Luca

@lucaaurelian.bsky.social

28 Cishet He/Him Polyamorous Generally a nerd into TTRPGs, video games, wargames aurelianpen > aurelian-stag on tumblr Partnered with @mayastarbone.bsky.social 🦊 @maenadmars.bsky.social 🐶 PFP by @CandyLadyArt Banner from Weather Factory's Book of Hours

So last night was the first Black Death Rising session. Our cohort is a mix of travellers and locals to Talgyth and came to the village late in the evening. Mostly it was an establishing session to give everyone a chance to feel out their characters and the system.

Molten droplets bellows outward like a cape behind the mechanized frame, radiating heat out into the vacuum before riding the magnetic wind back into the intake. They call this 'Angel Wings', commonly seen when combat frame enters combat mode.

Every day I'm confronted with the reality that a large portion of this hobby's participants looked at that "player showing up to a game of 'Vampire: the Masquerade' with a half-elf druid" anecdote that did the rounds recently and genuinely thought the GM was the bad guy for rejecting that character.

Excited to finally run Black Death Rising this Monday, the intro module looks like it'll be pretty fun. So far we have a lycanthropic witch, a bound nature spirit, a knight protecting a holy sword and a plague doctor who wants to find a cure at any cost.

In 2026, most self-described liberals are transphobic. That is why they say and do so many transphobic things. It's not rocket science. Watch what happens when any trans person says they won't vote for the latest transphobic "liberal" and you'll see just how violently liberals hate trans people.

The problem with the modern day is that we’re so obsessed with subversive media and complex characterizations that you can’t even call someone a “good girl” anymore, you have to call them a “morally gray girl”

In the early D&D, there was a lot of stone soup. Imagine that Star Wars had been out, and someone said "Can I have a lightsaber?" and Gary said "Sure." Imagine you didn't know Star Wars, and thought lightsabers were FROM D&D. Read the Appendix N to learn how much of REFERENCING D&D actually is.

"Architectural neoplasm" is a phenomenon where buildings, without apparent cause, start spreading outwards uncontrollably. If the growth is not quickly excised, it destroys the surrounding environment. While initially rare, this is starting to happen frequently to data center construction projects.

A green and serene valley is being overtaken by a gigantic, nearly organic looking building. It has flat ceilings and rows of ventilators like those of data centers, and it juts out at strange angles to cover the land around it. The terrain below it is becoming dry and barren.