Spencer Hibnick | Pesto Publications
@pestoenthusiast.bsky.social
Freelance TTRPG writer/designer/tester available for hire. Sr. Contract Tester, MCDM. Posts are my own. He/him. Business: [email protected].
Want.
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Want.
The World Could Always Use More Kobolds
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The World Could Always Use More Kobolds
Itch has finally paid me.
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Itch has finally paid me.
Why yes, the only way I can convince myself to do marketing is to turn it into a shitpost. How did you know?
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Why yes, the only way I can convince myself to do marketing is to turn it into a shitpost. How did you know?
Itch lets creators set their cut. I changed it to 0% when they started delisting LGBTQ content (let's call a spade a spade).
Itch responded by turning all of my info panels greyscale.
Looks like when my bandwidth frees up, I'll track down that Rising Tide talk about setting up your own storefront.
Itch responded by turning all of my info panels greyscale.
Looks like when my bandwidth frees up, I'll track down that Rising Tide talk about setting up your own storefront.
July 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Itch lets creators set their cut. I changed it to 0% when they started delisting LGBTQ content (let's call a spade a spade).
Itch responded by turning all of my info panels greyscale.
Looks like when my bandwidth frees up, I'll track down that Rising Tide talk about setting up your own storefront.
Itch responded by turning all of my info panels greyscale.
Looks like when my bandwidth frees up, I'll track down that Rising Tide talk about setting up your own storefront.
This is what my 5e (2014) stat blocks look like. Close to the Monster Manual, but with some formatting stripped out.
It fits my products' style better, and more importantly, I was able to build this into my Microsoft Word template (I do my own layout in Word), which means my products actually ship.
It fits my products' style better, and more importantly, I was able to build this into my Microsoft Word template (I do my own layout in Word), which means my products actually ship.
June 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is what my 5e (2014) stat blocks look like. Close to the Monster Manual, but with some formatting stripped out.
It fits my products' style better, and more importantly, I was able to build this into my Microsoft Word template (I do my own layout in Word), which means my products actually ship.
It fits my products' style better, and more importantly, I was able to build this into my Microsoft Word template (I do my own layout in Word), which means my products actually ship.
Do I know anyone that's played around with @speakthesky.itch.io's Dicier font?
I'm curious whether it can be used to create approximations of the Draw Steel tier icons.
Having those as a font would make third-party releases (especially those without professional layout software) so much easier.
I'm curious whether it can be used to create approximations of the Draw Steel tier icons.
Having those as a font would make third-party releases (especially those without professional layout software) so much easier.
June 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do I know anyone that's played around with @speakthesky.itch.io's Dicier font?
I'm curious whether it can be used to create approximations of the Draw Steel tier icons.
Having those as a font would make third-party releases (especially those without professional layout software) so much easier.
I'm curious whether it can be used to create approximations of the Draw Steel tier icons.
Having those as a font would make third-party releases (especially those without professional layout software) so much easier.
You're in California, right? Any driver's license issued after May 22, 2019 should be Real ID compliant. If you have a gold bear with a star in it in the top right, you're already good.
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You're in California, right? Any driver's license issued after May 22, 2019 should be Real ID compliant. If you have a gold bear with a star in it in the top right, you're already good.
This post is inspired by a discussion about the best way to have a spherical creature pull a chariot.
(If you're familiar with Flee, Mortals! or Draw Steel, it's a curled up drangolin.)
(If you're familiar with Flee, Mortals! or Draw Steel, it's a curled up drangolin.)
April 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This post is inspired by a discussion about the best way to have a spherical creature pull a chariot.
(If you're familiar with Flee, Mortals! or Draw Steel, it's a curled up drangolin.)
(If you're familiar with Flee, Mortals! or Draw Steel, it's a curled up drangolin.)
Coming to Itch tomorrow: the worst idea I've ever had.
March 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Coming to Itch tomorrow: the worst idea I've ever had.
I haven't been around here much because I'm anxious about <gesticulates wildly at current events> and social media makes that worse.
But I'm making a game about surviving a near-future AI-themed capitalist dystopia.
It's called enshittAIfication.
This is a piece of art I made for it.
But I'm making a game about surviving a near-future AI-themed capitalist dystopia.
It's called enshittAIfication.
This is a piece of art I made for it.
March 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I haven't been around here much because I'm anxious about <gesticulates wildly at current events> and social media makes that worse.
But I'm making a game about surviving a near-future AI-themed capitalist dystopia.
It's called enshittAIfication.
This is a piece of art I made for it.
