Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin
@mongward.bsky.social
Fantasy, RPGs, video games, terrible puns, and Oxford Comma. Both more and less grumpy than I look.
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Robię (powoli) po polsku jutuby (głównie o Exalted) na https://youtube.com/@mongwardttrpg
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Robię (powoli) po polsku jutuby (głównie o Exalted) na https://youtube.com/@mongwardttrpg
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he/him
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profile pic by @sfaira.bsky.social
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No siema. Postanowiłem zabrać swoje paplanie nt. #exalted poza napadanie znajomych na komunikatorach i zrobić z tego Youtube'a.
Dla stworzenia iluzji ładu i porzadku, w tym wątku będę doczepiał kolejne odcinki w miarę ich pojawiania się.
Dla stworzenia iluzji ładu i porzadku, w tym wątku będę doczepiał kolejne odcinki w miarę ich pojawiania się.
Nie wiem czy "pójdę na spacer do biedry bo nie chce mi się ćwiczyć" jest dobrą opcją długoterminową, ale z drugiej strony tak czy siak się ruszam i zieję, a grafikiem cwiczeń sam zarządzam.
Ebać, idę kupić dwa kilo mandarynek, hantel nie ucieknie.
Ebać, idę kupić dwa kilo mandarynek, hantel nie ucieknie.
January 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Nie wiem czy "pójdę na spacer do biedry bo nie chce mi się ćwiczyć" jest dobrą opcją długoterminową, ale z drugiej strony tak czy siak się ruszam i zieję, a grafikiem cwiczeń sam zarządzam.
Ebać, idę kupić dwa kilo mandarynek, hantel nie ucieknie.
Ebać, idę kupić dwa kilo mandarynek, hantel nie ucieknie.
Oh shit, Bladesong Early Accesses in just over a week? I should keep better track of things!
8 days to Bladesong Early Access release: Meet Ryselle the Visionary, brought to life by @azuremeraki.bsky.social ⚔️
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Oh shit, Bladesong Early Accesses in just over a week? I should keep better track of things!
Buying Avowed did irreparable damage to my YT-videoscript-writing plans.
Thankfully it's a finite game, or I'd be lost entirely.
Thankfully it's a finite game, or I'd be lost entirely.
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Buying Avowed did irreparable damage to my YT-videoscript-writing plans.
Thankfully it's a finite game, or I'd be lost entirely.
Thankfully it's a finite game, or I'd be lost entirely.
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Found my most lasting impact to the culture on google images
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Found my most lasting impact to the culture on google images
Slightly diminish a game.
Planescape: Pain in the ass
Planescape: Pain in the ass
Slightly diminish a game.
The Longer Journey
The Longer Journey
Slightly diminish a game.
Dimmest Dungeon
Dimmest Dungeon
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Slightly diminish a game.
Planescape: Pain in the ass
Planescape: Pain in the ass
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no matter how bad things get, at least you don't have this guy's job
September 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
no matter how bad things get, at least you don't have this guy's job
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Things I want to GM this year:
- a proper Exalted campaign
- Fabula Ultima
- Mage the Awakening
- Band of Blades
- Draw Steel
Hobby things I want to do this year:
- make more videos about Exalted (maybe with both a PL and an ENG version?)
- learn to draw
- learn Blender
- dust off my writing brain
- a proper Exalted campaign
- Fabula Ultima
- Mage the Awakening
- Band of Blades
- Draw Steel
Hobby things I want to do this year:
- make more videos about Exalted (maybe with both a PL and an ENG version?)
- learn to draw
- learn Blender
- dust off my writing brain
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Things I want to GM this year:
- a proper Exalted campaign
- Fabula Ultima
- Mage the Awakening
- Band of Blades
- Draw Steel
Hobby things I want to do this year:
- make more videos about Exalted (maybe with both a PL and an ENG version?)
- learn to draw
- learn Blender
- dust off my writing brain
- a proper Exalted campaign
- Fabula Ultima
- Mage the Awakening
- Band of Blades
- Draw Steel
Hobby things I want to do this year:
- make more videos about Exalted (maybe with both a PL and an ENG version?)
