DiceDeeds
@dicedeeds.bsky.social
He/Him| Artist for hire (DM for commissions)|
Creator of the Gunmetal TTRPG system.| Player of all things tabletop.
Check out my other socials at https://linktr.ee/dicedeeds
Creator of the Gunmetal TTRPG system.| Player of all things tabletop.
Check out my other socials at https://linktr.ee/dicedeeds
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@dicedeeds.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Hello! Time I did a reintroduction for the peeps coming over from the bird app.
I'm Shiraz, an artist and game designer from India. You can usually find me yapping a combination of the following:
- Artwork (commission slots are ready)
- Game design ideas
- Random puns or quips based on what i see
I'm Shiraz, an artist and game designer from India. You can usually find me yapping a combination of the following:
- Artwork (commission slots are ready)
- Game design ideas
- Random puns or quips based on what i see
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penancerpg.com/shows/Abyssa...
The real beginning of our divergence from Out Of The Abyss, a misplaced maze and a myserious voice...
Link to Abyss episode: penancerpg.com/shows/Abyss0...
#TTPRG #OCart #fantasy #Comedy #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
The real beginning of our divergence from Out Of The Abyss, a misplaced maze and a myserious voice...
Link to Abyss episode: penancerpg.com/shows/Abyss0...
#TTPRG #OCart #fantasy #Comedy #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
penancerpg.com/shows/Abyssa...
The real beginning of our divergence from Out Of The Abyss, a misplaced maze and a myserious voice...
Link to Abyss episode: penancerpg.com/shows/Abyss0...
#TTPRG #OCart #fantasy #Comedy #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
The real beginning of our divergence from Out Of The Abyss, a misplaced maze and a myserious voice...
Link to Abyss episode: penancerpg.com/shows/Abyss0...
#TTPRG #OCart #fantasy #Comedy #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #HorrorStories #TableTop
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Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next D&D5e adaptation, we will again be releasing an archival companion series. We are publicly releasing the Abyssal Archive that was previously available only to patrons.
Abyss D&D5e adaptation - The Penance RPG Podcast
Abyss, our 2019 adaptation of the D&D5e module Out Of The Abyss with the characters and episodes, plus original art by one of the cast!
www.penancerpg.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Ever wondered what goes into writing a Penance RPG adaptation? For our next D&D5e adaptation, we will again be releasing an archival companion series. We are publicly releasing the Abyssal Archive that was previously available only to patrons.
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Listen to the series at www.penancerpg.com/abyss/
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#dragon #FantasyArt #RPG
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#dragon #FantasyArt #RPG
Abyss D&D5e adaptation - The Penance RPG Podcast
Abyss, our 2019 adaptation of the D&D5e module Out Of The Abyss with the characters and episodes, plus original art by one of the cast!
www.penancerpg.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Listen to the series at www.penancerpg.com/abyss/
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#dragon #FantasyArt #RPG
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#dragon #FantasyArt #RPG
No offence to anyone doing year end wraps or resolutions, but I'm not keen on any of those things.
A lot of good things happened to me and I'm starting the new year off with some good stuff on the docket.
Will I do better this year? Let's hope so.
A lot of good things happened to me and I'm starting the new year off with some good stuff on the docket.
Will I do better this year? Let's hope so.
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 AM
No offence to anyone doing year end wraps or resolutions, but I'm not keen on any of those things.
A lot of good things happened to me and I'm starting the new year off with some good stuff on the docket.
Will I do better this year? Let's hope so.
A lot of good things happened to me and I'm starting the new year off with some good stuff on the docket.
Will I do better this year? Let's hope so.
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In 2026, let's
•Elect no fascists
•Support no genocides
•Make cool stuff
•Play cool games
•Be excellent to each other
•Make billionaires cry
•Elect no fascists
•Support no genocides
•Make cool stuff
•Play cool games
•Be excellent to each other
•Make billionaires cry
January 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
In 2026, let's
•Elect no fascists
•Support no genocides
•Make cool stuff
•Play cool games
•Be excellent to each other
•Make billionaires cry
•Elect no fascists
•Support no genocides
•Make cool stuff
•Play cool games
•Be excellent to each other
•Make billionaires cry
Give me a dollar.
Repeat until satisfied.
