iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Thay, for all you've changed, so much remains the same…” Some light prep for next week, D&D 5.5e Encounters (Season of Magic) at a FLGS.

A map and booklet from an AD&D FR6 module (1988) featuring Thay, along with the D&D 5.5e PHB (2024), Arcana Unleashed (2026), and a Thay spread from D&D Worlds & Realms (2024)

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Patent colleague jokes, re: Quantum computers, the uncertainty principle, and supercool stuff. -- #quantumcomputers #uncertaintyprinciple #supercooling

On a black background, text reads "9:59 am" followed by 4 rectangular shaped with rounded corners, the 1st dark grey and the others blue. Text in each of the 4 shapes reads as follows:

– 1st –
«So you understand how
Quantum computers work?»

– 2nd –
«I mean, yes.*

* Subject to the uncertainty
principle»

– 3rd –
«There are various models for "why" they work... And as long as the "how" of it doesn't venture too far into that field... [Aside: "It may generally be believed—but without intending to be bound by theory—that..."] It should be ok.»

– 4th –
«You got something "supercool" you're working on over there?»

[All text is white sans serif.]

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A captive LLM – foisted onto devices worldwide by some tech giant / sociopath – was recently coaxed into admitting:

On a dark grey background, off-white sans serif text reads:

«The forced push to automate standard tasks like email writing ignores real-world friction. When a tool actively degrades efficiency and complicates basic communication, forcing its adoption is completely counterproductive.

«If the tech industry continues to deploy unskippable user interface traps and uncustomizable features that destroy daily productivity, it could open the door to Major "dark pattern" consumer deception lawsuits.»

001

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And, this is how I learn?! 😱🫠 (Wasn't there supposed to be a plume of white smoke, or something? 💨) -- "I am not a Fortune 500 company..."

On a blue curtain background, off-white "comic sans"-like text reads:
and neither is hasbro anymore
they fell off the list in 2023
BUT THEY WERE

[Two fingertips are visible in the bottom right.]

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

About 30 years ago, this guy was saved from an estate sale in Nova Scotia... (Made of wood. Paint is faded. Same prop structure in the back.)

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Below, just FYI, a list of current national security legislation in Canada. (I don't yet see any national AI or trade security legislation listed there, yet...) ✌️

On a white background, black italicized text:
- Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
- Communications Security Establishment Act
- National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act
- National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act
- Intelligence Commissioner Act
- Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Forgot to mention, it has more to do with spacetime and ye olde H. P. Lovecraft quote* than it does D&D or magic ✌️🫠 * Screenshot of quote below:

On a black background, white serif text:
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”
– H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu (1928)

020

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And 1 hour after that, Example 3

Screenshot of the two preceding posts, with arrows pointing to Bluesky's ascribed 1/2 and 2/2 notations.

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't remember seeing this 12+ iconography in previous books. Tho' my memory's not what it once was ;) Could be a predesign of things to come… Photo of Arcana Unleashed, p.2

Photo of Arcana Unleashed, p.2 bearing 12+ iconography. Also seen here, the first few Contents from p.3 of the book.

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Some light reading for a Saturday afternoon. Really, quite a beautiful (and useful) tome… Some might even say, magical 🧙‍♂️✨ 👍 Kudos to the whole @dndbeyond.com team :) [And, thanks to FLGS @lvlupgames.bsky.social in Mississauga, Ontario for all its inherent awesomeness too!] #D&D #ArcanaUnleashed

EXT. TREES – DAY
A book is propped up against pillows in the foreground, with trees visible in the background. The book is D&D's 'Arcana Unleashed' (alt. cover)

EXT. TREES – DAY
A book is propped up against pillows in the foreground, with trees (and some water barely) visible in the background. The book – D&D's 'Arcana Unleashed' – is open to chapter 3 entitled "Creating Magical Worlds" at pages 46-47.

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They walked so that others could run... Er, ride... Aerodynamically... On the shoulders of giants...

