Megaphone Man (Jack)
@megaphoneman0.bsky.social
D&D YouTuber and streamer!
https://youtube.com/@megaphoneman0?si=yHNNgJBgvUcpz7mI
My main series is "Critical Eyes": which is a full analysis and breakdown of Critical Role as I watch it LIVE for the very first time! It's a ton of fun :)
https://youtube.com/@megaphoneman0?si=yHNNgJBgvUcpz7mI
My main series is "Critical Eyes": which is a full analysis and breakdown of Critical Role as I watch it LIVE for the very first time! It's a ton of fun :)
You can't lead a fish to water, they're already in it
March 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You can't lead a fish to water, they're already in it
What if Deja Vu is just God save scumming
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What if Deja Vu is just God save scumming
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As someone that has hired artists before, I am BEGGING you: if you're using social media to network or for work in any way, PLEASE get rid of any "aspiring" or "hopeful" qualifiers before your title.
It's someone else's job to decide if you're qualified, don't make it easy for them to count you out.
It's someone else's job to decide if you're qualified, don't make it easy for them to count you out.
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
As someone that has hired artists before, I am BEGGING you: if you're using social media to network or for work in any way, PLEASE get rid of any "aspiring" or "hopeful" qualifiers before your title.
It's someone else's job to decide if you're qualified, don't make it easy for them to count you out.
It's someone else's job to decide if you're qualified, don't make it easy for them to count you out.
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Every habit I have is an ADHD coping strategy, so bear that in mind, but: Timers.
Setting timers for tasks motivates me to start ('I hit go, time to start'), keeps me on-task ('timer is going, gotta be doing the thing'), and helps prevent scope creep ('timer's going off, time to finish up')
Setting timers for tasks motivates me to start ('I hit go, time to start'), keeps me on-task ('timer is going, gotta be doing the thing'), and helps prevent scope creep ('timer's going off, time to finish up')
Ok wait
What’s your best, most impactful, small habit that you’ve embraced that you like and would recommend to others?
What’s your best, most impactful, small habit that you’ve embraced that you like and would recommend to others?
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Every habit I have is an ADHD coping strategy, so bear that in mind, but: Timers.
Setting timers for tasks motivates me to start ('I hit go, time to start'), keeps me on-task ('timer is going, gotta be doing the thing'), and helps prevent scope creep ('timer's going off, time to finish up')
Setting timers for tasks motivates me to start ('I hit go, time to start'), keeps me on-task ('timer is going, gotta be doing the thing'), and helps prevent scope creep ('timer's going off, time to finish up')
December 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
How early do you get to the airport for a domestic flight?
I get my wife not wanting to stress, but sitting at the gate 2 hours before boarding even starts makes me wish I was in bed 😴
I get my wife not wanting to stress, but sitting at the gate 2 hours before boarding even starts makes me wish I was in bed 😴
December 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
How early do you get to the airport for a domestic flight?
I get my wife not wanting to stress, but sitting at the gate 2 hours before boarding even starts makes me wish I was in bed 😴
I get my wife not wanting to stress, but sitting at the gate 2 hours before boarding even starts makes me wish I was in bed 😴
"Dead End" with that cadence is the ironic joke at the start of a zombie comedy
Reading out random road signs with the same cadence and energy as “road work ahead”
December 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
"Dead End" with that cadence is the ironic joke at the start of a zombie comedy
Not that I can think of. BUT, I do think BG3, using mostly RAW 5e, does this many times convincingly. I think the issue is more medium than system. Imo, video games are an inherently more visual medium than TTRPGs, and thus we get, essentially, visual foreshadowing more often in them.
I hear it brought up a lot in ttrpg design talk, but has a game translated area of effect telegraphing from mmorpgs over to a ttrpg in a compelling way?
December 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Not that I can think of. BUT, I do think BG3, using mostly RAW 5e, does this many times convincingly. I think the issue is more medium than system. Imo, video games are an inherently more visual medium than TTRPGs, and thus we get, essentially, visual foreshadowing more often in them.
"wait" is a magic word in D&D
Player: "I take a bite of the fruit from the cart"
DM: "Wait, you take a bite?"
Player: *breaks out in cold sweat*
Player: "I take a bite of the fruit from the cart"
DM: "Wait, you take a bite?"
Player: *breaks out in cold sweat*
November 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
"wait" is a magic word in D&D
Player: "I take a bite of the fruit from the cart"
DM: "Wait, you take a bite?"
Player: *breaks out in cold sweat*
Player: "I take a bite of the fruit from the cart"
DM: "Wait, you take a bite?"
Player: *breaks out in cold sweat*
My current favorite is Blades in the Dark, which is all about pools of D6. There are theoretically used for the other dice, but the D6 is definitely the main event
it's always the same with dice in tabletop rpgs. the big one with the 20 tells you if you succeed and the others tell you how much damage you did.
has anyone tried different dice? or even a game with no dice?
has anyone tried different dice? or even a game with no dice?
November 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM
My current favorite is Blades in the Dark, which is all about pools of D6. There are theoretically used for the other dice, but the D6 is definitely the main event
My favorite lesser-known bias is the "narrative bias", which is the human tendency to perceive information as part of a larger pattern or story, regardless of if there is any evidence of that.
We definitely narrativize, but I'd say that that itself sort MAKES all games storytelling games in a way
We definitely narrativize, but I'd say that that itself sort MAKES all games storytelling games in a way
All games generate stories as a byproduct. Play a board game & you absolutely will come away with a story. Even simple games like chess generate stories (“my knight sacrificed themselves for a swift end to war”). Is every game therefore a storytelling game? Or do humans just like to narrativize?
