Ben Cook
@neutralneon.bsky.social
Entering the cocoon of mid to late 30s.
Homemaker, Worldbuilder, Multiverse Sunderer.
He/Him
Homemaker, Worldbuilder, Multiverse Sunderer.
He/Him
The spell begins, daggers wrenching into your shoulder blades but instead of blood, blue light ripples forth, your body slowly becoming translucent. Your perspective swells and you see the continent below, defenseless. You wrap your arms around it and shield it like a child. The Barrier Stands.
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The spell begins, daggers wrenching into your shoulder blades but instead of blood, blue light ripples forth, your body slowly becoming translucent. Your perspective swells and you see the continent below, defenseless. You wrap your arms around it and shield it like a child. The Barrier Stands.
Every major brand should self-release pictographs of their logos and products for AAC and just general Accessibility. It's advertising and capitalism, but damn transparent images of cereal boxes suck.
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Every major brand should self-release pictographs of their logos and products for AAC and just general Accessibility. It's advertising and capitalism, but damn transparent images of cereal boxes suck.
Ideas to Forget: Roll for Kink, your mental defenses are strong but there is one kink in your armor. A TTRPG where every action is innuendo but not subtle, and still functional. You've achieved O, overall victory. And then I kept trying to work in the joke that Achieving O was the Sloppy Second take
October 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ideas to Forget: Roll for Kink, your mental defenses are strong but there is one kink in your armor. A TTRPG where every action is innuendo but not subtle, and still functional. You've achieved O, overall victory. And then I kept trying to work in the joke that Achieving O was the Sloppy Second take
To be fair to 57% Reincarnated Mage, if they hadn't broke it, some deity would've transcended into a primordial level dingus and borked it anyway, so honestly all worth it in the end. 57% of an Infinite Fragment of Void wasn't gonna stop it, would've tried, but what even is a % of infinity?
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
To be fair to 57% Reincarnated Mage, if they hadn't broke it, some deity would've transcended into a primordial level dingus and borked it anyway, so honestly all worth it in the end. 57% of an Infinite Fragment of Void wasn't gonna stop it, would've tried, but what even is a % of infinity?
Unnamed mage breaks the universe, an amalgam of 57% of that mage's soul reincarnated into a different mage who broke the multiverse, and now the players have to pick OG, Broken, Broken x2, or Break it x3 and then experience the consequences of their choice. Eitherway, Raptor King Arthur and Zombies.
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Unnamed mage breaks the universe, an amalgam of 57% of that mage's soul reincarnated into a different mage who broke the multiverse, and now the players have to pick OG, Broken, Broken x2, or Break it x3 and then experience the consequences of their choice. Eitherway, Raptor King Arthur and Zombies.
Pokemon Legends Z-A is the first in the series that I haven't picked up Day One, and honestly, I haven't seen anything to dissuade me from this choice. I love most of the new Mega Evolutions, but I'm just tired.
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Pokemon Legends Z-A is the first in the series that I haven't picked up Day One, and honestly, I haven't seen anything to dissuade me from this choice. I love most of the new Mega Evolutions, but I'm just tired.
Prana is setting built on 2 primordial fluctuations. Æther and Void were in balance for untold millennia. Then a fragment of Void was sundered and splintered infinitely through a nesting multiverse of Æther. Then a fragment of Æther was melded into a Barrier haulting the natural order. (1/?)
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Prana is setting built on 2 primordial fluctuations. Æther and Void were in balance for untold millennia. Then a fragment of Void was sundered and splintered infinitely through a nesting multiverse of Æther. Then a fragment of Æther was melded into a Barrier haulting the natural order. (1/?)
In a nesting multiverse, deities grow in power through different names. Masks that suit their setting. Your cleric's relationship with their deity might transcend one universe. They pray to their deity and find the name shifts in their mouth to the new name, or in dire settings, silence as if lost.
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In a nesting multiverse, deities grow in power through different names. Masks that suit their setting. Your cleric's relationship with their deity might transcend one universe. They pray to their deity and find the name shifts in their mouth to the new name, or in dire settings, silence as if lost.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
So, I don't hate Obsidian for note taking, but I do hate that I need a pretty theme and then that theme looks like a cluttered mess on mobile...
I also don't know if I have the energy to see if Joplin is any good alternatively.
I also don't know if I have the energy to see if Joplin is any good alternatively.
September 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So, I don't hate Obsidian for note taking, but I do hate that I need a pretty theme and then that theme looks like a cluttered mess on mobile...
I also don't know if I have the energy to see if Joplin is any good alternatively.
I also don't know if I have the energy to see if Joplin is any good alternatively.
As an American sugar fiend, I shouldn't have bought the Costco Tim Tam pack. I regret nothing, but still shouldn't have done it to my body.
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As an American sugar fiend, I shouldn't have bought the Costco Tim Tam pack. I regret nothing, but still shouldn't have done it to my body.
Dear Lego, I need a full rainbow of those plant buddies, like all able to vaguely hold hands like the first two. You got blue and yellow. I need Red, Orange, Green, and Purple/Indigo/Violet. And while I'm making demands to the Bluesky void, Black, White, Coral, Teal, Brown, and Grey too.
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dear Lego, I need a full rainbow of those plant buddies, like all able to vaguely hold hands like the first two. You got blue and yellow. I need Red, Orange, Green, and Purple/Indigo/Violet. And while I'm making demands to the Bluesky void, Black, White, Coral, Teal, Brown, and Grey too.
