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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

In 1 hour and 12 minutes we hit our goal! Let's keep going!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Less than 6 hours 'til Launch for Martial Artistry! I'm full of nerves and excitement!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I'm launching my new book in June! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... If y'all wouldn't mind spreading this around a bit, I'd really appreciate it!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Oh, look! The back cover is coming along nicely! And with everything in between complete, we'll be able to go to kickstarter, soon!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Enjoy a first peek at the finalized Macabre! A new heritage for A5e of Quasi-Undead you'll find in the upcoming Martial Artistry!

An image of a willowy woman with a flowing purple skirt and sash tat wither to tatters, bandages wrapped tightly around her forearms trailing frayed ends, and a cross-strap halter top in a similar purple to the skirt. Her flesh is grey and shows a disconcerting view of the muscle beneath, as if somewhat translucent, on her belly, arms, and chest, while her face is like pale grey flesh pulled too tightly over a skull with a pronounced hollow in either cheek and no nose. Her hair is red and hangs limply down her back, and her fingertips are blackened, as if from frostbite. She appears to be dancing and is leaning forward and to the left at the waist, her arms hanging loosely at her sides, her face looking to the left, with her hips canted and left knee lifted slightly.

A man of greyish skin wearing a bolero which appears to have an Egyptian influence in the gold work,, large plate necklace, and peaked shoulders above a shirt with green sleeves and a mesh torso. His face is pasty white and looks like skin pulled tightly over a skull with characteristic cheek hollows and no nose. His hair is parted to the right, worn short, and jet black. Under his mesh shirt you can see his ribs, likely painted to highlight them through the flimsy fabric. He wears a leather belt with a trailing end knotted through itself and a pair of black tights. His sandals appear to be a shoe-sole wound to his feet with green ribbon that runs up his leg past the calf, and he has a whip made of flowing blood in his right hand.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Follow this woman! She is amazing and dedicated, brilliant and filled with more verve than I can manage on my best days. Fantastic designer, absolute sweetheart, and inventive storyteller. Buy her book!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Two new character heritages for Martial Artistry. The first three images are the Macabre, quasi-undead humanoids. The fourth image is of both a male and female Drek. Children of forgotten gods killed by their own creations in a bygone era.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

So Mike Mearls is talking about getting rid of Bonus Actions as a core principle because they don't "Limit Multiclass Ability" which... weird reason, to me. But I've been thinking about it and talking to posters on the ENWorld forums and I think there is a way to do it and still have some impact.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Decided to make the Esper Class and Powers free for anyone to use in their A5e or 5e compatible games. So if you want a copy, here you go! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

You know, I think it's time for the Warcaster. The Warcaster is a cantrip-focused casting class which gets more traditional "Spells" as limited-use exploration and social mechanics rather as core combat functionality. This allows me to play with one of A5e's basic tenets. Maneuvers use Weapons.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

So let's talk about the third new class in Martial Artistry: The Sentinel! The Sentinel is a 'Pet' class which plays around with the action economy by providing the players with a companion character NPC to protect and to provide support! Why have a wolf companion when you can have a squire?

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Concept art for the Bactosapien and Loqren 77 heritages.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just coined a new and very southern aphorism on the EN World forums! Arguing with a bigot is like grabbing handfuls of applesauce in a hurricane: you're never going to accomplish anything useful and you're putting yourself in danger.

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The second new class in Martial Artistry is the Gunslinger! Rather than take the traditional "Guns do way more damage" approach I went for slightly weaker guns and kind of made Gunslingers into a type of ranged Adept/Monk. Extra exertion, thematic defensive moves like better utilizing cover...

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

So the first new class in Martial Artistry is the Champion! For this class I wanted to play with battlefield control as a mechanic and sort of built off of 4e's Marking mechanics for fighters. I also tied them to the principle of fealty, rather than oaths, and gave them noble causes to uphold!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

New banner up. It's a small inset of the cover of my next book, Martial Artistry. In addition to four new base classes for A5e, each with 4 archetypes, it's got a ton of martial traditions, a simple mass combat system, advice on running battlefields as dungeons, and four new heritages!

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Steampunkette (She/Her) @steampunkette.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Let's start with some introductions. I'm Rachel. I'm a nerd. I'm a big fan of TTRPGs, and I'm a designer for A5e. I've done official work for EN Publishing, 3rd Party Publishing for Purple Martin Games and others, and released a book of my own. I'm in my 40s, trans, white, and neurospicy. So, Hi!

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