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Frank // Mottokrosh

@mottokrosh.bsky.social
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He/him. TTRPG writer, graphic designer, publisher (Mottokrosh Machinations). Maker of science fantasy game Hypertellurians. Also web designer/developer caring about HTML and accessibility.

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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When the Wolden issue 2 and 3 Kickstarter launches you get immediate access to the 28 pages free Quickstart! It comes with rules, pregens, and a big adventure. Sign up to be notified: www.kickstarter.com/... #TTRPG #IndieRPG #OSR #NSR #WoldenRPG #MottokroshMachinations #Witches
Thumbnail view of the 28 pages of the Wolden Quickstart.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We’re officially sold out of Hypertellurians at Mottokrosh Machinations!
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mottokrosh Machinations is at NEXUS Nerd Rock Festival in Leipzig!
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Many thanks for the personalized birthday message, @kennethhite.bsky.social and @robindlaws.bsky.social!
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
With the last pregen done, that's the first pass on the Wolden Quickstart complete! Can't wait to get this into people's hands: rules, setting (small as it's drop-in), pregens, & a full adventure! This will be available for free on the Kickstarter and wherever my reach will take me. #wolden #ttrpg
Treated screenshot from a spread of the Wolden Quickstart, showing a glimpse of two character sheets.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@bennjordan.bsky.social My old friend @heydonworks.com has done the craziest thing and created hyperblam.how, a declarative music engine based on HTML, and I thought it might tickle your fancy! Individual, indie, non-AI.
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Hyperblam Docs Home
Documentation for HyperBlam. Make HTML make music.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It's Norwich Games Con! Come by and buy books! www.norwichgames.uk #TTRPG #IndieRPG #OSR #NSR #GameDesign #FantasyRPG #MottokroshMachinations
Mottokrosh Machinations stand at Norwich Games Con, with Kara and a bunch of awesome books.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A few updates to mottokrosh.com tonight: added the apps I've recently updated or fixed, including a random fantasy item fetcher from pretty much all of our publications, and the use of AVIF where possible for huge file size savings. The site should be much snappier now. #ttrpg
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Mottokrosh Machinations
Mainstream-adjacent roleplaying games, resources, apps, and blog posts, like the acclaimed Hypertellurians - science fantasy adventure in the future of old
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The fine folks from Shadows of Archonia recently played Knightcore! Check our their #ActualPlay recording at www.youtube.com/live... #ttrpg #knightcore
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Mottokrosh Machinations will be there of course with books and running games!
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Calling it a night for today, but I'm really happy with how this adventure for the #WoldenRPG zine 3 and Quickstart has come together. One last pass and it's good to go. It's contemporary and creepy I believe, and very, very open to player agency. #TTRPG #IndieRPG #OSR #NSR #GameDesign #FantasyRPG
Screenshot of 16 pages of adventure directly from the page thumbnails in Affinity, showing a good mixture of text and illustrations, and sharp layout.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Managed to finish the last piece of art required for the new adventure for Wolden Issue 3 and the Quickstart! This will be roughed up in layout yet, and luckily the rest of the art for it comes from the wonderful Wind Lothamer and not me! :D #TTRPG #IndieRPG #OSR #NSR #FantasyRPG #WoldenRPG
Photo of Procreate showing a drawing of a squat tower on a hill with an elevated road amid a backdrop of storm and thunder. A tilt shift blur is applied.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I may have just hit "activate" on the pre-launch page for the Wolden issues 2 and 3 Kickstarter. I've been working full-throttle on this for some time now, and I can't wait to share it all with you. But, you know, we'll need to wait a bit, until I finish it. www.kickstarter.com/... #ttrpg #woldenrpg
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Coming soon: Wolden Issues 2 and 3
Two packed, illustrated zines for the Wolden Forest Cults RPG and other fantasy roleplaying games.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The #Troika initiative deck from the always excellent @melsonian.bsky.social has made it to Germany! Beautiful watercolors on each card. Useful for Troika! initiative, obvs., a regular card deck, or its own little game, House of Troika. #TTRPG #IndieRPG #OSR #NSR
