Elizabeth Noble
@liz-noble.bsky.social
Game Master, compulsive storyteller, out of her depth.
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Elizabeth Noble
@liz-noble.bsky.social
· Aug 24
I am working on a #ttrpg called The Outfit ( #TheOutfitRPG )
It's focused on over the top fashion criminals, in a world that is basically a queer James Bond film that fetishizes the clothing more than the tools.
I think this concept, and my rules, have legs.
Now to get it walking...
It's focused on over the top fashion criminals, in a world that is basically a queer James Bond film that fetishizes the clothing more than the tools.
I think this concept, and my rules, have legs.
Now to get it walking...
On the one hand, Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday where I sit with my family and are overwhelmed by the good things and fine people my life has somehow become filled with.
On the other hand, Thanksgiving is a carnist horror show that always leaves me a bit queasy just to think about.
On the other hand, Thanksgiving is a carnist horror show that always leaves me a bit queasy just to think about.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
On the one hand, Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday where I sit with my family and are overwhelmed by the good things and fine people my life has somehow become filled with.
On the other hand, Thanksgiving is a carnist horror show that always leaves me a bit queasy just to think about.
On the other hand, Thanksgiving is a carnist horror show that always leaves me a bit queasy just to think about.
Abel kills first.
Canonically, Abel sacrifices 'the choicest of firstlings of his flock'. That firstling is the first death in the story.
And, God smiles on this offering, and ignores Cain's salad.
So, Cain sees a killing, sees God reward it, and then does a killing... and is punished...
Canonically, Abel sacrifices 'the choicest of firstlings of his flock'. That firstling is the first death in the story.
And, God smiles on this offering, and ignores Cain's salad.
So, Cain sees a killing, sees God reward it, and then does a killing... and is punished...
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Abel kills first.
Canonically, Abel sacrifices 'the choicest of firstlings of his flock'. That firstling is the first death in the story.
And, God smiles on this offering, and ignores Cain's salad.
So, Cain sees a killing, sees God reward it, and then does a killing... and is punished...
Canonically, Abel sacrifices 'the choicest of firstlings of his flock'. That firstling is the first death in the story.
And, God smiles on this offering, and ignores Cain's salad.
So, Cain sees a killing, sees God reward it, and then does a killing... and is punished...
This is why ghosts float; there is no feeling to bring them down.
You’d think if you stopped the coyote from looking down, he could stay in the air. But his feet would eventually register the lack of ground. The real solution is the complete elimination of all sensory input. Then he could levitate indefinitely… not that worldly desires would matter to him anymore.
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is why ghosts float; there is no feeling to bring them down.
Hrm… I seem to be slowly approaching vegetarian level 4, in which images of meat meals feel like they should come with warnings…
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Hrm… I seem to be slowly approaching vegetarian level 4, in which images of meat meals feel like they should come with warnings…
I have now read Zapffe's "The Last Messiah".
So, for the rest of my life, antlers will be symbols of cosmic pessimism, antinatalism, and/or evolutionary maladaption.
Bet this will confuse my players in a year or two..
So, for the rest of my life, antlers will be symbols of cosmic pessimism, antinatalism, and/or evolutionary maladaption.
Bet this will confuse my players in a year or two..
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I have now read Zapffe's "The Last Messiah".
So, for the rest of my life, antlers will be symbols of cosmic pessimism, antinatalism, and/or evolutionary maladaption.
Bet this will confuse my players in a year or two..
So, for the rest of my life, antlers will be symbols of cosmic pessimism, antinatalism, and/or evolutionary maladaption.
Bet this will confuse my players in a year or two..
The crazy thing is that I don't think I've ever read an alien invasion story where the aliens are just after fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels require both life and extreme time scales, something difficult to reproduce even if you *can* travel the stars
And showing up for oil fits the usual metaphor well
Fossil fuels require both life and extreme time scales, something difficult to reproduce even if you *can* travel the stars
And showing up for oil fits the usual metaphor well
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The crazy thing is that I don't think I've ever read an alien invasion story where the aliens are just after fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels require both life and extreme time scales, something difficult to reproduce even if you *can* travel the stars
And showing up for oil fits the usual metaphor well
Fossil fuels require both life and extreme time scales, something difficult to reproduce even if you *can* travel the stars
And showing up for oil fits the usual metaphor well
Just ran session 1 of a Jackie Chan inspired Cortex Prime game that's been in my head for ages...
Need to tighten up my own docs on the splat, but it is just really fun to be running Cortex again. I forgot how pleasing the game is.
Though, doing it virtually you lose a lot of its tactile feel...
Need to tighten up my own docs on the splat, but it is just really fun to be running Cortex again. I forgot how pleasing the game is.
Though, doing it virtually you lose a lot of its tactile feel...
October 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Just ran session 1 of a Jackie Chan inspired Cortex Prime game that's been in my head for ages...