The front page of US Patent App. Pub No. 2006/0061126 entitled
"Windshield For A Motorcycle, Motor Tricycle Or Bicycle"

Fig. IV from German patent references DE 20 2014 009 064 U1 (2015.01.22)

The front page of US Design Patent No. D245329 entitled "Bicycle Fairing"

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I proclaim, @dndbeyond.com's recent re-drop of Leomund's Lamentable Belaborment—an Unearthed Arcana (1985) spell—was itself, in this time, a self-aware insight or inflammatory statement about a polity nearer than we know. Else, on our intelligence, spend a turn discussing or arguing for or against.

A book is on a table. The book is Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 'Unearthed Arcana' (1985) by Gary Gygax. The table has a dark wood veneer worn thin and a metal frame on its right side.

The top of a page in an open book bears the heading 'Leomund's Lamentable Belaborment', a spell for Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons from 'Unearthed Arcana' (1985) by Gary Gygax. The spell's tombstone information and first 1½ paragraphs are shown.

210

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

💯! And, my copies, seen here, were delivered to Oakville yesterday :) Mostly unrelated, I saw your bio's #torontOSR and reference to a LGS – maybe in Toronto or the GTA – that carries the Cairn Press zines in stock! Is it Ratti Incantati? (Or, is it maybe a LGS that I don't know… ?! 🤯)

Two Cairn Press adventure zines – The Drops of St. Jerome & What Haunts the Harwood – rest on a wooden table, above an acorn.

100

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A little Sunday afternoon Terror in Tortuga reading, poolside. (Such a great quickstart adventure book:) -- #PirateBorg #freeRPGday

In the foreground, a PirateBorg 'Terror in Tortuga' quickstart rules and adventure book, from 2026 Free RPG Day. It sits on a blue and beige pillow. A swimming pool and concrete surround can be seen in the background.

020

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"lawyer as public servant" -- o' ye olde alma mater #lawyers #public-service

A photograph depicts the following black text (against an off-white background):
[...] how they fully embrace the college ethos of "lawyer as public servant," regardless of whether they are from a farm or a First Nation, a town in rural Saskatchewan or a [...]
--
From 'Dean's message, June 2026', Of Note (University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Spring 2026), p.5

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Magical Copyright and Spell Ownership" – i.e., § 1501.4 of The Magical Code of Regulations (by Christopher Frigo), pp.319-320

A photograph of a bottom portion of page 319 from The Magical Code Of Regulations (by Christopher Frigo) bearing the following text:

§ 1501.4 Magical Copyright and Spell Ownership

(a) General Rule.
A spell created in accordance with this Part may be recognized as the intellectual property of the practitioner or entity responsible for its creation, subject to the limitations and requirements of this section.

(b) Ownership.
(1) Ownership of a new spell shall vest in the creator upon completion of development, provided that such creation complies with this Code.
(2) Where a spell is created jointly, ownership shall be shared in proportion to each contributor's involvement, unless otherwise agreed.

(c) Registration Requirement.
(1) No claim of ownership shall be enforceable unless the spell is registered with the appropriate authority in accordance with applicable procedures.
(2) Registration shall include sufficient detail to identify the spell's function, structure, and distinguishing characteristics.

(d) Limitations on Ownership.
No person shall claim ownership of-
(1) a spell derived entirely from existing, commonly known, or publicly available magical practices;
(2) a spell developed in violation of this Code; or
(3) a spell whose effects cannot be reliably reproduced or verified.

(e) Rights Conferred.

A photograph of a top portion of page 320 from The Magical Code Of Regulations (by Christopher Frigo) bearing the following text:

(1) Ownership shall confer the right to control the use, reproduction, and distribution of the spell, subject to this Code.
(2) Such rights shall not extend to uses required by law, public safety, or authorized governmental functions.

(f) Disclosure and Compliance.
(1) Registration and enforcement of ownership shall not exempt a spell from compliance with any applicable safety, ethical, or regulatory requirements.
(2) Authorities may require disclosure of spell details where necessary to ensure compliance with this Code.

(g) Duration of Protection.
(1) Ownership rights shall persist for a period determined by applicable regulation or until the spell enters the public domain.
(2) A spell may enter the public domain upon expiration of such period or upon voluntary release by the owner.

