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Committed to the radical acts of kindness, justice, and intersectional feminism.They/them.

Aspiring gaelgeoir. Studying Spanish and Mandarin as well. Some French and apparently reads German.

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#TTRPG Editor, writer, designer and publisher for #levelupa5e, #dnd, #5e. Broadcaster for #TTRPGNews including #IndieTTRPG.

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Jackgiantkiller , to random
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WIP map of Domun, a new setting I'm working on, with a continental celtic feel.

Homebrewandhacking ,
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@Jackgiantkiller

Ooh inland seas. Look salty! 😀

Homebrewandhacking ,
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@Jackgiantkiller

Oh yeah that's just my real world assumption. 😀

Constant influx of dissolved salts in water then the water evaporates leading to a very concentrated body of water. Like the dead Sea 😀

I assumed they'd be salty and bitter. Like hate and tears. 😀

Which i suppose makes them very important strategically due to the need for salt.

Homebrewandhacking ,
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@Jackgiantkiller

I assumed that was what you were going for! Such evocative names! 😀

jencmars , to random
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Magicicada Tarot

Mixed media piece celebrating periodical cicadas, Brood XIII, and cycles of transformation.

Death (XIII) can be interpreted as representing change and transformation, much as these cicadas emerge, transform, and fuel the cycle of life.

Limited edition prints available on my shop, hand embellished with gold paint.

P.S. I've added shipping to Canada!

https://jencmars.bigcartel.com/

Homebrewandhacking ,
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@jencmars

Absolutley gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

Homebrewandhacking , to ttrpg group
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I'm happy to put up a prize worth $20 if someone can give me a timestamp where Morrus expresses any sort of political opinion about Palestine here, let alone worth sending in over 100 hate mails and death threats.

TTRPG journalists being threatened for their perceived political stances... absolutely wild.

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-g58ag-1637059

@ttrpg

Homebrewandhacking , to random
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I've been on Mastodon for nearly two years so I understand this joke. 😀 Still waiting on my copy of Karl Marx and a fursuit though!

A jokey venn diagram showing 3 circles marked: Blockchain. GEN AI. Senior software engineer. Blockchain is searching for a use case. With gen AI it is massively overhyped. With Senior software engineer. It falsely believes logic can solve human disputes. Senior software engineer is still searching for a semicolon. With Gen AI it writes buggy code. Gen AI is still searching for a business model. The intersection of all three is technically just a slow database.
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    slyflourish , to random
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    RPG tip from the archive: Look for the spaces in published adventures where you can stick in your own ideas.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @slyflourish

    Depends on the adventure.

    Some are just nothing but holes you have to fill.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @dragoncrown

    I haven't actually. Sorry it was đisappointing.

    If I'm going to GM from a book then I have grown to expect Adventurers League quality as a minimum standard.

    Basically one read through and your good to go.

    @slyflourish

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @dragoncrown

    I mean... someone in this conversation had to rewrite the book with no heist to make it good. And it wasn't me... 😀

    @slyflourish

    Homebrewandhacking , to ttrpg group
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    So, what are your favourite random spell effects/wild magic/spell mishap tables?

    Links very welcome! I have a small budget!

    If you don't like such things, please feel free not to tell me about it! 😀

    #OSR #ttrpg

    @ttrpg

    ColourfulName , to random
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    If anyone doing TTRPG reviews wants a Notorious Style copy, now would be a good time to ask

    #TTRPG #TTRPGreview

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @ColourfulName

    Ttrpg review for Notorious Style? Worth sharing.

    @ttrpg

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    A little fun from the FT. Apparently they don't care for American paper sizes in comparison to ISO 216 and I appreciate the poetry with which they express this. 😀

    It blows our hivemind that the US doesn't use ISO 216 paper size (A4, A3 etc) Like we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of America's idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration the widespread availability of assault weapons* and not being able to transfer money via your banking app, but come on! Look how great it is to be European (An image in the article titled the American mind cannot comprehend this diagram illustrates that A1 is half A0, A2 half A1 and so on down to teensy A8 1/16th of A4) Instead Americans prostrate themselves to bizarrely-named paper types of seemingly random size Letter, Legal and all other types of sordid nonsense. We're not even going to include a picture because this is a family-friendly finance blog. *presumably high magazine and rate of fire long arms.
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    slyflourish , to random
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    RPG tip: Include interactive monuments in bigger battles.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @enfors

    A wild guess would include:

    There are ambient hazards, floor is slime/lava/difficult terrain
    There are bits you can break with AoE
    There are bits you can use an action to make something cool happen, like sliding some floor around
    There are effects which include things happening on an initiative count, like an angel flies in and smites whomever did the most damage last turn.

    Those are just my guesses. 😀

    @slyflourish

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @slyflourish @enfors

    Ooh spill some coals, knock over a statue to get to a different level, maybe some interesting spells and auras. Yeah. 😀

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    mekkaokereke , to random
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    There are only ~40 million Black people in the US. Population similar to Lagos state in Nigeria (the tiny red part).

