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🪼Jellyfishlines is NOT At PAX U (it expensive)🪼
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He/Him. Ttrpg Designer Guy. 24. Disabled. Queer.
Writer @ The Fandomentals
Host of Playback Static Pod
Cohost @ Flyleaf to Endsheets

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I may reword the 11+ result but it’s shaping up nicely.
Text that reads: HOLLOW MOVE Hollow Out. When you channel the magic of the Hollow to increase your own powers and use it against the landscape and life within the space, mark two Titles, spend all Gossamer, and roll. In an 8-10, the power within the Hollow can now be used against it. Choose 2: Any nearby hostile creature will not see me as I move through. I know exactly where our goal is within this place. I am able to keep a hold of my spirit. (Regain a Title) I recognize my [party]. On an 11+, something far greater than the Hollow fills your vessel of a body. Pick one from above and one from below. A voice from within the Hollow reaches out. The Keeper will tell you what it says. Gain +4 Gossamer. You lose touch with who you are. Lose all Nomens and gain the Title: Elsewhere You have a vision of your death. What is it and how does it frighten you? You know a danger within the Hollow but you may not act without support for the rest of the scene. On a 7-, something has noticed you and knows exactly what you’re doing. It’s coming to find you. You’ll be caught unprepared and with guard down. It’s best you do what you came here for and leave as quickly as you can.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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My current Big Game, Augury In Litany, explores many things that are deeply unpleasant headspace to be in that I’ve lived in for a very long time.
One of the things I’m playing in is a feeling of Empty. A pure hollow empty and how we put the pieces of our horrific experiences into us to survive.
Text that reads: HOLLOW MOVE Hollow Out. When you channel the magic of the Hollow to increase your own powers and use it against the landscape and life within the space, mark two Titles, spend all Gossamer, and roll.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Anyway Lich's exist in Augury in Litany and they are FUCKED UP!

