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Mastodon account for TTRPG-related interests. Miscellaneous blogging at https://travernblogging.blogspot.com.

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2024-12-07 13:33:31

Y’all, Bluesky is *crawling* with bots and trolls now. Dice.camp may be getting by on “security through obscurity” for the moment, but the difference in the mood on my timeline is palpable.

2024-11-19 15:12:05

Mothership’s "Survive, Solve, or Save: Pick Two" model is a terrific model for framing horror scenarios. Designer Sean McCoy goes into this in his blog: “[M]y friend Nick said […] that horror games should put to you a choice in any given situation, which is that you can either survive the terror, solve the mystery, or save the day. …But you should only be able to do 1 to 1.5 of those things. I said pick two because its catchier, but he’s right, 1.5 is much much better.”
https://www.failuretolerated.com/survive-solve-or-save-pick-two

2024-10-05 15:35:59

I have three words for you: Shopping Mall Megadungeon
They follow best practices of dungeon design:
• Multiple entrances (and mid-point entryway)
• Multiple level connections
• Non-linear asymmetric layouts
• Looping paths
#YourNextDungeon
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2024-10-05 15:35:59

2024-10-01 16:15:30

Big #openlicense #ttrpg news! The core text of the Ars Magica Definitive Edition will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.
https://atlas-games.com/news/post?s=2024-09-30-for-immediate-release-ars-magica-rpg-becomes-open-license-via-crowdfunding

2024-08-24 02:00:08

You know there's a #GURPS supplement out there that's perfect for your next #TTRPG campaign.
“20th Anniversary Sale August 19 - 29—Celebrate 20 Years with 20% off! 20% off hundreds of GURPS titles, including Dungeon Fantasy RPG and Pyramid Magazine”
https://warehouse23.com/collections/gurps

2024-06-02 18:41:51

To no surprise, #WoTC/Hasbro has gone back on their word about not using #GenAI in #DnD or #MTG.
#ttrpg
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2024-05-06 19:59:10

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@npub1u4k…vxe4 Thanks, I see it now at the bottom (I was skimming it for a specific mention of 3.5 ed.). I suppose we’ll have to wait for after the 5.2 SRD’s release for that, but maybe we’ll see 4th ed., too.

2024-05-06 19:38:38

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@npub1u4k…vxe4 That certainly would be encouraging. Where did they mention this?

2024-05-06 19:33:20

Credit where it's due, it's a relief that DnDBeyond has confirmed #DnD's 5.5 edition will be included in the Creative Commons SRD. This will be a net gain for the #TTRPG hobby, whatever WotC/Hasbro have planned to leverage profits from their famous brand.
We're still waiting on the promised 3.5 rules CC SRD as well, though.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1717-2024-core-rulebooks-to-expand-the-srd