Up now at @reactorsff.bsky.social, the first chapter of my upcoming novel, AMONG GHOSTS! reactormag.com/excerpts-amo...

RPG tip: There's no such thing as “official”. No single company holds a monopoly on good game design. Build your own game for your table from many sources. #dnd #ttrpg

Been working on a basic redesign of the Old-School Essentials character sheet. I always felt the original one had some solid potential for more info. So far quite pleased with how it is turning out. Now onto spells! #D&D #OSR #Oldschoolessentials

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

Reading @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Absolution. Found the first instance of the use of “middle distance” page 405. Man. Took him a while this time Everything was middle distance in the original trilogy.

I’m still not using the 2024 rules of 5e (and likely never will), but the art direction for the new monster manual is fucking boss. I really appreciate that the AI shitstorm from the past few books has wisened WotC up. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

“Adult Bronze Dragon”, oil on gessobord, 18” x 24”. AD: Fury Galluzzi. Another piece for the new Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual. An adult bronze dragon battles a megalodon-like shark beneath the waves. This painting has been sold.

Looking for a cutesy RPG to play with your beloved? Pick up Baldur's Gate 3 and explore a world full of cuddly bears and little creatures while searching for a cure to stop you from sprouting tentacles. Supporting split-screen, now in the Steam Couch Co-Op sale until Feb 17th!

Definitely feeling like my D&D session planning is turning into piles of notes. Even considering getting a paper notebook to track my VTT game. Found a treasure item in my pile today I forgot to even assign to a location. A bonus for the players hah! #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

Miraculous Bread Box
Wondrous item, common ___ This bread box weighs 3 pounds and always smells like fresh bread. If no bread is in the breadbox, a fresh loaf magically appears in it daily at dawn. The type of bread is random... ➡️ Read the full effects at saddleb.ag/DF5mVd #dnd #5e #homebrew

In this modern era of video gaming you sit down with your friends and then fuss around with technical issues until the night is done. #gaming

Dyvana in Elden Ring Finished this one but forgot to post it here #EldenRing

Kiyoshi walks the line between tradition and power, blending the disciplined ways of the samurai with mastery over fire magic, hailing from a hidden village deep within a shifting bamboo forest - where the towering stalks move and reshape paths like a living maze. #Samurai #DnD

Solidly disappointed in the quality of the latest Dragonlance collected hardcover. It feels like a cheap print done by a low quality press. Something a print on demand might do (sorry no shade intended). Not something I’d equate to a big publisher. #dnd #dragonlance #dungeonsanddragons

Hands down my favourite bird. And this is a great photo.

RPG tip from the archive: Keep track of spontaneous NPC names, you never know who's going to become a star in the players' eyes. #dnd #ttrpg

#mondaymorningthoughts Growing older is going from thinking that playing elves is cool and edgy, to playing gnomes and halflings just to goof off or brew some beer. #dnd #dungeonsanddragoms

Fred Fields, Mindflayer, 1992

My mum called today and tried to talk to me about Trump. Insisted he is doing good for his country and defending his people. We’re Canadian. Had to shut the conversation down before I got the anxiety shakes.

The best part of a fresh snowfall is finding evidence of crow activity in a parking lot. No idea what they got up to, but I’m sure they had a story to tell.

Haha. This is a flashback. I remember this trend when I first got into small press layouts. My Editor-in-Chief wanted me to include planking on the front cover.

It’s easy to forget the power of a live stage performance. Saw an adaptation of Hamlet tonight. Goddamn. The skill those actors have to be able to go from heightened emotional states from one scene to the next is intense.

Realized the range for the Cannon of the Blessed in Wondrous & Perilous Treasures volume 2 was wrong, so I corrected it in the Affinity Publisher files and exported them ON TOP OF W&P TREASURES VOLUME 1. GAH... that's how my morning is going. That said, I love making #dnd stuff.

I've had worse characters pitched to me. #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme

The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected. (Read more: The Verge)

first reaction: neat! second reaction: wait, we haven't gained anything of value third reaction: well, all the worst people are mad about it, so… neat!

Missing D&D (Old School Essentials, actually) tonight for work. Always the hardest part of being a working guy. Wish I could just do D&D all day every day. Just gotta hope I don’t come back to a party wipe! #dnd #osr #dungeonsanddragons

Happy Lunar New Year! This year I’m not doing anything to celebrate, really. Working tonight. But I definitely miss making dumplings with my bro. Was always a highlight. Even if I sucked at stitching the top closed haha.

@scatterbee.bsky.social criminal you don’t have more followers. Your art is fantastic. ❤️❤️ Definitely going to have to see if I can find any of your books next time the wife and I go book shopping!!

Realizing now, as I read Absolution by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, I wish I had more time to reread favourites. Been a long time since I read the Area X trilogy. I loved it when I did, but so much is left forgotten.

RPG tip from the archive: Keep in mind that a player's investment in their character is often greater than their investment in your story. #dnd #ttrpg

Over the weekend I finished reading the second of the LA Quintet by James Ellroy — The Big Nowhere. That book hit like a brick shithouse — to use Ellroy’s words. Based during the Red Scare and laced with Homophobia it really painted a picture for me about how similar our times are. #Booksky

RPG tip from the archive: Instead of spending a lot of time building a custom monster, reskin an existing one. #dnd #ttrpg

Found out that Goodreads is owned by Amazon. Apparently this happened a while ago. Not that it makes or breaks the platform, but since I’m not a fan of supporting Amazon I might have to jump ship and track my reading manually. Ah well #booksky

RPG tip from the archive: Write down a list of the critical scenes you want to see take place over the course of the next few sessions. #dnd #ttrpg

Thanks for the follow @heroesforhire.bsky.social !! Always love to discover a new podcast. And an Irish one to boot! Hope you guys are weathering the storm okay!

Last night’s session of Old School Essentials was basically all role play with some light hex crawling. Proof that even in old school game styles character driven dialogue and storytelling are still key. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ose

Thank you for artshare! 💙

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

I have both played this and GMed this... #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme

I read Paul Lynch’s “Prophet Song” a few months ago. It’s a book that looks weirdly prophetic in its own way. Every day I see a bit more of that world come into our reality. And every day I kinda wish I had t read it. #booksky

Fun lesson from last night’s D&D: Played in a one-off camp as some villains for a custom setting. It was a lot of fun to let loose and channel my inner 50’s L.A. cop persona haha. However the camp was planned to be a TPK. This was not communicated to the players.

Tao was raised by the Ark of the Summit monks and spent his youth learning the delicate balance of knowledge and fate. Within the secluded mountaintop monastery, he uncovered forgotten histories, the interwoven threads of existence, and the secrets of layered planes. #DnD

Love the cover art with this module. Definitely going to take a peek. And it’s for OSE! Bonus! #dnd #osr gabe-l.itch.io/titan-of-the...

fix their hearts or die

Confirmed backwards compatible. This makes me so happy. It’s always a tense moment when a new console drops and you have to wonder about your game collection becoming obsolete. And the Switch already has such a strong library of remasters.

Not surprised to see this, but am very excited! Let’s just hope the eshop runs smoothly this time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLU...

Life lesson from tonight’s D&D (playing Old School Essentials) session — don’t trust magic items of dubious origin. They might force you to do stuff you don’t want to. #Dnd

Working for a public institution has some perks. Except for having to use a public bathroom.