Steve Fidler @ Vorpal Dice Press

“If this doesn’t get done, the world ends” usually works 🥲

I’m ND but getting shit don’t hasn’t ever been too much of an issue for me, but I am a leave-it-to-the-last-minute type of person.

Why did 2024e get rid of Diseases, like, wholesale?

They have Contagions now, but they’re not a condition, require all sorts of extra wording, and aren’t referenced in any player facing rules except the Contagion spell and Cure Poison and Disease (lol) spell.

So weird.

Why yes, I do have eclectic tastes in music.

Whomever greenlit the decision to have the Run button be O in the field and L3 in towns in Visions of Mana needs to be shot out of a cannon.

#gamedev #dontdothisshit

A black and white map lays on an ornamented cloth, surrounded by various props such as dice, a bronze mortar and pestle and a wooden and glass hourglass.

My Twitter account may be gone, but I wanted to remember and share again the tweet image that started my whole career! This was a pencil and ink piece made for a private client, and after Lucca it found a nice cozy place :)

The latter won out for me.

There’s no market for updating my stuff, it’d be a vanity project to keep it relevant, and I don’t like the 2024 rules enough to make me want to design new stuff for it.

And I lack the reach to make my own ttrpg viable, so the effort is poorly spent there too

Yeah as a DM, modifying something existing is absolutely good advice.

I noticed this as well. The remaining guidance of just change an existing monster is going to hinder the on-boarding of new game designers who want to create unique and interesting monsters that are balanced with official offerings.

Hope it returns in MM24 or even a free online resource

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Hi, I'm Spencer. I'm a freelance TTRPG designer and tester, and I'm definitely not a kobold with a fake mustache. I'd love to work with you!

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Playing Dead - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild Playing Dead is a complete ruleset for starting (or continuing) your journey as an undead, including new thematic optio

Playing Dead is on sale at DMsGuild for Halloween and I’ve got rent due tomorrow, good timing.

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Vynestra stand at Dragonmeet

If you're at Dragonmeet, go say hi to Giles and check out the Vynestra books!

And if you do, please let me know if they look good in person.

Oh goodness it is.

I'm conflicted on how I feel about that.

Collage introducing the design team for the upcoming Stormlight Roleplaying Game. Andrew Fischer: Lead Designer. Lydia Suen: Lead Writer Laura Hirsbrunner: Lead Editor Max Brooke: Consulting Designer Ross Leiser: Designer & Writer Anthony Rivera: Project Lead Lyla Fujiwara: Project Manager Sebastian Yue: Editor Mario Ortegon: Writer Sen-Foong Lim: Writer Sadie Lowry: Writer Amber Litke: Writer Meric Moir: Adventure Writer Imogen Gingell: Adventure Writer

Over a decade ago, I read Elantris & immediately fell in love with the cosmere. But I absolutely never dreamed I'd be WORKING on it one day.

So I'm incredibly honored & frankly more than a little flabbergasted to announce I'm the lead editor for the upcoming Stormlight RPG from Brotherwise Games.

Art from the 2014 PHB, depicting an open book, candle, feather, and scroll.

In 2023, WotC updated the language of the 2014 core books for sensitivity and inclusivity. Let's examine the changes and learn how to improve our own creations.

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