i love them dearly.
text that reads: "A Lich is no mere Art Touched, no. Instead they are The Last Art. When an Art Touched becomes so in tune with the magic that flows through them, to the point that it becomes second nature, a second body, a twin anatomy made of something we can’t fully comprehend unless we become it, they disappear. The world that The Outlands is both the plane of which we reside in and incompatible with a Lich’s own existence. They cease to exist in the form they were in, and fade into the Lands of the Art. Lich’s are Art Touched taken to the absolute end. They are not in touch with the Kin moralities that they grew up with and learned from any longer. The Art itself replaces what they know and are familiar with; magic becomes as familiar as their own bones and the air they breathe. You cannot cure Lichhood. You can only seek to contain and control it. When the Art returned to the Outlands so did Liches in a way. To put it simply, when you are magic and magic is what you are and suddenly the world around you begins to be incompatible with your own existence, you’ll cling to something, anything, to keep surviving. You’ll attach to objects. You’ll attach to a place."
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Do you ever think they saw the aurora too and could see themselves in the shapes of the lights as they danced overhead?
A fossilized archaeopteryx, with its head and neck craning towards its back and wings outstretched. You can see the outline of where feathers once were in the stone.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Here is The Scholar Playbook! People that love evil nerd wizards, this is for YOU!
text that reads: THE SCHOLAR Knowledge is a power and power is dangerous, but maybe a simple touch will be enough for you. You were not so blessed with the Art after the realities collided, at least not at first. Your magic was light. Only the faint thrum of energy in your veins, that power that coursed through now, it needed honing. You gathered what you could and, through many nights of study, you honed your powers. You became the best at what you do and are determined to keep that spot. The rising star will eventually burn out and fall to earth. THE SCHOLAR BASE TITLES Beloved Dangerous Strange Learned MOMENTOS pick two Momentos and detail them: A prototype weapon (Pick one: a flintlock, a falchion, a heavy crossbow) A desire for knowledge of any sort An old cloak with a family crest that isn’t yours A book of false Art A half singed stuffed animal
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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ALSO Augury in Litany. I've solved the people ignoring the sex moves in Monsterhearts issue I have.
Google doc text that reads: TITLES Titles are how the world sees you and in turn how you see yourself. It’s also the responsibilities the world puts on you, for better and worse. When you act in a way that reinforces an unmarked title, mark it and gain 1-2 Gossamer as you choose. How you interpret these Titles and their meanings is up to you as the player, you may go about this as you please. Each playbook has four slots for Titles. You may only hold four Titles at any given time. To gain another, you must replace an existing one. Three of the four Titles are the same to each Playbook with a single unique Title to each of them. While you can mark your Playbook Title, you may never erase it. You can unmark it by using your Sex Move.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Back at it with a full gut of Augury in Litany. First on the docket: The Bee-Teller playbook.
Text that reads: THE BEE-TELLER In the time after The Last Art affected the landscape, you found yourself in a cacophony of voices from seemingly nowhere. Voices of loved ones long passed, people lost in the dark, those of the lands where the Last Art is untamed, you’ve started to hear them. You’ve started to see them too. Your magic of the dead extends to controlling small fractions of life. Oddly enough, there has been an uptick of bees roosting around you, but it’s probably nothing. THE BEE-TELLER TITLES Beloved Dangerous Strange Gravespeaker MOMENTOS pick 1-2 Momentos and detail them: A gladius A wicker bee keepers mask and linen robes The last words of a loved one An old walking stick Coins from a country that no longer exists.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Man I wish my new windows laptop that I bought in February didn’t have issues from having 30% of the code being written by AI. I wish my Wi-Fi option didn’t RANDOMLY DISAPPEAR FOR NO REASON MICROSOFT!!!
My laptop screen. THE WIFI TAB IS MISSING. The text that is there says Bluetooth, studio effects, airplane mode, accessibility, energy saver, and live captions.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social I can’t wait to lose my god damn mind over this. :3c
A photo of the Spine solo ttrpg on my bed. On the game book is a stylized human spine in a whorl. The text reads SIDERIUS PLUG’S SPINE. Immortality in 99 end notes. Revised edition. A red ink pen (red cap and end with a grey body) rest on the book.
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Take my word for it. GIRL FRAME isn't just good, it's incredible. Go buy it, go play it. It holds nothing back.
text that reads "GIRL FRAME is a game alongside PRAISE THE HAWKMOTH KING" that I can fully see changings the PBTA scene. It's mechanically tight but has space to breathe, room for players to struggle against its rules to learn just how hard a game can bite back. It's erotic, disturbing, and takes an honest look at the dehumanization of lesbians and trans women by a fascist world taken to its absolute end. If games are a mirror, what does this say about us? Five stars. Go play this. We need games like this."
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I made a meme for this. Grab TOWNIE(S).
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edited screenshot of David Lynch during the famous "Believe or not..." interview meme. The text reads: "Believe it or not, TOWNIE(S) is my most spiritual TTRPG." "Elaborate on that." "No."
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Gonna be streaming on my twitch channel to raise money for Roll 4 Wishes (the make a wish foundation) today!
WATCH at 4:15PM EST: www.twitch.tv/jellyfishlines
DONATE to affect plot: tilt.fyi/NnJdaDsZmQ
stream title card made to look to be a Jon Carpenter film title card. The blurred street with lights and cars gives a coming into focus quality. The text reads: The South Gate Incident.
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Happy #PortfolioDay!
I'm Irving and I write and do layout for TTRPGs!

I've worked with Evlyn Moreau on Dead Orbit Mall and I do most of my own layout work. I hope to work with you in the future!