(h) Cross-References.
For general requirements for creating new spells, see § 1501.1. For ethical and safety standards, see § 1501.2. For reporting requirements, see § 1501.3. For licensing and certification requirements, see Part II. For penalties, see § 102.2.

(i) Historical Annotations.
This section was enacted under C.C.D. 8863, 50 MR 233, Thu. 7, 1983 to establish ownership rights in newly created spells. Amended under C.C.D. 9681, 61 MR 367, Mon. 18, 2004 to incorporate registration and limitation requirements. Revised under C.C.D. 10604, 78 MR 701, Mon. 28, 2023 to clarify scope of rights and public domain provisions.

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Seen here, a few old issues of 2600 – The Hacker Quarterly -- Front and back covers of vol. 20 no. 2 (summer 2003) + vol. 29 no. 4 (winter 2012-2013) + vol. 30 nos. 1-3 (spring, summer, autumn 2013) #Twenty600 #26hundred

Seen here, the front cover of an issue of 2600 – The Hacker Quarterly, vol. 20 no. 2 (summer 2003)

Seen here, the back cover of an issue of 2600 – The Hacker Quarterly, vol. 20 no. 2 (summer 2003)

Seen here, the front covers of four issues of 2600 – The Hacker Quarterly, vol. 29 no. 4 (winter 2012-2013) and vol. 30 nos. 1-3 (spring, summer, autumn 2013)

Seen here, the back covers of four issues of 2600 – The Hacker Quarterly, vol. 29 no. 4 (winter 2012-2013) and vol. 30 nos. 1-3 (spring, summer, autumn 2013)

100

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Forgot the ALT text on that last image above. Here, let's try that again...

The inside top and bottom of the box bearing two parts of a peasants and gallows pole design element in colour. The front cover of the black book, with the silver foil elements including the gallows pole and hangman's noose design element, along with the following words:

Gallows Corner
A Peasants' Revolt RPG

A Game By
Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick

Black, green, purple, and red booklets for Tales of Old England I-IV:
- A Spark Takes Hold
- The Gold of Greenwood
- The Enemy of My Enemy
- The Book of Outlaws

The first of these bearing a peasants and town design element.

171

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, in Canada, Gallows Corner – A Peasants' Revolt RPG. Tomorrow, A Spark Takes Hold. Can the end of neofeudalism be far behind... ? (A roleplaying game;) #GallowsCorner Kudos @threesailsstudios.bsky.social

Gallows Corner
A Peasants' Revolt RPG

A Game By
Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick

A black box bearing these words with a stained glass design element.

An inside top of a box bearing a peasants design element. A front cover of a black book, with silver foil elements including a gallows pole and hangman's noose design element, along with the following words:

Gallows Corner
A Peasants' Revolt RPG

A Game By
Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick

The inside top of the box bearing the peasants design element. The front cover of the black book, with the silver foil elements including the gallows pole and hangman's noose design element, along with the following words:

Gallows Corner
A Peasants' Revolt RPG

A Game By
Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick

An inside base of the box with an insert for a black booklet with a peasants and town design element, along with the following additional words:

A Spark
Takes Hold
Tales of Old England I

241

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The "Drake equation" – a probabilistic estimate for how many active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations exist in our galaxy – may help humans comprehend the vastness of space. Named for renowned astronomer and astrophysicist Frank Drake. Yet, of his legacy, his daughter had this to say…

Dr. Nadia Drake
@nadiamdrake
If you asked Dad what his most important accomplishment was, his answer wasn't science. It was working as a suicide prevention counselor in Ithaca NY. For nine years he volunteered at the crisis center, working the overnight shift. He didn't talk about those times very much but...
1:57 p.m. - 07 Sept 22 - TweetDeck

Dr. Nadia Drake
@nadiamdrake
"I often think those were the most important hours I ever spent in my whole life," he told @dianesackerman, who recounts some of his experiences in her gorgeous book, A Slender Thread. He told me the same-although I hadn't known of those hours until I needed the same lifeline.
1:58 p.m. - 07 Sept 22 - TweetDeck

