Lucky Roles
@luckyroles.bsky.social
Hi, I'm new!
Irish GM and player of D&D and sundry other TTRPGs for decades; luxury LARP writer and pretend hero. Persistent experimenter with the crafting of props, gadgets, and furniture for games. Time to role.*
*Yes, it's a pun.
Irish GM and player of D&D and sundry other TTRPGs for decades; luxury LARP writer and pretend hero. Persistent experimenter with the crafting of props, gadgets, and furniture for games. Time to role.*
*Yes, it's a pun.
What use are Ability Scores in Dungeons & Dragons these days? No, really. Go!
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #5e #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #5e #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying
March 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What use are Ability Scores in Dungeons & Dragons these days? No, really. Go!
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #5e #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd #5e #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying
Any RPG parents out there? Particularly GMs/DMs? How do you balance running a game with having kids? I've kicked off a campaign with a bang, and now I'm struggling to find time for the basics of writing the adventure...
March 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Any RPG parents out there? Particularly GMs/DMs? How do you balance running a game with having kids? I've kicked off a campaign with a bang, and now I'm struggling to find time for the basics of writing the adventure...
Missed our DnD/Curse of Strahd session on Monday night due to being full of ills and still not well yet.
The little halfling bard Horatio Heartsong, poet, actor, orator and all-round cinnamon roll will have to ride again another day.
Cheer me up: tell me about your character!
#ttrpg, #5e
The little halfling bard Horatio Heartsong, poet, actor, orator and all-round cinnamon roll will have to ride again another day.
Cheer me up: tell me about your character!
#ttrpg, #5e
March 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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When running any TTRPG, I think the two questions you should ask the most are "How do you do that?" and "What does it look like when...?" Those questions are a great way to get the players involved creatively, especially with new players, and it also helps develop the characters in easy ways.
March 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When running any TTRPG, I think the two questions you should ask the most are "How do you do that?" and "What does it look like when...?" Those questions are a great way to get the players involved creatively, especially with new players, and it also helps develop the characters in easy ways.
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Need a 5e setting for your players that's focused on exploration of an unknown wilds? I'd encourage you to check out Teldramir!
Teldramir is a 5e TTRPG world setting featuring unique classes, items, monsters, and lore for experienced players and tabletop beginners alike.
ko-fi.com/34thgingerbr...
Teldramir is a 5e TTRPG world setting featuring unique classes, items, monsters, and lore for experienced players and tabletop beginners alike.
ko-fi.com/34thgingerbr...
March 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Need a 5e setting for your players that's focused on exploration of an unknown wilds? I'd encourage you to check out Teldramir!
Teldramir is a 5e TTRPG world setting featuring unique classes, items, monsters, and lore for experienced players and tabletop beginners alike.
ko-fi.com/34thgingerbr...
Teldramir is a 5e TTRPG world setting featuring unique classes, items, monsters, and lore for experienced players and tabletop beginners alike.
ko-fi.com/34thgingerbr...
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Hey y'all! I'm looking for artists. I've got a TTRPG superheroes 🦸 game book that funded and needs a cover and quite a bit of interior art. Lots of opportunities. If you're an artist, I invite you to submit a quote. This is a paid gig! 💵
Details in the first comment.
Details in the first comment.
March 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Hey y'all! I'm looking for artists. I've got a TTRPG superheroes 🦸 game book that funded and needs a cover and quite a bit of interior art. Lots of opportunities. If you're an artist, I invite you to submit a quote. This is a paid gig! 💵
Details in the first comment.
Details in the first comment.
Good tracks for a dark fantasy Dungeons and Dragons campaign set in Darkon/Ravenloft - go!
#ttrpg, #dnd, #rpg, #dnd5e, #dungeonsanddragons
#ttrpg, #dnd, #rpg, #dnd5e, #dungeonsanddragons
March 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Good tracks for a dark fantasy Dungeons and Dragons campaign set in Darkon/Ravenloft - go!
#ttrpg, #dnd, #rpg, #dnd5e, #dungeonsanddragons
#ttrpg, #dnd, #rpg, #dnd5e, #dungeonsanddragons
I've made a title sequence for our campaign to be played on the GM screen monitor I've shared previously.
Visuals are set to this banger:
youtu.be/rBF3Cv0fD-M?...
#dnd, #dungeonsanddragons, #ttrpg, #rpg
Visuals are set to this banger:
youtu.be/rBF3Cv0fD-M?...
#dnd, #dungeonsanddragons, #ttrpg, #rpg
SHORT CHANGE HERO (This Ain't No Place For No Hero) | Epic Version By The Heavy
YouTube video by Geek Music
youtu.be
March 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I've made a title sequence for our campaign to be played on the GM screen monitor I've shared previously.
Visuals are set to this banger:
youtu.be/rBF3Cv0fD-M?...
#dnd, #dungeonsanddragons, #ttrpg, #rpg
Visuals are set to this banger:
youtu.be/rBF3Cv0fD-M?...
#dnd, #dungeonsanddragons, #ttrpg, #rpg
Really enjoying this LotR audiobook. I just play it at night when I lie down to sleep, and any time I wake up (which is frequently, for reasons) I can be lulled back to sleep again. The best bit, is that I can listen to it as many times as I like, because I miss most of it anyway! 😅
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Really enjoying this LotR audiobook. I just play it at night when I lie down to sleep, and any time I wake up (which is frequently, for reasons) I can be lulled back to sleep again. The best bit, is that I can listen to it as many times as I like, because I miss most of it anyway! 😅
I watched this recently, and... y'know... it's pretty much 100% on everything.
But, then, I honestly rate Matt as one of the best RPG/D&D YouTubers, if not the best full stop.
But, then, I honestly rate Matt as one of the best RPG/D&D YouTubers, if not the best full stop.
I cannot stop thinking about this @mattcolville.bsky.social breakdown of the causes and progress of WWI, which was supposed to be a primer for building a D&D world, and is now just making me think about how over the Pax Americana truly is in the present day.
youtu.be/kB9iJUSL1xo?...
youtu.be/kB9iJUSL1xo?...
The Politics of War | Running the Game
YouTube video by Matthew Colville
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I watched this recently, and... y'know... it's pretty much 100% on everything.
But, then, I honestly rate Matt as one of the best RPG/D&D YouTubers, if not the best full stop.
But, then, I honestly rate Matt as one of the best RPG/D&D YouTubers, if not the best full stop.
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Agreed!!! Along these lines, I am a big proponent of using what the medium does best in #dnd and #ttrpg
In-person I tailor music cues, can layer ambient sounds, and play with space in how close and far I can get w/players, + use irl objects and puzzles!!
A lot of these i can't do with VTTs BUUUUT
In-person I tailor music cues, can layer ambient sounds, and play with space in how close and far I can get w/players, + use irl objects and puzzles!!
A lot of these i can't do with VTTs BUUUUT
If you play online, evolving battlemaps are a must.
It's one of the ways VTTs can easily offer an experience that is much harder to recreate in person. It helps your players feel like they are getting an enhanced experienced instead of "missing out."
@domille.bsky.social maps are so inspiring.
It's one of the ways VTTs can easily offer an experience that is much harder to recreate in person. It helps your players feel like they are getting an enhanced experienced instead of "missing out."
@domille.bsky.social maps are so inspiring.
How it started vs How it's going.
Keep your battle maps and your encounters dynamic with Phased Battlemaps from Domille's Wondrous Works!
www.patreon.com/dww/...
#ttrpg #battlemap
Keep your battle maps and your encounters dynamic with Phased Battlemaps from Domille's Wondrous Works!
www.patreon.com/dww/...
#ttrpg #battlemap
March 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I can't fault this take. From everything I've read or heard, it's all a very logical process driven by a misunderstanding of their player base and associated community.
Time seems to be bearing all this out, and all.
Time seems to be bearing all this out, and all.
When I talk about "not feeding the beast" and #D&D, it's coming not from emotion or bitterness. It's coming from cold economic theory. One I touched on ages back during the OGL 1.1 scandal.
pocgamer.com/archives/1896
It's called "Network Externalities", and it's why D&D got big again. 1/3
pocgamer.com/archives/1896
It's called "Network Externalities", and it's why D&D got big again. 1/3
Real Talk About Wizards - POCGamer
Wizards broke radio silence and released a saccharine, disingenuous statement
pocgamer.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I can't fault this take. From everything I've read or heard, it's all a very logical process driven by a misunderstanding of their player base and associated community.
