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Talk more roll less. Ennie nominated TTRPG designer for Spire: The City Must Fall on Sin and Shadow Operations. Writer of small fictions. Pancreatitis and coma survivor. Fond of cats. He/him. Enquiries: the.jp.bradley at gmail jpwrites.com

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Latest posts by jpbradley.bsky.social on Bluesky

How can you arrest FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE at a single event, find zero legal justification for having done so in one of those hundreds of instances, and not expect people to think you’re totally bent as an organisation?

11.08.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If an individual offering consensual nudes of themself on OnlyFans is considered β€œillicit” but a program generating nudes of women without their consent is fine, the powers that be have made their priorities clear. And they’re the same as they ever were.

11.08.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1087    πŸ” 569    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Operation Kaboom went well. One Bugbear and a room full of Goblins dead.

I would like to thank special guest Minthara for making an appearance on the top turnbuckle so I could Thunder Arrow her off the ledge and then have Karlach stomp on her neck while she was down. She's a good sport.

11.08.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traffic

10.08.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3356    πŸ” 662    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

Submariner Sunday end abruptly as there entire ship was killed by mudraptors, me and the security chief trapped in a cupboard in a flooded ship with no pressure suits going out like Butch and Sundance.

10.08.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from Baldur's Gate of the inventory of Karlach, displaying 6 barrels of Smokepowder.

A screenshot from Baldur's Gate of the inventory of Karlach, displaying 6 barrels of Smokepowder.

I have... A plan.

(The plan is bombs)

10.08.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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i still adore them

21.10.2024 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from Baldur's gate 3 of a white haired Drow woman climbs down a ladder into a chamber lit by purple fungi and lined with jagged rocks.

A screenshot from Baldur's gate 3 of a white haired Drow woman climbs down a ladder into a chamber lit by purple fungi and lined with jagged rocks.

10.08.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from Baldur's gate 3 of a Drow woman looking out over the Underdark, a subterranean realm of phosphorescent fungi and stone stalagtites,

A screenshot from Baldur's gate 3 of a Drow woman looking out over the Underdark, a subterranean realm of phosphorescent fungi and stone stalagtites,

Progress (I still need to go back and save Halsin)

10.08.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
So, the apocalypse was weird

So, the apocalypse was weird

All those lovely distractions, more and more elaborate

All those lovely distractions, more and more elaborate

Now, I wake up, I find food, or I don't. I walk. I sleep.

Now, I wake up, I find food, or I don't. I walk. I sleep.

Anyone else watch duck tales as a kid?

Anyone else watch duck tales as a kid?

This is what it's like to post on Bluesky in 2025

10.08.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 452    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Knight Errant

10.08.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was the position I was in and I had to restart. The problem is the 1st act has a lot to do if you're not making a beeline for the plot, so I'm at 10 hours and still haven't got back to where I was.

10.08.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with a sword and a crown on her head ALT: a woman with a sword and a crown on her head

Quick BG3 question: Is Shadowheart just really easy to romance? I don't think I particularly did anything but apparently we're very close.

09.08.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot from wplace showing many memes and references such as those listed in the post

A screenshot from wplace showing many memes and references such as those listed in the post

Checking where I live on wplace and theses two Sylveon and a trans Destiny logo, which makes me feel a little better about the world

09.08.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantasy city map for a private client!

08.08.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been down there a couple of times, but I never find what I'm looking for, just a bunch of random stuff about Rugby Positions and The Crime Traveller.

09.08.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Commissar Holt slaps a governor for stories of his ineptitude
YouTube video by Ultima Thule Commissar Holt slaps a governor for stories of his ineptitude

Final Liberation, a slightly janky game based on Epic, the old tiny scale Warhammer 40,000 companion game is on sale on GOG ($1.49 here www.gog.com/en/game/fina...)

So in honour of that let us remember this masterpiece, unfairly forgotten in the 40k canon.

09.08.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#kpopdemonhunters

09.08.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 968    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Wha!?

I really loved the band. Hope we see more of them.

09.08.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What is a TTRPG?

