Judd Karlman (he/him)

Judd Karlman (he/him)

@juddthelibrarian.bsky.social

Librarian, Grappler, Diagnosed ADHD late in life, TTRPG'S Podcast: Daydreaming about Dragons https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daydreaming-about-dragons Blog: Githyanki Diaspora https://githyankidiaspora.com/

4,952 Followers 12,440 Following 2,457 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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So excited to put out a new collection!

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9 hours ago

oh and if you back at one of the levels that gives you a digital version of issue #1, I've got a story in there called "Come Lay the Crone to Rest" about an adventuring-party-as-polycule with witches and knights.

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The Knight Errant: Expanded Edition by David Blandy, IsaacIsAfraid A science fantasy old school module for Mark of the Odd

The original adventure won the 2025 Appx. N Jam's Audience Pick. Now you can run/play the expanded edition!

davidblandy.itch.io/the-knight-e...

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One Page Dungeon by watabou One page dungeon generator

Generated by Watabou's one page dungeon generator...

watabou.itch.io/one-page-dun...

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I'd just make it up.

A character in a game I run has a healing potion. If he wanted to replenish, since we are in the area he calls home, I'd just ask if he had an opportunity to gather the materials needed and talk about it a bit.

Sorry to not be more helpful.

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Grab Cairn 2e or Barebones with Watabou’s Perilous Shores & 1 Page Dungeon generators… So, your gaming buddies are visiting from out of town but you don't have anything ready or the regular game fell through or you are at a con and the DM who was supposed to run the thing had an emergency. This is one of many options.

So, your gaming buddies are visiting from out of town but you don't have anything ready or the regular game fell through or you are at a con and the DM who was supposed to run the thing had an emergency. This is one of many options.

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'Growth'. Art of a dryad who is a part of her tree, in spring. She wears a flower crown. Watercolor and colored pencil. 'Dream'. A naiad that looks very much like water, underwater with swirling weeds all around. Her hands are near her heart, and her expression is dreamy. Done with watercolor, colored pencil, and ink. Rage. Volcano goddess who looks like lava rising from the volcano with billowing smoke all around. Watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache. 'Awakening'. Black Fae with long green locks and a hopeful expression, looking directly at the viewer, with willow branches gently blowing in the breeze. There are buttercups and yellow butterflies in her hair, with swirling white line art representing their life and movement. Made with colored pencil, watercolor, and white ink.

In 2020, I started this art series with the intention of making an art book about nature spirits, then I pivoted to making an oracle deck. Now I realize it's going to be necessary to go back to the original plan.

You can read more about that in this blog post: www.patreon.com/posts/149281...

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Here's a draft manuscript of the Magic: The Gathering roleplaying game from 1996, and I've giving it away as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, with permission from the authors. Not sure how much to ask for. Vanishingly rare. $1,872 raised so far. #mtg #ttrpg

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Add a New Edge to your sword and sorcery New Edge Sword & Sorcery, aka NESS, is a magazine that's been slowly growing since its inception a few years ago. You may recall when the publisher, with guest editor Jay Wolf, put out the Beating Hearts & Battle Axes anthology that I wrote a story for. (You can buy that now, if you haven't yet!) For the next week-ish, they're…

Have you heard about the New Edge Sword & Sorcery crowdfund? Back it now and you may get a new flash fic by me!

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sci fi figure leaning against a standing stone inscribed with unknown language

New piece dropped to patrons this morning!

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Anatomy of a Thursday Night Game When I look over the coming week's plans and I just can't find anything to look forward to - I can always look forward to the Thursday game.

Anatomy of a Thursday Night Game

When I look over the coming week's plans and I just can't find anything to look forward to - I can always look forward to the Thursday game.

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1 week ago

Sincerely honored that you saw this & thought of me.

Whenever I see TTRPG hags, my first thought is always, "This would be a cool patron for an adventuring party."

Elder woman who has become something not-quite-human in their pursuit of arcane wisdom and/or survival.

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The knight who the squire killed has a named sword, fancy armor and a warhorse more expensive than a house who might be more cruel than the knight was.

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There is a lost shrine to a hierarchical saint that gives the Breggle Longhorns power over those with shorter horns.

You are going to find it and destroy it, ending this nonsense.

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A band of squires who just killed their knight who was, by all accounts, a total asshole.

Now what?

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You are academics, scholars and scribes from outside of Dolmenwood, who have read about this area and even written papers about these plucky forest folk and the fell powers that slumber here.

Now it is time for a decade of fieldwork...

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Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has me eager to run a game about a Breggle Hedge Knight navigating the noble houses, seeking their fortune.

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You are a part of a noble house that had strong ties to the Autumnal Lady. As such your ancestors wanted nothing to do with the Cold Prince, nor the Dukes of Dolmenwood who fought the winter elves.

And now you are back to claim your family's ruins in the Rosewood Highlands...

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Daydreaming about Dolmenwood.

A thread in which I think about ways to start Dolmenwood games...

Robin Hood - you know the road where the taxes come in to Castle Brackenwold.

Wait and ambush...

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1 month ago

My dudes, buy this

Then bug me and we'll play Apocalypse Frame #TTRPG, who doesn't love post-apocalyptic #Mecha action vs a tyrannical government?

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I can see and hear Vincent cussing at his computer and shaking his head in response to this response.

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State of the Rascal: March 2026 Year 3 begins.

An update on where Rascal stands regarding finances, site redesign, the next zine, and more as the team heads into year three.

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Anatomy of a Thursday Night Game When I look over the coming week's plans and I just can't find anything to look forward to - I can always look forward to the Thursday game.

Anatomy of a Thursday Night Game

When I look over the coming week's plans and I just can't find anything to look forward to - I can always look forward to the Thursday game.

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1 month ago
The cover image for the fundraiser featuring a trans flag, the two charity logos, and an outline of the state of Idaho.

It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social!

itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

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1 week ago

They did indeed take the sky from you.

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An illustration of a grey skinned elf girl in Celtic clothing holding a spear and leaning against a gnarly tree. On the other side there’s a skull with a Celtic chieftain helmet and a sword with an open eye in the hilt.
Behind the elf and the sword is a Byzantine styled circle with their names: Iselin Spearmaiden and cursed Cynwrig

I tried to take a different approach on my usual character art with this piece.
Kind of happy with the tree and general vibes

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a screenshot of a video game shows a fish in the center of a room Alt: A video from Hardspace Shipbreaker - a first person view of a gravity tether shooting an office chair into the furnace, and a spacesuit-gloved hand coming into screen to give a thumbs up.

Pitch for the new Hardspace Shipbreaker game that's in the works:

You've bought your way to Mars, and you're not just disassembling ships.

You're taking apart the dumbass half-completed never-finished megastructure vanity projects of space billionaires.

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Hardspace Shipbreaker is wonderful, and about something, and offers near-limitless potential for future games to build on what they did.

I *love* the "tidying up" genre, and this is my version of Powerwash Simulator or anything similar.

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I think that costume was first in Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing when Swamp Thing went on a planet-hopping adventure.

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