    There are ~250 million US white folk (~220 non-Hispanic white + ~30 million Hispanic white).

    So Biden's "missing" 10% of Black men, is fewer than 2 million. Or less than 1% of white US population.🤡

    White voters don't face the massive systemic voter suppression that Black voters do. So increasing white dem turnout is much easier.

    So if your boy doesn't win, blame yourselves.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @mekkaokereke

    "White community leaders need to come together and put their house in order. Their continued tolerance of dangerous extremist views within their ranks is a disgrace. We're calling on whites to turn out and demonstrate their support for democracy and show that white people don't all support the fascist policies of Donald Trump."

    • if the NYT wrote honest op eds
    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    "In Europe, Google’s vast profits lets it fly an Irish flag of convenience, thus taking advantage of Ireland’s tolerance for tax evasion and violations of European privacy law:

    https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/finnegans-snooze/#dirty-old-town "

    Oof.

    Extract from
    https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-05-15-they-trust-me-dumb-fucks-ai-search-b8115252e457

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    Have you ever said, "Damn, that Level Up is a fine looking system, so many clever books, I should use it. If only it was on sale I could use it to add sparkle to my 5e games."

    Well! Good news! It is!

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?ruleSystem=1000104&format=45305?affiliate_id=273871

    That's all the bundles from 3rd party developers. I'll tell you a bit about the individual ones below!

    1/6

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    Here's a fun one!

    Rules for adding exploration to your games of 5e and A5e DND.

    Critical failure and success tables for skill checks,
    vehicles to do cool stunts off, exploration encounters, exploration knacks for characters, and over a 100 new spells!

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479367/a5e-rules-expansions-bundle?affiliate_id=273871

    2/6

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    Bored of tired, old, played-out settings that your players know better than you? Make your own!

    With selkies!
    A very cool take on snake people,

    There's a handbook of heritages (and cultures!) all of which just plug in. Or make your own! (I wrote that last one!😜)

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479369/a5e-premium-heritages-bundle?affiliate_id=273871

    3/6

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    Made the setting and want to just blow your players away?

    In addition to the 14 standard level up A5e classes, you can add spice to any DnD game with this doorstop collection of fine works.

    Psychics, elementalists, witches and dare I say it? Elrics! I cannot overemphasise the hundreds of pages going here!

    Check it out!

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479366/a5e-new-classes-bundle-bundle?affiliate_id=273871

    4/6

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    Feeling a bit of a pinch on the old budget?
    But still want witches, non-combat classes and ghostbusters?

    Yeah, we've got you covered!

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479335/a5e-archetypes-and-accessories-bundle?affiliate_id=273871

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    And finally here's some free stuff!

    VTT tokens, with some amazing art compatible with the Monster manual.

    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/443894/level-up-monstrous-menagerie-vtt-tokens-a5e?affiliate_id=273871

    NPC tokens!
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/444029/level-up-holdenshire-npcs-vtt-tokens-a5e?affiliate_id=273871

    A Free adventure! With a dragon!
    https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/403679/dragons-vs-biplanes?affiliate_id=273871

    Never say I don't do anything nice for you! ;)

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    Homebrewandhacking , to bookstodon group
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    Dear @bookstodon

    I would like recommendations for books where the main character is a mild villain dealing with much worse villains and is telling the story as they go. Fantasy and Scifi are always comforting genres but I venture out for the right books.

    I would also like books where men and women are doing things and are friends without a romance being shoe-horned in. But I concede I might as well be asking for a pony at this point.

    Thanks for any help and or boosts!

    deinol , to random
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    I have finished reading Chapterhouse Dune. My fools errand is finished. It’s not good, and of course ends with loose ends.

    I think my personal recommendation is reading the first two books. Although just one or even zero are solid choices. Three is alright, except it’s a trap if it makes you curious and want to read more.

    I’m tempted to revisit Heinlein who I haven’t read in at least twenty years, but I’m also afraid he’ll be disappointing.

    #Reading #SciFi #Dune #ChapterhouseDune

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @deinol

    Heinlein was a deeply surprising author. "I will fear no evil" might be quite the surprise read through modern eyes.

    There's a lot of his books which do not stand the test of time but the ones that do are bangers. Moon is a... has some nice rep for infertile women and handles it so sensitively, I didn't realise what enormous assholes people were about them in general. (Looking at you Rebecca Kuang).

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @deinol

    And Starship Troopers is an unwinking parody.

    Those who haven't read it or just given it a trivial read miss:

    1. Villain POV at the start.
    2. Women are the best at doing maths
    3. Filipino hero
    4. Buenos Aires being a home for Nazis post WW2.
    5. Fascists are bad at fighting wars hence the "everybody fights" and logistics being an extra duty as opposed to a specialisation.

    Just things off the top of my head which it would be unusual to include in a celebration of fascism. IMO.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @deinol

    Honestly I wouldn't have given it so much thought if people would just stop saying ridiculous things about Heinlein based off it. 😉

    Tim_Eagon , to random
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    Ugh, someone scheduled a meeting on a Friday afternoon at 3pm...

