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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg I'm currently writing a lore comic to introduce the world of Midas, and better illustrate it's "gold is life" power system. A long ways away, but I've taken the first step.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg Introducing 'The Banker' The Banker is a shady individual working for the Bank of Midas. They're in charge of the games, including finding players from across the multiverse. They serve as a stand in for the GM, but they're not all powerful. They still report to 'The Board'.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew Real happy how the composition this ability card turned out.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

New ability art across the board to go with the design changes: and taking the opportunity to make every character's 3rd and 4th ability. #MidasSystem

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg Due to a number of shader's breaking, my becoming better with the software, and a few pieces of art I was just unhappy with, I've begun a fresh art pass over most of the character/ability art. New on left, old on right. 🧵

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg #gamedev The ability domains have been reworked, and now Ability Cards have an explainer box that reminds you WHEN they can be used. It was already explained in the card text before, but now those triggers are easier to parse without having to reread the whole card.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg #gamedev And just showing off some of the equipment cards I cranked out tonight.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#MidasSystem #ttrpg #gamedev Finally cranking out what I hope will be the final draft of card layouts. Anything past this will hopefully be number and balance changes. While playing, the equipment cards can be stacked under the character, making total stats super easy to calculate.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#MidasSystem #art Officially have a fancy coin to represent in the gold in game.

A 3d model of a gold coin, with a symmetrical circle pattern and a capial M on it's face.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#MidasSystem With the newest card design iteration underway, I wanted to look back on how far I've come design wise and what learned from playtesting. I think the fourth draft is probably pretty close to final...

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

You awaken upon a gameboard. For now, you best play along. Here, one’s gold is quite literally one’s life, and to become a pauper means to become a corpse. Gold is the key. It is a currency. It is a power source. It is your lifeblood. Gamble it. Trade it. Kill for it. Welcome to #Midas #ttrpg

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Character creation fits on one page, since most of your features are detailed on other cards, while the Classes just describe which cards you can choose from. #MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Good morning. Had to go find this gif for something unrelated. I couldn't justify not sharing.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Knowing my play testers aren't on Bsky, I don't have to worry about spoilers for them. Huge dungeon crawl map where they will be exploring a post-apocalyptic, monster infested mall, full of treasure, mimics, optional objectives, and mini-bosses. #ttrpg #homebrew #midassystem

A tabletop RPG based on a mall. Only a small portion is visible to players through the fog.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

New rule for #MidasSystem : Protect the Penguin at all costs. Give him your weapons and armor. Heal him. Buff him. Feed him kills. Take a bullet for him. This is the way. #ttrpg #homebrew

A trading card depicting a penguin with a sword, shield, and knight helmet. It reads:
Penguin Knight
Friendly
25 HP, 6 attack, 2 defense, 4 AC, 1 range
The reward box reads: "You get nothing. You monster."
The effect text reads: When adjacent to Penguin Knight, you may give it equipment cards from your hand. If you do, it permanently gains 1 attack/defense/ac for each. On it's turn, Penguin Knight approaches and attacks the nearest hostile creature or boss. At the end of it's turns, Penguin Knight restores 2 HP to itself.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#MidasSystem Ability cards are now horizontal too, just for consistency. Only treasures and consumables are going to be vertical, to distinguish them as cards that go in the player's hand rather than sit in the play zones. And again, gets to see a lot more of the art.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Using songs from Spotify for your alarm clock will skew your wrapped a bit. Working currently on building up an mp3 library to cut the cord on Spotify, but figured there was no harm sharing.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Version 3 templates are done! (Part 2 of 2) #MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Version 3 templates are done! (Part 1 of 2) #MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

That's my secret Cap... I was already the guy in the chair. Gonna start playing #Dispatch tonight and recording my first experiences with it for Youtube. I've seen like, half of the first epsidoe, but that was enough to sell me and I haven't looked past that.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Realization: I had been using Japanese TCG ratios instead of MtG/Standard like I thought. Which means I need to redo most of the cards. At least I realized before I got too much farther in. Reworking the rations also means another pass at card design. Left is old, right is new. Any thoughts? #MIDAS

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Quest cards have been overhauled. (Art is placeholders from Google images for now) #MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Doing new tweaks to the Vtuber model, saw Vroid added tails and decided screw it, we're keeping the ears now. Still gotta design some new t-shirts, but we'll keep the S4G one saved for next year's @slender4gender.bsky.social The eyes turned out nice too. #vtuber #vroid #vroidstudio

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#MidasSystem #ttrpg #homebrew Naturally had to make a lot of placeholder assets for MIDAS playtests until a later art stage. I couldn't resist sneaking in some of cool weapons from fandom... #DevilMayCry #RWBY

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#MidasSystem #ttrpg Here's a bunch of character cards under the new format. These have also had their Passives altered following rule changes and game balance adjustments. I want every character usable in both PvE and PVP, and some of their abilities just didn't work in one or the other.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Old layout/new layout comparison. Cards are the same size as before. I like being able to show more art, and since the players use tokens on the map now instead of the cards themselves, they didn't need to have a clearly defined before color to differentiate them from creatures.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Practical Cairo: Did you overhaul the card layouts AGAIN? Creative Cairo: No no, trust me! I think this was a really good idea! Player/equipment cards with a horizontal orientation, allowing them to be stacked, making the math involved in stats calculation super easy. Also show more art. Thoughts?

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

4PM EST - Vtuber soft debut! www.twitch.tv/doc_cairo Gonna check out the newly launched Persona 5 gacha game! Pulled an all-nighter piecing together some temp stream assets, super hyped to show what I cooked!

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

No more teaming up against a boss. Last one standing wins. Meet me in the square. Arena mode is coming along nicely. Items spawn in the blue zones around the edges while mobs spawn in the corners. New leveling and skill cooldown mechanics for fast games. #MidasSystem #ttrpg #gamedev

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Due to a bit of burnout while working on monster designs, I'm working on the arena mode for a bit. Instead of the having facedown cards and ownable tiles, the Arena board is a 10x10 grid which has purchasable 'tile' cards that can be placed on the board to apply modifiers. #MidasSystem #ttrpg

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#MidasSystem #TTRPG #GameDev The Roster is done. The manual is coming together. Playtesting continues. The next project will be designing gameboards to represent the individual universes the characters hail from, as well as creating new art for creature, item and quest cards.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

#MidasSystem Character Intros #8 Alice is technically a magic user, but with a very modern understanding of magic, treating reality like code to be altered. Her abilities are centered around defense and tilting luck to your advantage, making enemy's regret targeting you.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

#MidasSystem Character Intros #7 They say it takes a village to raise a child, but what does a cult raise? Lulu wields dark magic and an evil spirit bonded to her body to damage enemies and even bypass their defenses, while draining her own lifeforce and little in the way of defense. #TTRPG #CCG

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

#MidasSystem #GameDev 4 Worlds. 20 Characters. The Roster is complete.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

#MidasSystem #GameDev Three more character reveals, both of which complete the character roster for [Shaded London] and [HeavenxHell]. 4 characters remain to complete the starting roster of 20. Keep in mind, everything is subject to change pending playtesting.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Sometimes I'm working on #MidasSystem and things get really silly. I was just browsing 'masks' and then...

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#MidasSystem Another productive evening! New version of the board to improve clarity after previous playtests, and character cards now sit at the player's hand with a tracker for stat modifiers, keeping all effects in one place. Tokens for characters moving around the board are done too! #GameDev

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#MidasSystem (Character Intros: LOTS) How about I just drop a bunch of new characters at once, yah? Of course, as I'm uploading I just spotted typos on Alice, Hyde and Naturia... gonna have to go fix those. But tomorrow! 13 of 20 characters for the base set done! #TTRPG #CCG #GameDev

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#MidasSystem #TTRPG #CCG #GameDev It took a while, but its finally ready! Hoping to set up a private playtest with friends this week, and if all goes well, after some tuning, might be able to start some open testing. Set up is for 2-5 players + a game master, and I have 9 characters ready to play.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#MidasSystem (Character Intros #6) Charlie is a brawler with dragon blood in his veins, enhancing his body. The enhancements cause great pain, meaning the need to be used sparingly and strategically... or maybe you burn yourself out to win a fight where you'd normally have no chance. #TTRPG #CCG

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Just need to adjust the template for the rest of the card types and we will really be off to the races on building out the roster and getting ready for Beta.

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

#MidasSystem Productive evening! I created a new, original template, reworked the existing character cards with tweaked abilities/stats based on playtesting, integrated attack ranges into the cards for less rule-box clutter, and reflavored Berserker to Stalker. #GameDev #TTRPG #Homebrew

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

#MidasSystem Logo / Card-Back Work In Progress

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Cairo @doccairo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

So I was digging through my Tumblr, trying and failing to find one obscure thing from long ago. Made it back to mid 2018 before I gave up... quite a nostalgia trip. I wish to share just a few out-of-context highlights.

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