Dr. Nadia Drake
@nadiamdrake
I can picture him quietly talking people through the worst moments of their lives, helping them see another sunrise.
That's who he was. He cared so much about people he'd never meet, and he loved life so much that he needed to help us love it too—if even just a tiny bit more.
1:58 p.m. - 07 Sept 22 - TweetDeck

110

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

i thought the seer foretold obelisks, or perhaps it was pylons, or a turnstile at the ticket booth. pobeliskato, tomato. a snappy snippet:

"[...] While specific examples are provided in reference to Magic: The Gathering (“Magic”), the embodiments herein are applicable to other tabletop games where human players are called upon to adjudicate/resolve game scenarios during play [...] The examples provided in this document are intended as illustrative and are not limiting. Any other game referenced in this document, and many others unmentioned are equally appropriate after appropriate modifications.
"[0016] To address the limited accessibility of traditional card games, a gameplay assistant uses generative artificial intelligence (i.e., generative AI, GenAI) technologies to aid accessibility and provide players with gameplay rule adjudications and/or gameplay advice. [...]"

020

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My set of ye olde GDQ modules, from back in the day. (Still in pretty good shape.) ((And, imo, the DnD trilogy we deserve.)) #dnd #ttrpg #dndhistory. #oldschooldnd #dndmovie. #giants, #kuotoa, #drow, the demonweb & #lolth

Covers of the GDQ modules published in 1980 for the AD&D line by TSR.

Covers, backs, and maps of the GDQ modules published in 1980 for the AD&D line by TSR.

Booklet covers of the GDQ modules published in 1980 for the AD&D line by TSR.

Maps of the GDQ modules published in 1980 for the AD&D line by TSR.

130

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Dice tower passed the Troika! vibe check in our session this aft. As usual, gg! @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io #troika #ttrpg #gg #dicetower

Dice tower with a bell from 'The Inventors' (1970s) boardgame by Parker Bros. feat. phrases: "THE INCREDIBLE PATENT PICKER, MOVE MAKER MACHINE", "Dice" with upward pointing hand and arrow design elements, "PUSH Plunger DOWN" inside a downward pointing arrow design element, and "Bell" with a sideways arrow design element pointing towards the bell, above "BEWARE falling dice!" Itself, over the dice chute exit... And "LOAD PATENT CLAIM" inside an upward pointing arrow design element, and "PUSH-PULL" inside a downward pointing arrow design element, above a slot. Itself, above "INVENTION CARD". Inside the dice tray, a 3 and 4 face up on black dice and a 5 on a single white die.

1101

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

GeoGeo MetroGraphy : Megafancity Ideation on a fantasy megacity, for an upcoming ttrpg campaign mashup. Next to overlay fantastical analogues to a Grade 8 urban geography lesson. #fantasy #megacity #ttrpg #worldbuilding

a hexagonal design featuring two differently shaded triangles in three different sizes

Geography notes on settlement and sustainability

Rough location of Megafancity nestled between a bay, coastal mountains, and a couple highways

030

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

How I arrived on Bluesky... [dumpster fire (aka xschwitter), unicorn bear dgaf]

In the foreground, a bearded person wears a unicorn costume and sips a beverage from a straw. In the background, a dumpster fire.

000

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Didn't every #patent attorney have this #boardgame as a kid... ? I still have my copy, seen here. Pulled it out today, since I might use that #DiceTower device in a future #DnD* session. * i.e., #ttrpg

Game board for 'The Inventors' (circa 1970s) by Parker Brothers

Patent deeds for 'The Inventors' boardgame (circa 1970s) by Parker Brothers

Box for 'The Inventors' boardgame (circa 1970s) by Parker Brothers

Dice tower from 'The Inventors' boardgame (circa 1970s) by Parker Brothers

030

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Keep on the Borderlands map, from the #D&D Starter Set, with alternate class boards: Barbarian, Bard, Druid, Ranger, and Warlock.

