Ferne (they/them)
@tootallferne.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Ferne, TTRPG designer and GM, 🏳️⚧️ genderqueer, 🇵🇰 TCK. Hoping to make some friends and write some games!
tootallferne@gmail.com
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tootallferne@gmail.com
linktr.ee/tootallferne
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New Draw Steel class (the SUMMONER) and new adventure (The Fall of Blackbottom) are dropping on Friday!
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
New Draw Steel class (the SUMMONER) and new adventure (The Fall of Blackbottom) are dropping on Friday!
The average Draw Steel class has access to between 9 and 13 abilities at 1st level, which means I have to design 100 abilities for just the 8 1st-level prototypes for my Pokémon-like monster battle hack. Hoo boy!
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The average Draw Steel class has access to between 9 and 13 abilities at 1st level, which means I have to design 100 abilities for just the 8 1st-level prototypes for my Pokémon-like monster battle hack. Hoo boy!
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Not a single skip.
Not a single skip.
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Not a single skip.
Not a single skip.
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Taking my wildly overscoped 112 page Daggerheart supplement and editing it down to a crisp 113 page supplement.
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Taking my wildly overscoped 112 page Daggerheart supplement and editing it down to a crisp 113 page supplement.
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God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
Mashallah, he won. My nerves can finally calm down.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mashallah, he won. My nerves can finally calm down.
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Nothing fills me with a sense of dread quite like the work of artist Chris Van Allsburg. When I was very young, his illustrations terrified me just as much as the ones in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but in a way I didn't even have words to describe yet. He was liminal before liminal was cool
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nothing fills me with a sense of dread quite like the work of artist Chris Van Allsburg. When I was very young, his illustrations terrified me just as much as the ones in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but in a way I didn't even have words to describe yet. He was liminal before liminal was cool
Finally completed Silksong’s true ending at 123 hours and a big dent in my left Switch joystick.
Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait to try my hand at speedrunning!
Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait to try my hand at speedrunning!
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Finally completed Silksong’s true ending at 123 hours and a big dent in my left Switch joystick.
Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait to try my hand at speedrunning!
Couldn’t be happier. Can’t wait to try my hand at speedrunning!
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Big announcement!!! My video on how Chicken Run is communist is now part of Britain's media history
Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived
Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Big announcement!!! My video on how Chicken Run is communist is now part of Britain's media history
Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived
Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived
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If you’re putting together a #Daggerheart or #DrawSteel crowd funding, I am currently available and love designing for both. Would
love to lend my experience with both systems to your project.
love to lend my experience with both systems to your project.
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If you’re putting together a #Daggerheart or #DrawSteel crowd funding, I am currently available and love designing for both. Would
love to lend my experience with both systems to your project.
love to lend my experience with both systems to your project.
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i've been working on some cool projects through @chimerahearts.com the last few months 👀 we're a volunteer network of #indiettrpg nerds trying to make sure the hobby is sustainable for players and indie designers!! come join us on discord if you're interested
i've been focused on accessibility... 👇
i've been focused on accessibility... 👇
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
i've been working on some cool projects through @chimerahearts.com the last few months 👀 we're a volunteer network of #indiettrpg nerds trying to make sure the hobby is sustainable for players and indie designers!! come join us on discord if you're interested
i've been focused on accessibility... 👇
i've been focused on accessibility... 👇
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Existential horror meet game design meet fiction meet a dungeon crawler in You Will Die In This Place, a masterpiece in TTRPG design. Now in your hands at gamefound.com/pt/projects/...
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Existential horror meet game design meet fiction meet a dungeon crawler in You Will Die In This Place, a masterpiece in TTRPG design. Now in your hands at gamefound.com/pt/projects/...
I work at their Lynnwood location! If we have folks interested in Draw Steel, I’d love to get a club started!
I was up at Zulus today and saw these awesome books for a game called Draw Steel. Anyone here played it and have an opinion?
October 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I work at their Lynnwood location! If we have folks interested in Draw Steel, I’d love to get a club started!
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They should make a TTRPG where it's like, "Take part in a revolution against the tyranny" and the entire gameplay loop is logistics, managing logistics, arguing about logistics, more logistics, you never even touch a gun
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
They should make a TTRPG where it's like, "Take part in a revolution against the tyranny" and the entire gameplay loop is logistics, managing logistics, arguing about logistics, more logistics, you never even touch a gun
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exploration: 7 rules
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
exploration: 7 rules
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
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You know that kind review you left for an indie game on itch?
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You know that kind review you left for an indie game on itch?
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.
Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
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a lot of you on here
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
a lot of you on here
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First time playing Dread tonight and it is STRESSFUL. Great game!
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
First time playing Dread tonight and it is STRESSFUL. Great game!
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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.
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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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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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THE RESULTS ARE IN 🗳️ After loads of voting, we finally have the results of the first #JamsOfTheTimescape!
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Congratulations @tintenseher.bsky.social 🥇and @dillbizzle.bsky.social 🥈! You each win a set of hero dice boxes kindly provided by @hellomcdm.bsky.social
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October 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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