Martin Hughes
@martinhughes.bsky.social
Principle Graphic designer for Ghostfire Gaming. I make amazing books, logo's websites and imagery.
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So glad to see new and familiar faces here. One thing I'm hoping to see here as opposed to the Flaming Hellscape: more personal experiences. Signal boosting is great, but I'd rather hear first-person accounts from people I know than endless boosts of the same echoes. Teach me something I don't know.
November 13, 2024 at 2:25 PM
So glad to see new and familiar faces here. One thing I'm hoping to see here as opposed to the Flaming Hellscape: more personal experiences. Signal boosting is great, but I'd rather hear first-person accounts from people I know than endless boosts of the same echoes. Teach me something I don't know.
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D&D is Down in Hasbro Q3 and Layoffs, D&D 1-Shots Store Events, Critical Role and Dimension 20 Arena Shows, and more news!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjQ...
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjQ...
#DnD #TTRPG
October 30, 2024 at 3:28 PM
D&D is Down in Hasbro Q3 and Layoffs, D&D 1-Shots Store Events, Critical Role and Dimension 20 Arena Shows, and more news!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjQ...
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjQ...
#DnD #TTRPG
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I've seen lots of interest in continuing my daily TTRPG writing tips! I'll pick them back up next week, after I spend the rest of this week focusing on many design and writing tasks. Thanks for the support, and please check out the Grim Hollow Transformed Kickstarter if you haven't! grim-hollow.com
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
grim-hollow.com
October 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I've seen lots of interest in continuing my daily TTRPG writing tips! I'll pick them back up next week, after I spend the rest of this week focusing on many design and writing tasks. Thanks for the support, and please check out the Grim Hollow Transformed Kickstarter if you haven't! grim-hollow.com
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Thanks for all the support on the Grim Hollow: Transformed Kickstarter. I'm hoping we can hit the $500k mark today. Big plans for the KS, of course, but excited to reveal some more about the future of the setting and how everyone can get involved! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Thanks for all the support on the Grim Hollow: Transformed Kickstarter. I'm hoping we can hit the $500k mark today. Big plans for the KS, of course, but excited to reveal some more about the future of the setting and how everyone can get involved! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
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You can learn more about them, support the Kickstarter and the work we're doing, and even purchase them early for D&D Beyond by choosing that medium as your VTT of choice in the Kickstarter:
kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
As always, thanks for everyone who has supported my work!
kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
As always, thanks for everyone who has supported my work!
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
kickstarter.com
October 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
You can learn more about them, support the Kickstarter and the work we're doing, and even purchase them early for D&D Beyond by choosing that medium as your VTT of choice in the Kickstarter:
kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
As always, thanks for everyone who has supported my work!
kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
As always, thanks for everyone who has supported my work!
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The campaign for Grim Hollow Transformed ends on Friday at 10pm Eastern. If you love thematic #dnd settings that offer cutting-edge rules that support play, I'd be thrilled if you'd check it out! All the goodness--and a whole lot of badness--is waiting for you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2024 at 12:33 AM
The campaign for Grim Hollow Transformed ends on Friday at 10pm Eastern. If you love thematic #dnd settings that offer cutting-edge rules that support play, I'd be thrilled if you'd check it out! All the goodness--and a whole lot of badness--is waiting for you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
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Cold Iron Keep is a deadly and fun adventure site in Grim Hollow, and I'd love to be able to work on that. And Great Beast Mutations to horrify and delight players? Yes! Let's see if we can knock out these stretch goals in the final hours:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
Grim Hollow: Transformed
Grim adventures in a godless world. 40 Subclasses, 100+ Magic Items, 12 Transformations, Untold Horror Awaits. 5E 2024 Compatible
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Cold Iron Keep is a deadly and fun adventure site in Grim Hollow, and I'd love to be able to work on that. And Great Beast Mutations to horrify and delight players? Yes! Let's see if we can knock out these stretch goals in the final hours:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
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If you've been enjoying my TTRPG tips, and if you've followed my previous work, I invite you to the kickstarter for Grim Hollow: Transformed. We have a week left in the campaign, and I think it's going to be something that a lot of players and GMs might enjoy.
