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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 2h

PLOT HOOK MONDAY: the bridge keeper takes no coin. He takes one small thing you will never miss, and he is never wrong. Your wizard pays a spell she forgot she knew. Across the river, the miller's daughter casts it. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndplothooks youtube.com/shorts/EB_DT...

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The Bridge Keeper Takes One Thing You'll Never Miss | Plot Hook Monday #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GM tip for small tables: never hand players the monster's weakness. Hand them three rumors. One true, one false, one half true. Two or three players will argue it out themselves, and you just ran an investigation with zero prep. youtube.com/shorts/ZlS3q... anvilnink.com #ttrpg #gmtips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nobles paid small fortunes for "unicorn horn" to dip in their wine and catch poisoners. What were they really buying? Guess below. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #medievalhistory #unicorn

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Using #DungeonDraft to make some #VTT #battlemaps for Halloween. This is the first 3 : a pumpkin patch at day, then at night when a great pumpkin grows, and then the next day after you destroy the great pumpkin. Would you rather get one location in several states, or more separate maps? #RPG

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every Halloween one-shot, one player tries to romance the monster. Not defeat it. Not banish it. Woo it. The vampire gets a sonnet. The ghost gets flowers. The scarecrow gets asked to the harvest dance. What's the least romanceable thing your player ever tried? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndhumor

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A pumpkin patch planted on a necromancer's grave. The roots broke the seal. Farmers are vanishing and the jack-o'-lanterns carve themselves. The Great Pumpkin - zero-prep 5e one-shot, 2-3 players. Book 1 of a 5-week October arc. payhip.com/b/b1y4Y #ttrpg #dndhorror

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

GM tip: running a horror one-shot for ONE player. - Give them a nervous NPC companion. Solo players go quiet; a companion turns thinking into talking. - One thing that hunts them beats ten ghouls. - One reroll for the night. - Use the silence. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #horrorrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TUESDAY TRIVIA: for centuries people scratched flower-like circles and burned deliberate scorch marks around their doors, windows, and hearths. Not decoration. Not accidents. What were they for? Guess before the reveal - answer in the comments later. #ttrpg #folklore

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You spent all week on the villain's big speech. The lich rises, spreads his arms - You fools, did you truly believ- and an arrow takes him in the throat. The rogue was already in his pockets. What is the fewest words your big bad got out before the table killed him? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dnd

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eight Halloween one-shots, one vault. A vampire masquerade, a village where the silver bell just cracked, and a five-part arc that runs your table to an All Hallows finale. Zero prep, fifth edition, 2-3 players. $18.99 for all eight: payhip.com/b/MQlRZ #ttrpg #dnd #halloween

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

GM tip: you can't out-monster a two-person table. So don't. Take things away instead. Roll a die behind the screen when nothing is happening. Look at it. Say nothing. Their imagination builds a worse monster than you could. Spooky season starts now. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dmtips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The desert notices you. 🏜️ Our feature on Arkh-Perain: Dust and Coin, a 5.5e setting where the world reacts to the party. Creator interview and a first look inside. anvilnink.com/arkh-perain-... #DnD #TTRPG #5e #Kickstarter

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trivia night. Everyone pictures old maps crawling with "here be dragons" at the world's edge. Guess: how many REAL historical maps carry that exact phrase? Sea monsters do not count. Drop your number - answer in the comments tonight. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #cartography

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PLOT HOOK MONDAY A peddler sells cheap trinkets in your market. He comes to town and sells what he has. Then one day....

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The dungeon they call the Gullet cleans itself - gentle jelly cubes dissolve whatever the delvers leave behind. Now the cubes turn up dead and the town is going broke. Squeaky Clean: a zero-prep 5e comedy murder mystery. payhip.com/b/40Wix #ttrpg #dndcomedy #SelfPromoSaturday

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every table has the dice rituals. The one who blows on them. The one with a 'death saves only' die. The one who benched a d20 for rolling badly, like it can feel shame. We are adults whispering to tiny rocks. What's your table's ritual? anvilnink.com youtube.com/shorts/Q9PbV... #ttrpg #dndmemes

