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Meridok
@meridok.bsky.social
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He/him 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 Gamer, professional nerd, hobbyist writer, amateur gardener. I have a cat, a lot of books, and not enough time to play all the games I want to play. Atlantic Canadian. We are all treaty people.
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meridok.bsky.social
If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you.
August 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
meridok.bsky.social
Ever bought from Golden Lion Papercrafts on DriveThru? No? Well, I recommend against it. Unless you want to support the kind of person who calls others 'defectives'. (Meaning... everyone from busy single moms to disabled ppl to poor folks in crowded flats, I suppose.) I've blocked them, personally.
A screenshot of part of a BlueSky thread between me (meridok) and Golden Lion Papercraft (glpapercraft) (GLP). The text reads: Meridok (replying to an earlier post): You realize you're being an asshole, right? Like, happy for you that hosting [tabletop games] is something you clearly find easy, but can you truly not fathom how having less time, space, resources, natural inclination, or energy might impact others ability to do so? GLP: I do, and I meant to be. No respect for lightweighs [sic] that can only play short times, or lazy fucks that cannot keep the place neat enough to host and whine how hard it is to host. I do not coddle defectives with excuses, unlike most of BSky users. *shrug*
May 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
meridok.bsky.social
Pic of the modified table in question! The original table (Appendix A, Table V-F) is
1-12: Empty
13-14: Monster only
15-17: Monster & treasure
18: Special, or stairway
19: Trick/Trap
20: Treasure

Bc my map is going for no blank hexes, I slotted a subtable of Not Dangerous things in for 'Empty'.
February 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
meridok.bsky.social
I'm so glad I have the context (thanks to Playing At The World) to see this and be Amused 🤣

(Embiggen pic & look in the top right corner.)
January 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
meridok.bsky.social
First #hexcrawl25 region hex drafted! Plus some preview pics of my working notes.

Planning to write up a blog post about my process later this month: I'm combining methods & content from AD&D, 5e, the osr blogosphere (landmark, hidden, secret!), & Mausritter. (+ my ecology degree lol)
Photo of 2 open notebooks & a sheet of paper on a table. Visible on the pages are a hexflower labelled as a co-ordinates key, two pencil-crayon hexmap drafts, a list of monsters under the heading "Freshwater Lakes", and (mostly obscured) lists & tables under the heading "Urbanization / Settlement Density". The list of freshwater lake monsters includes hippopotamus, green slimes, giant snapping turtle, lacedon (ghoul), nixies, giant pike, and (partly obscured) hippocampus. Photo of part of a notebook page, titled "Regional Hex A1", focused on a hand-drawn hexflower map. Some handwritten text is partially visible below the map. The map is drawn & coloured in a simple, non-realistic style. A long lake runs through the middle, with scrubland hills to the south and grasslands to the north. A mysterious fallen statue sits in the center of the grasslands. A cluster of 5 houses at the west end of the lake indicates a small town. A pair of houses in the southeastern hills indicates a village. Photo of a notebook page titled "Province A". It has a simple map of three regional hexes with subhexes, drawn in pencil and black & red ink. The map legend defines this set of symbols: black square = small town; black circle = village; black triangle = druid's keep; red circle = dungeon; (a) = monument/feature. The three hexes are labelled A1, A2, and A3. Hex A1 is the same hex that is drawn in more detail in the previous picture. Photo of an open notebook. The page on the right is titled "Settlement Tracker" and has a mostly blank hex grid taped to it. Each subhex is labelled and most of the 19 subhexes are seperated into groups of 3 by inked outlines. The page on the left is almost completely filled with dense handwriting. It is titled "Settled Population Categories & Ranges". A 3 column table lists categories with population ranges & typical sizes. The text could be read if desired, but it is meant to be a visual demonstration, not informative.
January 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
meridok.bsky.social
Spent a delightful morning indulging myself in Map Generation for #Hexcrawl25. This is my basic key to orient myself + some loose colouring + symbols to give a VERY general sense of what the land is like.

I'm going deliberately Very D&D and using DMGs from multiple editions for inspiration.
January 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
meridok.bsky.social
Yes, your hexmap assets are great! I turned the single hex tile into a little worksheet for myself. (Pic was taken late last night, so the lighting isn't great lol.)
Two blank hex tiles, each with 19 subhexes. Below each tile are labelled spaces for recording hex code, biome, and terrain, then lines to write up to 3 bullet points.
December 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM