I'm setting myself a challenge for my next TTRPG character played at a table with trusted friends. I'm going to ask them to give me a character to play. Traits, goals, some basic beliefs and positions, and build from there. If you do (or have done) this, let me know how it went for you.

When we joke now about a thing becoming your whole personality once you find it, I tell you, this is the real thing.

Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇@sashette.bsky.social · 11h ago

I've got something in my brain about #ttrpg players and parasocial relationships, but I'm not in the right headspace. We've all witnessed the rise in a parasocial relationship with D&D5e alone, buoyed by Critical Role and a few key others. But that pales in the shadow of Vampire: The Masquerade.

80s RPGs: We've provided stat blocks for your favorite literary characters and gods. 80s RPG Players: If it's got stats, we can kill it! 20s RPGs: We've provided suggestions for how these ineffable beings might be experienced. 80s RPG Players: Eff your beings, you narrative-first sickos.

Just heard D&D has joined the race to make a forgettable ip tie-in ttrpg for everything ever made. Which is fine, just as long as they respect the long established and universally accepted dibs we have on the Murder She Wrote game.

Understand, American Liberals will never choose to run what a leftist would call a "better" candidate. They don't care about the results. It doesn't matter if they win so long as they can still make money as the "loyal opposition." They don't suffer like the electorate does.

Psionic Erudite@psionicerudite.bsky.social · 2d ago

Leftists think Protest Votes will shake up politics. If they withhold votes for flawed candidates, the DNC will offer better candidates. But they never think about the other side. By showing up to vote in numbers too big to ignore, they could shift demographics and become a bloc worth catering to.

I read about Amnesty International complaining that if they actually defended trans people, they would be sued into oblivion by JKR, and I think they missed the fact that they have now destroyed themselves: Nobody is gonna give time or money to an org that folds to pressure on human rights.

Them: Backing another RPG project? I thought you didn't have people to play these with? Me: I don't, but I believe in the creators, and I'm trying to give myself something in life to look forward to. Them: 😟 Me: What, isn't that normal? Capitalism: Totally normal, sweetie, you keep on doing it!

Y'all are giving a pass to a fave again, huh? You're saying how awful It is, condemning others who use It, but oh not Our Boy, he was drawn in, he can come back from this and go right back to his calling and we'll speak no more about his little infraction. Forgive if you want. Don't forget.

I'd argue that, especially in the current dis/misinformation environment, trust is essential, not optional. No one has time for a science communicator who uses genAI for notes. Time crunch is no excuse. Hank Green burned himself and has no one else to blame. Done.

Jonathan Jarry@jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you’re a science communicator and you use AI, read this. This is about what’s happening to Hank Green.

Start the countdown for 5e influencers losing their minds that Dark Sun has 1. slavery, 2. environmental destruction, and 3. cannibal halflings in it. Because today, half of them are just innocently saying, "Ooh, this looks cool, grimdark D&D!"

Interesting. I'm provisionally into it, though how it's monetized is of course a big factor.

Adam Bradford@badeye.bsky.social · 6d ago

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Chaosium converted the elfgold to an NFT. You can win that; it's actually BETTER than owning the gold! :D

Aaron King@aaronmfking.bsky.social · 7d ago

Did anyone find the Gygaxian Elfgold at Gencon yet? I know you have to burn the incense at the Chaosium booth to summon the Irascible Spirit and get its map, but I never got farther than that.

One of the faces of maturity is to change your reactivity. I've gone from a fight timer of, "I can do this all day," to an initial reaction of, "OH WHAT SO YOU wait I don't care about this, block and done."

Also, just spent an hour or so explaining to my eldest granddaughter the premise of MotU and why cartoons in the 80s were mostly 30 min ads directly marketing to children. The phrase, "It was Reagan's fault," was used.

So I watched the Masters of the Universe movie tonight. (shrug) Eh. It was fun enough. It could have been worse. Now, let me be clear. I know it could have been worse because I was there for the last time they tried. I was in the target market. I was the audience, in the theater. It was worse.

You know... I am going to have to talk about GURPS, aren't I? Steve Jackson Games' Generic Universal Role-Playing System is a game about which there are two opinions: love or anger.

You want another game that can get you out of 5e? How about a game that can do ANY setting? And how about you get in for cheap? AND how about you support a charity in the process?? GURPS can dial between easy and Super Crunchy Double Plus Ultra. You decide how mechanical you get at your table.

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Regular Christians: Matthew 10:14, New International Version: If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. Evangelical influencer on a plane: That doesn't mean to stop spreading the word when we're on a plane lol they can't escape

Mugen Gaming, the team adapting SWORD WORLD (one of the iconic Japanese TTRPGs), into English announced today that they intend to run the crowdfunding campaign for the game on October 20, 2026, after delaying the project www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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Ok Joey Mangolimoncello, yes, you're so very dark and brooding. The corpse and blood and death and stuff themes of your D&D clothing brand game world are as edgy as a high school frosh's notebook circa 1989. Mork Borg ate your lunch and did it with style. Sorry bout it.

Them: I curate my social interactions aggressively. The first sign of trouble, I mute. The first hint of drama, I block. Me: Oh sure, we nod our heads and praise this on BSky, but when I do this in real life, people start saying "social anxiety" this and "therapeutic medication" that. (Joking.)

If your customers are writing in saying "hey your choices are funding trans genocide and I am not giving you any more money," maybe "every purchase comes with a 5% donation to GLAAD" is not the glory-restoring answer you seem to think it is.

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5e players, let me ask you a question: do you want to play a game where your characters need to take a nap every time they fight some goblins? Where you're haggling over the price of horses so you can cross the plains to a dusty ruin? Counting coins to see if you can buy that shiny sword? Or...

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

For those who like 5e as it was starting in 2014 but don't want to fund WotC, union busting, genAI garbage? Tales of the Valiant by Kobold Press. Seriously. Some quality of life improvements, some rules issues resolved, and you're picking up where you left 5e. Not sponsored, just appreciated.

the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

So why should you play Daggerheart rather than Dungeons & Dragons? I'm going to go through the core book and highlight what I consider to be pros that DH has over 5e. I may call out cons if I think they're significant, but this is mostly a list to help people break away from WotC.

Happy birthday to @meagankenreck.bsky.social ! Many happy returns!