Oh fucking hell.
There’s not a single answer but it’s basically like a bunch stuff smushed together.
It’s like a murder mystery in that you’re usually playing a character and can get into it as much or as little as you like, and there’s a story going on with a conclusion you’re all working towards.
It’s like a board game in that there are rules, and sometimes you get to pick the rules, and for some people they can feel like they’re winning when they get the game to work a specific way.
It’s like getting a coffee with your friends, because mostly you’re sat around with people you quite like having a conversation. Except it’s about elves and shit.
It’s like a movie because you’re watching a story and you get to try and make the scenes happen that you want to see.

Being a GM is like cooking for your friends because you can put as much or as little effort into it as you like, you will stress about it too much and when you get it out on the table everyone is just happy you made the effort.

What is a TTRPG? Oh fucking hell. There’s not a single answer but it’s basically like a bunch stuff smushed together. It’s like a murder mystery in that you’re usually playing a character and can get into it as much or as little as you like, and there’s a story going on with a conclusion you’re all working towards. It’s like a board game in that there are rules, and sometimes you get to pick the rules, and for some people they can feel like they’re winning when they get the game to work a specific way. It’s like getting a coffee with your friends, because mostly you’re sat around with people you quite like having a conversation. Except it’s about elves and shit. It’s like a movie because you’re watching a story and you get to try and make the scenes happen that you want to see. Being a GM is like cooking for your friends because you can put as much or as little effort into it as you like, you will stress about it too much and when you get it out on the table everyone is just happy you made the effort.

I'm still writing down my off the cuff thoughts about TTRPGs so today lets answer the big questions badly.

Smushed is a technical term.

08.08.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my message for the AI developers of the world

08.08.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 513    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

"They go to SEX CLUBS and pretend to be DOGS!"

Yeah well you go to church every Sunday and pretend to be a good person

08.08.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9890    πŸ” 3742    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 65

The whole 'Ghibli-esque' thing is a perfect encapsulation of the erosion of critical reading; bad actors frame surface aesthetics as a 'brand', and discard any of the critiques inherent in the narrative. Hollowing out the work until only the 'brand' remains.

Some kind of Baudrillarian winnowing.

08.08.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe they're talking about the one where they hollow out a bunch of boars and wear their skins to trick the boar god into leading them to the spirit of the forest so they can decapitate it?

That's pretty relaxing unless there's some kind of subtle metaphor I'm missing.

08.08.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DON'T YOU :3 ME YOUNG LADY!

08.08.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

girls are always composing nocturnes it's as they say

women be chopin

08.08.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fuckin' hell Lettuce

08.08.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I too am glad of the Matchmaking, though apparently the timer is a bit challenging and there's a lack of self revive, which means the pubstove may run a little hot for me.

08.08.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That feels like the intention, with the bigger numbers providing constant progress rather than the 10 level climb we used to do. The problem is with specific tiers, and lockouts below certain power levels, each individual power increase is functionally meaningless.

08.08.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What is a TTRPG?

Oh fucking hell.
There’s not a single answer but it’s basically like a bunch stuff smushed together.
It’s like a murder mystery in that you’re usually playing a character and can get into it as much or as little as you like, and there’s a story going on with a conclusion you’re all working towards.
It’s like a board game in that there are rules, and sometimes you get to pick the rules, and for some people they can feel like they’re winning when they get the game to work a specific way.
It’s like getting a coffee with your friends, because mostly you’re sat around with people you quite like having a conversation. Except it’s about elves and shit.
It’s like a movie because you’re watching a story and you get to try and make the scenes happen that you want to see.

Being a GM is like cooking for your friends because you can put as much or as little effort into it as you like, you will stress about it too much and when you get it out on the table everyone is just happy you made the effort.

What is a TTRPG? Oh fucking hell. There’s not a single answer but it’s basically like a bunch stuff smushed together. It’s like a murder mystery in that you’re usually playing a character and can get into it as much or as little as you like, and there’s a story going on with a conclusion you’re all working towards. It’s like a board game in that there are rules, and sometimes you get to pick the rules, and for some people they can feel like they’re winning when they get the game to work a specific way. It’s like getting a coffee with your friends, because mostly you’re sat around with people you quite like having a conversation. Except it’s about elves and shit. It’s like a movie because you’re watching a story and you get to try and make the scenes happen that you want to see. Being a GM is like cooking for your friends because you can put as much or as little effort into it as you like, you will stress about it too much and when you get it out on the table everyone is just happy you made the effort.

I'm still writing down my off the cuff thoughts about TTRPGs so today lets answer the big questions badly.

Smushed is a technical term.

08.08.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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