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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 2h

"A nice WOODY encroachment."

Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Logic like this is self-sabotaging. First, it's why I suspect developers are pressured to make evergreen games with no chance for more significant iterative jumps. But even with games that are, there's always the risk you'll just one day stop playing and those purchased assets will be worthless.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Or, or, or, how about you do *both*?

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Same person responding to another comment. Gotta love all the Reddit apologists who are like 'i NeVeR sAw MinMaXxErS' and 'yOu'Re JuSt ExAgGeRaTiNg,' meanwhile the number of people I talk to who collectively have *borderline fucking trauma* from all the shit players put them through in 3.5/1e...

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

All you need to play is 1. A GM willing to do all the work with no support from the (extremely complicated) game system itself, and 2. Players who have enough system mastery, self restraint, and honesty to play at the same power band without minmaxing. Do they even think about how they sound?

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

OH NINTENDOOOOOOO WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU FORGOT IN YOUR LIST?

A screenshot of every Legend of Zelda game released on Nintendo consoles, and a cheeky visit from the King of Hyrule from the Zelda CGI games in the corner.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As an aside, LIKE FUCKING CLOCKWORK

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I've been having a lot of discussions lately around player autonomy and influence in DnD-likes, and I think this conversation sums up my thoughts well, especially the last comment. Even though it's in the context of liveplays, this is true for standard games as well. #ttrpg #dnd #pathfinder2e 🧵

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Homebrewers whose entire identity is kitbashing their favourite IPs into 5e when they realise WotC's just gonna do it now themselves:

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Me, before 8pm AEST yesterday: Guys it's okay psychic is still the premier focus spell class. Me, after that and having made a level 20 necromancer build:

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

No idea what this RPG entails but just flagging it for my own reference later as the artwork is GORGEOUS.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

BEST STAR TREK CAPTAIN. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

'The difference is it's the community's fault for *checks notes* not fudging the game, also Ronald the Rules Lawyer TPK'd a party on stream once and That's Bad (tm).' I SWEAR TO CHRIZZITY CHRISTMAS THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME *FUCKING CRAZY*

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in July.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

While I don't think it's *this* simple, I do think this is a salient thought. A big part of the issue with AI is anthropomorphising it as sentient rather than just a series of hyper-complicated computer prompts. And in treating it as such, it acts as a demoralising agent when it replaces jobs.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Literally just popped up on my Reddit feed after I saw this post.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Gotta love the lack of self-awareness. Me: Yes, it was a legitimate issue, people just acted like absolute sweaties about it. Someone generously giving a self-demonstrating example:

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

DRIVING AND I'M SPEEDING AND I'M VIGOROUSLY

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The manosphere's greatest victory is convincing gooners who spent years wanting more conventionally attractive women playing games that everything wrong with the industry is actually those women's fault. Now those gooners are still maidenless WHILE conventionally attractive women are playing games.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

'a player not wanting to play their character due to something out of their control' MY BROTHER IN CHRIST, THIS MEANS THEY HATE DICE ROLLS EVEN IF THEY THINK THEY DON'T, THEY HATE DICE ROLLS THE WHOLE POINT OF DICE ROLLS IS YOU CEDE AUTONOMY TO FATALISM THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME *CRAZY*

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Prepping a Reddit post for the cryptic v2.0 playtest release and I went back to *the site that shall not be named but is a necessary evil for promoting content* to see how our first release is going. 8 months in and it's still sitting high up at number 8. It's a good feeling. #pathfinder2e #ttrpg

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The quality of a Star Fox soundtrack is determined by the quality of its inevitable Meteo cover. (this one's pretty good)

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Me, wracking my brain trying to figure out why I can't give this reimaged computer the same name it had before even though I've deleted every entry out of AD and InTune and can't think I'd anywhere el- It was the DNS entry. Even when it's not about DNS, it's ALWAYS FUCKING DNS

A haiku with traditional Japanese art that says:

It's not DNS

There's no way it's DNS

It was DNS

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Continuing on with some Navy Seals copypasta levels of absolute unhinged. And the gall to call everyone else close-minded and conceited. Truly some The Lady Doth Protest Too Much behaviour.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Always extremely validating to confirm I'm not crazy for thinking it's the most unhinged gooners who have this raucous chip on their shoulder about PF2e.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you at mentally.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The funny thing is the original post they were responding to isn't even about teamwork, it was me talking about how PF2e is basically anti-pregame optimisation meta, and they chimed in saying basically 'I build not assuming team-mates because I can't trust them.'

