internet hermit josh

@ostrichmonkey.bsky.social

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33, he/him. #ttrpg designer - of the sort of spooky and sort of strange variety 🔗 ostrichmonkey.itch.io 🔗 patreon.com/OstrichmonkeyGames 📧 ostrichmonkey.games@gmail.com

A screenshot of text that reads: Occult Relics Artifacts, grimoires, anything holy, profane, occult, or otherwise strange. Roll on the table to determine the power of the relic and the drawback it holds. Take one horror to use the relic’s power. Take one horror when handling an unknown occult relic for the first time. The power and drawback are not immediately known. Material 1. Paper 2. Book 3. Jewelry 4. Wood 5. Metal 6. Stone 7. Glass 8. Unknown Powers 1. Protection 2. Fire 3. Darkness 4. Cleansing 5. Cursing 6. Summoning 7. Projecting 8. Killing Drawbacks 1. Haunted 2. Bleeding 3. Hungry 4. Blinding 5. Beacon 6. Draining 7. Whispering 8. Corrupting
A strange looking rifle kitbashed from various implements.
An image with text that reads "Summer Sale".
Photo of the Monster Guys 2e physical book.
A screenshot of a layout spread of text. The layout is minimalist and simple. On the second page a black and white image of flowers on a branch is above a block of text.
Screenshot of text that reads: Claymore mines: Deployable explosives. Consumable. 1x Stack, resource: mineral PM War Sword: Large two-handed close combat blade. Module. 1x Stack, resources: mineral + mineral Personal Shield: protect against physical attack. resistance vs ballistic damage. 1x Stack, unstable tech Ammunition Forge: Use resources to manufacture ammunition. Deployable. 2 backpack slots. 1x Stack, unstable tech, resource: mineral
Screenshot of text that reads: Organic: biological specimens and samples Chemical: novel plastics and other synthetic extracts Mineral: metallic and mineral ores Datic: data-based extracts Anomalous: unclassifiable exotic materials and information
Screenshot of text that reads: Acid Lich Corrupted archon frame, piloted by inscrutable forces, eldritch biomechanical monster. Select 3 abilities: Corrosive touch Nanofilamet wireblades Jammer cloud Larva pouch Bone launcher Absorbed machine gun
A screenshot of text that reads: Equipment: weapons that hurt you
A dithered image that reads "Birthday Sale. Wow!"
A simple "dungeon" map made up of squares filled with section of different paintings.
Mechanical Skull Studio Armada Starscream in jet mode next to the original release also in jet mode.
A photo of Mechanical Skulls Studio third party Armada Starscream holding his folding wing sword.
A hex flower of seven hexes. Each hex is filled with a section of different paintings depicting rivers and lakes.
Screenshot of text that reads: ARES OMNIKILL : heavy platform coilgun, fires superdense slugs at sonic speeds Ammunition Shred-Hammer: like the warhammers of old, fires flechette charges on impact. Banned in the Oort Free States. Ammunition
Screenshot of text that reads: Hackknife: combat blade that forcibly interfaces with digital systems. Stab a computer. It just works.
Screen shot of a partial spreadsheet.
A grayscale hand, reaching out. The bottom of the wrist is colored orange.
A 3 by 3 grid of square, each square has a cross dividing it into four sections. In the upper two section are numbers ranging from 1-6. The lower left section has a circle, either filled in completely or empty. The lower right section has a letter A through I. Some square are connected by thicker lines.
Photo of handwritten text and a diagram. The diagram is a 3 by 3 grid of squares, labeled 6, 4, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 1 and then smaller in the bottom right corner of each square are labelled A through I. Text to the right of the grid reads: A: Boss encounter B: Ghost encounter C: moment of wonder (1d6) D: Anomaly -> E & Exfil E: Anomaly -> J F: Anomaly -> D G: Anomaly -> G H: Moment I: Resource + Hostiles
A screenshot of player information for Marathon 2026.
Nona from Marathon.
The words "Ex Materia" repeated in a horizontal column on top of a bright magenta half-tone texture.
Screenshot of the "It's about the cones" scene from Parks & Rec, edited to say "It's about the 3x3 grid of d6s".
A set of six diagrams, each made up of squares arranged in a 3x3 grid. Each square is numbered with pips from 1 to 9. The upper three diagrams show the first row of three squares being shifted by one square to the right so that the three-pip square loops around and fills the space where the one-pip square was. The bottom three grids show the middle column shifting down one square, so that the 8-pip square loops around to fill the space of the 2-pip square.
A screenshot of text that reads: Gossamer A green thing that is gossamer shimmers and flits and alights. It is a gleaming whisper, a snowflake on a sunny day, a seed wisp carried on the wind. It is temporary and beautiful and entrancing. A green thing that is gossamer can always: Wind around the heart and soul of a living thing Suddenly vanish, only to reappear elsewhere Create a beautiful illusion to act as a lure When a gossamer green thing sheens and tempts, lures and entrances, dances and disappears, or in any other way ephemerally enthralls, it generates a token. When a gossamer green thing touches something, it changes. It might: Cause something to glitter like gold and precious stones, becoming the center of desire Make something begin to fade, marking it as not long for this world Conceal a hidden rot beneath a gilded beauty
