Tim Obermueller

@timogames.bsky.social

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He/Him I write stuff for ttrpgs

Spook elevator from the David Pumpkins SNL sketch. An elevator operator smirks with a knowing face. On the right a man looks exasperated saying "I am so in the weeds with the hat man!"
Two guys on bus meme but both are sad and looking at a stone wall. On the left: "2026 is already half over, lol" and on the right "2026 is only half over, lol"
Two rabbits on a trail cam, one looking normal, the other caught mid-hop so it appears to be flying and has red eyes from the flash glare Normal rabbit: "I should eat a healthy snack" Evil Rabbit: "You should eat an entire package of kings hawaiian rolls in one sitting."
Caption: Nasa warns alien life may not be f-able Angry Captain Kirk, pointing: "You underestimate my power!"
A horse runs, blurred on a night vision trail cam. The caption reads "some worries if not"
Her one personal encounter with Gary Gygax revealed a similar bias. Early on, Lee sent copies of A&E to TSR. After a couple of months, she received a phone call, which she recounts. “This is Gary Gygax,” said the voice, “and I’d like to speak to Lee Gold.” “I’m Lee Gold,” I said. “I gather you got the copies of A&E I sent you.” “You’re a woman!” he said. “That’s right,” I said, and I told him how much we all loved playing D&D and how grateful we were to him for writing it. “You’re a woman,” he said. “I wrote some bad things about women wargamers once.” “You don’t need to feel embarrassed,” I said. “I haven’t read them.” “You’re a woman,” he said. We didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, so I told him goodbye and hung up.
Text box from the pokemon games, black and white with pokeballs in the corners "But, it failed"
Charlie from Always Sunny with conspiracy board. "Furnace: Inherently Evil??? Dinner-maxing Banana Boy If god isn't real, why does the stolen crown fit perfectly on my head? Her ladyship= Titania? Mom= Persephone? Great Uncle Herber= King Minos??? Simon= The minotaur once sealed within the manor, now curse to never call it home How to seal Master Bedroom forever? Barbie Dream House when??? Mrs. Babbage isn't real Puzzle solvers get rewarded with more puzzle solving Who checks the coat check? "If the blue box is false, this box won't not be not never containing no gems."
A yellow sheet with paper covered with spray paint symbols. A logger's guide to the spray paint labels of the forest "Orange X": Marked to cut down "Purple Vertical line": No Trespassing "Blue equal sign": Sale contract boundary "Red horizontal line": Forestry Service Boundary "White Circle": Endangered Species Lives in this tree "Black zigzag": Ignore/Cancel Order "Pink slash": Do no cut "Orange Square": Not a tree, do not touch after nightfall "Fire with black line above": Immune to fire "Red backslash with lightning": Falling hazard: Lightning strike "Red backslash with green cloud": Falling hazard: Rotten "Red backslash with gravestone": Falling hazard: Vengeance
An astronaut on the moon, arms out in agony "Why don't you think I'm a traitor or pretending that I might be? I'm not a traitor or pretending but why does no one think I'm lying?"
A classifieds ad for the Mothership mega game Over/under. Ads for how orange crayons do not taste like oranges and a doomsday cult!
Nosferatu stands in a door in black and white movie. He's holding a card that reads "Say it's Carol Singers"
Friendship ended with Sad Girl music, Now Angry Girl music is best friend.
The Shobijin Twins, dress in yellow fairy outfits: "Mom, we're scared. Please come and kill everyone." Mothra, a moth Kaiju: "Say no more."
