Trinite

@trinite.bsky.social

Librarian, RPG player, huz technicaldifficultiespod.com

The rules as written for an RPG are like the sheet music as written for a song. Some musical types hew closer to the written score than others (classical vs. jazz for example), but even in the "tighter" forms, there's still a ton of interpretation in a performance beyond the written page.

gwendolyn :3 🏳️‍⚧️🎲✍️@oshootwaddup.bsky.social · last yr.

lol ttrpg community not start unnecessary pedantic argument challenge: impossible. Here’s a fun hot take for you: NO ONE has EVER played a ttrpg rules as written, EVER, not even once. Human failure guarantees every session you play is deriving from every game text and session you’ve played prior.

I don't think I really appreciated it at the time, but in retrospect, I think that for me, the best thing about being a baby was not having to go to work.

I feel I should *probably* be doing a bit more promo for Darkened Hill & Dale, especially given the ENNIE nomination, but I really don't have time to sort out a marketing plan or anything coordinated right now, so...

"Despite everything, it's still you." Once again trusted @jpawlik.com and once again was blown away. Glad to see Blackmane and Yellowmane brought to life. Of all my OCs, it's funny, because these two actually started as a pregen. Excited to see what nightmares come up in our Heart campaign.

A male gnoll, covered in black, oozing sores and that also coat his claws and tail, clad in a ragged cloak and cobbled together armor. He stands with a giant cleaver in his left hand, embedded in the ground. In his right he holds a baby gnoll in a single. The adult has a sad look covering his face.

I'm not a big fan of super-crunchy RPGs, but I do love the way complex rules systems can lead to insane situations that you would absolutely never come up with through normal narrative storytelling. Like the Strip Mall Dojo Outlaw Arsenal Full of Traitors.

Ross Payton@rosspayton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Bluesky lets you post longer videos now, so here's a clip from one of my favorite episodes of RPPR After Hours, where we look at older and weirder RPG books. In this episode we talked about Palladium's Ninjas and Superspies RPG and its organization building rules, www.patreon.com/posts/56915410