Tourmaline Iris
@tourmalineiris.bsky.social
23, Game Designer, Non-Binary (they/them), D&D Enthusiast
For the bad kind of know-it-all players (stat block junkies, "umm akshully"s)
"Great you know this hypothetically works assuming I haven't used house rules or modified something! Now sit down, shut up and stop metagaming. Other people at the table exist, consider them before opening your mouth"
"Great you know this hypothetically works assuming I haven't used house rules or modified something! Now sit down, shut up and stop metagaming. Other people at the table exist, consider them before opening your mouth"
GM/DMs: how do you handle know-it-all players? 😬
Player Schools DM... on Lava!
YouTube video by Dice Company
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For the bad kind of know-it-all players (stat block junkies, "umm akshully"s)
"Great you know this hypothetically works assuming I haven't used house rules or modified something! Now sit down, shut up and stop metagaming. Other people at the table exist, consider them before opening your mouth"
"Great you know this hypothetically works assuming I haven't used house rules or modified something! Now sit down, shut up and stop metagaming. Other people at the table exist, consider them before opening your mouth"
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I'm very curious on if this is something yall consider for your ttrpg worlds and what you might do for them
#worldbuilding #TTRPGQuestion
#worldbuilding #TTRPGQuestion
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm very curious on if this is something yall consider for your ttrpg worlds and what you might do for them
#worldbuilding #TTRPGQuestion
#worldbuilding #TTRPGQuestion
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
I don't have a lot of money to give but I am a regular Wikipedia donator. Any and all amounts of money helps
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don't have a lot of money to give but I am a regular Wikipedia donator. Any and all amounts of money helps
How to get kicked out of a campaign and lose friends 101
Eh...kind of a specific example, but I had to quit a podcast after a player tried to pull one over on the GM with OP starting equipment. He tried to argue that it was his right to keep the equipment since the GM missed it on his sheet before session one. Left a bad taste in my mouth.
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How to get kicked out of a campaign and lose friends 101
In my tabletop system. I want to have it so that basic healing can only heal surface injuries and keep you up but deeper, more severe wounds take time or more powerful magic to heal.
Question for the GMs, writers, and worldbuilders out there;
How effective is healing magic (or science for the Sci-Fi crowd) in your setting?
Does it leave scars? Does it burn or itch when it kicks in?
What's the limit that a "basic" heal could remedy?
#TTRPG
How effective is healing magic (or science for the Sci-Fi crowd) in your setting?
Does it leave scars? Does it burn or itch when it kicks in?
What's the limit that a "basic" heal could remedy?
#TTRPG
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In my tabletop system. I want to have it so that basic healing can only heal surface injuries and keep you up but deeper, more severe wounds take time or more powerful magic to heal.
Precisely why I'm writing my own TTRPG system. I want a system that lets me tell the stories I want to tell and do the things I want to do.
it also let's me make my own mechanics and test out fun ideas from other systems
it also let's me make my own mechanics and test out fun ideas from other systems
Ah, we're doing the DnD discourse this time?
Look y'all, DnD is designed and focuses on only a few things.
This is normal. Most TTRPGs are like that, there are not many that can do it all.
If you want to do something, and your game doesn't support it...you may have to use a different TTRPG.
Look y'all, DnD is designed and focuses on only a few things.
This is normal. Most TTRPGs are like that, there are not many that can do it all.
If you want to do something, and your game doesn't support it...you may have to use a different TTRPG.
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Precisely why I'm writing my own TTRPG system. I want a system that lets me tell the stories I want to tell and do the things I want to do.
it also let's me make my own mechanics and test out fun ideas from other systems
it also let's me make my own mechanics and test out fun ideas from other systems
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Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
They said W H A T.
I'm really pissed off now. No, I don't use gen AI and never fucking will. The level of disrespect to accuse everyone who works their asses off to write and create for TTRPGs of using AI and lying about it is a grave insult.
Make sure these fuckers never find a space in TTRPGs.
