Kali Scales
eskalia.bsky.social
Kali Scales
@eskalia.bsky.social
Full time D&D DM, Writer for Cloaks and Capes, and streamer!

Trans rights or GTFO.

Twitch - twitch.tv/eskalia
Threads - @eskaliaoninsta
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Hey there Bluesky!

Nice to meet you, I'm Kali! I'm a full time D&D DM, running 6 games a week.

I'm a trans woman in her 30's, and I write for Cloaks and Capes creating supplementary tabletop content.

I need TTRPG friends, so algorithm, do your thing. This is what I want.
Hello friends! Let's get #BackToBasics!
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by Kali Scales
What a fantastic cast! What Lurks Within P1 is out!

It features @eskalia.bsky.social world Syrene & 5 of our subclasses!

-Fey Royalty Sorcerer
-Circle of the Green Knight Druid
-College of Celebration Bard
-Path of the Burning Heart Barbarian
-Rogue Toxicologist

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGe...
February 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reposted by Kali Scales
Please give a warm welcome to our What Lurks Within cast:

@eskalia.bsky.social as your Dungeon Mistress
@vampirehimbo.bsky.social as J-Rock
Emma as Zincaryn
Grace as Tofa

(1/2)
February 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Not me up at 1:30 in the morning preparing patch notes for a D&D class.... seriously, the excitement I've been getting for the Engineer is infectious! Thank you to everyone who has checked it out!
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
What up #TTRPG Bluesky?!

I'm working on my Campaign Setting Book and have completed the alpha version of my first full class - Engineer!

Make and customize your gear, throw ordnance, it's all up to you!

You can check out the playtest version for FREE on my Patreon!

patreon.com/eskalia
Get more from Eskalia on Patreon
creating podcasts, streams, and tabletop games!
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February 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My heart hurts for the lives this will ruin. It aches knowing that this is just the next step, and that we know where the road ends.
Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it.

It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
January 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Every last one of our 17k+ trans service members have more valor, honor, integrity, and courage in their discarded nail clippings than that draft-dodging, lying sack of shit has in his entire body.

Have your escape plans brothers and sisters, stay strong.
January 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This saturday, I'm doing a fundraiser stream to raise money for a member of my community who got hit with unexpected medical bills.

We're playing Fallout: New Vegas from noon to midnight est at twitch.tv/eskalia

And since we already raised 25% of our goal, I'm gonna cosplay Vi! Dye is in!
January 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Someone didn't see Jurassic Park. Henry Wu explained this to us in the 90's my guy!
January 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So if federal funds can't be used in programs that acknowledge people who identify as transgender, this also means that trans people don't have to pay taxes? Right?

Only seems fair to me.
ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:

A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hey fellow DMs, a quick word.

Your players need to feel like they can make a difference, especially now. Stories of people standing up for what's right matter more now than ever.

Celebrate heroism. Rejoice in love. Stand against evil. Combat tyranny.

It's not just escapism. It's hope.

#TTRPG
January 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Having one of those nights where I'm so excited for my D&D session today that I can't stay asleep.

I've sent my party into a faerie dungeon, where the laws of time and space only somewhat apply.

We left off with them showing up in a pit fight in Zaun. I wonder who they'll meet...
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did the #lions just pull off the stumblerooski? What is happening?
December 22, 2024 at 8:05 PM
This is why all my #ttrpg characters are at the point of saying "fuck it, burn the system down."
December 6, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I love having my players roll for information, but there is no fail state.

You always get what your character would know, no matter what you roll. (I.E. what I need you to know for the story)

But for good rolls, I'll award you questions about the topic to reflect extra things you know. #TTRPG
#TTRPG DM/GM Advice: Popular advice is "don't gate essential info behind a skill check; failure will halt progress in your game"

Better advice: If you gate essential info behind a skill check, they still get it. The check is to avoid consequences for getting the info.
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The villain is hot and I know you want to fix her, but it would be so much more delightful to let her show you how fun it is to be bad, don't you think?

Meet Skala, Dread Demon of Hatred! Art by the wonderful Yhmin!
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
In 2020, my wife and I got married in a small ceremony in my MIL's living room with just our parents and siblings present.

We wore our Ren Faire gear and the weather held out just long enough for us to do pictures at a local nature center.

These are some of my favorites!
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For YEARS now, I have wanted a rough and tumble, trash talking, street brawler class in #D&D. But of course, most of the monk subclasses lean more into mysticism.

Well no more! I got to finally make my own for Cloaks and Capes!
December 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Hey there Bluesky!

Nice to meet you, I'm Kali! I'm a full time D&D DM, running 6 games a week.

I'm a trans woman in her 30's, and I write for Cloaks and Capes creating supplementary tabletop content.

I need TTRPG friends, so algorithm, do your thing. This is what I want.
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 PM