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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

Highest Character Complexity: D&D, Draw Steel, or Daggerheart?

How do these games rank in character complexity? Why is latency important? And how do these three RPGs compare to Pirate Borg and Shadowdark? Let’s find out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVA...

#DnD #Daggerheart #DrawSteel #ttrpg

The covers of all three books for the D&D Player's Handbook, Draw Steel Heroes, and Daggerheart are displayed next to each other. The words "Most Complex?" are superimposed.

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d20play @d20play.bsky.social · 17h

Hopefully tonight I will be updating a Draw Steel Troubadour. I should livestream and compare to a 2024 D&D Bard and a d20play Bard. It will be fun to see how many buttons each has in my macro setup.

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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 17h

The first of these events is TONIGHT!

Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 3d

If you're in Chicago, you can catch me in person this week reading from MAKING ENEMIES:

Friday, Oct. 10, 7 PM at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave.
Sunday, Oct. 12, 3:30 PM at Chicagoland Games, 5550 N. Broadway

Hope you see you there!

A hardbound copy of Making Enemies rests on a wooden dining table. On the cover, a huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen, while another dwarf cowers in fear. The book is surrounded by blue and red polyhedral dice.

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Sea_side Sea_witch @seasideseawitch.bsky.social · 16h

Theyre multiplying! I hope we see them at every protest on the 18th 🐸🐸🐸

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Seasonal Godzilla Violence @stringerplz.bsky.social · 19h

AND WE HAVE SEEN THEM! THE TINY LITTLE SHIPS MADE BY @cengaldre.com are featured in tonight / today's @paxaus.bsky.social Acq Inc game! Please join me in congratulating them on this TRIUMPH of crafting and buy everything they make at www.galdrecraft.com 💖💖

Four tiny little handmade ships of brass, canvas, pear wood and some paint set beside a penny for scale. They are sized perfectly for hex grid ship combat.

Closeup of the frigate, a 3 masted powerhouse with a beautiful sense of handicraft and scale, and with an anchor.

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Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 15h

Combining individual strengths to create a dream team is a core part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each Partner card in the #MTGxTMNT Commander Deck highlights those strengths and adds a different flair to your path to victory.

This image depicts the Leonardo, The Balance card. Three mana, one white. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card art: This art depitcts a humanoid turtle warrior standing in a crouched defensive postion with two twin katana held in each hand, his arms crossed to protect his torso.

Rules text: Whenever a token you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
White mana, blue mana, black mana, red mana, green mana: Creature you control gain menace, trample and lifelinkt until end of turn.
Partner - Character select (You can have two Commanders if both have this ability) Power 3/Toughness 3

This image depicts the card "Donatello, the Brains". Two mana, one blue. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card Art: This is an illustration of a humanoid turtle sitting at an L shaped desk. He has one hand hovering over a keyboard while he turns his body away from the computer and towards a small tube filled with ooze. On another part of the table, a piece of pizza sits on a plate as a rat nibbles at the toppings.

Rules text: I one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus a Mutagen token are created instead.
Partner - Character Select (You can have two Commanders if both have this ability)
Power two/toughness four

Flavor text: "I always thought there 'd be more to the ooze."

This image depicts the card of "Raphael, the Muscle". Four mana, red mana. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle. Mythic Rarity.

Card art: This is an illustation of a humanoid turtle with broad shoulders and a thick muscled build. His arms are frozen mid swipe as clutched in each hand is a twin sai held backwards. His mouth is set into a snarl.

Rules text: Double all damage that creature you control with counters on them would deal.
When Raphael enters, create a Mutagen token.
Partners -- Character Select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.) Power four, toughness four.

This image depicts the card "Michelangelo, the Heart". One mana, one green. Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Card art: This is an illustration of a humanoid turtle breakdancing and frozen in a one arm hand stand in front of a well loved couch. He kicks his legs in two different directions, one in front of him, the other catching a pizza box and his other arm is holding up a pizza. Another pizza box rests on his head as he smiles.

Rules text: Trample.
Raid (the Fridge) - At the beginning of your second main phase, if you attacked this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and create a Food token.
Partner - Character Select (You may have two commanders f you both have this ability) Power two/toughness one.

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Penny Arcade @pennyarcade.bsky.social · 14h

The newest installment of Lookouts continues!

Read the full comic on penny-arcade.com !
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/1... #Lookouts #Fantasy #DarkFantasy #youngadult #fiction #foryou

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Levi Combs @planetxgames.bsky.social · 13h

Today is World Mental Health Day, a reminder of the importance of good mental health and the need to prioritise, cultivate and invest in it.

What are some ways that you make quality mental health a priority for yourself and your loved ones?