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @Tim_Eagon an outrage and a crime.

    A smart boss would regularly schedule an all hands staff meeting at 3pm on Fridays and then cancel it every Friday morning to prevent such lolcattery.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @Tim_Eagon

    smh he brings only dishonor to his profession.

    Homebrewandhacking , to ttrpg group
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    Crafting Heritages and Cultures SRD is available under creative commons!

    http://homebrewandhacking.com/2024/04/12/srd-for-crafting-heritages-and-cultures/

    @ttrpg

    Homebrewandhacking OP ,
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    @dragoncrown @ttrpg

    Please. Call me PJ. 😀

    SJohnRoss , (edited ) to random
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    When I try to describe #HTTRPG #AdventureDesign to a designer unaccustomed to it, the Half-Dozen Rule often fills their eyes with horror.

    Them: I need to design prep for SIX approaches?
    Me: Twelve. Sorry about the name.
    Them: [sweating] Uhh ... Violence and ... Convincing? Um ...

    But once you have some tools, it's not hard to hit that tiny minimum. Recall some of the tools:

    • Problems with problems
    • Causal Chaining
    • Fuel-Sourcing
    • People Up
    • Five Root Forms

    Try it. It's (really) fun. 😊

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    So, I assume you've got a blog where you've got all the individual ideas of High Trust Gaming.

    Do you have a sort of index of these ideas with a suggested reading order so that I can follow them and experiment with running it?

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    I mean sure. That's been obvious from the context of many of the statements.

    I guess I'm looking for a reading order.

    A syllabus perhaps. 😀

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    Well if you think that you wrote it in order and that's what I need to read than that's grand.

    I'm intrigued because you talk a lot about HTTG so I assumed that you wanted people to read it.

    That's what I'm doing with my blog. I write the bits out and, at some point, I'll focus them and probably knock up an index of things I think people should know.

    If you've already done that then that's grand.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    Oh OK. Well if I won't understand it then that's fair enough. I thought you were talking about how to do it from a "wanting people to understand it" point of view.

    But if I'm not your intended audience, then that's fair enough. 😀 I am interested in the concepts evoked by "High Trust Trad" but most of what I've read just sounds like good practice.

    I'm relatively sure I'm a trad GM but honestly the discourse on theory is off-putting to say the least. 😀

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    Good theory can be a guide if it helps us run better games but I think I favour more reflective practice.

    A good game should have mechanics that support it and it was only by reflecting on the mechanics and what they really meant that I came to some interesting conclusions.

    Different analytical tools can also help, e.g. NODES or even lessons taken from MMORPGS.

    Good models are only models but things can be learnt from them.

    As I say, the discourse not necessarily theory.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    Sure, so you're not explaining the theory of HTT gaming then? Just putting a description of it?

    Fair enough. The misapprehension is mine alone.

    epidiah , to random
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    Walking without rhythm, just in case.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @epidiah

    Don't lie. That's how you normally walk. 😉

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    @Jackgiantkiller

    Jack are you in this video?

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C48lYHpLnR2/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @LeviKornelsen is that one the golden bough? It's interesting but man alive you have to take it with large pinches of salt.

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    Bit of UBI goodness. The only reason it's not implemented is because if people weren't stuck in underpaid jobs where corporations don't pay a living wage and welfare is used then they might ask questions.

    And last time that happened was the summer of 2020 which is why theyve been desperate to "return to normal".

    #UBI #CorporateGreed #CorporateWelfare #TaxReform #Welfare #ProgressiveTax #BLM

    Thanks to @scottsantens for the meme and @KimSJ for the alt text. Boost away!

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    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @SJohnRoss

    I thought those were the writer's names at the bottom... but Besieged clued me in.

    craigofinspiration , to random
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    if you like dnd, we should be friends.

    if you like ttrpgs, we should be friends.

    if you like rpgs, we should be friends.

    if you like fantasy, we should be friends.

    hi, my name is Craig and it’s my mission to help myself and others become better dungeon masters.

    care to join me?

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @craigofinspiration

    I've written a thing or two about that but you really should follow @slyflourish

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    A little something about common questions about TTRPG debates which miss fairly important points.

    http://homebrewandhacking.com/2024/03/01/the-tripod-of-ttrpgs/

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    Turns out you don't hate exploration, you hate "survival" mechanics. And you hate them because they're bad.

    No one wants to starve to death, they want to solve problems and see ancient wonders. And that's ok with me.

    http://homebrewandhacking.com/2024/02/16/you-dont-hate-exploration-you-hate-survival/

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    Yup. It's Data Pollution.

    Homebrewandhacking , to random
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    Mr and Mrs Smith is some of the finest television I have seen since Travellers.

    I watched 6 episodes of 8 last night and then needed sleep. Love that show, great writing, powerful acting, sharp observational comedy.

    10/10 from me.

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    Just curious, have you purchased anything from creators who've posted about their creations here on the ? Please boost for more visibility.

    Homebrewandhacking ,
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    @Tim_Eagon

    I block them to preserve my peace but they're lumps of carbon moderating the neutrons of creativity.

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