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Alt: a sign that says abandon all hope in white letters
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Permadeath D&D streaming may be on hold for now, but I am still a wildman over all things tabletop.
Here, you may get little hints of my side projects in that arena, streams, etc.
But you'll also need a high tolerance for niche TTRPG babble, yes, even regarding The Hasbro Product.
Here, you may get little hints of my side projects in that arena, streams, etc.
But you'll also need a high tolerance for niche TTRPG babble, yes, even regarding The Hasbro Product.
I wasted so many words trying to describe my last tabletop character, y'all
If only I had these photographs of Emma Vigeland as a hot meerkat watching her entire world set itself on fire
If only I had these photographs of Emma Vigeland as a hot meerkat watching her entire world set itself on fire
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wasted so many words trying to describe my last tabletop character, y'all
If only I had these photographs of Emma Vigeland as a hot meerkat watching her entire world set itself on fire
If only I had these photographs of Emma Vigeland as a hot meerkat watching her entire world set itself on fire
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"How Do Adventurers Die?"
Source: QuestBusters, March 1988.
Source: QuestBusters, March 1988.
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"How Do Adventurers Die?"
Source: QuestBusters, March 1988.
Source: QuestBusters, March 1988.
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Too lazy to log into @permadeath.bsky.social
But: highlight of my week was a dear friend's character in Call of Cthulhu getting pulped by an abomination, in a ~2006 era gaming store? (IDK, just mythos things)
this GIF is a forensic reconstruction of my sad nurse girl's adjacent face, and feelings
But: highlight of my week was a dear friend's character in Call of Cthulhu getting pulped by an abomination, in a ~2006 era gaming store? (IDK, just mythos things)
this GIF is a forensic reconstruction of my sad nurse girl's adjacent face, and feelings
a close up of a woman 's face with red paint on it
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with red paint on it
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Too lazy to log into @permadeath.bsky.social
But: highlight of my week was a dear friend's character in Call of Cthulhu getting pulped by an abomination, in a ~2006 era gaming store? (IDK, just mythos things)
this GIF is a forensic reconstruction of my sad nurse girl's adjacent face, and feelings
But: highlight of my week was a dear friend's character in Call of Cthulhu getting pulped by an abomination, in a ~2006 era gaming store? (IDK, just mythos things)
this GIF is a forensic reconstruction of my sad nurse girl's adjacent face, and feelings
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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Amazing soundtrack, literally ran out of fake blood while shooting, manifest destiny as literal vampirism and gay enough that the Hannibal TV show poached half the cast
Ravenous is free 2 watch on YouTube right now and u should do it it rules
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October 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Amazing soundtrack, literally ran out of fake blood while shooting, manifest destiny as literal vampirism and gay enough that the Hannibal TV show poached half the cast
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The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall digital compendium is out now and available on my itch!
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Beasts and Blessings of the Hallow’d Hall digital compendium is out now and available on my itch!
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
badbucket.itch.io/the-beasts-and-blessings-of-the-hallowd-hall
A bestiary of sixty five strange things and their grim fables written by me and @notquitereal.bsky.social
Man, I had such clear eyed plans this morning, and the motivation to solve a hard script problem. The stakes of this deadline are so incredibly high. But one unrelated non-work crisis after another said: no keyboard for you.
It's pure RNG, I'm sure. Yet I can't escape the feeling of being trolled.
It's pure RNG, I'm sure. Yet I can't escape the feeling of being trolled.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Man, I had such clear eyed plans this morning, and the motivation to solve a hard script problem. The stakes of this deadline are so incredibly high. But one unrelated non-work crisis after another said: no keyboard for you.
It's pure RNG, I'm sure. Yet I can't escape the feeling of being trolled.
It's pure RNG, I'm sure. Yet I can't escape the feeling of being trolled.
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Live now on Twitch to paint Kingdom Death's Spidicules!
Also testing multi-streaming to YouTube! 😁 If it works we'll do that going forward!
www.twitch.tv/nikkikolls
Also testing multi-streaming to YouTube! 😁 If it works we'll do that going forward!
www.twitch.tv/nikkikolls
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Live now on Twitch to paint Kingdom Death's Spidicules!
Also testing multi-streaming to YouTube! 😁 If it works we'll do that going forward!
www.twitch.tv/nikkikolls
Also testing multi-streaming to YouTube! 😁 If it works we'll do that going forward!
www.twitch.tv/nikkikolls
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D&D is satanic again let's go
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
D&D is satanic again let's go
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October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I’ve been having far too wicked a time working on this of late. If you want to hear the devil at your ear, give it a spin. Demo just dropped on Steam. 😈
October 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’ve been having far too wicked a time working on this of late. If you want to hear the devil at your ear, give it a spin. Demo just dropped on Steam. 😈
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absolutely lost my shit in the middle of a teams call because while something was discussed i wondered what the early images of Lilith were and i'm sorry but look LOOK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith#...
