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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

For #EBTOMBED I've put some work towards making sure "success" and "failure" are measured in places other than the result of a move, pushing those terms towards the group's subjectivity and away from hard dice.

When it’s time to make a move, roll 2d6 and add the numbers together, then add or subtract any modifiers to generate the final result.
- 6 or less is a miss. Things go badly, you don't get what you were after, and it gets worse. Check if the move has anything to say about that. In addition, the GM will play one of their own moves, as hard as they want.
- 7+ is a hit. A hit means you get your way. How much you get your way depends on if you got a strong hit or a weak hit.

- With strong hits (10+) things go your way, but going your way will depend on what move you're rolling: might be something definitive, or a step forward against a big challenge. But you can confidently say that you got what you rolled for.
- With weak hits (7-9) you mostly got there, but something's amiss; it either requires a sacrifice to be achieved, or pushes you forward while introducing some unexpected consequence. Most moves will say how you don't get all you want, but the GM might also sneak one of their soft moves in.
- Critical hits (12+) will give you an extra something, the move will say what. For all other intents and purposes, they count as a strong hit.
When you read a reference to just a hit, it means either weak, strong or critical, otherwise it’ll be specified.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 12h

Important thing to note. In Apocalypse World, a 7+ IS NOT A SUCCESS, it's "a hit". Which isn't a minor difference. You're not succeeding intent, you're hitting a move.

Great. So now, check the moves’ listings. Each move says which stat the player should add to its roll. To roll+a stat, the player rolls 2 dice, adds them, and adds the stat. If the sum total is 6 or less, that’s a miss. If it’s 7 or more, it’s a hit. 7–9 is a weak hit, 10+ is a strong hit.
- Apocalypse World page 13.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

Make or Break generates specificity of context not in the trigger of the move, but in what it means for your badass adventurer when their mettle is put to task in an overwhelming situation.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

The other thing you'll notice is that rather than a straight "degrees of success", Make or Break places a menu of options at the weak hit result, adding nuance to HOW you deal with this struggle (and activating other parts of the system). ++

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

What you'll notice right off the bat is that the move STARTS with something bad: you mark unrest, which in the language of the game, means this: It don't matter what you roll, you and your companions have seen you struggle, and that means everyone feel less confident in your abilities. ++

Unrest
Unrest is what eventually will destroy your group. When unrest is sown amongst your companions, log it on the group sheet. At 3, 9, 12 and 15 points of unrest, something bad happens; we call this an unrest milestone:

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

Spot on. Defy Danger has done some deep harm to the #PbtA design space. When I found myself needing something akin to Act Under Fire/Defy Danger for #ENTOMBED, I came up with this: ++

Make or Break
When you’re struggling to persevere over an overwhelming situation mark 1-unrest and
roll+Steel. On a 10+ you soldier on. On a 7-9 choose one:
◆ You’re disoriented, suffer a -2ongoing during this situation.
◆ You’re spooked and can’t support, help or lead any action until you get a breather.
◆ You cower until someone pulls you up. Ask who gets your back. You owe them now.
On a 12+, you come out stronger, mark advancement.

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Evangeline Sorrel @forestoath.bsky.social · 8h

From PBTA going from the cool new kid on the block to the old indie tradition in all these years one fact remains the same: nobody reads their damn rules properly.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 8h

Spot on. Defy Danger has done some deep harm to the #PbtA design space. When I found myself needing something akin to Act Under Fire/Defy Danger for #ENTOMBED, I came up with this: ++

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 11h

Now, this misunderstanding of PbtA— Good happen, so-so happen, bad happen — it's not the fault of the people who've had PbtA presented to them this way. They shouldn't somehow know better, when this is what people have been telling them!

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𓇢𓆸𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆ꫂ❀ @fsohns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

lost my CSP TabMate, meaning I'm crippled for drawing, having to buy a new one and without being able to draw normally until mid october. please consider buying my games at araukana.com or my www.patreon.com/araukana taking the chance to do simple drawings for a Warhammer tourney doc I'm organizing

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tanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed @tattletale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a rulebook should never give players 'permission' to change or break the rules -- the 'permission' is inherent in the fact that it's an inanimate object that can't do anything to stop you. it's at once condescending to the players and denigrating to your own design work

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

TTRPG systems, at their core, are frameworks of creative restraints, posing imaginary exercises you wouldn't undertake otherwise. House-ruling games out the gate avoids the confrontation of expectations & robs you the opportunity of switching frameworks, making you default into a "standard game".

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Okay, I have another one, but this one is a bit more abstract: Roleplaying Games are their own creative medium, like novels, movies or comics. The TTRPGs we consider classic, are the ones which have been able to inhabit, for good or for ill, the medium in its own terms.