November 28, 2024 at 3:05 PM
My favorite lesser-known bias is the "narrative bias", which is the human tendency to perceive information as part of a larger pattern or story, regardless of if there is any evidence of that.
We definitely narrativize, but I'd say that that itself sort MAKES all games storytelling games in a way
We definitely narrativize, but I'd say that that itself sort MAKES all games storytelling games in a way
For my next in person #dnd table, I want to get a big wheel with 1-20 that players have spin for important rolls.
It plays sad trombone on a nat 1
It plays sad trombone on a nat 1
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 AM
For my next in person #dnd table, I want to get a big wheel with 1-20 that players have spin for important rolls.
It plays sad trombone on a nat 1
It plays sad trombone on a nat 1
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(I'm moving one of my biggest twitter threads here, cause I think it will be helpful to keep it alive)
A thread with free resources (or super cheap) that we can use on #ttrpg creation.
Basically images, illustrations, vectors, fonts and so on
A thread with free resources (or super cheap) that we can use on #ttrpg creation.
Basically images, illustrations, vectors, fonts and so on
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
(I'm moving one of my biggest twitter threads here, cause I think it will be helpful to keep it alive)
A thread with free resources (or super cheap) that we can use on #ttrpg creation.
Basically images, illustrations, vectors, fonts and so on
A thread with free resources (or super cheap) that we can use on #ttrpg creation.
Basically images, illustrations, vectors, fonts and so on
This is just describing all human life before the age of 5.
And I agree. Terrible game, 0/10
And I agree. Terrible game, 0/10
Terrible Game Idea: IKEA roguelike. Traverse a maze of furniture, collect random trinkets with unpronounceable names, try to find the exit.
November 28, 2024 at 6:40 AM
This is just describing all human life before the age of 5.
And I agree. Terrible game, 0/10
And I agree. Terrible game, 0/10
I wish I could gnaw wood like a beaver. I would gnaw a small statue of a beaver and name it Jerry :)
November 28, 2024 at 6:11 AM
I wish I could gnaw wood like a beaver. I would gnaw a small statue of a beaver and name it Jerry :)
Video game:
A dragon for my dungeon
Romance sim meets house flipper, where you have to design a deadly dungeon to win the affections of a local cast of hot single dragons
A dragon for my dungeon
Romance sim meets house flipper, where you have to design a deadly dungeon to win the affections of a local cast of hot single dragons
November 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Video game:
A dragon for my dungeon
Romance sim meets house flipper, where you have to design a deadly dungeon to win the affections of a local cast of hot single dragons
A dragon for my dungeon
Romance sim meets house flipper, where you have to design a deadly dungeon to win the affections of a local cast of hot single dragons
I'm the exact opposite. Karlach was actually nice to me within the first 5 seconds of meeting her and I decided I would burn down the multiverse if it would make her happy.
What type of NPC makes you automatically know you’re going to romance them? For example mine is: if a girl is mean to me then I instantly commit to making her my wife.
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I'm the exact opposite. Karlach was actually nice to me within the first 5 seconds of meeting her and I decided I would burn down the multiverse if it would make her happy.
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If you want to make truly amazing BBEGs for your games, build a heroic character first.
And then corrupt them.
And then corrupt them.
November 27, 2024 at 8:08 AM
If you want to make truly amazing BBEGs for your games, build a heroic character first.
And then corrupt them.
And then corrupt them.
Dungeon Masters, how do you differentiate investigation and perception? Especially so that they get similar screen time?
I've been trying to really nail down when I call for either, because up to recently it's mostly been vibes-based.
I've been trying to really nail down when I call for either, because up to recently it's mostly been vibes-based.
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Dungeon Masters, how do you differentiate investigation and perception? Especially so that they get similar screen time?
I've been trying to really nail down when I call for either, because up to recently it's mostly been vibes-based.
I've been trying to really nail down when I call for either, because up to recently it's mostly been vibes-based.
Better yet: a tiefling who only has one horn instead of a nose and can use an action to dig for yummy roots like a Rhino
i think tieflings should be allowed an action to headbutt enemies like deers with their horns
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Better yet: a tiefling who only has one horn instead of a nose and can use an action to dig for yummy roots like a Rhino
That's clearly @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social reprising his, frankly underappreciated, role as "bug with a big ass" from game changer
November 22, 2024 at 1:30 AM
That's clearly @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social reprising his, frankly underappreciated, role as "bug with a big ass" from game changer
When she cute, but you constantly have to push her tongue back in her mouth 🐤
November 22, 2024 at 1:15 AM
When she cute, but you constantly have to push her tongue back in her mouth 🐤
My strat for this has been to fill up more and more of my brain's limited capacity with cartography knowledge.
Should I learn Spanish, a language I theoretically developed a broad basis for over 8 years in school and would legitimately improve my day-to-day? Nah, memorize more pretty maps
Should I learn Spanish, a language I theoretically developed a broad basis for over 8 years in school and would legitimately improve my day-to-day? Nah, memorize more pretty maps
trying to get dumber
November 21, 2024 at 7:48 PM
My strat for this has been to fill up more and more of my brain's limited capacity with cartography knowledge.
Should I learn Spanish, a language I theoretically developed a broad basis for over 8 years in school and would legitimately improve my day-to-day? Nah, memorize more pretty maps
Should I learn Spanish, a language I theoretically developed a broad basis for over 8 years in school and would legitimately improve my day-to-day? Nah, memorize more pretty maps