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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 16m

One of the big complaints you see from grognards is how the 'kids these days' have turned D&D into some joke and 'something-something-theater-kids' unlike the 'good old days' when it was all serious hardcore grimdark as Saint Gary intended. Meanwhile, Gary was dropping random comics in the rulebooks

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 27m

Walking into the local B Dalton bookstore, opening Dragon and flipping straight to the comics section near the back was a monthly highlight for Young Me

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30m

Most of those were remnants of old edition spell components that no one bothered to change. It's still a lot more subtle than posting a literal joke comic in the middle of the rules.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1h

The 1e AD&D books were loaded with comics. I'm unsure if a "serious" RPG could get away with that today. Paranoia, sure. It's a silly RPG. But I bet if a new D&D came out tomorrow with joke comics sprinkled throughout, people would outrage at it sending the "wrong message" and not being serious.

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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Have some Spaceship Defects:

d66 Table for some Spaceship Defects, suitable for Classic Traveller or Mothership perhaps.

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The new Assassin’s Creed is going to sell like a BILLION copies.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For the last time, Mark, I'm taken. Stop falling in love with my giant glorious furry boobs!

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Papsikels has some good STLs you can use.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've already started amassing miniatures for it. Even as I tell myself I have no intention of running it

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last night, during a bout of insomnia, I re-read the Knight Moves portion of Act 1 just to figure out how all the moving pieces will work together. Judging my our current play schedule the soonest I can get to this campaign is 2 years, but reading it is such a great kick.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

February 13th 1995, Milla Jovovich goes onto an AOL chat to answer fan questions, and perfectly captures what life will feel like in only a few short years.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Looking through reviews of an adventure I'm considering running. Not many out there except one from the late Bud Baird. So it's kinda weird and sad hearing my old friend's voice, but also cool knowing that while he might be gone, Bud has still got my back and offering help.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Secrets of the Ancients is an amazing campaign. And if you haven't checked out my monster 10-part review & campaign diary for it, you definitely should. It offers tips, tricks, new resourses, and the unhinged madness of how my players handled it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nriu...

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh, I'm familiar with the demon stallion

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hello DIA my old friend Time to note how weird you are again In the temple ruins of serpent men I spied a card with 8 red gems What dark portents does it mean But at least the bathrooms are clean With screams & madness your toll is paid My flight back home now twice delayed

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh it reads great with the PCs running around in 1920s space suits made out of brass diving suits, and going through the Stargate, watching the universe die and be reborn, and all that stuff. But playing it... not as impressive.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Theres an old Call of Cthulhu adventure (Bad Moon Rising) modeled after Forbidden Planet (at least the ancient alien facility with enormous machinery). Adventure was meh, but rewatching Forbidden Planet for my game prep and playing the soundtrack during the session was pretty awesome

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You had me worried for a second there.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yeah, Star Wars is probably the real winner of older than me and watched the most.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's always better to stop with everyone wanting more than begging for it to end.

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Last Exit to Nowhere @lastexittonowhere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage." Karen Allen celebrates her 75th birthday today. Many happy returns from us all at LastExitToNowhere.com

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, this was a case where the main post was more of delivery method for the real joke in the alt-text

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finished The Library At Mount Char. Really enjoyed it. I nearly gave up near the halfway mark because there wasn't much in the way of characters or understandable plot, apart from, "Oooh, isn't this so terribly mysterious?" which is a pet turnoff of mine. Then it coalesced into a great story.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Advancements in technology meant the office Computer Room of the 1980s was no longer necessary. But at what cost?

