🍁 Levi Kornelsen
@levikornelsen.bsky.social
Canadian maker of tabletop RPG bits and assorted weirdness.
Most of my things are at: https://levikornelsen.itch.io/
Most of my things are at: https://levikornelsen.itch.io/
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Having reached a thousand followers here (!), it's clearly time for me to do a big ol' self-promo thread of "Here's the parts of my TTRPG work I think you should know about!".
So here we go:
#ttrpg
So here we go:
#ttrpg
*Puts a pot on the burner*
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
*Puts a pot on the burner*
This is it; this is The Good Take.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
This is it; this is The Good Take.
I now possess a physical copy of Carved In Stone from @stoutstoat.co.uk, so, you know, all other thoughts have been blasted out of my head.
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I now possess a physical copy of Carved In Stone from @stoutstoat.co.uk, so, you know, all other thoughts have been blasted out of my head.
So this is great.
If I were gonna make a redwall trrpg one of the things I'd definitely have in the playbooks is a restriction on how you're allowed to die.
Badgers berserk against incredible odds, mice martyr themselves, rabbits die so others may live, etc.
Wouldn't lock it to species, but it would feel v redwall.
Badgers berserk against incredible odds, mice martyr themselves, rabbits die so others may live, etc.
Wouldn't lock it to species, but it would feel v redwall.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So this is great.
Reposted by 🍁 Levi Kornelsen
Oh cool, time to leave another long-used social platform!
Discord Will Force You To Scan Your Face Or ID To Unlock All Of Its Features
Discord To Require Age Verification By Face Scan Or ID Starting In March
Teen-by-default is coming to all Discord accounts in March
kotaku.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Oh cool, time to leave another long-used social platform!
Thinking about a new eReader, and what I want is one with a backlight, that doesn't have "page flashes" transitions between screens, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..... Does not receive updates from a company that might try to make it shittier or "more secure".
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Thinking about a new eReader, and what I want is one with a backlight, that doesn't have "page flashes" transitions between screens, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..... Does not receive updates from a company that might try to make it shittier or "more secure".
I was reminded of the Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games in 1990, and ensuing lawsuit, so now I need to remind you all.
(They were making a cyberpunk book, and made attempts to consult hackers.)
(They were making a cyberpunk book, and made attempts to consult hackers.)
Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I was reminded of the Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games in 1990, and ensuing lawsuit, so now I need to remind you all.
(They were making a cyberpunk book, and made attempts to consult hackers.)
(They were making a cyberpunk book, and made attempts to consult hackers.)
The most exciting part of finishing up adding a gift (advantage/feat/spell) section to the Praxic Compendium is I get to plug this here blog post permanently in the Ludography, and can stop posting links to it.
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(I will not stop posting links to it.)
riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-...
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(I will not stop posting links to it.)
riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-...
How to write new abilities
I love seeing everybody cooking up new kiths, kins, talents, and other player-facing rules for His Majesty the Worm during the Worm Jam. I...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The most exciting part of finishing up adding a gift (advantage/feat/spell) section to the Praxic Compendium is I get to plug this here blog post permanently in the Ludography, and can stop posting links to it.
...
(I will not stop posting links to it.)
riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-...
...
(I will not stop posting links to it.)
riseupcomus.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-...
On the Bluesky map, I'm on the west side of the TTRPG cluster, as it starts to get dense...
bluesky-map.theo.io
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM
On the Bluesky map, I'm on the west side of the TTRPG cluster, as it starts to get dense...
bluesky-map.theo.io
bluesky-map.theo.io
Watching some obviously heavy, and very pretty, politcal art being done (Bad Bunny at the Superbowl), and I'm like, I didn't understand a tenth of what I saw, but I bet Bluesky will 'splain it to me.
And it is not disappointing.
And it is not disappointing.
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Watching some obviously heavy, and very pretty, politcal art being done (Bad Bunny at the Superbowl), and I'm like, I didn't understand a tenth of what I saw, but I bet Bluesky will 'splain it to me.
