Ursidae
@ursidaepress.bsky.social
Table top RPG content creator (they/them)
Potion seller making potions out of their bodily fluids.
Creates different potions based on what you give them to eat and drink.
Sorry had to share, enjoy it in your #worldbuilding or #ttrpg 😭
Creates different potions based on what you give them to eat and drink.
Sorry had to share, enjoy it in your #worldbuilding or #ttrpg 😭
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Potion seller making potions out of their bodily fluids.
Creates different potions based on what you give them to eat and drink.
Sorry had to share, enjoy it in your #worldbuilding or #ttrpg 😭
Creates different potions based on what you give them to eat and drink.
Sorry had to share, enjoy it in your #worldbuilding or #ttrpg 😭
Well put. The biggest thing I can't stand is "evil race"
Then the question opens up when you get into sci-fi and alien "species", but I'm glad it's being addressed plainly
Then the question opens up when you get into sci-fi and alien "species", but I'm glad it's being addressed plainly
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Well put. The biggest thing I can't stand is "evil race"
Then the question opens up when you get into sci-fi and alien "species", but I'm glad it's being addressed plainly
Then the question opens up when you get into sci-fi and alien "species", but I'm glad it's being addressed plainly
I've been mulling over the idea that a lot of power scaling in #game narratives never quite work.
Your level 20 characters aren't going to have to deal with goblins attacking a village anymore? Why not? Bigger stakes? But where were those stakes before?
It feels too...character power aware?
Your level 20 characters aren't going to have to deal with goblins attacking a village anymore? Why not? Bigger stakes? But where were those stakes before?
It feels too...character power aware?
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I've been mulling over the idea that a lot of power scaling in #game narratives never quite work.
Your level 20 characters aren't going to have to deal with goblins attacking a village anymore? Why not? Bigger stakes? But where were those stakes before?
It feels too...character power aware?
Your level 20 characters aren't going to have to deal with goblins attacking a village anymore? Why not? Bigger stakes? But where were those stakes before?
It feels too...character power aware?
The past two #ttrpg sessions I experienced what I'd call as "nudging anxiety"
I relayed information the party had gathered, clarifying the implications of each option
It could be considered nudging, but I was just being transparent about the options.
Some just had more urgency than others 🤔
I relayed information the party had gathered, clarifying the implications of each option
It could be considered nudging, but I was just being transparent about the options.
Some just had more urgency than others 🤔
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The past two #ttrpg sessions I experienced what I'd call as "nudging anxiety"
I relayed information the party had gathered, clarifying the implications of each option
It could be considered nudging, but I was just being transparent about the options.
Some just had more urgency than others 🤔
I relayed information the party had gathered, clarifying the implications of each option
It could be considered nudging, but I was just being transparent about the options.
Some just had more urgency than others 🤔
It's interesting to play #ttrpgs that are about combat vs not, but I don't agree that this is determined by how much of the rules / content is combat centric.
I think it's more about the options presented to players for characters and as solutions. If everyone is a hammer, everything is a nail.
I think it's more about the options presented to players for characters and as solutions. If everyone is a hammer, everything is a nail.
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's interesting to play #ttrpgs that are about combat vs not, but I don't agree that this is determined by how much of the rules / content is combat centric.
I think it's more about the options presented to players for characters and as solutions. If everyone is a hammer, everything is a nail.
I think it's more about the options presented to players for characters and as solutions. If everyone is a hammer, everything is a nail.
Running out first Call of Cthulhu one shot tomorrow! Just in time for Halloween!
Although I've used the game for inspiration for years, it's taken a while to find the time to kick it off!
Wish us luck 👀😰
#callofcthulhu #coc
Although I've used the game for inspiration for years, it's taken a while to find the time to kick it off!
Wish us luck 👀😰
#callofcthulhu #coc
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Running out first Call of Cthulhu one shot tomorrow! Just in time for Halloween!
Although I've used the game for inspiration for years, it's taken a while to find the time to kick it off!