Time seems to be bearing all this out, and all.
Time seems to be bearing all this out, and all.
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News Digest for March 9, 2025: EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-march-9-2025.712257/
#dnd #ttrpg
https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-march-9-2025.712257/
#dnd #ttrpg
March 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
News Digest for March 9, 2025: EN World: D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-march-9-2025.712257/
#dnd #ttrpg
https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-march-9-2025.712257/
#dnd #ttrpg
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Dragon Warriors is just another reskinned D&D game iirc.
I also never recommend Warhammer to anyone, tbh.
I never played 7th Seas but Pendragon is pretty good if you want to play Knights.
I also never recommend Warhammer to anyone, tbh.
I never played 7th Seas but Pendragon is pretty good if you want to play Knights.
March 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Dragon Warriors is just another reskinned D&D game iirc.
I also never recommend Warhammer to anyone, tbh.
I never played 7th Seas but Pendragon is pretty good if you want to play Knights.
I also never recommend Warhammer to anyone, tbh.
I never played 7th Seas but Pendragon is pretty good if you want to play Knights.
OK, so 'better' is a value judgement, but I agree that it's a great idea to play other fantasy games.
I'd also add to the list 7th Sea, Pendragon, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and (getting really old school) Dragon Warriors.
I'd also add to the list 7th Sea, Pendragon, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and (getting really old school) Dragon Warriors.
You could play #DungeonsandDragons or you could play something better. Here is a list of better #Fantasy #TTRPG game systems. #rpg #indierpg
Runequest / BRP
Palladium Fantasy
Earthdawn
Quests of Yore
The One Ring
Avatar Legends
The Magical Land of Yeld
Questworlds
Runequest / BRP
Palladium Fantasy
Earthdawn
Quests of Yore
The One Ring
Avatar Legends
The Magical Land of Yeld
Questworlds
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
OK, so 'better' is a value judgement, but I agree that it's a great idea to play other fantasy games.
I'd also add to the list 7th Sea, Pendragon, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and (getting really old school) Dragon Warriors.
I'd also add to the list 7th Sea, Pendragon, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and (getting really old school) Dragon Warriors.
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Blood is thick but fog is thicker and hides many sins.
Announcing a new 6-part series!
'Blood & Fog' is a Blades In The Dark story featuring Holly Musgrave, Lou Fryer, Emily Bates, Shamini Bundell & GM Fiona Howat.
Starting on March 11th, discover what lurks in the haunted streets of Duskvol...
Announcing a new 6-part series!
'Blood & Fog' is a Blades In The Dark story featuring Holly Musgrave, Lou Fryer, Emily Bates, Shamini Bundell & GM Fiona Howat.
Starting on March 11th, discover what lurks in the haunted streets of Duskvol...
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Blood is thick but fog is thicker and hides many sins.
Announcing a new 6-part series!
'Blood & Fog' is a Blades In The Dark story featuring Holly Musgrave, Lou Fryer, Emily Bates, Shamini Bundell & GM Fiona Howat.
Starting on March 11th, discover what lurks in the haunted streets of Duskvol...
Announcing a new 6-part series!
'Blood & Fog' is a Blades In The Dark story featuring Holly Musgrave, Lou Fryer, Emily Bates, Shamini Bundell & GM Fiona Howat.
Starting on March 11th, discover what lurks in the haunted streets of Duskvol...
Strange LRP: pre-pandemic, I was so lucky to have the best ever team to produce an award-winning luxury LARP, held in a Georgian manor, in a Regency-period historical setting. The players and crew threw themselves in with wild abandon!
Do you have an event, character or campaign you're proud of?
Do you have an event, character or campaign you're proud of?
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Strange LRP: pre-pandemic, I was so lucky to have the best ever team to produce an award-winning luxury LARP, held in a Georgian manor, in a Regency-period historical setting. The players and crew threw themselves in with wild abandon!
