Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him)
@owenkcstephens.bsky.social
28+ year veteran of writing, developing, and publishing ttRPGs.
Co-Author of Starfinder and Star Wars Saga Edition, worked on D&D, Pathfinder, Fantasy AGE, Everyday Heroes and more.
Freelance writer/consultant
https://www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens
He/Him
Co-Author of Starfinder and Star Wars Saga Edition, worked on D&D, Pathfinder, Fantasy AGE, Everyday Heroes and more.
Freelance writer/consultant
https://www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens
He/Him
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"Pathfinder 1e Rules, Old Skool Concepts"
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
For the fifth time this year, I am under contract at a professional rate. Tight timeline, but that's fine.
Still, after 2 years of almost no freelance work, it's a strong year for getting my name back out there.
This is all under NDA, so I think I'll assign it the codename: Project Wafflestorm.
Still, after 2 years of almost no freelance work, it's a strong year for getting my name back out there.
This is all under NDA, so I think I'll assign it the codename: Project Wafflestorm.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
For the fifth time this year, I am under contract at a professional rate. Tight timeline, but that's fine.
Still, after 2 years of almost no freelance work, it's a strong year for getting my name back out there.
This is all under NDA, so I think I'll assign it the codename: Project Wafflestorm.
Still, after 2 years of almost no freelance work, it's a strong year for getting my name back out there.
This is all under NDA, so I think I'll assign it the codename: Project Wafflestorm.
Reposted by Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him)
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Luella is a 1934 Chrysler Airflow Imperial possessed by the vengeful spirit of Luella Kreisky, a Austrian Worker's Front fighter tortured and killed and buried in the car in '34.
Luella's strongly socialist, violently antifa, and her beloved driver Scott barely controls her rage.
#StreetLevelHeroes
Luella's strongly socialist, violently antifa, and her beloved driver Scott barely controls her rage.
#StreetLevelHeroes
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Luella is a 1934 Chrysler Airflow Imperial possessed by the vengeful spirit of Luella Kreisky, a Austrian Worker's Front fighter tortured and killed and buried in the car in '34.
Luella's strongly socialist, violently antifa, and her beloved driver Scott barely controls her rage.
#StreetLevelHeroes
Luella's strongly socialist, violently antifa, and her beloved driver Scott barely controls her rage.
#StreetLevelHeroes
I'm creating a new ttRPG from scratch in weekly posts, going through what I'm doing and why, answering questions, and sharing my 28+ years professional game-creating experience.
This Week: "An Assumed Setting" ... and descriptions of the Brownie species.
www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
This Week: "An Assumed Setting" ... and descriptions of the Brownie species.
www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm creating a new ttRPG from scratch in weekly posts, going through what I'm doing and why, answering questions, and sharing my 28+ years professional game-creating experience.
This Week: "An Assumed Setting" ... and descriptions of the Brownie species.
www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
This Week: "An Assumed Setting" ... and descriptions of the Brownie species.
www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
Apparently, the popular and successful show "Poker Face" has been cancelled.
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Bullshit.
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Bullshit.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Apparently, the popular and successful show "Poker Face" has been cancelled.
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Bullshit.
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Bullshit.
"Pathfinder 1e Rules, Old Skool Concepts"
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Pathfinder 1e Rules, Old Skool Concepts"
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
I bring my 26 years of professional work with the d20 engine that drives Pathfinder 1e to create a single-class reboot of the Fighter/Magic-Use/Thief concept from older editions.
www.patreon.com/posts/old-sk...
My Weird War figures may not be crazy ENOUGH.
Actual Finish Suomi kp-31 submachinegun with underslung flamethrower.
Actual Finish Suomi kp-31 submachinegun with underslung flamethrower.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My Weird War figures may not be crazy ENOUGH.
Actual Finish Suomi kp-31 submachinegun with underslung flamethrower.
Actual Finish Suomi kp-31 submachinegun with underslung flamethrower.
I imagine that movie would look something like this...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMZ...
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I imagine that movie would look something like this...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnMZ...
In US fiction, I'm happier when characters discuss someone "filing a criminal complaint" rather than "pressing charges."
