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You mean it wasn't there already?!

If only Firefly had gone on long enough to give us this episode, haha.

Finally, the intergalactic spaceship hyperdrive extended warranty salesman TTRPG we've all been waiting for!

Why am I so against generative AI in games?

Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.

I have no coins & I must spend

That can be fun. There were times I wished Eiyuden was a little harsher.

Looks a bit like the version of Silk Road Online that lives in my mind. Might give this one a go.

Love the art style of Wandering Sword in particular. Nails that Octopath, Eiyuden, Suikoden Star Leap HD2D aesthetic.

YouTube video by Electric Guest Electric Guest - Oh Devil

Oh, devil, I'm glad that you came
Guess I should learn how to live
Because it won't go away

Someone's calling for me
Something's calling for me again

#BardicInspiration #JustWarlockThings

youtu.be/eWc9hvNV3ko

Bilbo Baggins in The Scream by Edvard Munch.

get in the car loser we're making suboptimal moves

Whoa, have they been going this whole time? It's been A WHILE.

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!

Still faster than USPS 🤣

It's birds and I love where it's sending my imagination.

Thanks to their excellent memories and communication, they make natural historians, but good luck getting them to tell you the information you actually want.

Seasonal migrations would be like a fantasy newspaper from other territories.

The people clamor for the arts!

For our #WeekOfWorldbuilding, the first poll results are in! As such, I'm going to settle on sentient humanoid history as having been developing for approximately 3,000 years now.

With 3 major events, that would put at least 1 major event every 1,000 years - with minor events sprinkled between.

What life defines the eastern desert? - StrawPoll What is your opinion? Vote now: Spontaneous fires routinely break out in this region. While hazardous to the uninitiated and unprepared, these flames are welcomed by the ecosystem as

In this arid place, life exists among squat thorny bushes and dry grasses poking up out of sand and loose gravel.

What life defines our eastern desert? Poll ends in one hour.

strawpoll.com/poy9kX4l2gJ

All of the above! These are all great!

The supplement that got me into UOP's stuff. Nice addition to any spooky 5e cabinet.

Got a real hankering for some GTA. VI can come out any day now!

I hope we get your version of V someday.

Any day can become a good day, especially if you disappear into the forest and open up a tea shoppe and used bookstore that caters primarily to the wild folk of the wood.

only in Poland

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I love the dichotomy of the origin being a divine war, but actually the gods were all myths. "So wait, what in the actual happened here?"

Throwing some mystery into the worldbuilding, some inaccuracies, that's my jam.

Week of Worldbuilding typography. The story so far. Among the innumerable first gods rivalry, ambition, and defiance burned brightly. Their war turned stars to ash. Their battles shattered the firmament. In the end, none survived. There was no victor. This world remains, not because it was meant to, but because it was overlooked—a battlefield turned into a home, a fragment left behind. The gods are gone, their war long ended. Yet some still search the heavens, waiting for the day when their names are spoken once more. Amidst an aging yellow star beginning to transition to a red giant, 2 of its outer planets remain temperate and habitable, one with dense forests and dying civilizations. This is where our worldbuilding continues...

We continue our #WeekofWorldbuilding with a look at Theology. How the universe came into existence should have already set you on the path toward what comes next, so let's codify that a bit.

But for anyone who's forgotten already, a primer on what we're working with from Cosmology yesterday.
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Everybody loves random tables :D

Haha me too, I almost did.

a man in a tuxedo is holding a red cloth with the words my job here is done below him ALT: a man in a tuxedo is holding a red cloth with the words my job here is done below him

Just before the buzzer.

#WeekOfWorldbuilding

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Wisdom is always valuable! We're all bringing different skills with us.