You win.
Repeat until satisfied.
You win.
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Give me a dollar.
Repeat until satisfied.
You win.
Repeat until satisfied.
You win.
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“Thoughtful Critique“ is a journaling game for 3+ players using the printed draft of an incomplete TTRPG and colored pens.
Players take turns leaving notes in the game’s margins.
(1/2)
Players take turns leaving notes in the game’s margins.
(1/2)
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“Thoughtful Critique“ is a journaling game for 3+ players using the printed draft of an incomplete TTRPG and colored pens.
Players take turns leaving notes in the game’s margins.
(1/2)
Players take turns leaving notes in the game’s margins.
(1/2)
Kill Hitler in 6D6 Jumps.
You have invented time travel through Wikipedia pages using links. You're sending drones.
The tech isn't perfect. The best you can do is six d6 rolls to get to Hitler.
-Hit 'random article' on Wikipedia
-Roll 1d6
-hit link = number on die
-Least drones used wins
You have invented time travel through Wikipedia pages using links. You're sending drones.
The tech isn't perfect. The best you can do is six d6 rolls to get to Hitler.
-Hit 'random article' on Wikipedia
-Roll 1d6
-hit link = number on die
-Least drones used wins
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Kill Hitler in 6D6 Jumps.
You have invented time travel through Wikipedia pages using links. You're sending drones.
The tech isn't perfect. The best you can do is six d6 rolls to get to Hitler.
-Hit 'random article' on Wikipedia
-Roll 1d6
-hit link = number on die
-Least drones used wins
You have invented time travel through Wikipedia pages using links. You're sending drones.
The tech isn't perfect. The best you can do is six d6 rolls to get to Hitler.
-Hit 'random article' on Wikipedia
-Roll 1d6
-hit link = number on die
-Least drones used wins
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Hello so many new people! I’m Amaan: South Asian, Muslim, podcaster, editor, AP performer/GM, writer, VA, & won a couple of CRiT awards. Check out our multilingual Actual Play GODKILLER: Qismat on YouTube!
Check my work here:
Videos on youtube.com/@amaanhk
& instagram.com/amaanhk
& amaanhk.carrd.co
Check my work here:
Videos on youtube.com/@amaanhk
& instagram.com/amaanhk
& amaanhk.carrd.co
Amaan HK - Products of Thought
Award winning podcast host.
Game Master, Artist, Streamer, Creative Director.
Stay now! More good things on the way!
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hello so many new people! I’m Amaan: South Asian, Muslim, podcaster, editor, AP performer/GM, writer, VA, & won a couple of CRiT awards. Check out our multilingual Actual Play GODKILLER: Qismat on YouTube!
Check my work here:
Videos on youtube.com/@amaanhk
& instagram.com/amaanhk
& amaanhk.carrd.co
Check my work here:
Videos on youtube.com/@amaanhk
& instagram.com/amaanhk
& amaanhk.carrd.co
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My Vienna game-design friends and I all swapped games and reviewed them, and I wrote this first-impressions post about Night of The Gunwitch by @benjiwentbananas.bsky.social
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/readin...
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/readin...
Reading Review - Night of the Gunwitch - MixUpPixels
“As an end-of-year present, members of the Vienna GM Supergroup decided to randomly pick a game published by one of us, and give it a review! This is my review,...
mixuppixels.pika.page
December 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My Vienna game-design friends and I all swapped games and reviewed them, and I wrote this first-impressions post about Night of The Gunwitch by @benjiwentbananas.bsky.social
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/readin...
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/readin...
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Been a little bit, huh?
I figure i'd announce this here.
vecshift.co.uk is now a REAL domain! I'm no longer under neocities nor github io. My indie studio now has an actual domain!
My portfolio and everything relating to it is at jakedravioli.vecshift.co.uk.
Enjoy! :)
#indie #indiedev #gamedev
I figure i'd announce this here.
vecshift.co.uk is now a REAL domain! I'm no longer under neocities nor github io. My indie studio now has an actual domain!
My portfolio and everything relating to it is at jakedravioli.vecshift.co.uk.
Enjoy! :)
#indie #indiedev #gamedev
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Been a little bit, huh?
