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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i feel like a lot of video game narrative design/writing is focused on emulating movies and scared of being in an interactive medium

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i'm always fiddling with attribute names because it's an easy way to emphasize what's important and create interesting differences between similar concepts

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

everywhere at the end of time

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

4 last ttrpgs: - ose with some becmi-ish house rules - 13th age - my vtm hack - fail forward 4 last adventures: - whatever @unpanny-valley.bsky.social has thrown at us - unreleased scifi prison ship by nuclear-saints.itch.io - sag river extreme cold research facility, alaska - gardens of ynn

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

a new ap might struggle with an unknown system, but something like cr or d20? they could play whatever and it would probably not affect their viewership in meaningful ways

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

finnish has a similar distinction, probably because our words for 'spil' and 'leg', 'peli' and 'leikki', are old loans from swedish

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

post an image and you get 2000 chars of alt text for FREE

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

i remember reading some folk myths that were gathered in the 1950s

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

as with all christian conquests, finnish folk traditions and beliefs were transformed and appropriated to fit the new faith, and some (like midsummer) are still with us

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

what mechanics do you see as the worst ones in that context?

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

imo there can be some use for it in more scholarly contexts, but the community/market in general? fuck no

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

so final fantasy's bestiary is based on japanese interpretations of western monsters inspired by japanese interpretations of western monsters

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

also the "art that is harder to 'get' is inherently more valuable", or something along those lines

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

this is not a recommendation because i haven't ran it, but trapped within looks interesting

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

yeah, although i don't think humanity has ever been done especially well lol

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

i think i mainly agree. vitae seemed fine, though maybe a bit fiddly with things like healing baneful damage. drama feels very out-of-character for vtm and tacked on. i also dislike the numerous, specific actions, just more fluff to forget when you can just roll based on the fiction.

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

gotta check out the others but as a concept blood=health sounds cool

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

just skimmed over some of the basics, but was there anything specific that stood out?

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

i agree with the premise but i'm not sure it's a problem in osr/trad play? imo the point of "missions" in those play styles is to help structure gameplay, divide the story into arcs, provide choices and hooks, create a meta framework for sessions etc, not necessarily the (non)completion of them

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

badly promote your rpg: what if fkr but an osr storygame? maybe?

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

just get public healthcare, can't be that hard

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

fav movies from my decades: a bug's life dogtooth toni erdmann the banshees of inisherin i would like to apologize to no country for old men but dogtooth bit me at the right time

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

ran this with dread, worked really well!

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

4 last games pecmi (the Creation described below) 13th age (osr-ified) atrapos (playtest) fangs in the dark (my vtm hack that has nothing to do with f/bitd)

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

the nostos crew would never

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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We hit out 60k stretch goal, with a little more than 24 hours to go. Can we hit the final goal from @nightjargames.bsky.social ? I really really hope so

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"I cast fireball", muttered the distracted mage. "Wait, are these five-foot-"

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

just released the first alpha of my (p)osr-ish ruleset, check it out: robert-raulus.itch.io/lovi

robert-raulus.itch.io

Lovi by Robert Raulus

A role-playing game inspired by Nordic legends, folklore, and beliefs.

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juuni @juunipupu.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Finnish Wreg is not real, he can't hurt you Finnish Wreg: [ #art | #oc ] (roughly translates to: "I feel like shit and I'm horny, oh poor piece-of-shit-hemulen me.")

Sketch of knight oc Wreg in chainmail standing with his arms crossed and wearing chainmail armour. He's thinking: "vituttaa ja panettaa, voi minua hemulipaskaa." roughly translates to: "I feel like shit and I'm horny, oh poor-piece-of-shit-hemulen me."

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Lars // Dice Goblin Games @dicegoblin.blog · 01/04/2026

I'm so happy that people seem to GET what DANGER CLOSE is trying to do. Try it out for yourself - in a grand drop-in drop-out campaign! dicegoblin.blog/helldivers-2...

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

introducing 5e 5e, a complete 5e conversion of the worlds greatest roleplaying game

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

is this scene kinda based on the succulent chinese meal guy or am i making random associations

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

you can roll on a list and choose from a table

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

tbf i don't see much difference between a list and a table

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

imo rolls get less interesting and necessary if they are more predictable

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

this is not to say i wouldn't run them; i translated most of the gardens of ynn because i really wanted to include it in my campaign

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Robert Raulus @rraulus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

playtested my very simple skirmish wargame with my gracious partner and it went well :)

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