Jacob D. Luuk
@luukranzi.bsky.social
TTRPG Designer, They/Them, Trans-Non-Binary, Tabletop Game Designer, Fantasy and Sci-Fi Writer, Avid Reader🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️ Anti-A.I.
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Jacob D. Luuk
@luukranzi.bsky.social
· Nov 7
I am making a Tabletop RPG and it is a *massive* undertaking. It's not just a rules set or simply a setting. If you love the idea of Fantasy Hopecore in a world wracked by calamities and dark, extraplanar forces let's be mutuals! I'm also writing an in-universe story. Nice to meet you! 👋
Session 0. Today's the day we learn if the game's got legs.
January 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Session 0. Today's the day we learn if the game's got legs.
Started Session 0 for my ttrpg project for the first playtest of the updated rules. I was really surprised how much everyone was into it and how much they were interested in the choices they could make. Particularly pleased that it all went smoother than expected!
January 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Started Session 0 for my ttrpg project for the first playtest of the updated rules. I was really surprised how much everyone was into it and how much they were interested in the choices they could make. Particularly pleased that it all went smoother than expected!
Looking forward to the new year! The first play test of the new system changes starts soon and I've had a lot of broad strokes planned.
The group composition is wildly comical but strangely accurate for my group: a Cleric, a Paladin, and a Necromancer.
The group composition is wildly comical but strangely accurate for my group: a Cleric, a Paladin, and a Necromancer.
December 27, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Looking forward to the new year! The first play test of the new system changes starts soon and I've had a lot of broad strokes planned.
The group composition is wildly comical but strangely accurate for my group: a Cleric, a Paladin, and a Necromancer.
The group composition is wildly comical but strangely accurate for my group: a Cleric, a Paladin, and a Necromancer.
Getting to the point of putting something up on itch.io for people to download and look at is so nerve-wracking.
There's a certain vulnerability that comes with putting your work out there. Especially when it's been a very long project.
There's a certain vulnerability that comes with putting your work out there. Especially when it's been a very long project.
December 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Getting to the point of putting something up on itch.io for people to download and look at is so nerve-wracking.
There's a certain vulnerability that comes with putting your work out there. Especially when it's been a very long project.
There's a certain vulnerability that comes with putting your work out there. Especially when it's been a very long project.
Finally finished my Character Creation chapters! From picking a Lineage, a Class, Origin, Character Cues (progression mechanic), and then a chapter on secondary traits.
Finally working on Part 2: Progression and Interactions!
Finally working on Part 2: Progression and Interactions!
December 13, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Finally finished my Character Creation chapters! From picking a Lineage, a Class, Origin, Character Cues (progression mechanic), and then a chapter on secondary traits.
Finally working on Part 2: Progression and Interactions!
Finally working on Part 2: Progression and Interactions!
So when my current d&d campaign ends, the group is handing it over to me to go through the first long-form playtest in the new year. I am filled with bees. Determined bees. But still bees.
December 10, 2024 at 5:41 AM
So when my current d&d campaign ends, the group is handing it over to me to go through the first long-form playtest in the new year. I am filled with bees. Determined bees. But still bees.
I am seeing the new Earth Abides show coming out and I really hope they do it justice.
December 9, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I am seeing the new Earth Abides show coming out and I really hope they do it justice.
Finished working on my Character Classes! Finally get to move on to Part 2 of the rulebook: Character Progression and Interaction.
Slow but steady.
Slow but steady.
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Finished working on my Character Classes! Finally get to move on to Part 2 of the rulebook: Character Progression and Interaction.
Slow but steady.
Slow but steady.
I need to remember that I own the house I am in. That it's fine to put up my own decorations or shelving. 😤
November 18, 2024 at 5:16 AM
I need to remember that I own the house I am in. That it's fine to put up my own decorations or shelving. 😤
Sitting here with three dogs on the couch with me. I want to get up for another cup of coffee but they have taken up all the room I could use to put my laptop down. I guess that just means I am trapped here. Forced to do more writing.
But that's fine. I finished my fae-spellcaster this morning.
But that's fine. I finished my fae-spellcaster this morning.
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Sitting here with three dogs on the couch with me. I want to get up for another cup of coffee but they have taken up all the room I could use to put my laptop down. I guess that just means I am trapped here. Forced to do more writing.
But that's fine. I finished my fae-spellcaster this morning.
But that's fine. I finished my fae-spellcaster this morning.
Taking the time to sit and write. I'm hoping to finish this rewrite soon and move on to the other sections.
The faster I finish this rewrite, the sooner I can update the file and make it public for the feedback phase. 😤
The faster I finish this rewrite, the sooner I can update the file and make it public for the feedback phase. 😤
November 16, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Taking the time to sit and write. I'm hoping to finish this rewrite soon and move on to the other sections.
The faster I finish this rewrite, the sooner I can update the file and make it public for the feedback phase. 😤
The faster I finish this rewrite, the sooner I can update the file and make it public for the feedback phase. 😤
In other news: Druids are getting a minor tweaking in my Character Classes. The idea of druidic hermitages out in the world which are also locations of dolmen gates is just peak worldbuilding. (🎺 *toot*)
November 15, 2024 at 6:54 PM
In other news: Druids are getting a minor tweaking in my Character Classes. The idea of druidic hermitages out in the world which are also locations of dolmen gates is just peak worldbuilding. (🎺 *toot*)
Why is it that a BIOS update sounds like my laptop is trying to achieve liftoff in a way similar to VTOLs? Can't it just do it quietly? 😅
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Why is it that a BIOS update sounds like my laptop is trying to achieve liftoff in a way similar to VTOLs? Can't it just do it quietly? 😅
Reposted by Jacob D. Luuk
I was in an online critique group, where I had absent-mindedly left stuff uploaded to the group after I had already gotten an agent and was on submission. Someone left me this message after reading the first few pages of THORN, just a few weeks before it sold to DAW.