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 28/09/2026

If you're USian and you follow me and you don't shame those clowning in the replies of people from the Global South, you better step up for real. The US is literally funding the alt right in my country RIGHT NOW. The election is THIS SUNDAY.

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🌦🍄🍂Vicka 🍂🍄🌦 @vickaruscica.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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nonspecifically red @unfixable.place · 27/09/2026

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's the third time we have a musical break in my #Torchbearer campaign, and for some reason it always involves animals.

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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Without rooting this shit in safety and like, basic respect for your fellow players it allows these people to frame "rules" in opposition to fun and therefore the more you care about rules the less fun you want people to have.

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Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just had to replace a partner's graphics card due to chip failure. Kind of important to have a working computer. Able to handle it, but uh, significantly outside budget so... if y'all feel so inclined I'm rattling my coin jar. Not a crisis, just a shortfall. ko-fi.com/jazzelves

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I look at my own values, my own politics, my own philosophies, and I recognize those are not shared by most "punks." They're shared by anarchists. It's very tough to be meaningfully anti-authority when you're a millionaire. Authority MADE YOU a millionaire. And it can and will take it away.

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You can't be "punk/goth/metal/whatever genre" if you're homophobic/sexist/capitalist/transphobic/ableist/whatever is weird to me because tons of defining pioneers in these fields absolutely were awful and are still praised. What you're describing is anarchism, not a music or fashion genre.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"The pursuit of ever increasing power is the ultimate goal of the fantasy rockstar. Every felled blade, every cast spell, every stolen treasure feeds on a deeply seethed hunger that drives the adventurer forward: to die or to persevere; to advance and never stagnate." #ENTOMBED

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sometimes you gotta think about the socio-economical consequences of dragons returning from centuries of exile during harvest season. #ENTOMBED

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Radmad is Unplugging his PAX @radmad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In All the World's Prey, you'll have to deal with the new fauna of the Bloody Lands. One such creature is the Gumberoo - these ornery beasts explode in flames when punctured, so avoid shooting them! All the World's Prey is coming 2026! Art by @slowedmountains.bsky.social

The Gumberoo from All the World's Prey. An ursine beast whose back is erupting into flames, scorching the surrounding area.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#Swordtember 18

Two warriors in a deadly embrace, one has pierced the other from the chest to the back, the other has pierced from the back to the chest

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Lhuzie GET WINTRY SQUAMA! @strigarosa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Did you know the sequel is coming out in less than two weeks? Did you also know the sequel is double the size of this very tame, introductory primer, where definitely nothing wild, bad, lesbian or horny happens? Just do not read this one in one sitting. I won't be responsible for the damage

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sometimes you gotta think about the socio-economical consequences of dragons returning from centuries of exile during harvest season. #ENTOMBED

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Second week of #swordtember

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Swordtember 17

A warrior submitting her enemy by grabbing her hands and piercing her heart

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Swordtember 16

Closeup of an arm being chopped by a blade.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Swordtember 15

A warrior beheading a fallen enemy with a scimitar

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Sylvan Lawrence Is Carfunding @lonelamplighter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not sure who here heard already, but Nic from IPR was in a really bad car crash two weeks ago, and his car is completely totaled. Anything you can give would be immensely appreciated, and even if you can't, please please please spread the word on this! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

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🌦🍄🍂Vicka 🍂🍄🌦 @vickaruscica.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did I write a new version of Blood & Foam? Yes. Do I have further updates in the pipeline? Also yes. So you can get it basically for free here, with so many other fantastic games! #SoloGames #journaling #DarkFantasy

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#Swordtember 13

A warrior swiping her rapier at an enemy who has fallen and is defending with a buckler.

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Get down to what they want: they want The Brand. They want to Roll A d20 and sometimes get a Natural 20. They want to experience the larger culture (but hot TOO much.) They don't read so they don't see the icky bits and they want to do one fight maybe. You can't compete with this, don't try.

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Kodi Gonzaga @jaztice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey everyone, it’s my birthday today!!! If you wanna support me, go buy one of my games on itch or IPR, or grab one of my Horner Paranormal ebooks, or sign up for my mailing list, or tell people about something I made that you really like! Or donate to trans youth orgs or Palestine support funds! ❤️

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𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚 🐟 @sinland.gay · 10/09/2026

It got a little buried in the replies but I think the big point I'm arriving at is that I think vibes are cheap. Vibes are also extremely important, but I think many games praised for their vibes don't necessarily achieve those through good writing or good game design, and so they feel hollow to me.

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Did a mid-campaign system check-in with my dragonslayers playtest crew for #ENTOMBED "We can kill a dragon no problem, but then 5 drunkards with sticks can show up and beat the shit out of us." And that might be my favorite piece of feedback so far.

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