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This is exactly the case for my own campaign that I currently need to write the next story chart for but am procrastinating on😵‍💫

The wild thing about being obsessed with your own DnD campaign is that there's absolutely NO fandom content for it except the stuff that you make

Like, what do you mean only six other people in the entire world have heard of Dave the Ice Elemental whose job is Freezer at the Fantasy Starbucks?

Ever heard of the TTRPG called Babes In The Wood by Adam Vass? It’s based off Over the Garden Wall and I’m starting it as my first table top campaign.

I’ve so excited to start and introduce my players to stories inspired by macabre fairy tales I heard as a child.

Also I just love spooky stuff in general as well as twists on moral tales.

I might share some of my unique Hallows as they call your different towns/locations in this game after the campaign. One of my players follows me on here so no spoilers for you 😆

I’ve gone so in-depth with this I’ve been making whole playlists and even drawings of some vital NPCs. Creating a world for others to explore really is just awesome in general. I feel like I’m getting a great chance to express myself.

Also as a first time DM, would appreciate any tips

Not Dyson related buuuuuttt

PATHFINDER/D&D CHARACTER WOOOAAHHHH

My dnd group! An odd cast of characters!

Xenomorphs. From our Alien TTRPG campaign, over at TableTopAnthologies on Twitch...

Maybe we should try a different door? Our Alien TTRPG campaign over at TableTopAnthologies on Twitch...

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it. Our Alien TTRPG campaign. TableTopAnthologies on Twitch...

My illustration of our Alien TTRPG campaign crew, shortly before we got shot out of the sky. TableTop Anthologies on Twitch...

And the original sketch. Lol...

Not Dyson related buuuuuttt

PATHFINDER/D&D CHARACTER WOOOAAHHHH

Eclipse: a DIY punk TTRPG by @yvepaints

Welcome to Eclipse’s game dev blog!

Eclipse is in extremely early phases. It is not available for purchase anywhere. This pinned post will be updated periodically with the current phase of development.

Current phase: initial design & writing

Game dev blog is live!

Check out @eclipsettrpg for more!

Children of The First Flame - Urban Fantasy TTRPG

Hi everyone! Me and my girlfriend have made a project on Kickstarter for our first Indie TTRPG. Would you like to give it a try?

It's an Urban Fantasy set in an alternative Europe, where humans and mythical creatures live together.

If I told you about a world where our society lives in harmony with magical creatures, would you believe it?

In ancient times, the human kind coexisted with magic and all of its children. They grew with fairies, devils and other different mythical beings, learning from them how to use this fascinating power. And so witches were born.

However, something went incredibly wrong: religions gave birth to hateful groups, and words as heresy and blasphemy became dangerous. The arcane world was forced to hide itself to survive, becoming part of myths, legends and stories. Fairies created another reality, a place to be free from human law. Devils retired in their homeland. Witches and other creatures had to hide between common people and learn how to survive in this new, hostile world.

And then, when it all became unbearable, war came, a gruesome conflict where the only winner was Death itself. In 1802, a peace offer was made.

This is the story of modern times, where harmony is again part of our society, even if sometimes it’s still fragile. This is a story of an urban fantasy Europe, where creatures we only ever heard about can be our neighbor, and we can be part of them.

Choose who you want to be! We have many options, from the evergreen Witches to different types of Fairies, Devils and Mythical Creatures. And, if you really want to be special, you can always create something new! We have made many playable species, but you can still create your own unique character with our game! After all, there are so many legends and ideas in our world, it would be a shame to not give you the tools to play them.

Write the story with your Game Master session after session, using your creativity to progress the narration. Mix your stats, your magic and your common abilities to create compelling scenes. There are many ways to solve problems (or to create them), so what are you going to do?

You just need a bunch of d8 dices to play, and that’s it!

The world of Children of the First Flame is complicated, with many flaws that reflect real-life ones. We think that it’s important to represent these kinds of topics in our world, even if in a different reality. So, don’t be surprised when you’ll find social battles as a key part of our lore.

Also, this game is unapologetically LGBTQIA+, and we hope it can help to create safe spaces.