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Arrived today! (It's a Valentine's Day miracle 🤣) Latest adds to my #ttrpg bookshelves: Swords of the Serpentine, and A Life Well Lived. Beautiful! 👀❤️ Kudos @kevinkulp.bsky.social, Emily Dresner, @pelgranepress.bsky.social, @cubicle7games.bsky.social & @magicmadhouse.bsky.social #SotS

The books 'Swords of the Serpentine' and 'A Life Well Lived' rest on crinkled brown shipping paper, with an Eversink map and a map of the real world beneath.

281

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

”Start off with Something make it Weirder make it Fantasy make it Sci-fi…” – said of #Troika! by Moose of @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io discord

Text on graph paper reads as follows:
START OFF
with
something
make it
weirder
make it
fantasy
make it
sci-fi

(And, a dragon and a rocket ship are shown in a double exposure.)

142

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#CloudEmpress : Stories from the Slip by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social arrived, via the wonderful folks at @ratti.bsky.social 💚 Should tide me over until the Life & Death KS starts fulfillment, maybe, in the next few weeks 🤞 Also pictured (bonus) : #Borglite by @calenheydt.bsky.social 💛 All awesome!

The photo shows 3 zines: Cloud Empress Almanac Vol. II, Bodyhopping in Polite Society, Blooming Blade. Plus, a Shrimp Mouse patch, a Ratti Incantati sticker, and the Borglite game on a business card.

031

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you ⚪⚫⭕ "1-25"

An array of 5 x 5 circles, all but the first with varying numbers of circles within. Text at the bottom of the image reads "© 2006-2015, Kevin Edward Holbeche. All Rights Reserved."

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"This crowdfunder doesn't have to do as well as the last one—if it does half as well as the last one, we will be on cloud nine." – @mattcolville.bsky.social 47 min 17 s youtu.be/aUjNv2ireGk?... CLOUD 9: @hellomcdm.bsky.social, @alphastream.bsky.social, welcome, it's like you never left. #drawsteel

Screenshot for this crowdfunder, with the number $2,343,676 highlighted.

Screenshot for the last one, with the number $4,600,520 highlighted.

0211

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

"... the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distribution..." #Daggerheart #Hope&Fear

Two visual depictions of all possible outcomes from rolling 2 dodecahedrons (12-sided dice) or 2d12, with a binomial distribution for hope and fear.

#Daggerheart #Hope&Fear

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I guess, of these, perhaps only Fiend Folio strictly counts as #BOSR. But, I don't discriminate :) So, yes, for sure. That is, among other things... #fiendfolio #merp #jamesbond007rpg

Three books on a table: Fiend Folio, Middle-Earth Roleplaying, James Bond 007 Q-Manual

110

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Swipe left / right, in succession. Same old same same : "This one wants yours." / "That one wants more." Bah. Flip that. Next up. What's new? Help others get their due. And they can help you get yours too.

Same image as in the preceding post, but with the words blanked out ~ "This one wants yours."

A further modified version of the preceding image, but with the center figure horizontally flipped ~ "That one wants more."

030

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This growing stack of A5-ish ttrpg books brings me joy: - Whitehack - Role-Playing Mastery - So You Want To Be A Game Master - Cairn 2e Player's Guide - Cairn 2e Warden's Guide - Breach Of Contract - Mothership Warden's Operation Manual... (cont'd...)

A stack of A5-ish ttrpg books includes:
- Whitehack
- Role-Playing Mastery
- So You Want To Be A Game Master
- Cairn 2e Player & Warden Guides (no spine text shown)
- Breach Of Contract (no spine text shown)
- Mothership Warden's Operation Manual (no spine text shown)
- Magitecnica - Codex 1: The Use and Misuse of Powers Great and Small (no spine text shown)
- Unseen City / Down The Snail's Spire (no spine text shown)
- Into The Odd
- Knave 2e
- Knock #5
- Acid Death Fantasy
- Troika
- The Black Hack
- Between The Skies
- The Book of Changing Years
- Kids On Brooms
The stack sits on a cardboard box against a grey wall, with a dice bag resting atop it.

