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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · 27d

Either way you can treat them as clearly separate and distinct from "classic" Goblins as you please, while also (and more importantly) justifying the existence of 'attractive' Goblins.

Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · 27d

In response to the discourse in some circles of the #TTRPG space around "ugly & evil vs hot & neutral/good" Goblins I have a proposed solution,
Gelfs.

Their origin can be either mundane or a more "dark" cross-breeding of Goblins and Elves.

Or they can be a more mischievous Fey-leaning variant.

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Molly Burgess Designs @mollyburgess.bsky.social · Sep 18

This lovely monster is Alessandra🌺
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#facehugger #alien #xenomorph

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Sep 16

Yep, the struggle

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 28

That's good, my knowledge is currently restricted to the early stuff they showed and it all just sounded super vague.

That and the two ppl I have watched talk about it since the books have come out make it sound basically the same- so they must be just bad at breaking stuff down which I believe tbh

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 28

Like PF2e sounds similar and different enough from modern DnD to justify its existence.
Every other system reads as either "5e BUT x" or "PF-BUT x".

The only other game outside of these two that particularly interests me is Lancer because it actually sounds unique and interesting by comparison.

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 28

I tell myself I want to at least try #pathfinder someday, but whenever I see/hear anything about other #ttrpg system I just feel all my 5e bias boiling over with thoughts like
"you really didn't need to make a whole other system to implement this one thing" or
"Everything unique about this sucks".

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 28

The players having more control than the GM and preferring a more crunchy system are two wildly different issues.

That being said I totally agree that at a glance, the game really expects the GM to constantly pull stuff out of their ass for seemingly little reason or benefit for anyone.

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🔞 Tato-Lantern 🔜 Howloween '25 @yoursspudly.newgrounds.com · Aug 28

Before going to bed during this week, I experimented with voice acting and audio editing. The result? I fiddled around and managed to create the in-game voice for my Lizardfolk barbarian of my current campaign! Enjoy the voice tests~
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#dnd #lizardfolk #voiceover #vfx #potato #vtuber #yoursspudly

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 26

Imo the limits on Safer Seas are just there to discourage people from using them, which just feels like pettiness on Rare's part.

I can deal with the reduced gold or XP, hell disable commendations for all I care.
But let me use MY ships etc, I earned them on the main servers already.

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Aug 26

This, the majority of the "PvP Community" in SoT are just trolls who live to grief less-skilled players and those doing actual voyages.

They don't want balanced combat against other crews looking to fight. Honestly the Arena was fun, but that wasn't what ppl say when they talk about SoT 'PvP'.

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Robbie, Cloaks & Capes TTRPG @cloaksandcapes.bsky.social · Jul 28

We're updating\releasing our monsters with the D&D MM changes. Something that always bothered me was how the only differences in beast stats, was their names.

Few had any traits that made them feel mechanically different, or helped to enforce any themes. So, we started making our own!

Grizzly Bear
Traits
Heavy Hauler. The bear can move its full Speed while dragging a creature it has Grappled.

Actions
Multiattack. The bear makes two Claw attacks or one Claw Attack and one Bite attack.

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature and has the Prone condition, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 13). While Grappled, the target has the Restrained condition. The grizzly bear cannot use its Bite attack if it has a target Grappled.

Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Slashing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.

Bonus Actions
Shoulder Charge. The bear must move 20+ feet in a straight line. Strength Saving Throw: DC 13, any Large or smaller creature in the bear's path. Failure: The creature is pushed 10 feet and gains the Prone condition. Success: The creature is pushed 10 feet.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · Jul 16

I don't know who emotionally needs this right now, but here's a bunch of big creature animatronics from the late '90s

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Jules @julesdrawz.bsky.social · Jun 28

Megas

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Monarobot @monarobot.bsky.social · Jun 30

Dromaeosaurus commission

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gator 🐊 @gatorstooth.bsky.social · Jul 10

godzilla typhlosion adopts!

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

Exciting news!
Honestly I hear mutli-streaming just earns you more money anyway.

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

They got merch on there?? I know where I'm shopping next!

Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

Any house trying to expand and build on a rotting foundation is doomed to collapse.

It is merely hard to see and correlate the current and immediate harm being caused to US citizens by a problem that has been going on for decades. But my latin-american family is very aware of the problem.

Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

He's not the only one. Corpos lobbying and controlling our government in-general are a massive issue. Musk is and has always been just the idiot with a big enough Ego to not hide in the shadow of everything he owns.

But the law is the law, if he did anything illegal he should obviously face justice

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

I mean if they aren't here legally yeah, IDC about Musk one way or another honestly.

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Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

It's still super amusing to see that ppl still think that USAID was a humanitarian aid program and NOT know it was basically the CIA's Trojan horse for destabilizing other countries and their governments.

Drake the Caster @helmetwizard.bsky.social · Jul 5

I just want the living contraband forcibly removed from my country already. 💚

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Monarobot @monarobot.bsky.social · May 4

Quetzalcoatlus!! (With MANY artistic liberties of course, NOT #paleoart accurate ;)

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Monarobot @monarobot.bsky.social · Jun 13

Reimagining of this badass classic Godzilla vs King Ghidorah poster someone commissioned a few years back!

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