And it is not disappointing.
And it is not disappointing.
Games out here with traits like "Magical companion", ignoring the more-specific and folklore-standard "Magical spouse".
Or, given the common character types these days, "Mundane spouse".
Or, given the common character types these days, "Mundane spouse".
February 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Games out here with traits like "Magical companion", ignoring the more-specific and folklore-standard "Magical spouse".
Or, given the common character types these days, "Mundane spouse".
Or, given the common character types these days, "Mundane spouse".
Reposted by 🍁 Levi Kornelsen
It used to be that the difference between gross and net was well known enough to be an effective punchline, but I feel like that knowledge has faded, at least within RPG publishing.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
It used to be that the difference between gross and net was well known enough to be an effective punchline, but I feel like that knowledge has faded, at least within RPG publishing.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
The last time I saw "democratizing" spike up as a term, it was "Blogs are democratizing journalism"; I have no idea where the term lives between spikes like that.
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The last time I saw "democratizing" spike up as a term, it was "Blogs are democratizing journalism"; I have no idea where the term lives between spikes like that.
My daughter's love of skating has now passed the "Month of loving it followed by no longer caring" threshold.
Thankfully, she has no interest at ALL in team sports, so at least it's not going to be hockey - to my eye, hockey parents are broke and exhausted; other skating parents are merely tired.
Thankfully, she has no interest at ALL in team sports, so at least it's not going to be hockey - to my eye, hockey parents are broke and exhausted; other skating parents are merely tired.
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
My daughter's love of skating has now passed the "Month of loving it followed by no longer caring" threshold.
Thankfully, she has no interest at ALL in team sports, so at least it's not going to be hockey - to my eye, hockey parents are broke and exhausted; other skating parents are merely tired.
Thankfully, she has no interest at ALL in team sports, so at least it's not going to be hockey - to my eye, hockey parents are broke and exhausted; other skating parents are merely tired.
Have now seen two different people saying that they don't think people should be focused on the money when discussing a dispute over money, and man, I simply can't find a way to read that as being in good faith.
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Have now seen two different people saying that they don't think people should be focused on the money when discussing a dispute over money, and man, I simply can't find a way to read that as being in good faith.
If you throw enough ideas at Farmer Gadda here, yu might get some good NeoPetsy nonsense at the end.
More. Give me More.
February 8, 2026 at 12:06 AM
If you throw enough ideas at Farmer Gadda here, yu might get some good NeoPetsy nonsense at the end.
The good thing about vibe coding things that face the internet and have an endless list of security flaws is that we're definitely going to get a bunch of cool new movies about hackers if it continues.
They'll be really good.
They'll be really good.
February 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The good thing about vibe coding things that face the internet and have an endless list of security flaws is that we're definitely going to get a bunch of cool new movies about hackers if it continues.
They'll be really good.
They'll be really good.
Lotta people in my feed saying "Dammit, why couldn't anyone pay ME $2/word?" without saying it, and I hear ya, I'd go freelance for that in a hot second.
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Lotta people in my feed saying "Dammit, why couldn't anyone pay ME $2/word?" without saying it, and I hear ya, I'd go freelance for that in a hot second.
I have fucked up good and proper many times in my life and in RPGdom, and there are folks with legitimate beef, but nobody has ever *mythologized* me as evil the way they do for the queer artists I know who've had commercial success, *especially* Jay.
It's always wild to watch.
It's always wild to watch.
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I have fucked up good and proper many times in my life and in RPGdom, and there are folks with legitimate beef, but nobody has ever *mythologized* me as evil the way they do for the queer artists I know who've had commercial success, *especially* Jay.
It's always wild to watch.
It's always wild to watch.
