Lucid Crow
@lucidcrow.bsky.social
Creator of Tenebris, a ttrpg still in development. If you want to playtest it, you can find the doc for it at lucidcrow.com
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Final 44 hours for #ShadowsOverSol 2e. We have almost unlocked #FoundryVTT support!
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September 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Final 44 hours for #ShadowsOverSol 2e. We have almost unlocked #FoundryVTT support!
Check it out!
🪐 tinyurl.com/3esm43m4
Tell your friends. Tell your gaming group. Tell your online communities. Together we can make it happen!
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgsky #mothershiprpg #alienrpg #rpg #vtt #kickstarter
Check it out!
🪐 tinyurl.com/3esm43m4
Tell your friends. Tell your gaming group. Tell your online communities. Together we can make it happen!
#ttrpg #dnd #ttrpgsky #mothershiprpg #alienrpg #rpg #vtt #kickstarter
I finally found a way to get on bluesky. You can't get on bluesky directly in Mississippi anymore.
August 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I finally found a way to get on bluesky. You can't get on bluesky directly in Mississippi anymore.
Since I've got new followers I'll introduce my game. Tenebris is a ttrpg about a futuristic fantasy world abandoned by the gods. Humanity makes their last stand against an eldritch horde of demons. Humanity lives quarantined in domed cities where exorcists manage demonic outbreaks.
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Since I've got new followers I'll introduce my game. Tenebris is a ttrpg about a futuristic fantasy world abandoned by the gods. Humanity makes their last stand against an eldritch horde of demons. Humanity lives quarantined in domed cities where exorcists manage demonic outbreaks.
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My friend (and Empty the Pews co-editor) is moving her newsletter off Substack and could use some support if you're able to give it!
So, I am now in a bit of a panic about the nearly $4k in refunds I have to issue via Stripe.
If you believe in helping small, marginalized creators who depend on our writing for income get off Substack, I could really use a show of support now.
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If you believe in helping small, marginalized creators who depend on our writing for income get off Substack, I could really use a show of support now.
Please subscribe at www.bugbeardispatch.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My friend (and Empty the Pews co-editor) is moving her newsletter off Substack and could use some support if you're able to give it!
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Hello #ttrpgsky!
It's cleaning time for my #ttrpg #starterpack, removing a few inactive accounts and adding some new and exciting folks.
Does anyone have any recommendations on who to add?
It's cleaning time for my #ttrpg #starterpack, removing a few inactive accounts and adding some new and exciting folks.
Does anyone have any recommendations on who to add?
August 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hello #ttrpgsky!
It's cleaning time for my #ttrpg #starterpack, removing a few inactive accounts and adding some new and exciting folks.
Does anyone have any recommendations on who to add?
It's cleaning time for my #ttrpg #starterpack, removing a few inactive accounts and adding some new and exciting folks.
Does anyone have any recommendations on who to add?
I may not get to playtest as much as I wanted to this weekend, but I should still be able to get my Friday night DnD group to playtest Tenebris with me.
I've got some work to do today to tweak the enemies. They still don't feel right.
I've got some work to do today to tweak the enemies. They still don't feel right.
August 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I may not get to playtest as much as I wanted to this weekend, but I should still be able to get my Friday night DnD group to playtest Tenebris with me.
I've got some work to do today to tweak the enemies. They still don't feel right.
I've got some work to do today to tweak the enemies. They still don't feel right.
I made a lot of progress on Tenebris today. I have overhauled vehicles and cohorts (NPC allies of the players). Over the course of the last week I've increased the amount of customization available in the lower levels. Reading through Draw Steel inspired me. I plan to playtest again this weekend.
August 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I made a lot of progress on Tenebris today. I have overhauled vehicles and cohorts (NPC allies of the players). Over the course of the last week I've increased the amount of customization available in the lower levels. Reading through Draw Steel inspired me. I plan to playtest again this weekend.
