A bit of good cheer! Monster Core 2 for Pathfinder 2e just released, and I can talk about it; I'm happy to have worked on consulting and design for it! 1. Worked with @brianyaksha.bsky.social on Asuras; we had many convos trying to adapt Golarion metaphysics into Vedic and Dharmic cosmologies haha!

Been quiet; in and out of hospitals and clinics (surgeries, medications, tests, therapies), mostly just trying to stay alive (and not become broke). Hopefully 2026 will be a bit easier. Making peace with quite a lotta pain, loss, disappointments; rather hard on my voice and confidence. But I'll try.

Always happy to work with @brianyaksha.bsky.social on consulting for and making creatures for ttrpgs, in this case, the Asuras and their lore for Pathfinder 2E's Monster Core 2!

Good-bye to my teacher, my colleague, and above all, my friend. I have not finished the Maritime SEA Buddhist kingdoms rpg I was trying to build and gift you in spirit, to show how contemporary cultural expressions and media could be used to help foster knowledge and protection of Asia's heritage...

Hello!! This is my most exciting zine project yet (to me). Sacrifice Theory is the work I am most proud of out of everything I've self published, and I would love to make this zine edition a success. Shares mean a lot!

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Sword Opera, and a sweet map of San Mercurio are now available as Print On Demand at DriveThruRPG! It is still BYO Sword and Flowers, however. ⚔️🥀

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Woot woot we broke 85k!!!!

MUD GHOST ESTATE REDUX TTRPG contributor spotlight: Weird Slime (/@slime_is_weird.rar on Instagram) is illustrating a new cover for the game! He's a Hong Kong illustrator and graffiti artist who creates TTRPG and D&D-themed artwork. ✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

So, about my recent participation in the delegation of the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers (TF-AML); this is a CSO that advises and supports the ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML). This year's session, the 18th Forum, was held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the 9th and 10th of September 2025.

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2 more backers until 800!! We would love to count your support!

I wrote the Underworld of "A Lingering in Lilac" for "Sword Opera"! Inspirations or resonances include Water Margin, Longest Day in Chang'an, Brotherhood of Blades, Blades of the Guardians, The Litchi Road; along with historical travelogues of Wang Dayuan's Daoyi Zhilüe and Zhao Rukuo's Zhu Fan Zhi!

The amazing Sword Opera by @ericfarmer.bsky.social and Eli Kurtz is out! I'm glad for the chance not only to write for this book, but also for @nightjargames.bsky.social's awesomely mood-setting art to accompany the section I worked on, an Underworld evoking decadently doomed Tang dynasty romance!

Join us for a chat in just under an hour!!

Mud Ghost Estate, a spooky tumbling tower TTRPG I made for #FolkloreJam 2024, is getting an updated version! Please give it a follow on Kickstarter! 👻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

Ok it's time to roll my Adulting check lol. This year, I'm with the "Task Force on Asian Migrant Workers" in a specialist and observer role, and we are seated right in front with the ASEAN Secretariat, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and UN Women.

In Kuala Lumpur for a bit as part of the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers, providing support to regional civil society organisations in facilitating and drafting policy recommendations. Been a while since I did this kinda thing, packed my suit.. I guess I'm sorta? Maybe? An ASEAN delegate? Haha.

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What I've been up to; well, or rather, how I've been doing Intense emotional, mental, and physical strain"; I'm slowly coming to terms with near-constant pain and anxiety. on the bright side, I'm taking steps to change the conditions which pile onto my, frankly, quite ridiculous level of stress.

back to school, not to teach, but to study; taking grad diploma in expressive arts therapy on weekends. lecturer is a Vienna-trained psychotherapist, so I feel safe enough to talk about my affective work with RPGs! Also bumped into my philo and soci students from last year, who're happy to see me?!

Very happy and excited to work with @nineheavenspress.bsky.social on the "Black Market Guide to Immortality", and bring my take on Buddhist, Confucianist, and Daoist cultivation, folklore, and rituals to this project! Please back this book, and help us hit more goals so we can make more cool stuff!!

Such a huge fan of @bigprawn.bsky.social's ability to just take you on a walk through Singapore and casually explain the history of various neighbourhoods. Aspirational, honestly. If anyone visits Chennai, I will do this for you but I'll have to discreetly study hard the previous night.

kilns, anvils, brutish iron made from, and for, crushing stars a thousand frustrations, a million indignities cannot tear the shadow of suns from our grasp the skull becomes thicker than even the spine corpses of demons, the fruiting on the vine they ask, "Will you be tamed by a name, little one?"

