Folkstory TTRPG
@folkstoryrpg.bsky.social
Get the game here: https://ciarano84.itch.io/folkstory-folklore
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The Fantasy and Fashion of Bloodborne, with the character advancement and depth of D&D. These are the devlogs from myself, Ciaran!
Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/Usj6zgWz
The Fantasy and Fashion of Bloodborne, with the character advancement and depth of D&D. These are the devlogs from myself, Ciaran!
I consider a melee attack in a ttrpg to be first a test of dexterity to land the blow, and then a test of strength to detirmine the effectiveness of a landed blow.
Is this just a rigid formula I've swallowed whole from 80s ttrpgs?
How much does this match the reality of attacking?
Is this just a rigid formula I've swallowed whole from 80s ttrpgs?
How much does this match the reality of attacking?
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I consider a melee attack in a ttrpg to be first a test of dexterity to land the blow, and then a test of strength to detirmine the effectiveness of a landed blow.
Is this just a rigid formula I've swallowed whole from 80s ttrpgs?
How much does this match the reality of attacking?
Is this just a rigid formula I've swallowed whole from 80s ttrpgs?
How much does this match the reality of attacking?
As a player, I adore grind, limitations and repetition.
I don't design toward these, as I feel like the trend leans away from them.
But is there an established 'style' of roleplaying where the intention is that you repeated highly boundried, solveable scenarios/dungeons through to success?
I don't design toward these, as I feel like the trend leans away from them.
But is there an established 'style' of roleplaying where the intention is that you repeated highly boundried, solveable scenarios/dungeons through to success?
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
As a player, I adore grind, limitations and repetition.
I don't design toward these, as I feel like the trend leans away from them.
But is there an established 'style' of roleplaying where the intention is that you repeated highly boundried, solveable scenarios/dungeons through to success?
I don't design toward these, as I feel like the trend leans away from them.
But is there an established 'style' of roleplaying where the intention is that you repeated highly boundried, solveable scenarios/dungeons through to success?
Pretty happy with the content of the first map of the Mortal Isles - did this draft in Inkarnate. Any thoughts about different tools or techniques would be much appreciated!
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Pretty happy with the content of the first map of the Mortal Isles - did this draft in Inkarnate. Any thoughts about different tools or techniques would be much appreciated!
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"If you can't handle me at my diddliest, you don't deserve me at my doodliest."... is probably my new mantra because I gotta tell you I'm pretty fucking diddly right now.
October 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"If you can't handle me at my diddliest, you don't deserve me at my doodliest."... is probably my new mantra because I gotta tell you I'm pretty fucking diddly right now.
What woudl be the climate/culture consequences of a world where:
- it was flat, sloping slightly southward.
- the south was where the sun rose and fell, and also a vast end-of-the-world waterfall.
- the north was a frozen point of white, where time stood still.
- east and west were endless.
- it was flat, sloping slightly southward.
- the south was where the sun rose and fell, and also a vast end-of-the-world waterfall.
- the north was a frozen point of white, where time stood still.
- east and west were endless.
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What woudl be the climate/culture consequences of a world where:
- it was flat, sloping slightly southward.
- the south was where the sun rose and fell, and also a vast end-of-the-world waterfall.
- the north was a frozen point of white, where time stood still.
- east and west were endless.
- it was flat, sloping slightly southward.
- the south was where the sun rose and fell, and also a vast end-of-the-world waterfall.
- the north was a frozen point of white, where time stood still.
- east and west were endless.
Finally, an accessible motte-and-bailey castle
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Finally, an accessible motte-and-bailey castle
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Have you ever been lost in a video game level, wandering empty halls, until you know you're going the right way because you finally run into enemies? Because you don't know what to do without conflict? Well some people live their real lives that way
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Have you ever been lost in a video game level, wandering empty halls, until you know you're going the right way because you finally run into enemies? Because you don't know what to do without conflict? Well some people live their real lives that way
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Robert A Wardhaugh is a Canadian historian known as a host of the longest uninterrupted Dungeons & Dragons campaign. As of 2025 his campaign has been going on for 43 years! & includes over 30,000 painted miniatures❤️🔥
#dnd #dnd5e #rpg #ttrpg #tabletopgames #nerdlings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-e...
#dnd #dnd5e #rpg #ttrpg #tabletopgames #nerdlings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-e...
September 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Robert A Wardhaugh is a Canadian historian known as a host of the longest uninterrupted Dungeons & Dragons campaign. As of 2025 his campaign has been going on for 43 years! & includes over 30,000 painted miniatures❤️🔥
#dnd #dnd5e #rpg #ttrpg #tabletopgames #nerdlings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-e...
#dnd #dnd5e #rpg #ttrpg #tabletopgames #nerdlings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-e...
Map of the Folkstory political system DONE.
Alternatively, 'Portrait of a Man Unemployed'.
Alternatively, 'Portrait of a Man Unemployed'.
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Map of the Folkstory political system DONE.
Alternatively, 'Portrait of a Man Unemployed'.
Alternatively, 'Portrait of a Man Unemployed'.
This is looking beautiful. After 15 years of whippings from From, I've still not had enough.
(was getting flattened in the Smoldering Lake all morning)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...
(was getting flattened in the Smoldering Lake all morning)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...
DOOMSPIRAL
Venture to the doomed land of Weftenhaal to reclaim Fate and slay the gods.
www.kickstarter.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is looking beautiful. After 15 years of whippings from From, I've still not had enough.
(was getting flattened in the Smoldering Lake all morning)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...
(was getting flattened in the Smoldering Lake all morning)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...