Several people attend a funeral dressed in black. One is stooped over the grave, smiling and flashing a peace sign, while another laughs. Graveston: "The OSR: (Literally Never Alive)" People are labeled: The OSR The OSR Believe it or not, the OSR Not Your Uncle's OSR Yes, The OSR I Regret to Inform You it is the OSR Lyric Games (Just Here for the yummy potatoes)
Comment from the itch page "Hello, We've Been Trying to Reach You" Eelwaffles: "just read through this, its so fucking creepy. scariest liminal horror module ive read so far thats free"
Pick One from the right row All attacks target you until your next turn, they don't hurt you, they only make you madder (+X to damage rolls on your next turn where X is the amount of damage you would have taken) Take 2 unblockable damage, suceed at your next check as long the odds of your success wouldn't be inconceivable. Subtract your current stress from skill rolls for the remainder of the session Reload and fire the entire clip of a nearby Weapon at a single target, all will hit, roll only damage. Your next melee attack that hits deals rolled damage times your current Stress Blood Make as many additional attacks as you would like this turn but move one further down on the Bleeding Wound table for each additional attack, starting at the top 3 Stress 10 dmg 12 dmg 2 dmg 1 dmg Indignation Gain 10 temporary armor this turn, if you are damaged or your armor is destroyed, you may immediately attack your attacker 4 Stress 20 dmg 9 dmg 8dmg 4 dmg Niceties Ceased End a negotiation by putting a weapon on the table, roll d100, 50 and under, your terms are accepted. Above 50, combat immediately breaks out 18 dmg 6 dmg Free (You're a Mothership Character) 15 dmg 17 dmg Going Going Gone Your next melee attack sends your target flying as if they were in zero-g. If conditions are already zero-g, break a piece of equipment of your choice 5 dmg 3 dmg 13 dmg 2 Stress 11 dmg Ontological Collapse A target you attack is atomized. Roll Sanity, Fear, and Body saves, repeat the above effect if you fail and then roll on the Panic Table before resolving your next save 19 dmg 1 Stress 7 dmg 16 dmg 14 dmg Pick One from the above column (excluding the other Pick One)
Aliens guy from the History Channel, brown suit, hair up and fluffy "Humans"
Hulk, a big green muscular guy, crying "Guys..." Hulk looks up at the viewer "I think I like Willa Cather now..."
Luke Skywalker, dressed in black aboard the Death Star 2. "You've failed, Your Highness. I'm forklift certified like my father before me."
Apartment glowing yellow Jerry: Kramer, What's going on in there? Kramer: It's the third act, Jerry.
David Lynch as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole from Twin Peaks "That's not how the force works coop! That's now any of this works!"
Boxer with an orange eye wrap, like Michelangelo from TMNT: "ok ima fight the foot clan." Boxer is sitting down, drinking a water: "Damn, the foot clan got feet."
An editing cut in the style of a Wile E Coyote Explosion
The Great Alzara from Blue Prince, dressed like a fortune teller. "I am awakened once again by the sound of a falling coin."
Jonathan Byers from Stranger Things
Tim in a black Rilo Kiley and hoodie at Red Rocks Amphitheater
"A last quiet moment before the excitement by Vanessa Gera A few minutes before the white smoke, a small seagull chick appeared near the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. Alongside the chick were to larger seagulls, almost as if they were family. Just as the mother was feeding the chick, the chimney began to smoke."
A bison stands on a rock, a grasshopper and human skull in the foreground
Woman, standing before a glowing blue Dr. Manhattan: "What's your creative proce-" Dr. Manhattan: "IT WAS REVEALED TO ME IN A DREAM."
"Kill them with Kindness" Wrong. bat attack. (a swarm of bats)
Man eats a slice of pizza in his car. "Making book taste so good when u ain't got a super backer in ya ear telling you it's shipping later than your literal guess as to when it would ship."
A black cat lays on a wooden floor in the sun
Chief Yagami: "I cannot believe my son would look at the porno mag"
Several people attend a funeral dressed in black. One is stooped over the grave, smiling and flashing a peace sign, while another laughs. Graveston: "The OSR: (Literally Never Alive)" People are labeled: The OSR The OSR Believe it or not, the OSR Not Your Uncle's OSR Yes, The OSR I Regret to Inform You it is the OSR Lyric Games (Just Here for the yummy potatoes)
Arthur Fleck with a cigarette "Having Hal Jordan as scruffy, tired, too old for this shit guy John stewart in the key of Jack Reacher (also extremely beautiful) And Guy Gardner looking the galaxy's biggest dipshit." Arthur: "You get it."