But I'm making a game about surviving a near-future AI-themed capitalist dystopia.
It's called enshittAIfication.
This is a piece of art I made for it.
Olympic glory!
January 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Olympic glory!
When I say section order, I'm talking about the order that rules are introduced.
Here's the Blades table of contents. The order that they introduce the core game concepts - the first 50 pages in this case - is important to how easily and how well readers understand the system. They do a solid job.
Here's the Blades table of contents. The order that they introduce the core game concepts - the first 50 pages in this case - is important to how easily and how well readers understand the system. They do a solid job.
December 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
When I say section order, I'm talking about the order that rules are introduced.
Here's the Blades table of contents. The order that they introduce the core game concepts - the first 50 pages in this case - is important to how easily and how well readers understand the system. They do a solid job.
Here's the Blades table of contents. The order that they introduce the core game concepts - the first 50 pages in this case - is important to how easily and how well readers understand the system. They do a solid job.
Ha ha ha ha ha. Six. I was so naive.
Anyways, the Kobold Ancestry is over 3,500 words now.
I can't post most of it until the license covers levels 4-10, but once I'm done with the current draft I'll see what I can put together as an update on Itch.
pestopublications.itch.io/kobold-ances...
Anyways, the Kobold Ancestry is over 3,500 words now.
I can't post most of it until the license covers levels 4-10, but once I'm done with the current draft I'll see what I can put together as an update on Itch.
pestopublications.itch.io/kobold-ances...
December 23, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha. Six. I was so naive.
Anyways, the Kobold Ancestry is over 3,500 words now.
I can't post most of it until the license covers levels 4-10, but once I'm done with the current draft I'll see what I can put together as an update on Itch.
pestopublications.itch.io/kobold-ances...
Anyways, the Kobold Ancestry is over 3,500 words now.
I can't post most of it until the license covers levels 4-10, but once I'm done with the current draft I'll see what I can put together as an update on Itch.
pestopublications.itch.io/kobold-ances...
I've decided to lean heavily towards "ignore the design principles/decisions you disagree with and come up with your own solutions" in this case.
I don't foresee any balance or compatibility issues. The question is whether the audience will bite.
If I can figure out mechanics for that last line...
I don't foresee any balance or compatibility issues. The question is whether the audience will bite.
If I can figure out mechanics for that last line...
December 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I've decided to lean heavily towards "ignore the design principles/decisions you disagree with and come up with your own solutions" in this case.
I don't foresee any balance or compatibility issues. The question is whether the audience will bite.
If I can figure out mechanics for that last line...
I don't foresee any balance or compatibility issues. The question is whether the audience will bite.
If I can figure out mechanics for that last line...
Doing some game design on a rainy weekend afternoon...
December 14, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Doing some game design on a rainy weekend afternoon...
Want to know what TTRPG design looks like?
It looks like pulling up the CDC height by age chart because you've decided that adult kobolds are 3 ft. tall, and now you need to know how old they’d be when they’re 2 ft. tall so you know at what age kobold children play "three kobolds in a trench coat".
It looks like pulling up the CDC height by age chart because you've decided that adult kobolds are 3 ft. tall, and now you need to know how old they’d be when they’re 2 ft. tall so you know at what age kobold children play "three kobolds in a trench coat".
December 8, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Want to know what TTRPG design looks like?
It looks like pulling up the CDC height by age chart because you've decided that adult kobolds are 3 ft. tall, and now you need to know how old they’d be when they’re 2 ft. tall so you know at what age kobold children play "three kobolds in a trench coat".
It looks like pulling up the CDC height by age chart because you've decided that adult kobolds are 3 ft. tall, and now you need to know how old they’d be when they’re 2 ft. tall so you know at what age kobold children play "three kobolds in a trench coat".
Thanks folks. We got it!
December 4, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Thanks folks. We got it!
Everything you write in Obsidian is stored as a markdown file (.md), which lots of other programs can work with. You can even open them in Notepad (w/out formatting).
Search your PC for a folder called ".obsidian" - all of your text will be in folders that share the same parent folder as that one.
Search your PC for a folder called ".obsidian" - all of your text will be in folders that share the same parent folder as that one.
November 10, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Everything you write in Obsidian is stored as a markdown file (.md), which lots of other programs can work with. You can even open them in Notepad (w/out formatting).
Search your PC for a folder called ".obsidian" - all of your text will be in folders that share the same parent folder as that one.
Search your PC for a folder called ".obsidian" - all of your text will be in folders that share the same parent folder as that one.