Smoke & Thunder D&D (Joshua Ohmer)
@ravenquill.bsky.social
Josh (he/him). I write gun rules and PC species for D&D. Polyamorous, LGBTQ+ ally, anti-fascist 🇺🇦🇵🇸
🚫 AI/NFT/crypto
Firearms: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/441768
Species: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/488980
Find more: https://linktr.ee/ravenquill
🚫 AI/NFT/crypto
Firearms: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/441768
Species: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/488980
Find more: https://linktr.ee/ravenquill
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🧵 Why you should include firearms and other technology in your #dnd game...
1. Because they're historical - Gunpowder is older than many of the common weapons in D&D. Rapier, longbow, and even halberd are more recent inventions than gunpowder.
1. Because they're historical - Gunpowder is older than many of the common weapons in D&D. Rapier, longbow, and even halberd are more recent inventions than gunpowder.
a man with long hair is talking about black powder .
Alt: a man with long hair is talking about black powder .
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Reason #0 - Because you want to 😉
Check out my comprehensive rules in Smoke & Thunder: Firearms For Fifth Edition and it's sequels!
www.dmsguild.com/product/4417...
Check out my comprehensive rules in Smoke & Thunder: Firearms For Fifth Edition and it's sequels!
www.dmsguild.com/product/4417...
"When you lay like this, looking at the sky, time seems to stop."
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"When you lay like this, looking at the sky, time seems to stop."
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The keywords in the Congressional statement are "illegal orders".
If the order is legal, it just be followed. No one is arguing that.
If an order is illegal, such as shooting unarmed civilians, a service member is obligated to decline.
"Just following orders" is not a legal defense at trial.
If the order is legal, it just be followed. No one is arguing that.
If an order is illegal, such as shooting unarmed civilians, a service member is obligated to decline.
"Just following orders" is not a legal defense at trial.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The keywords in the Congressional statement are "illegal orders".
If the order is legal, it just be followed. No one is arguing that.
If an order is illegal, such as shooting unarmed civilians, a service member is obligated to decline.
"Just following orders" is not a legal defense at trial.
If the order is legal, it just be followed. No one is arguing that.
If an order is illegal, such as shooting unarmed civilians, a service member is obligated to decline.
"Just following orders" is not a legal defense at trial.
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My friend Mildra made something so pls look at it :3
@mildrathemonk.bsky.social
mildra.itch.io/finalfantasy...
@mildrathemonk.bsky.social
mildra.itch.io/finalfantasy...
Final Fantasy TRPG: Legend Edition by Mildra The Monk, Xanatrix Zadare
A customization-centric interpretation of the long-running series of Final Fantasy TRPG fan projects.
mildra.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My friend Mildra made something so pls look at it :3
@mildrathemonk.bsky.social
mildra.itch.io/finalfantasy...
@mildrathemonk.bsky.social
mildra.itch.io/finalfantasy...
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need-a-penny, take-a-penny
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
need-a-penny, take-a-penny
As a student of archaeology and a game writer, this sounds fascinating!
A few of us designers have been privileged to follow along while @stoutstoat.co.uk chipped away at this project for the last few years.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
Game designers bring to life to Scotland's mysterious Picts
Writers and archaeologists also worked on a new guide to a lost early medieval Scottish society.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As a student of archaeology and a game writer, this sounds fascinating!
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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We can't escape our human nature.
So if we want to tame it, we have to address the psychological causes.
Like narcissism, sadism, greed, & addiction.
Then find regulations that close the loopholes. Cap wealth. Prevent monopolies.
Create consequences before people become too big to fail.
So if we want to tame it, we have to address the psychological causes.
Like narcissism, sadism, greed, & addiction.
Then find regulations that close the loopholes. Cap wealth. Prevent monopolies.
Create consequences before people become too big to fail.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We can't escape our human nature.
So if we want to tame it, we have to address the psychological causes.
Like narcissism, sadism, greed, & addiction.
Then find regulations that close the loopholes. Cap wealth. Prevent monopolies.
Create consequences before people become too big to fail.
So if we want to tame it, we have to address the psychological causes.
Like narcissism, sadism, greed, & addiction.
Then find regulations that close the loopholes. Cap wealth. Prevent monopolies.
Create consequences before people become too big to fail.
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But I want people to know that communism didn't fix corruption.
It actually possessed a lot of the same excesses we have today with the current iteration of Trump, the Republicans, & their broligarchy.
Two systems that stretch for opposite extremes and then meet up at the same corrupt system.
It actually possessed a lot of the same excesses we have today with the current iteration of Trump, the Republicans, & their broligarchy.
Two systems that stretch for opposite extremes and then meet up at the same corrupt system.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
But I want people to know that communism didn't fix corruption.
It actually possessed a lot of the same excesses we have today with the current iteration of Trump, the Republicans, & their broligarchy.
Two systems that stretch for opposite extremes and then meet up at the same corrupt system.
