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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks!

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 1d

Why hire an expensive doctor when magical healing is available? Let the expensive doctor offer some unbiased reasons.

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Compose Dream Games @joshuakitz.bsky.social · 16d

The annual site-wide sale at the Compose Dream Games RPG Marketplace is on all Blackmoor Week. All print titles are 20% off and all PDFs are 25% off.
What title catches your eye? We'll be rotating the "featured" titles every day.
CAD composedreamgames.com/marketplace/
UK composedreamgames.co.uk

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 17d

"Why are you so worried about dolphins? We ate Dave last week."
"Yeah, but Dave was an idiot. And everyone knows dolphin meat is unlucky."
"Not with the right sauce!"
"You stay out of it!"

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 17d

What was that Sage working on before you hired them?

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

Very much so. Also "Machine of Death" by Ryan North et al.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

It's the Treasure Overhaul. Nowhere yet. Previews here, on the blog, on Patreon, etc.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

I mean, it probably won't, and I hope it doesn't, but it could!

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

It could happen to you!

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

And here's Astrology. Generate a flattering horoscope or predict a death.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · 19d

Still working on the Treasure Overhaul. Here's a preview of the Sages chapter. Enhance your alchemists.

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anjo @anjotv.bsky.social · Jun 2

Xiximanter from Tomb of the Serpent Kings by @skerples.bsky.social

currently enabling the party’s magic-user to be very normal and lawful

#dnd #osr

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · May 19

I wrote up a material-based magic system here: coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2024/05/osr-...
Might be useful.

OSR: A Material Component Magic System

Material components are annoying. They're fun in theory but a pain in practice. Most groups operate on the time-hallowed system of tracking ...

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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · May 18

You'd think so, but after a charismatic vampire scammer (turned 1898) bilked the Smithsonian out of a swimming pool's worth of blood (plus room, board, and expenses) while "translating" Linear A and gossiping about the Minoans in the '30s, it's hard to get approval from the review board.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · May 16

E.F. Knight found them eerie enough, though by this point he was suffering from exhaustion and dehydration. archive.org/details/cu31...

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · May 16

Blog post: coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/05/pulp...
Featuring land crabs, shipwrecks, duelling ocean liners, buried treasure, lost princes, scurvy, comets, and very lonely beetles.

Pulp: Adventure Location: Trindade & Martim Vaz

History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any citation, and interesting facts emerge. But some places, for wha...

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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.itch.io · May 8

I owe a big thanks to the Between Two Cairns crew for having me on to gush about how much I love “Kidnap the Archpriest” by @skerples.bsky.social! Shout out to @iheartfargo.bsky.social for introducing me to this incredible piece of adventure design!

Brad Kerr @bradkerr.net · May 8

We're joined by @danielhkwan.itch.io on Between Two Cairns to talk about WANDERING BLADES and to review the @skerples.bsky.social classic "Kidnap the Archpriest."
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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · May 2

Sorry, they're all gone. But if there's another crowdfunding push for the next book, I'll see if I can reprint them.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 20

It's some ominous implied worldbuilding, that's for sure.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 20

1d8 Dangerous Techno-Relics, because sometimes, the loot has to be worth fighting for. Some items will alter the setting. Some will alter the map.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 17

Adjacent to the Blockchain Mine: coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2022/01/osr-...

OSR: The Blockchain Mine

Good morning, and welcome to AdventureGild ®'s Blockchain Mine, sponsored by AdventureGild ®. As a new Adventurer, you may find the Blockcha...

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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 16

coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/04/tari...

Tariffs, CanCon, and You

In 1972 the CBC asked listeners to complete the saying "As Canadian as...", to match "As American as apple pie." The winner was "As Canadia...

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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 14

@maniculumpodcast.bsky.social You might find the cleaned-up modern english question spreadsheet useful.

Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Apr 14

415 Medieval Questions from Sidrak and Bokkus
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/04/sidr...

Sidrak and Bokkus: 415 Medieval Questions

A traditional high-effort medieval post from Skerples? Is it 2017? Sidrak and Bokkus is a Middle English verse adaptation of an Old French ...

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Skerples @skerples.bsky.social · Mar 27