Wish us luck 👀😰
#callofcthulhu #coc
Although I've used the game for inspiration for years, it's taken a while to find the time to kick it off!
Wish us luck 👀😰
#callofcthulhu #coc
What is it with people insisting that you need bioessentialsm and completely different species to be able to "roleplay" in their #ttrpgs
Are you saying humans are not diverse enough!?
Is roleplay only possible if you play a 9 legged giraffe lion!?
Are you saying humans are not diverse enough!?
Is roleplay only possible if you play a 9 legged giraffe lion!?
a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .
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October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What is it with people insisting that you need bioessentialsm and completely different species to be able to "roleplay" in their #ttrpgs
Are you saying humans are not diverse enough!?
Is roleplay only possible if you play a 9 legged giraffe lion!?
Are you saying humans are not diverse enough!?
Is roleplay only possible if you play a 9 legged giraffe lion!?
My biggest issue with #dnd is at high level it turns into a Dragon Ball Z episode where 1 turn takes 30 minutes, dragging the action to a crawl.
It's intentional to have deep tactics and it's a game which people love, but for me, it doesn't beat fast action, even if I can enjoy it.
It's intentional to have deep tactics and it's a game which people love, but for me, it doesn't beat fast action, even if I can enjoy it.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My biggest issue with #dnd is at high level it turns into a Dragon Ball Z episode where 1 turn takes 30 minutes, dragging the action to a crawl.
It's intentional to have deep tactics and it's a game which people love, but for me, it doesn't beat fast action, even if I can enjoy it.
It's intentional to have deep tactics and it's a game which people love, but for me, it doesn't beat fast action, even if I can enjoy it.
It's interesting that in #ttrpgs heavy in combat and action, exploration and social roleplay is there to add to the stakes (create something to lose)
But in social and exploration heavy games, action and combat are there to also add to the stakes (create possibility of loss)
🤔
But in social and exploration heavy games, action and combat are there to also add to the stakes (create possibility of loss)
🤔
October 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's interesting that in #ttrpgs heavy in combat and action, exploration and social roleplay is there to add to the stakes (create something to lose)
But in social and exploration heavy games, action and combat are there to also add to the stakes (create possibility of loss)
🤔
But in social and exploration heavy games, action and combat are there to also add to the stakes (create possibility of loss)
🤔
It's Dungeons AND Dragons not Dungeons WITH Dragons or Dragons IN Dungeons.
You don't need to cram your dragons into dungeons.
Just ensure your world has:
Dungeons
and
Dragons
#dnd
You don't need to cram your dragons into dungeons.
Just ensure your world has:
Dungeons
and
Dragons
#dnd
a man in a suit and glasses is sitting in a red chair with the word simple written on his shirt
ALT: a man in a suit and glasses is sitting in a red chair with the word simple written on his shirt
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It's Dungeons AND Dragons not Dungeons WITH Dragons or Dragons IN Dungeons.
You don't need to cram your dragons into dungeons.
Just ensure your world has:
Dungeons
and
Dragons
#dnd
You don't need to cram your dragons into dungeons.
Just ensure your world has:
Dungeons
and
Dragons
#dnd
If rolling in the open vs behind the screen is akin to honest/dishonest or fair/unfair, then why not tell the players everything?
Share the whole adventure beforehand and have them read it.
Is it not dishonest/unfair to have information they don't?
I am for open AND hidden rolls
Share the whole adventure beforehand and have them read it.
Is it not dishonest/unfair to have information they don't?
I am for open AND hidden rolls
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
If rolling in the open vs behind the screen is akin to honest/dishonest or fair/unfair, then why not tell the players everything?
Share the whole adventure beforehand and have them read it.
Is it not dishonest/unfair to have information they don't?
I am for open AND hidden rolls
Share the whole adventure beforehand and have them read it.
Is it not dishonest/unfair to have information they don't?
I am for open AND hidden rolls
Wow Inkarnate why are you so bad.
Hiking prices, using AI and being tone deaf.
