Red Wizard Rian

Make sure to patch it but it is... it's something. Very much a relic of its time but in a good way. Hope you enjoy it.

Even you're not getting excited about shit, what are you even doing with your life?

A d20 sits, proudly displaying a 1. Beneath it, the player's exclamation: Crap.

Rolling a natural 1 is never a failure. It's just the universes way of not-so-gently screaming in your ear "plot twist incoming!" Embrace the ensuing dumpster fire - you'll thank me later.

#TTRPG #GMTips

a man with rings on his fingers is making a gesture that says i give up ALT: a man with rings on his fingers is making a gesture that says i give up

I really don't understand the Shorts algorithm apparently? Twelve hours later, after sitting at sub-50 views all night, the Fiasco short is finally getting views?

YouTube video by Red Wizard Speaks YOU SHOULD PLAY FIASCO

Why you should play Fiasco from @bullypulpithq.bsky.social in under 30 seconds - because that’s all the time you get before your plans explode.

youtube.com/shorts/8Gs2z...

For my brilliant chaos-goblins, this game is all your bad decisions in book form. Revel in it.
#TTRPG

Screw it, I'll do a limited run AP series for @redwizard.ca - I don't know what game yet or when or with who but uhh... yeah.

How to Fix Boring RPG Settings: Umami for Unhinged Worldbuilders Tired of RPG worlds as bland as unseasoned tofu? The Red Wizard serves up forbidden worldbuilding umami - absurd laws, traumatizing economies, and sensory chaos that sticks. Transform forgettable settings into feasts of stolen dreams and questionable life choices. Your players won't just remember your lore... they'll taste the childhood fear river for weeks.

Your setting doesn’t need more realism - it needs flavour.

Make your world chewable with:
- Laws that read like tavern dares
- Economies that traumatize
- Tastes, smells & sounds that shouldn’t exist

Go forth. Rot their brains.
Full article here: redwizard.ca/2025/08/how-...
#RPGaDay2025 #TTRPG

I made a better dragon game

Who would you consider all of the "younger five" leads then if you're not including a 34-year old Oscar Isaac?

a man wearing a scarf around his neck and a belt with a letter i on it Alt: Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron in the desert wearing a scarf around his neck and a belt wipes his face

Oscar Isaac.
... do I need to say more?

I don't know how the YouTube short algorithm works and, at this point, I'm too afraid to ask.

As the TTRPG media sphere contracts, we're expanding -- Rascal is hiring a news writer!

We're running a short 2 week pledge drive, offering a 6 month, 25% discount, celebrating our Diana Jones Award... nomination... in order to support this new hire.

Screenshot of WordPress dashboard showing average number of views per year since 2020. Most years are around 1100 to 1200 except 2025 which is around 800.

I'd love to get that last bar up to the 2000 mark, at least, by the end of the year for @redwizard.ca - seems like it should be achievable, especially with the sorta regular traffic from RPG-a-Day.

Hoping to make it something people will come back for.

Not Another Chosen One: Rewriting Overused Origins Tired of tragic orphans and lazy 'chosen ones'? The Red Wizard reveals how to forge actually interesting origins - lies, chaos, and all. Turn cliches into plot grenades, villains into exes with grudge...

Origin stories should be plot grenades, not paperwork. The Red Wizard's guide to:

• Turning 'dead parents' into 'embarrassing cheese merchants'
• Making villains petty (redecorating the mountains?)
• NPCs worth remembering

Full Scroll: redwizard.ca/2025/08/not-...
#RPGaDay2025 #TTRPG

Power's back after four hours... now waiting for my thermostat to "calibrate" so the AC kicks in properly before I get to my office to write.

Power's been out for two hours now after a morning of running around doing errands.

Good thing I outlined my blog post last night so it shouldn't take too long to write once power comes back up...

I am really hopeful my work situation stabilizes - I really would like to make an AP, even if it's just a limited run, for Red Wizard.

I give up on trying to fix my typos on the phone. As soon as I'm sure what I'm doing for work in September, I'm buying a laptop so I don't have to deal with this shit.

*my
I hate my phone.

Behold, my fellow chaos wranglers, a bountiful bundle of entries from RPG-a-Day 2025. Enthrone yourself and read as you enjoy your morning caffeine.

Let's be clear - fuck Gen AI, it's not needed, makes your an idiot, and is damaging to the environment. Be creative of your own brainpower, you fucking dipshits.

Thanks for coming to be TED Talk.

... I hate typing in my phone. It doesn't capitalize the "I" automatically and because of the way I type, I way too often hit thr "a" instead of shift, resulting in dumb shit like my phone going "Ah, yes, clearly the anti-AI guy meant to type ai there. This is fine."

I need a laptop.

This is who runs this account.

There is literally no better hobby when it comes to money spent per hour of entertainment than TTRPG. There are tons of free and low cost games (under $10) that will give you countless hours of fun.

Corporations aren't the best place to turn if you want to be frugal with dollars.

I've been thinking about this more and more today and I really think ai can do more than this... but this will be my baseline by the end of September.

Saint Witold's Bell by Perplexing Ruins Adventure for Shadowdark RPG

I hit publish on this today!

-Controversial price: thinking more about how much time I put into something, and if I want to make a living or not.

- Controversial art design: i know, it's not Shadowdark, grim, inky, lichey etc.

perplexingruins.itch.io/saint-witold...

... I think had just had horrible flashbacks to my first playthrough when you said basilisk.

Oh, that's sounds like old school Baldur's Gate in a nutshell - you're your own worst enemy.

Bard sounds like I'm playing Yahtzee. I'm in.

So back it. Go. Do it. Now.

Definitely appreciated. Trying to do my best with it.