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The March of 31 Tales 2026

I'm currently doing an Unofficial Challenge over on World Anvil and gave myself the theme of "diseases and conditions". I am learning some truly horrific things about medicine and the Human body...

Anyhow, if you want to be grossed out too, here's my work so far!
www.worldanvil.com/w/a-arde-ael...

I retired a character because she was incredibly passive and I couldn't legitimately find my groove with her in a party of extroverts! I ended up bringing in a character that ended up the party mother instead!

A border of twisted trees witches, cats, bottles, a vulture and (if you squint a bit) a snake. Pencil drawing with colour applied.

Witches *and* cats.
That's pretty much everything, really.

Its your favourite day of the week. Homebrew Havoc day. Join @lollybeau.bsky.social @aelyryapayne.bsky.social @ioshiv.bsky.social @cleettrpg.bsky.social & @tonishaw.bsky.social tonight at 7:30 pm BST, only on the ampersandD20 twitch channel.

I've just been told that I'm at an age where my lady parts are starting to turn into cheese and I just... I don't know what to do with that statement. For SO many reasons...

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

I'm sorry, but as much as I'd love to back, I can't. I've been unemployed for two years after being made redundant, and my husband is disabled, so we don't have the money to spare outside of limited treats for ourselves.
It looks incredible and I really wish circumstances were different 😟

Tonight. The one and only @lollybeau.bsky.social returns to your screens to guide @aelyryapayne.bsky.social @ioshiv.bsky.social @cleettrpg.bsky.social & @tonishaw.bsky.social across the city.

Tune in at 7:30pm GMT only on the AmpersandD20 twitch channel.

My players introduced the She-Wee into my game, complete with a description of how it was made using "of-era" materials. It has been referred to at least once every other session.

My players scare me sometimes...

A 30cm square 3D needle felted landscape of trees on a hillside with a river in front and a stone bridge.

A 30cm square 3D needle felted landscape of trees on a hillside with a river in front and a stone bridge.

A 30cm square 3D needle felted landscape of trees on a hillside with a river in front and a stone bridge.

A 30cm square 3D needle felted landscape of trees on a hillside with a river in front and a stone bridge.

Here’s my newest piece of needle felted terrain, around 30cm square! Lots of wool, lots of sharp needles going into fingers and a fair bit of unladylike language :-) I really love making these!
#needlefelting

Gorgeous! Love the details!

I can think of a good reason for reading books more than 50 yrs old.
I LIKE THEM.
If that's not enough of a reason for me to read them, then WTAF am I supposed to read instead?! Stuff I DON'T like, which will make me LESS likely to read?

Also, by this logic, everyone should stop reading the Bible.

I typically use YouTube or I'll listen to live radio through Rayo. Spotify is just corrupt and I never really caught on with Bandcamp.

@lollybeau.bsky.social Look at the pretties!

A graphic with a picture of a silvery, glittering dice set with white and black numbers on a black background, as well as four close-ups of the d10, d12, d20 and d6. There is blurry snow in the background and below the pictures are the cursive words "Dice Giveaway!".

I have had enough of winter, so I decided to just give it away. Before my shop update in March, I'm giving away this snow-themed set of dice!

How to enter:
- follow this account
- repost this post

Tag a friend for an extra entry.
Winner will be chosen from here or instagram on March 1st, 6PM CET!

In a forest of moss covered rocks and fungi, the Queen of the forest sits dispassionately. On either side of her, her handmaidens weep. Pencil, watercolour wash, chalk and White paint on toned paper. Colour applied.

Reader, I coloured it.
(Mostly, I think)

For the last few days, our lift has been out of order because it made a very scary noise. We are pleased to report that we are once again fully flat access to all galleries with a lift in full working order.

It turned out, the lift needed lube. The moral of the story is lube is IMPORTANT.

A painting of a bird beside the text "what a fuckwit"

Vast ornate library inhabited by a cat, a clockwork toad, a raven and the shadow of a dog. Pencil with applied colour.

Another for the librarians.
(and fans of clockwork toads. um.)

Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.

GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.

But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

It took 1.5 years but I finally managed to finish up a gift drawing I started for my BiL. It's of his D&D character that he plays in my Monday game. It went through 4 iterations before this one, and I hated them all!
Not sharing it for the moment, because HE hasn't seen it yet, but I might soon.

Desperately looking for anyone in Scotland to foster a 2 year old female cat named Bambi. Incredibly affectionate and friendly. Indoor-only. Whether temporary (a few weeks) or longer term.

She's going to be put to sleep otherwise -- due to a heart issue that won't affect her for another 12 months

That awkward moment when you suddenly realise that you are either a pen snob or your 'tism presents as a need for a very specific selection of writing implements because others just don't "feel right"...

@lollybeau.bsky.social returns later alongside @aelyryapayne.bsky.social @ioshiv.bsky.social @tonishaw.bsky.social and @cleettrpg.bsky.social for another session of HOMEBREW HAVOC. Your favourite chaos campaign.

Only on the AmpersandD20 twitch channel.

"people won't follow you if you talk about this"

FUCKING GOOD!

My work is not to be observed nor enjoyed by those that woukd be callous enough to feel that any of that is ok

Right along with bigots, nazis and transphobes

2024: Rachel Lense created a Pride flag out of NASA pics.

2025: The incoming presidential administration deleted it.

2026: Ember tracked down the constituent images, rebuilt the composite, and added additional images to update the flag to the more inclusive, current version.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
For science!

Pencil drawing with applied colour. A very alarmed fox raven hybrid creature.

Good afternoon
(By the time I do alt text and hit return)
Kaw has your back.

Sadly no episode today due to illness, but we'd like to hear your thoughts on topics.
Is there a question you'd like us to try to answer? Any subjects, rulings, or TTRPGs you think we should talk about?
Reply below, or submit a suggestion on our website!

2kiatpodcast.wixsite.com/2kiat/sugges...

In case no one has asked you recently, the wyrmling wanted me to pose this question…

“What is your favorite dinosaur?”

Deinocheirus.

Because for years it was literally just a pair of arms hanging in the Natural History Museum, and I loved the mystery of what it really looked like. Now we have more info, and it's actually even weirder than I imagined, which is wonderful!

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/din...