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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 12h

People pirating a book that is on sale for $8 right now 🤦

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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 14h

More recent commission work. This piece was great because I love to draw characters that have realistic bodies and shapes. Plus: Wicked grins are fun. #ttrpg

A cartoon illustration of a female fey with short brown hair, green horns, fangs, and glasses. She is wearing a layered dress in shades of green and cream with brown leather armor accents that look like leaves. She holds a black rose while smirking.

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These things actually came up in the one shot of Brindleford Wood and my players were shocked that I had notes on these and other historical context elements and wasn't just making them up 😂

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So a big component of my Appalachian Coal Wars Domain of Dread is going to be "weather patterns" & the Mist. When cold winds & storms blow through, the Mists are going to come rolling down the mountains & into the woods & they are going to leave everything they touch monstrously changed #ttrpg #dnd

A broad landscape photo of the Appalachian Mountains with mist trapped in the valleys between the mountains as thick fog among the trees.
(Mt. Mitchell State Park)
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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I feel like Bluey and Bob's Burgers are two wildly different bands covering the same song

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Bob's Burgers: Gene and the Long Con

Alt: Bob's Burgers: Gene and the Long Con

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Rise Up Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Garth Marenghi saying: I know RPG writers who used nuance, and they're all cowards

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm writing a BBEG so villainous that a devil is growing under his skin and even I'm having trouble reconciling him with something like the Bull-Moose Special attack www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/674

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The Bull Moose Special

The Bull Moose Special was an armored train deployed by the coal operators during the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike of 1912-13. The train's name derived from the fact that the men who commissioned...

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Good Lord, the hardest part of writing this Coal Wars Domain of Dread is that the actual historical mine operators did things that even Strahd would find disconcerting #ttrpg #dnd #appalachia

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Piglet Disturbed

Alt: Piglet Disturbed

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I feel like an ominous musical sting should play when I check the daycare app and see that Goblin Child has only napped for 40 minutes 😂 Rest of the evening is gonna be rough lol

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Elmo in Flames: Chaos

ALT: Elmo in Flames: Chaos

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Ciera "Panda" 🔜 PAX U @ragepandapajamas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have this real sicko dream of playing games with people who research the topic/ history before sitting at the table and get to poke at how different historical records can be on the same subject.

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These things actually came up in the one shot of Brindleford Wood and my players were shocked that I had notes on these and other historical context elements and wasn't just making them up 😂

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My new favorite IG ad for The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons is the one where a FB rando said I'm encouraging demonic activity #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

Instagram ad for the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons with one comment that says "That looks like fun..."
And another that says "Promoting and celebrating demonic activity. Charming"

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey folks! I've been recuperating from book launch (& working on my next project) but I'm still up for talking about the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons (or fantasy religion and supernatural patrons in general)! If you have a podcast or AP just message me! #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons" White writing/illustrations on a blue background. A large d20 in the center with classic emblems of divinities to either side

A comprehensive guide to incorporating gods, fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures"
Colby Whittaker
Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson
Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons: Bonus Chapter" Blue writing/illustrations on a light blue background. A large d20 in the center with classic emblems of divinities to either side

A comprehensive guide to incorporating gods, fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures"
Colby Whittaker
Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson
Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm Colby & I'm open for freelance #TTRPG writing & development I've worked on 5 books in the best-selling Game Master's Book series & I'm the author of the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts & Pantheons I'm well versed in #DND but also #PBTA, #FITD, diceless systems & more. Drop me an email!

A visual resume for Colby Whittaker with several book covers from the Game Master's Book series including bullet points of my specific contributions. Education and Game/System experience listed along the left hand side. For full text shoot me a DM and I'll send you a PDF version with readable/searchable text

The second page of a visual resume for Colby Whittaker with several book covers from the Game Master's Book series including bullet points of my specific contributions as well as a listing of freelance editing and development writing, DMsGuild publications and website essay series. Additional experience and media and event appearances listed along the left hand side. For full text shoot me a DM and I'll send you a PDF version with readable/searchable text

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hey folks! The pdf version of The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts & Pantheons is available through DTRPG! And it's on sale! This is a great chance to pick it up ! #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Having to shake the dust off of #GhostsintheDark after a long span on other projects. I wanted to try to revamp the underlying engine from PBTA to a VtM/FitD dice pool approach but I just don't have time before our mini-campaign starts #ttrpg #fitd #pbta

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Nine Heavens Press 🇰🇷 | Support Black Market Guide!! @nineheavenspress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Godkiller Giant Godkiller is a state any giant can enter when they're pushed to their absolute limits. Their body refuses to die as their soul rages against the heavens, surviving even their head lopped off. Named so for the rebels against the Jade Emperor. #dnd #pf2e @dettanarts.bsky.social

A three-armed giant whose head appears to have been lobbed off with a giant mouth forming on his stomach, breathing flame and smoke.
Illust: DettanArts

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm excited to reveal the cover for Haeros Dungeon, book 2 in the Dungeon Brawler Series! You can preorder it now on Starlit Publishing's website. Let me know what you think in the comments.

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Since our campaign is almost over I wonder if I can con my DM into letting me take tunnel fighter for my Echo Knight/Swashbucklers last feat 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #drakkenheim

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm using insights from World Wide Wrestling to write a pastoral hack of #BrindlewoodBay & tonight is the test run! Each Sleuth carries a Social Role: expectations/opportunities from their community Will it help or hinder solving the surprising number of murders in their quaint village? #ttrpg #cfb

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

First play test of Brindleford Wood is in the books and I think it went well! A young vicar, a housemaid, a mechanic, a widow and a brash older veteran solved the murder of a local lord by his son and a complex plot involving agribusiness, labor and industrialization #cfb #ttrpg

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think FB has started lowkey throttling outside links even more than before. After years of growth we're tracking towards one of our smallest game nights in years even though we're posting promos in more places than ever 🤔

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Luke Eidenschink @lukeink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kickstarter launches Tuesday!