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Small-table secret that saves whole sessions: not every monster wants to fight. Before the wandering creature swings, roll 2d6 for its mood - low hostile, mid wary, high curious and open to a deal. Now the ogre on the bridge might rather be paid than punched. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dmtips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trivia night. Medieval siege engines flung far more than stones over castle walls. Besides rocks, what did commanders actually load into a trebuchet? Three real answers, every one grim. Guess below - the answer drops in the comments later. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndlore #history

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

PLOT HOOK MONDAY. Steal it. A writ on the tavern board pays a year's wages for one night: sit the locked room, keep a candle lit till dawn. The turn: the back is signed by 41 who took the job before you. None were ever paid. Last night the chair sat empty. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndplothooks

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The dragon has been waiting to take its turn for twenty minutes. Two players are still arguing whether the pillar gives half cover or three-quarters. It has folded its wings, made tea, and grown feelings. What rule eats the most time at your table? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndmemes

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Small-table GM tip. The one-shot that never ends is not too long - it is un-budgeted. Split your session into thirds, and at the two-thirds mark ring the bell: whatever they are doing, the next scene points at the ending. Cut a side path, never the finale. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #gmtips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A monk took up a cursed blade to avenge his sister. It cut out the evil - and his humanity with it. Now he is the oni who judges the mountain. Climb the holy dark and face him. A zero-prep 5e samurai one-shot for 2-3 players. anvilnink.com/the-onis-road-samurai-one-shot #ttrpg #dndoneshot

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trivia night. In fifth edition your party splits a few hundred gold off one dead lich and barely blinks. In the real medieval world, how long did a common laborer work to earn ONE gold coin? A week? A month? Guess below. Awnswer in the video! anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndlore #gold

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PLOT HOOK MONDAY. Steal it. A door at the back of the tavern was bricked up years ago. Three knocks still land on it every night - from the other side. No one will say who. The turn: the knocks are not asking in. They are counting. anvilnink.com Would you use this plot? #ttrpg #dndplothooks

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Your party finds a legendary sword glowing with power in the last vault. Nobody touches it - it MIGHT be cursed. So you poke it with a ten-foot pole and finish the dungeon with a rusty dagger. What did your table refuse to pick up? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndmemes

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One hundred and one books. One download. Every Anvil N Ink adventure from the very first to our 100-book milestone and one beyond - horror, heists, holidays, solo games, a megadungeon, even LitRPG novels. #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We sort of tried something crazy. We bundled 101 of our books together in one purchase. Adventures, guides, litRPG, and more... one price, $200 for the first 101 Books. PDF, EPUB, maps, images included. payhip.com/b/hfCzJ Do you think its a good value? #ttrpg #DnD #adventure

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The job was clean: board the midnight train, steal the stone, jump before the ravine. But the stone is a cracking prison and the conductor stopped being a man two nights ago. A Weird West 5e one-shot you got to play tonight! anvilnink.com/the-last-tra... #ttrpg #dndoneshot #weirdwest

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

--> Small-table GM tip. That stranger your players walked up to and you never planned for? Build someone unforgettable in ten seconds: one WANT, one QUIRK, one VOICE. That is the whole trick. The NPC you improvised outlives the one you prepped. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #gmtips #WIPWednesday

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Half owl, half bear, and one of the most iconic monsters in the game. Here is the strange part: the owlbear was not invented by a designer sketching a beast. Its real origin is something you could have bought for pocket change in 1974. Any idea what? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dnd #owlbear

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

PLOT HOOK MONDAY. Steal it. You wake on a cold floor in a room you've never seen. Hands red to the wrist - not your blood. Nobody remembers the last few hours. One clue says you did it. One says you stopped something worse. What happened in the missing hours? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndplothooks

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

GM confession: the dragon rolled a 19 on your paladin - a clean kill. I looked at the die, and I said eight. She lived. She never knew. Some nights the story matters more than the number. GMs - ever fudged a roll to save the party? #dmconfessions #dnd anvilnink.com

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You go down alone. Your warband is dead - things in the dark took their minds first; they wait wearing your friends' faces. A solo horror RPG: one player, one d20, no GM. At zero Sanity you don't die - you join them. anvilnink.com/mind-flayer-... #SelfPromoSaturday #dnd

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Why do small #DND groups struggle in combat? Well, today I got into that on a YouTube video. #gamemastertips #TTRPG youtu.be/AYZPaOeikLM What do you think of the tips? Are they helpful?

