Andrew Lorenz
@andrews17.bsky.social
Comic book writer: LEGACY, Canadian Corps, New Guard, the Sentries & Metal Monk #S17 #comicbooks
TTRPG GM #ChroniclesOfZaman #ttrpg #DnD
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TTRPG GM #ChroniclesOfZaman #ttrpg #DnD
🤘😎 he/him
As someone who spent a LOT of money hiring artists for several years... It's worth every hard-earned penny. Save up, borrow, run a crowd funder, whatever it takes. Use real artists and pay them real money if you, as a writer, want to be considered a real writer.
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
As someone who spent a LOT of money hiring artists for several years... It's worth every hard-earned penny. Save up, borrow, run a crowd funder, whatever it takes. Use real artists and pay them real money if you, as a writer, want to be considered a real writer.
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Launching in just under an hour! 500 magic items for #dnd games! https://twp.ai/NTZ6Bf
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Launching in just under an hour! 500 magic items for #dnd games! https://twp.ai/NTZ6Bf
I just backed Hope Springs Eternal on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/eri...
Hope Springs Eternal
A supplement for Daggerheart. Five campaign frames, each complemented by a location (factions, NPCs, environments, advers. ,loot, etc.)
www.kickstarter.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I just backed Hope Springs Eternal on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/eri...
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We're making a supplement filled with 120 pages of original content and art for @darringtonpress.bsky.social's Daggerheart TTRPG. The Hope Springs Eternal pdf is 19 USD and we are 90% funded. We just need help in spreading the word!
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We're making a supplement filled with 120 pages of original content and art for @darringtonpress.bsky.social's Daggerheart TTRPG. The Hope Springs Eternal pdf is 19 USD and we are 90% funded. We just need help in spreading the word!
Was too wiped out from the bullshit of the day job to run D&D tonight. I've been doing a much better job of not letting that nonsense affect my actual life but it was one of those days where everything about it was frustrating and it just ground me down. I'm lucky my players understand.
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Was too wiped out from the bullshit of the day job to run D&D tonight. I've been doing a much better job of not letting that nonsense affect my actual life but it was one of those days where everything about it was frustrating and it just ground me down. I'm lucky my players understand.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Draw Steel, Asymmetrical Design, and The Summoner
YouTube video by YourGMJay
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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The only barrier to playing TTRPGS is the requirement of not being an asshole.
Respect for the table, the GM, your fellow players, the game you’re playing. Understanding, empathy, willingness to collaborate and have fun.
From that beautiful things can happen. ❤️
Respect for the table, the GM, your fellow players, the game you’re playing. Understanding, empathy, willingness to collaborate and have fun.
From that beautiful things can happen. ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The only barrier to playing TTRPGS is the requirement of not being an asshole.
Respect for the table, the GM, your fellow players, the game you’re playing. Understanding, empathy, willingness to collaborate and have fun.
From that beautiful things can happen. ❤️
Respect for the table, the GM, your fellow players, the game you’re playing. Understanding, empathy, willingness to collaborate and have fun.
From that beautiful things can happen. ❤️
I say we air drop all the billionaires... maybe without parachutes. 😇
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I say we air drop all the billionaires... maybe without parachutes. 😇
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
I know, I KNOW how woefully inept and stupid these assholes under Trump are, but... damn. They keep getting dumber and dumber. Good on Thompson for caring out this idiot.
Also, this idiot is most likely making a 6 figure salary and that's a crime in itself. Gross.
Also, this idiot is most likely making a 6 figure salary and that's a crime in itself. Gross.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I know, I KNOW how woefully inept and stupid these assholes under Trump are, but... damn. They keep getting dumber and dumber. Good on Thompson for caring out this idiot.
Also, this idiot is most likely making a 6 figure salary and that's a crime in itself. Gross.
Also, this idiot is most likely making a 6 figure salary and that's a crime in itself. Gross.
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There's nothing more terrifying than a brussels sprout.
Jingle Jam veterans @highrollersdnd.bsky.social are absolutely smashing it this year - they've raised over £20,000 so far for CALM, with more streaming and fundraising to come this weekend!
