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behold, menomeo! my vaults of vaarn character

rain @cake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

if you have 1-2 mooncakes still lying around but are so sick of them, mooncake icecream is the answer!! it’s just a vanilla base + mashed mooncakes mixed it in near the end but it’s so good, prob my best after the olive oil x rosemary pint some summers ago

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

spent all my time on ttrpgs today n_n i printed the zine for this month’s solo bookclub, checked my ratings for the first time and realized that pinpanar9 rated two games!!, had an idea for folklore jam then took it all the way to a playtest and lastly, prepared for a one-shot of the deepest dark

cards laid out on table with paper map and notebook

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

recently heard a man spoke abt how he decided to break a world record and went for it. i’ve been contemplating plausible ones i can take on and timed myself finding every letter in a can of alphabet pasta yesterday. i think it’s possible if i trained but i hated eating the remaining pasta lol

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

dropped off social media posting because i discovered physical memory keeping! highly recommend. here’s last week spread. that said, i felt the urge to dust off this account and yap tonight

weekly spread from a journal, mostly handwritten entries with some photos. notable events: DCFC concert, SPRU con, Lovett play

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

i think it’s doing an open mic

many lil plants on the ground but only one in sunlight

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

my bf flew to spain for work this morning and is already coming for me and my WIPs...

text message with a cathedral and crane, captioned 'I think Spain and cathedral is you n game'

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

look what came in the mail! happy chinese new year 🧧

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

played the sticker game earlier tonight! cassi-mothwin.itch.io/the-sticker-...

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

pics from 2 diff lunches this week: finally used the onigiri mold i got from daiso 6 months ago and enjoyed this lemon ketchup as salad dressing

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

does this make me good at scheduling or bad at scheduling

screenshot of weekly calendar with a game every weeknight

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

egg latte art gave me the giggles, same barista poured both cups

two coffees, one has a heart latte art and the other one has a filled circle

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

fav nails from this year, all by @grandma.love.plant on ig

nail palette inspired by colours of a mandarin duck

halloween nails, textured to look like blood, eyes and small eggs

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

bf made me a miniatures game for christmas!!╰(*´︶`*)╯x’treme runtherd combines our love for 40k and neopets, where you play an orc trying to herd your orclins back into their pen

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

day 6: the banality of existence #1 (69) by tom gooch. cackled reading this, my kind of slice of life. i’ll be getting #2

panel of a guy holding a tray of brown food. comic text:
AND NOW ONE OF LIFE'S LESSER KNOWN DELICACIES, AN ENTIRE TRAY OF COMPLETELY BROWN FOOD. WE'RE TALKIN' PIZZAS, NUGGETS, KIEVS, CROQUETTES, ALL THE STUFF YOUR MAM WOULDN'T LET YOU HAVE MORE THAN FIVE OF WHEN YOU WERE A KID. BUT HEY, YOU'RE NOT A KID ANYMORE, IT'S TIME TO BE A GROWN UP ANDEAT A TRAY FULL OF DEEP-FRIED POTATO. DON'T EVEN TIME THE OVEN, JUST SLAP IT ON FULL HEAT AND KNOW THAT YOURE IN GOOD HANDS.

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

only fun stamps from this household

variety of stamps including star wars, frankenstein, quotes, marvel, lombe’s silk mill

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

day 5: the troublesome stone and other comics by emix regulus. a short read that discusses vulnerability and being comfortable in your own skin via a truth speaking goblin, tulip bulbs and a phone tossed into the thames.

4 panel page in the comic with a person tossing the goblin into a hole, with the text bubble ‘why me’

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

got an idea for the ttrpg bookmark jam

shittily drawn picture of a person on a horse with the text a rider in the night, on a plain bookmark

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

playing a wretch in @alfredvalley.bsky.social’s dungeon pulp this morning, coffee is great too and such a fun way to introduce people to the hobby

dungeon pulp map sheet, dice bag with 3 dice and cup of coffee on tabletop

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

day 4: the luminary lark-mirror by casper pham. in a world where pinball is outlawed, a pinball engineer labours over her masterpiece in the shadows. perfect example of why comics is the goated medium

the luminary lark-mirror by casper pham cover

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

day 3: exhibition mission by timothy winchester. not a comic but made it to the pile as i got it at thought bubble. lil green bear puts on his own art exhibition for nana! i love the scenes and have a deep appreciation for how they were made. miss messing around in blender

cover of exhibition mission by timothy winchester

lil green bear making stained glass art with their friend. art is 3d

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

love turning to my bf and saying ‘new game idea’ at least thrice a day. already at 2/3 today: 1) you play as the anonymous animals in a google doc 2) zine game but zine has a fun shape (from avapoof on ig)

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

day 2: everything sucks (real gamer hours) by michael sweater. pals get sucked into a mmorpg and lose track of time. relatable!

everything sucks by michael sweater comic cover

spread of the comic, one friend is showing another the game. in the game, they hit a rat and get loot

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

was gonna play the tears from stone module i just got but didn't get to start because i was having too much fun drawing my character, storm rot. back this game so we get more mermons!