Airflow Company advertisement from the 1980s showing a trio of abnormally attractive people in swimsuits working in an office Computer Room, flanked by giant reel-to-reel machines.
Debbie sits before a console with perfect posture. She wears the blue and white-striped 1-piece that Craig likes. The deep v-neck shows her ample cleavage, but Craig isn't looking.
Craig stands in the background talking to that bitch Stephanie, who wears a red one-piece. Her blonde hair cascades to her shoulders, shining in the florescent lights. She and Craig read a Dennis The Menace comic from a newspaper, but Craig keeps sneaking peeks down the front of Stephanie's swimsuit. Stephanie pretends she doesn't notice, but leans close to give him a better look.
Debbie grits her teeth in silent anger, only the sharp click-clacking of her keyboard keys reveal her boiling rage. How dare Stephanie make a move on Craig! She knew Debbie liked him. She always does this. First Mark, then Ken, and now Craig! She must be stopped. That bitch needs to pay!
Debbie releases a slow breath as she continues typing the Thelman Report. She appears calm. Passive. But deep in her mind she plots revenge.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Like Nyarlathotep, Swami Panchadasi had many faces. But he offers dark and forbidden knowledge to those who send him $2.50

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also, I went to that website to see what all he's chopped and it was as glorious as I could have hoped

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GM- I see here your character put all of their Skill Points into... Chopping PLAYER- Yup. There's nothing he can't chop GM- Okayyy. And your SAN is maxed out at 99%. How? PLAYER- Chopping is how he keeps his mind thinking aobut good Thoughts GM- you mean "about good thoughts"? PLAYER- I do not

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And the internet has come though. @redbardgames.bsky.social shared it's from the Argentine film History of the Occult www.imdb.com/title/tt1131...

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't know. I just have folders upon folders of weird pictures I stumbled across on the Internet.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't forget the Black Dragon Fighting Society. Their founder, the PC's former mentor, is now the campaign's BBEG

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GM- I see here your character has proficiencies in Battle Dancing, Ninja Swords, Uzi, can breath underwater, & control animals... Player- Yep GM- I asked for normal everyday PCs. How did he learn all this? Player- He found a Ninga Figting Trainer GM- You mean Ninja Fighting? Player- I do not

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Holy crap! You had a real Investigative Horror adventure hook drop right in your lap (or on your windshield, I supposed). Please tell me this led to a team-up with 3-4 weirdos who speak primarily in puns, movie-quotes, and crude inuendo and ultimately ended in arson.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GM: I see your character has a lot of Occult skill and lists mastery in several psychic powers. What terrible and soul-crushing price did they pay to learn this dark and forbidden knowledge? Player: He spent $2.50.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thing is, I don't know of any specific review I've called an adventure straightforward. But it's a term I know I've used. It's far better for an intro adventure than "complicated"

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have 9 corebook adventure reviews. Name it. Pulp Cthulhu –Waiting for the Hurricane CoC 5e/6e –Edge of Darkness Cp2020 –Open Highway HEX –The Hollow Earth Expedition Conan –Vultures of Shem Alien 1e –Hope's Last Day CoC 7e –Crimson Letters RBRB –The Obsidian Bat Pulp Cthulhu –The Disintegrator

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There has to be some lost-in-translation detail I'm not understanding with your argument. I don't see the issue with calling any adventure "straightforward." It's not a catchphrase. It's not an insult. Is there some specific corebook adventure review you have a beef with or is this all hypothetical?

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can you imagine playing with an online group for several months before realizing you're the only human? You joined to roleplay a brave and noble paladin, but instead roleplayed as a person with friends

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A chaos of a blind idiot mind's dreams (hallucinations) is the only way to describe it. The datacenter temples are being erected. Nyarlathotep wears the face of tech bros as it opens the gate to our oblivion.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Judging by the increasing number of AI RPGs, it's only a matter of time before some AI YouTube channel pops up that reviews AI RPGs to an audience of AI chatbots. Just a swirling chaos of inhuman minds like dreaming Azathoth, its slumber serenaded by AI melodies. There might already be one.

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You'll never get all. I think they're more effective now than a decade ago, mostly because it's common for a publisher to have some free adventures. The big remaining hurdle I've found is some publishers almost hide them on their website instead of huge unmissable links going, "FREE ADVENTURE HERE!"

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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah, I'm not sure why calling an adventure straightforward is an issue. For introductory adventures I find it better than over-complicated. For example, my review of CoC's Crimson Letters is it's not new-Keeper friendly. Love the adventure, but don't think it's a good one for the core rulebook.

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