Today's Tenebris playtest was also a nail-biter. The boss wasn't even the biggest threat. It was all the little enemies grouping up that nearly took them out. I guess that's data for me to consider.
I really thought our DnD boss fight tonight was going to be a TPK. The dice were out to get the players at the start of it. Luckily the party healer stayed up the whole time with one last clutch heal. Everyone was depleted of resources by the end of it. It was intense.
August 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today's Tenebris playtest was also a nail-biter. The boss wasn't even the biggest threat. It was all the little enemies grouping up that nearly took them out. I guess that's data for me to consider.
I really thought our DnD boss fight tonight was going to be a TPK. The dice were out to get the players at the start of it. Luckily the party healer stayed up the whole time with one last clutch heal. Everyone was depleted of resources by the end of it. It was intense.
August 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I really thought our DnD boss fight tonight was going to be a TPK. The dice were out to get the players at the start of it. Luckily the party healer stayed up the whole time with one last clutch heal. Everyone was depleted of resources by the end of it. It was intense.
I'm listening to music and thinking a lot about my past that led me to where I am now. Maybe I can make a playlist that represents my present.
August 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I'm listening to music and thinking a lot about my past that led me to where I am now. Maybe I can make a playlist that represents my present.
A poem for a version of me:
I've been so alone
A soul of only one
Withering on that dark shore
All I've ever wanted was a friend
To feel a connection true
But they all flicker and fade
Like a mirage on the horizon
Isolation stays with you
Sometimes it's easier to just be
To be only one
I've been so alone
A soul of only one
Withering on that dark shore
All I've ever wanted was a friend
To feel a connection true
But they all flicker and fade
Like a mirage on the horizon
Isolation stays with you
Sometimes it's easier to just be
To be only one
August 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A poem for a version of me:
I've been so alone
A soul of only one
Withering on that dark shore
All I've ever wanted was a friend
To feel a connection true
But they all flicker and fade
Like a mirage on the horizon
Isolation stays with you
Sometimes it's easier to just be
To be only one
I've been so alone
A soul of only one
Withering on that dark shore
All I've ever wanted was a friend
To feel a connection true
But they all flicker and fade
Like a mirage on the horizon
Isolation stays with you
Sometimes it's easier to just be
To be only one
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Lil peacock sketch 🦚 Something a bit different with using some toned gray paper. I’ve been really enjoying bringing this one to life🖤
Song: Les Discrets-Rue Octavio Mey
#traditionalart #darkart #peacockart #animalart #graphite #drawing #stippling #dotwork #coloradoartist #darkartwork #graphiteart
Song: Les Discrets-Rue Octavio Mey
#traditionalart #darkart #peacockart #animalart #graphite #drawing #stippling #dotwork #coloradoartist #darkartwork #graphiteart
August 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Lil peacock sketch 🦚 Something a bit different with using some toned gray paper. I’ve been really enjoying bringing this one to life🖤
Song: Les Discrets-Rue Octavio Mey
#traditionalart #darkart #peacockart #animalart #graphite #drawing #stippling #dotwork #coloradoartist #darkartwork #graphiteart
Song: Les Discrets-Rue Octavio Mey
#traditionalart #darkart #peacockart #animalart #graphite #drawing #stippling #dotwork #coloradoartist #darkartwork #graphiteart
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the warping/destruction of Twitter was a violence of incredibly broad scope, yeah. I deleted the app and my account and I don't miss what it has become, but I do miss the world where this violence was not done to us.
You ever just think about how much it sucks that Musk bought Twitter and absolutely destroyed it? Like man, that used to be where I'd meet new people, make real life friends, etc. Now, whenever I glance over there to check something, it's just unrecognizable.
August 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
the warping/destruction of Twitter was a violence of incredibly broad scope, yeah. I deleted the app and my account and I don't miss what it has become, but I do miss the world where this violence was not done to us.
