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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH

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He/Him | Writer where words are read, cast at ftlcast.com, music at iambugbear.bandcamp.com. Listen to @sunlessreach.bsky.social

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Oct 16

Now that there's pinned posts, I can migrate over my thread of published works for ease of reference.

Here's my debut, STEADY AND THE MOUNTAIN. 3500-ish words of mythic swords and sorcery. How do you turn back the end? t.co/xXmtxlOWTM

The first line of Steady and the Mountain. It reads: "It was the Spring Dominion's final days."

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic ep, same magic of "showing up somewhere and shit goes wild" that made Neoscum such a dynamic and exhilarating listen. Get his ass! Down with the Mountain King!

GUTTER @thatguttershow.bsky.social · 7d

EPISODE 11 IS HERE!!

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · 9d

Had a lovely surprise waiting for me when I got home from work tonight! @bonedustpress.bsky.social @mythjae.bsky.social

The paperback of The Traitor & The Wretch, by Jasmine Walls and Rowan MacColl. The book has reflective silver embossing over an illustrated depiction of the two titular protagonists.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · 25d

What halcyon days, before everything happened... I wonder how things will go now?

Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · Jun 20

Pathfinder Shenanigans

panel of the character Kai yelling "Dima!! Teleport!!"

Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · 25d

Exterminators coming back again, had to unpack my bookshelves AGAIN, Lord alive

So many books and other stuff stacked on top of a bare metal bedframe

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POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 25d

Update on the PEG Inc #SWADE situation. The TL;DR: "Sorry you're upset, someone explained to me why you're upset, I will now take five from social media."

So, yeah. Non-apology apology.

www.reddit.com/r/rpg/s/eUgu...

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · 26d

Tried to tell myself over the years that Hensley was mostly good-hearted and well-meaning but tonedeaf and old-fashioned, but this is pretty undeniable. Been a big SWADE fan for years, but that's the end of that.

Brian Ashford @brianbloodaxe.bsky.social · 26d

Well I never did get around to running my 2000ad anthology campaign with Savage Worlds. Now I guess I‘ll find something else to run it with.

A screenshot of a Facebook post by Shane Hensley of Pinnacle Entertainment Group where he talks about how much he respected Charlie fucking Kirk.

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Emily Riesbeck, Professional Monster @emilyriesbeck.bsky.social · Aug 29

His Majesty The Worm is the best RPG because it's the only one that lets me bluff using my unbeatable poker technique of loudly proclaiming "WOW, THESE ARE GOOD CARDS!"

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Sagas of the Sunless Reach: HYDRA DELTA BLUES @sunlessreach.bsky.social · Aug 23

I know what you’re thinking: “Apricus in weird situations with old university cohorts? She’s going to make a dark academia joke”. No, of course not, that’s not the joke. Apricus considering letting himself get killed then resurrected for the sake of an experiment, though--🤔 #pathfinder2e #actualplay

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Jasmine W. @ LA Printer's Fair B-69 @mythjae.bsky.social · May 22

If there are any book reviewers/bloggers/journalists interested in an ARC of The Traitor & The Wretch (dark fantasy with a not-so-dark queer romance between henchmen on the run) please reach out to me or @bonedustpress.bsky.social ✨

They'll start going out in June!

#booksky #indiebooks #lgbtbooks

A black and white cover for The Traitor & The Wretch, done in a charcoal-like grey scale style showing Percy, a rough mercenary looking man with short black hair, a scarred face, and a dagger in hand, surrounded by stylized knives. The bottom half show Knell, a greasy, ragged, and malnourished man surrounded by chains and decaying skeletons.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Aug 14

Two weeks later and finally got my other shelf put together. This is a little more eclectic, except for the Pathfinder Hyperfocus Zone and the Discworld shelf.

A photograph of a bookshelf laden with books. On the lower shelves are Pathfinder modules, sourcebooks, and various other RPG books. Above that are a smattering of graphic novels and paperbacks, with a shelf dedicated to Terry Pratchett's Discworld.