It actually possessed a lot of the same excesses we have today with the current iteration of Trump, the Republicans, & their broligarchy.
Two systems that stretch for opposite extremes and then meet up at the same corrupt system.
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With the U.S. we have so many legal loopholes that allow legal corruption.
For decades, the wealthy operated in a second tier system of justice where they could bend and break the laws without being held accountable.
An adaptive system would have closed the loopholes 50 years ago. Ours didn't.
For decades, the wealthy operated in a second tier system of justice where they could bend and break the laws without being held accountable.
An adaptive system would have closed the loopholes 50 years ago. Ours didn't.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
With the U.S. we have so many legal loopholes that allow legal corruption.
For decades, the wealthy operated in a second tier system of justice where they could bend and break the laws without being held accountable.
An adaptive system would have closed the loopholes 50 years ago. Ours didn't.
For decades, the wealthy operated in a second tier system of justice where they could bend and break the laws without being held accountable.
An adaptive system would have closed the loopholes 50 years ago. Ours didn't.
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How exactly does “Make America Healthy Again” work when the plan is literally
Step 1: Poison
Step 2: Pretend it’s freedom
Step 3: Profit
#MAHA
Step 1: Poison
Step 2: Pretend it’s freedom
Step 3: Profit
#MAHA
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How exactly does “Make America Healthy Again” work when the plan is literally
Step 1: Poison
Step 2: Pretend it’s freedom
Step 3: Profit
#MAHA
Step 1: Poison
Step 2: Pretend it’s freedom
Step 3: Profit
#MAHA
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“The approach contradicts traditional Republican thinking about the power of the free market to identify winners and losers.”
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“The approach contradicts traditional Republican thinking about the power of the free market to identify winners and losers.”
Apparently, there is pie 💿🐴... Eat what you like.
I don't like pecan pie. Pumpkin or sweet potato should be slathered in Cool Whip. Apple, blackberry, and cherry are all top notch, as long as the crust isn't burnt or too thick. I'm not a big fan of cheesecakes. Key lime is pretty good.
I don't like pecan pie. Pumpkin or sweet potato should be slathered in Cool Whip. Apple, blackberry, and cherry are all top notch, as long as the crust isn't burnt or too thick. I'm not a big fan of cheesecakes. Key lime is pretty good.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Apparently, there is pie 💿🐴... Eat what you like.
I don't like pecan pie. Pumpkin or sweet potato should be slathered in Cool Whip. Apple, blackberry, and cherry are all top notch, as long as the crust isn't burnt or too thick. I'm not a big fan of cheesecakes. Key lime is pretty good.
I don't like pecan pie. Pumpkin or sweet potato should be slathered in Cool Whip. Apple, blackberry, and cherry are all top notch, as long as the crust isn't burnt or too thick. I'm not a big fan of cheesecakes. Key lime is pretty good.
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look at this fatherland bullshit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
look at this fatherland bullshit.
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And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
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We live in the era of the Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard, the Overton window of sweets has undergone radical transformation
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We live in the era of the Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard, the Overton window of sweets has undergone radical transformation
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
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"An AI-assembled version of Gargano’s Christmas cake, for instance, would have people cooking a 6-inch cake for 3 to 4 hours at 320°F (160°C).
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"An AI-assembled version of Gargano’s Christmas cake, for instance, would have people cooking a 6-inch cake for 3 to 4 hours at 320°F (160°C).
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
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really important advice for folks planning on ACA insurance
KFF’s @larrylevitt.bsky.social advises signing up now, because once enrollment open ends you won’t have another chance.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.
You can sign as a hedge, in case a deal is passed, and decide to drop out later if there’s no deal.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
really important advice for folks planning on ACA insurance
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TIL, unsplash and istock images forbid any and all AI on their sites as well as letting AI train on them, ahhhh
sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped
sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
TIL, unsplash and istock images forbid any and all AI on their sites as well as letting AI train on them, ahhhh
sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped
sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped
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Annette is just like me fr.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Annette is just like me fr.
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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coordinated inauthentic behavior—particularly foreign influence operations. They've insisted that any attempt to study and limit such operations is actually just "censorship" with various forms of cover, whether academic or operational.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
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🚨 Rep. Don Bacon, NE (R) breaks from MAGA. Ukraine, threats to colleagues, the Epstein atrocities, ICE atrocities.... Whether individual or collective, there are lines people will not want their names historically associated with crossing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨 Rep. Don Bacon, NE (R) breaks from MAGA. Ukraine, threats to colleagues, the Epstein atrocities, ICE atrocities.... Whether individual or collective, there are lines people will not want their names historically associated with crossing.
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the lesson from doge is not that we need to cut waste fraud and abuse better. the lesson is that GOVERNMENT FULFILLS MANY VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS and that among those is SAVING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
the lesson from doge is not that we need to cut waste fraud and abuse better. the lesson is that GOVERNMENT FULFILLS MANY VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS and that among those is SAVING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN.