Coddlesworth

@clockworkcirc.us

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TTRPG Writer (Shadowrun, Voltron TTRPG) Comic Book Writer (Coddlesworth's Clockwork Circus) Professional Game Master 🇰🇷🎪🎲🎮

A screencap of a Threads post by jaxmagicman stating: "I saw 'The Odyssey and while I liked it, it was just a blatant ripoff of 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou'."
A picture of the newly released TTRPG "Fortune Favors Dice"
An image of a threads post that includes an image of a Twitter post. The Twitter post is by Jennie VanderLugt (@jennievander) with their profile picture. The text states: Your NPR name is the name of your favorite pattern and a deceased singer/songwriter. I'm Argly Cohen and you're listening to NPR." The threads post is by xxprettypettyprincessxx with their profile picture. Thetext states: "I'm Tartan O'Connor and you're listening to NPR."
A small black and white dog sleeping on my lap. You can make out that I am wearing blue jeans.
An AI slop thumbnail for a YouTube video claiming to feature "The Whitman Method," subtitled "12 steps to masterful game directing." On the left, under the title are the steps in two columns. On the right is an AI image of (presumably) Whit Whitman (a fellow known for not making good on some Kickstarter projects) in front of a bookshelf filled with TTRPG paraphernalia. It lists the following 10 (not 12) steps: 1. Session Zero 2. Timeliness 3. Session lime 4. Mancipatonts 5. Porkon Cows 7. Connectiarg 8. Villain Flaws 10. Enveglments 11. Coural Done 12. Villain Flaws Missing are 6 and 9, which is definitely NOT nice.
A screenshot from a cut scene in the video game "South of Midnight." Pictured is the protagonist, a young Black woman, sitting atop a giant catfish as it takes her across the river. She's wearing town jeans and a yellow tank top. She has a nose ring and multiple ear piercings. Her hair is held up in twin "boxer braids" and extend to her chest.
A gif image about one and a half seconds long. In the gif, J-Hope, a member of the K-Pop group BTS, performs a small portion of his dance routine from their single "Swim" as he tries to distract himself from the spiciness of "Da Bomb." This was during an episode of "Hot Ones," in support of their album "Arirang."
The DVD cover of the 1971 Toei animation "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." The title and marketing information is printed in Katakan and Kanji (Japanese writing), the title is romanized to "Aribaba to yonjūnin no tōzoku." The art style is defined by late 60s/early 70s Japanese animation, with large, round heads and big eyes and mouths and an almost "chibi-like" aesthetic. It features Ali Baba as a shirtless boy wearing a turban as he rides a magic carpet with a cat and other cats dance below him, particularly a large, pink cat that features prominently on the right. Various other characters are illustrated, along with a green/gold lamp at the bottom center.
The actor Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, the protagonist of the original Evil Dead series. He in standing in the bedroom of a trailer/mobile home and his right hand is rellace by a chainsaw.
An image of a small, 2.65 oz package of "Nerds Juicy Gummy Cluster" candy, with an image of a piece of the candy under the flavor label, which is "Strawberry Punch." Small print touts that the candy is "mega, crunchy, gummy, juicy." On the side it declares this is a share pouch, but share with who?! Get your own.
A screen grab of a Facebook post from Josh Helfgott, it features two images from an incident in which an adult man got into a verbal altercation with high schoolers who were demonstrating in their town before he physically assaulted a female student. Several other teenagers stepped in to defend their peer, ultimately chasing the man away. The first image shows students grappling the man as he try to maintain his balance. He is desperately clinging to his MAGA hat in his left hand. The second image shows a girl wearing a black hoodie that says, "CHOOSE KINDNESS ALWAYS." Despite the caption, this person was actually trying to de-escalate the situation. They were truly choosing kindness. Josh Helfgott captions his post with: "If you've ever been beaten up by a teenager wearing a "Choose Kindness Always" hoodie, you should probably reconsider your life choices. " The adult man in the image was identified as Chad Michael Watts and later arrested for two counts of assault causing bodily injury.
A screegrab of a link to a website for "SCP Hotels." The post suggests that SCP might stand for "Special Containment Procedures," a series of stories and concepts centered around paranormal or supernatural entities or events that are kept secret from the general public.