The Troika initiative/card deck spread out amid some Troika books and metal dice on a wooden desktop.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I managed to get some work done on Wolden 2, 3, and Quickstart while on family holiday, but one highlight was the museum of Stéphane Halleux’s fabulous stuff. Inventive kitbashes of reused materials. #wolden #woldenrpg #ttrpg
Robot vehicle with pilot made from reused parts.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I’m rather happy with how the maps that I drew came out for the upcoming Wolden QuickStart adventure. Saddled to do it myself because of timings but hey. Would love to tease but it would be huge spoilers. 😅 Soon. #ttrpg #wolden
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
BIRCON crew relentlessly hitting the hard to hit spots in Berlin. In the sun. In the beer garden. #ttrpg #penandpaper #berlincons
Woman with a t-shirt advertising BIRCON, in a sunny beer garden.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I don’t think it’s a spoiler when I say Legends of Vox Machina S04 E08 has the most badass fantasy battle ever.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Question for #ttrpg folks. The first Wolden zine had 48 pages. Now I’m gearing up for a double feature Kickstarter of issues 2 and 3. As it stands they have 44 (big adventure) and 32 pages (new cults) respectively. There will also be a free quickstart with a brand new adventure. 1/2
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THE KRAKEN @the-kraken.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Check out what fellow Krakeneers @jasondurall.bsky.social and @mottokrosh.bsky.social are up to in Beeeerrrrrrliiiin … it's @birconberlin.bsky.social bircon.berlin
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Berlin International RPG Convention
The Berlin International Roleplaying Games Convention, for tabletop pen and paper enthusiasts, in the heart of Berlin. For fans of Call of Cthulhu, Mörk Borg, Hypertellurians, Mothership, Troika!, Int...
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy Free RPG Day! Our entry is Attack of the Fly Folk, a flycanthrophic adventure, originally first published in Ultracosmic 1 from Wind Lothamer! Grab it at rpg-trader.com/products/5606/attack… or as bundle at rpg-trader.com/products/1025/free-r…
Black and white illustration of a horrific fly person. The words "Attack of the Flyfolk" in big, green letters.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Got my prints of @yochaigal.bsky.social’s Cairn 2e today, both because I finally wanted a physical version of it and because I wanted to try @rpg-trader.bsky.social’s POD quality (well, Lulu’s), and they’re looking good! Glass of absinthe because I’m back from work travels and it’s hot and it’s yum.
The two Cairn RPG books on a wooden desk near a glass of absinthe.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Just uploaded a new product to @rpg-trader.bsky.social, and added it to the Free RPG Bundle that's coming next week. It's going to rock. 🤘 #ttrpg #osr #nsr #hypertellurians
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Bircon Berlin @birconberlin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Lara and Lena shamelessly being used to bring awareness that the #BIRCON Early Bird Ticket sales will end on 22nd June 2026. #Berlin #event #ttrpg
Photo of Lara a black and white cat sleeping through the BIRCON early bird ticket saleCats Lara and Lena investigate an empty Hedgehog box. Thus missing out on the early bird BIRCON ticket sale.Photo of Lena, a tiger tabby sleeping through the BIRCON early bird ticket sale.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Mottokrosh Machinations is now on the new RPG Trader site: rpg-trader.com/creator/1005/mottokr… Just my free stuff for now but more will undoubtedly follow. Let's see how that site shakes out, it's massively more modern than either DTRPG and Itch.io. #ttrpg #rpg #indierpg
Screenshot of the Mottokrosh Machinations page on RPG Trader.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Knightcore—steel and silk—the TTRPG is now on general sale, following a successful Kickstarter. Get the PDF on DriveThruRPG or the physical zine (48 A5 pages, with PDF) on our website: mottokrosh.com/machinations/knightc… #ttrpg #knightcore #rpg #castlecore #osr #nsr
Three copies of the Knightcore zine on wood, two open, amid dice, a book, a metal helmet, and velvet.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Very last chance folks: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottok… Truly, the Kickstarter ends at 07:45 CET on Thursday morning. #knightcore #ttrpg #zinequest #lastminute #sotired
