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Scott D. Young

@lamplighter.bsky.social

Authour, astronomer, gamer, musician, science educator. Single dad to two amazing kids and one homicidal jungle cat. He/him. Astronomy content at https://scotttheskywatcher.substack.com/

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Post image 11.03.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21162    πŸ” 4992    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 175

Rick Steves is one of my guilty pleasures.

04.02.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Canada,
Cut the power to the US on Super Bowl Sunday

02.02.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to find a way that this could work, since to me magic is supposed to be magic, and not science, but I've yet to find a way that would work in a game versus a novel.

02.12.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alas, it scared off most of the players, and the only guy who took a caster was the one who wants to find the loophole in everything. Short experiment.

02.12.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I once (when I was young and foolish) ran a campaign where magic was "tell me what you are trying to do" instead of defined spells. I kept track of "magic points" but it was mostly to give the player an idea of how much power they had left, rather than a "1 point = X effect" kind of thing.

02.12.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, man. But it's only "some" days, so there's that.

03.10.2023 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, hot-bunking at a con... been there.

03.10.2023 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Astro Alert: I'll be live streaming the view of Saturn tonight through my telescope, as its reaches its best for the year. Can't do that here, so it's on www.facebook.com/scott.d.youn... and
www.youtube.com/@Kosmos1443/...

27.08.2023 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a left wing (amateur) military historian...

27.08.2023 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

TTRPG map makers, where you at? I need some wilderness maps for a paid project.

26.08.2023 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vinn diagram. Prometheus, Saruman, and the Dude from Big Lebowski. The overlap between Prometheus and Sauruman: "cunning fire and technology wielder". Saruman and the Dude: "Obsession with large heavy ball". The Dude and Prometheus: "Severe liver damage". Overlap for all three: "Hates the fucking eagles"

Vinn diagram. Prometheus, Saruman, and the Dude from Big Lebowski. The overlap between Prometheus and Sauruman: "cunning fire and technology wielder". Saruman and the Dude: "Obsession with large heavy ball". The Dude and Prometheus: "Severe liver damage". Overlap for all three: "Hates the fucking eagles"

20.08.2023 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2527    πŸ” 959    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 22

If you dig too deep in the Diaspora, I think you just come out the other side?

26.08.2023 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Writers only want one thing and it’s an Em dash on. The keyboard.

Writers only want one thing and it’s an Em dash on. The keyboard.

Seriously.

23.08.2023 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 466    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 30

Nice!

26.08.2023 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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