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40. He/him. White. Pro-GM. TTRPG Designer. Not Sharing Images w/o Alt Text. Pro-GM: https://startplaying.games/gm/basiliskonline Games: https://basiliskonline.itch.io/ - TTRPGs: #SGG - Maps: #BasMaps - Paid Games: #BasSPG - Alt Text Resources: #AltTalk

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · May 28

New 📌 post!

I'm Dyer (or BasiliskOnline) I'm a full-time professional GM on @startplaying.bsky.social, a Map Creator on Patreon and a #TTRPG game designer on @itch.io

startplaying.games/gm/basilisko...
www.patreon.com/c/BasiliskOn...
basiliskonline.itch.io

#BasMaps | #SGG | #BasSPG | #AltTalk

A screen shot of my Startplaying GM page showing 447 paid games hosted in 2 years with a 5 star rating with 33 reviews. Visible games shown are PF2E Kingmaker and a WFRP 4E game, both on thursdays).

About Me

"Hey! I'm Dyer, I've been playing RPGs for going on 30 years, my older brother started playing them with me before i hit double digits and I'm familiar with a wide variety of games. I am a progressive, non-adversarial GM that believes in player agency and table safety. I also absolutely love teaching people new games, and thought this would be a great way to do that"

screen shot of a Large Thumbnail view folder of 9 of my maps. All various Fantasy buildings or landscapes.

A screen shot of my Itch.io page showing some released maps and various of my games (Immune, Diesel and Dinosaurs, Arcology World, Lumen Endgame)

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𝕯𝕴𝕰!-𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔞 @blood-dyke.bsky.social · Aug 8

Girls being mean to me 😵‍💫😖🫠

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 3h

it sadly is absolutely standard practice in the homebrew community, in that like 99% of them do it. It is not standard practice in that it is OKAY or SHOULD be done. Glad Allie called this shit out!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10h

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

It’s only been a few months since Trump accepted a luxury jet from Qatar.

He said it was “just a gift”.

Today Hegseth announced that Qatar would be building a base on American soil.

To be clear that’s not a gift, that’s a bribe.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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sri (but spooky) @sri.plur.ca · 12h

yeah I built an AI that hangs out on your porch and drinks a six pack for you so you can write regexes at work

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

this is what the AI bros sound like

sri (but spooky) @sri.plur.ca · 12h

yeah I built an AI that hangs out on your porch and drinks a six pack for you so you can write regexes at work

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 9h

Same 😂

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 11h

Still wild to me the number of rude ass shitty people that just like watch tv on their phones without earbuds/headphones in like restaurants n shit

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 7d

Emergency commissions!

I got laid off last weeek. If y'all wanna help out a (human) Latino artist from the Global South, commission me some art!

#Art #OC #CharacterPortrait #TTRPG #DnD #Commission #NotAI

Commission sheet showing an array of character portraits and an adventuring party line-up.
"Character Portraits
$75 full color digital bust portraits.
Fantasy, Space opera, Cyberpunk, you name it...
Full party lineup $50 per character
Lineart + flat color + base shading, no background"
Send your request to:
Bsky: @duamn.bsky.social
Instagram: @duamnNFR
Email: duamnNFR@gmail.com

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 15h

Hey John! I'm an Argentinian ttrpg illustrator with experience in concept art, character design, cover and interior art, comics, graphic design and layout.

Link to my portfolio: drive.google.com/file/d/1fqOo...

You can contact me at [email protected]
On IG as @duamnNFR
Or DM me.

Portfolio Cover showing an open pink skull on a concentric waves ink background. The skull has a d20 as the left eye, and monsters spewing out of its mouth.

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John Latta Art - TTRPG Illustrator @johnlattaart.bsky.social · 6d

🎨 If you're an #illustrator or generally fall under the umbrella of visual designer with #commissionsopen, this thread is for you.
Post your info/links below, support each other, and I'll repost on check in!

🚫 I won't repost image posts lacking Alt text.

🚫 No genAI, I don't court con-artists.

A winged, mummified skeletal sorcerer in tattered robes, ceremonial necklaces and feathers wielding a fiery staff and wreathed in a spectral orange glow.

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

one of our players got a pretty wild mutation today #wfrp4e

A new body grows on the back of your body and tears loose in excruciating pain. The twin is identical to you in every way; in appearance, Characteristics, Skills, Talents and Mutations. Both of you are completely covered by pink scar tissue on the back of your entire body, from head to toe, where you separated. Whether its because you share one soul or because your minds have some magical link, you have a telepathic bond and can communicate thoughts and feelings to each other as an Action regardless of distance. You always know in which direction your twin is. Through the bond you share you also share Wounds (but not Critical Wounds, Conditions, Psychology or Diseases) - if one dies so does the other! The twin becomes a new Character or NPC (that could be controlled by the same Player or the GM) that will develop their own Motivation, Short and Long Term Ambitions, and they will individually accumulate XP and Corruption from the point of their birth. You can only gain this mutation once.

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

God critters are so fucking toxic, im so glad i ejected myself from that fandom years ago 😂

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Anywho, i'm obviously not going to be using these raw because its absolutely bonkers, but i found it amazing that it made it to release like this xD

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Cyberpunk RED, "sleeping uncomfortable" rules

If you sleep alone in your bed, you can have a buddy crash on your couch and everything is fine.

If you sleep with a spouse/partner in your bed, and a buddy crashes on your couch all 3 of you suffer a -2 fatigue penalty the next day

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Just found some old Gift Certificates i got from Christmas in 2013 and 2009 for a pound of See's candy and got 2 lbs of chocolate (worth $65?! good lord!) 😂

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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 1d

The American version of Christianity is so cool it's like a post apocalyptic cult that grew out of half-remembered Bible stories syncretized with TV shows, with firearms as totems of deathbringing and lifesaving in equal measure. WWIII hasn't even started yet folks and they're already streets ahead.

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

He's going to walk based entirely on the DoJ's incompetence and it's going to be so funny

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

trib.al

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

This is a TOUGH ask and i have dozens of tgem on my playlist, but i think it has to go to the X-Men TAS

HM: Moongirl Magic (intro to Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur)

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Name your fav TV Show Theme Song.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

put AI in my feed, get blocked, I'm done with you Slop Likers

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

-2* oops but you get it 😂

BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Also "crammed" (the above rule) automatically grants a +2, being homeless or sleeping in the wilds gives you a DC 15 check to prevent fatigue

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

You are "sleeping uncomfortable" if you are sleeping in housing with a number of persons greater than 1 + the number of bedrooms it has (not beds, as has been pointed out on a reddit thread when i poked around) bedrooms. Also "not sleeping on a bed" is not anywhere in "sleeping uncomfortable" 😂

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BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · 1d

Also apparently the above scenario is worse than being homeless or sleeping in the wilderness (there you get a check to avoid fatigue)

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