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Sam Duke

@moderncryptid.bsky.social

Author, reader, horror lover, 98% water soluble. Any pronouns.

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#dnd character ideas: A druid who keeps a tiny potted plant on their person at all times that they talk to like a pet. Bonus points if it turns out to actually be sentient.

08.12.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Authors, do you ever accidentally scare yourself when writing tense/horror scenes? I heard the floor squeak in the pitch black hallway outside my door and nearly launched through the ceiling

08.12.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#dnd thoughts: Signs you might be a Paladin

-Turns a chair around to sit down for a pep talk

-You're not mad, you're just disappointed

-Willing to give tough advice that comes from a place of genuine care

-You own at least one piece of "best dad" merch that is worn with pride

07.12.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#dnd thoughts: Wood elves tend to prefer living in tall buildings when they have to stay in cities. Climbing up on the rooftops lets them feel a little less claustrophobic, and they have a habit of allowing weeds to overgrow around their homes.

05.12.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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03.12.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#dnd thoughts: Dragonborn will sometimes rub their horns on trees or rocks. It kind of feels like having your head scratched to them, and helps keep them from getting brittle or dull.

03.12.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#dnd thoughts: Dragonborn/Tieflings tip their claws in metal sheaths both for decorative and defensive purposes. The designs can be simple, but those with a little more wealth or craftsmanship skill tend to make them more elaborate

27.11.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gerry Keay box dying his hair in a shitty motel bathroom with zero ventilation is so special to me

26.11.2025 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA thoughts: Callum being an avatar is so funny to me as well as tragic. Like yes, this child is being dragged into the horrors but what do you mean he knows what Minecraft is

03.09.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMAGP posting: Alice really is this series's Gerry Keay isn't she? Facing The Horrors with the attitude of this being just another Tuesday

03.09.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why lie: I got into writing through Star Wars fanfiction when I was 11. Eventually it led to me writing my own books after learning more technical skills specific to fantasy and horror, but at the end of the day I owe a big chunk of this to The Clone Wars

29.08.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's something magical about the sheer number of guys I've seen this summer wearing jorts while motorcycling. Be free little birds

30.07.2025 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Writing horror really is just going "You know what would be fucked up" and then making it everyone else's problem

27.07.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly both have so much angst potential that either would be a delight to suffer through

27.07.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMAGP posting (mild spoilers): do we think protocol au Gerry has any tattoos? I keep picturing him still wearing all black but having a few very colorful pieces.

27.07.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DND item idea: A seemingly ordinary book that the player slowly realizes is narrating the events of their previous sessions. Every day the book is updated with new pages. It seems harmless until they realize they can now read about every private conversation amongst their teammates.

27.07.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How much of the Magnus Institute's budget do we think goes towards Elias putting up artwork with wildly unsubtle eye imagery?

15.07.2025 02:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just know Jon Sims has the biggest, wettest eyes known to man. (Yes all of his eyes)

15.07.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA rewatch: Jon Sims is essentially evil Alexa by season five. The only difference is Alexa kills indiscriminately while Jon only kills avatars

06.07.2025 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Noelle is Deltarune's Helen of Troy

18.06.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA relisten: I just know Gerry fucked heavily with those 28 season long drama shows specifically because his mother thought they were vapid and dumb. He tried to get into them out of spite and now he's invested

14.06.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for reading!! I'm glad you enjoyed the first one, hope the second is just as enjoyable ๐Ÿ‘

16.02.2025 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Astarion: "What's there to talk about? I'm a magistrate in the city, it's all rather tedious."
Sir didn't that career end with people literally beating you to death

29.01.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA relisten : so how bad was the date on a scale from "Let's do this again" to "my date exploded into worms"?

29.01.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing my durge run in Bg3 and can we talk about Astarion's puppy eyes? Because when he's being all seductive and sly and putting on his persona they're sharp and evasive but when he's excited or genuinely happy they get all wide and sparkly. It's like a cat's eyes dilating

29.01.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just know Jon Sim's Spotify wrapped is a tour of the most old man music possible followed by the single shittiest pop song of the year because it kept getting stuck in his head

20.01.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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iโ€™m gen z but i donโ€™t have much to offer iโ€™m sorry

20.01.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Exactly! Tbh I would probably do the same thing

19.01.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh? I was gone for a week and nobody checked on me? Worms on your desk

19.01.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA relisten: I think Martin's pettiness really started at his first appearance when he stormed into Jon's office and slapped those worms on his desk

19.01.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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