It's not fully rational but after years of running new systems every month, crunchy character building + a lack of pregen characters sends me into a blind fury. I'm bout to just replace this with Monster of the Week and literally run the same one shot I had planned 😡 #MotW #PbtA

The game for this month's Library #TTRPG Day doesn't have any pregens and has a like skill point/skill tree leveling system. There goes my night

Haven't finished #CriticalRole episode 2 yet but it would be hilarious and not out of character for Taleisin to be playing a god or vessel of a god who is working as the curator for a museum archive about how they were killed #ttrpg #dnd #CriticalRoleSpoilers #spoilers

You might think you are immune to the noise sensitivity element of ADHD and then you get a kid and they start 4 different noise making toys at once and then keeps playing them for 4 hours straight On a related note I had thought of an important #Godfall ability and now its totally gone 😬 #ttrpg #dnd

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh. Demons gathering humanoids to start a cult and protecting and guiding the believers so that their fervor generates a new deity. Either in a form that is advantageous to them or something they can devour #ttrpg #dnd

My secret #Borderlands4 skill is dying after I've already killed the boss If an explosive can bounce back at me, if a DoT can take that last sliver of health, if a random minion can dive bomb me and explode, I'll find it 😂

If all I really care about is the #CriticalRole main campaign and campaign related content is Beacon really giving me my money's worth? I find the Twitch interface abysmal but it's also free with Prime and maybe I can just live with the inconveniences #ttrpg #dnd

Full video link in thread! I'm definitely bookmarking this to watch later. This is an incredible feat of translation without changing a single word. The juxtaposition of Shakespearean dialogue and a flawlessly delivered TGIF family sitcom tone is some masterwork craftsmanship by these performers

My Echo Knight got to do a teleporting rough house play session with a friendly Blink Dog he rescued and honestly that's a better reward than most uncommon magic items 😂 #ttrpg #dnd

When you're ride or die for your friend but also this time they're actually totally in the right

Don't think it's true cause it'd be a weird player dynamic but it'd be fascinating if the demons in #CriticalRole Campaign 4 are actually the excised & unrestrained temptations of their bond Wicander has "light" magic because all of his darkness has been externalized as Tyranny #ttrpg #dnd #spoilers

But Colby, why do you only write late at night? Well I could tell you that I'm a night owl That I get my best thinking done in the quiet of the evening Or I could show you this picture from this afternoon (my goblin child painted over as an actual goblin child) #ttrpg #dnd #parenting

60% done with my current project. When I'm done it'll be the first time I've been #TTRPG writing assignment free since last November. Our house needs a new roof so if you need a writer or developer for #dnd #pbta #fitd or something stranger hit me up!

60% done with my current project. When I'm done it'll be the first time I've been #TTRPG writing assignment free since last November. Our house needs a new roof so if you need a writer or developer for #dnd #pbta #fitd or something stranger hit me up!

But Colby, why do you only write late at night? Well I could tell you that I'm a night owl That I get my best thinking done in the quiet of the evening Or I could show you this picture from this afternoon (my goblin child painted over as an actual goblin child) #ttrpg #dnd #parenting

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Don't think it's true cause it'd be a weird player dynamic but it'd be fascinating if the demons in #CriticalRole Campaign 4 are actually the excised & unrestrained temptations of their bond Wicander has "light" magic because all of his darkness has been externalized as Tyranny #ttrpg #dnd #spoilers

On a related note I'm working on our first thirst trap NPC and it's definitely a PC's dad 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

A world full of custom tailored plot hooks, active themes and interesting backstory adjacent NPCs is my love language for my players 😅 #ttrpg #dnd

Whoops, one of my players is babysitting tomorrow. Almost left all my notes open on my Desktop 😅

At the phase of dev for this homebrew Divinity system where I really need to sit down w/spreadsheets & roll to stress test the system & check resource gen over time & it sounds soo boring I just wanna jump ahead to unleashing my little Godling players on an unsuspecting world... #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

Apparently the ick just beneath the surface in this speech was very much operating as intended. You can't be a beloved, wealthy celebrity upholding and benefiting from an evil world and deny all responsibility for it #Peacemaker #PeacemakerSpoilers

This is the "Ya Boy, Kongming" spin off I didn't know I needed 😂

I don't know if the joke is going to hold up for a whole season but "May I Ask for One Final Thing?"'s first episode is absolutely hilarious and very cathartic after a glut of abandoned fiance tropes in #anime recently