An picture of the "Time Force" zine-style TTRPG by Myth Works. The cover is blue with the title in bold, blue with thick white outline, all-caps font that is centered on the page, "Time" over "Force." The title hovers over a blue and white circle, ostensibly a time portal. White movement lines emote outwardly from the circle. Around the title are several figures. Starting at the 12 o'clock position and rotating clockwise: 12: a cartoonish tyrannosaurus rex with bulging yellow eyes and gaping maw is rising above the title. 2: a "chrononaut" (the games protagonists) wearing his chrononaut suit (strikingly similar to an astronaut suit), but also a bandolier with bullets, a Sombrero is flying off of his helmet, a six-shooter just out of reach, and a classic alarm clock just below the gun. 5: a chrononaut flying in Leonardo da V9nci's flying machine, a painting of the Mona Lisa with a chrononaut helmet (but you. An still see her hair?!) Floating out of reach. 6: a Roman-era vase with a chrononaut/centurion blend figure painted on it. 7: a chrononaut in Samurai armor weild8ng a katana and holding a scroll painting of a woman in a kimono but her face is a chrononaut face shield. 10: a chrononaut in a toga and crowned with an olive wreath reaching for an hourglass. Along the top of the zine cover are printed the names of the authors Vincenzo Ferriero and Ray Chou and the artist Sebastián Adano.
A picture of the "Dog of Montargis" statue in Montargis, France that depicts a dog biting the neck of a man with his arms out and a panicked/pained expression. The statue honors a 13th century legend of a dog avenging his murdered master (Aubry de Montdider) by winning a trial by combat against the killer (Robert Macaire), who confessed to the murder and was hanged. The duel was ordered by King Charles V after the dog "accused" Macaire.
A VHS cover art for the 1987 anime "Bubble Gum Crisis" featuring the four protagonists in their "hardsuits."
A stream of dice rolls publicly rolled in the Roll 20 VTT, showing Charisma checks with results of 18, 24, 18, and 17.
An "oni" character from a Shadowrun 5 actual play, named Popi. She has blue skin, blue horns, white hair and red irises. She is wearing thin glasses and a purple dress similar in style to a Chinese "cheongsam" with pink flowers on it. She is muscular and standing in a hand on the hip pose. Her right arm (the one resting on her hip) has a red dragon tattoo. She is standing in what appears to be a bar or nightclub, but the background is blurry.
A screen grab of the results screen at the end of a game of Team Fight Tactics, a "battlechess" game where you purchase champions and place them on a board, trying to find a strong combination of champions and board configurations to beat other players in the match. Champions have 5 tiers of power with matching costs from the shop, White (1), Green (2), Blue (3), Purple (4) and Gold (5). Finding three of a particular champion in the shops combines them into a single 2-star champion. Having 3 2-stars of the same champion combines them into a single 3-star champion. As you proceed in the match you gain 2 experience per round. Your level equals the amount of champions you can field on the board. Between rounds you can purchase XP 4 at a time at a 1-1 exchange. You gain coins for winning a round, win or lose streaking, and holding on to coins (interest). Between rounds you are presented with a store of 5 champion to purchase or you can reroll the shop for 2 coins. This shows I won the game with 6 3-star Champions on my board, 2 2-star Champions from the Gold tier, and a 2-star dragon Champion (dragons are a special aspect of this season of the game and have costs outside of the normal 1-5 and count as 2 champions on your board).
An image capture from Twitch featuring the players for the D&D 5E actual play "Beyond the Stellar Veil." The DM, @thespeedofcandy is in the center, labeled Shenanigan Sovereign. The players are, from top right and going clockwise: @davidjoneskrause playing Kessel, a druid @iSneezeStars playing Samanthar'ra, a gunner @Coddlesworth playing The Captain, a ship's captain @DungeonMistressKatie playing Giulia, a bard
A screen grab from a twitch stream featuring an actual play of the Shadowrun TTRPG. The title of the stream is State of the Union. There are four players and a game master, each in their own windows. The players are: @KikiClownMenace (femme presenting) playing Smokey, a changeling rigger @MaxRomans (masc presenting) playing Simon, a human mage @MilestoneRPG (femme presenting) playing Popi, an oni face @Scxrlet64 (femme presenting) playing Loophead, a human sniper The gamemaster is @Coddlesworth (masc presenting).
