Chris Edwards
@plumpwithevil.bsky.social
Scribbler, nerd, father, denizen of the northlands.
A dream to some, a nightmare to others - you know how it goes.
(He/Him)
Tales from the Aletheian Society: www.hunterhoose.co.uk
A dream to some, a nightmare to others - you know how it goes.
(He/Him)
Tales from the Aletheian Society: www.hunterhoose.co.uk
Cryptic crosswords are the jazz saxophone of the crossword world. This is the hill I will die on!
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Cryptic crosswords are the jazz saxophone of the crossword world. This is the hill I will die on!
D&D: The heroes returned to their friend, an extremely buff merman-whale-giant who the lusty wizard kept on referring to as "Sea-Daddy". Unfortunately, the giant was being controlled by an aboleth, and the heroes had to fight off hordes of brain-sucking parasites in order to free him.
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
D&D: The heroes returned to their friend, an extremely buff merman-whale-giant who the lusty wizard kept on referring to as "Sea-Daddy". Unfortunately, the giant was being controlled by an aboleth, and the heroes had to fight off hordes of brain-sucking parasites in order to free him.
D&D: Party descended to the lightless depths of the ocean to find the lair of dead dragon turtle. Having no hands or pockets, said turtle had been eating treasure and pooping it out, so PCs faced sifting hundreds of giant turds. Mordenkainen's Mansion provided an efficient way of doing this.
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
D&D: Party descended to the lightless depths of the ocean to find the lair of dead dragon turtle. Having no hands or pockets, said turtle had been eating treasure and pooping it out, so PCs faced sifting hundreds of giant turds. Mordenkainen's Mansion provided an efficient way of doing this.
Good lord, Wes Streeting really is a slimy piece of crap, isn't he? While I'm quite happy to see Starmer go, the idea of that smug sack of effluent replacing him is nightmare fuel.
He's clearly about to wheel out the same calibre of "experts" for mental health as they did with trans issues.
He's clearly about to wheel out the same calibre of "experts" for mental health as they did with trans issues.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good lord, Wes Streeting really is a slimy piece of crap, isn't he? While I'm quite happy to see Starmer go, the idea of that smug sack of effluent replacing him is nightmare fuel.
He's clearly about to wheel out the same calibre of "experts" for mental health as they did with trans issues.
He's clearly about to wheel out the same calibre of "experts" for mental health as they did with trans issues.
D&D: The heroes continued their assault on the airship, backed up by their wizard, who had only teleported in to ask if they had seen her keys. After a terrible battle which saw the heroes frozen, stunned, electrocuted and poisoned, the ship crashed and burned in the ocean.
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
D&D: The heroes continued their assault on the airship, backed up by their wizard, who had only teleported in to ask if they had seen her keys. After a terrible battle which saw the heroes frozen, stunned, electrocuted and poisoned, the ship crashed and burned in the ocean.
D&D: The group saved the city from a steampunk dirty bomb, fought off assassins wearing unpleasantly rubbery suits, gained the favour of the sea-elf queen, raided an embassy, sold their absent wizard to a symposium on molluscs and magic, and then, oh yeah - raided a massive airship!
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
D&D: The group saved the city from a steampunk dirty bomb, fought off assassins wearing unpleasantly rubbery suits, gained the favour of the sea-elf queen, raided an embassy, sold their absent wizard to a symposium on molluscs and magic, and then, oh yeah - raided a massive airship!
D&D: The party undertook an aquatic adventure, battling an underwater "Wild Hunt" led by a froggy fey prince. MVP from the GM's perspective were definitely the giant sharks, who the nature paladin refused to hit even though they were tearing the rogue and the bard limb from limb.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
D&D: The party undertook an aquatic adventure, battling an underwater "Wild Hunt" led by a froggy fey prince. MVP from the GM's perspective were definitely the giant sharks, who the nature paladin refused to hit even though they were tearing the rogue and the bard limb from limb.
Ran the Fallout RPG, and it was good fun. The group followed an elderly "historian" on a perilous quest to raid the tomb of the ancient war-leader, "General Motors". After fighting off ghouls, radroaches, and raiders, they managed to steal the general's shining chariot - a nuclear-powered truck.