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

my version of an advent cal is picking 24 comics from my tbr and reading one every day starting strong with temple by jack t. cole. a foxling finds a dilapidated temple and sets out to reinvigorate its magic. wordless yet transportive, the quiet makes room for the world before and after these pages

cover of temple by jack t cole, white foxling looking directly at you

spread within the comic, foxling moving around inside the temple

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

dragonmeet haul! was lovely seeing so many friends across various communities that i play with under one roof

- goblin dice bag by the coven of stitches
- you’ll burn this when you’re done with it by hugh wybourne
- alfred valley: dungeon pulp coffee + game + sticker, the baron’s sport and thousand empty light, brute fort promo card
- knock! issue 4
- tears from stone, an eco mofo adventure
- maharlika rpg
- escape from the tower of dusk (prison break solo rpg)
- regal rollers nightshade dice

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

made a pocket zine drawing game to give out at dragonmeet!!

zine cover reads fudge! a solo drawing game

game intro: You're a goblin on the
lookout for your favourite winter delight at the annual Frost Fair. Will you get to have a taste of that sweet fudge this year?

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

one of the in-game social media sites is ribbit 🐸 so i made an account for rosco

green button that says ribbit with a frog icon

screenshot of ribbit feed:
1. anyone's cyborg pets also out of whack???
2. kids these days
3. wanna see cats in cosplay? come visit Catstellation! it's on the
border of Turing and Marukyu with an image of a cat in tanjiro's fit (demon slayer)

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

the algo just served this up. i have no clue what dungeon synth is but i think i need to find out

greater restoration presents dungeon crawl, all day dungeon synth festival

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

making a lil zine to hand out at dragonmeet

zine titled Fudge! a solo drawing game, with a drawing of angoblin making a snow angel

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

the buzz after playtesting when you’ve found a dozen ways to make the game better

mausritter roll and write gameplay playtest

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

yesterday was session 0 for hardwired island. my char is a lotto winner who started a radio show covering grand cross station’s urban legends. he also has a poo-chi

poochi robot dogs from the 90s in blue, pink and purple

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

in tuesday’s d&d, we persuaded a pair of tiefling siblings at loggerheads to hash it out and reconcile. we played as the NPCs in therapy who could only talk when holding a tortoise skull. the GM also made loyalty cards to handle xp!

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

lastly, i printed the module, read it through once more for typos and decided that it was good enough to submit!! learnt a ton and had fun along the way. particularly glad to have experienced another form of making!

booklet cover with the title 'caged in the cliffs of mount carrion'

inside the booklet. has room descriptions and accompanying images

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

after that, i drew some pics to replace the placeholders. still got ways to go in terms of illustration skills but it works

drawings of spectral sheep, cauldron, venus flytrap, skeleton with duster and a woman wearing a wide-brim hat

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

at this point, i had enough material to complete a full draft in markdown. this is the doc i used to ask for feedback in discord servers, would rec the NSR cauldron! also read and tried to incorporate lessons from classic articles like diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2019/10/land... along the way

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

next, i moved to @kinopio.club so i could rearrange my ideas on a canvas and better visualize everything that's going on at once kinopio.club/caged-in-the...

room description arranged around drawing of map

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

i then looked up dungeon design resources and found @riseupcomus.bsky.social’s designing dungeons. i used chapters 2-4 to brainstorm, refine and sketch the map

workbook page about dungeon theme

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DUNGEON THEME： Vulture farm

DUNGEON BACKGROUND

Mountain vultures have nested in the protected nooks of the ［name］ mountain cliffs for centuries. A few years ago，
a witch trapped all the vultures in the region. She peddles a precious potion, of which a mountain vulture's egg is a
crucial ingredient. （A pair lays ~2 eggs a year）.

STRUCTURES：

LIGHTING：

SIGHTS：

SOUNDS：

SMELL AND TASTE：

COMMON MONSTERS

Black cat, skeleton, carrion crawler （baby vulture？） Mountainous

Dark, though there are torches here and there

Rats darting around

Bleats, wings flapping, brewing

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NPC：：

NC 2：

NPC3： Shepherd: Wool ofthe sheep goes to the vulture's nest. Witch threatens them
otherwise

Birdwatcher: On the lookout for vultures for the witch

Vulkin: Mountain folk to whom the vultures are sacred. Attempts to free the vultures
have been foiled by the carrion collectors.

NPC+：

NPCy： Carrion collector: Tasked with bringing fresh kills for the vulture

Witchlet （Apprentice）： Doing her own thing

DUNGEON LORD： Witch

workbook page on the map, with sketch of a map

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

i joined the jam bc i’m fond of DURF! i discovered it when my bf who isn’t into ttrpgs but humours me was up for a dungeon. i found @emielboven.itch.io's lair of the gobbler, read DURF’s rules and was ready to go within ~30 min. we had a blast so I wanted to do an adventure of a similar scope

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rain @cake.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

poker cards encounters in the last 12 hours: catching up with postmark games’ 52 duels announcement, playing Jimbo’s game in don’t starve together and forgetting to prepare for winter and starting chuck tingle’s lucky day