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Last few hours (literally) of this campaign, though I imagine there'll be a Late Pledge option. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre... Looks like a welcome update to M&M. Attributes, attack/defense bonuses, and many powers have been simplified, while many new Advantages were added as a focal point.

Genuinely worried for anyone who lives within 50 miles of Mar-a-Lago, just saying . . .

I literally hurt myself laughing at this, so I had to caption and share it with you fine folks. CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS!

There are a lot of Benny-powered abilities in Savage Rifts. In particular, my recent sniper burns through them like butane. So can I come up with a Sidekick who acts as a Benny bank without feeling like that's ALL he is? I think Noah here pulls it off. Do you agree? mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n...

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

For those who've picked up Savage Rifts: Europa and are checking out the Herbalist Druid framework, I've updated my site with a few clarifications, a minor errata, and a printable herbal concoctions list: mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n... #TTRPG #SavageWorlds #Rifts

Made a #SavageRifts Temporal Warrior sniper. Freaking terrifying. Can turn 2D for incredibly stealth and cover, enhance everyone's initiative, and smite his weapon. With a raise + Heavy Beam his headshots are +3 to hit (+7 on an Elan reroll) and do 4d6+10 MD (AP 12). mygurps.com/riftsoneshot...

Unbelievable

"Clavicular the Looksmaxxer" sounds like a villain 12-yo me would've come up with as a GM.

Sing it with me, to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It": • If you're married to a fascist, you're a fascist • If you're married to a racist, you're a racist • If they're quite a bit transphobic, and you absolutely know it • You're so full of shit you phobic-fucking fascist

I love the Savage Rifts: Europa artwork, but especially the Gargoyle G-11 Exoskeleton EBA. It goes so hard. Once your players get used to fighting gargoyle forces, enjoy the look on your face when new ones come out wearing effectively power armor!

If you missed the Savage Rifts AMA from last night, it's available (for now) at www.twitch.tv/videos/26729... We talked about Europa (including some unboxing), Ends of the Earth, and more. Lots of leaks about what'll be in EOTE including the first details about the Dragon 'Borg framework! #TTRPG

About to start the latest (3rd) reboot of our main campaign, this time as Song Warriors in Europe! After that, got a game to run at the savagerifts/con. Hope y'all are having a fun Sunday. #ttrpg

Literally true

GM TIPS: You don't have to let a player be disruptive. We all want to give players freedom and respect their agency, but if someone is about to derail the campaign, pull them aside. Explain why this will be a problem and give them a chance to correct it. Retcon a bit if necessary. [1/2] #TTRPG

Art by official Transformers comic artist Daniel Warren Johnson, colored by Mike Spicer

credit: East Coast It Notes

LIFE HACK: This one feels bad, but it's true. If your needs aren't being met by someone in a foreign call center, ask if there's a matching US-based department you can be transferred to. Why? Because MANY companies restrict the data, options, offers, etc. that their outsourced folks have. [1/2]

Literally JUST got this Google Gemini AI result at the top of my search results. Thank goodness Google is forcing this AI into everything, guaranteeing we get quality answers and results.

Scott Adams dying at 68 rather than 69 is the perfect capstone to a life of being almost — but not quite — funny

There are some positive things about Newsom, but he is the platonic ideal, like a shining fucking example, of a neoliberal.

Next weekend is SavageRifts.CON, an online (Discord) Savage Worlds convention with a Savage Rifts focus. I'll be running an adventure set in the New Empire (of Japan) at 8pm Friday and 6pm Sunday. And the entire dev team is doing an AMA at 7pm Saturday. savagerifts.com/con/ #TTRPG #SavageWorlds

Why I (usually) side with the Imperials when playing Skyrim

Mazikeen is a potato

New Savage Rifts conversion: the Myshken. Although they're called "Ratlings" in the Palladium RPG, that's obviously not their species name so I gave them one. The race is known as wannabe conquerors. But as PCs they make great spies, thieves, fighters, and mages. mygurps.com/pmwiki.php?n...

Remember to pray to the God of Children and Generosity today! (from Rifter #0) #Rifts #SavageRifts #TTRPG

Karoline Leavitt holding a press conference to discuss her Vanity Fair photoshoot

My Chemical Hookup Queen Consort Jimmy Taste World Anxiety! at the Disco Death Uber for Cutie They Might Be Rather Tall #BringItDownANotch

Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

You have to admit, Quentin Tarantino briefly united our nation in a single cause and belief...

I mean, duh

Currently running our #SavageRifts campaign's last fight. They've breached Nxla's dimension to directly confront this godlike alien intelligence. I need to make sure this hurts! Round 1 the heroes drew BOTH Jokers. A net +12 Bennies and so many rolls at +2. Round 2... Guess What Happens AGAIN?

And this is why wealthy techbros are pushing AI on us. It's the only hope they have of imitating actual appeal.

Secret behind-the-scenes Savage Rifts gushing: It took 3/4 of the dev team dogpiling onto the framework, but DAMN y'all, I swear the Dragon 'Borg is so perfect. "Dragons can be cyborgs?" Nope. But a cyber-connected brain can be installed in a huge robotic dragon, because Rifts is awesome.

How much money does it take to cure insecurity? We know it's more than $1 trillion . . .

In the Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition RPG, you can buy... • Enhanced Advantage (Wealth) with Affects Others and Area Effect (30' Burst) ...to create a "cryptocurrency aura" making everyone in your immediate vicinity fabulously rich but their wealth completely disappears the moment you leave.

BRIEF REVIEW: "The Escape Plan" soundtrack by They Might Be Giants (currently a free DL at tmbgshop.com/collections/...) A short, very mixed bag. I haven't read the comic; might be more impactful if I had. Many songs just feel like retreads of older sounds, but there are a few standouts. [1/2]

Because this dumb meme/repost is going around again, here's a quick PSA about why "chat" is not "a 4th-person pronoun."

Sharing my Apple Pie Moonshine recipe: docs.google.com/document/d/1...