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
absolutely lost my shit in the middle of a teams call because while something was discussed i wondered what the early images of Lilith were and i'm sorry but look LOOK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith#...
Oh man, look at this. Were I still doing dice with death - or allowing the algorithm to steal my face's soul at all anymore ...
... this'd be the perfect paperback to close, feign startlement, then say "Oh, I didn't see you there" in the cliche fashion, before talking about the evening's bloodbath.
... this'd be the perfect paperback to close, feign startlement, then say "Oh, I didn't see you there" in the cliche fashion, before talking about the evening's bloodbath.
The Devil Throws The Dice Of Doom
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Covers, Magazine, Photo, Skull, Special Detective Cases
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Covers, Magazine, Photo, Skull, Special Detective Cases
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September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh man, look at this. Were I still doing dice with death - or allowing the algorithm to steal my face's soul at all anymore ...
... this'd be the perfect paperback to close, feign startlement, then say "Oh, I didn't see you there" in the cliche fashion, before talking about the evening's bloodbath.
... this'd be the perfect paperback to close, feign startlement, then say "Oh, I didn't see you there" in the cliche fashion, before talking about the evening's bloodbath.
If you're into permadeath and D&D and want to test your mettle, try this BG3 mod on Honor mode. The "Trials of Tav Reloaded". (I've played story to death.)
tinyurl.com/6x3xemuk
Turns it into a roguelike series of escalating difficulty arenas. If you're a D&D combat pervert ... damn it's a good time.
tinyurl.com/6x3xemuk
Turns it into a roguelike series of escalating difficulty arenas. If you're a D&D combat pervert ... damn it's a good time.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you're into permadeath and D&D and want to test your mettle, try this BG3 mod on Honor mode. The "Trials of Tav Reloaded". (I've played story to death.)
tinyurl.com/6x3xemuk
Turns it into a roguelike series of escalating difficulty arenas. If you're a D&D combat pervert ... damn it's a good time.
tinyurl.com/6x3xemuk
Turns it into a roguelike series of escalating difficulty arenas. If you're a D&D combat pervert ... damn it's a good time.
If your group's still playing 5.5, before they f*ck off to Daggerheart or Draw Steel etc
Play a Pact of the Chain warlock. You can mix and match now, but Chain is, uh "off it"
Yes I know that's dated slang but the point is
b o n k e r s fun
Play a Pact of the Chain warlock. You can mix and match now, but Chain is, uh "off it"
Yes I know that's dated slang but the point is
b o n k e r s fun
August 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If your group's still playing 5.5, before they f*ck off to Daggerheart or Draw Steel etc
Play a Pact of the Chain warlock. You can mix and match now, but Chain is, uh "off it"
Yes I know that's dated slang but the point is
b o n k e r s fun
Play a Pact of the Chain warlock. You can mix and match now, but Chain is, uh "off it"
Yes I know that's dated slang but the point is
b o n k e r s fun
New UA - I like the re-issued Hexblade, though its focus is more on enhanced defense 'til level 6+
Probably fine, old one was absurdly frontloaded. I do miss the curse's flat damage. Crit-on-19 is way late now too, so DPR minded folks will clamor for more tweaks.
www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...
Probably fine, old one was absurdly frontloaded. I do miss the curse's flat damage. Crit-on-19 is way late now too, so DPR minded folks will clamor for more tweaks.
www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...
www.dndbeyond.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New UA - I like the re-issued Hexblade, though its focus is more on enhanced defense 'til level 6+
Probably fine, old one was absurdly frontloaded. I do miss the curse's flat damage. Crit-on-19 is way late now too, so DPR minded folks will clamor for more tweaks.
www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...
Probably fine, old one was absurdly frontloaded. I do miss the curse's flat damage. Crit-on-19 is way late now too, so DPR minded folks will clamor for more tweaks.
www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/...
Agreed. Danger w/ the Hollow Warden is: like the old Gloomstalker, it makes the otherwise very-tepid Ranger subs look deeply sad 'til... like level 11? Hardcopy books prevent easy rebalancing.
If they ship this as is, it may be the only Ranger you see in the 'wild'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGP...
If they ship this as is, it may be the only Ranger you see in the 'wild'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGP...