There's just a few days left!
There's just a few days left!
October 25, 2024 at 2:04 PM
If you've been enjoying my TTRPG tips, and if you've followed my previous work, I invite you to the kickstarter for Grim Hollow: Transformed. We have a week left in the campaign, and I think it's going to be something that a lot of players and GMs might enjoy.
There's just a few days left!
There's just a few days left!
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2024 5E Conditions and Greyhawk’s Regions!
Conditions have changed in 2024, here's how! And, travel with us to Greyhawk and see how to make the most of kingdoms and rulers from the Paynims to Rel Astra.
Listen or watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNni...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
Conditions have changed in 2024, here's how! And, travel with us to Greyhawk and see how to make the most of kingdoms and rulers from the Paynims to Rel Astra.
Listen or watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNni...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
September 11, 2024 at 3:28 PM
2024 5E Conditions and Greyhawk’s Regions!
Conditions have changed in 2024, here's how! And, travel with us to Greyhawk and see how to make the most of kingdoms and rulers from the Paynims to Rel Astra.
Listen or watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNni...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
Conditions have changed in 2024, here's how! And, travel with us to Greyhawk and see how to make the most of kingdoms and rulers from the Paynims to Rel Astra.
Listen or watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNni...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
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TTRPG Tip 23. Ways to lessen dissonance (if a goal): Make rules that simplify or streamline play. Tie what a character can do to who the character is story wise. (See Fate games.) Tie narrative outcomes to mechanical outcomes more closely. Make story goals and characterization a mechanical element.
September 5, 2024 at 1:48 PM
TTRPG Tip 23. Ways to lessen dissonance (if a goal): Make rules that simplify or streamline play. Tie what a character can do to who the character is story wise. (See Fate games.) Tie narrative outcomes to mechanical outcomes more closely. Make story goals and characterization a mechanical element.
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TTRPG Tip 20. Most people need to recharge their creative batteries. Remember to take the time to do something else. You’d be surprised how often problems or blocks that aren’t solved through concentration are solved when looking elsewhere.
September 1, 2024 at 3:07 PM
TTRPG Tip 20. Most people need to recharge their creative batteries. Remember to take the time to do something else. You’d be surprised how often problems or blocks that aren’t solved through concentration are solved when looking elsewhere.
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TTRPG Writing Tip 8. Tone and atmosphere can be the hardest elements to capture in game writing, especially worldbuilding. When clarity is so important, much weight can be carried by careful word choice. In the “Show vs. Tell” dichotomy, telling can be a great use to get across tonality clearly.
August 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
TTRPG Writing Tip 8. Tone and atmosphere can be the hardest elements to capture in game writing, especially worldbuilding. When clarity is so important, much weight can be carried by careful word choice. In the “Show vs. Tell” dichotomy, telling can be a great use to get across tonality clearly.
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Thanks to @masteringdnd.bsky.social for the shoutout for Hit Die: the Game! Just a fun little game where you throw your dice at one another*
*at other dice, not at each other.
youtu.be/C8YD2YWMisk?...
*at other dice, not at each other.
youtu.be/C8YD2YWMisk?...
D&D News: Prep vs Improv? | Dimension 20 in the Garden | Schwalb on 5E (MD 185)
Welcome to Episode 185 of the Mastering Dungeons podcast! News Segment and Listener "Tweetbag/Tootbag/Missive" 00:00 Path of Totality 01:16 Prep vs Improv? 08:57 Con for Crits? 20:22 D20 at the Garden 22:10 Schwalb on Taberna 26:54 Encounter Tables 32:47 Infestation at Devil's Glade 34:13 Fantasy AGE Quickstart 34:51 Oops all Hit Dice Find our show notes and support our podcast and YouTube efforts: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringDnD Listen to us on your favorite podcast device: https://MasteringDungeons.podbean.com Chat with us on Twitter/Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@MasteringDnD https://twitter.com/MasteringDnD Find Shawn: https://twitter.com/shawnmerwin https://ghostfiregaming.com/ Find Teos: https://alphastream.org/ https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG https://dice.camp/@Alphastream Mastering Dungeons is a weekly podcast, providing News and a Main segment. We separate these on YouTube for your viewing and listening pleasure. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
youtu.be
May 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Thanks to @masteringdnd.bsky.social for the shoutout for Hit Die: the Game! Just a fun little game where you throw your dice at one another*
*at other dice, not at each other.
youtu.be/C8YD2YWMisk?...
