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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
d100 - A Juxtaposition of Jellyfish Generator for a fellow Referee's Ocean Themed D&D Campaign! blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/09/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - A Juxtaposition of Jellyfish
H ere is a fun one! A fellow Referee is running an “Ocean Themed” OD&D Campaign and requested some assistance with generating interesting...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
d100 - Assorted Alchemical Gimcrack & Enchanted Ephemera Minor Magical Wonders and Expendable Items of Dubious Utility blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/09/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Assorted Alchemical Gimcrack & Enchanted Ephemera
H ere are a hundred Minor Magical Wonders that didn’t quite fit nicely into lists of their own. The intention was to provide some ideas f...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy "Only day I can wear this particularly perplexing Tie Clip!" It's on a Friday this year as well!
Gold Tie Clip featuring a Calendar for the Month of September with the 25th day on a Friday and circled in a red enamel ring.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
d100 - How Do Those Wizards Know Each Other? What if every Wizard in a World *knew* each other? blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/07/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - How Do Those Wizards Know Each Other?
R ecently when re-watching The Last Unicorn for the umpteenth time, I noticed something interesting in a scene I know I had seen so many ...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
At Last by Ella plays softly in the background: (sorry @inplacesdeep.bsky.social but it was my birthday present!)
A quarter of a Central Grocery Muffuletta Sandwich, looking absolutely delicious (it was) resting on the packaging that extolls the incredible work this purveyor of peerless sandwiches manages to accomplish.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Yesterday afternoon I heard the first stacatto sputterings of a single cicada, starting off the season. #cicadas #cicadatracker
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
d100 - Where Does Lamp Oil Come From? One Hundred Ideas for the Origins of those Flammable Flasks blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/05/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Where Does That Lamp Oil Come From?
S ometimes, I like to confront a few of the curious questions that occasionally come up in various Settings. This time I decided to tackle...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
d100 - Magical Masks One Hundred Fanciful Face Coverings for a Blog Bandwagon blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/04/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Magical Masks
E arlier today I was tagged in by Eldritch Fields for a blog bandwagon concerning Masks, so I decided to whip up a quick d100 Table with...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
d100 - Magical Bracers & Braclets A Hundred Adornments for the Arms of Adventurers blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/04/d100...
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d100 - Magic Bracers & Bracelets
H ere we have another hundred Magical Items, this time focusing on those Bracers and Bracelets that might be masquerading among the Jewelr...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Variegated Vocabularies for Limited Languages Ten Lists for making some methods of communication more interesting with word constraints (Common, Speak with the Dead/Plants/Animals, Thieves Cant, Alignment Languages, Divination, and Telepathy) blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/03/vari...
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Variegated Vocabularies for Limited Languages
R ecently I was seized with the idea that what if some of the “Languages” the Players gain access to in these games had a more Limited Voc...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Absolutely amazing! Can't believe someone tackled all 100 Questions, and it's incredibly interesting to see where they led!
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
d100 - Some More Specific Concealed or Secret Doors Detail for when a Dungeon Key is found to be Lacking blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/02/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Some More Specific Concealed or Secret Doors
A nother Random Table Resource to assist Referees with those often-under-specified Secret Doors. Some Dungeon Maps neglect to describe the...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy Year of the Horse 🐴 Here's a fun d100 Table I've gotten a lot of mileage out of to celebrate! blog.d4caltrops.com/2022/04/d100...
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d100 - One Hundred Horses
G rowing up around Horses, how I use them in these games might be one of my vernacular tells . One of those little things that I always s...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I've updated my Random Table Index with the most recent Tables I've posted: blog.d4caltrops.com/p/random-tab... We're hovering around 179 on this page alone now!
Image of a small person in a yellow and green robe with a matching conical hat and a tail peeking out from below the robe. The person has pointy ears and is rolling two six-sided dice using a dice cup.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
d100 - Collective Nouns for Numbers Appearing More Colorful Terms for Groups of Monsters/Encounters blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/02/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Collective Nouns for Numbers Appearing
F or as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the sometimes-weird words we use for Groups of Things. In my youth, I cam...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Post a car pic you took
Green Vehicle with Window Art depicting a Sasquatch and an Alien standing together in a Forest, subtitled with "An Unbelievable Bond"
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
An Incredible effort is underway to narrate all the Bloggie Nominations this year for your listening enjoyment! My Wilderness Stocking - Expanded received this absolutely amazing treatment from Patchwork Paladin: podcast.bloggies.org/@WeReadTheBl...