- learn to draw
- learn Blender
- dust off my writing brain
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Two types of video game secrets:
1. Climb the mountain, follow the trail of yellow flowers into a small cave to find a popculture reference and a neat sword.
2. Kill 36 rats while facing perfect west at noon, quantum tunnel through the Earth and spin 421 degrees clockwise to get an achievement.
1. Climb the mountain, follow the trail of yellow flowers into a small cave to find a popculture reference and a neat sword.
2. Kill 36 rats while facing perfect west at noon, quantum tunnel through the Earth and spin 421 degrees clockwise to get an achievement.
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two types of video game secrets:
1. Climb the mountain, follow the trail of yellow flowers into a small cave to find a popculture reference and a neat sword.
2. Kill 36 rats while facing perfect west at noon, quantum tunnel through the Earth and spin 421 degrees clockwise to get an achievement.
1. Climb the mountain, follow the trail of yellow flowers into a small cave to find a popculture reference and a neat sword.
2. Kill 36 rats while facing perfect west at noon, quantum tunnel through the Earth and spin 421 degrees clockwise to get an achievement.
A sentiment I often see on various TTRPG spaces is "I don't need mechanics for RP" and I think it's blending two things in a way that obscures the actual meaning.
A: "RP" as playing your character
B: "RP" as social encounters
In both cases, I think it's shortsighted.
A: "RP" as playing your character
B: "RP" as social encounters
In both cases, I think it's shortsighted.
December 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A sentiment I often see on various TTRPG spaces is "I don't need mechanics for RP" and I think it's blending two things in a way that obscures the actual meaning.
A: "RP" as playing your character
B: "RP" as social encounters
In both cases, I think it's shortsighted.
A: "RP" as playing your character
B: "RP" as social encounters
In both cases, I think it's shortsighted.
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I keep seeing content labelled as "for the fifth edition of the world's greatest roleplaying game" and then it's clearly written by somebody with a *very* poor grasp of the Ars Magica rules.
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I keep seeing content labelled as "for the fifth edition of the world's greatest roleplaying game" and then it's clearly written by somebody with a *very* poor grasp of the Ars Magica rules.
Hell yeah
Real dedication to Journalism, I recommend taking a break from doomscrolling to learn a bit about the staple of Polish modern culture 👌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrEd...
The "XD" Phenomenon
YouTube video by Nick Robinson (Babylonian)
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hell yeah
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
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This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default.
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
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Signal bump! I would -love- to have more Exalted characters in my art queue. 👀
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- 10 Headshot Slots
- 5 Full Body Slots
- 10 Chibi Slots
More info+FAQ:
www.angelasasser.com/commissions
#commissionartists
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Signal bump! I would -love- to have more Exalted characters in my art queue. 👀
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"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
December 18, 2023 at 10:16 AM
"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
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You really can't minimize the use of genAI without shitting on the labor you are replacing with it.
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You really can't minimize the use of genAI without shitting on the labor you are replacing with it.
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
"We only use it to ideate and explore references! Unimportant things that don't matter! Nobody cares about those things, right? We all agree this is unimportant garbage work, right???"
The Berserk from Temu vibes of the Divinity trailer were enough to put me off.
The news it's supposed to be bigger than BG3 were discouraging.
This? This just puts the final nail in the coffin.
I don't envy Larian's PR the next few days, but I mostly feel for the creative staff.
The news it's supposed to be bigger than BG3 were discouraging.
This? This just puts the final nail in the coffin.
I don't envy Larian's PR the next few days, but I mostly feel for the creative staff.
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Berserk from Temu vibes of the Divinity trailer were enough to put me off.
The news it's supposed to be bigger than BG3 were discouraging.
This? This just puts the final nail in the coffin.
I don't envy Larian's PR the next few days, but I mostly feel for the creative staff.
The news it's supposed to be bigger than BG3 were discouraging.
This? This just puts the final nail in the coffin.
I don't envy Larian's PR the next few days, but I mostly feel for the creative staff.
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One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:
Proof of a Hero playing at the end of a big hunt is Monster Hunter's greatest source of joy.
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Proof of a Hero playing at the end of a big hunt is Monster Hunter's greatest source of joy.