Tenebris actually started out as a setting for a book I wanted to write. Maybe I will get back into writing it one day. My journey deconstructing religion was a major inspiration for writing it. Gods in Tenebris are obviously real, but the question is are they good and truthful?
August 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tenebris actually started out as a setting for a book I wanted to write. Maybe I will get back into writing it one day. My journey deconstructing religion was a major inspiration for writing it. Gods in Tenebris are obviously real, but the question is are they good and truthful?
Today might just be a chill out kind of day. I can't really get myself in the mood to do anything.
August 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today might just be a chill out kind of day. I can't really get myself in the mood to do anything.
What I plan to do next week is work on the adventure that will accompany the Tenebris playtest some more. One day when I'm satisfied with it, I might take it to a game store and see if I can get anyone to play it. That is, if I can muster the courage.
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What I plan to do next week is work on the adventure that will accompany the Tenebris playtest some more. One day when I'm satisfied with it, I might take it to a game store and see if I can get anyone to play it. That is, if I can muster the courage.
My players talked me out of making changes to the core systems in Tenebris. They like they way it works now. Sometimes it's nice to be reminded of what you've done right. There are still things that need changing, but Tenebris is a good game the way it is.
August 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My players talked me out of making changes to the core systems in Tenebris. They like they way it works now. Sometimes it's nice to be reminded of what you've done right. There are still things that need changing, but Tenebris is a good game the way it is.
I'm rethinking major parts of how Tenebris plays, and I worry that's the wrong thing to do. I can't get over the fact that something feels like it's missing from the core mechanics. I want to express the push and pull of hope against the darkness somehow.
August 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I'm rethinking major parts of how Tenebris plays, and I worry that's the wrong thing to do. I can't get over the fact that something feels like it's missing from the core mechanics. I want to express the push and pull of hope against the darkness somehow.
I knew a depressive episode was coming. I tried to keep hold of the excitement about Tenebris for as long as I could, knowing the dark thoughts were creeping in. Today the depression finally caught up with me.
July 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I knew a depressive episode was coming. I tried to keep hold of the excitement about Tenebris for as long as I could, knowing the dark thoughts were creeping in. Today the depression finally caught up with me.
I feel very unimportant.
July 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I feel very unimportant.
I feel like I have so much still to learn if I want to write a story to accompany Tenebris as a game. One thing that's been in the back of my mind lately is the idea that the community has to come together to fight centralized power structures. Tenebris needs a game mechanic that reinforces that.
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I feel like I have so much still to learn if I want to write a story to accompany Tenebris as a game. One thing that's been in the back of my mind lately is the idea that the community has to come together to fight centralized power structures. Tenebris needs a game mechanic that reinforces that.
The Tenebris playtest today went... strangely lol.
Let's just say I got good information about what happens if the players ignore obvious plot hooks 😅
I also found some holes in the game's design that need to be fixed too, so that's good.
Let's just say I got good information about what happens if the players ignore obvious plot hooks 😅
I also found some holes in the game's design that need to be fixed too, so that's good.
July 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Tenebris playtest today went... strangely lol.
Let's just say I got good information about what happens if the players ignore obvious plot hooks 😅
I also found some holes in the game's design that need to be fixed too, so that's good.
Let's just say I got good information about what happens if the players ignore obvious plot hooks 😅
I also found some holes in the game's design that need to be fixed too, so that's good.
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Well, I'm doing it. lucidcrow.com is live. You can find the Google doc for the playtest of my game Tenebris there.
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
lucidcrow.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Well, I'm doing it. lucidcrow.com is live. You can find the Google doc for the playtest of my game Tenebris there.
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
Well, I'm doing it. lucidcrow.com is live. You can find the Google doc for the playtest of my game Tenebris there.
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
lucidcrow.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Well, I'm doing it. lucidcrow.com is live. You can find the Google doc for the playtest of my game Tenebris there.
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg
Fingers crossed that someone will find it and play it.
#ttrpg #rpg