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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5h

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

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Jeffrey S. Mueller @themightyjerd.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 7h

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 · 9h

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 · 11h

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 · 10h

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 · 10h

"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 · 10h

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 · 1d

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 · 10h

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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James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 10h

This is a reminder to try out new stuff that you think you might like even if it might make you uncomfortable at first.

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Eric Menge @galadhion.bsky.social · 9h

I’m working on a new song on my harp🪉O Come Emmanuel 🎵 and it full of overlapping brackets. What are those? Listen to find out!

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d20play @d20play.bsky.social · 9h

There are many adventure hooks in Heroes of the Borderlands. I took a couple I liked and made them DARK. DnD Actual Play HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS 1 Starter Set
youtu.be/NQ_Sm-W37Tc

DnD Actual Play HEROES OF THE BORDERLANDS 1 Starter Set

YouTube video by d20play

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It's Me, Mike Olson @devlin1.bsky.social · 9h

The West Coast Adventurers Guild's first Dice Online convention starts tomorrow! This new online con will feature the premieres of the first trilogy of Wild Coast adventures for D&D's Legends of Greyhawk organized play campaign PLUS four NEW AL adventures set in Neverwinter. JOIN US. #dnd5e #ttrpg

Dice Online Games

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 10h

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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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

Got my flu shot and pneumonia shot today! Just a mildly sore arm. Covid was a couple of weeks ago, so I’m all set for Gamehole Con!

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Lone Shark Games @lonesharkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Lone Shark fans! We'll be at New York Comic Con #NYCC this week! Come get your books signed and play our new riddle hunt. See you at booth 1157!

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

Mine was fortunately easy! Best if the bunch.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Penny Arcade @pennyarcade.bsky.social · 1d

Acquisitions Incorporated returns to @@paxaus.bsky.social 's Main Theatre, This Friday @ 8:30pm AET with a game of @limithron.bsky.social 's Pirate Borg!
Featuring @ifycomedy.com , @robbotron.bsky.social , @krisstraub.com , and @tychobrahe.bsky.social !
Streaming live on twitch.tv/pax

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J.T. Evans @jtevans.bsky.social · 1d

I hopped on the mics for a @gnomestew.bsky.social Gnomecast with @orikes.bsky.social and @whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social a while back. The episode about dealing with analysis paralysis in your #ttrpg sessions dropped today. gnomestew.com/gnomecast-22...

Gnomecast 222 - Combating Analysis Paralysis

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GC_222_Combating-Analaysis-Paralaysis-final.mp3 Join Ang along with Jared and JT as they talk about how to combat analysis paralysis! What do you do wh...

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 1d

Crack the Sun meeting....
youtu.be/wl6miNolcZI?...

Fantastic Planet Meditation Scene (High Quality)

YouTube video by Ravage Panther

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Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for making art that inspires and capturing the history of our game!

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DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 1d

We are on our way to GameHoleCon in Madison next week! Stop by our Office Hours or Panels!

Details here: tinyurl.com/5xvyfm7z

#ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons

DriveThruRPG panels at GameHoleCon next week.

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