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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him)

@owenkcstephens.bsky.social
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29+ year veteran of writing, developing, and publishing ttRPGs. Co-Author of Starfinder and Star Wars Saga Edition, worked on D&D, Pathfinder, Fantasy AGE, Everyday Heroes and more. Freelance writer/consultant www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens He/Him

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 12h
#TypooftheDay: "Convince a target hat it contracted an affliction." ... "OOooh... is this for a 'Meet the Robinsons' campaign?!" "Well it is NOW."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 15h
Sure... But Waffle House can take them both at the same time.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 15h
#GameNightQuotes: GM: "Masses of dark shape form on the ground, twisting upward in a great circle, and solidifying into inky tendrils." Player 1: "Evard's Black Tentacles?" Player 2: "No, this is Pathfinder. They are Generic Store Brand Black Tentacles."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 16h
Personal Post: Poverty and Holidays Only at my Patreon Available to Free Members www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephe...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Clam Animals (Transmutation) Typist 3. You transform a beast or animal into a clam. You monster.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@jacobblackmon.bsky.social stock art of a refined age of gothic vampires, polite ruffians, zombies by golden doors...And dwarves in powered armor. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I would love to have this, but even in the month of my birthday, $100 is simply not even close to being in the cards. But if YOU are in a place where you want it and can afford it, I'd recommend getting it now. These are going to sell out. store.fandango.com/products/kai...
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Kaiju Popcorn Bucket
A towering force is on its way. Get the collectible Kaiju-sized popcorn bucket for $100.00 and receive one (1) FREE movie ticket to see Godzilla Minus Zero in theaters with your purchase. Built for mo...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Battle not with asshats lest ye become an asshat; and if you gaze into the internet the internet gazes into you."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With the knowledge Doctor Who show was opened to a competitive tender, my brain insisted on thinking about what my pitch would be. Since proposals were due 2 October 2026, I feel like there's no reason not to share my concept. www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephe...
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My Concept for Doctor Who Series 16 | Owen K.C. Stephens
I have been a fan of Doctor Who for thirty-eight years. It's one of the major influences in my life that I have never been able to do ANYTHI
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#WritingPrompt: "SpiritBusters" A band of antispirit-tech-armed heroes have taken on holiday horrors such as Peter the Pumpkin King, the April Ghouls, and Lionkind: Carnivorous Easter Bunny. Now they're tasked with capturing THREE Christmas Spirits by their corporate sponsor, Ebenezer Enterprises.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A $3500 medical bill just dropped on us. We don't have that, or space on credit for that, or room in our monthly budget for a payment plan... which we set up anyway. I don't know how we'll manage. Help always welcome, but never expected. ko-fi.com/owenkcstephens www.gofundme.com/f/help-owen-...
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Erica Odd 🏳️‍⚧️ @ericaodd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don't believe animal feed grass exists. I'm a haythiest.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I like ambushing people with a funny yolk.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Canned Orange Danish, augmented pre-cooking with Orange Curd.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When a lot of setting inspirations ALL love each other VERY much... A Setting Nugget. VALIANT: LOST EARTH www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephe...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have no option about whether the chicken or the egg came first. I'm eggnostic.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I assume Luke Skywalker has probably upgraded his prosthesis a few times since Return of the Jedi. Likely to gain a powerful blaster attack ... I think of this as my Personal Hand Canon.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#WritingPrompt: A young sphinx searches for her first riddle, an important coming-of-age moment for any sphinx, and gathers monstrous companions along her way
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#TypooftheDay: "The helf-horc." ... "So your ancestry is..." "Complicated. And very open to new things."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#RetreadHorror "A Nightmare on Fleet Street" A cannibalistic pie-selling Demon Barber was killed on this street but never buried. Now his ghost, taking the form of a gaunt barber with scissors for hands, haunts the descendents of those who ate the flesh of the victims he killed.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#RetreadHorror "Bride of Werewolf" Alicent VanHelsing's husband is a werewolf. But that's okay. She's trained his wolfen form to obey her, and takes him hunting to seek and destroy vampires, reanimated dead, and fish-men from dark estuaries.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#RetreadHorror "Bride of the Mummy" The Mummy of Imhotep was exhumed and taken to the British Museum, and when he rose to take vengeance, his captors burned him. But now his wife, Anck-es-en-Amon, has returned from the Afterlife to recover his remains, and see them returned home.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#RetreadHorror "Dr. Caligari and Mr. Hyde" Having used mesmerism to convince everyone that his accusers were insane, Dr. Caligari expands his experiments with somnambulist murderers from his Asylum base. But when he kills a friend of Dr. Jekyl, the vicious Mr. Hyde seeks revenge.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A $3500 medical bill just dropped on us. We don't have that, or space on credit for that, or room in our monthly budget for a payment plan... which we set up anyway. I don't know how we'll manage. Help always welcome, but never expected. ko-fi.com/owenkcstephens www.gofundme.com/f/help-owen-...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wanted to shoot fricken lasers out of my eyes.