Do you have an event, character or campaign you're proud of?
Do you have an event, character or campaign you're proud of?
Do you use knives in your TTRPG games? You can get really stabbed up! All in the best way, of course... (Not my OC)
tinyurl.com/ye9evdbn
#dnd #rpg #roleplaying #dungeonsanddragons
tinyurl.com/ye9evdbn
#dnd #rpg #roleplaying #dungeonsanddragons
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March 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Do you use knives in your TTRPG games? You can get really stabbed up! All in the best way, of course... (Not my OC)
tinyurl.com/ye9evdbn
#dnd #rpg #roleplaying #dungeonsanddragons
tinyurl.com/ye9evdbn
#dnd #rpg #roleplaying #dungeonsanddragons
Dungeons & Dragons and other #RPG systems, or rather, the act of playing them with friends and family, transformed my life in so many profound ways. That it can bring closure (or togetherness) in grief... there's something truly beautiful about that.
#roleplaying #rpgs #DnD #dungeonsanddragons
#roleplaying #rpgs #DnD #dungeonsanddragons
I’ve never played D&D but this article on grief and escapism really resonates way beyond that www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
How Dungeons & Dragons helped my siblings and me grieve our father’s death
Fantasy realms offer a place to escape when our own world is too intense, too boring, too heartbroken
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dungeons & Dragons and other #RPG systems, or rather, the act of playing them with friends and family, transformed my life in so many profound ways. That it can bring closure (or togetherness) in grief... there's something truly beautiful about that.
#roleplaying #rpgs #DnD #dungeonsanddragons
#roleplaying #rpgs #DnD #dungeonsanddragons
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Lower women’s mortality rate doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy from WeDieWithStyle.com. Happy Women’s Day!
#reenacment #larp #Costumes #sca #warhammerfantasy #larping #larpgermany #drachenfest #mittelalter #cosplay #Trossfrau #dress
#reenacment #larp #Costumes #sca #warhammerfantasy #larping #larpgermany #drachenfest #mittelalter #cosplay #Trossfrau #dress
March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lower women’s mortality rate doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy from WeDieWithStyle.com. Happy Women’s Day!
#reenacment #larp #Costumes #sca #warhammerfantasy #larping #larpgermany #drachenfest #mittelalter #cosplay #Trossfrau #dress
#reenacment #larp #Costumes #sca #warhammerfantasy #larping #larpgermany #drachenfest #mittelalter #cosplay #Trossfrau #dress
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Man people bitching about Orcs not being in the new @dndbeyond.com Monster Manual is kind of pathetic dude. Like, sorry, they don't want to treat a race you play as also as a monster... It's just NOT that big of a deal, pick one of the generic thing that fits the TYPE of orc you want and play.
March 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Man people bitching about Orcs not being in the new @dndbeyond.com Monster Manual is kind of pathetic dude. Like, sorry, they don't want to treat a race you play as also as a monster... It's just NOT that big of a deal, pick one of the generic thing that fits the TYPE of orc you want and play.
Dang. Already seeing that #Bluesky is so much less depressing than the stupid, #propaMAGAganda hellsites.
What a breath of fresh air!
What a breath of fresh air!
March 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Dang. Already seeing that #Bluesky is so much less depressing than the stupid, #propaMAGAganda hellsites.
What a breath of fresh air!
What a breath of fresh air!
I made these some time ago, for our camp at one of the #larp/#lrp events I go to. I did a limited run of orders, as well, for very satisfied customers.
I love anything that adds to immersion in my games, whether it's LARP, #ttrpg like #dnd, or other #roleplaying games like #CoC. What immerses you?
I love anything that adds to immersion in my games, whether it's LARP, #ttrpg like #dnd, or other #roleplaying games like #CoC. What immerses you?
March 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I made these some time ago, for our camp at one of the #larp/#lrp events I go to. I did a limited run of orders, as well, for very satisfied customers.
I love anything that adds to immersion in my games, whether it's LARP, #ttrpg like #dnd, or other #roleplaying games like #CoC. What immerses you?
I love anything that adds to immersion in my games, whether it's LARP, #ttrpg like #dnd, or other #roleplaying games like #CoC. What immerses you?