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Rookuri @rookuri.bsky.social · 10h

🎲Surprise!! I've been working behind the scenes with some amazing folks on a #FFXIV #TTRPG actual play for Youtube!!

We have an epic story in store and can't wait to share it with all of you!

Time Adrift @atimeadrift.bsky.social · 11h

ANNOUNCING A Time Adrift, an FFXIV-inspired TTRPG actual play coming 2026!

In the unwritten future of the Black Rose timeline, heroes and hope have all but perished. What path forward is there in a broken world?

Learn more about the campaign with new media drops until release!

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 11h

New Valor AP! You absolutely do not wanna miss this one!

Time Adrift @atimeadrift.bsky.social · 11h

ANNOUNCING A Time Adrift, an FFXIV-inspired TTRPG actual play coming 2026!

In the unwritten future of the Black Rose timeline, heroes and hope have all but perished. What path forward is there in a broken world?

Learn more about the campaign with new media drops until release!

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Time Adrift @atimeadrift.bsky.social · 11h

A Time Adrift will use Valor: the Heroic Roleplay System with new episodes of the campaign appearing on YouTube.

Follow us on here and on YouTube for setting videos, cast and character reveals, and more leading up to the campaign!
www.youtube.com/@ATimeAdrift

A Time Adrift

Channel for the FFXIV-inspired Actual Play Time Adrift

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Time Adrift @atimeadrift.bsky.social · 11h

ANNOUNCING A Time Adrift, an FFXIV-inspired TTRPG actual play coming 2026!

In the unwritten future of the Black Rose timeline, heroes and hope have all but perished. What path forward is there in a broken world?

Learn more about the campaign with new media drops until release!

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 3d

In the original game they cycled a number of different telepathic sad messages for the Chocobos and you had about half the battalion space, you just had to learn to harden your heart.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 4d

Only took 4 runs to get the correct missable items in Nelveska temple, RNG was decent to me I suppose.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 5d

Based on the previews coming out, the next... few episodes I think of Spy x Family are gonna be pretty rough, but I really appreciate that the studios seem to be going all in on what is a STRIDENTLY anti-war message from the source material. It's an important message, especially right now.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah conversion aside, Final Fantasy Tactics has some of the best spritework in all of videogames so I'm glad they still generally look pretty visually appealing, that was a major worry for this edition.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

YEAH I'VE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO GET THIS TOGETHER SINCE I GOT APPROVAL LIKE 2 MONTHS AGO

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

Let us speak of the War of the Lions, and the indelible marks it left upon the history of Ivalice. You WILL be entertained.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

There is only one person I would ever consider to talk about Ivalice with me. Honestly, I want you all to appreciate how restrained our nerding out was in this episode. We could have literally gone for like 5 more hours.

Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 6d

Hi yes hello

Do you like Final Fantasy Tactics, Ivalice, general worldbuilding, dunking on right wingers or general nuerodivergent infodumps? Well guess what, I come with gifts! Liana is wonderful and invited me on as the seminal guest to her new podcast to talk about one of my favorite worlds!

Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I just launched a new podcast! Please excuse the temporary logo, but I wanted to get this out ASAP since Ivalice Chronicles just released. I sat down with my good friend @anoriand.bsky.social to talk about why we love the setting.
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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 6d

Funny enough, FFT forms the basis of our friendship as she reached out to pitch her game system for the FFT-based AP I ran, A Tale Of Two Lions, and the rest is history.

(Also the story we told is great and if you havent seen it you should after listening tk the pod: youtube.com/playlist?lis...)

A Tale Of Two Lions - YouTube

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 6d

Hi yes hello

Do you like Final Fantasy Tactics, Ivalice, general worldbuilding, dunking on right wingers or general nuerodivergent infodumps? Well guess what, I come with gifts! Liana is wonderful and invited me on as the seminal guest to her new podcast to talk about one of my favorite worlds!

Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I just launched a new podcast! Please excuse the temporary logo, but I wanted to get this out ASAP since Ivalice Chronicles just released. I sat down with my good friend @anoriand.bsky.social to talk about why we love the setting.
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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

Ryan is an absolute delight to work with and I'm so excited that they'll be editing for this series!

Ryan Boelter🔜GameHoleCon @lordneptune.com · 6d

I did the editing for this show, and it's fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation in this episode, but this series is brilliant because it has guests on that just love the worlds they discuss, and that passion is palpable. Give it a listen!

Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I just launched a new podcast! Please excuse the temporary logo, but I wanted to get this out ASAP since Ivalice Chronicles just released. I sat down with my good friend @anoriand.bsky.social to talk about why we love the setting.
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Ryan Boelter🔜GameHoleCon @lordneptune.com · 6d

I did the editing for this show, and it's fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation in this episode, but this series is brilliant because it has guests on that just love the worlds they discuss, and that passion is palpable. Give it a listen!

Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I just launched a new podcast! Please excuse the temporary logo, but I wanted to get this out ASAP since Ivalice Chronicles just released. I sat down with my good friend @anoriand.bsky.social to talk about why we love the setting.
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One Shot Podcast Network @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social · 6d

Heroes! We have a brand new show on the network, Worlds of Inspiration! Go check it out and spread the word 📣📣📣

Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I'll be working with the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social for this podcast, and my plan is to explore fictional settings we love, why they work, and what we can learn from them. Join me every 1st and 3rd Thursday as we delve into another setting, and I also plan to feature Indie TTRPG settings as well!

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I'll be working with the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social for this podcast, and my plan is to explore fictional settings we love, why they work, and what we can learn from them. Join me every 1st and 3rd Thursday as we delve into another setting, and I also plan to feature Indie TTRPG settings as well!

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 6d

I just launched a new podcast! Please excuse the temporary logo, but I wanted to get this out ASAP since Ivalice Chronicles just released. I sat down with my good friend @anoriand.bsky.social to talk about why we love the setting.
traffic.megaphone.fm/OSPN69944939...

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 7d

I saw it's a second season, I never saw the first so not at this time anyway.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 7d

"May I Ask for One Final Thing" is gonna be a great popcorn anime this season, I can tell. Seeing a gorgeous, refined noblewoman go to town on horrible people and beat them half to death with her fists is a lovely premise and I'm so here for it.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 7d

That app has honestly been a godsend for my wife since her gluten intolerance, while thankfully not full-blown Celiac, is enough to make her sick for the rest of the day if she eats any.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 7d

I think we did, yeah! Always happy to help you get set up just let me know! We've actually done two Bleach games in our core design group, one test game in development where I did American Reapers/Jazz musicians in the 1920's and my co-creator ran a modern ensemble with a Valkyrie as the Reaper.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 7d

We can do this in Valor really easily! The system was originally conceived after I spent months making a D20 Bleach mod and eventually got fed up with D20 entirely and decided to just make my own system instead.

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Liana MacKenzie @valorliana.bsky.social · 8d

Ahhhhh! So exciting congrats!

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