A "SidexSide" screen grab from Amazon showing the per ounce price of ofJack Links Beef Jerky and a per ounce price of caramel Bugles Corn Chips. It shows the Beef Jerky at $1.46/ounce and the Bugles at $1.43/ounce.
A top-down view of a futuristic flying surveillance drone. Is it similar in shape and function to a jet with a conical nose, tapered wings, and a central jet thruster. There is an optical suite on the nose and additional cameras where the front of the wings meet the fuselage.
A top-down view of a futuristic vehicle in heavy armor plating. It has four "legs," underneath which are meant to be wheels that cannot be seen from the top-down perspective, but could be imagined to have some manner of hover capability. You can see places where wires extrude from one part of the body to others. The front of the vehicle is towards the bottom of the image. The box-like turret is turned about 5-10 degrees counter clockwise and it is armed with a large multi-barreled gun, protruding off-center on the turret.
An RPG virtual tabletop token for a character being played in a Shadowrun 5E campaign. The character, Loophead, is a cybernetically augmented sniper. This is a bust portrait in a comic book style that shows her in a grey motojacket with thick, pink pads on the shoulder. She is wearing a pink motorcycle helmet with "cat ear" points. The faceshield is a screen currently projecting text emoji face ( ^ _ ^ ). She is also wearing headphones which fit over the helmet itself, with a pink and white band and grey cups. Long, flexible light tubes come down from the back of the helmet, almost like hair, in a variety of pinks, purples, and pastels. The helmer has a sticker under the right cat ear that has the letters BAMF over a comic book explosion effect. Ther are purple star stickers ounder the left ear and on the left headphone cup. The background is a glitchy hot pink to electric blue circle border with a grooved interior (representing a vinyl record) and pink "glitter" dots surround the circle border.
A screen grab of an Oral-B "Clic" toothbrush. A Clic toothbrush is a toothbrush model with a metal handle and detachable plastic head, intended to reduce waste from disposing of plastic toothbrushes by around a third. It is a manual toothbrush. This one is listed on Amazon for $239.30, which is remarkable for a $15-$20 toothbrush.
A screen grab from my Gmail app. It shows series of emails sent from "Uniexpress Admin", each with the subject line "Your package is out for delivery." All were sent at 7:35 AM and have the same preview text, "Your package is out for delivery Hello DANIEL ???, Your package is on the way! A UniUni..." From the screen grab, it appears to have been sent at least five times. (NOTE: It was sent 10 times.)
A text screengrab from Google's "AI Overview" of a topic with 3 bullet points. The third bullet point is highlighted in a thick red box. The text says: Why Facebook auto-refreshes • Encourages more engagement: Refreshing the page takes you back to the top of the News Feed, forcing you to scroll and see new and promoted content. This prevents you from simply returning to the exact post or comment you were looking at. • Maximizes ad views: A full page reload guarantees that new advertisements will load, generating more money for Facebook. • Prevents "fact-checking": Some users have noted that the refresh often happens when they switch tabs to investigate a suspicious claim. They believe this is an intentional design choice to make critical cross-checking more difficult.
A "motivational poster" style meme collage of six images over a set of text. The text begins with a "header" or title centered from left to right in large font, all caps: "RIFTS ROLE PLAYING GAME" That is followed by an expounding statement in sentence format in smaller font, also centered from left to right: "Because its (sic) a magic wielding, high tech epic [that's] set in a post apocalyptic setting of complete bad-assery. Thats (sic) why!" The images are presented above the text in 3x2 grid starting (from left to right): TOP The cover art for the Rifts TTRPG "Atlantis" sourcebook, featuring a two-armed, tentacled alien with a gun and spear piloting a hovering barge that is also crewed by 3 human(?) women in leotards, wearing helmets and aiming futuristic blasters. A gleaming silver mechsuit known as a "Glitterboy," holding a shoulder mounted railgun. A dragon lying down in a forest clearing. It is curled up like a cat and a woman with black and red wings is laying against the dragon as if they are napping together. BOTTOM: A female vampire in a white dress being repelled by a cross brandished by someone outside of the image. The cross is starting to burn and the vampire has tears of blood. A trio of humans(?) surrounded by a battle. A woman dual-wielding heavy blaster pistols is forward and center. On the left is a man who seems to be wielding energy between his hands. On the right is a large man with muscular arms holding a hefty stone hammer. A feminine fire spirit or elemental.
