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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 13h

Original sketch. Janky art by yours truly.

Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 13h

#MÖRKTOBER 2025 day 9 prompt: "thorn" - leech-like creatures, you don't a dozen of these ROSEs. Original sketch in the comments. #pirateborg or #mörkborg #ttrpg

A drawing of a non-existent creature called a ROSE. It has longer thorn-like structures on its outside and a flat, open-face that displays the inner organs deep within. The background is a rose-pink color. Text reads: "ROSE. Immensely strong thorns on its outside. An open face leading directly to its inner depths. A voracious feeder, a ROSE is a thorny predator you want to avoid. AT ALL COSTS. MÖRKTOBER 2025. Words and text by K.J. Montgomery."

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🪨 Sneak peek #6 🪨 writer @wazza70.bsky.social and cartographer Schlau (www.patreon.com/LiDGaming) bring an action-packed system-agnostic adventure involving Stonehenge in our upcoming indie #ttrpg zine The Quintessential Curios. Lucky you will get this map and loads more when you pick up your copy.

A top-down view of Stonehenge with all stones in order and neatly arranged to make a completed circle with a pattern of additional stones placed in its center.

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And here's my original janky sketch, mistakes and all 🤫

An hand-drawn art piece of a faceless humanoid wearing an open-faced, hooded cloak made of sackcloth. The entity holds a wooden staff with a large, cut ruby mounted firmly at its top. Next to the sketch are a set of colored watercolor pencils, a blending stump, and a pen.

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#MÖRKTOBER 2025 day 8 prompt: "wizard" - Riffing off of yesterday’s entry. “The Sackcloth Shepherd: Before, just a wizard. Now, with the Shepherd's Shard, they would be the Sackcloth Shepherd, a leader for all.” Hand drawn by yours truly. Raw sketch in the comments. #pirateborg or #mörkborg #ttrpg

In the upper left corner, the text reads "Before, just a wizard. Now, with the Shepherd's Shard, they would be the Sackcloth Shepherd, a leader for all." In the upper right corner, the title reads "The Sackcloth Shepherd." In the middle left, the credits read "MÖRKTOBER 2025. Words and art by K.J. Montgomery." In the center, the art piece is of a faceless humanoid wearing an open-faced, hooded cloak made of sackcloth. The entity holds a wooden staff with a large, cut ruby mounted firmly at its top.

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 2d

Black and white raw version of same image in original post - by K.J. Montgomery

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Original (colored) - by K.J. Montgomery

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#mörktober 2025 day 7 prompt: "shard" - "The Shepherd's Shard: Freshly pulled from the depths of Earth, this gemstone in the rough lets you get a grip on leadership."

Hand drawn by yours truly. Original scan in comments with a bonus raw b&w. Item could be used in #pirateborg or #mörkborg #ttrpg

Art is a skeleton's hand bursting from hard, brown ground. The hand is holding out a rough, uncut gemstone. It's red like a ruby. A thin root is twisted around the skeleton's wrist. Text reads: "The Shepherd's Shard. Freshly pulled from the depths of Earth, this gemstone in the rough lets you get a grip on leadership. MÖRKTOBER 2025. Art and words by K.J. Montgomery."

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#mörktober 2025 Day 6 prompt: "husk" - No janky drawing by yours truly today. Created digital art (with words) instead. This advert and item could be used in #CY-borg #pirateborg or #mörkborg #ttrpg A plain b&w text copy available if requested. Enjoy!

A made-up digital advertisement about an non-existent product called a husk. The acronym husk stands for "hacker's ultimate skeleton key." The product resembles a husk from a fruit or other edible plant. The advert also says "Husk. For when you need to get in. Available in three sizes. Get yours today." A large neon pink H stands in the background, while the husk products are colored yellow with a pink center.

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 4d

And here's the fun bonus version. Can you guess its inspiration? #mörktober 2025

A four-panel art piece with a smiling skull with a decorative frame around it in each of the four corners. Top left is pink. Top right is aqua. Bottom left is yellow. Bottom right is red.

Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 4d

Here's the raw photo #mörktober 2025

A smiling skull with a decorative yellow framing around it. Art done on black card stock with soft pastels.