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 17h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 12h

Absolutely delighted to talk about MAKING ENEMIES and other topics with @thetreavor.bsky.social, @erinmevans.bsky.social and @bdavewalters.bsky.social on Writing About Dragons and Sh*t, out today. #TTRPG

Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann — Writing About Dragons and Shit

This week Erin M. Evans, B. Dave Walters, and Treavor Bettis are joined by Keith Ammann! Together they talk about how monsters could behave and what narrative you can tell in D&D with combat.Join our ...

overcast.fm

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Lyla @lyla.bsky.social · 12h

It was a delight to sit down with Ken at GenCon and chat about managing the Cosmere RPG and getting the @dianajonesaward.org emerging designer win! I'm very biased, but I think we managed to pack some useful insights into ~10 minutes.

Kenneth Hite @kennethhite.bsky.social · 12h

New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. the peace paradox in play, @lyla.bsky.social of the COSMERE RPG, late 80s Fantasy Film Essentials, and eliptonic Cambridge!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...

Episode 670: The Ghost of Cromwell’s Head « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com

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Horkos @wylienewmark.bsky.social · 12h

<reading my own posts> “this guy gets it”

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Rich Lescouflair @skydawn.bsky.social · 11h

This awesome thing showed up in the mail and I can't express how excited I was to actually hold it in my hands. I'm super-thrilled with how great it came out.
#PhantasyStar #TTRPG #SEGA

Skydawn Game Studios @skydawngames.com · 13h

ARE YOU READY?!?! We got a look at the final product and it looks amazing! Preorder hardcover books are shipping soon from our distribution partner, Studio 2 Publishing, Inc.! Check your emails over the coming week for details, and be sure to check the Spam folder if you don't see it in your Inbox.

Hardcover book with starry space background, multiple characters in colorful space armor costumes, and weaponry (sword, shield, axe, and staff). There's a yellow space cat in the lower right and a white space ship in the lower left.

Hardcover book with starry space background on top portion of book; solid black background lower half of the book.
Top of book includes an image of a man and woman battling a giant robot.
Bottom of book includes all white text. It reads "A new millennium dawns. A darkness awakens. The legend returns. Gather your party and embark on epic quests to safeguard the galaxy from cosmic threats, tyrannical empires, and ancient evils. Phantasy Star tabletop roleplaying contains everything you need to create heroic characters and epic tales of cosmic fantasy set in the phantasy Star universe. The game is packed with character options, gear, fearsome foes, and deadly techniques inspired by the popular video game series. The galactic lore section contains information on characters, locations, and events that comprise the extraordinary phantasy Star universe."
Bottom of book includes the Sega and Skydawn Game Studios logos.

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

So glad to hear it!

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications @pestoenthusiast.bsky.social · 1d

MCDM just released the symbols they use in stat blocks under a free license.

mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...

If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.

mcdm.gg

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jeffrey S. Mueller @themightyjerd.bsky.social · 1d

Need some cool and interesting NPCs, and their lairs/hideouts, for your #Shadowdark game? Then look no further!

#TTRPG

www.kickstarter.com/projects/587...

Allies & Enemies - for the ShadowDark RPG

It's like a monster book, but filled with NPCs instead of monsters!

www.kickstarter.com

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PAX @officialpax.bsky.social · 1d

Two days of Daggerheart await! Worldbuild with the devs Fri, Nov. 21, then witness the next big announcements, exclusive keepsakes, & more on Sat, Nov. 22 with Matt Mercer, Jeremy Crawford, Spenser Starke & special guests 🗡️❤️

See more details ➡️ PAXun25.com/Schedule

@criticalrole.bsky.social

Daggerheart Live: Building the Next Chapter.
See panelists Jeremy Crawford, Matthew Mercer, Spenser Starke, Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall and some special guests.
PAX Unplugged
Nov. 21 - 23, 2025
unplugged.paxsite.com

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

Numerically, in terms of things to track, it’s not so wildly different. However, the systems themselves do change the nature of what you track and the gameplay implications. A 5E feature tends to do its thing fairly quickly, while a Draw Steel one often has more gameplay effects.

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Paige Leitman @paigeleitman.bsky.social · 1d

I monitor, assess risks from, and clean up these chemicals for a living. I have over 25 years of experience doing it. This administration’s reluctance to publish this report is terrifying to me.

EPA Report on Dangers of PFNA, a Forever Chemical, Hangs In Limbo www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Polygon @polygon.com · 1d

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

You’ll never see D&D monsters the same way again after reading this essential TTRPG book

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

www.polygon.com

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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 1d

"Making Enemies is a powerful resource that will kickstart the imagination of any game master. Even if you're not in the business of designing monsters for your game, the insight, knowledge, and examples provided here will help you become a better GM and improve basically any campaign."

Polygon @polygon.com · 1d

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

You’ll never see D&D monsters the same way again after reading this essential TTRPG book

Keith Ammann returns with another invaluable resource for game masters and designers

www.polygon.com

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Justine Jones 🐲🔜Magic Con Atlanta @teanwitch.bsky.social · 2d

Gnoll Warrior for Dungeons and Dragons Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club.
AD Kate Irwin
©Wizards of the Coast

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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