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[Gameable] Wilderness Stocking - Expanded, by ktrey
Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Wilderness Stocking - Expanded by ktrey (d4 Caltrops) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: d4 Caltrops: Dungeon Stocking - Expanded d4 Caltrops: wilderness tier
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
Woman driving on Cell Phone with the text "The Tables are my Corn!" imposed upon it.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
d100 - Magical Belts, Girdles, or Cinctures One Hundred Wonders for those Waistlines blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/01/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Magical Belts, Girdles, or Cinctures
A nother Table of Magical Wonders (to be dutifully added to the Generator eventually!) This one focuses on Belts, Girdles, Sashes, or oth...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
d100 – Absent Adventurer: Where Have You Been? One Hundred "Excuses" to address a Missed Session blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/01/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 – Absent Adventurer: Where Have You Been?
S ometimes we encounter situations where a specific Character isn’t available for a given Game Session due to the vagaries of scheduling or...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
d100 - Magical Toys & Trinkets Enchanted Items for the Young or Young At Heart blog.d4caltrops.com/2026/01/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Magical Toys & Trinkets
W himsical Wonders needn’t always be intended for those who’ve Grown Up. Here are one Hundred Magical Toys & Trinkets aimed at a younger a...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2025 Table Thread! 🧵 Just like last year, I am going through some of this year’s Tables I’ve shared and giving them another once over. I’ll include a few of the “Easter Eggs” that jump out at me as I read through them again (but I won’t spoil them all!) Over 40 this year!
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Silly Idea: Character Generation via the MASH multi-player pen-and-pencil Oracle/Children's Game. You could even have the Player fill in their own options!
MASH Character Generation Example.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
New Generator: I've taken the dozens of tables I've produced over the years for Magical Items and finally loaded them into a generator to produce new wonders with a single click! blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/magi... #osr #ttrpgs #randomtables
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Magic Item Generator
W ith a little bit of digital elbow grease, I’ve finally managed to create a Generator that produces Magical Items from the dozens of d10...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
d100 - So You've Spent Too Long At Sea... Unfortunate Fates to Befall Seafarers who shy from Shores blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - So You've Spent Too Long At Sea...
J ust as there is a Mythic Underworld and Mythic Wilds , why not also cultivate Mythic Oceans ? Perhaps when one spends a bit too long as...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
d100 - Treasure Map Minutia & Cartograph Complications One Hundred Hints & Ideas for Ameliorating those Maps blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 – Treasure Map Minutia & Cartograph Complications
R epresenting a full fourth of the Random Results when Scrolls are generated as Magical Treasure in most of the earlier presentations, Tre...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
d100 - Where is that Treasure Hidden? A Hundred Hiding Places for those Twinkling Troves blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Where is that Treasure Hidden?
A s another elaboration to assist with Dungeon Stocking duties, here is a Table I’ve put together of some potential locations to secrete ...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Holmes! Just the Blue Book, no Box, Adventures, or Dice (so we used the chits)!
Cover of the Dungeons & Dragons Holmes Blue Book
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
d100 - Lair Locations Where are those Wilderness Encounters when they're not a-Wandering? blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Lair Locations
W hen Stocking Hexes , I occasionally find myself at a loss when it comes to all those “Lairs” that can get generated in the Process. Tho...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
On the tail of a similar readthrough of B1, this one's starting up for B2: Keep on the Borderlands! Lots of fond memories of running this, probably more times than I can count at this point!
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
d100 - Heavenly Hallmarks or Gifts for the God-Touched One Hundred Holy Handouts blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/12/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Heavenly Hallmarks or Gifts for the God-Touched
M any months ago, I completed a table for Tiefling Traits and Infernal Features in which I promised a Post pertaining to their more Angel...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A great summary of some of the things that make B1 really interesting, and how it's a bit of a shame it doesn't get as much attention as B2. Check out the Stocking Thread too!
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
First Blogger decided to use my Topic Table! They got a very fun one: 56 Summarize your Campaign Setting in 2d20 words or Less ireadtoomanyadventures.blogspot.com/2025/11/summ...
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Summarize your Campaign Setting in 2d20 words or Less
The font of creativity, d4 Caltrops, posted d100 brain food for bloggers so here is my attempt at fulfilling a prompt.  I rolled a 14 so h...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
d100 - Brainfood for Burgeoning Blogs One Hundred Tentative Topics to Post About blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/11/d100... #osr #randomtables #ttrpgs
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d100 - Brainfood for Burgeoning Blogs
R ecently, some impressive work Mapping the RPG blogosphere by elmcat had me thinking about the recent surge in new Blogs about these ga...
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Yeah. Just might have to put something like this together after all! Long live the Blog! 😅
Beginning of a d100 Table of Topics that new OSR/TTRPG Bloggers can roll on if they need ideas for a new post.
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
And it's finished! One Hundred #over/under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri ktrey.itch.io/overunder-ta... It was super fun to flex some of my old Cyberpunk/Sci-Fi muscles before they completely atrophied!