I'm really pissed off now. No, I don't use gen AI and never fucking will. The level of disrespect to accuse everyone who works their asses off to write and create for TTRPGs of using AI and lying about it is a grave insult.
Make sure these fuckers never find a space in TTRPGs.
I wasn't going to say anything about the biggest TTRPG convention in the UK promoting AI slop, but then the slop makers said "everyone uses gen AI, we're just honest about it", and I fucking saw red.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
They said W H A T.
I'm really pissed off now. No, I don't use gen AI and never fucking will. The level of disrespect to accuse everyone who works their asses off to write and create for TTRPGs of using AI and lying about it is a grave insult.
Make sure these fuckers never find a space in TTRPGs.
I'm really pissed off now. No, I don't use gen AI and never fucking will. The level of disrespect to accuse everyone who works their asses off to write and create for TTRPGs of using AI and lying about it is a grave insult.
Make sure these fuckers never find a space in TTRPGs.
Mine is just to mention their bus and upgrades.
Instantly the group spirals into talking amongst themselves about ridiculous upgrades. Always buys me about 30-45 minutes
Instantly the group spirals into talking amongst themselves about ridiculous upgrades. Always buys me about 30-45 minutes
One of THE most powerful tools in my GM arsenal is the humble door 🤣
I can't tell you how many times I've bought myself time to prep mid-session by putting a seemingly innocent door in front of my players!
What's your go-to player distraction technique?
I can't tell you how many times I've bought myself time to prep mid-session by putting a seemingly innocent door in front of my players!
What's your go-to player distraction technique?
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mine is just to mention their bus and upgrades.
Instantly the group spirals into talking amongst themselves about ridiculous upgrades. Always buys me about 30-45 minutes
Instantly the group spirals into talking amongst themselves about ridiculous upgrades. Always buys me about 30-45 minutes
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Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(game I'm running as GM) plan loosely and let your players' actions decide the direction of the story.
My players unintentionally skipped the first 4 story hooks I threw them which initially threw me off but it ended up making for a good story because I rolled with it instead of forcing them back
My players unintentionally skipped the first 4 story hooks I threw them which initially threw me off but it ended up making for a good story because I rolled with it instead of forcing them back
#TTRPGQuestion #ttrpg
If you could go back to the start of your last campaign (playing or running) what tip or bit of advice would you want to tell yourself?
If you could go back to the start of your last campaign (playing or running) what tip or bit of advice would you want to tell yourself?
a cartoon of a man with a beard saying can i give you some advice
Alt: a cartoon of a man with a beard saying can i give you some advice
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September 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
(game I'm running as GM) plan loosely and let your players' actions decide the direction of the story.
My players unintentionally skipped the first 4 story hooks I threw them which initially threw me off but it ended up making for a good story because I rolled with it instead of forcing them back
My players unintentionally skipped the first 4 story hooks I threw them which initially threw me off but it ended up making for a good story because I rolled with it instead of forcing them back
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Just to note-
While I understand some folks may feel exhausted by hearing about this;
This kind of thing has to be continually talked about and brought up so it CAN'T just go away like they want it to.
These companies want this to stop and be less painful for them, so-
Don't give them that.
While I understand some folks may feel exhausted by hearing about this;
This kind of thing has to be continually talked about and brought up so it CAN'T just go away like they want it to.
These companies want this to stop and be less painful for them, so-
Don't give them that.
Polite reminder to keep calling payment processors and fuck with them.
These companies should not have any bearing on what people can create and make money from, and until they back off, we need to make it as painful as possible for them.
yellat.money
These companies should not have any bearing on what people can create and make money from, and until they back off, we need to make it as painful as possible for them.
yellat.money
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just to note-
While I understand some folks may feel exhausted by hearing about this;
This kind of thing has to be continually talked about and brought up so it CAN'T just go away like they want it to.
These companies want this to stop and be less painful for them, so-
Don't give them that.