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ran the Fallout RPG, and it was good fun. The group followed an elderly "historian" on a perilous quest to raid the tomb of the ancient war-leader, "General Motors". After fighting off ghouls, radroaches, and raiders, they managed to steal the general's shining chariot - a nuclear-powered truck.
Hopefully going to run the Fallout RPG this weekend. I have been playing about with some of the fan-made tools, and managed to cobble together a map. Yes, it looks very basic, but I was working with MS Paint.
(Yes, I'm aware the geography is grievously wrong)
(Yes, I'm aware the geography is grievously wrong)
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hopefully going to run the Fallout RPG this weekend. I have been playing about with some of the fan-made tools, and managed to cobble together a map. Yes, it looks very basic, but I was working with MS Paint.
(Yes, I'm aware the geography is grievously wrong)
(Yes, I'm aware the geography is grievously wrong)
D&D: Party agreed to do weird and dangerous tasks for a bunch of genius loci in return for patronage. The decision to sacrifice a dangerously incompetent ally temporarily led to PVP. As part of making up they all hiked out and fought a dracolich together, resulting in a ludicrous ocean of treasure.
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
D&D: Party agreed to do weird and dangerous tasks for a bunch of genius loci in return for patronage. The decision to sacrifice a dangerously incompetent ally temporarily led to PVP. As part of making up they all hiked out and fought a dracolich together, resulting in a ludicrous ocean of treasure.
D&D: The party got a Bag of Beans as random treasure, and promptly spent the whole session planting them and then dealing with the various catastrophes it unleashed. No beanstalk rolled, but they did create a geyser of mayonnaise and an enraged gorilla that made bloody snow-angels using the rogue.
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
D&D: The party got a Bag of Beans as random treasure, and promptly spent the whole session planting them and then dealing with the various catastrophes it unleashed. No beanstalk rolled, but they did create a geyser of mayonnaise and an enraged gorilla that made bloody snow-angels using the rogue.
Despite my general dislike of GURPS, I have been enjoying playing GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. Luckily our GM knows the system inside out, so he can translate for players. It is like playing old-school D&D. TBF, it's probably a better system than original D&D.
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Despite my general dislike of GURPS, I have been enjoying playing GURPS Dungeon Fantasy. Luckily our GM knows the system inside out, so he can translate for players. It is like playing old-school D&D. TBF, it's probably a better system than original D&D.
Every now and again I get nostalgic and read through the original Deadlands tpg. The system was gimmicky and needlessly baroque, and it was apologist about the South, but it was a great background. Also, it gave a good rationale for women and poc having equal agency in a civil war era setting.
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Every now and again I get nostalgic and read through the original Deadlands tpg. The system was gimmicky and needlessly baroque, and it was apologist about the South, but it was a great background. Also, it gave a good rationale for women and poc having equal agency in a civil war era setting.
D&D: The party ventured to the twisting underworld of a foreign god, defeating multiple kappa, a tianak, some evil mirror eyeballs and several hellish magistrates and their guards. They finally located the elder jiangshi and his nest of minions and burnt them to ashes.
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
D&D: The party ventured to the twisting underworld of a foreign god, defeating multiple kappa, a tianak, some evil mirror eyeballs and several hellish magistrates and their guards. They finally located the elder jiangshi and his nest of minions and burnt them to ashes.
Alien RPG: PCs woke to find their transport ship diverted to an old Weyland Corp distress signal. Boarding the research vessel, they found the remains of multiple UPP soldiers and a patrolling soviet synthetic with a flamethrower. Inexplicably, they opted not to open the welded-shut bio-lab aboard.
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Alien RPG: PCs woke to find their transport ship diverted to an old Weyland Corp distress signal. Boarding the research vessel, they found the remains of multiple UPP soldiers and a patrolling soviet synthetic with a flamethrower. Inexplicably, they opted not to open the welded-shut bio-lab aboard.
D&D: The heroes pay exorbitant sums to have the head of the dragon turtle worked into the fortifications of their castle. As winter begins in earnest, one of the Bard's circus performers is found horribly dead. Upon investigation, the party discover an infestation of Jiangshi hopping vampires!
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
D&D: The heroes pay exorbitant sums to have the head of the dragon turtle worked into the fortifications of their castle. As winter begins in earnest, one of the Bard's circus performers is found horribly dead. Upon investigation, the party discover an infestation of Jiangshi hopping vampires!