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Over/Under Tables: A Prospero Potpourri by ktrey
100 Random Tables for Over/Under
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Last of these piecemeal #over/under Tables while I polish up the compilation: Yes, we made it to 100 total! 🎉 * Bootleg Movies * Comic Strips * Tattoos * Goodbyes 😢
Ten Bootleg Vid-ChipsTen Serialized Comic StripsTen TattoosTen Goodbyes
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
#over/under Tables (Only 4 more remain to reach 100! Might just make it before the end!) * Ten Unwelcome Exo-Suit Errors * Ten "Beauty Boosters" or Cosmetic Cyberwares * Ten Timewasting Apps 😅 * Ten Station Street Gangs
Ten Ominous Exo-Suit ErrorsTen Superficial Cyber-ModificationsTen Timewasting AppsTen Station Street Gangs
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#over/under Tables (only 14 away from 100!): * Ten Locations for Lost or Misplaced MacGuffins * Ten Curious Contents for Drawer Discoveries or Locker Looting * Ten Carousing Complications & Party Precipitates * Ten Devices carried by Dream's Denizens
Ten Locations for Lost or Misplaced MacGuffinsTen Curious Contents for Drawer Discoveries or Locker LootingTen Carousing Complications & Party PrecipitatesTen Devices carried by Dream's Denizens
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Some Timed Release Tables due to Conclave #over/under: Topics donated by Denizens to help me reach 100! * Misplaced Mail * Magic Tricks * Station Scams and Clever Cons * Catastrophic Credstick Errors!
Ten Items of Misplaced MailTen Magic TricksTen Station Scams/ConsTen Things You Don't Want To See your Credstick Do
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
#over/under Tables Today: * Some of the Dream's Dance Styles * One Man's Trash... * Designated Drops & Clandestine Caches * "I search their Datapad"
Ten Styles of Dance found on the StationTen Items of interest one might find Dumpster DivingTen Pre-arranged Places to Retrieve or Deposit things SecretlyTen Items one *might find* when snooping on someone else's Datapad/Terminal
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#over/under Tables for the day! Many focused on Food Production: * Vat Meat (CW, gets kinda gross: wouldn't read whilst eating) * Vat Veg * Factory Fruit * Animal Treats!
Ten Vat MeatsTen Types of Vat-Grown VegetablesTen Factory Farmed FruitsTen Tasty Treats for Prospero's Pets
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Four More #over/under Tables Today: * Some Android Ailments * A Spot of Fine Art * Potential Punishments Meted Out for Mischief * "I Search the Cargo Bay for anything useful/valuable"
Ten Android Ailments & Vexatious VirusesTen of Prospero's Paintings & Station StatuaryTen Station Sentences for Minor MischiefsTen "I Search the Cargo Bay for something Valuable/Useful"
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
#over/under Tables for Today (after a Weekend Off!) * Station-Specific Phobias & Fears * Places to Crash * Places Open "All Night" * The Few Feathered Friends on Prospero
Ten Phobias/Fears tailored to ProsperoTen Places to Sleep for the more Nomadic among usTen Places to go, when you can't/don't SleepTen of the Station-Bound Birds
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Today's #over/under Tables consist of: * Station Street Art * News from Off Station * The Hits on the Top 10 Charts * Mundane Cybernetic Augmentations
Ten Types of GraffitiTen Bulletins from Off-StationTop 10 HitsTen Prosaic Cybernetic Enhancements
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Four More Fun #over/under Tables! * What's on the Telly? * Some Station Superstitions * Everyday Essentials * Popular Periodicals
Ten Television Programs/ChannelsTen Station SuperstitionsTen Station SundriesTen Monthly Magazines
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Some "Slice of Life" #over/under Tables today: Smelly Streets, Some Vending Machine Contents (Colas & Snacks!), and Arcade Games:
Ten Smells from the Streets10 Vending Machine Sodas from the StationTen Vending Machine Snacks!Ten Arcade Games/Pinball Machines
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Some fun ones today for #over/under: Local Bands, Lurid Looks, Street Sounds, and Rats!
Ten Local Musicians Looking for their Dream GigTen Examples of What Everyone's Wearing these CyclesTen Unsettling Sounds (I always like to try to portray places with more than a single sense)Ten Rowdy Rodents
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Let's see...what did we get up to on #over/under today Table-wise? Some Street Food, Station Cinema, Mostly Minor Maladies, and Gnarly Network Nodes!
Ten Sample Street Food VendorsTen Funky Films Showing on the StationTen Illnesses or Ailments for the Under the WeatherTen Gnarly Network Nodes
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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
How about Four More for #over/under: Freshly Baked Breads, Strange Station Weather, Transportation Options, and some Emotional Support Animals (in light of recent events!)
Ten Bakery Goods to Break BreadTen Unusual Weather Phenomena that may plague a Space StationTen Modes of Transport to Travel from Place-to-PlaceTen Furry and Fuzzy Friends
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