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Seth Skorkowsky

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Author. Game Master. Audio Book addict I also make YouTube videos about TTRPGs Gold ENNIE Award winner (x3) Silver ENNIE Award winner for Best Streaming Content https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Agented by Amy Brewer at Metamorphosis Literary Agency

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 16h

Well deserved. Bud loved RuneQuest so damn much, and I'm happy to see the love right back at him.

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 21h

Today, on the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, Chaosium is pleased to announce William "Bud" Baird as the 2025 Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom winner.

Bud Baird is the 2025 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom

This month marks the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, and we are pleased to present the 2025 award to William "Bud" Baird.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 20h

It's all recycled fear-mongering. The original "these fragile minds will confuse fiction for reality" argument was from the moral panic about women reading novels.
The 'Video Games carouse violence' one is especially funny when you compare the claim against youth crime rates since the mid-90s.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 20h

FRP and/or FRPG really should have caught on.

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

Oh you gotta watch the Dark Dungeons movie. It's a very intentional comedy.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

I was forced to watch Cruel Doubt (with Gwyneth Paltrow and Adam Baldwin). M&M was about the "brilliant but emotionally fragile" kid losing touch with reality narrative, but Cruel Doubt was "D&D makes you murder your family"

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

I need to get one. You can order them from Chick Pub, but only in bulk.

The movie is amazing. They did it straight-faced and it's hilarious.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

On the bright side, I scored a copy of The Truth About Dungeons And Dragons off ebay.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, the Pro Family Forum is gone (OK, not sad at all. Fuck those guys.) so I can't order one for myself.

Blog with the pamphlet and with transcript is here lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com/2020/04/anti...

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

Hunting through RPG Moral Panic materiel online and found my new favorite Anti-D&D pamphlet.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

clearly some form of pressure regulator in its face-needle

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

In all seriousness, fuck cancer.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

At 10hp that's 2L of blood. So 2kg give or take the density difference.

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

This is now my head-canon

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d

It could say Endurance. It could also say Nickels. But what it does say is Blood.

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Michelle 🦇🎃 @nexusgoblin.bsky.social · 2d

An important part of me watching horror films is where I pause the movie when it frustrates me to go ask my partner what he would do in hypothetical situations just to make sure he's not going to fuck up and get us all killed

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2d

I dont understand how anyone could look at that video and possibly reject my Hi-Pressure Blood Theory. It's like a billion times more awesome than any other Hit Point Theory.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, which is more awesome, "You twist to the side, the sword blade swinging past, losing 10 points of Luck" or "The sword hits you. A crimson fan of blood sprays a dozen feet, coating everything. You stagger then laugh, "Is that all you got?""

Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2d

Losing 2 liters (10 HP) is fatal for the average person. Your body has more blood than 2L, but you're already dead.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2d

"But HP are a combobulation of Luck, Stamina, & Plot Armor, and dont represent actual damage"
Stirges drink blood. Not Plot Armor or Luck. Blood.
D&D HP are blood.
The higher the character's HP, the more blood they have. The more blood, the higher the PSI.
It's as dumb as any other explanation.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2d

OK. Last time.
A D&D Stirge detaches after draining 10 HP of blood. Therefore HP are a measurable unit of blood (I estimate 200ml per HP).

Characters with high HP might have hundreds of liters contained in their bodies at high pressure. Even light nicks tend to spray anime-style.
It's science.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 3d

YouTube let's me try up to 3 thumbnails at a time and tells me which is the most effective.
Initially, I loaded 3. Within the first day it was clear one wasn't working for people, so I reduced it to 2. After 6 days, the algorithm tells me.... nothing.
I can only assume they suck equally

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 3d

The list is, "All Of Them."
I'll review it eventually.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 3d

It is a minor spoiler, but it's true. Fucking up ICE assholes is definitely part of this campaign.

Also, God's Teeth has all the Content Warnings.
All. Of. Them.
There were Content Warnings I didn't know should exist until we played this. It's awesome. It's beautiful. It's fucking horrifying.

Shane Ivey of the delta-green.com Iveys @shaneivey.bsky.social · 3d

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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