AwkwardAlchemist
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He/Him. Nerdy father of 2 with a D&D obsession. Video game enjoyer. Liberal af.
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People who say audiobooks don't count as reading are fuckin losers
October 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
People who say audiobooks don't count as reading are fuckin losers
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Remember, classes are fighting styles, not character backgrounds.
You can play a noble rogue, who fights dirty. A hippy fighter who protects the forests with blade and spear or a druid who lives in the city and turns into rats.
Don't be constrained by tropes.
You can play a noble rogue, who fights dirty. A hippy fighter who protects the forests with blade and spear or a druid who lives in the city and turns into rats.
Don't be constrained by tropes.
August 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Remember, classes are fighting styles, not character backgrounds.
You can play a noble rogue, who fights dirty. A hippy fighter who protects the forests with blade and spear or a druid who lives in the city and turns into rats.
Don't be constrained by tropes.
You can play a noble rogue, who fights dirty. A hippy fighter who protects the forests with blade and spear or a druid who lives in the city and turns into rats.
Don't be constrained by tropes.
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🔸Magic Train Battle Map🔸
A new technology has arrived, thanks to the power of the arcane crystals. This so-called train has been fitted with the nicest amenities and facilities. Your players can take part in the first trip made in this new method of transportation!
#dnd #panthfinder #tabletop
A new technology has arrived, thanks to the power of the arcane crystals. This so-called train has been fitted with the nicest amenities and facilities. Your players can take part in the first trip made in this new method of transportation!
#dnd #panthfinder #tabletop
July 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🔸Magic Train Battle Map🔸
A new technology has arrived, thanks to the power of the arcane crystals. This so-called train has been fitted with the nicest amenities and facilities. Your players can take part in the first trip made in this new method of transportation!
#dnd #panthfinder #tabletop
A new technology has arrived, thanks to the power of the arcane crystals. This so-called train has been fitted with the nicest amenities and facilities. Your players can take part in the first trip made in this new method of transportation!
#dnd #panthfinder #tabletop
I'm my table's forever GM and these are the TTRPG villains I almost exclusively use:
• Eldritch monsters.
• Cults that promise to have the people's best interest in mind (they don't).
• Villains that take positions of authority through "legal" means.
• Eldritch monsters.
• Cults that promise to have the people's best interest in mind (they don't).
• Villains that take positions of authority through "legal" means.
I'm my table's forever GM and these are the TTRPG villains I almost exclusively use:
My players deepest darkest fears
My players characters deepest darkest fears
The personification of capitalism
My players deepest darkest fears
My players characters deepest darkest fears
The personification of capitalism
I'm my table's forever GM and these are the TTRPG villains I almost exclusively use:
Abuse of Authority
Untrustworthy Wizard
Literal manifestation of the concept of entropy
Azula
Abuse of Authority
Untrustworthy Wizard
Literal manifestation of the concept of entropy
Azula
May 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm my table's forever GM and these are the TTRPG villains I almost exclusively use:
• Eldritch monsters.
• Cults that promise to have the people's best interest in mind (they don't).
• Villains that take positions of authority through "legal" means.
• Eldritch monsters.
• Cults that promise to have the people's best interest in mind (they don't).
• Villains that take positions of authority through "legal" means.
Explain your lore but poorly:
A madness monster is making the pirates go crazy.
A madness monster is making the pirates go crazy.
Explain your lore but poorly:
Listen once upon a time it was there. Then it wasn't. Now we're pretty sure it is, but we have no idea due to what happened last time. And last time still isn't. Got it?
Listen once upon a time it was there. Then it wasn't. Now we're pretty sure it is, but we have no idea due to what happened last time. And last time still isn't. Got it?
Explain your lore but poorly: I have deceived you all into thinking I'm a captain, but I do command a ship.
April 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Explain your lore but poorly:
A madness monster is making the pirates go crazy.
A madness monster is making the pirates go crazy.
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The Dungeon Master should be able to sit wherever they want.
March 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Dungeon Master should be able to sit wherever they want.
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#DM TotD!
Enemies can have magic items too!
As simple as healing potions or scrolls that the enemies can use in battle, or even powerful relics!
Not every magic item the party comes across has to be usable by the party, maybe it's an item they can use to bargain with later!
#D&D #TTRPG
Enemies can have magic items too!
As simple as healing potions or scrolls that the enemies can use in battle, or even powerful relics!
Not every magic item the party comes across has to be usable by the party, maybe it's an item they can use to bargain with later!
#D&D #TTRPG
March 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Tuesday Tabletop Tips:
Use random encounters to make travel interesting. Not every encounter on the road needs to result in combat.
See that band of goblins over there? They're just a peaceful group of travelling pilgrims, but they do have a quest for the heroes!
#DnD #TTRPG #RoadTripSurprises
Use random encounters to make travel interesting. Not every encounter on the road needs to result in combat.
See that band of goblins over there? They're just a peaceful group of travelling pilgrims, but they do have a quest for the heroes!
#DnD #TTRPG #RoadTripSurprises
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Tuesday Tabletop Tips:
Use random encounters to make travel interesting. Not every encounter on the road needs to result in combat.
See that band of goblins over there? They're just a peaceful group of travelling pilgrims, but they do have a quest for the heroes!
#DnD #TTRPG #RoadTripSurprises
Use random encounters to make travel interesting. Not every encounter on the road needs to result in combat.
See that band of goblins over there? They're just a peaceful group of travelling pilgrims, but they do have a quest for the heroes!
#DnD #TTRPG #RoadTripSurprises
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"Maybe I'm a light particle because my mom says I'm on the spectrum."
- my best friend while riding the train today
- my best friend while riding the train today
January 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Maybe I'm a light particle because my mom says I'm on the spectrum."
- my best friend while riding the train today
- my best friend while riding the train today
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The #Free5e Core Bundle is open to the public! Get all 3 WIP manuscripts—Player’s Guide, GM Handbook, & Free Range Monsters—100% free & open! Download now!
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February 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The #Free5e Core Bundle is open to the public! Get all 3 WIP manuscripts—Player’s Guide, GM Handbook, & Free Range Monsters—100% free & open! Download now!
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!WARNING!
Despite our best efforts, history keeps happening.
Despite our best efforts, history keeps happening.
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
!WARNING!
Despite our best efforts, history keeps happening.
Despite our best efforts, history keeps happening.
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People want stories.
We are drawn to the story in art. We pause and spend time with a painting until we find the joy in each brushstroke. In that moment we see the artist and storyteller like a wizard behind the curtain. That is absent in gen ai.
Go be that storyteller.
Go be human and create.
We are drawn to the story in art. We pause and spend time with a painting until we find the joy in each brushstroke. In that moment we see the artist and storyteller like a wizard behind the curtain. That is absent in gen ai.
Go be that storyteller.
Go be human and create.
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
People want stories.
We are drawn to the story in art. We pause and spend time with a painting until we find the joy in each brushstroke. In that moment we see the artist and storyteller like a wizard behind the curtain. That is absent in gen ai.
Go be that storyteller.
Go be human and create.
We are drawn to the story in art. We pause and spend time with a painting until we find the joy in each brushstroke. In that moment we see the artist and storyteller like a wizard behind the curtain. That is absent in gen ai.
Go be that storyteller.
Go be human and create.
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Good morning!
Dm totd: while world ending issues are important for main plot points, don't forget "local ending issues"!
Make sure your party has plenty of smaller scale issues to fix, as this will help immerse them in the world, as well as connect them with npcs!
#totd #dnd #5e #ttrpg #dm
Dm totd: while world ending issues are important for main plot points, don't forget "local ending issues"!
Make sure your party has plenty of smaller scale issues to fix, as this will help immerse them in the world, as well as connect them with npcs!
#totd #dnd #5e #ttrpg #dm
February 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Name anything more calming and soothing like heavy rain.
February 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Name anything more calming and soothing like heavy rain.
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#Worldbuilding TotD!
Keeping on with my last tip, to make your world unique, you generally only need 1 big *thing*.
Compare popular fantasy media, and while some themes and creatures are unique, the worlds are simple and relatable.
Find your world's one *thing* and polish it!
#D&D #TTRPG
Keeping on with my last tip, to make your world unique, you generally only need 1 big *thing*.
Compare popular fantasy media, and while some themes and creatures are unique, the worlds are simple and relatable.
Find your world's one *thing* and polish it!
#D&D #TTRPG
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#Worldbuilding TotD!
Keeping on with my last tip, to make your world unique, you generally only need 1 big *thing*.
Compare popular fantasy media, and while some themes and creatures are unique, the worlds are simple and relatable.
Find your world's one *thing* and polish it!
#D&D #TTRPG
Keeping on with my last tip, to make your world unique, you generally only need 1 big *thing*.
Compare popular fantasy media, and while some themes and creatures are unique, the worlds are simple and relatable.
Find your world's one *thing* and polish it!
#D&D #TTRPG