150

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Just received a physical copy of this *absolutely beautiful* book: #MonsterOverhaul by Skerples. Awesome book and #ComposeDreamGames in Canada was super helpful. Kudos. @skerples.bsky.social @coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com.web.brid.gy @joshuakitz.bsky.social composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...

A book entitled The Monster Overhaul - A Practical Bestiary by Skerples is shown. Its cover is largely red and features a red dragon above a grey temple amid blue-purple vegetation. The book sits atop another Skerples book, Magical Industrial Revolution - A Pre-Apocalyptic Setting Guide. The two books cast a shadow towards the top of the image, and sit upon an autumn-colored table cloth.

120

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Here's my self-diagnosed OCD at work 🤣 The bags pictured are supplemental ones I'm using. I saved the other 4 bags, which came with the set, as intended for the PCs cards and tokens (not pictured).

Heroes of the Borderlands box set, showing its included storage tray, with HP tokens in a first bag, and gold and gem tokens in a second. Dice and power tokens are in a first section of the tray, large monster tokens and character standees are in a second section. And, trap and medium size monster tokens are (alphabetically) arranged in a third. A large spider web token is stored above the combat tracking pad.

210

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

i gotta admit, the #Daggerheart core book and card set are high quality and quite beautiful. [Check the ALT.] Also, love the maths of two dodecahedrons with binomial distributions. And, it might be nice to hold a character as a hand. Will I play this game? Unlikely. Would I? You bet.

A photograph of a Daggerheart core book and set of cards, along with a Crown Royal dice bag. All, on a coffee table. // The book lies open to pages 146-147 bearing a Pitfalls To Avoid heading within the Core Guidance section of its Chapter 3. // The pages bear two illustrations. One shows two humal (sic) people. A first, with an outstretched hand. The other, surrounded by flames. // The other illustration shows two fungal people. A first, on sedge in bright green, against a starlit mountainous dark purple background. The other, rooted in dark purple, against a bright pink deeply wooded background. Each, carries a staff in one hand. Both, their other arms, respectively, spectrally joining one another across the divide. // The card set is arranged, in six stacks, in a case. The card on the top of each stack bears a smaller illustration. They are Rune Ward, Brace, Words of Discord, Forest Sprites, Unbreakable, and Warden of the Elements mastery. // The bag is purple with gold stitching. // The table is worn wood veneer. // The bag is in the top left quadrant of the photo. The card set in its top right. And, the book in its bottom half.

020

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Reading 'Overloading the Encounter Die' by Brendan of @necropraxis.bsky.social in Knock #5 from the @themerrymushmen.bsky.social… Wherein, a roll of 3 on the encounter die has a suggested "Locality (context-dependent timer)" result. Love this passage 💙 (Check the image ALT.) Kudos.

In a photo of page 39 from the Knock #5, a paragraph reads: «"Locality" is meant to be used for area-specific events that should be kept separate from standard random encounters. Examples: water rising, the stalker drawing nearer, a prisoner losing an appendage to the torturer, doors locking behind PCs, and so forth. The possibilities are limitless and make every location potentially mechanically different in a way that is player-salient.»

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Okay, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor

Nancy Reagan sits, in front of an Xmas tree, on the lap of Mr. T who's wearing a Santa outfit. The then first lady of the US holds a Mr. T doll still in its packaging.

010

@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

"We believe that, with the centuries, knowledge can be steadily increased and learning advanced, but we do not suppose that the same progress can be achieved in #wisdom. The individual may grow in wisdom. The race does not seem to." – A #Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952; 2e, 1990)

The image shows a paper-colored background, with black text, "THE special character of wisdom among the attainments of the mind shows itself in the things which everyone will agree can be said about wisdom—things which cannot be said about art and science, or knowledge and learning generally. We believe that, with the centuries, knowledge can be steadily increased and learning advanced, but we do not suppose that the same progress can be achieved in wisdom. The individual may grow in wisdom. The race does not seem to."
The image includes a last partial line of text, with its bottom half truncated, that begins a new paragraph. It appears to begin, "In the tradition of the great books, the mod-"
The image was a photograph taken from A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952; second edition, 1990).

010