Parasaurolophus purely because the name is fun to say.

the road ahead

In therapy today we discussed niche spaces that sort of function like replacements/supplements for religious structures and things. Like people regularly engaging with ttrpgs.
The long and short of it is that DMs are liturgical specialists doing hard work.

How did I only find these guys a couple of days ago? Good timing though; new (amazing) album and all. 💜🤘
#metalsky

Here's a random GMing thing: when the group needs to talk with someone, look for a natural countdown and anchor the scene off of it.

The florist only has time to talk while he prepares the bouquet.

As the convo goes on, keep coming back to him working and being closer and closer to finishing.

This is from the letter of introduction from issue 9 of White Dwarf magazine (October 1978)

I swear to god this hobby has been arguing about the same 5 things since the first dragon was in the first dungeon.

Also, saying 100,000 players as if its a lot is very funny given... *gestures broadly*

This is so slick yet Uncanny Valley; a great visual of what we were discussing.

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

It me.

I tried to give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt, I tried looking at the positives, but really it's just arse and another step the industry is pushing us towards game leasing and not game ownership.

The global trend of companies pushing us all to lend over own is not healthy.

Blackened elements bleeding into post and doom metal is great when done well, jarring and weird when not.

I'm very whelmed by the Ravenloft book. I hope it's more than just a "5th edition 2nd edition" (5.5) repackage of Van Richten's Guide, but it's likely to be.

At least we know where most of the flood of UA we've seen is going to end up.

100% agree; it's like looking into a zoo exhibit of creatures displaying some weird and alien behavior to me. They sure look engaged in that nonsense but I don't get it.

Black and white art. death, skeleton in a robe with a long scythe on its shoulder, stands amid a pack of black wolves with glowing eyes

Hunger — Willem van Schaik, 1917

Industrial, caged walls, grey flat walls, all become more red towards the bottom

Tiled wall, octahedron light source, several pillars

Mechanical parts hanging from the roof, the floor has many holes

Water draining into a hallway

Environments in Baroque (saturn)....

the horror

Also it's just gross. Bleh.

That certainly is a Frankie Palmeri thing to say.

Undead curry rice, hell yeah.

How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 2: The Caverns of Thracia (Continued from Part 1, which looked at the state of TTRPG dungeon design pre-Jaquays. These two posts are cleaned up versions of my two Bluesky threads on the subject.) In Part 1, we reviewed earl…

#Jennell #Jacquays, trailblazing #trans woman, #TTRPG designer & artist, is a legend. This article provides a deep analysis of her first big adventure module, Caverns of Thracia, proving that she is the first truly great adventure designer, and arguably the GOAT.

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Crazy shit happening at xbox rn

It seems like the majority of people are just looking at the headline and interpreting this as another "whoops! user data got leaked! our bad!"

What was actually exposed was code used in Persona's software. Code showing that this company is doing A LOT MORE THAN CHECKING YOUR AGE.

New D&D house rule: Roll a Nat 1? Blindfold on. Shoes off. Walk barefoot across a kitchen floor covered in d4s.

I had to read this aloud to my partner so they could have the same reaction as me. Context only made it slightly less WTF.

Congrats on the win!

Directions from Pee Pee Island to Poo Poo Point (not available)

😔

DW looking through the fence meme

Seeing former Prince Andrew getting arrested for the Epstein connection in the UK and Yoon Suk Yeol getting convicted for an attempted insurrection in South Korea really has me looking at other countries like

I'm dreading voting in the finals if these are the kinds of choices to be made. The 2026 Bloggies have been a fantastic event though.

Dennis nedry jurrasic park "see nobody cares" meme reads Hey everybody, this guy still posts on X! See? Everyone is horrified and disappointed. They feel it speaks directly to your values.