Got a story ("Unspoken") in Sci Phi Journal at the moment!
www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...
www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...
Unspoken - Sci Phi Journal
Can extraterrestrial societies survive first contact with humans? By Chris Edwards.
www.sciphijournal.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Got a story ("Unspoken") in Sci Phi Journal at the moment!
www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...
www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20...
D&D: The cleric tried to raise the dead nature paladin, who was enjoying roaming the afterlife as a noble badger. After some convincing, he returned to the mortal coil, only to discover that with winter closing in, his castle has been filling up with freeloaders.
September 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
D&D: The cleric tried to raise the dead nature paladin, who was enjoying roaming the afterlife as a noble badger. After some convincing, he returned to the mortal coil, only to discover that with winter closing in, his castle has been filling up with freeloaders.
Starmer really is the Neville Chamberlain of our times. Anything rather than confront actual problems. Racists on our streets? "I love flags, me." Fascists taking control of our allies? "Come have tea with the king!" Oligarchs robbing Britain blind? "We can't afford disabled people anymore."
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Starmer really is the Neville Chamberlain of our times. Anything rather than confront actual problems. Racists on our streets? "I love flags, me." Fascists taking control of our allies? "Come have tea with the king!" Oligarchs robbing Britain blind? "We can't afford disabled people anymore."
Due to allergies, we had to get a hypo-allergenic cat, which meant a pedigree Cornish Rex. She's lovely, but so slender and short haired that she looks a bit like she was raised via "Pet Sematary". It's like Tim Burton designed a cat.
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Due to allergies, we had to get a hypo-allergenic cat, which meant a pedigree Cornish Rex. She's lovely, but so slender and short haired that she looks a bit like she was raised via "Pet Sematary". It's like Tim Burton designed a cat.
Having bought it ages ago and never really got into it, I decided to try No Man's Sky again after it's recent update. It's very good, and I'm enjoying it a lot. I am struggling with how similar the plot of Starfield now seems in retrospect (I know NMS came first.)
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Having bought it ages ago and never really got into it, I decided to try No Man's Sky again after it's recent update. It's very good, and I'm enjoying it a lot. I am struggling with how similar the plot of Starfield now seems in retrospect (I know NMS came first.)
D&D: Surprisingly, the party made a deal with not one but three bizarre extradimensional beings in return for a trip home to their own plane. The only downside being a tiny portion of these weird creatures' essence riding around inside the recipient's head. This will certainly NOT BE A PROBLEM.
September 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
D&D: Surprisingly, the party made a deal with not one but three bizarre extradimensional beings in return for a trip home to their own plane. The only downside being a tiny portion of these weird creatures' essence riding around inside the recipient's head. This will certainly NOT BE A PROBLEM.
Daisy got a call earlier from someone she referred to merely as "damp guy".
I can only imagine it was Innsmouth Telemarketing.
I can only imagine it was Innsmouth Telemarketing.
September 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Daisy got a call earlier from someone she referred to merely as "damp guy".
I can only imagine it was Innsmouth Telemarketing.
I can only imagine it was Innsmouth Telemarketing.
At the ripe old age of 49, I am now beginning the process of trying to find/buy a place for myself. Sadly my ADHD/anxiety tends to trigger absolute paralysis in the face of so many forms and things to keep track of. My instinct is to stay very still, in the hopes that the monster won't see me.
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At the ripe old age of 49, I am now beginning the process of trying to find/buy a place for myself. Sadly my ADHD/anxiety tends to trigger absolute paralysis in the face of so many forms and things to keep track of. My instinct is to stay very still, in the hopes that the monster won't see me.
D&D: The party raided the underground embassy (definitely not lair) of some interdimensional venture capitalists who were intent on 'uplifiting' the locals to a state of civilisation.
Session ended with a massive explosion as the cleric smashed the device powering their interdimensional portal.
Session ended with a massive explosion as the cleric smashed the device powering their interdimensional portal.
August 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
D&D: The party raided the underground embassy (definitely not lair) of some interdimensional venture capitalists who were intent on 'uplifiting' the locals to a state of civilisation.
Session ended with a massive explosion as the cleric smashed the device powering their interdimensional portal.
Session ended with a massive explosion as the cleric smashed the device powering their interdimensional portal.