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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I get this and it is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My friends and I do a thing once a month called art party. We bring small projects, coloring, sometimes lego, and lots of collaging. Sometimes people will talk but there is plenty of just hanging out and doing stuff. It is a really nice way to spend an evening.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I might be off base but I know middle school me did away with the classes leveling at different speeds and exp points mostly because I was 13 and that much book keeping was frankly beyond me.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I feel like experience points for combat encounters fits this bill. In 2nd D&D having the classes progress at different rates helped to balance them. Rogues and Bards progressed quickly while Wizards didn't. But people ignored this concept so thoroughly that they did away with it in 3rd D&D.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I dunno after leaning one of the major fascist pipelines was a Tolkien inspired music festival I realized these people will do whatever it takes to see what they want to see.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I knew a mid twenty year old who could but that kid had some city miles on him.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When I was board tinkering I bought a bazillion meeples in a variety of colors and it is amazing how often I've found a use for them. Particularly, for representing civilians or background characters in ttrpgs. I also use them for rout planning in 18xx games.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A long time ago West End Games proposed a game set in a low fantasy world where a D&D player's handbook fell from the sky and they thought it was a holy text from the gods so they are doing their best to convert their world into a fantasy setting. This made me think of that for some reason.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is very close to the movie I Frankenstein. I Frankenstein watches liked a WOD storyteller's nightmare.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I play with a lot of newer players and while I know that creatures tapped to pilot a vehicle don't untap at the end of every turn it is hell trying to explain that to an eager newer player who thinks he discovered a cool new tech. Referencing a technical document isn't the answer.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I would give anything for them just to have a normal rulebook. Not the comprehensive rules which are poorly organized and boarderline unreadable but a normal rule book that spells out the card types, turns, how to allocate damage, what the stack is and how it works.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

No it was the excellent reporting from A More Perfect Union. You should try it some time.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Anyway sorry if I rambled on a bit I just needed something to do while my new game downloaded but it's finished so I'm going to go now.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This goes back to what I was saying with a lot of games tend to not be very game master centric. Many games will just sort of dump a pile of things onto a game master and expect them to sort it out. More and more gets asked of a game master while players don't even buy/read the book half the time.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Long story short I think there is a lot of push and pull from both sides of the table. Particularly as I've gotten older and my life is busier I tend to stick with games I know how to run. That happens to be SLA Industies, Paranoia, and some indies but for a lot of people that is the D&D ecosystem

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I HATE running pathfinder. That is what I went with because teaching another game can be a bit of a drag. Something as simple as Mythic Bastionland still took a month or so to get everyone on board with the game play. I took the path of least resistance because I didn't want the group to disband.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Well there is something to be said for playing a game everyone knows how to play already. I once had a play group dropped on me and they were down to learn a new game. I could of spent weeks teaching exalted or shadowrun or just run pathfinder which everyone knew how to play already.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I think particularly during 3e and beyond the hobby became very comfortable dumping larger and larger amounts of work onto game masters because they are willing to do it. I think it is no wonder there is a proliferation of digital tools because even basic games can be a bit much.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I recently cracked open some of my Ultimate Guide to X books from AD&D and I was struck by how different the language was. So often the text would say, "but only if your gm allows", "only this works for your campaign", "only if you want". Modern attitudes are more all options are always on the table

