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TTRPG developer, manga podcaster, cocktail bartender, tarot/astrology reader, sociologist in training, soda enthusiast, comics aficionado, jellybean golem. https://200proof.games

The cover of ROM #1. A silver, robotic figure stands shining in the sun, brandishing a strange weapon as townsfolk react to its presence with fear and confusion.
The cover image from the linked article, showing a man walking in the foreground. He looks a tiny bit like Jotaro Kujo from the "Oh? You're Approaching Me?" meme, so I have photoshopped in Dio.
A promo image for the tv show Almost Human.
Matt: wizard computer..... Quinn: w... wizard computer? Matt: big abacus
Vicki Vale going "ohohohoho"
A screenshot of Vicki Vale towering over Lois Lane as the mighty peaks of everest tower above the earth
"mm I think beating up is good and that shame is a socially useful phenomenon that helps encourage people to make prosocial decisions"
Quinn, fitted up in grey jeans, a tight-fitting black t-shirt with red text, and a black baseball cap. There’s a secret guest…
Quinn, smiling, holding the Gencon Demo Version of Dragon Reactor and some similarly themed stickers.
an original Jack Kirby illustration of Galactus among the cosmos. His strange, futuristic armor is a vibrant and uncompromising magenta.
Matt Fennell says: "i will sell you an indulgence for min maxing"
A screenshot of the follow page for Dragon Reactor. It says “Join 69 other people!”
A comic rendition of the classic scene where Vader force chokes that one guy. In the first panel, Vader raises his hand and uses the Force to retrieve a steaming mug of coffee from across the room. In the second panel, Vader's hand grips the coffee - although it may well be steamed milk or another beverage, as it appears white. In the third panel, an Imperial official chokes for no apparent reason, while Vader gestures vaguely in his direction with his mug of coffee and says to the him, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
a screenshot of the playtest pdf of Monster Truckers. Nosferatu wears a trucker cap and stands in front of a big rig, both color-shifted red, in front of a 70s-style multi-colored band. Just looking at it, you know this freak was born to drive truck.
a pretend solicitation for an old comic book. "ROM #69- Rom and Brandy invest in a copy of the Kama Sutra and a bottle of sparkling wine!" If you know who Rom is, it's VERY funny
A screenshot of a comic book panel. Sparse black and white lineart, with minimal shading and no background. Two German intellectuals speak to each other. On the left, a diffident blonde man in glasses looks off panel and says "talk of lost causes ruins my appetite. Can we talk about something constructive? Something productive?" On the right, there is a frustrated black-haired man with a bow tie and pipe looking at the man on the left. He says "No."
A screenshot of a Miro board, detailing the relationships of well over a dozen characters. The arrows that connect the characters are many, overlapping in a terrific morass of complicated feelings.
a screenshot of Bruce Wayne's statblock from the new Batman: Gotham City Chronicles RPG. In the "traits and disadvantages" section, he has the following: "Trauma (orphan): after a critical failure, take a Willpower test (diff. 15) or go into a Stunned state."
The Penguin staring forlornly at an array of lukewarm martinis.
An image of the "Never" option selected in discord's new, bullshit "reaction notifications" settings
The main menu screen for the game Lego Racers. The iconically insane music is not playing in the image, but it is playing in your mind.
Some DMs between me and Nova. Nova: I can't read actually sorry Me: I knew it Nova: Sorry what'd you say?
The characters Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine, from the manga Zatch Bell, flanked by a dragon made of lightning which is one of the magic spells Zatch and Kiyo can cast in the series.
Frustration triage: losing and setbacks fucking suck, so having something to immediately distract from eating shit is A+ design. Example: for this game you could create a rule called “Hardened” – every time you’re merked in a fight, you get a permanent +3 to your merk. Incentives: never punish an action when you can instead reward not doing that action. Positive incentives are not only more reliable for shaping behavior, but also contribute tothe overall sense of enjoyability of your game (nobody likes punishment).
Effects What a Special does. Newjacks, don’t even look at this section. Go on, git. Attack Effects Can’t have modifiers added except Use and Duration (end of section). What’s the difference between attack effects and offensive effects? Attacking is what you do with a weapon (swinging a sword, firing a pistol). Attack effects modify or trigger an attack. Offensive effects (next section) are any other way you cause offense, like psionic lightning or energy beams. Spinning Attack: make a hand-to-hand attack on all adjacent enemies in place of your normal attack this turn. Attack path can’t pass through comrades (without attacking them). If dualwielding: you can make an attack with each weapon on all adjacent enemies (but remember they get to apply their defense to both attacks). 8 SP. • Step: you can move one stride, attacking all enemies adjacent to your two-stride path. +10 SP • Bound: you can move two strides, attacking all enemies adjacent to your three-stride path. +10 SP (and must have previous upgrade) Followthrough: when you put offense on an enemy with a hand-to-hand attack, you can make an immediate bonus attack (same weapon) on a different enemy adjacent to you. Followthrough path can’t pass through comrades (without attacking them). No attacking the same enemy more than once. Automatically Duration: Permanent. 10 SP. • Step: you can take a free one-stride step to followthrough on an enemy. +15 SP • Reach: you can followthrough with reach weapons, but must maintain range (so if initial target 2 strides away, any subsequent targets must also be 2 strides away). Can instead followthrough to a second target directly behind an initial adjacent target, but then end there. Can’t step (above upgrade) when using this upgrade. +10 SP
"A Name That Rings Out [4 SP] Aesthetic: You went from all city bomber to a well-known mural painter, respected in both worlds. Summary: Your local fame gets you occasional special treatment (always active). Effect: Minor Celebrity [4 SP] Modifiers: X"
"First Time Key Narrators: fuck nerves. The friends are getting together to riff and bullshit with each other. They’re going to have a good time no matter what. If your first session feels stiff, don’t sweat it, it’s not because you dropped the ball, it’s because things are still developing – the main characters don’t really have personalities yet, a crew dynamic is still brewing, and the setting doesn’t feel lived-in yet. The pilot session is still a good time, but where the hobby goes from good to great is two or three sessions in when the setting and characters start feeling familiar, start coming to life a little, and start relating to each other in interesting ways. There’s a reason it takes a couple episodes to get hooked on a TV show, you know? Besides that, Keying is easy: just give the main characters engaging shit to do, see what gets people stoked, and find interesting ways to give your actors what they want."
Adam Bell posts: "what the hell is an rpg" I respond: "a miserable pile of secrets" Adam Seats responds: "BUT ENOUGH TALK, HAVE AT YOU"
The Tenth Doctor asks: "Don't you think his head looks like a guitar pick?"
A box full of fresh, colorful copies of my rpg zine ANY%.
In one skeet, Jeff Stormer bemoans watching a Halloween episode of CHEERS and struggling with the desire to rewatch the entire series. In a skeet immediately below the first, Kurt Busiek bemoans reading the opening of 'SALEM'S LOT and struggling with the desire to reread the entire thing.
I was user #600,206!
An image of an ice cream machine that says "anything is possible with ice cream", and then a note on it that says "no ice cream." It has been edited so that instead of "ice cream," it says "democracy."
A man in silvery, boxy armor flies through space, a strangely marketable weapon in hand.