A photo of Dr. Wu's third party transformer chibi Scorponok in robot mode.
A photo of a page from a notebook with handwritten text in brown-green ink.
A collaged image of a skull in profile, jaw unhinged as mushrooms, plantlife, and an eyeball burst out of it.
A photo of Iron Factory's Leozack in robot mode.
A photo of Iron Factory's Liokaiser combiner transformer.
A screenshot of the Sailor playbook. The text reads: Select one thing you are, one you are not, and one you could be. Persistent, strong, lonely, weathered, drifting, salt-kissed, seeking, tired, hearty. You can always: Chart a course. Read the stars. Find the right tune. Discard a card to: Put the wind in your sails. Drop anchor. Find true north. Draw a card when you: Move on, never settling. Lose yourself in a storm. Carry an albatross.
Six illustrations of stylish cool people standing next to each other in a line. The background is covered in graffiti art.
A screenshot of a cover mockup for a game called "Compass: Oneiroscape Operations Manual". It is made up in a 70s-esque graphic design style, with a predominantly orange color palette. A simple eye graphic is in the center of an orange grid, from which multiple concentric circles emanate.
A super messy sketch of a skull and fire and rockets.
A photo of a notebook spread, covered in handwritten notes.
Screenshot of text that reads: When you kill, rob, or whatever someone or something, roll to find out what was in their pockets or stomach or other place valuable and treasures might be found. Cash Bullets Flash drive Coded message Orbital Saint Icon (locket) Acid and bile A human bone Orthodoxy Propaganda pamphlet Trail rations (gross) Crawler ticket Letter celebrating the last day before retirement Stick of dynamite (lit)
A screenshot of the first spread of The Forsake Reach which includes the credits.
A screenshot of text describing mysterious points of interest.
A collage of plants and body parts rendered in bright yellow halftone.
A screenshot of the interior of The Forsaken Reach that describes the Singularity.
Screenshot of text that reads: Teek Drizzlesnout: Kinked tail from an old accident, torn ear from an old accident, missing whiskers from an old accident. Reckless, a juvenile sense of humor, and an inflated ego. Doesn’t take work too seriously, but loves the small sliver of authority it gives him.
An image with text that reads "Oct 6- Nov 6. Ominous Autumnal Sale. ostrichmonkey.itch.io". The background behind the text is a half-tone image of a bunch of itch.io game thumbnails with a grotesque face overlaid on top.
Screenshot of text that reads: Breathe Weapon: You got an implant in your gullet. Select one option you can expel from your mouth: pressurized corrosive acid, blackpowder nanite cloud, hypercharged electroplasmic bolt, supercooled gas jet, fire (it’s a classic!). A little bit is always dribbling at the edge of your mouth.
Photo of the Iron Factory Killbison figure in tank mode. He is small and chunky.
Photo of a Kunisawa Find Smart Note notebook open to a spread. Handwritten text is on the left page and the right page is covered with a pencil board. An uncapped fountain pen lies across the bottom of the pages.
Screenshot of text that reads, "SPECIAL: Whenever engaged in psionic battle with another PSYCHER, roll + PSY. On a miss, both combatants are catastrophically overwhelmed with a deluge of psionic overload, cascading in directly from the psychonet itself. You both explode."
Screenshot of text that reads "Echo of Currents: You can always see the flowing datatrails of the psychonet. This prevents you from getting lost, helps you locate objects with large psychonet gravity, and sense when psychonet connections are corrupted, among other uses. But you always see these currents. Even when your eyes are closed. Even when sleeping."
Screenshot of mobile Tumblr showing an ad for worms. The text reads "Chartreuse Nightcrawlers enhance your fishing game. Perfect for Walleye and Bass!" And shows a picture of a whole lot of worms.
A collaged image of a skull in profile, jaw unhinged as mushrooms, plantlife, and an eyeball burst out of it.
Illustration depicting a vector-drawn monolith sitting atop a pixelated asteroid. A ring orbits the asteroid, like the rings of Saturn. Clouds and mist slight obscure the whole image.
A screenchot of a collage, where gears, a smog cloud, and two planets burst from the top of a human skull. The whole collage is rendered in bright red halftone.
Screenshot of a list of different types of river boats. It reads: Currach riverboat/barge Rafts Steamboats Keelboat Narrowboat Sampan Punt Canoe Coracle River dory/drift boat -> for rapids Shitik Scow flatboat/broadhorn Flat-bottomed boat Pirogue
An abstract dungeon map. A series of circular nodes are linked together around a central hex. The nodes' labels are rotated in a way that makes them appear isometric.
A screenshot of a the dungeon map from the previous post. The map is created from a collage of various etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
A screenshot of a dungeon map. The map is created from a collage of various etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, heavily filtered with halftones and paper textures.