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#mörktober 2025 Day 5 prompt: "stain" - Got out the black cardstock & soft pastels for today’s creation (raw photo posted in comments). Added digital filters for this final version. Art & words by yours truly. A fun BONUS version is also in the comments for you to enjoy. #mörkborg #ttrpg

A smiling skull with a decorative yellow framing. Underneath reads a name tag that says "Hello, my name is Stain the Main." Text below that reads "Stan the Man. Newspapers were dead. So was Stan. Neither could issue corrections for their mistakes."

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 5d

Here's the printer-friendly b&w version with plain text.

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#mörktober day 4 prompt: "howl" - The howler monkey is a fascinating IRL being, so please enjoy this #cyborg #ttrpg art and words by yours truly, K.J. Montgomery. A plain b&w version is in the comments for those who'd like it.

A text and art piece. From left to right, a textbox that reads "HOWLER monkey, a helpful associate in the desolate Hellscape you both call "home." The lookout you need when time is of the essence. Will alert you of any and all oncoming threats or danger. She is a trusted friend. For MÖRKTOBER 2025. Arts and words by K.J. Montgomery." An image in photo negative style, where the cybernetically enhanced howler monkey is mainly in black and the lines are in white. The monkey is wearing large glasses and a special collar. A cigarette hangs from her mouth. She has a mohawk for a hair-do. The image background is yellow, blue, and purple rectangles with pink brush strokes.

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#mörktober day 3 prompt: "daggers" - I'm sure this lovely Yucca carnerosana (Giant Spanish Dagger) had nothing to do with the pirate not leaving with his treasure. Right? #pirateborg #ttrpg art by yours truly, K.J. Montgomery

From left to right: a closed and locked treasure chest, a Giant Spanish Dagger (the Yucca carnerosana tree), a skull, and a pirate's tricorn hat. In the sand a message is scribbled that reads "MINE ALL MINE."

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#mörktober day 2 prompt: maw (art by K.J. Montgomery)

#pirateborg #mörkborg #cyborg #ttrpg

A maw (or mouth) directly connected to the stomach, starting at the esophagus. The mouth is full of teeth, all at different heights, sizes, and rows. The word bubble coming from the maw is asking, "Where's the beef?"

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#mörktober day 1 prompt: frog (art by K.J. Montgomery)

#pirateborg #mörkborg #cyborg #ttrpg

An odd creature that's mostly a frog. It has three eyes, with one being in the upper center part of the forehead. It has two extra appendages. The front four appendages are a cross between frog legs and tentacles. The frog is leaping and saying, "I'm Barb, and I'm BÖRGiful!"

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 7d

Janky art by yours truly (K.J. Montgomery) 😉

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😱 Sneak peek #5 😱 Why is the planet barren? What is this black mist? How does the small green dot hold back the mist? What will happen to the SS Odysseus crew? Oh writer @johnthehedge.bsky.social you fill us with many questions! Thankfully, The Quintessential Curios is coming soon. #ttrpg

A black and white line art drawing of an older male wearing a fisherman's hat and a collared, button-up shirt. His face is gaunt with wrinkles around his pointed nose and chin His black, piercing eyes look off into the distance, as he is posed at a three-quarters view facing the left.

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 9d

Thanks for sharing these games! I look forward to checking them out.

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I *really* enjoy GMing. I'd rather run games than be a player. There's something special about creating a setting and seeing where both you as the GM and the players take the narrative. How are challenges resolved? How do meaning choices affect the outcome? What were newly created opportunities? 😊

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 10d

I've never thought of it like that. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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(P.S. Not including any you've made😉)

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What are a few of your favorite diceless or GMless games? I've not yet tried either, so I'm open to recommendations.

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Watch Well Games @watchwellgames.com · 10d

A "would you rather" styled question we're curious to know how you'd all answer. Bonus points if you give examples of #ttRPGs so we can check them out.

Main text says, Which would you rather play and why? a diceless tabletop RPG or a GMless tabletop RPG. In the upper left corner, the red, green, and purple tartan for Montgomery clan. In the bottom right corner, a set of seven polyhedral dice. In the backdrop, the faint image of a hedgehog.

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