The HOLLOW WARDEN Ranger Unearthed Arcana: Dnd 5.5 2024
YouTube video by Treantmonk's Temple
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May 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Agreed. Danger w/ the Hollow Warden is: like the old Gloomstalker, it makes the otherwise very-tepid Ranger subs look deeply sad 'til... like level 11? Hardcopy books prevent easy rebalancing.
If they ship this as is, it may be the only Ranger you see in the 'wild'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGP...
If they ship this as is, it may be the only Ranger you see in the 'wild'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGP...
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Made a pilgrimage to this Stag God then the weather cleared.
Paganism : it gets results.
Paganism : it gets results.
May 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Made a pilgrimage to this Stag God then the weather cleared.
Paganism : it gets results.
Paganism : it gets results.
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Guided by their inner voice, the high priestess seeks to find the truth muddled in our complicated lives.
#animalart #art #tarot
#animalart #art #tarot
May 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Guided by their inner voice, the high priestess seeks to find the truth muddled in our complicated lives.
#animalart #art #tarot
#animalart #art #tarot
New UA. The bad: Okay, 2 skeletal 👎 for the poor Grave Cleric. Double damage & anti-crit, gone. Hexblade is now a grab bag of utility who must concentrate on Hex?! RIP.
Wotc, bestie, folks liked the blade bit, not the hex bit. Feedback will be LOUD. (1/2)
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Wotc, bestie, folks liked the blade bit, not the hex bit. Feedback will be LOUD. (1/2)
media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-i...
media.dndbeyond.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New UA. The bad: Okay, 2 skeletal 👎 for the poor Grave Cleric. Double damage & anti-crit, gone. Hexblade is now a grab bag of utility who must concentrate on Hex?! RIP.
Wotc, bestie, folks liked the blade bit, not the hex bit. Feedback will be LOUD. (1/2)
media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-i...
Wotc, bestie, folks liked the blade bit, not the hex bit. Feedback will be LOUD. (1/2)
media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-i...
This is what Dice w/ Death was to me, editing video is *very* soothing.
I effed the joy up by imagining "audience expectations" of regularity that were incompatible w/ a fairly demanding job / life.
Next round, I'll find a way to relax / preclude that pressure, y'know - since I F-ing made them up.
I effed the joy up by imagining "audience expectations" of regularity that were incompatible w/ a fairly demanding job / life.
Next round, I'll find a way to relax / preclude that pressure, y'know - since I F-ing made them up.
Gentle recommendation to have a hobby that you can 1) do on your own time 2) are not doing for livelihood or career 3) can grow your skill in over time, and 4) can focus on for chunks of time where you can tune other things out. I spent a couple hours last night developing film and it was excellent
February 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is what Dice w/ Death was to me, editing video is *very* soothing.
I effed the joy up by imagining "audience expectations" of regularity that were incompatible w/ a fairly demanding job / life.
Next round, I'll find a way to relax / preclude that pressure, y'know - since I F-ing made them up.
I effed the joy up by imagining "audience expectations" of regularity that were incompatible w/ a fairly demanding job / life.
Next round, I'll find a way to relax / preclude that pressure, y'know - since I F-ing made them up.
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Every 20 minutes in Avowed you will find a skeleton with a dagger in its ribcage and a note like "damn, I sure hope Giancarlo doesn't stab me with a knife". This is called Storytelling, baby.
February 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Every 20 minutes in Avowed you will find a skeleton with a dagger in its ribcage and a note like "damn, I sure hope Giancarlo doesn't stab me with a knife". This is called Storytelling, baby.
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post a meme made by you
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
post a meme made by you
The end of every RPG campaign, as you try to make your lore comprehensible to players, post facto-
You: "Something-something dead languages, angels, conspiracy - The Lesbians -"
Players, almost understanding: "THE CAT!"
(cw: total plot spoilers for The Sentinel, final self-harm by the usual name)
You: "Something-something dead languages, angels, conspiracy - The Lesbians -"
Players, almost understanding: "THE CAT!"
(cw: total plot spoilers for The Sentinel, final self-harm by the usual name)
February 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The end of every RPG campaign, as you try to make your lore comprehensible to players, post facto-
You: "Something-something dead languages, angels, conspiracy - The Lesbians -"
Players, almost understanding: "THE CAT!"
(cw: total plot spoilers for The Sentinel, final self-harm by the usual name)
You: "Something-something dead languages, angels, conspiracy - The Lesbians -"
Players, almost understanding: "THE CAT!"
(cw: total plot spoilers for The Sentinel, final self-harm by the usual name)