Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications
@pestoenthusiast.bsky.social
Freelance TTRPG writer/designer/tester available for hire. Sr. Contract Tester, MCDM. Posts are my own. He/him. Business: [email protected].
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Hi, I'm Spencer. I'm a freelance TTRPG designer and tester, and I'm definitely not a kobold with a fake mustache. I'd love to work with you!
Portfolio: pestopublications.com
Newsletter: pestopublications.substack.com
Store: pestopublications.itch.io
Email: [email protected]
Portfolio: pestopublications.com
Newsletter: pestopublications.substack.com
Store: pestopublications.itch.io
Email: [email protected]
Chances are that if you're following me, you already know about my friend Sam's Draw Steel project, but if you don't, go check it out:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
A Refugee’s Guide to Nomas - Powered by Draw Steel
Seek refuge beneath a molten sky in Nomas, a psionic city where ideals clash with politics and thoughts have power. A modular Draw Steel supplement with factions, districts, and NPCs for running adven...
www.backerkit.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Chances are that if you're following me, you already know about my friend Sam's Draw Steel project, but if you don't, go check it out:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
A thesaurus is an incredibly powerful tool in a designer's arsenal.
Especially in places where the word count is extremely limited, such as ability names, the right word can transform something from functional to really cool.
The time you spend searching for the right word almost always pays off.
Especially in places where the word count is extremely limited, such as ability names, the right word can transform something from functional to really cool.
The time you spend searching for the right word almost always pays off.
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A thesaurus is an incredibly powerful tool in a designer's arsenal.
Especially in places where the word count is extremely limited, such as ability names, the right word can transform something from functional to really cool.
The time you spend searching for the right word almost always pays off.
Especially in places where the word count is extremely limited, such as ability names, the right word can transform something from functional to really cool.
The time you spend searching for the right word almost always pays off.
Want.
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Want.
The volume of an Ajax edition is approximately 1.62 Blåhaj³.
I have no idea what you're going to do with that information, but another tester shared a photo with a Blåhaj for scale, so I did the math, and it felt wrong not to share.
I have no idea what you're going to do with that information, but another tester shared a photo with a Blåhaj for scale, so I did the math, and it felt wrong not to share.
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The volume of an Ajax edition is approximately 1.62 Blåhaj³.
I have no idea what you're going to do with that information, but another tester shared a photo with a Blåhaj for scale, so I did the math, and it felt wrong not to share.
I have no idea what you're going to do with that information, but another tester shared a photo with a Blåhaj for scale, so I did the math, and it felt wrong not to share.
This has been my position on Facebook since Cambridge Analytica. I've got a lot of practice.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This has been my position on Facebook since Cambridge Analytica. I've got a lot of practice.
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✨1.7k Followers Art Raffle!✨
Thank you all for following, let’s do this again!! 💚
Rules:
-Follow + Like + Repost
-Comment your OC references
-Tag your friends! (Optional)
-No giveaway accounts
Two random winners will receive one portrait in this style!
Ends: December 28th !
Thank you all for following, let’s do this again!! 💚
Rules:
-Follow + Like + Repost
-Comment your OC references
-Tag your friends! (Optional)
-No giveaway accounts
Two random winners will receive one portrait in this style!
Ends: December 28th !
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
✨1.7k Followers Art Raffle!✨
Thank you all for following, let’s do this again!! 💚
Rules:
-Follow + Like + Repost
-Comment your OC references
-Tag your friends! (Optional)
-No giveaway accounts
Two random winners will receive one portrait in this style!
Ends: December 28th !
Thank you all for following, let’s do this again!! 💚
Rules:
-Follow + Like + Repost
-Comment your OC references
-Tag your friends! (Optional)
-No giveaway accounts
Two random winners will receive one portrait in this style!
Ends: December 28th !
📝 <incomprehensible excited kobold noises>
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
📝 <incomprehensible excited kobold noises>
Hooked on Crafting, a Draw Steel supplement designed to make it easier for Directors to incorporate crafting into their games, is funding through Itch. It's already close to its goal!
(Yours truly will be contributing a small part of it.)
Check it out: thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...
(Yours truly will be contributing a small part of it.)
Check it out: thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...
Hooked on Crafting — Powered by Draw Steel by The Dice Society
Quest Hooks for Every Craftable in Draw Steel
thedicesociety.itch.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hooked on Crafting, a Draw Steel supplement designed to make it easier for Directors to incorporate crafting into their games, is funding through Itch. It's already close to its goal!
(Yours truly will be contributing a small part of it.)
Check it out: thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...
(Yours truly will be contributing a small part of it.)
Check it out: thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...
Reposted by Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications
Our crowdfunder for Boggits of Kingsmire: A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel will soon end! Consider backing if you still haven't, and help us have the strongest possible finish and unlock some stretch goals! Spread the word and repost for visiblity! Thank you all! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Boggits of Kingsmire - A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel
A swampy supplement for MCDM Productions' Draw Steel RPG.
www.backerkit.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our crowdfunder for Boggits of Kingsmire: A Swampy Supplement for Draw Steel will soon end! Consider backing if you still haven't, and help us have the strongest possible finish and unlock some stretch goals! Spread the word and repost for visiblity! Thank you all! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Reposted by Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications
This meeting could've been a Draw Steel montage.
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This meeting could've been a Draw Steel montage.
Boy, I sure am glad I live in a society led by people that view art purely as a fungible commodity...
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Boy, I sure am glad I live in a society led by people that view art purely as a fungible commodity...
If you deliberately misspell a word you know a lot of people have muted so that you can get your hot take in front of those people, you are a bad person.
It doesn't matter what the take is. You are saying your need to be heard is more important than the safeguards other people set for themselves.
It doesn't matter what the take is. You are saying your need to be heard is more important than the safeguards other people set for themselves.
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you deliberately misspell a word you know a lot of people have muted so that you can get your hot take in front of those people, you are a bad person.
It doesn't matter what the take is. You are saying your need to be heard is more important than the safeguards other people set for themselves.
It doesn't matter what the take is. You are saying your need to be heard is more important than the safeguards other people set for themselves.
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ChatGPT can rip my em dashes from my cold dead hands
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ChatGPT can rip my em dashes from my cold dead hands
MCDM just released the symbols they use in stat blocks under a free license.
mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...
If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.
mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...
If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.
mcdm.gg
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
MCDM just released the symbols they use in stat blocks under a free license.
mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...
If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.
mcdm.gg/DrawSteel/Dr...
If you've never worked with a CC-BY-SA license, check out the thread for some guidance.
Haven is 90% off on Steam.
It's one of those games where - if you judge it by its individual components - nothing really stands out.
7/10 art. 7/10 gameplay. 8/10 writing. 9/10 soundtrack. Etcetera.
And then you finish it and put it down and somehow it's one of the best games you've ever played.
It's one of those games where - if you judge it by its individual components - nothing really stands out.
7/10 art. 7/10 gameplay. 8/10 writing. 9/10 soundtrack. Etcetera.
And then you finish it and put it down and somehow it's one of the best games you've ever played.
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Haven is 90% off on Steam.
It's one of those games where - if you judge it by its individual components - nothing really stands out.
7/10 art. 7/10 gameplay. 8/10 writing. 9/10 soundtrack. Etcetera.
And then you finish it and put it down and somehow it's one of the best games you've ever played.
It's one of those games where - if you judge it by its individual components - nothing really stands out.
7/10 art. 7/10 gameplay. 8/10 writing. 9/10 soundtrack. Etcetera.
And then you finish it and put it down and somehow it's one of the best games you've ever played.
So many people wouldn't have art for their projects if not for Dean's reasonably priced stock art and holiday free giveaways.
Hi everyone, can I ask you all a favour? please share this with your RPG creator friends.
Our car has failed the MOT, and to get it fixed is just not worth the money that needs spending on it. So, got to get a replacement as soon as possible.
25% OFF STOCK ART available on DriveThruRPG.
LINKS IN BIO
Our car has failed the MOT, and to get it fixed is just not worth the money that needs spending on it. So, got to get a replacement as soon as possible.
25% OFF STOCK ART available on DriveThruRPG.
LINKS IN BIO
September 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So many people wouldn't have art for their projects if not for Dean's reasonably priced stock art and holiday free giveaways.
Whomever at @backerkit.com came up with overtime mode is a genius.
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Whomever at @backerkit.com came up with overtime mode is a genius.
Scum and Villainy. Every time I've run it, it's just been the best, most chaotic time.
(Note that I run FitD games without position and effect rules. YRMV.)
Triangle Agency is rapidly reaching that point too, but it has a lot more acclaim.
(Note that I run FitD games without position and effect rules. YRMV.)
Triangle Agency is rapidly reaching that point too, but it has a lot more acclaim.
Do you have a ttrpg that in your opinion is so under celebrated that you have appointed yourself head of the PR committee for that game? Where on at least one occasion someone mistakenly assumed you must have worked on it but really you're just unwell about it?
What's that game to you?
What's that game to you?
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Scum and Villainy. Every time I've run it, it's just been the best, most chaotic time.
(Note that I run FitD games without position and effect rules. YRMV.)
Triangle Agency is rapidly reaching that point too, but it has a lot more acclaim.
(Note that I run FitD games without position and effect rules. YRMV.)
Triangle Agency is rapidly reaching that point too, but it has a lot more acclaim.
Itch has finally paid me.
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Itch has finally paid me.
Kobold Ancestry mini-update: @jeffstevensgames.bsky.social just sent the cross-collab weapons to everyone that backed both campaigns (except for four folks whose payments failed.)
Later this week, I'll send the PDF out to everyone that filled out their survey. If you haven't done so yet, please do!
Later this week, I'll send the PDF out to everyone that filled out their survey. If you haven't done so yet, please do!
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Kobold Ancestry mini-update: @jeffstevensgames.bsky.social just sent the cross-collab weapons to everyone that backed both campaigns (except for four folks whose payments failed.)
Later this week, I'll send the PDF out to everyone that filled out their survey. If you haven't done so yet, please do!
Later this week, I'll send the PDF out to everyone that filled out their survey. If you haven't done so yet, please do!
Due to a typo during prep, the heroes will be journeying to the Kingdom of the Elvis.
August 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Due to a typo during prep, the heroes will be journeying to the Kingdom of the Elvis.
One of my goals for 2026 is to build time into my schedule to read what other people are designing and shout out the stuff I find cool. Not just people that are already my friends, or clients, but everyone and anyone.
I'd love to hear advice from people that are already making that effort.
I'd love to hear advice from people that are already making that effort.
August 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
One of my goals for 2026 is to build time into my schedule to read what other people are designing and shout out the stuff I find cool. Not just people that are already my friends, or clients, but everyone and anyone.
I'd love to hear advice from people that are already making that effort.
I'd love to hear advice from people that are already making that effort.