Need to tighten up my own docs on the splat, but it is just really fun to be running Cortex again. I forgot how pleasing the game is.
Though, doing it virtually you lose a lot of its tactile feel...
Need to tighten up my own docs on the splat, but it is just really fun to be running Cortex again. I forgot how pleasing the game is.
Though, doing it virtually you lose a lot of its tactile feel...
Sometimes I reflect that one of my most consistent recurring motifs across my narrative work (so, roleplaying games, mostly) is the notion of love poetry as an act of violence...
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Sometimes I reflect that one of my most consistent recurring motifs across my narrative work (so, roleplaying games, mostly) is the notion of love poetry as an act of violence...
Hey, other GMs...
How often do you do flashbacks with your players?
Because I feel like I do a lot of flashback work in some of my games, and I have no idea if that's normal.
#ttrpg
How often do you do flashbacks with your players?
Because I feel like I do a lot of flashback work in some of my games, and I have no idea if that's normal.
#ttrpg
September 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Hey, other GMs...
How often do you do flashbacks with your players?
Because I feel like I do a lot of flashback work in some of my games, and I have no idea if that's normal.
#ttrpg
How often do you do flashbacks with your players?
Because I feel like I do a lot of flashback work in some of my games, and I have no idea if that's normal.
#ttrpg
Well, the curse of scheduling has killed my Lancer game.
Looks like the shrapnel has coalesced into a knock off Jackie Chan Adventures game I've wanted to run for years...
We're using #CortexPrime, which should be fun.
#ttrpg
Looks like the shrapnel has coalesced into a knock off Jackie Chan Adventures game I've wanted to run for years...
We're using #CortexPrime, which should be fun.
#ttrpg
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Well, the curse of scheduling has killed my Lancer game.
Looks like the shrapnel has coalesced into a knock off Jackie Chan Adventures game I've wanted to run for years...
We're using #CortexPrime, which should be fun.
#ttrpg
Looks like the shrapnel has coalesced into a knock off Jackie Chan Adventures game I've wanted to run for years...
We're using #CortexPrime, which should be fun.
#ttrpg
An unexpected shoutout to Tony Lower-Basch, developer of the #CapesRPG.
Capes is one of those games that lives forever in me, despite few opportunities to actually play it. Twenty years old and it's still unique, innovative, and very fun.
If you're into GMless games, it's worth your time.
#ttrpg
Capes is one of those games that lives forever in me, despite few opportunities to actually play it. Twenty years old and it's still unique, innovative, and very fun.
If you're into GMless games, it's worth your time.
#ttrpg
September 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It is useful, from time to time, to learn which of your players are going to say 'ew' when the spider lady has 'mouth parts'... and which very much don't...
#ThirstySwordLesbians
#ThirstySwordLesbians
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is useful, from time to time, to learn which of your players are going to say 'ew' when the spider lady has 'mouth parts'... and which very much don't...
#ThirstySwordLesbians
#ThirstySwordLesbians
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All right, it's time to reveal who won the Bannerless Tabletop RPG Grant for September 2025!
I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us.
Here are 10 of my favorites!
I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us.
Here are 10 of my favorites!
September 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
All right, it's time to reveal who won the Bannerless Tabletop RPG Grant for September 2025!
I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us.
Here are 10 of my favorites!
I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us.
Here are 10 of my favorites!
I should just give up describing things properly. If I describe things poorly enough, then I too can turn a giraffe into a monster so enticing people throw their lives away chasing it...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I should just give up describing things properly. If I describe things poorly enough, then I too can turn a giraffe into a monster so enticing people throw their lives away chasing it...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Even after all these years I sometimes see someone playing WoW and think to myself, ‘this Warcraft 3 mod is wild…’
September 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Even after all these years I sometimes see someone playing WoW and think to myself, ‘this Warcraft 3 mod is wild…’
Game with a ‘Divine’ elemental damage. It is never stated, but the more lines you read between the more clearly it is just electricity.
September 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Game with a ‘Divine’ elemental damage. It is never stated, but the more lines you read between the more clearly it is just electricity.
Oh, right, but when it comes to romance suddenly *not* having intrusive thoughts is the problem…
September 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Oh, right, but when it comes to romance suddenly *not* having intrusive thoughts is the problem…
Video game idea:
A roguelike that is insanely easy to break and make victory trivial... but is also intentionally designed to be real easy to crash once broken.
The challenge is not winning, but threading the needle of winning without crashing.
A roguelike that is insanely easy to break and make victory trivial... but is also intentionally designed to be real easy to crash once broken.
The challenge is not winning, but threading the needle of winning without crashing.
September 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Video game idea:
A roguelike that is insanely easy to break and make victory trivial... but is also intentionally designed to be real easy to crash once broken.
The challenge is not winning, but threading the needle of winning without crashing.
