Oannes
He/they. TTRPGs and high weirdness. Partner to @tegantrex.bsky.social. Support @swaidcollective.bsky.social. Standard epistemic disclaimers apply.
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- I think gazing at the navels of myself and others to find secret patterns might be my primary kink.
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- I have an extremely strong preference for d6 dice pool systems now. Feels like a lot of newer players intuit “roll and take highest” adjusting dice in hand easier than “roll and do lots of little math,” and there’s something viscerally satisfying about rolling more dice if you’re better at something
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- I am also close to Pazuzu.
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- I am a generation traitor. Inject me full of holographic gnosis fluid as soon as possible, please
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- There’s a lot in BitD that heavily impacted me. The faction system with project clocks and crew sheets were a polished version of something that existed in vague notes form in games I ran for years, and the vice indulgence system was a great thematic way to handle stress recovery.
- Social media is an enforced death of the author exercise
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- I’ve had a lot of success introducing new players to TTRPGs through rules light games and telling them to think of it as less of a game in the board game sense, and more like little kids playing pretend with some rules in place to help inject randomness and resolve unsure outcomes.
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- I enjoyed the way you structured this, and the visual effects, though I understand why folks had some trouble with them. It felt responsive and immersive, and I felt driven to finish the entire thing in one sitting. Sometimes it got a little repetitive and might benefit from some tightening.
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- I think the migration away from Twitter happens in waves inspired by the latest bad decisions running that site, and the latest wave probably went more to Gab or Truth rather than to here
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- I had that happen a few days ago, got like 100ish obviously fake bot followers
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- Dead internet theory becomes more true every day!
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- I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
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- Not claiming to represent the typical subscriber, but I have unsubscribed from multiple models once I’ve noticed this happening with their pages. I get why it happens and the grind to maintain once they grow past a certain size but I just lose interest.
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- Still by far my favorite Star Wars RPG treatment
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- This game changed the entire trajectory of my life when I got it at 13, not even exaggerating.
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- Yes I was! The mushroom thing was good!
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- Mage and Amber both totally blew my young mind. Also, hail Eris!
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- Earthdawn’s magic item system has influenced the way I do magic items to this day
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- Great choices!
- 1. Mage: The Ascension 2. Blades in the Dark 3. Ars Magica 4. Traveller 5. Shadowrun
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- I like to plan the state of the world but not what happens. A few paragraphs of notes on where the majority of the session will likely be, who is involved, etc but no firm plans on how the players will act. Improvise the action but be aware of important aspects of the situation.
- I just tried to take my glasses off before getting in the shower even though I haven’t worn glasses since getting lasik 20 years ago. Brains are weird.
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- Mandatory fun will continue until morale improves
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- One of the interesting things about bsky culture is the emphasis on alt text in images for accessibility reasons, which forces one to engage deeply with examining the image posted
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- I wish when you filed your taxes you got to adjust sliders in various broad category buckets to apply where you want your taxes to go to, with the default being whatever dumb budget was deemed necessary that you then got to personalize. I’d even pay a little extra to unlock that option.
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- One of my life pro tips is that with a bidet and good sphincter muscle control, you can microdose enemas whenever you want!
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- I can see it. I’ve been having trouble all day liking things and following folks though, think the servers are buckling a bit under all the new users
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- I’ve had likes of posts and follows of new people failing all morning, had to redo them multiple times to stick. I think the site is struggling a bit under the new user influx
- Describe yourself with 5 items that you have on your altar 1. Ishtar idol 2. Eris idol 3. Pazuzu idol 4. Sumerian cylinder seal 5. Uncle’s urn
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- I named the moderation list I started making “Bad Faith Engagers” because that’s all it really comes down to, just bad faith time wasting trolling
- Introduce yourself with four video games
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- As a 13 year old kid into Mage, and didn’t totally “get it” but could see the potential, I ran it as my primary game for the next 30 years and have now homebrewed it into something very different but recognizable at its core. That game was probably the single biggest media influence on my life.
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- Whoever it was has already been squashed by a block list I follow. I swear block lists are going to be what saves this platform.
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- And make sure to self-remember when touching the doorknob!
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- I think that most people severely underestimate how different everyone's experience of thinking probably is. It's tricky because we don't have a good vocabulary for describing differences in our internal experiences due to how challenging it is to describe something totally subjective.
- I want so badly to enjoy mobile games but the ecosystem they occupy apparently forces them into being annoying to play unless you are constantly purchasing magical coins at bizarre denominations that I refuse to understand.
- If you are into old school dungeon crawlers, Wizardry Variants Daphne has one of the least annoying monetization schemes I’ve seen in a mobile game and captures the feel of the old Wizardry games very well
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- This is a familiar dynamic to me!
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- I tickle the toe beans of my more chill playful cats sometimes
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- Is there any potential link between Dagon and the first Sumerian Apkallu in terms of imagery? A lot of the images of Apkallu I am familiar with are also associated with Dagon, but as far as I thought Dagon was more associated with Enlil than, say, Enki who the Apkallu would be more tied to.
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- If I want something to lift me up, Bob’s Burgers. If I want to wallow in the ick, Bojack.
- Hooray, I finally logged on via browser so I can see smut again!