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Since our campaign is almost over I wonder if I can con my DM into letting me take tunnel fighter for my Echo Knight/Swashbucklers last feat 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #drakkenheim

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This episode of Bluey is about Bandit getting overstimulated/overwhelmed by the kids and crashing out and it's giving me second hand sympathy anxiety 🫪

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Confused Bandit Bluey

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh look it's more 💿🐴 that should have stopped with "people play a #ttrpg differently, even the same one, and that's fine" In other news, water still wet. Sky still blue #dnd

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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 23/09/2026

The Remonstering is only two weeks away! Are you ready? Pre-order REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING today and have it in your hot little hands the day it hits shelves, Tuesday, Oct. 6! www.spyandowl.com/re...

The cover of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING: Five adventurers—a dragonborn paladin, a forest gnome barbarian, an orc druid, a tiefling bard and a goliath sorcerer—are fighting a rakshasa in the richly appointed office of a royal adviser. On the rear wall is a portrait of a handsome, mustachioed human who wears the exact same robes of honor as the rakshasa. The rakshasa is savagely tearing into the paladin's throat with its claws. The look on the paladin's face is of someone unexpectedly confronting his own mortality. The shellshocked barbarian looks like she's about to drop her absurdly oversize axe; the bard and the sorcerer are clearly terrified, holding their weapons limply. The druid, on the other hand, looks resolute, angry and unafraid. The cover is accompanied by text reading, "Two more weeks! Pre-order now!"

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh look it's more 💿🐴 that should have stopped with "people play a #ttrpg differently, even the same one, and that's fine" In other news, water still wet. Sky still blue #dnd

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Signed a copy of the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons at my hometown Barnes and Noble! #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

Gold signed copy sticker on a book
Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons" White writing/illustrations on a blue background. A large d20 in the center with classic emblems of divinities to either side

A comprehensive guide to incorporating gods, fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures"
Colby Whittaker
Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson
Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

Fuzzy guy with glasses (me) holding signed book with sticker

Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons" White writing/illustrations on a blue background. A large d20 in the center with classic emblems of divinities to either side

A comprehensive guide to incorporating gods, fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures"
Colby Whittaker
Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson
Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

Game Master's Book series on shelf. Signed copy of The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons facing

Book Cover "The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts and Pantheons" White writing/illustrations on a blue background. A large d20 in the center with classic emblems of divinities to either side

A comprehensive guide to incorporating gods, fiends, fey and the fallen into your 5th edition TTRPG adventures"
Colby Whittaker
Foreword by Taylor Dianne Robinson
Illustrations by Luke Eidenschink

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

More signings! Joseph Beth and Barnes and Noble Fayette Mall! Remember if you buy a signed copy of the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons and send me an email (contact on website) I'll send you the digital bonus chapter! #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our current era has spawned a new kind of terrible internet person: the guy who thinks he can always spot AI and wants to tell everyone about it

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My new favorite IG ad for The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons is the one where a FB rando said I'm encouraging demonic activity #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

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Nine Heavens Press 🇰🇷 | Support Black Market Guide!! @nineheavenspress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Centipede Bride (지네각시) CR 7. Naturally skilled in witchcraft, they remember past lives where they lost true love. Vowing never to allow it to happen, they use curses and poisons to jealously guard anyone worthy of their affections. Regardless of their say in the matter.

A large white centipede with sharp, red legs. Its body extends up to the torso of a humanoid feminine figure wearing royal bridal garbs, traditional Korean styled.

Illust: Blazemalefica

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Blazemalefica @blazemalefica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i drew this forever ago but please perceive them

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Signed a copy of the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons Pacts and Pantheons at my hometown Barnes and Noble! #ttrpg #dnd #gmbppp

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My childhood FLGS has closed. It's changed hands and changed names but there had been a comics and games store in that spot for almost 4 decades. I bought my first #dnd books at that store almost 30 years ago 😢 #ttrpg #flgs

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So here's the trick with Brindleford Wood. Each Role description has a list of 5-6 imperatives. The Priest must. The Widow must not. The Noble must. And they can start to feel a little stifling or claustrophobic for roleplay. And that's the point. Your character is playing a character #ttrpg #cfb

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wow. Lol I'm not big on YT but almost all of my musical themes for my #dnd book are about to hit triple digit views and for some reason the My Little Pony Battle Hymn ("Coruscating March") is about to pass 500 😂 Soldier on war-bronies 🫡🐴 #ttrpg #gmbppp

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Original Musical Themes for The Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts & Pantheons - YouTube

I composed several original musical themes for patrons and elements in the Game Master's Handbook of Patrons, Pacts & Pantheons Previews. I hope you enjoy!

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Took out this whole encounter in one combat. Magic circle. Dawn. 2 x Counterspell and Telekinesis. 5 level 11 PCs 😂

DND beyond encounter xp calculator
212400 xp way beyond deadly
Glabrezu x 2
Nalfeshnee
Marilith
Vrock x 7
Quasit x 10

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Colby Whittaker (Hagiologist) @hagiologist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Finally got to throw that Glabrezu off a roof. Lol my rolls were as bad as usual so it took multiple turns but it was 1hko and I locked him down so he couldn't dispel our magic circle and get us shredded by the other demons 😂 #ttrpg #dnd #drakkenheim

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Spiderman Spectacular Spider Man

Alt: Spiderman Spectacular Spider Man Definition of defenestrate over the image of Spider-Man getting thrown through a window

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