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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22h

Time for this classic again.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 3h

This makes me want to play a time raider again. They're always badass

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 4h

Six new items claim the recent spots on the Stawl Supplement Index: stawl.app/supplements

Recent Supplements for Draw Steel in a 3x2 grid:
- The Knight
- Rats Attack!
- Rocks Fall!
- The Stolen Year
- Hooked on Crafting
- Eight Iconic Items for Draw Steel

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 18h

I have a TTRPG I'm working on on-and-off. It requires good dungeons, but I was stuck — lacking inspiration. Then @riseheroesrise.bsky.social comes along and plants a seed that'll become a big part of the lore

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 29/09/2026

Love that this is bubbling up again. 2dX is a better resolution mechanic than 1dX for players. The more predictable results are more in line with player psychology.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 29/09/2026

I play with two different groups of people regularly. The tone is extremely different. I've played the same games with both, but they were completely different experiences.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 28/09/2026

Love that movie! The journey from being upbeat and joyful, to dark and serious is fantastic.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 27/09/2026

We're live now! Playing a bunch of small forest creatures trying to stop the human sacrifices. #drawsteel

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 27/09/2026

I'm joined by @aestusrpg.bsky.social and Ryan (a.ka. 4D Pixels) of Headwind Studios. They're making an adventure, potion crafting rules and a gazetteer for the swamp region, and the monsters that live there, of the Enshrined setting. Listen on GoblinPoints.com/2627

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Aestus & Ryan: Enshrined: Red of Tooth and Claw | Interview - Goblin Points

News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes thrice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.

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Jacq 🏳️‍🌈🍉 Comms Open! @jacqjohnsonart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

3 little guys in a trench coat for @riseheroesrise.bsky.social ‘s It’s Complicated! What kind of mischief do you think they’ll get up to? 🐀✨ || #art #illustration #digitalart #ttrpg #drawsteel #illustration ||

3 ratfolk on each others shoulders pretending to be a man, wearing an armored Trenchcoat, big brown boots, and bucket helmet.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 24/09/2026

The very last chance to make these dice reality. Get them for your Draw Steel, Crows, Night Shift: Devil Division or Cyberpunk Red game!

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 23/09/2026

If there are any #cyberpunkred players looking for some nice-to-roll d10s and fancy d6s, I've got a set for you! A little over 12 hours left to get in on the crowdfunder!

20-sided d10 (numbered 1—10 twice) and a d3/6 (a combined d3 and d6)

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The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Making this was no joke, but every second was worth it. I can't tag every contributor here, but please take a look at the image below 🤯 If I counted it right, that's 40 people coming together to turn this crazy idea into a reality. Not to mention the over 200 backers! Thank you all so much ❤️

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 22/09/2026

Congrats on releasing 🎉 Fantastic work by Caio and contributors. I'm also honored to have contributed to this.

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MrMattDollar @mrmattdollar.itch.io · 22/09/2026

Hooked on Crafting by @thedicesociety.bsky.social has released! An incredible work with over two dozen contributing writers from the Draw Steel creator community, including myself! This was a rad project to be involved with and hope it proves inspiring for directors in making crafting more engaging.

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Hooked on Crafting by The Dice Society

Quest Hooks for Every Craftable in Draw Steel

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MrMattDollar @mrmattdollar.itch.io · 22/09/2026

To celebrate the release of Hooked on Crafting all of my crafting supplements for Draw Steel are on sale until Friday September 25th! Each feature a variety of craftable consumables, trinkets, leveled treasures, artifacts, followers, retainers and more! All themed around a specific Crafting Skill.

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Crafting Bundle Sale! by MrMattDollar

A bundle by MrMattDollar, $22.00 for 6 games

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage

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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 22/09/2026

I have a joke about Draw Steel, but it’d make you winded.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 22/09/2026

A little over 2 days left of my Power Roll Dice crowdfunder. Get yourself a set and bring a friend, and we'll be able to get it across the line! These are the perfect dice for playing Draw Steel, Crows RPG or Night Shift: Devil Division. jondenor.com/lunar-umbra

A 20-sided d10, numbered 1–10 twice, and a d3/6 (combined d6 and d3)

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 20/09/2026

Minions are covered in Monsters. They’re a bit too easy to kill with 1 stamina when you always do damage. They did try out overkill thresholds, but landed on stamina pools after testing

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Rise Heroes Rise! @riseheroesrise.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What's that? The sound of Crows in the night??? A BRAND-NEW episode of CROWS premieres TONIGHT! youtu.be/4RFL54XOD3Y

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Journey to the Blood Library | CROWS Actual Play

YouTube video by Rise Heroes Rise!