While I understand some folks may feel exhausted by hearing about this;
This kind of thing has to be continually talked about and brought up so it CAN'T just go away like they want it to.
These companies want this to stop and be less painful for them, so-
Don't give them that.
I would say my style is instigator, schemer and explorer.
Instigator: I like to give the GM and other players opportunities to roleplay or do things
Schemer: I like setting up long term plans or goals and slowly achieving them
Explorer: I love lore, stories and discovering things in game
Instigator: I like to give the GM and other players opportunities to roleplay or do things
Schemer: I like setting up long term plans or goals and slowly achieving them
Explorer: I love lore, stories and discovering things in game
Tell me what your TTRPG playstyle is e.g. quippy, heartfelt, antagonistic, etc
August 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I would say my style is instigator, schemer and explorer.
Instigator: I like to give the GM and other players opportunities to roleplay or do things
Schemer: I like setting up long term plans or goals and slowly achieving them
Explorer: I love lore, stories and discovering things in game
Instigator: I like to give the GM and other players opportunities to roleplay or do things
Schemer: I like setting up long term plans or goals and slowly achieving them
Explorer: I love lore, stories and discovering things in game
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"For selected products only, there's Mastercard."
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"For selected products only, there's Mastercard."
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Oh so we're going DICTATORSHIP dictatorship
They werent even being subtle before but fuck man
They werent even being subtle before but fuck man
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oh so we're going DICTATORSHIP dictatorship
They werent even being subtle before but fuck man
They werent even being subtle before but fuck man
#TTRPGQuestion #ttrpg
What is something kind that someone else at the table (player or GM) did for you that you remember fondly? Can be in-game or out of game (but related to the game in some way)
What is something kind that someone else at the table (player or GM) did for you that you remember fondly? Can be in-game or out of game (but related to the game in some way)
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#TTRPGQuestion #ttrpg
What is something kind that someone else at the table (player or GM) did for you that you remember fondly? Can be in-game or out of game (but related to the game in some way)
What is something kind that someone else at the table (player or GM) did for you that you remember fondly? Can be in-game or out of game (but related to the game in some way)
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No, love, that's not how this works.
You can't say, 'I support trans people' and then take a big ol' bag of monies from the person who's sole mission is to bully, malign, discredit, harrass and damage them.
If you truly support trans people, you walk the fuck away.
You can't say, 'I support trans people' and then take a big ol' bag of monies from the person who's sole mission is to bully, malign, discredit, harrass and damage them.
If you truly support trans people, you walk the fuck away.
Michelle Gomez issues statement after Harry Potter casting backlash: ‘I understand why this is painful’
Michelle Gomez issues Instagram statement after Harry Potter casting backlash
Actress Michelle Gomez has responded to backlash after she was cast in new audiobook series Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions.
www.thepinknews.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
No, love, that's not how this works.
You can't say, 'I support trans people' and then take a big ol' bag of monies from the person who's sole mission is to bully, malign, discredit, harrass and damage them.
If you truly support trans people, you walk the fuck away.
You can't say, 'I support trans people' and then take a big ol' bag of monies from the person who's sole mission is to bully, malign, discredit, harrass and damage them.
If you truly support trans people, you walk the fuck away.
How your email finds me
August 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
How your email finds me
Let's get ready to clown on some people. Everyone who gets paid off to support this bs needs to be ridiculed and called out by name.
Imagine being so spineless that your moral stance on something is dependent on money 💅💅
Imagine being so spineless that your moral stance on something is dependent on money 💅💅
The British government is paying online influencers to make censorship propaganda promoting the disastrous Online Safety Act.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Influencers hired to promote new porn age-verification laws
Reality stars and YouTubers have posted Ofcom-sponsored videos in support of Online Safety Act
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Let's get ready to clown on some people. Everyone who gets paid off to support this bs needs to be ridiculed and called out by name.