One of the dogs from the game "Stardew Valley," the image is a pixel-art dog resting on its haunches, facing forward. It is a black and white dog, reminiscent of a border collie, wearing a red bandana.
The cover art for the TTRPG "Eat the Reich," a cartoonishly violent game with an elegantly simple ruleset that caters to wild and outlandish narrative action in support of it's core conceit: you are a band of vampire commandos slaughtering masses of knotzees as you close in on shitler to waste him and drink his blood. The image on the cover is of a stylized metal coffin with protruding bolts and an open peephole, from which a person with disheveled hair and wild eyes can be seen looking out. The coffin is in blue/purple tones, the person contrasts that in fluorescent pinks and teals. Below the peephole is the title. "Eat The" is written in all capital letters in a simple sans serif font, centered on the page. "Reich" is in a highly stylish gothic font. The left leg of the R and the right leg of the H extend down, curving inward and ending at points in the semblance of vampire fangs.
A GIF from the 1987-1991 anime "Bubblegum Crisis," featuring the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of mercenaries who don powered "hardsuits." It starts w/a close up of Priss in her suit turning her helmeted head from the right to facing the viewer. The helmet is blue with red highlights in a loose "V" on the faceplate and grey antenna on either side of her head. Then the image splits into three stacked unevenly. The center stays on Priss. The top has Sylia in her suit, facing to the left w/ her silver helmet and blue faceplate. "Knight Sabers" is written under the faceplate. The bottom is Linna in her suit, facing right. Her suit is seagreen and she has an orange faceplate. After a second, they fade into monochrome images of the heads. Sylia in blue, Priss in red, and Linna in green. Sylia has a sort of baroque bob, Priss has curled bangs and long straight hair in the back, and Linna has something like a pixie bob.
An image featuring the characters from the "Beyond the Stellar Veil" actual play, relative to the players in the other image on this post. From left to right: Samanthar'ra is a goliath gunner and the ship's muscle. Kessel is a plasmoid druid and cleric who is the ship's navigator. Guilia is a tiefling bard along for the ride. The Captain is the captain of the Rascal's Rose, taking everyone on this crazy ride.
A picture of "The Crooked Moon," a third-party sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 5E that was published by Avantris Entertainment. The book specifies a focus on "Folk-Horror Roleplaying." On top of the upper right corner of the book is a pin featuring the head of "Chuckles the Clown," a character from the "Legends of Avantris" actual play that became a viral meme. The clown's chin extends to a point and the clown's conical hat is tilted forward. These features makes the pin into the shape of a crescent moon. The art on the books cover features a scene that appears to take place in a haunted forest, under the gaze of a sinister face in a crescent moon. Several figures in fantasy cultural garb wearing skeletal animal masks (including rabbits, foxes, owls, and deer) dance ritualistically around a bonfire that burns in front of a towering "wicker man."
A screen grab from @DnDenial's Tuesday night Twitch Stream, "Beyond the Stellar Veil," a Dungeons & Dragons based Space Opera actual play. The image features the four players and the dungeon master placed in a 2x3 grid, with the title of the actual play taking up one block of the grid. To the right of the players is a small image of their character. On the top row, from left to right: @DavidJonesKrause plays Kessel, a green plasmoid druid/cleric. @iSneezeStars plays Samanthar'ra, a tall goliath gunfighter with long purple hair. The Title Card On the bottom row, from left to right: @Coddlesworth (that's ME!) playing The Captain, a swiftstride shifter space captain. @DungeonMistressKatie playing Huilia, a feral tiefling bard. @TheSpeedOfCandy, the DungeonMaster.
A screengrab from Facebook of a post by author Margaret Weis. It has an avatar image of Margaret Weis sitting at a table, resting her chin in her hand. She appears to be a woman in her late middle age or early senior years with conservatively styled silver hair. At the bottom, it shows 3.9k likes/hearts, 355 comments, and 31 shares. The text of the message is: "Received news yesterday from Penguin Random House that Dragon Wing, the first book in the Deathgate series, has gone back to press for its Forty-Third printing! Forty-Third! First published in 1990. Just has to share! :) "To clarify. The book has been in print continuously since 1990. It has never gone out of print. They have gone back to print because their stock is getting low."