Cheesy but stylish knightcore ensemble photo of two male and three female knights over an over the top illuminated frame, with the words "Mere hours to go!" and "Knightcore the Roleplaying Game" featured.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Drawing an isometric staircase for a #knightcore map is kicking my butt tonight, but it'll be worth it. 33 hours left on the Kickstarter—get in while you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mot... #ttrpg #rpg #castlecore #zinequest #zinemonth
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Knightcore the RPG
An aesthetic that combines gleaming armor, soft, flowing fabrics, and ethereal, haunting radiance, now as a tabletop roleplaying game.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Knightcore the RPG celebrates International Women's Day! #ttrpg #knightcore #castlecore #zinequest  #zinemonth #rpg #knightcorerpg #kickstarter
Three women in satin or silk dresses holding a mace, sword, and spear respectively, and wearing pieces of steel armor. "Knightcore the Roleplaying game" is written in the background, "Happy International Women's Day — Don Silk and Steel & Slay the Patriarchy" in the foreground, the latter with LGBTQ+ colors.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Priorities, ey? Seven days to go on the Kickstarter. Don't miss out! Search "knightcore" on Kickstarter. Illustrations by Isabella Spitznagel. #ttrpg #knightcore #castlecore #indierpg #rpg #zinequest #zinemonth #zimo #ladyknights
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Galopped over the funding line! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottok… #ttrpg #knightcore #castlecore #rpg #zinequest #zinemonth #indierpg #dnd
Stoic knight in gambeson, holding steel helmet and sword. Three text items: "Just funded—Kickstarter", "There's a genre, or maybe philosophy, of TTRPGs that is really securing its place as the mode de rigueur right now, and I'm not complaining: explicitly vibe-forward, emotive, genre heavy. (...) It's time we got some glitz. Knight-core style.—Daniel Sell, Melsonian Arts Council", "Knightcore the Roleplaying Game".
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Battle Queen Kara ready to bring the light to the forces of chaos. Search "knightcore" on Kickstarter for the zine. Now with a new reward tier to game with the creator. #ttrpg #knightcore #castlecore #rpg #zinequest #zinemonth #dnd #indierpg
Battle queen in damask gown, fur shoulders, looking at you with determination, clasping a large sword. Her hair blows in the breeze, and she is lit with red and blue light on opposing sides. Knightcore the Roleplaying Game is written in large, ornate letters.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It was a pleasure chatting with Todd!
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Knightcore the RPG is 75% funded! Can we make it all the way? Complete TTRPG with knightcore/castlecore aesthetics, starting adventure, no AI, original photography and art. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottok… #ttrpg #knightcore #rpg #zinequest #zimo #castlecore #dnd
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Knightcore the RPG work in progress. A lot of photos currently, but original illustrations are incoming soon too. Rules sections complete, the adventure is coming up next! Currently crowdfunding, search "knightcore" on Kickstarter. Please share if you like it! #knightcore #zinequest #ttrpg #rpg
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Flyer for the Kickstarter, to put in a couple of likely places in Berlin. What do you think? Does it make you want to scan the QR code? #ttrpg #knightcore #rpg #castlecore #zimo #zinequest #zinemonth
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Todd @thirdkingdom.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A written interview with @mottokrosh.bsky.social is now live on my blog, talking about their ZineMonth project "Knightcore". www.sabregamesandcards.com/post/zimo202... #ttrpg #dnd #zinemonth #zimo #indiezine
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ZiMo2026: Mottokrosh
Frank "Mottokrosh" Reding is currently raising funds for Knightcore, their project for ZineMonth 2026. They were kind enough to answer some questions for this interview series. Question: Give us the e...
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
For the Knightcore Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/mottok…),  Karen put together a nice behind the scenes slideshow from the photoshoot: www.instagram.com/p/DUlOUEcjd3n #ttrpg #knightcore #castlecore #rpg #indierpg #zinequest #zinemonth #zimo
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Karen Reding on Instagram: "Knights be knighting in #Knightcore for #TTRPG on #Kickstarter. Background pictures. Thanks to Ani Anjum for taking the pictures."