I figure i'd announce this here.
vecshift.co.uk is now a REAL domain! I'm no longer under neocities nor github io. My indie studio now has an actual domain!
My portfolio and everything relating to it is at jakedravioli.vecshift.co.uk.
Enjoy! :)
#indie #indiedev #gamedev
I figure i'd announce this here.
vecshift.co.uk is now a REAL domain! I'm no longer under neocities nor github io. My indie studio now has an actual domain!
My portfolio and everything relating to it is at jakedravioli.vecshift.co.uk.
Enjoy! :)
#indie #indiedev #gamedev
As a big hairy dude myself, I bristle at the breakdown of this. On a more positive note for any ttrpg designer, take heed:
1. Thesis statements are important 1st impressions.
2. Design is everything, everywhere, all the time.
3. Simple beats verbose.
4. Art is like spices, use tastefully.
1. Thesis statements are important 1st impressions.
2. Design is everything, everywhere, all the time.
3. Simple beats verbose.
4. Art is like spices, use tastefully.
Ok, this is @friede.bsky.social's fault. She raised the question of *how* people analyze RPG texts, and that is a BIG, HAIRY QUESTION, and it got me thinking.
I'm not ready to take a tilt at it yet, but that's because it turns out there are a lot of things I do *before* I read an RPG. A lot.
I'm not ready to take a tilt at it yet, but that's because it turns out there are a lot of things I do *before* I read an RPG. A lot.
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
As a big hairy dude myself, I bristle at the breakdown of this. On a more positive note for any ttrpg designer, take heed:
1. Thesis statements are important 1st impressions.
2. Design is everything, everywhere, all the time.
3. Simple beats verbose.
4. Art is like spices, use tastefully.
1. Thesis statements are important 1st impressions.
2. Design is everything, everywhere, all the time.
3. Simple beats verbose.
4. Art is like spices, use tastefully.
This is a great idea and I'm going to add to it by saying that I'm up for this.
If you want me to do art for your project on a royalty fee structure instead of a one time payment, I'm happy to help out.
We swim together.
If you want me to do art for your project on a royalty fee structure instead of a one time payment, I'm happy to help out.
We swim together.
In Tabletop Roleplaying Games the idea of royalties is still relatively new; more of us at the publishing level need to be thinking about ways to undermine the existing paradigm and build to sustain our comrades and collaborators in the long term and give them the fruits of their own labor
My wife had a single line in Kung Fu Panda 17 years ago and still gets checks every few months. Most are way smaller than this, but devs get $0 even though the games we work on will likely be sold for 10+ years soooo yeah.
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is a great idea and I'm going to add to it by saying that I'm up for this.
If you want me to do art for your project on a royalty fee structure instead of a one time payment, I'm happy to help out.
We swim together.
If you want me to do art for your project on a royalty fee structure instead of a one time payment, I'm happy to help out.
We swim together.
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My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
As someone who properly got onto being a ttrpg designer in the pandemic, it was a pretty lonely world out there in India for it.
However many of my good friends from the bangalore tabletop group were instrumental in me keeping my sanity and drive going.
Many of these people are my IRL buds.
However many of my good friends from the bangalore tabletop group were instrumental in me keeping my sanity and drive going.
Many of these people are my IRL buds.
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As someone who properly got onto being a ttrpg designer in the pandemic, it was a pretty lonely world out there in India for it.
However many of my good friends from the bangalore tabletop group were instrumental in me keeping my sanity and drive going.
Many of these people are my IRL buds.
However many of my good friends from the bangalore tabletop group were instrumental in me keeping my sanity and drive going.
Many of these people are my IRL buds.
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New Year Resolution will be same as last year...
1920 x 1200
I'm not sorry ;)
1920 x 1200
I'm not sorry ;)
December 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New Year Resolution will be same as last year...
1920 x 1200
I'm not sorry ;)
1920 x 1200
I'm not sorry ;)
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On Being Human. Centuries ago, humanity left Earth, promising to return. They are long overdue. Some robots have begun emulating humanity to solve the myriad mysteries left behind. What is to be human?
thoughtpunks.com/fre...
Check out this free playtest #TTRPG. <3
thoughtpunks.com/fre...