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Life rarely gives you what you expect. I'm still annoyed that being bombarded with radiation during a thunderstorm, while full of poison, did not give me ANY superpowers. I mean, come on!
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
John Scalzi
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This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular, could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 1/2
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"But if it was limited only to public domain it couldn't function like it does!" I mean:
a) That's why I noted "licensed and compensated works"
b) It doesn't excuse IP theft or materially argue for the value of a tech apparently only possible through IP theft
C) It's not too late to compensate! 2/2
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...
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Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!
The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've done a Cancer Recovery update at my GoFundMe. It's been nearly three months. Sorry. :P www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands of things Newt can legitimately be pilloried for, and you went with fat shaming. Fucking thanks for that.
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Paizo @paizo.com · 06/10/2026
A baker's dozen of hauntings creeps out of the dark in one week! We launch our new rules-lite TTRPG 13 Omens on Kickstarter in JUST 7 DAYS! Reserve your spot NOW and get a chance to back the campaign ahead of the crowd! Reserve your place: bit.ly/4bTX5nf
The image is of a person digging up a graveyard with a bloodied hand piercing up through the dirt and reaching towards them. In the top right corner of the image is the "13 Omens" text logo, and across the bottom of the image is the text, "Rules-lite horror TTRPG book set, Coming to Kickstarter NEXT WEEK!!"
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've done a Cancer Recovery update at my GoFundMe. It's been nearly three months. Sorry. :P www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I adore the AGE system! It’s flexible and presents some really fun narrative and tactical options with great options for influence and investigations. Green Ronin’s modern take on the cosmic horror genre is a great use for it!
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey folks. @rossisaacs.bsky.social still needs ALL the help we can possible manage to offer. Please, donate if you can and share the link around regardless. Thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ro...
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Donate to Support Ross Isaacs' Recovery and Living Expenses, organized by John Kasab
Hi, I'm John Kasab and I'm organizing a new fundraiser for Ross Isaacs to… John Kasab needs your support for Support Ross Isaacs' Recovery and Living Expenses
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was on an episdoe of @coldcallsanddice.bsky.social!
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With Horrifically Overpowered Class Features currently the #1 Pathfinder product on @DriveThruRPG (legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5865... have to wonder... what would a Horrifically Overpowered 1e Pathfinder spell even LOOK like? Today at the Patreon. www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephe...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Elder Alarm Clock at @bundleofholding.com has gone off! Cthulhu Awakens! @greenroninpub.bsky.social's cosmic horror of the Weird Century is available now! bundleofholding.com/presents/Cth...
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Cthulhu Awakens Bundle
Adventurer! This all-new Cthulhu Awakens Bundle presents .PDF ebooks for Cthulhu Awakens, the standalone Adventure Game Engine tabletop game from Green Ronin Publishing of Cthulhu Mythos roleplaying a...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is a beloved item among our groups.
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Fantasy Grounds VTT @fantasygrounds.com · 05/10/2026
What's the most recent one you've thought of?
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Alexander (Artist) ⚔️ @okaydrawboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
polish "Ciupaga" or shepherd's axe #art #drawing #axetober
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#GameNightQuotes: "We could be standing on her boob. She's half a mile tall. Do you know how BIG the boobs are on a statue half a mile tall?!"
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"I fetishize Judge Dredd."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#GameNightQuotes: "My waffle iron IS now mithral..."
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Turhan's Bey Company @turhansbeycompany.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To be fair, that's what I usually mean when I say "You don't detect any traps."
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The GM Says: I want to take a beak from the current campaign and try something new. The Players Hear: All your characters are dead, the past 7 months was pointless, and I'm going to try to force you to play a game that uses Lego as a resolution mechanic. #GMSPCH
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The GM Says: "I'd like to take the first session to go over the campaign world and design characters." The Players Hear: I want you to read the setting bible for my LotR fanfic, and we're going to take an entire night to NOT play a game. #GMSPCH
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Players Say: You are clearly the best GM among us, with the best stories and descriptions. The GM Hears: None of us will ever run a game, and we think of you as our enslaved entertainer and babysitter. #GMSPCH
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The GM Says: You don't detect any traps. The Players Hear: You didn't find the trap, but there definitely is one. #GMSPCH
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The GM Says: It's a burly humanlike creature with a face like angry oatmeal and skin like rawhide, standing more than thirty hands tall and carrying a gnarled tree studded with broken swordblades. The Players Hear: It's an ogre, CR 3. #GMSPCH
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Law Martials are super-agents under the Marshal of the United States Supreme Court. They answer only to SCOTUS itself, and are invoked by SCOTUS to protect the US Judicial System from superpowered threats. Judge Agrise is the senior marshal. #StreetLevelHeroes
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