A roguelike that is insanely easy to break and make victory trivial... but is also intentionally designed to be real easy to crash once broken.
The challenge is not winning, but threading the needle of winning without crashing.
Struggling to wrap my head round #Exalted
You’re a mortal explicitly empowered to overthrow gods.
There is a corrupt, dysfunctional, and at best negligent celestial bureaucracy…
… but you’re telling me the game isn’t about revolting against Heaven?
It just loses me, is what I’m saying.
#ttrpg
You’re a mortal explicitly empowered to overthrow gods.
There is a corrupt, dysfunctional, and at best negligent celestial bureaucracy…
… but you’re telling me the game isn’t about revolting against Heaven?
It just loses me, is what I’m saying.
#ttrpg
September 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I swear, whenever I introduce a GMC who I note as secretly being some antagonistic power in disguise, my players always end up making them a friend, romantic interest, or apprentice, even when I'm not trying to have that happen.
Every. Time.
#ttrpg
Every. Time.
#ttrpg
September 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I swear, whenever I introduce a GMC who I note as secretly being some antagonistic power in disguise, my players always end up making them a friend, romantic interest, or apprentice, even when I'm not trying to have that happen.
Every. Time.
#ttrpg
Every. Time.
#ttrpg
Looking at a sample character I for a Star Wars #CortexPrime game and am pleased with this Talent
Talent: Health Nut
Trigger: When you spend time exercising and working out your physique.
Effect: Step Down a die in the Dark Pool and move it over to an Exhaustion Complication on yourself.
Talent: Health Nut
Trigger: When you spend time exercising and working out your physique.
Effect: Step Down a die in the Dark Pool and move it over to an Exhaustion Complication on yourself.
September 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Looking at a sample character I for a Star Wars #CortexPrime game and am pleased with this Talent
Talent: Health Nut
Trigger: When you spend time exercising and working out your physique.
Effect: Step Down a die in the Dark Pool and move it over to an Exhaustion Complication on yourself.
Talent: Health Nut
Trigger: When you spend time exercising and working out your physique.
Effect: Step Down a die in the Dark Pool and move it over to an Exhaustion Complication on yourself.
And, week is up!
#7: The Mink Coat
Blood, murder, style!
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/7-mi...
#7: The Mink Coat
Blood, murder, style!
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/7-mi...
#7: The Mink Coat
Let's finish things out with some raw Pizazz! Or, at least, I was going to say raw Pizazz... but then I remembered that for obvious...
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August 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And, week is up!
#7: The Mink Coat
Blood, murder, style!
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/7-mi...
#7: The Mink Coat
Blood, murder, style!
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/7-mi...
Pet Peeve:
Many fictional works present classic Knights and Knaves puzzles by having the knight and knave recite the puzzle. Often with each stating one of the rules:
"One of us only tells truths"
"One of us only tells lies"
But the fact that they said that changes the results!
#KnightsandKnaves
Many fictional works present classic Knights and Knaves puzzles by having the knight and knave recite the puzzle. Often with each stating one of the rules:
"One of us only tells truths"
"One of us only tells lies"
But the fact that they said that changes the results!
#KnightsandKnaves
August 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Pet Peeve:
Many fictional works present classic Knights and Knaves puzzles by having the knight and knave recite the puzzle. Often with each stating one of the rules:
"One of us only tells truths"
"One of us only tells lies"
But the fact that they said that changes the results!
#KnightsandKnaves
Many fictional works present classic Knights and Knaves puzzles by having the knight and knave recite the puzzle. Often with each stating one of the rules:
"One of us only tells truths"
"One of us only tells lies"
But the fact that they said that changes the results!
#KnightsandKnaves
I am realizing that I don't want a Star Wars sequel/prequel/spin off/series/book/whatever. What I want is art inspired by Star Wars in the same way Star Wars was itself inspired by Flash Gordon.
... then a bit of film history informed me that film is, in fact, Alien...
... then a bit of film history informed me that film is, in fact, Alien...
August 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am realizing that I don't want a Star Wars sequel/prequel/spin off/series/book/whatever. What I want is art inspired by Star Wars in the same way Star Wars was itself inspired by Flash Gordon.
... then a bit of film history informed me that film is, in fact, Alien...
... then a bit of film history informed me that film is, in fact, Alien...
Just before midnight...
#6: The Tie-Dye Shirt
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/6-ti...
#6: The Tie-Dye Shirt
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/6-ti...
#6: Tie-Dye Shirt
One of the things that comes up from time to time is an Article that feels at once very natural and immediate, and yet somehow wrong in ...
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August 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Just before midnight...
#6: The Tie-Dye Shirt
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/6-ti...
#6: The Tie-Dye Shirt
#ttrpg
#TheOutfitRPG
theoutfitrpg.blogspot.com/2025/08/6-ti...