Worldbuilding nonsense

@unseenphil

Just a place to slap up dumb worldbuilding stuff instead of spamming my friends. Patreon link

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Sometimes you do terrible things...

...just to get an acronym.

Basics are your innate or natural abilities- Brawn, Agility, Stamina, Insight, Cunning, and Self-Control. (See? BASICS)

#ttrpg #midnight city/late night scramble #remember your basics

Kind of fascinated with Outgunned as of late. It's a game meant to emulate action movies and to be fair there doesn't seem to be anything immediately objectionable about its system: based on a very cursory glance it seems competent and that the re-rolling/doubling down mechanic would generate some extra tension.

But I don't know. The way the game's mini supplements are basically like "here's how you can use this game to run this set of films" and it doesn't even try to be cute about it. The way that it seems to treat "Homeward Bound" as something that should be emulated in an action movie engine. The way the superhero version of the game doesn't actually give you the tools to create a unique superhero but basically gives you the tools to make any hero from the Marvel and DC cinematic universes specifically. It's a bit weird.

I do like that they have a mini supplement for running Bloody Roar. That's good.

Although to be entirely fair: these mini supplements have been written in a way where I get the feeling that any truly engaged fan of any of the movies or pieces of media being emulated here would probably be able to point out a million different ways in which these mini supplements are extremely shallow and cursory treatments of the genre or media they're supposedly emulating, even accounting for how condensed they have to be. Plus they swing wildly between "these two pieces of media kind of share some surface level elements so we're going to treat them as foundational works in this obviously recognized subgenre" (Star Raiders lumps in Firefly, Star Trek, and Guardians of the Galaxy) and "okay so this is clearly a mini supplement for emulating one specific piece of media" (Quack Tales and Ghost Hunters).

Like, not to be too mean but the people who made this game also recently had a Backerkit campaign for their JRPG inspired TTRPG, Twilight Sword, which is now out, and initially I thought I might want to back it because it seemed to hit all my favorite notes. What if there was a game that was so Dragon Quest and Legend of Zelda and also Vivi from FF9 is there? But honestly in retrospect I'm kinda glad I didn't back it. Not out of a sense of "their game design is probably bad," because I don't think there is anything objectionable about the design of Outgunned at least on a surface level look; but because Twilight Sword seems to be doing a very similar "hey remember all this stuff you like" type of approach to the media it is drawing from.

I've heard good things about Household, their RPG about being weird little fae critters living in the walls of a a human's house, but I have tried to sit down and read Outgunned several times and always get distracted.

Another month of unemployment.

Still not having much luck with the job hunt and could use all the help possible keeping my phone on while I continue to send out resumes and applications. My ongoing Gofundme has links to places where you can purchase things from me as well, (Amazon, patreon, itch) or you can send money via paypal as well.

Phone bill is probably going to run around 300 USD, and remains my main expense other than all the surprises I don't have any buffer for when they happen, which unfortunately, has been a repeated problem in the last few weeks.

Still about 200+ short for the phone bill this month. Any help appreciated.

Naturally, just as I got caught up for the month, we lost power in half the house. There's an electrician coming for a prelim check as a favor from my folks' church, but I have no idea how much it's going to end up costing. It doesn't help that the other half of the house is now kind of overloaded and turning on one extra appliance can suddenly cause -that- circuit to trip. It seems like I still can't manage to go two full weeks without something else breaking. Hell, I'd settle for a week.

We've got the cost for electricity work, and I'm about 150 short. (It'd be worse, but apparently the church is paying for most of it.) On the upside, we actually have power and no circuits have blown in the last couple of days, so that's something at least. If anyone can help it'd be appreciated.

...Whatever curse I picked up I'd really like it lifted. No sooner than I ask for help with the electrician payment, I go out and find this. So that's...another expense I can't afford. Awesome.

#financial assistance #one week with nothing breaking #just one #please

Another month of unemployment.