Website: jellyfishlines.carrd.co
Games: jellyfishlines.itch.io
A vaporwave cover for Dead Orbit Mall. The palette has a focus on pinks, blues, and yellows. The background is a rich deep purple. There is a girl in the center with a side shave and a keytar wearing roller skates. There are blue seagulls that go into a face on the lower right. The middle left has a statue with geiger-esque vibes with the eyes blotted out by a rectangle. Above that is a satellite in pinks and yellows. Evlyn Moreau's name is written in yellow at the top. A sideways view of a city skyline. The text reads "The city I love, it speaks to me. By Irving Benitez" The lower text reads "Built on Caltrop Core". The cover for Townies, reminiscent of the classic Great Gatsby cover but with risograph texture. The art is by my friend Andrew (@andrewbeauman on bluesky). It is a bright gold leaning yellow cover with deep teal/steel blue accents. The text fade reads TOWNIE(S) from black to teal. The face looks to the side while the bridge and city sit below. The star above the city looks like a beauty mark or teardrop. Below in the ground of the image reads "presented by Irving Benitez".
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Partner in crime
White text that reads “The secret second killer” on a red and black background.
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Anyway @mjqwrites has been hacked. Do not trust a message they send you!!
Screenshot of a Bluesky convo between myself and the hacked MJ Quigley. They messaged me do you have a minute. They go on to ask if I share my Bluesky. I respond no and they reply, as follows: “Are you sure? Because someone with a name very similar to yours messaged me saying they wanted to play a game and sent me a fake tournament link i clicked it got hacked and honestly thought it was you. The handle were nearly identical i panicked and filed the report with my friends without double checking, and now i realize that might have been a huge mistake.” In the text reply box, I wrote: 1. l've gotten a different version of this scam before so nice try. 2. Blocked and reported
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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The Lyric Game Manifesto-Essay is a part of the HELLO//GOODBYE charity bundle for legal aid! Go buy it to help folks faced with the horrors of Deportations, evictions, loss of health care, and more.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...
A pink border with a header that reads HELLO//GOODBYE Charity bundle for legal aid. Footer reads Bundle available until November 5th, 6PM EST. The middle shows my game, The Lyric Game Manifesto-Essay, is available in this bundle.
October 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The enternal “you’re playing Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes” emotion
October 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Writing a smaller game for funsies rn and if you like STALKER, you might end up liking this
A Google doc that reads: CHARACTERS DOG: Protective, been here before. Skilled in Anomaly detection (d12), Tracking (d10) and Medicine (d8) BULL: Powerful, offensive fighter, headstrong. Skilled in Explosives (d12), Anomaly Detection (d10), and Pressure (d8) VULTURE: People person, head on a swivel, unafraid of blood. Skilled in Lying (d12), Bloodshed (d10), and anomaly detection (d8) CHAMELEON: Malleable personality, fake credentials, slow but steady. Skilled in Documents (d8), Reading people (d12), and anomaly detection (d10) PIKE: Slippery, bites back, patient. Skilled in Stealth (d12), anomaly detection (d10), and Aim (d8) RAT: Detection, stealthy, fast. Skilled in Anomaly detection (d12), Agility (d10), Bad Situations (d8)
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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BIRTHDAY BOY!!!!
Smooch (a brown and white tuxedo cat) with his eyes GINORMOUS and his paw towards the camera. I am in the background wearing pj bottoms and a grey shirt.
October 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Shoutout to @jellymuppet.bsky.social and @soulmuppet.co.uk for a great game! Just got it in the mail. 💖
The ttrpg Paint The Town Red (PTTR) The two figures face one another, the left screaming in anguish and the right covered in blood and screaming with ecstasy.
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Gearing up for January and I hope yall join in the #DavidLynchTTRPGJam next year.
A screenshot of a deep green background and white text that reads "The David Lynch TTRPG Jam 2026". lime yellow green text reads "Hosted by Jellyfishlines" #DavidLynchTTRPGJam. The buttons below say "Overview" "Community" and "Edit Jam".
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Layout for TOWNIE(S) is practically done. I just need to art done (shout out to @andrewbeauman) and I should be good to go. Fingers crossed for release in a couple weeks yall!
An orange background with text that reads “How to Play” five times. Three of the How To Plays are teal with the other two in black. An orange background that reads Brave New Future (1940’s-1960’s) in black text (top) and teal text (bottom).
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I have new business cards thanks to the incredible work by @jagalart.bsky.social

Shoutout to indie artists! Support your local (or international) artist!!
A business card with the image of a jellyfish/sea nettle with blue and purple tendrils and a yellow bell. The water is blue green with some lavender showing through.
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Mocking up Townie(s) layout. Gonna try and get this game out for my game designer anniversary in September.
A layout page in affinity publisher. The page is a light orange and has slightly darker orange text in the top, middle (behind black text), and bottom of the page. All text reads “How to Play”.
August 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Making a game based in the Lost & Found system by @mousehole.press.

To every Rust Belt kid in cities and towns gasping for life or grew up in them and feel complicated and conflicting emotions about their home, this is for you.
Text that reads “SAFETY AND THEMES TOWNIE(S) is based on the Lost & Found engine by Jack Harrison. This game is to be played alone. This game is about how a town changes over Time. This game is about the town and the people in it. This game is about the Rust Belt and those left behind by capitalism’s chase for profit at the expense of people. This game is about Youngstown, my hometown, the city that raised me. The City cannot move, act, or affect the inhabitants of its borders on its own. There is always an inheritor, the Townie(s) that live within the city. CWs: Loneliness, capitalist violence, violence of all sorts really, urban decay, the Opioid Crisis [more later], mental illness, and death.”
August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM