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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 11h

The Magical Voyage of the Karate Kids. SmolGward was not ready for whatever the fuck that movie was doing. Watched it several times, though, because clearly I enjoyed being scared shitless by it.

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Bryan Heemskerk @bryanheemskerk.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Frieren #frieren #pixelart

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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...

epiloguegaming.com

What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming

Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...

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The Uncrucified, an Exalted TTRPG Fan Project @theuncrucified.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Exalted Art Challenge arrives just in time for October! Join us in exploring 30 daily topics (or 4 weekly topics) inspired by the epic world of the #ExaltedTTRPG. - All media welcome! Art, writing, etc. 🚫NO genAI!🚫 - Use #ExaltedArtChallenge - Tag me so I can repost - Share this post - Have fun!

The topic list for this year's Exalted Art Challenge! Come write, draw, craft, or interpretive dance your way through the challenge! All art forms are welcome, except for genAI. Don't like a topic? Feel free to replace it with one you do. This challenge is here to inspire more cool art for the epic Exalted ttrpg setting! My Eclipse Caste, Kalara, watches on, hoping inspiration finds you. The list reads as follows:
1. Caste / Aspect
2. Regional Fashion
3. Charm / Knack / Evocation etc.
4. Dragonblooded House
5. Spell / Ritual
6. Celestial Incarna
7. God
8. First Age Incarnation
9. Age of Sorrows Incarnation
10. Incarnations Back to Back
11. Abyssal/Deathlord/Monstrace
12. Liminal
13. Exigent
14. Anima Banner
15. Limit Break
16. NPC
17. Food in Creation
18. Magical Materials
19. Weapon / Armor
20. Non-combat Artifact
21. Warstrider
22. Familiar
23. Demon
24. Beastpeople
25. Mutation
26. Animal
27. Manse / Demense
28. Location / Landmark
29. Stunt / Botch
30. Signature Character
BONUS: Make a Funny Exalted Meme!

The Quick Challenge list reads:
WEEK 1 - Fave Caste or Aspect
WEEK 2 - Visual FX
WEEK 3 - Fave Stunt
WEEK 4 - The Big Bad

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gravewalker @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Much as I like MH Wilds, I still can't get over the fact that I intensely dislike how people look in this game. Not a design issue, purely a graphics issue. MH World did some bonkers black magic that made its characters look so, so much nicer even eight years later. Maybe Ascendance'll fix it?

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

digging into my twitter archive for my favourite "you can tell the designer calculated this all in a spreadsheet" skill point system example

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Their brains are cooked, now also literally.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"does this also apply to a combine soldier from half life 2" is my "AI" news bullshit test

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pentakill was a such a killer lineup, that I wouldn't mind Riot paying them to get back in a room and chuck some more bangers our way. The first time I heard them I didn't even know it was a LoL-themed project.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Joke's on you, no D&D books to hide. Instead I have a whole shelf dedicated to Exalted. As Ketchup Kojak intended.

A shelf stocked full of Exalted TTRPG books, mixing 2e, 3e and Essence editions.

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Stories Mama ✋ COMISSIONS OPEN ✋ @ada2987-art.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This could make the worst music imaginable to ear and I would still buy it 😭 Little thing due to recent reveals #mhart #monsterhunter #khezu

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Khoa Vu
@KhoaVuUmn
AI is finally taking over economist's job. It's all over.
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Financial Times
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19 Sep
AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’

https://ft.trib.al/KxRXFO6

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wróciłem! Piętnaście minut paplania o rozdzajach magii w #Exalted, które być może kiedyś przerodzą się indywidualnie w swoje własne materiały.

youtu.be

[Exalted 3e] Magia w czterech smakach

YouTube video by Erpegowa Grota Mongwarda

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...

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Tatokles @brodokles.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

are you an indie ttrpg dev (or have one in your life)? would you (or they) be interested in reaching an audience of a reasonably sized central european country? well, yes, final question then – what's your (their) take on pro bono work and no strings attached? DM me for deets

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

POV: you're a mortal watching a Dragon-Blooded officer fight a mean elemental on the cusp of attaining dragonhood. --- Monster Hunter will never stop being one my fave touchpoints for action in Exalted. And fave source of music for running Exalted, for that matter.

