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Death By Mage

@deathbymage.bsky.social

He/无也 | Bi Greygender NBi AsAm | Award-winning Game Designer, Writer, & Editor | Creative Lead for @unbreakable-pub.bsky.social | Previously Fallout 2d20, Tian Xia, Candela Obscura | Opinions Mine | deathbymage.carrd.co ✉️: archmage@deathbymage.com

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Spice8Rack@spice8rack.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You cannot simultaneously hold "Abolish ICE" as a political stance & browbeat people to dedicate their support for blue ghouls like Gavin Newsom who, in conversation with *Ben Shapiro* of all people, said that he doesn't want to abolish ICE.

folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play@foliopod.bsky.social · 8mo ago

in 2025 the show featured twelve games with twenty-one different guests. you can find all of the games in this itch collection itch.io/c/4827755/fo... but i'm also going to shout them out here

folio: multi-guest solo TTRPG actual play@foliopod.bsky.social · 8mo ago

that's a wrap on folio for the year! i'm taking a break from releasing episodes to catch up on transcripts & the like. see you again early-ish next year 🪀 in 2025 i tracked 304 hours of editing across 44 main feed episodes & 4 bonus episodes. here are some silly charts about the main feed

a pie chart showing hours of editing per game. the highest is friendly neighbourhood super hero with 38 hours. the lowest is my turn! draw with 4.5 hours
C. L. Polk@clpolk.com · 12mo ago

You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all And you don't have dental.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦@diannalgunn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow" We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

Kat Kruger 🦄 🔜 Game Con Canada@katkruger.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Most of my books were pirated in this but now that I’m in Canada I don’t think I’m eligible to join. Share if you care.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association@sfwa.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Also-- Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon! Deadline: September 1, 2025. Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Calling all writers, SFWA or not! You might be eligible to join a class action lawsuit. Deadline: September 1, 2025.
Death By Mage @deathbymage.bsky.social · last yr.

Ah yes, the edition that started it all for me. The SRD changed everything for this game, and I still remember most of the tables and I made algebraic formulas to memorize every class feature and stat bonus. I was the walking DMG and PHB for our playgroup back then.

Alphastream@alphastream.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy 25th Birthday to D&D 3E! On August 10th, 2000, the PHB was released, as were character sheets and the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game boxed set. The DMG was released in September.

The cover of the 3E Player’s Handbook, designed to look like a gem and gold covered tome.
Death By Mage @deathbymage.bsky.social · last yr.

In unrelated techno necromancy news...my headphones haven't been able to charge for 3 months, but they randomly charged today, and I'm honestly unsure what allowed it to charge again. TAKE THAT UNIVERSE! I guess? Maybe it's the universe giving me mercy for all my endeavors.

Death By Mage @deathbymage.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm super excited I can finally share that I'm an editor for Streets of Jade! Join the playtest now!

James Mendez Hodes @ Gen Con@lulavampiro.bsky.social · last yr.

Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade. Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest

An announcement graphic for Streets of Jade: the Green Bone Saga RPG, by James Mendez Hodes and Fonda Lee, published by Evil Hat Productions. In this illustration by Hannah Elizabeth, an East Asian man with a rakish expression and an asymmetrical haircut, wearing a white V-neck t-shirt under a black blazer, sits in front of a hard-eyed East Asian woman with shoulder-length straight hair, wearing a black pantsuit over a green blouse, standing with her arms folded. Both wear extensive piercings, jewelry, and other adornments made of green jade. They’re in a dark room in front of a large circular window looking out on a twentieth-century city at night. A banner at the bottom encourages you to “sign up to playtest now!”
Sam Rose@samrosemod.bsky.social · last yr.

Create NSFW art Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like Always resist oppression

jae is resting 🩸✨@naladraws.com · last yr.

If anyone has disposable income—this was my birthday month and being laid off in June with no other freelance lined up means I made basically no money this month :( I had one IRL speaking gig but that will only cover my utilities and groceries :’) Venmo: @nal-wu Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/naladraws

A double rainbow seen over a stormy sky
Death By Mage @deathbymage.bsky.social · last yr.

For almost a year, but Kevin was already thinking about it as far back as 2022 from what I recall, and I dropped him immediately then. But in case you missed it.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last yr.

I have very few people who I genuinely considered heroic for the creative fields, but Kevin MacLeod was one of them. To learn that the "free varied music for whatever you want it for" guy stopped composing and started prompt engineering AI slop for almost a year is the most depressing twist.