The time I was beaten the worst, police asked me if I wanted to "file a complaint."
They made it clear nothing would happen if I filed, but they were using the right terminology.
The time I was beaten the worst, police asked me if I wanted to "file a complaint."
They made it clear nothing would happen if I filed, but they were using the right terminology.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
In US fiction, I'm happier when characters discuss someone "filing a criminal complaint" rather than "pressing charges."
The time I was beaten the worst, police asked me if I wanted to "file a complaint."
They made it clear nothing would happen if I filed, but they were using the right terminology.
The time I was beaten the worst, police asked me if I wanted to "file a complaint."
They made it clear nothing would happen if I filed, but they were using the right terminology.
This week's "Still Not Done With PF1" article presents Better Appraise-Based feats.
Or, well, feat, singular. But with lots of options.
Members-only, but base membership is free!
www.patreon.com/posts/still-...
Or, well, feat, singular. But with lots of options.
Members-only, but base membership is free!
www.patreon.com/posts/still-...
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This week's "Still Not Done With PF1" article presents Better Appraise-Based feats.
Or, well, feat, singular. But with lots of options.
Members-only, but base membership is free!
www.patreon.com/posts/still-...
Or, well, feat, singular. But with lots of options.
Members-only, but base membership is free!
www.patreon.com/posts/still-...
Reposted by Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him)
This is why the "clean CR" was always a lie.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is why the "clean CR" was always a lie.
"If they curse your dwarven nature, they won't love you for teaching them you're a gnome."
A gnomish truism about bigotry and hatred.
#FantasyMaxims
A gnomish truism about bigotry and hatred.
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"If they curse your dwarven nature, they won't love you for teaching them you're a gnome."
A gnomish truism about bigotry and hatred.
#FantasyMaxims
A gnomish truism about bigotry and hatred.
#FantasyMaxims
"In the blink of a lifetime." And elven idiom that is often taken to refer to how short-lived other races are, but is actually used to denote how important, and easily forgotten, every moment and experience is.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"In the blink of a lifetime." And elven idiom that is often taken to refer to how short-lived other races are, but is actually used to denote how important, and easily forgotten, every moment and experience is.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
"To goblins, kobolds are lizardmen."
A gnomish adage about subjectivity and perception.
#FantasyMaxims
A gnomish adage about subjectivity and perception.
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"To goblins, kobolds are lizardmen."
A gnomish adage about subjectivity and perception.
#FantasyMaxims
A gnomish adage about subjectivity and perception.
#FantasyMaxims
Shadowmouth.
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If that was the name, in a fantasy game, what would you assume it was a name FOR?
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If that was the name, in a fantasy game, what would you assume it was a name FOR?
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Shadowmouth.
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If that was the name, in a fantasy game, what would you assume it was a name FOR?
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If that was the name, in a fantasy game, what would you assume it was a name FOR?
#GameNightQuotes: "I've eaten half this muffin. Can you mend it?"
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#GameNightQuotes: "I've eaten half this muffin. Can you mend it?"
#GameNightQuotes: "The plan for the day is grab breakfast, buy a pocketwatch, then kill a crime lord. And presumably dinner after that. When we do breakfast, you may want to get lunch to go, since we're scheduled to be murdering people around noontime."
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#GameNightQuotes: "The plan for the day is grab breakfast, buy a pocketwatch, then kill a crime lord. And presumably dinner after that. When we do breakfast, you may want to get lunch to go, since we're scheduled to be murdering people around noontime."
"Well, that's the final grain."
Drawn from the Merothian parable against trying to save labor by putting too much grain in your sack. The final grain is the one that will burst the grain sack, causing you to loose the whole load due to your laziness.
#FantasyMaxims
Drawn from the Merothian parable against trying to save labor by putting too much grain in your sack. The final grain is the one that will burst the grain sack, causing you to loose the whole load due to your laziness.
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"Well, that's the final grain."
Drawn from the Merothian parable against trying to save labor by putting too much grain in your sack. The final grain is the one that will burst the grain sack, causing you to loose the whole load due to your laziness.