4 likes, 0 comments - holisticsoulhealingkr on February 10, 2026: "Knights be knighting in #Knightcore for #TTRPG on #Kickstarter. Background pictures. Thanks to Ani Anjum for taking the pictures.".
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In Knightcore you can play as an Anemogene, Lacustrine, Herb Mavin, Changeling, Fair-Chained, or Prodigy of String and Needle, all powerful traits. But your Knightcore Aesthetic Score is your most powerful weapon against chaos. #knightcore #castlecore #ttrpg #rpg #zimo #zinequest #zinemonth
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Enter a dark and chaotic world where the knights, clad in flowing silks and gleaming armor, are the only beacons of light. Search "knightcore" on Kickstarter! #knightcore #castlecore #ttrpg #rpg #dnd #indierpg #zinequest #zinemonth
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Follow the Zine Month account! #zinemonth #zinequest #zinetopia And here's my addition to the tradition: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mot... #knightcore #ttrpg #rpg #castlecore
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Coming soon: Knightcore the RPG
An aesthetic that combines gleaming armor, soft, flowing fabrics, and ethereal, haunting glows, now as a tabletop roleplaying game.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
It is an age of darkness, uncertainty, and chaos. Would-be kings, violent tyrants, and bloody barons bring war to isolated fiefs, leaving destruction and death in their wake. The only source of succor for the people is the knights.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Written up ~1200 words for premise and statblocks for #KnightcoreTheRPG for a New Year's Eve one-shot. Where in some RPGs statblocks are full of, well, stats, often rarely used, in Knightcore they are the barest of stats, but full of story, loot, and world-affecting options. #knightcore #ttrpg
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Big update to Knightcore the RPG! Rules tweaks based on playtesting, and a big, flashy adventure! mottokrosh.com/knightcore. #knightcorerpg #knightcore #knightcoreaesthetic #castlecore #ttrpg #rpg #osr #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg
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Knightcore the RPG
Knightcore the RPG Knightcore, aka castlecore, is an aesthetic that combines gleaming armor, soft, flowing fabrics, and ethereal, haunting glows. Now it is also a roleplaying game. The world—a fanta...
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
New blog post: The Under, Under Construction mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/12/the-un… #ttrpg #rpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #dnd
Ethereal shot of a black-haired woman in a white satin gown, metal gauntlets, holding sword, looking into the distance.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Would continue to write adventure but I’m catted. #ttrpg #cats #catsvsrpg
Shot down the body of cat sleeping cozily between legs.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New blog post: Mrs Claus Must Die mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/12/mrs-cl… #ttrpg #rpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #dnd
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Mrs Claus Must Die
Mrs Claus Must Die Something from another world has possessed Mrs Claus and turned her into a giant, bloodthirsty monster. She has slain Santa. Much of the workshop lies in ruins, and many elves have died...
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Knightcore the RPG fever continues with a little photoshoot with my wife and some arms and armor we happen to have lying around the house. #knightcorerpg #knightcore #knightcoreaesthetic #castlecore #ttrpg #indierpg
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Knightcore the RPG. Chivalry meets fashion. Swords meet myth. The world is dark and chaotic but you are the shining beacons of hope within it. mottokrosh.com/knightcore. A bespoke yet familiar system. #knightcorerpg #knightcore #ttrpg #indierpg #osr #castlecore #knightcoreaesthetic #freerpg
A woman in armor and flowing fabrics, holding a sword, stands in two poses alongside an ornate character sheet for the Knightcore RPG.
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Frank // Mottokrosh @mottokrosh.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
New blog post: Knightcore the RPG mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/11/knight… #ttrpg #rpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #dnd
Knightcore aesthetics by Lost Lands Collections / Samii Hart on InstagramCollage of knightcore aesthetics.Knightcore aesthetics by agbash__ / skystudio_384 on InstagramKnightcore aesthetics by emackphoto / joeygraceffa
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