Still not having much luck with the job hunt and could use all the help possible keeping my phone on while I continue to send out resumes and applications. My ongoing Gofundme has links to places where you can purchase things from me as well, (Amazon, patreon, itch) or you can send money via paypal as well.

Phone bill is probably going to run around 300 USD, and remains my main expense other than all the surprises I don't have any buffer for when they happen, which unfortunately, has been a repeated problem in the last few weeks.

Still about 200+ short for the phone bill this month. Any help appreciated.

Naturally, just as I got caught up for the month, we lost power in half the house. There's an electrician coming for a prelim check as a favor from my folks' church, but I have no idea how much it's going to end up costing. It doesn't help that the other half of the house is now kind of overloaded and turning on one extra appliance can suddenly cause -that- circuit to trip. It seems like I still can't manage to go two full weeks without something else breaking. Hell, I'd settle for a week.

We've got the cost for electricity work, and I'm about 150 short. (It'd be worse, but apparently the church is paying for most of it.) On the upside, we actually have power and no circuits have blown in the last couple of days, so that's something at least. If anyone can help it'd be appreciated.

#financial assistance

Game design happening yet again.

#ttrpg #Midnight city/late night scramble

Another month of unemployment.

Still not having much luck with the job hunt and could use all the help possible keeping my phone on while I continue to send out resumes and applications. My ongoing Gofundme has links to places where you can purchase things from me as well, (Amazon, patreon, itch) or you can send money via paypal as well.

Phone bill is probably going to run around 300 USD, and remains my main expense other than all the surprises I don't have any buffer for when they happen, which unfortunately, has been a repeated problem in the last few weeks.

Still about 200+ short for the phone bill this month. Any help appreciated.

Naturally, just as I got caught up for the month, we lost power in half the house. There's an electrician coming for a prelim check as a favor from my folks' church, but I have no idea how much it's going to end up costing. It doesn't help that the other half of the house is now kind of overloaded and turning on one extra appliance can suddenly cause -that- circuit to trip. It seems like I still can't manage to go two full weeks without something else breaking. Hell, I'd settle for a week.

#financial assistance

Another month of unemployment.

Still not having much luck with the job hunt and could use all the help possible keeping my phone on while I continue to send out resumes and applications. My ongoing Gofundme has links to places where you can purchase things from me as well, (Amazon, patreon, itch) or you can send money via paypal as well.

Phone bill is probably going to run around 300 USD, and remains my main expense other than all the surprises I don't have any buffer for when they happen, which unfortunately, has been a repeated problem in the last few weeks.

Still about 200+ short for the phone bill this month. Any help appreciated.

#financial assistance

Mech Jams

A Game of Bootleg Mechs

What if hot rodders got ahold of junked and bootleg Martian tripods from the 1930s Martian Invasion and started making their own bootleg mechs? Welcome to Hot Pods. Powered by Fate, requires Fate Core or the Atomic Robo rpg to play.

#ttrpg #self promo #Fate

Another month of unemployment.

Still not having much luck with the job hunt and could use all the help possible keeping my phone on while I continue to send out resumes and applications. My ongoing Gofundme has links to places where you can purchase things from me as well, (Amazon, patreon, itch) or you can send money via paypal as well.

Phone bill is probably going to run around 300 USD, and remains my main expense other than all the surprises I don't have any buffer for when they happen, which unfortunately, has been a repeated problem in the last few weeks.

#mendicant monday again #financial assistance

It's the itch summer sale

And as usual, my paid games are available at an incredible -100% discount. That's right, they're twice as expensive as usual. Help me keep my phone on!

A bundle by unseenlibrarian, $12.00 for Underhills, When We All Lived in the Forest, Scarytown

#ttrpg #my games #ttrg

Dungeon 2 Dungeon is a heartwarming fantasy epic about a warrior who has recently finished his prison sentence, only to find out that no reputable establishment in the realm will hire an ex-convict, forcing him to resort to a life of perilous adventuring…

If your DM insists on character backstories but you don't feel like coming up with one, you can use this for the whole party if you want. Just make sure the crime was something relatively minor that won't get you hounded by the shadows of your past for the whole campaign.

