Mark Seifter
@markseifter.bsky.social
Battlezoo Director of Game Design, former Design Manager for Paizo, and one of the four leads in the creation of Pathfinder 2nd Edition. | http://patreon.com/arcanemark http://twitch.tv/arcanemark
It's Wednesday again. Our you ready for our trickiest puzzle so far by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social? Head on over to puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/10 for the rules (or if you're a veteran puzzler, I suppose you can try to guess them just from the diagram below).
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's Wednesday again. Our you ready for our trickiest puzzle so far by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social? Head on over to puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/10 for the rules (or if you're a veteran puzzler, I suppose you can try to guess them just from the diagram below).
New week, new puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Put together the number of syllables in the () to spell a word matching the clue. The first and last letters of each word will lead to the answer. More rules and submit answers here! puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/9
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New week, new puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Put together the number of syllables in the () to spell a word matching the clue. The first and last letters of each word will lead to the answer. More rules and submit answers here! puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/9
This week's puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social has five parts, and you'll have to figure out how to use them together to get the final answer! Can you solve it and find out about an upcoming ancestry by Linda Zayas-Palmer? Rules here: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/8!
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This week's puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social has five parts, and you'll have to figure out how to use them together to get the final answer! Can you solve it and find out about an upcoming ancestry by Linda Zayas-Palmer? Rules here: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/8!
It's Wednesday again, time for puzzle 7 by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Solve the maze and find the answer (maze instructions are in the link)
Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/7 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries for D&D and Pathfinder!
Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/7 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries for D&D and Pathfinder!
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's Wednesday again, time for puzzle 7 by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Solve the maze and find the answer (maze instructions are in the link)
Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/7 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries for D&D and Pathfinder!
Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/7 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries for D&D and Pathfinder!
Love D&D and Pathfinder playable options? Puzzles? In the sixth puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social, can you navigate the waterfall of letters and find the answer? Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/6 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries!
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Love D&D and Pathfinder playable options? Puzzles? In the sixth puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social, can you navigate the waterfall of letters and find the answer? Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/6 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries!
If you like puzzles or mysterious playable TTRPG ancestries I've got another new puzzle for you by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social. The puzzle is in the image, and you can submit your answer here to see how you ranked among other solvers: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/5
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you like puzzles or mysterious playable TTRPG ancestries I've got another new puzzle for you by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social. The puzzle is in the image, and you can submit your answer here to see how you ranked among other solvers: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/5
If you like puzzles (or even if you don't), the third Year of Mysteries puzzle is live! If you haven't caught the first two, you can check them out too at the bottom of the page. puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/3
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September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you like puzzles (or even if you don't), the third Year of Mysteries puzzle is live! If you haven't caught the first two, you can check them out too at the bottom of the page. puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/3
New Wednesday, New Puzzle! This one is by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! puzzles.rollforcombat.com
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September 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New Wednesday, New Puzzle! This one is by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! puzzles.rollforcombat.com
Do you like puzzles? We're doing one each week to reveal some new Pathfinder and D&D content, with a leaderboard for solving it! This first one is relatively simple, and it just went up a few minutes ago. Can you solve it? Puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social puzzles.rollforcombat.com
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September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Do you like puzzles? We're doing one each week to reveal some new Pathfinder and D&D content, with a leaderboard for solving it! This first one is relatively simple, and it just went up a few minutes ago. Can you solve it? Puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social puzzles.rollforcombat.com
I know your timeline might be full of hoax posts today, but my April 1st tradition is to release a free book that seems like it must be a joke but is actually serious and balanced for your game. I feel like it's more fun that way. This year, why not play as a deity? battlezoo.com/products/fre...
FREE! Battlezoo Ancestries: Demigods PDF
Are You a God? Well, You Are Now! Have you ever wanted to play a deific character who builds their religion and faith to grow in strength? Then what can we say except you're welcome! With Battlezoo An...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know your timeline might be full of hoax posts today, but my April 1st tradition is to release a free book that seems like it must be a joke but is actually serious and balanced for your game. I feel like it's more fun that way. This year, why not play as a deity? battlezoo.com/products/fre...
Today in random humorous game design, I learned from Google docs that your attribute flaw is "the Constitution."
February 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today in random humorous game design, I learned from Google docs that your attribute flaw is "the Constitution."
Weird and wacky characters can be as memorable in TTRPGs as they are in other games, books, movies, TV shows, and more, but sometimes it can be in all the wrong ways. Join us for tips and tricks on how to build and play a weird and unique character your group will love!
youtube.com/live/MK_AxJP...
youtube.com/live/MK_AxJP...
Weird TTRPG Characters Can Cause Problems For Your Group. Here's How to Fix It!
YouTube video by Arcane Mark
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January 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Weird and wacky characters can be as memorable in TTRPGs as they are in other games, books, movies, TV shows, and more, but sometimes it can be in all the wrong ways. Join us for tips and tricks on how to build and play a weird and unique character your group will love!
youtube.com/live/MK_AxJP...
youtube.com/live/MK_AxJP...
In TTRPGs, teamwork can allow you to succeed better than selfish loner play. But on the other extreme, you can have groupthink where the party becomes a hivemind and makes poor decisions. In today's video, we examine the pitfalls of teamwork and how you can avoid them! youtu.be/a9NZ5LFQxS8
Teamwork or Groupthink: Do You Avoid the Pitfalls of Working Together in Tabletop RPGs?
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December 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
In TTRPGs, teamwork can allow you to succeed better than selfish loner play. But on the other extreme, you can have groupthink where the party becomes a hivemind and makes poor decisions. In today's video, we examine the pitfalls of teamwork and how you can avoid them! youtu.be/a9NZ5LFQxS8
One of the hardest things to do in a TTRPG, is to back down and change your mind or strategy. This applies in and out of game and can be especially tough when you're sure you have what it takes to win or that you're right. Become a more effective player and GM! www.youtube.com/live/CYoCCUz...
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December 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
One of the hardest things to do in a TTRPG, is to back down and change your mind or strategy. This applies in and out of game and can be especially tough when you're sure you have what it takes to win or that you're right. Become a more effective player and GM! www.youtube.com/live/CYoCCUz...
Metagaming is a bogeyman of TTRPGs, used to describe the sort of bad behavior in an RPG horror story. But is that all? Join us as we discuss what metagaming is, when it can be beneficial, and how attempting to avoid it can be the start of a different horror story.
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How Can Metagaming Be Good in a TTRPG?
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December 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Metagaming is a bogeyman of TTRPGs, used to describe the sort of bad behavior in an RPG horror story. But is that all? Join us as we discuss what metagaming is, when it can be beneficial, and how attempting to avoid it can be the start of a different horror story.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ggk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ggk...
Dungeon Dad had a really fun video on the 5e version of the titan ancestry I wrote for the Year of Titans Kickstarter (also for Pathfinder 2e, but the build in the video is in 5e): www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh_....
Literally Becoming Godzilla in D&D
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December 6, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Dungeon Dad had a really fun video on the 5e version of the titan ancestry I wrote for the Year of Titans Kickstarter (also for Pathfinder 2e, but the build in the video is in 5e): www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh_....
In the continuing annals of no context game design text, here we have a triple spell:
"but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"
"but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"
August 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
In the continuing annals of no context game design text, here we have a triple spell:
"but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"
"but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"
In discourse I see on TTRPGs, a recurring worry is that the existence of feats can make it hard or impossible to improvise rulings for characters who don't have the feat (or you don't know about it). Linda and I made this 7 minute video explaining how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBf...
Don't Let Feats Stop You from Improvising
Just because a feat exists, doesn't mean you can't improvise a ruling for a character without that feat. Watch this short video for tips from Mark and Linda ...
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July 14, 2024 at 5:59 PM
In discourse I see on TTRPGs, a recurring worry is that the existence of feats can make it hard or impossible to improvise rulings for characters who don't have the feat (or you don't know about it). Linda and I made this 7 minute video explaining how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBf...
I had my first 6 way Kraken Week collaboration this week on Arcane Mark when I ran Pathfinder 2e for 5 D&D youtubers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1z_...
Co-Creator of Pathfinder 2e Runs for D&D Youtubers / New Players (Pirate Assault!)
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July 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I had my first 6 way Kraken Week collaboration this week on Arcane Mark when I ran Pathfinder 2e for 5 D&D youtubers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1z_...
Working in the industry with WotC vets, Christmas layoffs were infamous for happening most years. I am sad to see them return and hope to see all the talented folks from across the company, and especially from creative, bounce back quickly. It's easy to say. But I want to... 1/2
December 13, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Working in the industry with WotC vets, Christmas layoffs were infamous for happening most years. I am sad to see them return and hope to see all the talented folks from across the company, and especially from creative, bounce back quickly. It's easy to say. But I want to... 1/2
Big news @rulelord2e.com! The planar conjunction into the worst possible timeline that you invoked and conjured has finally been realized. The world is doomed, as the terrible Eldarap is complete: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqY...
November 22, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Big news @rulelord2e.com! The planar conjunction into the worst possible timeline that you invoked and conjured has finally been realized. The world is doomed, as the terrible Eldarap is complete: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqY...
Today in game design rules autocorrect: "You can't float over Qatar or other non-solid surfaces."
November 9, 2023 at 6:27 PM
Today in game design rules autocorrect: "You can't float over Qatar or other non-solid surfaces."
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hi friends I'm gonna be on the Roll for Combat stream today to announce YEAR OF LEGENDS and some other stuff (dragons), come on in and say hello
Learn More About Designing New Races, Ancestries, Dragons, and the Upcoming Secret Dragons!
We just launched the brand new Battlezoo: Year of Legends on Kickstarter today at http://yol.rollforcombat.com/ and we also announcing the upcoming Battlezoo...
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October 24, 2023 at 6:54 PM
hi friends I'm gonna be on the Roll for Combat stream today to announce YEAR OF LEGENDS and some other stuff (dragons), come on in and say hello
In the ongoing saga of weird sentences I sometimes write as a game designer I now present: "If their allies can’t understand the inane things the infected foe is saying, they can’t spread their folly that way."
September 7, 2023 at 7:15 PM
In the ongoing saga of weird sentences I sometimes write as a game designer I now present: "If their allies can’t understand the inane things the infected foe is saying, they can’t spread their folly that way."
In our Hell's Rebels game, we discovered an unknown interaction with troops and the cast into time spell in pathfinder2e. The bard cast 12 squares of troop (24 guards) into time, but only 8 squares (16 guards) came back due to the HP thresholds. We accidentally left 8 enemies stranded in time!
September 3, 2023 at 5:21 AM
In our Hell's Rebels game, we discovered an unknown interaction with troops and the cast into time spell in pathfinder2e. The bard cast 12 squares of troop (24 guards) into time, but only 8 squares (16 guards) came back due to the HP thresholds. We accidentally left 8 enemies stranded in time!