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Complex Oscillator

@mfelps.bsky.social

I run games, I write games, and I make weird music. Friendly old multinerd who posts a lot of public domain art. https://soundcloud.com/chimerical-sound-engine https://markfelps.itch.io/ https://rpg-trader.com/creator/97/mark-felps

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Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 9h ago

I was cleaning out my google drive and stumbled across a sheet of the valiant dead who died in the civil war that took place in our game of Mutant Year Zero, when Boss Marconi convinced a portion of the Ark that Eden was on the moon and they should rebuild the Saturn V rocket to get there.

A list of imaginary dead mutants along with how they died, which is mostly gunshot wounds, but also includes things like "drained", "blood loss from arm being bitten off", and "decapitated."
Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 9h ago

I love people who make the things. Even when the world is battering the shit out of them -- maybe especially when the world is battering the shit out of them -- they're just working away at their quilt or wooden spoon or game or laser and giving a big middle finger to entropy.

Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · yesterday

I love adventures. Which is part of why I love the OSR. It has more space for writers of adventures and their madness than many other play spaces. Whenever I see a system that has no need for adventures, I'm a little less likely to be interested in it.

Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · yesterday

Hypomania is the worst of the manias. Just enough juice to make it feel like you want to fight everyone while wasps crawl around inside your bones, not enough juice to declare yourself god, strip down and run through people's homes.

Sean Nittner@seannittner.bsky.social · 2d ago

I fell for the oldest trick in the book. Believing that because something is hard to achieve, it's worthwhile. And so I'm playing a half-elven druid named Underbrush, as my friend Jerry runs an AD&D campaign of the Temple of Elemental Evil. Let's goooooo!

A hand filled out AD&D character sheet for my character Underbrush. Behind it is the 1st edition player handbook.
Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 2d ago

The public domain is nothing less than our cultural heritage as human beings. And when you use it, you carry the creative works of our ancestors forward into the future. I think about this a lot, and it's beautiful that the work of long dead artists can find new audiences in new contexts.

Clayton@explorersdesign.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇

Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 3d ago

In the 5.5E game where I play a 15th level Bardbarian, I just realized if I'm angry, I could fall from orbit and still have 155 HP when I hit the ground. I could fight an Aboleth after falling from orbit and have a 50/50 chance of winning. Very silly game.

Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 3d ago

Watching the American "intelligentsia" try to convince everyone to become AI Lotus Eaters is really something. "Quit doing all the hard things you do! Let the lotus petals soothe away all your cares. Thinking isn't for you."

Complex Oscillator@mfelps.bsky.social · 4d ago

My players brought in their first bounty in Wages of Sin. Sort of. They felt so bad for the young man who they were supposed to be bringing in, they instead worked with him to identify a neighborhood scumbag, who they casually framed. It's going to be a fun campaign.