We stand against every type of discrimination and oppression, and our work is going to reflect our views.

Unfortunately, we don't have a professional artist on our team now, but if the project succeeds, we are going to hire someone for covers and illustrations.

We don't care if it's easier, we're not going to use any type of AI. We want something made with the passion of an artist, not by a soulless machine that steals from others.

We are not professionals but, if necessary, we prefer to use our drawings, instead of a machine. Hopefully, we’ll have the money to hire artists. We want to work with human souls and see their vision in their art.

This is an independent project without a big budget, but with your help we can make it work!

Link on my bio!

Genuinely love this concept, adding it to my next rpg

WAIT. Wait wait WAIT.

poltergeists:

push things off tables

break delicate objects for fun

in general just enjoy moving and destroying stuff for pleasure I guess

make loud disturbing noises in the middle of the night

sometimes poke or bite people, depending on the myth

are invisible aka no one knows what they look like

poltergeists are just the ghosts of rambunctious housecats

This is a call for help lol, I’ve been dying to join a ttrpg for ages now and haven’t been able to find a group. I keep making ocs for story line ideas that I’d love to play as (Xander not being one he’s from an original story I’d love to flesh out into a comic series later). This is the most recent idea that’s tipped me over the edge. I’m sure someone’s done an apocalypse ttrpg before, but I’d really love to play one. So if anyone’s wanted to start or have already started an apocalypse ttrpg and is looking for players I am looking to join one 👀 beginner friendly would be appreciated

I have gathered a pile of the assets I have made for making D&D maps. They are all PNGs and there are castles, towns, ruins, villages, mountains, trees, forests and hills. They should work VTTs and similar programs. Q: Why do this? A: So other people can use these assets to make their OWN maps. So yeah, I'm giving them away for free. Feel free to test them out!

GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER OF THE FREE D&D MAP ASSETS.

I have made an example map here, using photoshop. But if you want to change parts of the assets, crop them or color them and you don't have access to any art programs, I recommend using Photopea It is a browser-based version of something very akin to photoshop.

If you end up using these free assets, please do let me know and tag me so I can see what you have made.

I have gathered a pile of the assets I have made for making D&D maps. They are all PNGs and there are castles, towns, ruins, villages, mountains, trees, forests and hills. They should work VTTs and similar programs. Q: Why do this? A: So other people can use these assets to make their OWN maps. So yeah, I'm giving them away for free. Feel free to test them out!

GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER OF THE FREE D&D MAP ASSETS.

I have made an example map here, using photoshop. But if you want to change parts of the assets, crop them or color them and you don't have access to any art programs, I recommend using Photopea It is a browser-based version of something very akin to photoshop.

If you end up using these free assets, please do let me know and tag me so I can see what you have made.

A.N.I.M. Financial Status Update May 12th, 2025.

As many of you know, to stay in business our team needs to make a minimum income quota which increases by 15% each month until it reaches $4,000/month. I’m going to start posting these updates weekly. This month isn’t looking good.

Current A.N.I.M. Income Quota Progress: $572.22/$2,321.74

Deadline: June 1st.

Status: RED

What you can do to ensure that we reach this goal and can continue operations:

Follow us on tumblr and bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social

(reblogging/retweeting/whatever our posts on these sites, *even if you don't have many followers*, makes a *huge* difference and is actually how we get most of our new fans and patreon subscribers.)

Talk about us!

(play our games, tell your friends about them, make posts about your adventures or characters from our games, make homebrew stuff, etc. Like with the social media posts, this is the only way the word gets out about who we are and what we do! Without word-of-mouth, we're dead in the water.)

Subscribe to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/TheAgencyofNarrativeIntrigueandMysteryPatreon

(you get monthly rewards such as Eureka updates, adventure modules, short stories, etc.)

Buy, or just download, our games on Itch.io

(money helps a lot, but even just downloading them for free gives us a boost in the algorithm and gets more eyes on us)

Donate on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/animttrpgs

(how this helps is pretty obvious)

Buy our snoop merchandise https://www.bonfire.com/store/anim-store-1/

(we only get a small cut of this, but the stuff is pretty cool, and they're good conversation starters)