Imagine being so spineless that your moral stance on something is dependent on money 💅💅
Imagine being so spineless that your moral stance on something is dependent on money 💅💅
Absolutely this!! I have had a few people try to weaponise the fact that I explore those themes to claim that I endorse and "fetishise" things like racism and oppression by "playing" with them
I take great offense to those claims
I take great offense to those claims
48) I'm borrowing this one from @jellyfishlines.itch.io but depicting a thing does not mean endorsing it
I as a gay man have absolutely shown depictions of homophobia, racism and ableism in games as a way of demonstrating how horrid that behavior is, often not even exclusive to the "bad guy"
I as a gay man have absolutely shown depictions of homophobia, racism and ableism in games as a way of demonstrating how horrid that behavior is, often not even exclusive to the "bad guy"
August 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Absolutely this!! I have had a few people try to weaponise the fact that I explore those themes to claim that I endorse and "fetishise" things like racism and oppression by "playing" with them
I take great offense to those claims
I take great offense to those claims
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34) A TPK is far & away a bigger tragedy for the Storyteller than the players. While you all are lamenting your characters (and likely the dumb chain of decisions you all rode to your ignoble end), the GM is burning months worth of game plans like a viking funeral with tears running down their face.
August 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
34) A TPK is far & away a bigger tragedy for the Storyteller than the players. While you all are lamenting your characters (and likely the dumb chain of decisions you all rode to your ignoble end), the GM is burning months worth of game plans like a viking funeral with tears running down their face.
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The "Feral" Goblin trope is actually those that have had their mind shattered through accidents with magic and weren't with a group to be taken back and tended to
They are just as withdrawn but it's due to them not wanting to affect others with their magical experiments incase of fallout
They are just as withdrawn but it's due to them not wanting to affect others with their magical experiments incase of fallout
12) For
@owlloverhoot.bsky.social: D&D Homebrew
Most Homebrewed settings dont go far enough with worldbuilding:
Completely reimagine shit.
Make GOBLINS more learned than ELVES.
Make EVERY GOD EVIL.
DO STUFF 10 YEAR OLD YOU WOULD LOVE.
Most of ya'll just reinventing LotR or GoT & that's a shame.
@owlloverhoot.bsky.social: D&D Homebrew
Most Homebrewed settings dont go far enough with worldbuilding:
Completely reimagine shit.
Make GOBLINS more learned than ELVES.
Make EVERY GOD EVIL.
DO STUFF 10 YEAR OLD YOU WOULD LOVE.
Most of ya'll just reinventing LotR or GoT & that's a shame.
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The "Feral" Goblin trope is actually those that have had their mind shattered through accidents with magic and weren't with a group to be taken back and tended to
They are just as withdrawn but it's due to them not wanting to affect others with their magical experiments incase of fallout
They are just as withdrawn but it's due to them not wanting to affect others with their magical experiments incase of fallout
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13) Time for a more grounded one:
Use of Generative AI at a TTRPG table should be grounds for immediate expulsion from any game.
That includes GenAI Music, AI"Art" character Portraits, GenAI Maps, GenAI game modules, etc.
If you use that shit, you're killing the hobby, fuck ALL THE WAY off.
Use of Generative AI at a TTRPG table should be grounds for immediate expulsion from any game.
That includes GenAI Music, AI"Art" character Portraits, GenAI Maps, GenAI game modules, etc.
If you use that shit, you're killing the hobby, fuck ALL THE WAY off.
August 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
13) Time for a more grounded one:
Use of Generative AI at a TTRPG table should be grounds for immediate expulsion from any game.
That includes GenAI Music, AI"Art" character Portraits, GenAI Maps, GenAI game modules, etc.
If you use that shit, you're killing the hobby, fuck ALL THE WAY off.
Use of Generative AI at a TTRPG table should be grounds for immediate expulsion from any game.
That includes GenAI Music, AI"Art" character Portraits, GenAI Maps, GenAI game modules, etc.
If you use that shit, you're killing the hobby, fuck ALL THE WAY off.