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Ivis K. Flanagan 🔜 Moving @northerndreamer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Time to kick the elephant out of the room: Yes, I'm one of the people Paizo's laying off, my last day being July 7th. My heart is broken to leave the best team I've ever worked with - a team I've learned so much from. If you know of any game designer or developer openings, I'd love to talk to you.

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cozzymandias (Comms Open) @cozzymandias.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Unfortunately, I've been laid off as part of Paizo's recent restructuring (paizo.com/blog/paizo-r...). I'm reopening my public commissions while I look for what's next; if you've been looking for an excuse to get your TTRPG character illustrated, please reach out!

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Aras Yazgan @sketching101.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I was laid off as a part of this restructuring. I loved working on Starfinder during my time at Paizo, with all of my amazing colleagues, who then became cherished friends. I hope folks enjoy my work in Tech Core, especially the Tactical Starship Combat rules. paizo.com/blog/paizo-r...

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Paizo Restructuring: A Difficult Update About Our Future  | Paizo Blog

<p>Over the last year, Paizo has been navigating one of the most challenging periods in our company’s history. I want to speak to you directly about what happened, how it has affected us, an...

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Lynne M. Meyer | coffee-fueled and available for hire @lynnemeyer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I'll say more when I can focus a bit, but for now ... While I'd love to stay in games, I'm also open to editor positions elsewhere in the publishing world. Fiction would be lovely. Before joining the games industry, I spent a decade and a half in higher ed roles that inform my work today.

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Lynne M. Meyer: TTRPG Editor, Writer, and Consultant

Hail and well met! Here you can learn a little about me, my TTRPG work, and how to get in touch. Let's create together!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I have mentioned something similar, and anyone who wants can see me say it directly here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBf.... However for the example you gave, just a -2 on a strong 1 action debuff ability is significantly nicer than I would be without a feat. But we each decide ourselves!

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Don't Let Feats Stop You from Improvising

YouTube video by Arcane Mark

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Eldamon Legends Kickstarter is LIVE! Want to add monster-training gameplay a la Pokemon, Digimon, Monster Rancher and more to your D&D or Pathfinder game? You know you want to check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol...

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Eldamon! Befriend, Train, Battle, & Evolve in DnD 5E & PF2e

Befriend and command legendary elemental creatures in a Pokémon-inspired system for D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I suppose you could also do a rouge ancestry that has good attribute boosts for a rogue, so that if someone says they are playing a rouge, you can say "Ah, that makes sense given that I see you are a rogue; that's a good ancestry pick." That said, we have out April Fool's figured out this time!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

When I was doing a pass on the poisons for Pathfinder 2nd Edition, arsenic and hemlock were real-world poisons and I wanted to check that the onset times were appropriate... Eventually I found a site for mystery authors who used poison on fictional characters, but the searches...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

@herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social have one last challenge for you! Put all the clues together and solve this metapuzzle at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/13. And check out the Year of Mysteries at www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol...!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Time for the final normal puzzle! Head to puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/12 for instructions and to submit your answer. For next week, you can go through the archives and make sure you've solved them all! And check out the Year of Mysteries at kickstarter.rollforcombat.com!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Deathbringer panel starting now with a demo of Professor DM's alpha version of the rules!

Professor DM prepares a table of players to face their doom in Deathbringer

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

No plugs at the panel table... but Stephen can't be stopped, so he found a way to improvise.

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

At dinner with @tectonomancer.bsky.social @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social Roll For Combat, Professor DM, Grace World Destroyer, Linda Zayas-Palmer, and Derik Malenda

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Come visit if you are around! It's 4057

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The booth is all set up at PAX Unplugged!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It's Wednesday again. Our you ready for our trickiest puzzle so far by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social? Head on over to puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/10 for the rules (or if you're a veteran puzzler, I suppose you can try to guess them just from the diagram below).

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New week, new puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Put together the number of syllables in the () to spell a word matching the clue. The first and last letters of each word will lead to the answer. More rules and submit answers here! puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/9

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This week's puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social has five parts, and you'll have to figure out how to use them together to get the final answer! Can you solve it and find out about an upcoming ancestry by Linda Zayas-Palmer? Rules here: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/8!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It's Wednesday again, time for puzzle 7 by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social! Solve the maze and find the answer (maze instructions are in the link) Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/7 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries for D&D and Pathfinder!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Love D&D and Pathfinder playable options? Puzzles? In the sixth puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social, can you navigate the waterfall of letters and find the answer? Submit your solution at puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/6 and find out more about the Year of Mysteries!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

If you like puzzles or mysterious playable TTRPG ancestries I've got another new puzzle for you by @herzwesten.bsky.social and @joeadultman.bsky.social. The puzzle is in the image, and you can submit your answer here to see how you ranked among other solvers: puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/5

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

If you like puzzles (or even if you don't), the third Year of Mysteries puzzle is live! If you haven't caught the first two, you can check them out too at the bottom of the page. puzzles.rollforcombat.com/puzzles/3

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Do you like puzzles? We're doing one each week to reveal some new Pathfinder and D&D content, with a leaderboard for solving it! This first one is relatively simple, and it just went up a few minutes ago. Can you solve it? Puzzle by @herzwesten.bsky.social puzzles.rollforcombat.com

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

That scene where he prebuffs like 50 spells in a row including Body of Effulgent Beryl and Twinned and Maximized spells before engaging in a tough fight made me feel seen as a Pathfinder 1st Edition / 3.0 / 3.5 player. I actually watched it when I saw that clip (you might have sent it to me).