*at other dice, not at each other.
youtu.be/C8YD2YWMisk?...
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Hasbro's $1M Video Game Investment, D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace, Monster Symmetry, and more!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/ShNmdNnMHH4?...
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/ShNmdNnMHH4?...
#DnD #TTRPG
May 8, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Hasbro's $1M Video Game Investment, D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace, Monster Symmetry, and more!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/ShNmdNnMHH4?...
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/ShNmdNnMHH4?...
#DnD #TTRPG
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Daggerheart Review – Domains and Actions!
Cards in an RPG?
Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker!
youtu.be/CZ60HoZ5Kqs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
Cards in an RPG?
Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker!
youtu.be/CZ60HoZ5Kqs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
May 8, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Daggerheart Review – Domains and Actions!
Cards in an RPG?
Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker!
youtu.be/CZ60HoZ5Kqs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
Cards in an RPG?
Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker!
youtu.be/CZ60HoZ5Kqs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
#DnD #TTRPG
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“This machine kills AI.”
April 21, 2024 at 4:28 AM
“This machine kills AI.”
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We're down to the last few hours of the crowdfunding campaign for Surviving Strangehollow. If you like unique RPG settings, independent creators, amazing art, bespoke RPG rules to facilitate different experiences, and overall brilliant storytelling, please do check us out.
April 1, 2024 at 7:28 PM
We're down to the last few hours of the crowdfunding campaign for Surviving Strangehollow. If you like unique RPG settings, independent creators, amazing art, bespoke RPG rules to facilitate different experiences, and overall brilliant storytelling, please do check us out.
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Our hobby is slowing? Core Book Prices, Free Tsojcanth and LEGO Adventures, and more news!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/p0PNCw8NWAM
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/p0PNCw8NWAM
#DnD #TTRPG
April 3, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Our hobby is slowing? Core Book Prices, Free Tsojcanth and LEGO Adventures, and more news!
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/p0PNCw8NWAM
#DnD #TTRPG
Listen or watch:
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/p0PNCw8NWAM
#DnD #TTRPG
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Design an RPG Starting Encounter!
We look at creating a first encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs!
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/fxl6Pzv6pnw
#DnD #TTRPG
We look at creating a first encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs!
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/fxl6Pzv6pnw
#DnD #TTRPG
April 3, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Design an RPG Starting Encounter!
We look at creating a first encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs!
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/fxl6Pzv6pnw
#DnD #TTRPG
We look at creating a first encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs!
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
youtu.be/fxl6Pzv6pnw
#DnD #TTRPG
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The start of this video is shocking! 😱 Beholders are nightmare fuel for your #DnD party with there horror inspired ideas.
Link: youtu.be/yG6xYRFlClw
Link: youtu.be/yG6xYRFlClw
March 25, 2024 at 12:52 AM
The start of this video is shocking! 😱 Beholders are nightmare fuel for your #DnD party with there horror inspired ideas.
Link: youtu.be/yG6xYRFlClw
Link: youtu.be/yG6xYRFlClw
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2023 Review and 2024 RPG Outlook!
Shawn and Teos look back at the rollercoaster year of 2023 and what excites us about the coming year.
youtu.be/hO_yIqBuvRs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
Shawn and Teos look back at the rollercoaster year of 2023 and what excites us about the coming year.
youtu.be/hO_yIqBuvRs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
December 27, 2023 at 9:32 PM
2023 Review and 2024 RPG Outlook!
Shawn and Teos look back at the rollercoaster year of 2023 and what excites us about the coming year.
youtu.be/hO_yIqBuvRs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com
Shawn and Teos look back at the rollercoaster year of 2023 and what excites us about the coming year.
youtu.be/hO_yIqBuvRs?...
masteringdungeons.podbean.com