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DMHub @dmhubvtt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great to hear @yourgmjay.bsky.social talking Draw Steel as well as the VTT on this episode of goblin points.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 17/09/2026

Nice work! If you're interested, I could provide with access to the API Stawl uses. Email me through the Contact link on Stawl.app

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Mateusz "Ananam" Malarski | Triglav Games @triglavananam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Reminder that among the boggit-related products that we've made and released earlier this month, there is also a "start here" quest for Draw Steel, a shorter alternative to The Delian Tomb. And we are distributing it for free! Head here to grab a free copy: shop.triglavgames.com/products/som...

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 16/09/2026

Congrats on Crows funding. I'm of course very happy to see the Crowdex also funding

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

I said a few minutes. The damn train is still going!

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

And what the physical books of the two first taught me is that MCDM’s books look their best when printed

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

narrating, into something a bit more interactive. Something the heroes can somewhat influence the outcome of. Anyway. Here's an image of Gwillyth robbing the estate.

A wode elf hanging upside down from a rope, stealing a ruby. Next to it, the Rob the Estate montage test.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

The community (and myself included) imagine them as challenge sections. Surpass these challenges or lose the quarry. But what they deliver is basically quick time events (remember QTE's, anyone?!) You're not supposed to fail. Not really. It's a way to make what would usually be the director...

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

I now realize, I skipped mentioning something for the whole of the Montages chapter. Fact is, it's the part of Draw Steel I'm most luke-warm about. From what I've managed to understand in retrospect, they deliver on something a little different from what the community want them to be.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

The Body Banks of Mortum, truly is the build-a-were of Orden

A creature with arms for legs, feet and arms. And maybe a horse's head. With a canon poking out of its chest

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

In my *completely* unbiased opinion. This is of course the best dastard of the lot

A time raider woman decked out in sci-punk armor, wielding a big ass rifle and manipulating a holographic interface

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

After helping youngsters aplenty to fetch music through illegitimate means in the 90's, he turned to stone shaping.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Love the note about gnoll names having been translated from the gnolls' language.

GNOLLS
The following gnoll dastards can be added to combat encounters.
(Note: all names have been translated into Caelian from their
original tongue.)
¥ Eat Eat Eat: A gnoll who never stops growing. The more he eats, the
more he grows. The more he grows, the more he eats.
¥ Goobak Tickhive: Host to a swarm of distended abyssal ticks that
infuse them with malefic strength, Tickhive perpetually thirsts for
blood to feed their parasitic hitchhikers.
¥ Grandmother Garg: A withered gnoll mage that has survived an
impossibly long time, preferring to let her food prepare itself.
¥ Ogron Bale-Gaze: Ogron has the misfortune, or blessing depending
on who’s asking, to house a nascent bale eye in his skull. The demon
causes him immense pain, and he can only alleviate that pain by
inflicting it on others.
¥ Slarg Neckslicer: Vicious and cruel, wielding a razor-sharp, hooked
knife, Slarg slinks from shadow to shadow hoping to cull the
weakest prey.
¥ Yeepa Mangepelt: Yeepa suffers from an abyssal mange that has
caused her to claw off all her skin. She wants someone else’s now.

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Having examples of how to deploy tests for each skill looks really useful. 3–4 examples for each skill in the game!

Four examples of test outcomes for a test made using the Lead skill

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

It'll be hard to negotiate this dude down

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Negotiations! A quick reference to what each negotiation might grant the heroes. Especially love Grack, whose profession is being a troll, who can be negotiated from continuing his rampage

Negotiations
Profession NPC Name Negotiation Goal
Bartender Linus Information about a regular patron
Canary Lemon Information about a murder
Cornered Bandit Tyree Free hostages
Crucible Dragon Bynirak Supernatural polearms
Devil Ehrysi Information about who summoned the devil
Ghost Dahlia DeVries Have the ghost pass on
Guard Captain Cyrriacar An audience with their client
Guildmaster Eluna Information about local leaders
Monarch King Geoffrey III Aid of the monarch’s army
Necromancer Nevena Keep necromancer’s forces out of a battle
Profession NPC Name Negotiation Goal
Peasant Leader Oleander Start a revolution
Priest The Loud Peace
of Pounding Rain Bring back an ally from the dead
Prison Guard Durzan Avoid capture
Retired Hero Arlyn Shelter from pursuers
Saint of Nikros Pentalion A miracle
Ship Captain Edda Passage on a ship
Troll Grack Stop the troll’s rampage
Vigilant Leader Kutsvera Passage through the leader’s territory
Wizard Koriadamos Use wizard’s library
Wode Hag Mother Brocktree Undo a curse

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Jon de Nor @jondenor.com · 15/09/2026

Hey! This is the one I playtested! Had to make sure to get my name in all three of the core books 😆

OPEN HAND WAYSTATION
4th-level heroes

Built into a ridge of bluffs, the Open Hand Waystation has served as a haven for travelers since it was converted from a military outpost

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