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John Ossoway

@ottomancer.bsky.social

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Defending the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Designer, illustrator, writer, developer. Lover of Design, Type, Music, RPGs, Lego, scifi. Biodegradable. My work: https://www.ragingtrifle.com/

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · Feb 13

I promised myself I’d work on some of my own projects while freelancing this time around, so with that in mind, here’s THE 13 DEMONS OF AKUMA SAIZO.

A 28 page adventure for RONIN. By me. For you.
Hope you like it. :-)

ottomancer.itch.io/the-13-demon...

The 13 Demons of Akuma Saizo by ottomancer

A downloadable adventure for the RONIN RPG

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 4h

#FurnaceRPG Slot 3: The Harrows Scar Horror. Our heroes defeated the evil plaguing the lands north of The Wall, but poor Valeria's mind is broken by the horrors she saw. Great group of players. 😊

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 4h

#FurnaceRPG slot 2: Blade Runner 2037. Really enjoyed playing detective Faye Volante, smoking far too many cigarettes and taking selfies with the stars. We even solved a case along the way! 😅

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 4h

Yes but only if followed by a spiced rum chaser.

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 14h

it feels like there'd definitely be a market for this. 😅

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 15h

#furnacerpg Slot 1. Ran my Traveller one-shot "Calli's Heroes." Went really well. Had a great group of players. Forgot to take any photos. 🙈 #mongoosetraveller2e

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 19h

Wish I could've taken a photo of the sunrise over Woodhead Pass on my way to Furnace this morning. But you know, driving and all that. 😍

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 1d

This was on telly when we first got a colour TV. 😍

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 1d

Your evening cyberpunk news

Memory Merchants nullify static-laced pinhead antimatter bomb in the Orbital Shards, during blackout hour // The Plex.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 1d

You'll be wanting technician Donald Ulysses Grant aka Gears, but you can take a look at his character sheet tomorrow. 😊

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 1d

Furnace tomorrow in Sheffield. I've been running con games for many years now but still get 'pre-match jitters'. Already checked ten times I have all the pregens etc in my bag. I want my players to have fun, so I hope they do! 😅

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Apr 4

Bleh.

Anyways.

Another sketchbook comic. 4 panels

P1: title panel. FORK + FROG. beside each word, a lil fork and a lil frog

P2: The fork and frog begin to magically combine into--

P3: FORG. The frog just has the fork strapped to their back

P4: Forg stands in front of a raging fire, backlit and facing us.

In all lower case the text "burn it all down"

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 1d

Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings or The Goon Show most of the time is what I remember.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Film night. One of my favourites.

a black and white photo of a woman holding a guitar in front of a band .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman holding a guitar in front of a band .

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The Register @theregister.com · 2d

Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach

No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place Communication platform provider Discord has admitted that around 70,000 users had their government IDs stolen as part of its recent data breach.…

dlvr.it

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 2d

These late period Francis Bacon triptychs are terrifying.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

There's no hard liquor in the Sahara unless it's a mirage. 🤣

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Yes haha! Hometown Hero spot on. "...your stubborn hope burns brighter than the dead sun. You rise for every match, doomed to lose gloriously, bleeding pride and dust while the crowd worships your failure."

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful. They have some of his work at MoMA. If I remember correctly a large number of his works were destroyed in his Berlin studio during WW2.

John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

I can only apologise. As you were. 🤣

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

The Blight-Tongued Commentator
Your words shape the match. Words are spells. Narration twists fate: declare a victory and it may happen; predict a downfall and watch the player crumble to dust, only to rise and serve you as a CURSED PUNDIT.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

The Champion in Exile
Stripped of title, crown, and trophy, you wander the blackened courts seeking one last rally. Each swing is vengeance. Each breath is a tiebreak against the void.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Class names…

The Doomed Contender
Once ranked #1 in the world; now ranked last in the afterlife. Your serve is a prayer, your racket a cracked relic. You are playing against inevitability, and inevitability has match point.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

I was up late and have also been up early. My brain feeding me nonsense. Such as...

Björn Borg. A Mörk Borg hack. In an apocalyptic alternate 1970s England, Tennis players must compete for the ultimate prize, a giant silver dish.

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John Ossoway @ottomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Which is the one you had at Grogmeet?