A screengrab of part of Google's newsfeed, focusing on a link to a story by NBC news about the shooting of Charlie Kirk. It has the NBC logo and the following lines of text: NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com > news > us-news > live-blog Live updates: Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah 23 minutes ago - Kirk, the right-wing activist and founder of Turning Pont USA, was giving a presentation at Utah Valley University. Something went wrong!
A screen capture of The Captain, taken from the Hero Forge website. The Captain is standing in front of what appears to be the moon. The Captain is a "shifter" species from the Dungeons & Dragons TTRPG, specifically a "swiftstride. He has catlike features, orange skin, yellow eyes with slit pupils, and orange/yellow hair pulled back in a ponytail. He is wearing an orange vest with blue and purple highlights, matching pantaloons, and a loincloth with a green belt. His has plated boots, is wearing a chest harness, and an amulet. He also has a cybernetic left arm with what appears to be a small spike launcher mounted to it.
An image of a black t-shirt with a graphic on it. The graphic is associated with the "Helldivers" IP, a video game that presents a satirical "Super Earth" that operates as a fascist society dressed up as freedom, liberty, and democracy. The graphic features the bust of the eponymous "Helldiver," as specially trained and equipped shock trooper fighting on the front lines against Super Earth's enemies. The Helldiver is in a full coverage helmet and armored torso, wearing a cape. It draws parallel with Storm Troopers from Star Wars, if Storm Troopers were venerated in an outlandish exagerrated version of how Americans honor their own troops ("Thank you for your service" coupled with a lacking interest in taking care of them after). The Helldiver is imposed over heraldic devices, including a star-evoking grid, stars, and holly leaves. At the top it states: "Service is Mandatory." At the bottom it says "Spread Managed Democracy" (a term for the rigged voting system Super Earth uses).
The cover of the "Fabular Ultima" TTRPG. The cover depicts an adventuring party (illustrated in classic "anime" style" and further detailed below) gathered together with a cloudy sky as the backdrop. A partially translucent illustration of a face dominates the sky behind them and to their left. Details of the face imply that this is a villain. At the top of the cover is a translucent baroque ornamental sigil, under which the title is written in blue font, all caps, with the first letters of each word 10-15% larger than the rest of the letters. Between the two words is a orange/gold four point star with stubby left and right arms. Beneath this are the letters TTJRPG, highlighting that the game isn't just a TTRPG, but draws from Japanese-style Role Playing Games. The party features a knight standing front and center, holding a sword and shield in a relaxed pose. He has a red plumed helm with a closed visor and a red skirt. Behind him, from left to right are: Facing left: A young woman with short white hair, blue-green eyes, white dress, green blouse, and green "witch's hat." She has gold-rimmed glasses and holds a locked tome with a glowing green gemstone on the cover. Facing left: A young woman is raised higher than the others. She is looking up and shouting. She has long brown hair, a high collar vest over a long sleeve blouse in aqua and white. She appears to have a sword or dagger sheathed at her waist and pants that match her blouse. Facing right: A young man with a scar on his face, short black hair pulled into a short, unkempt ponytail wearing purple and holding a shuriken. Facing right: A young man holding an ornate pistol. He has short hair, brown skin, and is dressed in Victorian finery, browns and oranges, with a white, long-sleeved dress shirt. The face in the sky is of a purple haired entity with purple energy flowing from the top of it's cheekbones. The eyes have dark purple sclera and bright pink irises with hot-pink, cat-like pupils.
A black and white panel from "Coddlesworth's Clockwork Circus" Iss. #2. In the panel, we see Rhiannon Coddlesworth, known to her employees as "Lady C," looking over her right shoulder to regard something off-panel. Her expression is one of dismayed shock and surprise. We can see that her hair is shoulder length and wound in tight coils (somewhere around 3C/4A curls) and she is wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Her top has poofy shoulders and trim indicating at least slightly formal attire and we can see she is wearing gloves. A speech bubble is included, but the original text from the panel is removed and replaced with "I just know that I'm messing it all up, somehow, someway...," mirroring the sentiment of the text in the skeet.