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I know your timeline might be full of hoax posts today, but my April 1st tradition is to release a free book that seems like it must be a joke but is actually serious and balanced for your game. I feel like it's more fun that way. This year, why not play as a deity? battlezoo.com/products/fre...

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FREE! Battlezoo Ancestries: Demigods PDF

Are You a God? Well, You Are Now! Have you ever wanted to play a deific character who builds their religion and faith to grow in strength? Then what can we say except you're welcome! With Battlezoo An...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

You're welcome! I think it says something that one of the responses was from someone asking for a page ref because their players needed the example 😆

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today in random humorous game design, I learned from Google docs that your attribute flaw is "the Constitution."

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Weird and wacky characters can be as memorable in TTRPGs as they are in other games, books, movies, TV shows, and more, but sometimes it can be in all the wrong ways. Join us for tips and tricks on how to build and play a weird and unique character your group will love! youtube.com/live/MK_AxJP...

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Weird TTRPG Characters Can Cause Problems For Your Group. Here's How to Fix It!

YouTube video by Arcane Mark

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In TTRPGs, teamwork can allow you to succeed better than selfish loner play. But on the other extreme, you can have groupthink where the party becomes a hivemind and makes poor decisions. In today's video, we examine the pitfalls of teamwork and how you can avoid them! youtu.be/a9NZ5LFQxS8

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Teamwork or Groupthink: Do You Avoid the Pitfalls of Working Together in Tabletop RPGs?

YouTube video by Arcane Mark

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

One of the hardest things to do in a TTRPG, is to back down and change your mind or strategy. This applies in and out of game and can be especially tough when you're sure you have what it takes to win or that you're right. Become a more effective player and GM! www.youtube.com/live/CYoCCUz...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

You can rest now? What about Completionist++ 😁 Either way, congrats, I stopped after completing normal Completionist and the Challenges.

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Metagaming is a bogeyman of TTRPGs, used to describe the sort of bad behavior in an RPG horror story. But is that all? Join us as we discuss what metagaming is, when it can be beneficial, and how attempting to avoid it can be the start of a different horror story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ggk...

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How Can Metagaming Be Good in a TTRPG?

YouTube video by Arcane Mark

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Dungeon Dad had a really fun video on the 5e version of the titan ancestry I wrote for the Year of Titans Kickstarter (also for Pathfinder 2e, but the build in the video is in 5e): www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBh_....

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Literally Becoming Godzilla in D&D

YouTube video by Dungeon Dad

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I would say generally be very mindful of exactly what a character can and can't do while solo piloting a solo vehicle. Look especially at how fast it can go and if it has unusual Speeds. Then you can make sure the rest of your campaign is appropriately calibrated around that!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

In the continuing annals of no context game design text, here we have a triple spell: "but using the dispelled spell’s spell rank"

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

In discourse I see on TTRPGs, a recurring worry is that the existence of feats can make it hard or impossible to improvise rulings for characters who don't have the feat (or you don't know about it). Linda and I made this 7 minute video explaining how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBf...

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Don't Let Feats Stop You from Improvising

Just because a feat exists, doesn't mean you can't improvise a ruling for a character without that feat. Watch this short video for tips from Mark and Linda ...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

I had my first 6 way Kraken Week collaboration this week on Arcane Mark when I ran Pathfinder 2e for 5 D&D youtubers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1z_...

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Co-Creator of Pathfinder 2e Runs for D&D Youtubers / New Players (Pirate Assault!)

YouTube video by Arcane Mark

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Congratulations on the new home Lyz!

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Sure: twitter.com/MarkSeifter/...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Thanks! I just remembered that Bluesky does not have direct messaging. It's similar enough I never remember what it doesn't have until I notice it's not there.

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

I will happily take PMs here or on X. They should be open to folks even if I'm not following. I'd rather not post my e-mail address publically on social media where the spambots can find it. Can you think of a good alternative to give folks who don't use these platforms or don't want to PM?

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

put my money where my mouth is on this. If anyone from former WotC Staff affected by this cut wants a freelance writing gig (especially if you need something in the near term), hit me up and I'll do my best to get you something! And if you know someone, point them here! 2/2

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Working in the industry with WotC vets, Christmas layoffs were infamous for happening most years. I am sad to see them return and hope to see all the talented folks from across the company, and especially from creative, bounce back quickly. It's easy to say. But I want to... 1/2

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Big news @rulelord2e.com! The planar conjunction into the worst possible timeline that you invoked and conjured has finally been realized. The world is doomed, as the terrible Eldarap is complete: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqY...

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Today in game design rules autocorrect: "You can't float over Qatar or other non-solid surfaces."

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

In the ongoing saga of weird sentences I sometimes write as a game designer I now present: "If their allies can’t understand the inane things the infected foe is saying, they can’t spread their folly that way."

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Mark Seifter @markseifter.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

In our Hell's Rebels game, we discovered an unknown interaction with troops and the cast into time spell in pathfinder2e. The bard cast 12 squares of troop (24 guards) into time, but only 8 squares (16 guards) came back due to the HP thresholds. We accidentally left 8 enemies stranded in time!

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