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Indie TTRPGs Geek, found in the DMV area Pronouns: He / Him Profession: Programmer Alignment: Progressive Lefty Handiness: Lefty Known weaknesses: cookies, spicy food, cats, dad jokes. Posts about: #TTRPG #AudioDrama #recipe

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Art Resources for Broke TTRPG Creators! by WendigoWorkshop A small document with a bunch of resources for TTRPG creators on a budget

We have pushed a small update for this!

We added a couple of cool artists and free resources!

We are always looking to expand the list of recommendations with cool artists.

If you make stock art that can be used in TTRPGs and don't see yourself, hit us up and we'll add you (no AI tho)!

05.08.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ I wish I could do sociocultural research on this

I have a feeling that they overlaps with people who reject resolution systems that ask players to state their intent / goal

Despite the fact that lack of clarity results in the GM trying to read their minds. Which is a bad time

05.08.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would you consider peoples visceral reaction to BitD's game loop as an example of this?

They desire the illusion there is no game loop. Despite the fact that makes it easier for the GM to run?

05.08.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As someone who loves little icons and symbols. This gives me joy

FWI you can pack any font you wanted into a PDF

05.08.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't realize this was a race

๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ I'm taking this as a sign I need to get off of my phone

05.08.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ it's exhausting to have to explain yet again that I play TTRPGs to have authentic experiences with other human beings

๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ it's exhausting to have to explain yet again that I play TTRPGs to have authentic experiences with other human beings

Another for the list

Why do AI fans use such terrible arguments?

05.08.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿค” did someone just say they want to play / GM Flying Circus?

05.08.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#TTRPGThoughts

This would work great for a DaggerHeart #OSR hack

Gaining Hope on 50% of the rolls was weird.

Thanks for doing the math

05.08.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ๐Ÿ’ฏ agree, that campaign arc is now about is that PC's corruption

For me that's an interesting story

Otherwise it's just another piece of equipment

05.08.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My senses expand, as I can now see currents that were previously invisible to me

I can hear the object telling me there are more of its brethren that I must find

They tell me through them I can save my loved onesโ€ฆ

05.08.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I guarantee you that 5e being the defacto choice and having such inherent complexity it has driven more players away from the hobby then it has brought in because those people assume that just how TTRPGs are.

05.08.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your TTRPG setting should have some superstitions. Magic being real would make people more likely to believe outlandish things, not less. Watching your shadow on the night of a new moon attracts doppelgangers. Healing magic borrows health from the future. Go nuts.

04.08.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you, regular person, did anything like this after a fatal car accident, you would be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, including insurance fraud.

If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.

04.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4888    ๐Ÿ” 1880    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

Me, an art gallery, looking over at Wizards, a hot dog stand:

"Ah, yes, the perfect framing."

(It's accurate in the details! It's also amusing in the scale reversal.)

04.08.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the og thirst trap

04.08.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿค” Genesis Climber MOSPEADA in The Vast in the Dark

#TTRPG campaign pitch

04.08.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TTRPGs are one of the few spaces where kids expect to pause and ask:

What do I feel?

What matters to me?

Whatโ€™s the kind thing to do?

Thatโ€™s SEL in action.

#SEL #TTRPG #DnDInEducation #CharacterBuilding #RPGed

04.08.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scum and Villainy - High Adventure Space TTRPG - Evil Hat Your motly crew must make ends meet in a politically-charged spacefaring society in Scum and Villainy, a science fiction Forged in the Dark TTRPG.

Scum and Villainy is good, I really enjoying playing it

04.08.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What do you have in mind?

04.08.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You've convinced me, I need to play DaggerHeart

I need to see this in play

03.08.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Romantic relationships can help men recognize sexism, new research finds Romantic relationships could be a gateway to greater gender awareness. Research shows men are more likely to empathize with, recognize, and respond to sexism when it is experienced by their female par...

This should be shocking no one, being exposed to a different walk of life be it college, dating, or work does that.

www.psypost.org/romantic-rel...

03.08.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

15. I'm biased, but:

There is no gaming medium as uniquely human as TTRPGs. No other gaming medium allows (and requires) people to bring so much of themselves and their experiences to the table for play.

03.08.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a scam

They try to become your friend and then make up a reason for you to send them money

03.08.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok, itโ€™s the weekend. Letโ€™s play.

One like = one unhinged TTRPG opinion that I may or may not believe (because honestly even I canโ€™t be sure these days)

02.08.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

My dudes, Thought Punk's techniques work!

Here I am on my way to have a picnic with Godzilla, I will tell you all about it in my shocking & soon to be released book: "How I Met Godzilla and Became Your Dad!"

#TTRPG #SoloRPG #NicksDatingAdvice #Godzilla

03.08.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The nuances of Apocalypse Worldโ€™s MC prep tools didnโ€™t really make their way into most PBTA games, so using them almost verbatim for Scroll & Steelโ€™s playtesting has been an eye-opening experience.

Itโ€™s like, โ€œOh thatโ€™s why Dungeon Worldโ€™s Fronts never worked for me. They were missing an engine!โ€

03.08.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you struggle to find time to be creative perhaps we should all work together to make a world where we all have time to be creative

There must be a bigger fish is fiction

There's plenty out there for everyone to have enough

03.08.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your first little guys will suck

Then you can move on to remixing parts from others use that leg & arms, ๐Ÿค” their proportions are wrong got to scale them up

03.08.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An incredibly easy way to become more creative is to make little Lego robots

mobileframezero.fandom.com/wiki/Builds

You don't even have to buy anything, use virtual Legos.

03.08.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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