Graham M. Payne

@grahampayne.bsky.social

Hi! I'm Graham (he/him)! I'm a writer, freelance editor, and TTRPG designer. I'm always cooking up something and rarely do I get enough sleep.

hey! do you all see this artist? they drew that amazing art for my fic completely for free that one (and two... and three...) time(s) - and if you want art, you should pay them to do some art for you!! (peep my silly murder hubbys chilling on the sketch example page! still so grateful for them) <3

Not just an acrobat (they/them)@notjustanacrobat.bsky.social · 12h ago

Do YOU have a Hazbin OC that you want me to draw? A fanfic you want illustrations for? A rare pair you wish there was more fanart for? Have no fear Acro is here! (nsfw art also offered at an increased price) #hazbinhotel #hazbinoc #hazbincomission

I love making weird sicko games with strange, bespoke mechanics. But let’s be fucking real, most ttrpg players and purchasers don’t. That makes a material impact on my ability to navigate the real capitalist hellscape we’re in. I hate it, but my ‘weird’ games don’t do well. ‘Safe’ stuff does.

Seems like a year or so before the next official Daggerheart book, so why don't you grab some 3rd party content?! Hope Springs Eternal, Wondrous Environments, Bastion of Hope, Archibald's Almanac...

Yesterday, I ran a very solid game of #daggerheart. I used the Chaos Realm environment with one major change; a new feature. I had the players roll a die. On evens, they had to pass their sheet and subclass to the player on their left. On odd, their domain cards to the right.

Your job as a GM in TTRPGs is to give people reasons to care. Your job as a player is to do your best to care. Without both parties investing in their parts of the process it becomes impossible to engage in collaborative storytelling, improv, and fun combats.

I'm prepping for a high level #daggerheart game tomorrow (tier 4!). I'm having fun transcribing all of the stat blocks I'll need over while listening to some chill vibes by Witch Bolt. It helps me memorize what my ads can do, and spares me having to waste time flipping through the book

fun TTRPG tip, you don't have to make the monsters in your game look like the monsters in the book, those stats can be anything you want them to be for example, today in SoTDL I made my party fight a nobleman who had been turned into a tentacle monster by eldritch gods (medium demon)

Last call! Send me a DM if you want to grab one of my last extra physical copies of Hope Springs Eternal (in US or Canada), the not-yet-nominated-for-an-Ennie 125-page Daggerheart supplement!

cover of Hope Springs Eternal, a supplement for Daggerheart