TW: hospital A fellow passed out by the river, wasn't responding, breathing; puke, hands and feet grey, unsure if it's poor circulation or vitiligo, feet twitchy. Got other Samaritans to watch over him, called national health hotline, coordinated with EMTs; he's otw to hospital. hope he's okay.

Sorry, been out of the loop a bit. Poor health, impelled by taxing teaching and grading schedules (that eat into my other work). Gig worker, paid per hour, but work is never just for the hour. There's never enough time to grade, and few schools want to pay for the work of grading. Beyond that..

tian xia+ is out! i got to write the joseongyin shrinekeeper archetype for it, as well as some of the content for the sovereign and underworld sections of the imperial dragon emissaries :) thanks again to @teamplus.bsky.social for having me! the book: www.pathfinderinfinite.com/m/product/51...

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I've updated/edited/cleaned up my Lancer review from massif press. Do I think its size is warranted? Do I like how its laid out? Do I think mechs are cool? I answer these questions and more from two different periods of my life. Enjoy~ batts.substack.com/p/building-a...

This guy, what an absolute champ

Observation: a major reason I'm burned out from teaching work lately isn't poor pay, unpaid labour, bad infrastructure, or incompetent management.. All those suck, but a thing that really stings, especially as a neurodiverse teacher.. Many students (from a particular school, alas) treat me poorly.

btw they propose “knowledge driven” instead of “historically accurate”

Been really exhausted recently (school work is a mess). something gotta change cos so many schools are crushing me into dust. turning 45; can't get fulltime teaching jobs cos no doctorate. Will apply for PhD this year; even if I'm 50 by the time I get out, let's go. Not just for career, nor passion.

@noizangel.bsky.social is a terrible (great) influence in that today I've found myself looking at some scholarly citations for a digital symposium. I've submitted my proposal, and yes, it'll be a preview of this article. 🧵 for some lapsed academic chatter and feelings.

mmm I guess I could change bio to "person who makes random stuff nobody (aka not the ppl complaining) asked for" or person who makes "janky", "unplayable", "useless" options (again, in the opinions of the ppl complaining). I guess it's humbling, helps me learn, grow; but also, can't please everyone.

The author blog for "Rival Academies", Pathfinder 2's latest Lost Omens book, is up! An honour and privilege to work with this team and project. feels like an Undercommons moment! So many of us bringing new details and directions to these schools, hopeful and upbeat as well as fraught and fractious.

One week left on the HRT Harm Reduction Bundle! Already we've raised enough money to supply thousands of trans people with needles and other needed supplies this year; let's see if we can beat $15,000! itch.io/b/2889/hrt-h...

Was ill yesterday so I couldn’t finish reading Lost Omens: Rival Academies, but I’m impressed by how well the in-character writing works for the book in exploring both NPC histories and their views of their own institutions and others. Another banger!

NDAlifted for Pathfinder 2e's latest Lost Omens book; it's available now! Enjoyed working on "Rival Academies"; fellow freelancers had cool ideas which inspired me during creative process, and the developers helpfully refined my designs. I primarily worked on the chapter with the Unbreaking Waves!

Realis is (really) proving to be a blast so far!

27 days, 27 starters! Happy Pokémon day!

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teaching burnout is real; not an exaggeration to say that teaching in this world addicted to adjunctification and casualisation of labour is draining all the life out of me.

@mystickal.bsky.social is the biggest Katsuya fan I know!

Oh hey, you can now get An Altogether Different River and Spectres of Brocken through @deernicorn.bsky.social! heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/an-a... heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/spec...

Unearthing Similarities: Okinawan Religion’s Entanglements in Japanese Rule, 1878-1945 with Dr. Tze Loo. Thursday, February 13th, 2024 from 4:00-5:00 pm ET at George Washington University. nrc.elliott.gwu.edu/2025/01/29/u...

CW: family stress, festivals Taking a moment to decompress here cos my family (as far as I know) aren't here, so I can speak without having concerned clan checking up on me (and likely also guilt-tripping me into having bad feelings about my bad feelings) So skip if this stresses you out too!

"Captain Mayu Piloting the Devil's Suit of Sikara" Every couple of years I keep circling back to this idea of giant puppet/magic mecha idea. This time, I'm doing a couple of drawings with this idea. This is the first!