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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1h

When a gay guy compliments your looks, you *like* *it*.

(Said to the tune of, "when someone asks if you're a god, you say YES.")

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Alexis Flower @alexisflower.bsky.social · 4h

ultimately ai doesn't pose a threat to art bc it can't get you laid

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KP Upadhyayula @kp11studios.bsky.social · 4h

Quote from George Orwell, 1984:

“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this.

The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently…”

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Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 1d

#mörktober Day 10 - Beetle

The BE\TL is the workhorse model of the span, although skip conversions are risky given the original design’s open-air cab relies on personal life support.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

$Mörk Sol - Mörktober - by Infinite Citadel. Day 10 - Beetle. Learn more at morksol.com A large sci-fi vehicle stands in profile with six legs, an armored carapace, and actuator horns that make it look similar to a beetle. BE\TL <CORP> Model “Beetle” All-Terrain Transport. An all-terrain-vehicle with legs and a large crew/cargo cabin. Has “wings” for vertical take off and landing. A workhorse for planetary settlers & explorers, the mostly open cab suffices for shuttle trips to and from low orbit. Particularly desperate skavs have made a secondary market retrofitting them into skips. Heavily modified BE\TLs might have fully incorporated weapon and defense systems.$

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Nishaant! @dawn-blue.itch.io · 1d

SO! I booked a 3 day pass to PAXU but because the payment processing borked up I've been charged for two separate tickets. and @officialpax.bsky.social says that because it's two separate tickets I don't get a refund so if someone's looking for a ticket I've got an extra!

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Andrew Beauman 🔜 GameHole @andrewbeauman.com · 1d

Someone looking for a ticket to PaxU and wanna help a homie out?

Nishaant! @dawn-blue.itch.io · 1d

SO! I booked a 3 day pass to PAXU but because the payment processing borked up I've been charged for two separate tickets. and @officialpax.bsky.social says that because it's two separate tickets I don't get a refund so if someone's looking for a ticket I've got an extra!

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

Off to the beach. If you need me, no you don't 😎🤟

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 2d

I went to Monica's seminar at GenCon and it was fantastic. Using tarot to inspire writing *without* long prompt tables was an incredibly fun exercise. Her methods got me in a flow state in under 2 minutes.

Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 2d

Readers! Check out my pal @booksofm.com's new book!

www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers - Books of M | DriveThruFiction

About Tarot for Storytellers Tarot for Storytellers is a full-color eBook written by author and narrative designer Monica Valentinelli (World of Darkness, Cyberpunk RED, Shadowrun: Court of Shadows, e...

www.drivethrufiction.com

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 2d

Readers! Check out my pal @booksofm.com's new book!

www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers - Books of M | DriveThruFiction

About Tarot for Storytellers Tarot for Storytellers is a full-color eBook written by author and narrative designer Monica Valentinelli (World of Darkness, Cyberpunk RED, Shadowrun: Court of Shadows, e...

www.drivethrufiction.com

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 2d

I both do and don't want to go on vacation. So much awesome stuff is happening, and yet I *reeeeeaallly* need to lay down, zone out, and just relax.

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 2d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 2d

#mörktober Day 9 - Thorn

We are alone in the Span, but that wasn’t always the case. This galaxy is a graveyard. Use the gravemarkers wisely.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

Mörk Sol - Mörktober - by Infinite Citadel. Day 9 - Thorn. Learn more at morksol.com A bone-like staff with several organic protrusions glows against a vibrant sci-fi background. Glowing spikes grow violently from the head of the staff. THORN. EAC Xenocultural Sample R-9, a.k.a. “Thorn”. Source: HBW 5202901 m; ruins. Materials Analysis: Ossified structures from multiple genomic sources. Cultural Analysis: Uncertain. Some form of violence. Domestication of large scale creatures, prolonged torture, or a weapon of war. The protrusions (”thorns” by testing staff) break off to embed in soft materials. Regrow rapidly for repeated impacts & deliveries. Prolonged exposure results in serration trauma and venom-based stimulation of pain receptors. Possible nerve damage. Mechanics: Melee weapon. d8 damage. If damage surpasses armor of target, embeds a thorn. Embedded thorns deal 1 damage, ignoring armor, at the start of an organic creature’s turn.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3d

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 2d

Right!? It's pretty great. I'm so stoked for them and what this means for the game.

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Conlin (wuz) 🔜 PaxU @wuz.quest · 3d

Who wants to play so Mörk Sol at PaxU?

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 3d

We're live with episode 22 of "Tales of Caerwyn", titled

The Storm Gathers

We're building up to the final confrontation with our first Villain! Can't wait to see what @wuz.quest's been cooking with his Ultima points. #ttrpg #fabulaultima
twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

Tales_of_Initiative - Twitch

The Storm Gathers | Tales of Caerwyn Episode 22 | Fabula Ultima

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 3d

Folks seem to really like this one. If you want to make more dope stuff like this exist, be sure to follow the Mörk Sol Kickstarter page! We'll be going live in November - let's see if we can break 1k followers by then.

We're only three away from 800!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...

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Need Games! 🔜@ Gamehole Con! @needgames.bsky.social · 3d

Over 999.999! ✨💫
Not even our dreams reached this high! 🐦‍🔥
Thank you to every single one of you who supported Fabula Ultima in this incredible campaign. 💎

Discover the future of Fabula Ultima with the final stretch goal unlocked!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 4d

The next person to contact me about a half or full body commission will get it half price! Pass it on!

Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ttrpg party, for a group of clients. Comms are open.
#ttrpg #dnd #art

Watercolor of two black clad warlock girls flanking a prettyboy knight and a huge loxodon casting a spell

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 3d

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Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 3d

#mörktober Day 8 - Wizard

A mycorrhiza born from nullmarked humans and alien fungus. Welcome the itinerant preacher of nuflesh; decay of both life and reality.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

Mörk Sol - Mörktober - by Infinite Citadel. Day 8 - Wizard. Learn more at morksol.com A walking corpse, its upper body blooming into a cowl of fungus and skulls, steps through a rotting landscape. Spores cloud the foreground and split the sky, above which looms a rotting world. Nullmarked Mycorform. Xenofungal reality sculptor. Harbinger of nuflesh. The colonizer turned colony: mycorrhiza born from nullmarked human settlers and native fungi unwilling to share the stars. Their pathogenic properties are now unburdened by the laws of nature. HP 12 | Morale 9 | No Armor. Touch of Decay d4 and target tests Brawn DR12 or suffers a random alteration: 1. Rapid Decomposition: Random body part withers away in d6 rounds; 2. Voice of the Colony: Under the mycoform’s control for d3 rounds; 3. Sporific Blessing: Fall unconscious for d10 rounds. Heal the mycoform 2 HP each round they are asleep; 4. Fungual Transmutation: d4 damage and roll life support as if the atmosphere was not breathable. Reality Colonization: Physics are wrong within 5 meters of the mycoform. Tests in that area that involve precise movement (such as attack and defense) are +2DR. Mycoform’s artwork is the hybrid of Tania Herror’s Grandiose Lich & Deathcap Emissary, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 3d

😱that's incredible!!! I'm so happy for you. What an amazing project!

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Michael R. Underwood (Mike) @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 4d

I'm thrilled to share the news that I am Lead Designer for the new Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide for Daggerheart!

An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.

More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...

Dungeons of Drakkenheim x Daggerheart | Michael R. Underwood

www.patreon.com

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