Check out this free playtest #TTRPG. <3
Free Playtest: On Being Human
On Being Human: Surreal Sci-Fi TTRPG
Centuries ago, humanity vanished, leaving behind a pristine but empty world. They promised to return, by they are now long overdue. Now, sentient robots taking human(ish) forms, the New Humans, are breaking free from their programming to explore the strange,
thoughtpunks.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
On Being Human. Centuries ago, humanity left Earth, promising to return. They are long overdue. Some robots have begun emulating humanity to solve the myriad mysteries left behind. What is to be human?
thoughtpunks.com/fre...
Check out this free playtest #TTRPG. <3
thoughtpunks.com/fre...
Check out this free playtest #TTRPG. <3
I shouldn't laugh, but I am laughing
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I shouldn't laugh, but I am laughing
Regarding networking: I use the same principles I learned in the playground at school.
- making friends is ez. Just be kind and genuine.
- keeping friends is hard. You gotta check in with them. I still struggle with this (sorry mates)
- annoy the bullies. Do not back down.
- making friends is ez. Just be kind and genuine.
- keeping friends is hard. You gotta check in with them. I still struggle with this (sorry mates)
- annoy the bullies. Do not back down.
December 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Regarding networking: I use the same principles I learned in the playground at school.
- making friends is ez. Just be kind and genuine.
- keeping friends is hard. You gotta check in with them. I still struggle with this (sorry mates)
- annoy the bullies. Do not back down.
- making friends is ez. Just be kind and genuine.
- keeping friends is hard. You gotta check in with them. I still struggle with this (sorry mates)
- annoy the bullies. Do not back down.
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I've been thinking a lot about Batfam headcanons, cozy roleplay in D&D, and what it means to assert whether or not a game supports a certain kind of play. So I wrote down my thoughts and turned them into an inaugural post on my new itch blog! seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog/devl...
What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play?
What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play? This is the first in a series whose placeholder title is “Lunch Break Lectures”. I’m trying to create an avenue for putting my thoughts ou...
seraphim-seraphina.itch.io
December 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've been thinking a lot about Batfam headcanons, cozy roleplay in D&D, and what it means to assert whether or not a game supports a certain kind of play. So I wrote down my thoughts and turned them into an inaugural post on my new itch blog! seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog/devl...
This is one of the most important lesson for any kind of designer.
And for them, that idea of what games don and don’t support becomes even more
Important, because they are not designing to be better than D&D, but rather, they are designing in competition with the idea of no game at all.
Important, because they are not designing to be better than D&D, but rather, they are designing in competition with the idea of no game at all.
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is one of the most important lesson for any kind of designer.
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i got mad enough that I wrote my first blog in 3 years please clap.
also posting blogs without an editor is so scary please hold my hand
hungrybirds.tumblr.com/post/8036941...
also posting blogs without an editor is so scary please hold my hand
hungrybirds.tumblr.com/post/8036941...
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
i got mad enough that I wrote my first blog in 3 years please clap.
also posting blogs without an editor is so scary please hold my hand
hungrybirds.tumblr.com/post/8036941...
also posting blogs without an editor is so scary please hold my hand
hungrybirds.tumblr.com/post/8036941...
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Some NPCs I recently did for the upcoming Not Enough Scoundrels @mothership.bsky.social supplement, by @chrisair.itch.io.
April 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Some NPCs I recently did for the upcoming Not Enough Scoundrels @mothership.bsky.social supplement, by @chrisair.itch.io.
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But really, I made a new TTRPG... half-apress.itch.io/colonysubtitle
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
But really, I made a new TTRPG... half-apress.itch.io/colonysubtitle
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Listen to the series at www.penancerpg.com/abyss/
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#Comedy #DnD #abyss #IndieRPG #HorrorStories
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#Comedy #DnD #abyss #IndieRPG #HorrorStories
Abyss D&D5e adaptation - The Penance RPG Podcast
Abyss, our 2019 adaptation of the D&D5e module Out Of The Abyss with the characters and episodes, plus original art by one of the cast!
www.penancerpg.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Listen to the series at www.penancerpg.com/abyss/
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#Comedy #DnD #abyss #IndieRPG #HorrorStories
Stunning #OriginalCharacter art by the magically talented player @dicedeeds.bsky.social
#Comedy #DnD #abyss #IndieRPG #HorrorStories