"I have before been guilty of spending too long in the company of a spirit; I was left with little more than memories, and this withered body. Others have lost much more."
October 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"I have before been guilty of spending too long in the company of a spirit; I was left with little more than memories, and this withered body. Others have lost much more."
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It is tempting, as a Teller, to want to know the world in its entirety; from the unceasing trees that will grow over us when we are long dead, to the stars that burn with a light from before we thought to wonder at them. But selectiveness is an art, and you cannot know all.
October 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It is tempting, as a Teller, to want to know the world in its entirety; from the unceasing trees that will grow over us when we are long dead, to the stars that burn with a light from before we thought to wonder at them. But selectiveness is an art, and you cannot know all.
If you had to name one or more ttrpgs that sat in a slightly more accessible, slightly more light hearted space than the already wonderfully accessible and light hearted Realms of Peril, what would they be? www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4... #ttrpg #rpg #realmsofperil
www.drivethrurpg.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If you had to name one or more ttrpgs that sat in a slightly more accessible, slightly more light hearted space than the already wonderfully accessible and light hearted Realms of Peril, what would they be? www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4... #ttrpg #rpg #realmsofperil
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If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
Anyone have their favourite GM CRASH COURSE page on the internet?
My initial scanning of the webway turned up this: rollforfantasy.com/guides/first...
#ttrpg #gamesmaster #rpg #noob
My initial scanning of the webway turned up this: rollforfantasy.com/guides/first...
#ttrpg #gamesmaster #rpg #noob
First time game master guide.
Guide on being a game master for the first time.
rollforfantasy.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anyone have their favourite GM CRASH COURSE page on the internet?
My initial scanning of the webway turned up this: rollforfantasy.com/guides/first...
#ttrpg #gamesmaster #rpg #noob
My initial scanning of the webway turned up this: rollforfantasy.com/guides/first...
#ttrpg #gamesmaster #rpg #noob
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SPINE has been my passion project for six months or so. It really took over my brain, and I couldn't get it out until I made it. That said, it's not your typical commercially viable ttrpg.
If you would RT or QRT the original post, I'd be sincerely grateful. I'd like the world to see SPINE.
If you would RT or QRT the original post, I'd be sincerely grateful. I'd like the world to see SPINE.
NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.
In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
September 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
SPINE has been my passion project for six months or so. It really took over my brain, and I couldn't get it out until I made it. That said, it's not your typical commercially viable ttrpg.
If you would RT or QRT the original post, I'd be sincerely grateful. I'd like the world to see SPINE.
If you would RT or QRT the original post, I'd be sincerely grateful. I'd like the world to see SPINE.
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Oh my god. If you've not read any of Kieron's games writing, this would be a great place to start.
On the day that commences my 50th year on this planet (and the 40th of playing RPGs), I start my list of my favourite 101 RPGs that I've played. It's in order.
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
So we begin with my least favourite RPG of all time.
Drumroll...
My 101 Favourite TTRPGS: 101 - Old Men Running The World
Earlier this year, we saw John Harper on the socials having worked out how many TTRPGs he's played. It was a big number. It made Jim and me sit back and do
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oh my god. If you've not read any of Kieron's games writing, this would be a great place to start.
My partner won't let me name our dog Rags. So I've used the name for one of the Folkstory starter quest characters. #ttrpg #roleplay #gamedesign
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My partner won't let me name our dog Rags. So I've used the name for one of the Folkstory starter quest characters. #ttrpg #roleplay #gamedesign
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It's an update to my #dungeon door flowchart: "YOU COME TO A DOOR," this time in printer-friendly B+W. The kids I run #shadowdark and #mausritter for get lost in this maze, so I'll try printing it as a poster. The children will learn #old-school #D&D / #OSR procedures... even if it kills me.
December 6, 2024 at 7:13 PM
It's an update to my #dungeon door flowchart: "YOU COME TO A DOOR," this time in printer-friendly B+W. The kids I run #shadowdark and #mausritter for get lost in this maze, so I'll try printing it as a poster. The children will learn #old-school #D&D / #OSR procedures... even if it kills me.
First job post Player's Guide - a trial adventure. Think I'm gonna be leaning into this brilliantly weird set up from Alien Earth. A decadent banquet, where the guests are the food. Or something like that.
September 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
First job post Player's Guide - a trial adventure. Think I'm gonna be leaning into this brilliantly weird set up from Alien Earth. A decadent banquet, where the guests are the food. Or something like that.
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Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork is rip-roaring chaos I suspect Sir Pratchett would have approved of
Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork is rip-roaring chaos I suspect Sir Pratchett would have approved of
Terry Pratchett's Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork review
buff.ly
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork is rip-roaring chaos I suspect Sir Pratchett would have approved of
First version of Folkstory is now available. It's the Player's Book - Folklore, and a playtest version. I'd say about 80% of the final content is in there, with about 40% of the balance.
Get it here: ciarano84.itch.io/folkstory-fo... for one whole dollar dollar bill.
Get it here: ciarano84.itch.io/folkstory-fo... for one whole dollar dollar bill.
Folkstory: Folklore by ciarano84
A guide for players and the core rules for the Folkstory TTRPG
ciarano84.itch.io
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
First version of Folkstory is now available. It's the Player's Book - Folklore, and a playtest version. I'd say about 80% of the final content is in there, with about 40% of the balance.
Get it here: ciarano84.itch.io/folkstory-fo... for one whole dollar dollar bill.
Get it here: ciarano84.itch.io/folkstory-fo... for one whole dollar dollar bill.
Ok Bluesky. Let's grind rats.
September 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ok Bluesky. Let's grind rats.