#FantasyMaxims
Drawn from the Merothian parable against trying to save labor by putting too much grain in your sack. The final grain is the one that will burst the grain sack, causing you to loose the whole load due to your laziness.
#FantasyMaxims
"You need ash to make steel."
Merothian reference to something dirty and unpleasant being beeded to make things of beauty and use. Elves of Te Essar see this as a plea for why Merothains serfs should be tolerated--their labor makes the glory of the empire possible.
#FantasyMaxims
Merothian reference to something dirty and unpleasant being beeded to make things of beauty and use. Elves of Te Essar see this as a plea for why Merothains serfs should be tolerated--their labor makes the glory of the empire possible.
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"You need ash to make steel."
Merothian reference to something dirty and unpleasant being beeded to make things of beauty and use. Elves of Te Essar see this as a plea for why Merothains serfs should be tolerated--their labor makes the glory of the empire possible.
#FantasyMaxims
Merothian reference to something dirty and unpleasant being beeded to make things of beauty and use. Elves of Te Essar see this as a plea for why Merothains serfs should be tolerated--their labor makes the glory of the empire possible.
#FantasyMaxims
"The hyena's feast is as rich as the lion's." Gnoll adage promoting the value of success, even if gained with questionable or unproud methods.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"The hyena's feast is as rich as the lion's." Gnoll adage promoting the value of success, even if gained with questionable or unproud methods.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
"It all went barrels to boards." Halfling description of things falling apart quickly, drawn from imagery of a barrel falling apart.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"It all went barrels to boards." Halfling description of things falling apart quickly, drawn from imagery of a barrel falling apart.
#FantasyMaxims
#FantasyMaxims
Pit two franchises against each other as a movie title that A: to the best of your knowledge has never been done (even as a Dark Horse comic), and B: You'd consider watching.
I'll go first.
Predator vs Godzilla
I'll go first.
Predator vs Godzilla
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pit two franchises against each other as a movie title that A: to the best of your knowledge has never been done (even as a Dark Horse comic), and B: You'd consider watching.
I'll go first.
Predator vs Godzilla
I'll go first.
Predator vs Godzilla
Lou Pine, Therianthrope-For-Hire, has business cards that read "Have Fangs, Will Travel." Part detective, part exorcist, part bodyguard, Lou takes the weird, mysterious jobs that other private eyes don't think are serious threats... or think are too dangerous.
#StreetLevelHeroes
#StreetLevelHeroes
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Lou Pine, Therianthrope-For-Hire, has business cards that read "Have Fangs, Will Travel." Part detective, part exorcist, part bodyguard, Lou takes the weird, mysterious jobs that other private eyes don't think are serious threats... or think are too dangerous.
#StreetLevelHeroes
#StreetLevelHeroes
Bloodbath is a sentient virus that can only survive in humans. Infected automatically gain boosted strength, endurance, speed, and charisma... and slowly turn into homicidal maniacs. Bloodbath drives them to infect others so even if they die, it can live.
#StreetLevelVillains
#StreetLevelVillains
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bloodbath is a sentient virus that can only survive in humans. Infected automatically gain boosted strength, endurance, speed, and charisma... and slowly turn into homicidal maniacs. Bloodbath drives them to infect others so even if they die, it can live.
#StreetLevelVillains
#StreetLevelVillains
All the time, I see people post "Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick two."
First, it's pick two AT MOST. You may only get one.
Or none.
Because, also? It's pick the two you want. The two you are aiming for.
No guarantee you'll get them.
This is a targeting solution, not a sure hit.
First, it's pick two AT MOST. You may only get one.
Or none.
Because, also? It's pick the two you want. The two you are aiming for.
No guarantee you'll get them.
This is a targeting solution, not a sure hit.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
All the time, I see people post "Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick two."
First, it's pick two AT MOST. You may only get one.
Or none.
Because, also? It's pick the two you want. The two you are aiming for.
No guarantee you'll get them.
This is a targeting solution, not a sure hit.
First, it's pick two AT MOST. You may only get one.
Or none.
Because, also? It's pick the two you want. The two you are aiming for.
No guarantee you'll get them.
This is a targeting solution, not a sure hit.