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Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance - Long Sword | Boosted Action Breakdown

YouTube video by Monster Hunter

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm editing a video I want to release this week and I'm in the annoyingly comfortable place between "I hate the sound quality" and "I can't muster the energy to re-record it". Better out than perfect.

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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

we've gotta stop taking these guys seriously

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Finished Zero Company. It's a little bit heavier on tactical RPG than on being an XCOM-like than I expected, but it's a *really good* tactical RPG, and very good Star Wars.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I call it: the Umbaran Shuffle, a rare Sabacc hand where both parties win.

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UQ @yuukyuu000.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wish artists would stop using Mercator projection when drawing Guile from Street Fighter as it greatly distorts his hair and jawline. For a more accurate depiction, consider using Equal Earth instead!

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kunitsu-Gami is such a delightful game, I deeply enjoyed my time with it. It was clear it was a passion project, it's way too specific to be anything but.

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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Odd Steam Reviews @oddsteamreviews.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

SILENT HILL f

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VeGOREpunk AuHORROR @vegapunk-aurora.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

*Mr Beast voice* I HELPED THIS WOMAN TURN A ROOM FULL OF STRAW INTO GOLD USING ONLY A SPINNING WHEEL! IF SHE CAN'T GUESS MY NAME IN THREE DAYS, I'M TAKING HER BABY!

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yeah, I know. It's a fucked up situation for the devs.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Never has a game crashed on me as hard as Zero Company crashes. I'm talking full black screen, nothing I can do except hard restart. Sometimes can't get five minutes in before it blacks out again. I don't have the mightiest card, but 3060Ti is well within the min-rec range, this is silly.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's so fucked up. Zero Company is an incredible game, with excellent writing, art, graphics, gameplay, and location design. It's absurd that people who worked their asses off to accomplish all that are being screwed over.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live Bonus challenge: One of them matches the person you QT. Alestorm Beast in Black Blind Guardian Edguy Gloryhammer Miracle of Sound Nightwish Poets of the Fall Powerwolf The Offspring

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Unfortunately for every non-duty thing I wanted to and was supposed to be doing, Zero Company is exactly as fun as I hoped it would be.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today in badly-worded headlines: www.scmp.com/news/people-...

South China Morning Post.
Taiwan man wins lawsuit but gets jailed for recording wife's affair with robot vacuum.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I can't wait to get my paws on this game. It's unacceptable that I'll only have a brief window of 1-2 hours to play it today, assuming I want to have some sleep. I want ZerCom to succeed so hard that it brings the XCOM side of Firaxis back from the coma in some form.

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I had the same thought, but thankfully it was just Bsky having a hiccup over which old notifications I've already seen.

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Mongward, the Grumpiest Paladin @mongward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"Blazes" is great, the initial plosive really lets you hold the word a little bit longer before it bursts out. "Hell" is much smoother (starts on a voiceless fricative, no plosive or even an affricate elsewhere), which has its merits, but is less punchy.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The 2 most likely reasons for my untimely death are 1: Trying to pet a wild but adorable animal (probably a large cat), or 2: Answering an ad like this. Despite my foreknowledge that these will certainly kill me, I am powerless to stop my inevitable but easily avoidable fate.

Panel from an old comic of a man reading a personal ad and saying to himself, "Say... THIS looks interesting!"
Personal Ad reads: "Girl endowed with beauty and occult powers, schooled in Egyptian Necromancy, wishes to contact writer interested in learning black magic! Dare to write me! All replies confidential."

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Quasimodox @quasimodox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Peni x Ghost Rider + Deadpool, Marvel Tokon

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Impossible to hear "Anne Hathaway" and not reply, "Doth she?"

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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And the furtive Pygmy so easily forgotten from Dark Souls

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don't disagree telling stories is amongst the functions of tabletop RPGs (though it's not the sole – or even *principal* – function of many), but I think a lot of analyses of story-in-RPGs trip over the GNS model's error of treating the activities of play as identical with the goals of play. (1/4)

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🦖 Tim Curry's Rainbow Six @inkdino.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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