Just to hit the numbers, the freelancers here were paid in full (though a payment was delayed), and over $2 per word, and when a buyout was offered as a way to get a 2nd edition going, asked for $20+/word further as their opener, then lowered it to an extra $2.50/word, then back to an added $6/word.
a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened
possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...
possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just to hit the numbers, the freelancers here were paid in full (though a payment was delayed), and over $2 per word, and when a buyout was offered as a way to get a 2nd edition going, asked for $20+/word further as their opener, then lowered it to an extra $2.50/word, then back to an added $6/word.
Setting where wealthy minds can change bodies (resleeving, possession, whatever), and have many on hand, but you play a body that has serial recurring not-so-wealthy occupants.
You know, a timeshare.
You know, a timeshare.
February 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Setting where wealthy minds can change bodies (resleeving, possession, whatever), and have many on hand, but you play a body that has serial recurring not-so-wealthy occupants.
You know, a timeshare.
You know, a timeshare.
I am increasingly convinced that a lot of debate around whether or not game systems are important is actually about whether people who fucking love systems and/or people who are bored by them feel welcome.
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I am increasingly convinced that a lot of debate around whether or not game systems are important is actually about whether people who fucking love systems and/or people who are bored by them feel welcome.
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When Rascal opened up to questions/criticisms of their article on the slow death of Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast , I foolishly thought I could get my feedback written and submitted on time.
That was a foolish hope, but I turned it into a more comprehensive doc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
That was a foolish hope, but I turned it into a more comprehensive doc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
When Rascal opened up to questions/criticisms of their article on the slow death of Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast , I foolishly thought I could get my feedback written and submitted on time.
That was a foolish hope, but I turned it into a more comprehensive doc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
That was a foolish hope, but I turned it into a more comprehensive doc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How to hack 5e somewhat away from violence:
1) Simplify the living shit out of combat, playtest it for speed, and revise endpoints so capture and other forms of defeat often replace death.
2) Add new and engaging non-combat subsystems, so the optimizers have other places to go.
(...)
1) Simplify the living shit out of combat, playtest it for speed, and revise endpoints so capture and other forms of defeat often replace death.
2) Add new and engaging non-combat subsystems, so the optimizers have other places to go.
(...)
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
How to hack 5e somewhat away from violence:
1) Simplify the living shit out of combat, playtest it for speed, and revise endpoints so capture and other forms of defeat often replace death.
2) Add new and engaging non-combat subsystems, so the optimizers have other places to go.
(...)
1) Simplify the living shit out of combat, playtest it for speed, and revise endpoints so capture and other forms of defeat often replace death.
2) Add new and engaging non-combat subsystems, so the optimizers have other places to go.
(...)
Okay, so a bit more about why this is an interesting potential experiment:
The question is whether people playing will (personally or collectively) ascribe value or meaning to the "season" bit.
It's a question that's wouldn't solve, but is reflective of, open arguments in TTRPG discourse:
1/
The question is whether people playing will (personally or collectively) ascribe value or meaning to the "season" bit.
It's a question that's wouldn't solve, but is reflective of, open arguments in TTRPG discourse:
1/
One-shot experimental TTRPG to put in front of a group:
You're elves, you're catty, you're at a campfire, make up a name & pick a season you're tied to (put them on a nametag), then gossip amongst yourselves for 30 minutes, make things up, the topic is what people wore at the high rite of spring.
You're elves, you're catty, you're at a campfire, make up a name & pick a season you're tied to (put them on a nametag), then gossip amongst yourselves for 30 minutes, make things up, the topic is what people wore at the high rite of spring.
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay, so a bit more about why this is an interesting potential experiment:
The question is whether people playing will (personally or collectively) ascribe value or meaning to the "season" bit.
It's a question that's wouldn't solve, but is reflective of, open arguments in TTRPG discourse:
1/
The question is whether people playing will (personally or collectively) ascribe value or meaning to the "season" bit.
It's a question that's wouldn't solve, but is reflective of, open arguments in TTRPG discourse:
1/