I'm grateful for @startplaying.bsky.social for the opportunity to follow my dreams. I wanted to be a storyteller like Nolan or Del Toro, but felt filmmaking was beyond my grasp.

Now, every week I am a Sith Lord, a scared young wolf goddess, and Hamlets uncle every week!!

Thanks!

DH Tip: Running Smooth Combat!⚔️🎛️ Ft. @direpugstoryteller.bsky.social

#daggerheart #gamemaster #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #dungeonmaster #dnd

...wait. So Glinda's story in #wicked #forgood is basically she's a more attractive Big Jack Horton from Puss in Boots, except she's working with the Ozzis?

The audacity of this movie.

'Brunches in Barovia' podcast pre-production meeting! We are getting ready to launch a D&D campaign recap podcast!

I tried to make this custom mini for my spouse's shapeshifting, text-eating familiar. It flashes with script, thus the thread.

Do iPhones dream of proprietary iSheep?

Real talk, how do people learn the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne? You only hear it once a year. Every year I assume everyone is fake-singing along.

The thing I didn't like about #TTRPG advice and tier lists is that they don't matter once a player has made their choices. Then it doesn't matter what is "better" - your players'choosing said features make them the most important in the game. Full stop.

In #TTRPG I think the third pillar of the hobby, so called Exploration, is a misnomer for current trends.

I think Engagement is the proper term, as at its root, exploration is simply the engagement players have with the world between combat/social encounters. Could be camping or navigating markets

It should be the Players who recap the previous session of a #TTRPG game. The players will highlight what is important, share their insights on previous events, and course-correct each other over errors or misperceptions.

It helps make them feel like the Storyteller is visiting this world, too.

one year ago I finished writing all the reviews and commentary for a "tournament of TTRPG books" (a la the real @tournamentofbooks.bsky.social )
how it started: plaidsicle.blogspot.com/2023/05/intr...
and how it ended:
plaidsicle.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-...

I think the TTRPG hobby needs less conversation around 'game breaking' and more about collaboration.

As fun as it is to think up wacky or rules-bending concepts, these are long term commitments for everyone at the table. You aren't breaking the game, you're breaking your group's time at the table.