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Ben at 𝒹𝟧
@d5.social
Independent game developer working on "of Cogs and Monsters" and Unheroic.
https://d5games.com

https://linktr.ee/d5.social
I'd love a chance to represent of Cogs and Monsters and Unheroic if there's still some space.

Here's one of my favorite images created for of Cogs and Monsters

This fellow is my bugbear.
April 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Monster Truckers by Table Cat Games that lets you play a werewolf with and let that tongue flap in the wind as you cruise the open road through the Worstlands.

Check out the playtest material in @tablecatgames.com's post below.

Also, watch out for the turkeys.
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's still technically #WIPWednesday where I am, so check out this Tobgoblin Luiz is work on!

One of the first few images I posted was a bob/tob gnome. Tobgoblins are descended from tobs who have been exposed to the roiling chaos. Similarly, there are bobgoblins and hobgoblins.

#TTRPG
#TTRPGArt
January 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Yesterday, I dropped this prototype character sheet for Unheroic.

In a world of heroes and monsters, you're an ordinary person not fit for heroic deeds.

Your core attributes define your shortcomings that you must overcome in an unconventional 2d4 roll-under system.
January 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Prototype character sheet for Unheroic. Trying to fit it on a 3x5 card.

Also, Bluesky has an accessibility aid for my terrible handwriting. The contents of the card are repeated in the Alt Text

I may have forgotten Health.

#TTRPG
#TTRPGDesign
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've got a guy. He's a human with a real human name (Luiz)! I pay him money to make stuff.

His works go through distinct phases that allow his hands to turn my ideas into something beautiful.

We document the stages as well because it's worth proving that this is human art.
January 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As written, Tools Required clarifies that an M component makes it an artificer spell rather than clarifying that that means the spell requires a spellcasting focus.
December 18, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Same. I signed up to promote the TTRPG I'm developing and now I think I need a personal account to track all these pets and witticisms.

Also, here's this boy.
November 23, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I've never wanted to plagiarize anything as much as this blurb by @hellcowkeith.bsky.social.

There's something beautiful about the idea that a work being the foundation for the stories other people create at their tables.

#TTRPG
#TTRPGDesign
November 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Anyway, here's the bugbear from "of Cogs and Monsters" It's two of the best pieces of art we've commissioned.

We'll be posting more about these guys and their high-elf origin later.
#TTRPG
#Art
#TTRPGArt
November 22, 2024 at 2:22 PM
of Cogs and Monsters takes a fantastical approach to cyberpunk themes and filters them through a 19th-century lens.
Corporations have used magic and technology to industrialize their world and have settle into three frontier worlds.
Each of the four worlds is aligned with a classical element.
November 22, 2024 at 4:56 AM
d5 is a big fan of human artwork. As a one-man pre-revenue organization, this makes us a bit slow at art worth showing off.

So here's the precursor to the logo for of Cogs and Monsters mocked up in Affinity by someone who hires artists.

#TTRPG
#Art ?
November 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Just for fun, here's the early sketch of the hob. Luiz perfectly captured every instruction and historical reference, but it was odd to discover that we'd accidentally reinvented the leprechaun aesthetic.
November 18, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Hob guild-families retain quite a bit of the remaining farmland that hasn't given way industrial zones and dense housing.

#TTRPG
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Gnomes in "of Cogs & Monsters" are organized into large guild-families focused on a specific trade.

Bobs and tobs are two commonly recognized branches of gnome, though most people can't tell the difference between them.

#TTRPG
November 18, 2024 at 3:19 AM
of Cogs and Monsters takes a fantastical approach to cyberpunk themes and filters them through a 19th-century lens.

Corporations have used magic and technology to industrialize their world and have settle into three frontier worlds.

Each of the four worlds is aligned with a classical element.
November 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
November 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM