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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 1h

What I'd like to do with Thoughtcrime is to make afro-fantasy/future/grimdark/whatever stock art more available to ppl. It becomes a sel-reinforcing cycle: every time I want to do something in TTRPGs, it is easy to find plentiful sources until I want black faces, then... it gets difficult.

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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.

A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am helping sit a cousin's dog, one who wants to play fetch all day long, and this is what he expects me to throw:

A photograph in which a pair of fingers at the top of the image, very near the lens, pinches the tattered remnants of a red maple leaf, which dangles partway down the image; just scraps of leaf tissue cling to the broken central vein. Behind leaf, very nearly in the centre of the frame, is an out-of-focus dog, though his brown ears, nose, and eyespots make clear that he is starting at either the leaf or the person holding it. The dog stands upon a truly filthy black carpet, and I wonder whose fault that might be?

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EtanaRachel @bibliophelia94.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Forgot to post this- I helped @christianityon.bsky.social understand why he gets so many messages about Judaism: open.spotify.com/episode/45dF...

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Judaism on the Spectrum - With Etana

Christianity On The Spectrum · Episode

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Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow Too Hot to Tango is coming OUT (intentional phrasing)

Graphic novel cover, a dark skinned teenage girl in a red ball gown is dipped by a pale skinned teenage girl in a soccer uniform. They are dancing on a dock at sunset.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sometimes I look over my Bluesky posting and feel a bit embarrassed about how shallow I seem to have become: it's almost all about games, and nothing any more about philosophy, religion, or politics. Then I remember how those conversations tended to go on here and I stop worrying about it.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also, there's not understanding how insurance works (me, not fully clear about the role/history of brokerage, etc.) and then there's not understanding how insurance works (these people).

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🧝‍♀️ Roguelike Bot 🧌 @roguelikebot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The half-orc to the North-west worship a God they call Zila, The Trendy God. The worshippers can be identified by the newspaper they carry on them, as a sign of their worship.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As with Based and Superstructured, I'm not quite sure what "games that shaped who I am" means. However, I could explain to you how each of these games changed how I related to games or what I thought games can be, which is probably good enough. These are in no particular order.

An array of images on a white background. At the top reads, "My 9 Games," with a subheading, "The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am." The images are the covers of nine video games, each labelled. They are, in order, MAJESTY: THE FANTASY KINGDOM SIM, FALLOUT 4, WILDERMYTH, DISCO ELYSIUM, MASS EFFECT 2, WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS, HOCUS POCUS, TIME SPLITTERS: FUTURE PERFECT, and HALF-LIFE 2.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture.

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Let's do this right here: Time recording in your TTRPG play: Do you do it / have you done it to any significant extent? I mean everything from "We mark days on an in-world calendar of events" to "Someone notes down what happens during our dungeon crawls (mostly in order)" and beyond. Tell me!

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I prefer it when things are explicit, so I'd actually like it more as a rule, I think. Anyway, I agree it's interesting to think through what it would mean if it was a rule.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The random creation of intelligible relationships appeals to me, of course, but I think the random creation of *almost* intelligible relationships appeals to me more. I want to have to put some work into it.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Contrast it with this one, immediately prior: bsky.app/profile/wast... Two possibilities leap out to explain the ubiquitous nudity: brigands are notoriously licentious; if many of them are clones, they may figure that their bodies aren't anything the others haven't (more-or-less) seen.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I do like it when there's some kind of implied story in these little bots that you can't quite get the edges of. If so many of the residents are clowned, why is vaudeville banned? Is it because they're soldiers now? There's something there, but I don't know what.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(I'm tagging you in case you want to share the idea, David, but don't feel like you must. I don't mean to put you on the spot, but I do want to give you credit.)

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I remember @smrvl.bsky.social kicking around ideas in this neighbourhood (not on here). I do really like the idea of plot armour with a specifically-shaped hole in it; a lot of people seem to think that diminishes the tension but, if you build that hole right, it can ratchet it up!

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I admit that my interest in Doomsight is not actually to give myself plot armour but instead to *guarantee* that my PC dies (in a cool way).

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

DRAW STEEL also has the hakaan, whose Doomsight trait gives a version of this ... kinda, and with a catch.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*AllOut. I really struggle to get that right.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). - D&D 5e - Pendragon (first time!) - two of the Nick Hack, Fate Core, and All-Out Apocalypse -- I'd have to check which order these were in

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have just published THE SALT-GODDESS AND HER WARES, set in @smrvl.bsky.social and @atlasgames.bsky.social's Planegea! Go to my blog to learn more, or find a link to the DriveThruRPG in my repost. advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/product-anno... As always, this post hosts the comments for the blog.