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have to shop when I'm hungry. Otherwise the fact that I don't want to be in the store will overpower me and I'll leave without the food that future me will desperately need.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Okay look Saber has a whole line of niche driving games that I love and I was genuinely excited for Ride Share Simulator. I love doing stuff like that in games. This whole thing has been shockingly disappointing.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'm not saying that this particular movement isn't just men being sad broken things. But I've had a non insignificant number of women confess to me that they feel awkward when their men don't cum very much. Some will still feel that way even when they know load size and pleasure are unrelated.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I've actually encountered a couple of women who enjoyed load size, but they had some pretty specific needs and partners who were into edging so that worked out. Setting the outliers aside I've encountered a number of other women out there who equate load size with sexual satisfaction.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I know that there is a work aspect to making content adult or otherwise, but every time I see you guys on my feed I desperately hope that you are all having so much fun. Like that looks fun and I hope it was.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I prefer three hour game sessions. Sometimes it just feels like not enough gets done in two hours. It feels like I have room for a short combat and plot progression but not much else.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I...I don't want to sacrifice the ponies. I like ponies.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In the 70s porn was still illegal to make and possess. So the movement to include stories, acting and character arcs got around those restrictions leading to the glory of the current day. While I agree that things shouldn't have to justify their existence sometimes the unitiated need more coaching.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There is some precedence for this though. When women were discouraged from writing poetry Anne Radcliffe slipped some into the novel The Mysteries of Udolpho claiming it was okay. Ayn Rand, perhaps unfortunately, did the same thing with cultural theory with her novels.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It reminds me of when Call of Cthulhu got released for 3e. It pissed off the CoC side of the internet and then the product itself didn't go anywhere or do anything. I read a copy of it and it was pretty low quality. 3E had such a release fire hose that it was almost immediately forgotten.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well Vampire was a much bigger in 1998 and the ttrpg ecosystem was much smaller. It made a large, negative impression over on the vampire corner of the internet but they almost immediately moved on with 6e was announced shortly afterwards.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I actually made this really cool nested player board for pathfinder. The bottom layer was whiteboard and the upper layer was some thin posterboard. I then painted and used magnets to help keep track of my buffs, spell slots, and stat bonuses. By the third iteration I had mosaic stones for my stats.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I'm very sorry to hear that. From everything I've seen and read from you, you are wonderful and people can be so very disappointing.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Alright have you ever thought to yourself that you want to play a short, very funny, turn based RPG set in the wild weird west? Have you ever thought, "Man I want to be a magic user called a bean slinger"? Do you wanna laugh? Then West of Loathing is the game for you. Great game by great people.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I have been screaming this for the past ten years. I like my core books in hard cover because I transport them a lot. I don't need some supplement on forming a rock band to be a 50 dollar hard cover. I promise you I will be far more likely to buy the reasonably priced soft cover.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The other day I was lamenting the lack of one sheets for the ttrpg space. A nice succinct document that provides the players with some basic information on the game, the world, what they are doing and why. Such a thing would go a long way in getting books to a table.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm glad I'm not the only person who has lost sleep over this.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My favorite thing about 5th ed is that they not only made you constantly aware of your hunger, they did away with blood bags, and they amped up the long term effects of your feeding. I always hated how people would gamify away being a vampire.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Oh most certainly, but the book output has been pretty tepid. I don't think we need to go back to 90's white wolf fire hose but I'm also not feeling like I need to buy another Core book+basic supplements when there are plenty of things I'd happily buy for the current edition.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I also hope they do a little better with the Second Crusade. The Crusade source book is among some of the worst rpg supplements I've ever read. It is such a cool an weird concept and we just get a bad monster manual. I think it is especially weird how they interact with the Hunter side of things.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Honestly? I don't want a new edition. The current one still has so much room to explore and expand. If anything I'd like them to go back to having unique disciplines for every clan not the weird remix thing they've been doing. I also hope they keep the Sabbat gone. They just never felt right.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Well like the saying goes, "Minds together strong" or something like that. Sounds good, I've always been a big fan of character driven progression.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The results from the training can be a very formalized process it is very much a process that is in the hands of the GM so the players can just kinda romp around and focus more on playing. You can still get the 12 upgrades and the multiclassing and the power scaling it just won't be player facing.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And the reward schedule. Then for the player facing text it would be you start as a mage but later you meet a master who turns you into a kung-fu master, then later you learn the arts of the forest from a hermit. This way you can offload a lot of the hows and whys onto the gm.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

At a certain point, perhaps ask yourself, "Do I really want classes?". They might be helpful for a base starting point but if you are doing the tainer/trainee thing classes might just hold you back design space wise. You could put a lot of guidance in the gm section on training and rewards.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

When running class based systems I discourage multiclassing. Multiclassing always felt like a "pro gamer" move and not a character one. I always made players jump through significant hoops to do it. Ergo I'm not very experienced with multiclassing as a design space. So my answer is I dunno.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Well you never specified how many levels are available in a standard game. I took the original question post to mean that a character earns 4 levels over the course of their career. These 4 levels would each be significant milestones.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Iconic abilities are granted at level 1. At levels 2+ there will be additional abilities granted by a d6 roll. Each level will have its own chart and each chart will have its own power scaling.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I think this would make getting smaller games to the table much easier.

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thekolo35.bsky.social @thekolo35.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

For my game on the sheet I have what is the 4th Draconic War, about the 6 main species, what an adventuring party would do, how to get a space ship. a bit about mega corps, info on basic threats and mysteries, and a page for how to do skill checks and combat. It just saves a lot of gm exposition.

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