At the phase of dev for this homebrew Divinity system where I really need to sit down w/spreadsheets & roll to stress test the system & check resource gen over time & it sounds soo boring I just wanna jump ahead to unleashing my little Godling players on an unsuspecting world... #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

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listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

Taleisin's fit from last week's #CriticalRole is best described as "that cool humanities professor that students really like but is always 20 minutes late to everything & always seems to be feuding with the admins about something" Esp with his glasses and the way he walks in carrying all that stuff

Whoops, one of my players is babysitting tomorrow. Almost left all my notes open on my Desktop 😅

On a related note I'm working on our first thirst trap NPC and it's definitely a PC's dad 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

A world full of custom tailored plot hooks, active themes and interesting backstory adjacent NPCs is my love language for my players 😅 #ttrpg #dnd

I'm tempted to watch "Good Fortune" just for this exchange "Why did you do this? "I tried to show him that wealth wouldn't solve all his problems" "And?" "It seems to have solved most of his problems"

Current Watch List: #CriticalRole Season 4 Ep 1 Catching up on the last few eps of #Dimension20 Cloudward, Ho Lazy Background Rewatch of Apothecary Diaries New #ReadingRainbow

Definitely giving my players the ability to divinely counterfeit gold and currency and not telling them that it will seriously piss off some gods of trade, metal, order and civilization. Let's see what happens 😅 #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

What do you mean now I just have to wait for a whole year for my book to come out? 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

#ApothecaryDiaries: What if we did Case Closed but made it period court drama? Fans: Ok Intrigued go on AD: Each mystery will weave into complex conspiracies Fans: Yes... AD: With medical twists & romance & politics Fans: YES... AD: Also every 5 episodes it'll rip your heart out of your chest Fans:

Player just gave me mysterious influential estranged grandparents in their backstory & I'm so excited Her unknown father, the rough looking Greater Elemental/general is going to be super doting & protective & her grandparents are low key going to try to ruin her life "for her own good" #ttrpg #dnd

Player just gave me mysterious influential estranged grandparents in their backstory & I'm so excited Her unknown father, the rough looking Greater Elemental/general is going to be super doting & protective & her grandparents are low key going to try to ruin her life "for her own good" #ttrpg #dnd

#ApothecaryDiaries: What if we did Case Closed but made it period court drama? Fans: Ok Intrigued go on AD: Each mystery will weave into complex conspiracies Fans: Yes... AD: With medical twists & romance & politics Fans: YES... AD: Also every 5 episodes it'll rip your heart out of your chest Fans:

Just not that sad about Auggie X. Loving your kids is great but living in a giant mansion and being the flagship superhero team of a horrible country and then washing your hands of any responsibility for it rings pretty hollow #Peacemaker #Spoilers #PeacemakerSpoilers

What do you mean now I just have to wait for a whole year for my book to come out? 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

Every zoo is a petting zoo if you're fast enough

Definitely giving my players the ability to divinely counterfeit gold and currency and not telling them that it will seriously piss off some gods of trade, metal, order and civilization. Let's see what happens 😅 #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

My DM keeps rewarding our party for making super dumb decisions and it is definitely a build up to get folks to do something amazingly dumb like drink deadly poison or jump into a death portal #ttrpg #dnd

By the time our campaign starts I'm going to have a massive toybox w/hundreds of divine features for our PCs to accumulate and absolutely wreck any sense of balance. Jokes on them though I have a weekly random complications table that includes "fascist wizards flying fortress invasion" 😅 #ttrpg #dnd

By the time our campaign starts I'm going to have a massive toybox w/hundreds of divine features for our PCs to accumulate and absolutely wreck any sense of balance. Jokes on them though I have a weekly random complications table that includes "fascist wizards flying fortress invasion" 😅 #ttrpg #dnd

Literally the next room has 4 unlabeled cauldrons full of mysterious glowing magical liquids 😂

My DM keeps rewarding our party for making super dumb decisions and it is definitely a build up to get folks to do something amazingly dumb like drink deadly poison or jump into a death portal #ttrpg #dnd

All the progression, LitRPG and wuxia I've been reading is definitely affecting the scope of this divinity system. Let's see just how motivated players get to be able to go full Animal Crossing - Sims - Black and White with their own heavenly realm to shape and populate 😅 #ttrpg #dnd #godfall

I bounced off about halfway through season 3 but I'm pretty hyped to see BLeeM take the seat and the new West Marches-ish approach