Sudden related thought of "sentenced to community service but the community service is being an adventurer in the local dungeon."

Judge looking down at you from the bench. "Well you've got two choices. You can go to the dungeon, or you can go to the dungeon."

It's game jam time again and so:

It's time for Hot Pods, a game about post 1930s War of the Worlds teens combining old Martian tripods with Hot Rod culture to start racing and rumbling with home made mechs.

#mechjam #ttrpg

Since this is going to be an ongoing issue, apparently:

I've bit the bullet and set up a gofundme to try and keep my phone on while I look for work. The lack of unemployment is really starting to hit.

It also has links to most of the other ways you can help out.

Last month, I lost my job of 5 years. The job hunt's not going well- I've … Phillip Ames needs your support for Help Phillip Keep His Phone

About halfway to the starting goal, so thanks to everyone who's shared and donated so far, I really appreciate the help.

Had some unexpected expenses (Late fee for our lot rent) and so I need to bump this again because, unfortunately, itch and amazon both take a while to pay out despite the pushing on that front.

Managed almost two whole weeks without some surprise financial trouble. Last week I told myself "oh hey it's been a week with no major issues" and I think I jinxed myself, as I woke up this morning to a kitchen sink nearly full of dirty water that only seems to drain into the other side of the sink when plunged. May be replacing some pipes and a faucet soon. All help appreciated.

#financial assistance #evening reblog.#Sink still full of water #so amateur plumbing it is.

Since this is going to be an ongoing issue, apparently:

I've bit the bullet and set up a gofundme to try and keep my phone on while I look for work. The lack of unemployment is really starting to hit.

It also has links to most of the other ways you can help out.

Last month, I lost my job of 5 years. The job hunt's not going well- I've … Phillip Ames needs your support for Help Phillip Keep His Phone

About halfway to the starting goal, so thanks to everyone who's shared and donated so far, I really appreciate the help.

Had some unexpected expenses (Late fee for our lot rent) and so I need to bump this again because, unfortunately, itch and amazon both take a while to pay out despite the pushing on that front.

Managed almost two whole weeks without some surprise financial trouble. Last week I told myself "oh hey it's been a week with no major issues" and I think I jinxed myself, as I woke up this morning to a kitchen sink nearly full of dirty water that only seems to drain into the other side of the sink when plunged. May be replacing some pipes and a faucet soon. All help appreciated.

#financial assistance #every time something breaks it's like “This wouldn't be a problem if I were working” but I'm not. And so.

Part of the fun...

Of making up 4 seasons of Imaginary TV to be the background lore of an RPG is getting to write deranged sidebars speculating on the thing you've written.

#late night scramble/midnight city #ttrpg

Lady Lihua, the Worthy Consort! I love her quiet dignity through the series, as well as her open-handed slap (and threatened right hook).

Photo by Elemental Photography

Cosplay from Miaoling Animation@Taobao

Accessories 3d modeled by Galka@Cults3d, printed and finished by me.

#apothecary diaries #lihua

Since this is going to be an ongoing issue, apparently:

I've bit the bullet and set up a gofundme to try and keep my phone on while I look for work. The lack of unemployment is really starting to hit.

It also has links to most of the other ways you can help out.

Last month, I lost my job of 5 years. The job hunt's not going well- I've … Phillip Ames needs your support for Help Phillip Keep His Phone

About halfway to the starting goal, so thanks to everyone who's shared and donated so far, I really appreciate the help.

Had some unexpected expenses (Late fee for our lot rent) and so I need to bump this again because, unfortunately, itch and amazon both take a while to pay out despite the pushing on that front.

#financial assistance #It's a mendicant monday morning apparently

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