An image of the D&D Player Character "The Baroness Merelda," a tiefling bard. Merelda is a femme presenting person. Her skin is a light purple color (mauve) and she has brown hair in a "French" pixie cut (a pixie cut that has been allowed to grow out a bit). We can't see in this image that her eyes are green. She has horns that grow up and lean back (Imperial demon horns, or like stubby antelope horns) from her temples. She has lightly pointed ears and a slender tail with a spaded tip. She is wearing a long sleeve mini that is mostly green with a purple skirt. It has gold trim. She has knee high, leather boots, also with gold trim. She also has a purple scarf wrapped around her neck like a cowl. In this image, she is in a cavern, standing on a rocky outcropping. She is facing something to her right and is leaning back playing a lute in the style of a modern rock and roll guitarist. Above her, we can see wispy magical tendrils coming from the lute and coalescing into a mist-like bow, with a golden arrow nocked. This image is part of a greater image that is not shared here.
An image of the DVD cover for the 1980 musical film "Xanadu," starring Gene Kelly, Olivia Newton-John, and Michael Beck. The image shows Olivia Newton-John wearing a cream-colored, thigh-slit Bardot dress and matching knee-high roller-skate boots. Her blonde hair is shoulder length, styled in loose curls. She is casually skating from left to right, arms generally at her sides. Her right leg is angled behind her, pushing her forward. She is looking to her right, towards the viewer and is smiling. She is surrounded by an aura and leaving a rainbow trail and sparkles behind her. In the background we see the front of an abandoned art-deco building. The sky is blue with fluffy clouds. At the top, the title Xanadu is printed in all caps using a stylized, metallic-purple font with sharp angles.
A screen grab of my Android device after opening the Facebook app. Along the top is the identifying trademark "facebook" along with several standard navigation icons. The "home" icon is highlighted blue, indicating this is the main feed for my facebook account. Directly beneath the row of icons is a space for me to start a new post, with (from left to right) my avatar image (an illustrated, green version of my face with the "Coddlesworth's Clockwork Circus" gear icon burned into my forehead), a text box with the prompt "What's on your mind?", and a green photograph icon in case I want to add an image. Under that is a horizontal "Stories" feed with "thumbnails" of stories suggested by the algorithm. The first one is from "Meta AI" and is an image that is more detailed in the other image attached to this skeet. The others are (from left to right) a clip from the Dropout TV show "Game Changer" with the actor Grant O'Brien prominently displayed, an illustration of a blue, feminine character with a tail from a redacted artist, and a repost of a story that appears to feature the late R&B singer Aaliyah from a redacted user. Beneath these is a facebook post from Monte Cook Games asking "Which Cypher will be your favorite.. See more" over an image of several books from the Cypher TTRPG. Above the post, facebook explains they are showing me the post because a redacted friend follows Monte Cook Games.
A GIF of a scene from the 1994 action movie and vengeance fantasy, "The Crow," a film about a man who returns to life as a revenant one year after he and his girlfriend Shelly were brutally assaulted and killed by criminal enforcers trying to clear an apartment building of its tenants. In the scene, Eric Draven (played by Brandon Lee in his final film roll due to his tragic accidental death while filming) confronts and defeats the first of four the four enforcers, a knife fighting expert with the street name "Tin Tin." In the scene, Tin Tin believes Eric is just a drug addled man he can easily MDK. He eagerly takes the fight and maintains his good cheer until Eric manages to get the upper hand. As Eric begins to monologue to Tin Tin, to remind him of what he did to Eric and Shelly, Tin Tin hits Eric and shoves him off. Frustrated, he finally draws two knives, boasting that he never misses before throwing one. Eric dodges the knife and then deflects the second one, taunting Tin Tin to "Try again, try harder!" With a scream, Tin Tin draws and throws a third knife. Eric catches the flat of the blade between his hands, then throws it back at Tin Tin, hitting him in the shoulder. Before Tin Tin can react, Eric rushes up to him. This is the point where the GIF starts. We see Tin Tin, a Black man, leaning against a stack of wooden pallettes and generally facing to the right. He has a knife buried in his right shoulder and a pained expression. Suddenly, Eric appears, coming in from the right side, facing left. He is a mixed-race Asian/white male with shoulder length hair. His face is painted like a harlequin, with only black and white makeup. He has a formfitting, long sleeve shirt on and his lower forearms and hands are bare. He pins Tin Tin's collarbone with his left hand. "Victims," he says, drawing one of Tin Tin's knives with his right hand and holding it overhead, blade angled downward. "Aren't we all." He plunges the blade downward and the scene cuts away.
