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Resourciv: Letting The Days Go By!

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Published: October 2, 2024 17:03

Smaller post!I've made a deranged change to the structure of Resourciv. Every team now acts at random intervals; initially, this can be once every 1 to 20 years, but the maximum possible frequency will decrease as individual teams discover communication…

Resourciv: Nothingburger Combo

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Published: September 24, 2024 16:15

What the hell happened to this, right?I think I like to rotate my hobbies every couple of weeks, so I've been back on this. I'm just going to walk through what it all looks like right now. First, I made a nicer-looking main menu from which you can actually…

CINCO: Setting Bible

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Published: August 26, 2024 23:51

From my personal play packet! Possibly the laziest setting ever, but it’s honest. All the gorgeous art shown here is by the delightful Norn Noszka! World of Faia Faia is the setting of my home campaign, a sort of cosmic crossroads between worlds.…

Turtle Island: The Zombie Affair

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Published: August 20, 2024 14:25

Free adventure or whatever? This is my prep for the first two proper sessions of Turtle Island (S1, S2).There's only one statistic of note: that Bokor is a "champion". In my house rules, this means he is a figure who by himself is of medium difficulty in…

Turtle Island: Session 2

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Published: August 18, 2024 14:42

Zombies and vodou and marital drama oh my!Crew Roster Participants this session are in bold! Nicole: Elf arrested for bodysnatching, now a knife-hoarding edgelord; 4 experience. Nolan: Orc stand-user raised by elves, arrested on accusations of spying; 4…

Euphoria: An Informal Review

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Published: August 17, 2024 12:16

No one understands Euphoria like I do.Obviously, I'm exaggerating haha. It was one of the most popular prestige television shows of the late 2010s / early 2020s. I actually didn't watch it until just last year, when a friend and I were drunk after going to…

Wael Hallaq's The Impossible State: An Informal Review

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Published: August 16, 2024 02:04

I read so many books that I enjoy that sometimes I wonder, or worry, whether I just accept whatever I read. Thankfully, I’ve had critical reactions to certain books for which I thought I would have at-least-sort-of positive reactions (Debt: The First 5,000…

D&D Fifth Edition: Death & Rebirth

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Published: August 14, 2024 23:21

Hashtag OSRisOverParty, Hashtag RIPBozo, etc etc. The initial… “edition” of Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition tried to present itself as a reactionary return to some ideal past paradigm of D&D—be it Third Edition to win back territory lost prior to Paizo’s…

Turtle Island: Session 1

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Published: August 3, 2024 20:46

The official “first”, i.e. non-introductory, session of Turtle Island! Unfortunately, Makandal (played by Ènziramire) couldn’t make it this time, but Xen joined us for the first time! Our roster, with participants this session in bold: Nicole: Elf…

Turtle Island: Campaign Notes

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Published: July 23, 2024 02:48

Started my long-awaited pirate campaign! I don't know if I've mentioned it here, although I've definitely talked about it in conversations with some of y'all. The basic premise is that elves and dwarves employ extraterrestrial humans as privateers to…