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Adrián Mejía

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Él/He/Him; Lead designer and project lead of Koboa, THE South American Fantasy setting; software engineer; mestizo; Latino; AuDHD 🇪🇨🇧🇷🇺🇸 adrianlmejia@hotmail.com Profile Pic by @lamalamuerte

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers@clbergpowers.bsky.social · yesterday

That said, I think that's not an issue of the responders on the scene. Frankly, I think this is how a 60 something white woman near the Shrewsbury line gets treated in the middle of the night on a Tuesday. "Ok grandma, let's get you home" is the whole vibe. That disparity is part of why we need CRB.

andrea (she/her)@andrealausell.bsky.social · 2d ago

While Latinx Heritage Month also represents countries in LatAm getting their independence. A reminder that Boriken (Puerto Rico) is not free. We don't have our independence and if you live in the US, you benefit from our continuous colonization. You have an obligation to speak up for our freedom.

Adrián Mejía@latinerd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Love this subclass too. I feel like a lot of combat in 5e is very static and this class seeks to change that by encouraging a lot more movement. It proved a lot of fun in our playtesting and games that we've played with it.

Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 2d ago

Next Koboa clss is the Rhythmatist. The story of this class is a combat-oriented character that has a mystical connection to something called "The First Rhythm". This is a magical phenomenon of Koboa that connects all things when they are in harmony, which the Rhythmatist seeks to enhance.

Training zer stance on the tropical beach, the raug combat dancer senses a strange shift in the rhythm of the tides. The way the wind moves the sand is making an unexpected beat. The rhythmatist realizes something is different about today, and ze must change zer plans accordingly. The sial and his chanov ally move in tandem towards the elf blocking their passage ahead. They move to opposite sides of the elf, keeping them off balance. The sial’s connection to the patterns and rhythms around him guides his ally’s move- ments, each swing of their blades synchronized perfectly. A kadwot lunges through the air at the corrupted goong. She pokes the eye, causing the monster to drop its defense as it cries in pain. She reaches a hand out and seems to grip the air itself, somehow turning herself around mid-jump before landing safely out of reach, ten feet away from the monster. She spins on the ground, adding a flourish at the end, a gloating grin on her face as the monster stumbles back. Rhythmatists hear a song that permeates all of the material world. They call this the First Rhythm, and they understand the way it connects and links people, creatures, and places in ways that other people may never understand. Their under- standing of the First Rhythm allows them to interact with the world around them in ways that, while sometimes seeming erratic to others, make perfect sense to the rhythmatist. Their connection to the Rhythm makes them mobile strikers, dis- rupting the Rhythm of their opponents to help maximize the combat efficiency of the rest of their adventuring party. The First Rhythm A rhythmatist will tell you that all creation is connected in a single song. The rising and setting of the sun, the breathing of a lizard, the winds up in the mountain: you’ll find they all follow the Rhythm of the World, if you take the time to study and understand it. This song is called the First Rhythm, and it is the source of a rhythmatist’s power. They start their training hearing …
Adrián Mejía@latinerd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Love this subclass too. I feel like a lot of combat in 5e is very static and this class seeks to change that by encouraging a lot more movement. It proved a lot of fun in our playtesting and games that we've played with it.

Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 2d ago

Next Koboa clss is the Rhythmatist. The story of this class is a combat-oriented character that has a mystical connection to something called "The First Rhythm". This is a magical phenomenon of Koboa that connects all things when they are in harmony, which the Rhythmatist seeks to enhance.

Training zer stance on the tropical beach, the raug combat dancer senses a strange shift in the rhythm of the tides. The way the wind moves the sand is making an unexpected beat. The rhythmatist realizes something is different about today, and ze must change zer plans accordingly. The sial and his chanov ally move in tandem towards the elf blocking their passage ahead. They move to opposite sides of the elf, keeping them off balance. The sial’s connection to the patterns and rhythms around him guides his ally’s move- ments, each swing of their blades synchronized perfectly. A kadwot lunges through the air at the corrupted goong. She pokes the eye, causing the monster to drop its defense as it cries in pain. She reaches a hand out and seems to grip the air itself, somehow turning herself around mid-jump before landing safely out of reach, ten feet away from the monster. She spins on the ground, adding a flourish at the end, a gloating grin on her face as the monster stumbles back. Rhythmatists hear a song that permeates all of the material world. They call this the First Rhythm, and they understand the way it connects and links people, creatures, and places in ways that other people may never understand. Their under- standing of the First Rhythm allows them to interact with the world around them in ways that, while sometimes seeming erratic to others, make perfect sense to the rhythmatist. Their connection to the Rhythm makes them mobile strikers, dis- rupting the Rhythm of their opponents to help maximize the combat efficiency of the rest of their adventuring party. The First Rhythm A rhythmatist will tell you that all creation is connected in a single song. The rising and setting of the sun, the breathing of a lizard, the winds up in the mountain: you’ll find they all follow the Rhythm of the World, if you take the time to study and understand it. This song is called the First Rhythm, and it is the source of a rhythmatist’s power. They start their training hearing …
𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀@fsohns.bsky.social · 3w ago

Zephyr turned 2 years, and its been 2 years of working hard to get it known, get the word out, and getting people playing. I have poured my heart and soul, years and years of learning and research and drawing and writing. If you wanna enjoy the fruit of those years, maybe check it out <3

Araukana Media LTD@araukana.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the Zephyr TTRPG, you play as sentimental constructs of wood and ash, venturing into a sentient, moving landmass in an epic adventure to hunt kings, stop the advance of state capture and colonization, as well as to fulfill sacred obligations. Get it at araukana.com #ttrpg #rpglatam #dnd #trpg

Zephyr Expansion interior spread showing a group of Windfolk entering a pact with Flaxenwolves, offering one of their dead as food in exchange for safe passage through the canyon
Manchae@manchae.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have to deal with one of these in my current campaign. He's the MVP of every combat. Twice in a row he disabled 3+ strong enemies with Hypnotic Pattern. He's also a small Kadwot that rides a Capybara, so I can't get mad at him. 😅

Adrián Mejía@latinerd.bsky.social · 4d ago

Its been a controversial class with our backers (a lot *love* it and a lot *hate* it) and by far the most talked about class from Koboa. I personally totally love the way this random spellcaster works and think its one of the coolest most interesting and bold designs we bring with Koboa.

Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 4d ago

On to classes! The first of the two new classes in Koboa is the bruje, a spellcaster class. The bruje tells the story of a character connecting to an old lost art. It's inspired by pain of what was lost to colonialism, the practices and cultures destroyed by invaders. And of course, brujería.

The watak follows hand motions passed down to her by her mother and her mother’s mother. When she was younger she usually drew forth an acid arrow doing these motions, but today she does something different and feels a crackle of electricity surging through her. She moves her arm, no longer pointing at the anillere in front of her but at the throng of siervos to her left, and unleashes a mighty bolt of electricity through them all. As the smoke clears she tries to visualize her hand motions to reproduce this magic next time. The etel uses a burst of the encanto magic surging through his body to dodge under a serpent’s massive tail with supernatural speed. He blasts the serpent with bolts of fire as his teammates keep it busy, building up magical ener- gies with every wound inflicted on his enemy. Unleashing the magic in a single blast, the etel casts a spell far beyond what his magic can usually reach, imposing horrendous visions on the serpent and all of its servants. In a quiet moment, the chanov goes over everything they’ve learned in the past month about the old ways. Their excursion to the ruins resulted in much knowledge, and the chanov thinks they have gained enough under- standing to push the limit on what their encanto magic can do. The chanov concentrates, setting up a divination ritual, and attempts to push their sight far enough to find the missing pieces of their Map. In the old days of Koboa, before the Invasion and the Oc- cupation, Koboan magical practices took on many shapes, some entirely different from magical traditions in other continents. Many of these forms of magic were actively opposed and oppressed by the Larensian colonizers, who did everything they could to try to erase them. Many mas- ter practitioners were executed, but the traditions were preserved in fragments by apprentices, secret practitioners, and societies of brujes that managed to keep themselves hidden. The brujes kept these traditions alive and now seek to rediscover the knowl…
Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 4d ago

Leveling up on the class gives you tools to control what you get. At first, you start being able to lessen the effect of your spell, if you for some reason want to use something lower than what you rolled. Eventually you start getting points you can spend to increase results when you need that oomph

Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 4d ago

The class simulates unpredictable lostish arts by adding a random element to spellcasting. Rather than cast a specific spell, brujes cast a category of spell (called an encanto), and roll to see the actual spell they get. Their main combat encanto, Embrace Harm and Destruction, has a damaging effect

embrAce hArm And destruction Casting Time: 1 action Range: 100 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous Encanto Roll Effect 1 produce flame 2 eldritch blast 3 acid splash 4 magic missile 5 acid arrow 6 lightning bolt 7 blight 8 cone of cold 9 harm 10 prismatic spray 11 power word stun 12+ meteor swarm
Adrián Mejía@latinerd.bsky.social · 4d ago

Its been a controversial class with our backers (a lot *love* it and a lot *hate* it) and by far the most talked about class from Koboa. I personally totally love the way this random spellcaster works and think its one of the coolest most interesting and bold designs we bring with Koboa.

Koboa - The South American Fantasy TTRPG Setting@koboa.bsky.social · 4d ago

On to classes! The first of the two new classes in Koboa is the bruje, a spellcaster class. The bruje tells the story of a character connecting to an old lost art. It's inspired by pain of what was lost to colonialism, the practices and cultures destroyed by invaders. And of course, brujería.

The watak follows hand motions passed down to her by her mother and her mother’s mother. When she was younger she usually drew forth an acid arrow doing these motions, but today she does something different and feels a crackle of electricity surging through her. She moves her arm, no longer pointing at the anillere in front of her but at the throng of siervos to her left, and unleashes a mighty bolt of electricity through them all. As the smoke clears she tries to visualize her hand motions to reproduce this magic next time. The etel uses a burst of the encanto magic surging through his body to dodge under a serpent’s massive tail with supernatural speed. He blasts the serpent with bolts of fire as his teammates keep it busy, building up magical ener- gies with every wound inflicted on his enemy. Unleashing the magic in a single blast, the etel casts a spell far beyond what his magic can usually reach, imposing horrendous visions on the serpent and all of its servants. In a quiet moment, the chanov goes over everything they’ve learned in the past month about the old ways. Their excursion to the ruins resulted in much knowledge, and the chanov thinks they have gained enough under- standing to push the limit on what their encanto magic can do. The chanov concentrates, setting up a divination ritual, and attempts to push their sight far enough to find the missing pieces of their Map. In the old days of Koboa, before the Invasion and the Oc- cupation, Koboan magical practices took on many shapes, some entirely different from magical traditions in other continents. Many of these forms of magic were actively opposed and oppressed by the Larensian colonizers, who did everything they could to try to erase them. Many mas- ter practitioners were executed, but the traditions were preserved in fragments by apprentices, secret practitioners, and societies of brujes that managed to keep themselves hidden. The brujes kept these traditions alive and now seek to rediscover the knowl…
That_DeAngelo@thatdeangelo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Alright, now just to wait and pray, and write, and hope the community finds value in my dark fantasy D&D adventure module! Surely there are some folks who want to explore ancient ruins, toy with magic beyond their comprehension, and date morally corrupt characters 🥺

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