Peeps just use other maps from great creators and systems there's so many of them.
Or just draw your own!
#ttrpg
Hiking prices, using AI and being tone deaf.
Peeps just use other maps from great creators and systems there's so many of them.
Or just draw your own!
#ttrpg
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Wow Inkarnate why are you so bad.
Hiking prices, using AI and being tone deaf.
Peeps just use other maps from great creators and systems there's so many of them.
Or just draw your own!
#ttrpg
Hiking prices, using AI and being tone deaf.
Peeps just use other maps from great creators and systems there's so many of them.
Or just draw your own!
#ttrpg
I am using more percentage dice to make decisions on the fly and simulate luck in #ttrpgs
A player wanted to use a candle to look down a well while it was raining.
I asked them to roll a d100, 25% chance the candle would always go out due to rain, unless they got creative.
Guess the outcome 😭
A player wanted to use a candle to look down a well while it was raining.
I asked them to roll a d100, 25% chance the candle would always go out due to rain, unless they got creative.
Guess the outcome 😭
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I am using more percentage dice to make decisions on the fly and simulate luck in #ttrpgs
A player wanted to use a candle to look down a well while it was raining.
I asked them to roll a d100, 25% chance the candle would always go out due to rain, unless they got creative.
Guess the outcome 😭
A player wanted to use a candle to look down a well while it was raining.
I asked them to roll a d100, 25% chance the candle would always go out due to rain, unless they got creative.
Guess the outcome 😭
I don't understand DMPCs
I make my NPCs weaker than PCs, make the matter to the PCs and then put them in jeapordy.
What on earth is the fun of a DMPC?
#ttrpg
I make my NPCs weaker than PCs, make the matter to the PCs and then put them in jeapordy.
What on earth is the fun of a DMPC?
#ttrpg
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I don't understand DMPCs
I make my NPCs weaker than PCs, make the matter to the PCs and then put them in jeapordy.
What on earth is the fun of a DMPC?
#ttrpg
I make my NPCs weaker than PCs, make the matter to the PCs and then put them in jeapordy.
What on earth is the fun of a DMPC?
#ttrpg
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Reposted by Ursidae
Mmmm. Some of y'all gotta be a bit more careful about who you follow. Dude's site is polluted with AI images.
Also, just nipping this at the bud before it even comes up-
It ain't an old guy using AI images for his TTRPG stuff without knowing.
He knows. This is a screenshot directly from his site.
Also, just nipping this at the bud before it even comes up-
It ain't an old guy using AI images for his TTRPG stuff without knowing.
He knows. This is a screenshot directly from his site.
September 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Mmmm. Some of y'all gotta be a bit more careful about who you follow. Dude's site is polluted with AI images.
Also, just nipping this at the bud before it even comes up-
It ain't an old guy using AI images for his TTRPG stuff without knowing.
He knows. This is a screenshot directly from his site.
Also, just nipping this at the bud before it even comes up-
It ain't an old guy using AI images for his TTRPG stuff without knowing.
He knows. This is a screenshot directly from his site.
Hey give your enemies on-damage effects in your #ttrpgs!
Got hit?
Oof splurt some blood, now the PC might get blinded.
Big and knocked out?
Fall on the PCs!
Stabbed?
Instinctively grab the arm of the PC and take them down with you as you fall!
Hey and do the same for character abilities!
Got hit?
Oof splurt some blood, now the PC might get blinded.
Big and knocked out?
Fall on the PCs!
Stabbed?
Instinctively grab the arm of the PC and take them down with you as you fall!
Hey and do the same for character abilities!
September 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Hey give your enemies on-damage effects in your #ttrpgs!
Got hit?
Oof splurt some blood, now the PC might get blinded.
Big and knocked out?
Fall on the PCs!
Stabbed?
Instinctively grab the arm of the PC and take them down with you as you fall!
Hey and do the same for character abilities!
Got hit?
Oof splurt some blood, now the PC might get blinded.
Big and knocked out?
Fall on the PCs!
Stabbed?
