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Matt | Krasiph

@krasiph.bsky.social

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(they/him) Ex-software engineer, now full time TTRPG designer, actor, & artist. https://infinite-citadel.com/ Follow the Mörk Sol Kickstarter! https://morksol.com/kickstart The Beckoning Dream coming to a ZineClub in December!

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm Matt, code-monkey turned TTRPG creator making games like The Beckoning Dream, Mörk Sol, & Spill Your Fluids. I'm part of the @infinite-citadel.com and a proud cast member of @talesofinitiative.bsky.social.

Genderfluid Scary Dog Privilege for those I love (that's you💜)
🚫AI / NFTs. Fuck Fascists.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 16h

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 13h

Right!? It's pretty great. I'm so stoked for them and what this means for the game.

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 17h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Conlin (wuz) 🔜 PaxU @wuz.quest · 1d

Who wants to play so Mörk Sol at PaxU?

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Tales of Initiative @talesofinitiative.bsky.social · 18h

We're live with episode 22 of "Tales of Caerwyn", titled

The Storm Gathers

We're building up to the final confrontation with our first Villain! Can't wait to see what @wuz.quest's been cooking with his Ultima points. #ttrpg #fabulaultima
twitch.tv/tales_of_ini...

Tales_of_Initiative - Twitch

The Storm Gathers | Tales of Caerwyn Episode 22 | Fabula Ultima

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 20h

Folks seem to really like this one. If you want to make more dope stuff like this exist, be sure to follow the Mörk Sol Kickstarter page! We'll be going live in November - let's see if we can break 1k followers by then.

We're only three away from 800!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/inf...

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Need Games! 🔜@ Gamehole Con! @needgames.bsky.social · 1d

Over 999.999! ✨💫
Not even our dreams reached this high! 🐦‍🔥
Thank you to every single one of you who supported Fabula Ultima in this incredible campaign. 💎

Discover the future of Fabula Ultima with the final stretch goal unlocked!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 2d

The next person to contact me about a half or full body commission will get it half price! Pass it on!

Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ttrpg party, for a group of clients. Comms are open.
#ttrpg #dnd #art

Watercolor of two black clad warlock girls flanking a prettyboy knight and a huge loxodon casting a spell

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 23h

👏👏👏💜

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Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 1d

#mörktober Day 8 - Wizard

A mycorrhiza born from nullmarked humans and alien fungus. Welcome the itinerant preacher of nuflesh; decay of both life and reality.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

Mörk Sol - Mörktober - by Infinite Citadel. Day 8 - Wizard. Learn more at morksol.com A walking corpse, its upper body blooming into a cowl of fungus and skulls, steps through a rotting landscape. Spores cloud the foreground and split the sky, above which looms a rotting world. Nullmarked Mycorform. Xenofungal reality sculptor. Harbinger of nuflesh. The colonizer turned colony: mycorrhiza born from nullmarked human settlers and native fungi unwilling to share the stars. Their pathogenic properties are now unburdened by the laws of nature. HP 12 | Morale 9 | No Armor. Touch of Decay d4 and target tests Brawn DR12 or suffers a random alteration: 1. Rapid Decomposition: Random body part withers away in d6 rounds; 2. Voice of the Colony: Under the mycoform’s control for d3 rounds; 3. Sporific Blessing: Fall unconscious for d10 rounds. Heal the mycoform 2 HP each round they are asleep; 4. Fungual Transmutation: d4 damage and roll life support as if the atmosphere was not breathable. Reality Colonization: Physics are wrong within 5 meters of the mycoform. Tests in that area that involve precise movement (such as attack and defense) are +2DR. Mycoform’s artwork is the hybrid of Tania Herror’s Grandiose Lich & Deathcap Emissary, licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

😱that's incredible!!! I'm so happy for you. What an amazing project!

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Michael R. Underwood (Mike) @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 1d

I'm thrilled to share the news that I am Lead Designer for the new Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide for Daggerheart!

An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.

More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...

Dungeons of Drakkenheim x Daggerheart | Michael R. Underwood

www.patreon.com

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

... were we not supposed to do this!?

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Ivan Van Norman @lordvonbarron.bsky.social · 1d

Many years ago I did a show called Sagas of Sundry.

It was immersive horror, great storytelling, and reality show style skill challenges.

Now I want to bring it back, but call it Tales of Dread.

But I need your help. So I'm taking this project to Kickstarter.

Learn more at www.talesofdread.com

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

This was a super fun visual to create. Learned a ton of new techniques courtesy of @andrewbeauman.com, the amazing artist behind so much of Mörk Sol's visual language.

The Kickstarter is launching in November. Get ready to flip and burn! #ttrpg

Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 2d

#mörktober Day 7 - Shard

Scourge Artifacts. Always dangerous, and usually tempting. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be so valuable.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

Mörk Sol - Mörktober - by Infinite Citadel. Day 7 - Shard. Learn more at morksol.com A shard of glass floats through a cosmos filled with dark energy. A projection of the future (or past?) looms in its reflection, bleak and twisted by the object’s inherent malevolence. Temporal Sliver. Space holds firm in the reflection as time slides towards the mind’s eye. When you observe… THE PAST… to observe is to change. Test DR14 Spine. On success, swap two of your abilities. On fail, die. THE FUTURE… knowing imposes stasis. You have advantage on all tests until you fail, but you can’t use Ripples. When you fail, test DR14 Spine to prevent it from becoming a fumble. Scourge Artifact: Add the [SCOURGE] tag to your Skip’s cargo.

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

For example, there was a recent game that I wanted to back because the asymmetric PC system was really clever and exciting. However the vibe was Another Heroic Fantasy, so I couldn't justify the back. That's a genre I have plenty of options for.

Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 1d

I want to see something that...

1. Delivers a strong, clear vibe/tone that I can't get elsewhere
2. Has an interesting mechanic, be that a totally new core game loop or a novel remix on a familiar framework

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 1d

You're scrolling through a new crowdfunding campaign or an Itch page...

What's that one thing that makes you insta-buy an #IndieGame? Perfect piece of art? Killer premise? A specific, weird mechanic they mention? Tell us about the hook that gets you every time.

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🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 1d

If you wanna see indie creators succeed, remember you can always write reviews, talk about your play experience, do shoutouts, plenty of stuff that helps so much since there's only so many places that offer us outreach, especially if we are outside of the D&D/OSR space

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 1d

As quick example: this section outlines things to think about when designing a forest creature, and then gives specific applications for the aforementioned systems. So this book is HIGHLY flexible and really useful for way more than just D&D.

It's a chonky book (complimentary!) and very practical.

Keith's new book is opened to a page that describes using forests, then gives specific examples in the multiple systems listed in the previous post.

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Infinite Citadel ➡️ PaxU @infinite-citadel.com · 2d

#mörktober Day 7 - Shard

Scourge Artifacts. Always dangerous, and usually tempting. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be so valuable.
#ttrpg #morkborg #art

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Brian Yaksha (He/They) @brianyaksha.bsky.social · 2d

Duginthroat Divided launched on KS.

It is one of those rare instances of a work I am proud of.

I was able to push some angles in ways that got my brain firing up right.

I was able to witness something come to form that made me appreciate a modality I otherwise often ignore.

I endorse the work.

Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 2d

I have had a blast playing a few session of this sandbox with @iknowadamseats.bsky.social Ivy & @danielharila.bsky.social!

We finish our adventures tomorrow, but I'll be excited to get back into play when the whole thing is out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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Matt | Krasiph @krasiph.bsky.social · 2d

Not me hoping "The History of the Book" was an actual book I could go read, cuz I wanna KNOOOOW!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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