A title logo for "Beyond the Stellar Veil," a Dungeons and Dragons actual play on twitch. The logo features the title in bold over a stylized ball of "dark energy" emanating bands of purple energy.
An anonymous post implying through rhetorical questioning that the fictional setting of Night City from the "Cyberpunk" TTRPG and Video Game is somehow a utopia. Featured is a screen grab from the Netflix series "Edgerunners," a show also set in Night City with tie-ins to the video game. In the image we see a popular character, Rebecca, holding up a cup as if offering it to an unseen person or as a toast. Rebecca is short, with pale, blue-tinged skin laced with wiring. Her hair is a few shades bluer as her skin, like frost. Her eyes are obviously synthetic, with large pink/fuschia pupils, neon green iris, and red sclerosis. She is wearing a blue jacket with a popped collar and matching hair accessory. Under the image are several bullet points in green font: • game is supposed to be "dystopian" • your average 3rd world gangbanger has access to better & faster healthcare than anyone who's currently alive •your average 3rd world method junkie has better education and technical prowess than most modern engineers • aging? Solved, even if you are a 3rd world gangbanger • illness? No such thing • right to bear arms? Yep! Then under the bullet points, in black font is the following: "Explain to me how CP77 isn't a utopia without using phrases like "corporations are le bad!"" The post showcases how the author missed crucial elements of the plot and themes of the show as well as displaying a debilitating lack of critical thought and even basic media literacy. Probably why they posted it anonymously.
A "headshot" portrait of the character "Flint" from the TTRPG "Eat the Reich." Flint is 1 of 6 pre-made characters available for players to choose. Flint is differentiated from the other characters by his inhuman appearance and his stats and mechanics reflect a more bestial vampire than his fellow vampire commandos. In the image, flint is hanging upside down. A necklace with a large plate-sized "pendant" bears his name and hangs upside down under his head, along with his dogtags. His head is a bat's head, with large ears that have been ripped and torn. He has oversized teeth, not only extended fangs but also a pair of large, tusk-like lower teeth. His furry body is framed by large, leathery wings that are folded close to the body. He is wearing a yellow bandana is holdng a large document close to his chest, which has several "bomb" stamps on it. The background seems to be of a cave. In the foreground, on the ground itself, is various knot-c paraphenalia, the implication that it is the equipment of Flint's victims. We can clearly see a large knife with an eagle-headed handle on the lower left side of the image and a knot-c officers cap on the lower right side of the image.
The cover art for the TTRPG "Eat the Reich," a cartoonishly violent game with an elegantly simple ruleset that caters to wild and outlandish narrative action in support of it's core conceit: you are a band of vampire commandos slaughtering masses of knotzees as you close in on shitler to waste him and drink his blood. The image on the cover is of a stylized metal coffin with protruding bolts and an open peephole, from which a person with disheveled hair and wild eyes can be seen looking out. The coffin is in blue/purple tones, the person contrasts that in fluorescent pinks and teals. Below the peephole is the title. "Eat The" is written in all capital letters in a simple sans serif font, centered on the page. "Reich" is in a highly stylish gothic font. The left leg of the R and the right leg of the H extend down, curving inward and ending at points in the semblance of vampire fangs.