So, Indeed: Fuck 'em.
So, Indeed: Fuck 'em.
November 15, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I was in an online critique group, where I had absent-mindedly left stuff uploaded to the group after I had already gotten an agent and was on submission. Someone left me this message after reading the first few pages of THORN, just a few weeks before it sold to DAW.
So, Indeed: Fuck 'em.
So, Indeed: Fuck 'em.
A spellcasting class based on my own take of the Seele and Unseele fae courts?
Yes!
Yes!
November 13, 2024 at 8:40 PM
A spellcasting class based on my own take of the Seele and Unseele fae courts?
Yes!
Yes!
When you think of the fey, what kind of traits and creatures come to mind? Is there a particular vibe you attribute to them?
November 13, 2024 at 5:23 PM
When you think of the fey, what kind of traits and creatures come to mind? Is there a particular vibe you attribute to them?
Sometimes you have to trust your gut. Sometimes that means you skip the dairy. Other times it means abandoning a half-baked character Class and replacing it with one that was last touched in 2017. This new system has really opened new wings for this old character Class.
November 13, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Sometimes you have to trust your gut. Sometimes that means you skip the dairy. Other times it means abandoning a half-baked character Class and replacing it with one that was last touched in 2017. This new system has really opened new wings for this old character Class.
Power is flickering. Not sure if it's going to go out. Maybe I just hole up in a cozy corner and set up with my laptop. I've got a few more Classes to finish updating to the new system. Once that's done I can start updating Equipment.
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Power is flickering. Not sure if it's going to go out. Maybe I just hole up in a cozy corner and set up with my laptop. I've got a few more Classes to finish updating to the new system. Once that's done I can start updating Equipment.
Really hoping with some financial changes that are going to take place right around the mew year that I can start commissioning some more art for my ttrpg project. 🤞
November 13, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Really hoping with some financial changes that are going to take place right around the mew year that I can start commissioning some more art for my ttrpg project. 🤞
Reposted by Jacob D. Luuk
Look. Writers. I know it sucks a lot right now. And it’s gonna be a fight. And it’s gonna be ugly. And it feels bleak.
But we’ve been training for this our whole lives. What we do is actual magic.
Grieve. Scream. Rage. But don’t give up. The world needs your story now more than ever.
But we’ve been training for this our whole lives. What we do is actual magic.
Grieve. Scream. Rage. But don’t give up. The world needs your story now more than ever.
November 11, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Look. Writers. I know it sucks a lot right now. And it’s gonna be a fight. And it’s gonna be ugly. And it feels bleak.
But we’ve been training for this our whole lives. What we do is actual magic.
Grieve. Scream. Rage. But don’t give up. The world needs your story now more than ever.
But we’ve been training for this our whole lives. What we do is actual magic.
Grieve. Scream. Rage. But don’t give up. The world needs your story now more than ever.
I went no-contact with my parents after this election. I'm sad it was an easy choice - I feel like it shouldn't have been. But I'm living with people that love me for who I am.
Contemplating a name change, too. Might as well make it a clean break from one life stage to the next. 🏳️⚧️
Contemplating a name change, too. Might as well make it a clean break from one life stage to the next. 🏳️⚧️
November 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I went no-contact with my parents after this election. I'm sad it was an easy choice - I feel like it shouldn't have been. But I'm living with people that love me for who I am.
Contemplating a name change, too. Might as well make it a clean break from one life stage to the next. 🏳️⚧️
Contemplating a name change, too. Might as well make it a clean break from one life stage to the next. 🏳️⚧️
I have to admit, dropping Experience Points and Levels as a metric of Character Progression has been a phenomenal choice.
I am genuinely in love with the system I'm coming up with. It very well might be similar to another non-xp system - but that's alright. 😁
I am genuinely in love with the system I'm coming up with. It very well might be similar to another non-xp system - but that's alright. 😁
November 11, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I have to admit, dropping Experience Points and Levels as a metric of Character Progression has been a phenomenal choice.
I am genuinely in love with the system I'm coming up with. It very well might be similar to another non-xp system - but that's alright. 😁
I am genuinely in love with the system I'm coming up with. It very well might be similar to another non-xp system - but that's alright. 😁
I really wish Kanto Pokémon were available in Scarlet/Violet. I would love to have myself a Shiny Nidoking.
Nidoking is my #1 Favorite Pokémon. I also love that it is blue like Nidoqueen. 😁
Nidoking is my #1 Favorite Pokémon. I also love that it is blue like Nidoqueen. 😁
November 7, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I really wish Kanto Pokémon were available in Scarlet/Violet. I would love to have myself a Shiny Nidoking.
Nidoking is my #1 Favorite Pokémon. I also love that it is blue like Nidoqueen. 😁
Nidoking is my #1 Favorite Pokémon. I also love that it is blue like Nidoqueen. 😁
I am making a Tabletop RPG and it is a *massive* undertaking. It's not just a rules set or simply a setting. If you love the idea of Fantasy Hopecore in a world wracked by calamities and dark, extraplanar forces let's be mutuals! I'm also writing an in-universe story. Nice to meet you! 👋
November 7, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I am making a Tabletop RPG and it is a *massive* undertaking. It's not just a rules set or simply a setting. If you love the idea of Fantasy Hopecore in a world wracked by calamities and dark, extraplanar forces let's be mutuals! I'm also writing an in-universe story. Nice to meet you! 👋