A book "A Matter of Profit" by Hilari Bell. Two sword wielders stand in a palace with a spaceship in the background.
The counselor from Severance, Ms. Casey, in a darkened room says "Your outie likes to sever ants."
A man wielding a knife: "My depression draining all of my energy so I don't do anything." Man double over, labeled "My anxiety" shouts "Call an Ambulence!" The doubled over man pops up with a pistol and the knife wielder steps back. "But not for me!" The pistol wielder is labeled "My anxiety giving me enough energy to feel so guilty about all the stuff I need to do that I don't do any of it."
A wizard casts a spell: "By the Power of the arcane, I release your inhibitions! Feel the rain on your skin!" and there's a magic blast.
Kermit the Frog: "I don't think I'll ever make a system." Evil Kermit: "Make a system with a bingo style limit break system."
Cate Blanchet, dressed as Hela from Thor 3, looks imperiously at a tablet held by the shorter and scruffy looking Taika Waititi "My very pretty breadwinning partner" "Me writing song parodies for them with the theme of our dog."
Tactical Breach Wizards prepare to breach a door, weapons at the ready. Zan: "So... how've you been.?" Jen: "Not bad, in any ways we have time to get into."
HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit $13,830 out of $15,000
Kermit the Frog: "I don't think I'll ever make a system." Evil Kermit: "Make a system with a line dancing resolution mechanic."
Boxer, fists up: "Ok ima fight the foot clan" Boxer, sitting down drinking water: "Damn, The foot clan got feet"
Linkin Park's Meteora Shown is a graffiti artist wearing a mask, spray painting the floor. A stairs ladder is behind them
Jan 30: Shaq is asleep "i sleep" Jan 31: Shaq has awoken with glowing eyes "I SLEEEEEP!"
Mickey Mouse stands in the colorful Mickey Mouse Club House "It's a surprise tool that will help us later."
Took 28 years to realise that no matter what the meeting is about, if you randomly come in with 'it's just about finding that balance' people will always agree
Steel from Superman- "-- Lex Luthor had never played the bongos."
The Sarcophagus Monster- a tomb with evil eyes and a mouth with large teeth. It appears to be floating or have a snake body
From Lord of the Rings Elrond speaks to Frodo in a feverish, foggy dreamlike state, attempting to heal him
Gandalf, exhaling pipe smoke: "Harsh Toke, young master Baggins." Shaggy, looking scared: "Like, thus endeth the game, man."
Solo TTRPGs- Visit our prompt deparment "Die Monster! This hobby doesn't belong to you!" - idk the multiplayer or death folks I made up just now. Across the desk, Solo games. "It was not by my hand that I'm once again given time at the table. I was called here by roleplayers who wish to play roleplaying games to avoid scheduling or just have alone time journaling." "Journaling?! You steal our valuable time on Earth and make them your own!" "Perhaps the same could be said of all tabletop roleplaying games." "Your words are as convoluted as my weekly game's schedule! Mankind ill needs a ttrpg such as you!" "Harumph! What is a solo game?" Throw ice cream dramatically "A miserable little pile of prompts. But enough talk, have at you!"
JG Wentworth Commercial "It's my agenda points and I need them now!"
Screencap from Sorry We're Closed A woman sits in a purple limo, arms crossed Operator: "Your ex, Leslie has left you behind, hasn't she? She's an okay actress. She's done alright, snagging that role in- what's it called? ... Dying Petals."
Screencap from Sorry We're Closed, framed picture of a woman "I'm not ready to let her go yet."
Sickos meme but in a mech "Yes... Ha Ha Ha... Yes!"
"[Azimuth is' a living, breathing city with a wonderful web of characters, horrors, and adventures. Easy to bring to the table and yet incredible depth beneath the surface. A delicious hub for your current or future campaigns! I need you to understand that I don't say this lightly: Azimuth is the best city I've seen in a TTRPG since Prospero's Dream in A Pound of Flesh." -Tim Obermueller, Creator of Hoss, Curse of the Hat Man