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · Aug 8

Dima post two year timeskip

An illustration of my pathfinder character dima

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GUTTER @thatguttershow.bsky.social · Aug 5

GUTTER+ @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social ?! More likely than you think ;)

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm a monster.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Aug 1

(this collection, for the record)

A collection of Pathfinder 2e rulebooks, adventure modules, and Adventure Path volumes. It is almost every adventure and rulebook released since Strength of Thousands and the 2e remaster.

Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Jesus. Yes, there's definitely some leaflet-thickness books in there like adventure modules, and this isn't even including my full Pathfinder 2e collection, which includes almost every rulebook released since the remaster.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Had to move my bookshelves recently due to exterminators coming in, so I had a chance to re-shuffle some of my game books when I put them back

A bookshelf full of enough TTRPG rulebooks that I gave up counting for this alt-text. There's a bunch of them on there.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Jul 29

this one was really interesting, so impressive to take such wild swings straight out the gate

a screenshot of Final Fantasy 2, showing 13 hours on the play clock, 4 million gil accrued, and that the main character Firion ended the game with 9999 HP.

The achievement list for Final Fantasy 2, showing that I unlocked all achievements for it.

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Bitmap Prager @bmprager.bsky.social · Jul 25

So excited for my Pathfinder character getting her ass kicked and losing everything that I had to draw her some new time-skip art!

#pathfinder2e #characterart

Character art of a pathfinder 2E character (Level 8 Storm Oracle in the Strength of Thousands AP), titled Kai Barzoni, The Storm Thief.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Jul 25

sorted

The pause menu from the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy 1, showing my final party at level 99 each, with 999999 Gil.

A screenshot of the Steam achievement list for Final Fantasy 1, showing I unlocked 24/24 achievements.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Jul 25

fuck you fuck you fuck you

A screenshot from the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy 1. It shows the bestiary entry for the extremely rare encounter Warmech, showing that it has been defeated once.

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Zachary Olson Presents SAGAS OF THE SUNLESS REACH @zacharyolson.bsky.social · Jul 21

jeff rosenstock mention 🎺🎺🎺

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Sagas of the Sunless Reach: HYDRA DELTA BLUES @sunlessreach.bsky.social · Jul 5

Because I'm working on editing ep21 today..... did you know: we only have 9 episodes left of S2????

As a count-down reminder if you have any questions about the season (or the show in general!) you can send them here or to our tumblr!! We'd love to be able to do a season post-mortem

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Mab @littleladymab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Now suddenly I see
Why they call you a monster and not me
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Elżbieta Wrona, my Dhampir Investigator from @sunlessreach.bsky.social
Art by @welldipper.bsky.social
#pathfinder2e #ocsky #pathfinderoc

A storybook style illustration of a woman and a wolf walking through a forest. Elzbieta, a young woman with long red hair, wears a long dark coat and holds a musket in her left hand, the right gripping the fur of the large wolf beside her. The sparse forest around them is all bare branches and casts dappled shadows over the pair. The image has a thick frame with various vines and leaves. At the bottom is the Errol family crest - a stylized E with two lions rampant framing it on either side and a pair of crossed swords behind them.

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Bitmap Prager @bmprager.bsky.social · Jun 21

That's me telling her to teleport! I've colored it!!

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Mab @littleladymab.bsky.social · Jun 21

Tańcuj i szalej jak dziki jesienny wiatr
Za miłość, raz i dwa, za miłości kwiat
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Dragomir & Mariska, before @sunlessreach.bsky.social
art by @sharpace.bsky.social 💞

a painted image of a man and a woman dancing and looking at each other. Their left hands are held up over their heads and the right are joined before the.

On the left is Dragomir, a blond man with a neat beard and blue eyes. He's wearing a knee length black kaftan with red geometric embroidery around the hem, and a bird detail on the front panels.

On the right is Mariska, a young woman with long dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She's wearing a floral crown of small red flowers, greenery, and topped by raven feathers. Two long red ribbons fall from the side with white leaf embroidery. She's wearing clothing in a traditional polish style, with lots of red beaded necklaces and red and black embroidery on the sleeves of her shirt. She has a red scarf wrapped around her waist with more white embroidery matching the headpiece, and her red skirt swirls around her as they dance.

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