An image grab showing details: Rules System: Shadowrun 6th Ed. Author(s): Danny Oliver Artist(s): John Zeleznik, Victor Moreno
The cover for "Cutting Strings," an adventure module for the Shadowrun RPG, specifically part of their "Shadowrun Missions" organized play content. The featured art by John Zeleznik shows a masculine elf with a wide, red mohawk jumping down–moving left to right and facing left–from a raised position and kicking a bald human male in the face. They appear to be in an industrial junkyard.. The elf is jumping down from a leaning structure and we can make out the word "Voltage" but it's upside down. On the left we see a what appears to be the body and lower scaffolding of a crane, behind which is a large pile of industrial junk. We can also see a chain link fence wopped with razor wire behind all of it. The crane and fence are angled in such a way that it appears the perspective of the viewer is tilted about 10 degrees to the right. The elf has a stylized tattoo on the shaved portion of his head, and is wearing a black leather duster with the sleeves removed. The bottom half of the duster is billowing behind them and on the back they have a large patch that has the letter "D" twice over a pitchfork. The patch is all red. Also the collar is popped. The elf has a red handled knife strapped to his left bicep in a black leather sheathe with a curved red line going from the opening of the sheath to the tip. They are wearing black leather, studded wristbands and a black ring on the middle finger connected by a leather cord to one of the wristbands. They have on black leather pants and black leather boots. Strapped to their shins are spiked metal plates. The bald male being kicked is spinning to face left. He is falling backwards, eyes closed, blood splattering from his mouth. He has a data port on the left temple, a tattoo of what appears to be a stylized "7" on his cheek. The top of bottom of the original illustration is covered with branding. The top has "Shadowrun Missions" and the bottom has the title and Catalyst's logo. Both are imposed over a neon map of Seattle.
A picture taken—from across the street—of an apartment's dumpster enclosure. There is a discarded teddy bear visible in the enclosure. It is propped up in a sitting position, facing the viewer and leaning to the viewer's left. The enclosure is in the center of the image and we can see 50-100 feet in all directions from the enclosure. In front of the enclosure is a sidewalk running all the way from the left to right side of the image. The sidewalk borders a parking lot with 9 visible spaces, 5 of which are occupied. Then there is another sidewalk between the sidewalk and the main street. We can see a blue street sign indicating this is Gallows Road. Gallows appears to be a 4-lane street (2 in either direction, separated by a concrete median). We mostly only see the traffic going right to left, with a truck to the left of the image and a sedan following behind it. Directly behind the enclosure is a tree. To the left of the enclosure we can see the side of an apartment building, with a single window visible on the second floor. To the right and behind the enclosure we can see a manicured lawn and further back we see the back of another apartment building on the top-right of the image.
An image featuring the characters from the "Beyond the Stellar Veil" actual play, relative to the players in the other image on this post. From left to right: Samanthar'ra is a goliath gunner and the ship's muscle.
A group of people playing the TTRPG "Shadowrun: Anarchy" (a fast and loose version of the notoriously rules-heavy cyberpunk TTRPG) on a stage at Gen Con. The image is focused on two people, B. Dave Walters (a popular Actual Play actor) and Rem Alternis (media manager for Catalyst Game Labs).
An image of a section of the Indianapolis Convention Center where people are building very large structures made out of playing cards from various trading card games (such as Magic the Gathering).
A picture of the TTRPG rulebook for "Ea Ltd the Reich," an independent TTRPG where you play a squad of vampire commandos on a mission to kill Hitler. The cover features the title in stylish, pink font, and a cut out box to see the page beneath it, which is the image of a crazed face staring wide-eyed out of the box.
An image of Palantir CEO Alexander Carp in front of several United States flags over a headline from some internet "media outlet." This chud has unkempt curly gray hair, rimless glasses, and a smug expression. The headline reads: "Tech giant Palantir helps US government monitor its citizens. Its CEO wants Silicon Valley to find its m..."
A title logo for "Beyond the Stellar Veil," a Dungeons and Dragons actual play on twitch. The logo features the title in bold over a stylized ball of "dark energy" emanating bands of purple energy.
An independent TTRPG, "The Cunning Folk," sits 9n a sofa cushion. The blue/gray sofa is missing it's legs and set flush on a patterned rug.
A quote attributed to the director of "Dying Light: The Beast." It is not attributed by name. The quote is: "If I start playing Assassin's Creed Shadows, I know I will never finish it."
A meme image in two panels, one over the other. The top panel is a man wearing a white T-Shirt lying in bed, presumably in a hotel room. He has a landline phone with the receiver to his ear. There is a dialogue box and he says, "Hi! I'd like a wake up call." The lower panel is a woman with medium length blonde hair wearing casual professional attire. She is sitting at a desk, presumably the reception desk at the hotel the man is staying in. She also has a phone receiver to her ear and a text box where she responds to the man's request by saying, "You have waaaaaay too many board games."