You wake up in a cold sweat from a nightmare that's already fading from memory. Only one phrase repeats itself in your mind, "The world is a lie, the Void is coming."
You may choose one level of Warlock, one level of Cleric, or to resist the call of the Void.
You may choose one level of Warlock, one level of Cleric, or to resist the call of the Void.
September 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You wake up in a cold sweat from a nightmare that's already fading from memory. Only one phrase repeats itself in your mind, "The world is a lie, the Void is coming."
You may choose one level of Warlock, one level of Cleric, or to resist the call of the Void.
You may choose one level of Warlock, one level of Cleric, or to resist the call of the Void.
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To my new pals: remember that time you said you wanted a role-playing game where you were a public access host investigating the supernatural in a pre-Internet suburbia? Well here you go!
www.etsy.com/listing/4317...
www.etsy.com/listing/4317...
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
To my new pals: remember that time you said you wanted a role-playing game where you were a public access host investigating the supernatural in a pre-Internet suburbia? Well here you go!
www.etsy.com/listing/4317...
www.etsy.com/listing/4317...
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
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August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
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New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!
California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Please share!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Please share!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!
California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Please share!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State
Please share!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Just curious, does anyone know of RPGs or Settings that use a nesting doll style multiverse/planar view?
If so, please share
I have this gnawing idea of a world that nests at each apocalypse.
Think if the D&D Domains of Dread were just pockets of the previous world, fragments that splintered off.
If so, please share
I have this gnawing idea of a world that nests at each apocalypse.
Think if the D&D Domains of Dread were just pockets of the previous world, fragments that splintered off.
August 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just curious, does anyone know of RPGs or Settings that use a nesting doll style multiverse/planar view?
If so, please share
I have this gnawing idea of a world that nests at each apocalypse.
Think if the D&D Domains of Dread were just pockets of the previous world, fragments that splintered off.
If so, please share
I have this gnawing idea of a world that nests at each apocalypse.
Think if the D&D Domains of Dread were just pockets of the previous world, fragments that splintered off.
Reposted by Ben Cook
Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on!
Trans rights, are in fact, human rights. Pass it on! 🌈🩵🤍🩷
Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on.🏳️⚧️🫶🌈💗🏳️🌈🦕
August 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on!
Character Vidalia Skelton 3.0: Out with Tubertons, in with Skelephytes or Ostephytes, depending on mood. Vidalia's Heart stays even though it is technically anachronistic. One could argue Vidalia the town in Georgia is a Latin cross between Life and Sweet, and thus sweet onion of life still fits.
May 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Character Vidalia Skelton 3.0: Out with Tubertons, in with Skelephytes or Ostephytes, depending on mood. Vidalia's Heart stays even though it is technically anachronistic. One could argue Vidalia the town in Georgia is a Latin cross between Life and Sweet, and thus sweet onion of life still fits.
Character Idea Vidalia Skeleton 2.0: Myth tells the first Tuberton Vidalia's Heart was raised by an evil lich, by the will of some unknown skeleton or vegetable deity (or a bitflip in the weave) they achieved sentience and eventually overthrew the lich. The spout then grew around their bones.
May 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Character Idea Vidalia Skeleton 2.0: Myth tells the first Tuberton Vidalia's Heart was raised by an evil lich, by the will of some unknown skeleton or vegetable deity (or a bitflip in the weave) they achieved sentience and eventually overthrew the lich. The spout then grew around their bones.
Character Idea: Skeleton who ties a red or vidalia onion where a human heart would go. Most of the story they make selfish choices and the onion molds, near climax, they make noble choices and it sprouts, and the sprouts weave around their bones.
May 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Character Idea: Skeleton who ties a red or vidalia onion where a human heart would go. Most of the story they make selfish choices and the onion molds, near climax, they make noble choices and it sprouts, and the sprouts weave around their bones.
Sometimes, while listening to "Shotgun" by George Ezra, I imagine a lovecraftian dead ocean and the singer is a mortal man metamorphizing into a coral monstroscity. "Something changed in the atmosphere, architecture unfamiliar, I could get used to this" (1/?)
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sometimes, while listening to "Shotgun" by George Ezra, I imagine a lovecraftian dead ocean and the singer is a mortal man metamorphizing into a coral monstroscity. "Something changed in the atmosphere, architecture unfamiliar, I could get used to this" (1/?)
Would you believe a manga about performing comedy triggered those last two posts? Show-ha Shoten. Also on the subject of manga, Akane-banashi is good too. Sometimes it's a good breather from One Piece and Kagurabachi.
December 3, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Would you believe a manga about performing comedy triggered those last two posts? Show-ha Shoten. Also on the subject of manga, Akane-banashi is good too. Sometimes it's a good breather from One Piece and Kagurabachi.
You don't have to thrive to succeed, but don't just survive. We can't grow like that, even if it seems easier.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
You don't have to thrive to succeed, but don't just survive. We can't grow like that, even if it seems easier.
We're only human, we will always make mistakes and grow or make bad choices and stagnate. But in the end, we are human, and isn't that just a little fun? Like we could have been single purpose amoeba grinding away, but we get to read and write, destroy and create, hurt and heal. It's pretty neat.
December 3, 2024 at 4:52 PM
We're only human, we will always make mistakes and grow or make bad choices and stagnate. But in the end, we are human, and isn't that just a little fun? Like we could have been single purpose amoeba grinding away, but we get to read and write, destroy and create, hurt and heal. It's pretty neat.