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when norn and I do it together it's extra hard because we're quoting everything and laughing the whole way though

"do this everyday... no back pain... ever"

This is genuinely the my favorite implementation of armor I've seen. Simple and satisfying. Check this out immediately!!!

LODESTAR is about people, their relationships and the way those change over the course of adventure.

One of the ways that can change is someone trying to kill you, and so lets start with talking a little about avoiding that.

Big ups @tjslotus.bsky.social for the assist.
amby.navy/lodestar-arm...

Wrote a bit about making a dungeon book and how I'm starting to view dungeon crawls as a conversation between the dungeon and the players. And what that kind of storytelling means.

www.failuretolerated.com/talking-to-t...

[Advice] Look Before You Leap, by Dwiz Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Look Before You Leap by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Narrated by Dwiz and friends!

My 2nd episode of We Read the Bloggies is up, a recording of my post "Look Before You Leap." I'd like to thank my D&D players for volunteering to read my dreadful script for your entertainment. Please enjoy this bit of amateur theatre with a side of theory slop.

podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...

A lot of great people came together to put the bloggie nominations into audio format for easier listening! Check it out before the big vote next week!

This year's Bloggies Nominees Over 90+ blog posts. And a surprise category for 2026.

The Bloggies Nominees are here!

We are 1 week away from voting, so I need everyone's help spreading the word. Congrats to all the nominees and blogs submitted—this last year was incredible. Forming the lists was equal parts rewarding and painful.

www.explorersdesign.com/this-years-b...

Godsmelter - Blog Bandwagon Prismatic Wasteland has once again put out the call for a , this time focusing on maps. One of the options is to make something with a map donated by the ini...

Jumping on the Blog Bandwagon early before I forget.

I've written up a Slavic-folklore-infused Eco Mofos adventure for this amazing map we all have to work with. Find out what's going on at the Godsmelter.

#TTRPG #OSR

blog.catshavenolord.page/godsmelter-b...

No I NEED to know what's happening get in that discord soldier

a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened
possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...

Bandwagon: The Map is Not the Territory But It is the Topic — Prismatic Wasteland Announcing a new blog bandwagon! This time you have 80 days in which to write something on your blog about maps and/or to annotate/remix/expand a map drawn by the esteemed Amanda Lee Franck!

All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al)
You have 80 days starting now!
#osr #tttpg #blog

Hijacking this strat today
knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2026/02/navi...

Two-page spread of an RPG wandering encounter table, including a creature called the Knight of Many Mice

Double page spread of a dungeon layout, including a dungeon denizen named Jeriel, the angelic guardian of the treasures

I'm about to send an update to Early Worms about the status of THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC, the Metroidvania dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.

A lil sneak peak:

A photograph of a white novelty graphic T-Shirt with a stylized bass fish that reads "THE WORST DAY OF FISHING BEATS THE BEST DAY OF COURT-ORDERED ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES"

An illustration done by Norn in Procreate that portrays Nemesis from Hades 2 clenching her fists and glowering while wearing the afforementioned T-Shirt.

by request of a discord friend

A photograph of a neon-bright acrylic painting of a sleeping pink fairy with top surgery scars napping peacefully on a spiderweb among bright green foliage. The spider-creature gazes lovingly at him from the top right corner.

"Webbing" a little 8"x8" acrylic painting for @mindstorm.bsky.social Christmas gift 💖

A fun fact a lot of people don't know about me is that I studied journalism in college ~ Anyways I always encourage people to practice media literacy (ex; ask "why is this disparate pull quote so far from its context?") when reading ~ So here's a thread of some basics I learned!

It's also just FUN to hack things and cobble random things together in a DIY style! When my group first formed many moons ago we were very strict about games, nowadays we'll bring hacks to a game on day 1 just cause it the idea seems cool. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't!

Playtest Early, Playtest Often — Prismatic Wasteland To design a game, you have to break a few eggs and discard some rules or completely rewrite them. But you won’t know what to discard and what to rewrite until you feed those eggs to your players.

A tale of playtesting and how you don’t really know what mechanics work until you bring ones that don’t work to your table, maybe more than once

Arcane Tools, Treasures & Trinkets by nebmia 100 new magic items for old school roleplaying

Arcane Tools Treasures & Traps is my favorite magic item supplement. When I say "magic items should be more interesting than a +1," this collection of artifacts is what I think they should look like.

And it's PWYW? That's the real magic.

nebmia.itch.io/arcane-tools...

got me on a technicality 😞

that's exactly what I'm doing in the VTT, good idea to include in the posts. You do NOT get credit for that idea

New "piratestorm" guy on the cover is of course from the powerful @nornnoszka.bsky.social

Shimmernight: Session One I talk about the launch of my new campaign, with both notes on designing a nautical campaign and a play report.

New mindstorm post! 2026 is the year of the shameless self-indulgent posting. I've started a new game, and this first post is both design notes and play report. Check it out if you like PIRATES

www.mindstormpress.com/shimmernight...

We did go to that random jersey mall during a weekday and most of the stores were closed lol

sometimes I get this big urge to get back into video game level design like I was with half-life 2 but there's generally no games out there for me that feel as good to play as a source engine game

The Lizzies 2025 Welcome one and all to the first annual Lizzies , a celebration of all things Liz (that's me)! 2025 has been...a fucking year to be trans in...

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the first annual Lizzies! The best and brightest of the blogosphere comes forward, as decided by your second-favorite blogger with a furry pfp!

magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole — Prismatic Wasteland A Merry Hexmas location: dungeoncrawl through Santa Claus’ castle. Whether you lead an elf and reindeer uprising is up to you!

New Dungeon (in blog form): Castle Claus, or The Keep on the North Pole

A Rankin Bass Christmas-themed dungeon for the Merry Hexmas Blog Bandwagon. Possibly one of my more high effort blog posts to date
#osr #ttrpg

WOWZA can you imagine getting some norn art in your rpg book? It's more likely than you think you just gotta commission them!!

B&W map of a gigantic castle. Most architecture is Gothic in style.

New Patreon post, and a big one !

This is the huge (A2 !) map I drew for @riseupcomus.bsky.social's RPG book "Castle Automatic".

You can see my process here : www.patreon.com/posts/castle...

The book and the map are currently available for preorder : www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...