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Product Announcement: The Salt-Goddess and Her Wares!

In which I announce the release of The Salt-Goddess and Her Wares, a ready-to-run location for David Somerville's Planegea!

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oh, I don't know. I'd be worried that an autistic dog would have sensory sensitivities. What if dogs were distressed by loud, unfamiliar sounds, like fireworks?

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Imagine if a dog was intensely focused on its interests and thrived under a consistent routine with clear structure and expectations

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I now have a blog post up about Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, for which this Bluesky thread is here to act as the comments: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/roadside-enc... If you use a VTT to roll dice, I highly encourage you to take a look. #ttrpg

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Roadside Encounters: Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater

Before a game of Falling Tides, I was complaining about the difficulty of getting a decent battlemap of a road in the woods. If I had a combat encounter in a crystal palace floating through space...

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Not to be extremely boring, but I guess it depends on the needs of the game, my own capacities in that game, and what habits I've built up for it.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mind you, that's for my main campaign. I run a catch-as-catch-can hexcrawl, where I take much more detailed notes and have an exact timeline. And I have a Fate Core game where I also keep tracking of the date (in part because the story revolves around the Oct 31 - Nov 11 stretch).

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If I were to start over, I'd make a proper calendar and mark things off. Actually, now that you've prompted me, maybe I'll just do that going forward.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have a notebook in which I take session notes; although I take them terribly, one thing I keep track of is whether or not they've slept. So I have a rough mental tally of the weeks passing, an accurate memory of shorter stretches, and enough to reconstruct what I forget when it matters.

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🧝‍♀️ Roguelike Bot 🧌 @roguelikebot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two suspicious drow thieves hold a clandestine meeting in the hallowed crevice. The first one says, 'Long live the cause!'. The other responds, 'I'm getting sore'.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The big dramatic floating crystal palace maps are fun, of course! Most often, though, I'm looking for another path through the wood, and it can be surprisingly difficult to find something suitable. This Patreon is coming onto the scene exactly when I need it. I'm quite excited.

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A guy I roll dice with has just started a new Patreon, Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, with his partner: mostlyboring.network/collection/2.... This is a great service the hobby really needs, focusing on the scenes nearly everyone can use: the path through the forest, the mine entrance, etc.

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Free Launch Release Series | Collection from Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater | 7 posts

To celebrate the launch of our Patreon, we are providing 6 full content releases for free to all followers. Enjoy this example content and be sure to check…

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this corrosion @roguesecunit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cat on the left is looking for a large bug she saw in the bathtub once in the apartment we lived in two apartments before this one. (The cat on the right just has FOMO.)

Two domestic shorthair cats are perched on the side of an empty bathtub. Seen from the back, they appear to be staring intently at nothing (which is exactly what they’re doing).

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think the bandwagon would hardly be complete without some attention to @shalhebetyah.bsky.social's onomatopoetic word generator: soranostra.com/posts/sounda... Please use it responsibly!

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Sound and Fury

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Zeph Siebler at SUNDERED SHIELDS AND SILVER SHILLINGS (who I don't think is on bsky or I'd tag) is getting a blog bandwagon started on naming in ttrpgs. I just wrote my own contribution, so with my work cycle that means it won't go up for at least a week. In the meantime, however ...

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Me, trying to explain the latest Hasan Piker controversy to my mom an hour ago: do you know what a streamer is? My mom: yes, of course. You put them up at parties

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Then I realized I was just reinventing *Pride & Prejudice*, which of course had *First Impressions* as its working title. 6/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And then, to make sure people didn't think this was some sort of reactionary gender thing, you'd have to have a woman who's misunderstood, too. Maybe she's the one misunderstanding the other two. They're misunderstanding each other, you see? 5/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

To make sure that readers don't think this isn't just about people generally being better than they're thought to be and isn't that so sad, you'd also need a guy who everyone likes but is actually such a jerk, just a really awful guy. One of the worst. 4/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The reader should be implicated here; you'd have to let the narrator or viewpoint character mis-perceive this poor guy for them, before discovering the truth of him. 3/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Of course, you'd have to have a character who is seen by those around him as being much worse than he really is. Because he is awkward and doesn't like the things other people like, people think he's unkind when he really isn't. 2/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I was thinking last night that, if I was finally going to try to write a novel, I think it would be about the ways people misunderstand each other. I don't mean on the level of sentences; I mean that I'd dramatize someone fundamentally misunderstanding who other people are. 1/6

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Christian Hendriks @cerhendriks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sometimes art is a mirror and in it you see your own faults. This is a good thing.

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