Instinctively grab the arm of the PC and take them down with you as you fall!
Hey and do the same for character abilities!
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Commission piece for Trench Crusade
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Commission piece for Trench Crusade
A simple combat mechanic is to have enemies behind allies have partial cover and if you miss by more than 5 / get a Crit Fail, it hits the ally with minimal damage (1 damage dice or modifier only, wtv)
This works both ways and forces characters to move and position!
#ttrpg
This works both ways and forces characters to move and position!
#ttrpg
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A simple combat mechanic is to have enemies behind allies have partial cover and if you miss by more than 5 / get a Crit Fail, it hits the ally with minimal damage (1 damage dice or modifier only, wtv)
This works both ways and forces characters to move and position!
#ttrpg
This works both ways and forces characters to move and position!
#ttrpg
Today in our Cursed #dnd campaign the players learned why you protect the pegassi lifting the ship up to the sky...
...because if all pegassi on one side of the ship die due to a fiendish attack, the ship hangs sideways and everyone needs to try not to fall off 😫
...because if all pegassi on one side of the ship die due to a fiendish attack, the ship hangs sideways and everyone needs to try not to fall off 😫
September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Today in our Cursed #dnd campaign the players learned why you protect the pegassi lifting the ship up to the sky...
...because if all pegassi on one side of the ship die due to a fiendish attack, the ship hangs sideways and everyone needs to try not to fall off 😫
...because if all pegassi on one side of the ship die due to a fiendish attack, the ship hangs sideways and everyone needs to try not to fall off 😫
AI generated content gets blocked.
It looks like the worst Minions or Clip Art, but harmful and steals from creators.
Tasteless, lazy, ugly and harmfull.
Couldn't be worst.
#ttrpg
It looks like the worst Minions or Clip Art, but harmful and steals from creators.
Tasteless, lazy, ugly and harmfull.
Couldn't be worst.
#ttrpg
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
AI generated content gets blocked.
It looks like the worst Minions or Clip Art, but harmful and steals from creators.
Tasteless, lazy, ugly and harmfull.
Couldn't be worst.
#ttrpg
It looks like the worst Minions or Clip Art, but harmful and steals from creators.
Tasteless, lazy, ugly and harmfull.
Couldn't be worst.
#ttrpg
Will add more Reaction abilities and and spells for when Allies do things / things happen to Allies to our #ttrpg
e.g
Schadenfreude: when an ally you can see suffers a Full Failure (<5 vs DC) or damage, you can spend a resource to either recover some health, or gain a benefit on your next roll.
e.g
Schadenfreude: when an ally you can see suffers a Full Failure (<5 vs DC) or damage, you can spend a resource to either recover some health, or gain a benefit on your next roll.
August 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Will add more Reaction abilities and and spells for when Allies do things / things happen to Allies to our #ttrpg
e.g
Schadenfreude: when an ally you can see suffers a Full Failure (<5 vs DC) or damage, you can spend a resource to either recover some health, or gain a benefit on your next roll.
e.g
Schadenfreude: when an ally you can see suffers a Full Failure (<5 vs DC) or damage, you can spend a resource to either recover some health, or gain a benefit on your next roll.
Yesterday/in our #dnd session an old character returned and soon after betrayed the party.
The player and I conspired over two years on this.
Next session the players decide how it will play out.
Everyone LOVED IT.
Risky but we're an experienced group and it was worth it!
Have you done this?
The player and I conspired over two years on this.
Next session the players decide how it will play out.
Everyone LOVED IT.
Risky but we're an experienced group and it was worth it!
Have you done this?
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yesterday/in our #dnd session an old character returned and soon after betrayed the party.
The player and I conspired over two years on this.
Next session the players decide how it will play out.
Everyone LOVED IT.
Risky but we're an experienced group and it was worth it!
Have you done this?
The player and I conspired over two years on this.
Next session the players decide how it will play out.
Everyone LOVED IT.
Risky but we're an experienced group and it was worth it!
Have you done this?