Jingle Jam veterans @highrollersdnd.bsky.social are absolutely smashing it this year - they've raised over £20,000 so far for CALM, with more streaming and fundraising to come this weekend!
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's nothing more terrifying than a brussels sprout.
Jingle Jam veterans @highrollersdnd.bsky.social are absolutely smashing it this year - they've raised over £20,000 so far for CALM, with more streaming and fundraising to come this weekend!
Jingle Jam veterans @highrollersdnd.bsky.social are absolutely smashing it this year - they've raised over £20,000 so far for CALM, with more streaming and fundraising to come this weekend!
So what about all those folks that were getting sued for using their IP before for fan art? Or the cease and desist for tattoos? (Though that might have been WB.) Regardless of it all, this is another incredibly stupid corporate decision based off greed and double standards.
Breaking News: Disney will license its characters to Sora, OpenAI’s short-form video platform, in a watershed moment for Hollywood and generative A.I.
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So what about all those folks that were getting sued for using their IP before for fan art? Or the cease and desist for tattoos? (Though that might have been WB.) Regardless of it all, this is another incredibly stupid corporate decision based off greed and double standards.
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I’ve been offline the last few days because I’ve been focusing on a work thing, but @hellomcdm.bsky.social ‘s Draw Steel: Crack the Sun BackerKit is LIVE!!!
This is the first official Draw Steel epic campaign, along with SIX other new Draw Steel products, it looks SO EPIC.
Check it out!!!
This is the first official Draw Steel epic campaign, along with SIX other new Draw Steel products, it looks SO EPIC.
Check it out!!!
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."
www.backerkit.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I’ve been offline the last few days because I’ve been focusing on a work thing, but @hellomcdm.bsky.social ‘s Draw Steel: Crack the Sun BackerKit is LIVE!!!
This is the first official Draw Steel epic campaign, along with SIX other new Draw Steel products, it looks SO EPIC.
Check it out!!!
This is the first official Draw Steel epic campaign, along with SIX other new Draw Steel products, it looks SO EPIC.
Check it out!!!
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It’s live! A year of Draw Steel adventures, character options, and a new core rulebook are crowdfunding now! Plus you can get the back catalog!
Join the Crack the Sun launch party and get notified as soon as the next Draw Steel Backerkit campaign goes live. Coming soon! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun Launch Party
Get excited about Draw Steel: Crack the Sun on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s live! A year of Draw Steel adventures, character options, and a new core rulebook are crowdfunding now! Plus you can get the back catalog!
Proud to be the 598th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Draw Steel: Crack the Sun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun
"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day."
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Proud to be the 598th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Draw Steel: Crack the Sun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
(Pfft, that's not hard at all)
(Pfft, that's not hard at all)
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel
(Pfft, that's not hard at all)
(Pfft, that's not hard at all)
So much this.
I’m old enough to remember the strike that happened a whole year ago because companies like Netflix claimed they don’t have enough money to pay residuals to actors for their work. Netflix has $82 Billion to buy Warner Bros.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So much this.
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Beastheart and faerie fiction, posted for patrons but made public for the coming crowdfunder.
www.patreon.com/posts/139529...
www.patreon.com/posts/139529...
Fiction: The Beastheart & The Faeries | MCDM Productions
Get more from MCDM Productions on Patreon
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December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Beastheart and faerie fiction, posted for patrons but made public for the coming crowdfunder.
www.patreon.com/posts/139529...
www.patreon.com/posts/139529...
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The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The following is a statement from the WGA on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
I'm terrible at coming up with questions for these things, but I highly encourage you to do so if you have time!
The r/DnD AMA thread is now up here:
www.reddit.com/r/DnD/commen...
Please come and ask some questions! Starting at 5pm GMT.
www.reddit.com/r/DnD/commen...
Please come and ask some questions! Starting at 5pm GMT.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm terrible at coming up with questions for these things, but I highly encourage you to do so if you have time!
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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When taking stock of your accomplishments for 2025, if it turns out that the one big thing you got done was to continue to survive 2020, remind yourself that you’re doing great and you are not alone.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When taking stock of your accomplishments for 2025, if it turns out that the one big thing you got done was to continue to survive 2020, remind yourself that you’re doing great and you are not alone.
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The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
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