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On today's edition of 'why are you booing, I'm right': not engaging with other players in a social group activity is good, ackshually, and suggesting that it's probably not a good idea to create systems that encourage myopic behaviour is bad.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I am definitely the cranky old gnome holding back the feral gremlin.

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

If nothing else, my biggest win from the cryptic playtest will be breaking @eldritchdream.bsky.social with the flavour text I wrote for the auspex folklore origin. #pathfinder2e #ttrpg

Auspex

"The wind tells me that you came here seeking wisdom for a problem of your own making, and you will find no answers here. The stones tell me that you're a little bitch who's fallen upon them many a time."

~ Halem Far-Eye, augur of the mountains

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Did I make a Fairy Ring spell purely because of the Bluey episode? Yes, yes I did. Also a bit of inspiration from 73 Yards in Doctor Who. #pathfinder2e

#Fairy Ring (two actions) - Spell 4
Trait - concentrate, fungus, incapacitation, manipulate
Traditions occult, primal
Range 30 feet; Area one 5 foot square
Duration 1 minute
Defense Will

You summon a ring of mushrooms enchanted by magic of the fey. When you create a fairy ring, you choose one of the effects listed below. When a creature of medium or smaller size enters or starts their turn in the square, they must make a Will save against the chosen effect. On a success, they are immune to this spell for the rest of their turn, while on a failure their current action or activity is interrupted and they are subjected to the chosen effect. The effect ends if the creature leaves the ring in any way, even while under its effects.

Another creature may try to help another exit the ring with a Shove action or another form of forced movement, but any checks required targets this spell’s DC instead of the action’s usual DC (such as Fortitude for Shove). The ring persists for the duration, meaning another creature can later enter it and be subjected to its effects.

Compelled Dancing (mental) The ring compels those who enter to dance indefinitely on the spot. The creature is forced to dance within the fairy ring, making them immobilized, off-guard, and unable to use free actions or reactions, and must spend each action on its turn (or their remaining actions if it is still their turn) dancing, which has the manipulate trait. At the end of their turn, they may make their choice of a Will saving throw or Performance check against your spellcasting DC. On a success, the effect ends, and they are immune to its effects until the end of their next turn.

Vanish (illusion) The ring causes those who enter to disappear from the sight of others, and makes their cries fall on deaf ears. On a failure, the creature becomes immobilized and invisible. While invisible, sounds they make cannot be heard by other creatures, and any effects and interactions with other creatures do not work o…

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For the record, this guy called me 'obnoxious'. Why is it always the Fruitful Void types who not only come off sounding like snobby English Lit professors who know the Right Way to do the hobby, but always seem to have the gall to accuse others of being pretentious? #ttrpg

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Dan Talks Games @dantalksgames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

While I didn't go so far as to codify the influence others' thoughts had on your form at any given moment, there are traces of that in some features, such as the Folk Tulpa weird spell. You gain bonuses and penalties based on how your target perceives you or how stories about you influence them.

FOLK TULPA - Focus 3
Traits - Cryptic, Fear, Focus, Mental, Morph, Weird

Target: 1 creature; Range: 30 feet

You open yourself to interpretation, gleaning a creature's mind and shaping yourself to match its fears of you. The target must make a Will save.

Critical Success - The target is unaffected.
Success - The target creature becomes frightened 1, and it cannot go lower than frightened 1 while you are not obscured to it.
Failure - As a failure, except the target is frightened 2.
Critical Failure - As a failure, except the target is frightened 3.

Weird Magic - As long as the target is frightened from this spell, you gain one of the following effects, which the target chooses. The GM should choose based on what the target believes based on folk stories about you or what they immediately perceive you as, rather than what is most beneficial to them.

Gangly: You take a -2 penalty to your DC against reposition, grapple, shove, and trip checks. Your reach increases by 5 feet and gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Balance, Escape, and Squeeze checks.
Hulking: You are clumsy 1. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Athletics checks and damage from melee Strikes, and are treated as one size larger than you are when determining effects.
Skittering: You make chittering and shaking noises, making you automatically fail Stealth checks to hide against creatures that can hear you. You can crawl at full speed and are not offguard while you do, and you gain a climb speed equal to your land speed. You may use your climb speed to move across and hang from upside down horizontal surfaces.
Uncanny: You lose attacks gained from Cryptic Attacks if you have any, and morph (but not polymorph) effects apart from those granted by this spell are suppressed. The target is off-guard against you.

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