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Why Small D&D Groups Struggle in Combat (and the Easy Fix) | Small-Table GM Tips #dndtip #dmtips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You spent all week on the villain. Backstory, a three-act plan, a monologue you were proud of. Your two players walk past him to quiz a guard you invented one second ago. That guard now has a name, a wife, and a subplot. Who did your table adopt by accident? #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What kind of Dungeon Master are you? Locked door, no rogue: do you check the rulebook, or does the chandelier just become canon? Our free test names your #DM type, your player type, and who you'd click with at the table. Let us know your type below. anvilnink.com/what-kind-of... #ttrpg #dnd

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Small-table GM tip: two heroes lose the action economy against one monster. Do not add more monsters. Add the room. Give one hazard its own initiative slot - a rising tide, a swinging censer, falling rubble. Every round becomes a choice, not just math. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #gmtips #WIPWednesday

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey all, I made a video about how to do duet play. #Duet is one dungeon master and one player. With three tips to use that if you decide to play a game like this, you should think about. I recommend you try Dungeon Master and one player for a memorable session. #TTRP #DM youtu.be/EMIlnPO08Po

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The Secret to Running Great D&D for Only One Player #DnD #DMTips

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Table trivia. Pour out one standard seven-dice set - d4, d6, d8, both d10s, d12, d20. Add up every face across all seven. How many sides are you holding in one hand? Best guess below, answer tonight. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dnddice

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

PLOT HOOK for your Monday. Steal it. A child in the village keeps drawing rooms of a dungeon that does not exist yet. Every morning, the room she drew the night before is real, carved into the hills exactly as inked. She is three pages from the last one. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndplothooks

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

GM CONFESSIONS. My players spent forty-five minutes planning a heist. Disguises, forged papers, a fake wagon of turnips. Beautiful work. I had written a tavern brawl, so I turned the vault into a tavern. They still wonder why the bank had bar stools. Not sorry. anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndmemes

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The reef breaks her ship in twenty minutes, and your players must be aboard when it does. The Crimson Wake: a razor-coral pirate chase where the stolen relic turns out to be an egg. 5e, 2-3 players, zero prep. anvilnink.com/the-crimson-... Paperback: amzn.to/4w69qvT #ttrpg #SelfPromoSaturday

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You spend all week inking the dungeon. Every trap, every secret door. Then your party walks to the edge of the map, points at the blank part, and asks: what's over there? And now you're a novelist. Where did your table go that you had NOTHING prepped for? anvilnink.com #ttrpg #dndmemes

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Ember Tide: the monster IS the fire. A Burn Clock ticks 0 to 12, and every rest feeds it. Evacuate the town, raid the burning mine, outrun the flame. 5e, 2-3 players, levels 2-3, zero prep. The Review : anvilnink.com/the-ember-ti... The Paperback : amzn.to/4fD20LF #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

GM tip for small tables. A party of 2-3 always has a skill gap - some nights nobody can pick the lock. Never let the story stall on a roll nobody can make. Every obstacle gets two ways through: the clean way, and the loud way that costs something. What way do you prefer? anvilnink.com #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Perseids are falling tonight - but a high enough wizard does not wait for the sky. Fifth edition has one spell that calls the meteors down on command, the most destructive in the whole book. Name it, its level, and its damage. Best guess in the replies. anvilnink.com #dnd #ttrpg

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For 3 nights, #stars have been falling. The old watchwoman counts them, each 1 a soul on its way down, she says, or a door left open. She reached 41 before dawn, then stopped. The40 second did not burn out. It landed. That is why they sent for you. What do you find there? #dnd #ttrpg anvilnink.com

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anvilandink.bsky.social @anvilandink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#SelfPromoSaturday: First Day at Spellhaven. Orientation day at a #magic school, and the prank-construct that tests new students just malfunctioned. Four misfits, one terrified first-year, a clock ticking backward. 5e, 2-3 players. anvilnink.com/first-day-at-spellhaven-magic-school-one-shot/

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