for the upcoming local events that Sword Isles Studios is going to attend. See you there! :)

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every day i'm happier i left windows

blades of the Philippine Archipelago: a pinuti, a hinalung, and a kalis

Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

Choose from 8 classes, each with their own unique asymmetric rules for combat, in Dragon Slayers.

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I like the way you've framed that (might even start using it for my games tbh)

How would this keywording hypothetically work if say, the "Cast" is more of applying a status buff to your ally than magically harming the enemy? Since casting a spell isnt limited to damaging effects (in 5E at least).

Sammy!

I feel that very much. Makes me slightly glad my group has slowed down playing the ampersand game because now I have time to explore and homebrew games with OSR-isms in mind.

Seconding this too

I love the explanation you give with jazz music. That just made everything make sense.

As someone who is recently struggling with being too derivative, this really helped me put my creativity into perspective.

Great read! I think every maker should be aware of this.

One issue I see a lot of new RPG scenario writers stumble with is the hesitation to embrace tropes or use pre-existing media as blatant inspiration. Don't be so eager to be an innovator that you refuse to travel down beaten paths. My favorite adventures are littered with these moments.

They never really hit the mark.

DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.

Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."

I have withdrawn all my games from sale at DriveThruRPG, apart from These Are Animals, a one-page game about US border forces separating children from their parents.

Based. Czepeku the GOAT.

We have removed all of our content from DriveThruRPG.

Choosing to be 'apolitical' rather than standing with an antifascist creator is a crazy move.

@9thlevelgames.bsky.social have this as their pinned post. These are creators we feel proud to stand by.

A character in isometric view surrounded by many different version of themselves.

Work in progress!
Anyone guessing what it is (on top of a nod to FFT) is a massive nerd and gets all my respect.

I’ve only been watching TTRPG news maybe once or twice a week, so I’m kinda getting an outside perspective for the first time in a while. One of the things sticking out is Daggerheart’s success being used to indicate WotC’s death. A healthy competitor isn’t a death sentence, it’s just a threat.

Curious to know your thoughts on the daggerheart gaming license if you have one

As someone viewing this from a non-3PP perspective, I think critical role just chose a more controlling approach to 3PP content which I think isn't wrong to do unlike the OGL where wotc was trying to revoke the openness