#story dice

[vendeavendea]

Deltarune Story Dice Set

It's finally ready!

9 dice with 54 Deltarune-themed pictures that you can use for roleplaying, writing fanfiction or whatever you want to!

I originally made this specifically designed for @facultativeactivity with loads of personal messages etc., but later I decided to create a public canon version as well so that anyone can play with it. I made it from scratch with zero coding/web designing experience, and I know it's far from perfect but I'm really proud of the result. Please try it and give me feedback, I'd really appreciate it!

You can find it HERE.

Or if you'd prefer a downloadable version, here you go.

I'll probably update this project once the new chapters are released so keep checking back if you're interested!

[raptor-moon]

Hey yo, my dear mutuals and followers!

You all know it's a RARE DAY INDEED when I actually make a post rather than just reblog, but this is important! To me and to other people!

My local writers group is trying to raise money to attend a local ZineCon. The group will pay for the table but everybody gets to rotate and promote their own stories and comics and etc. A few of us are self-published so it could go a long way to helping out!

To that end, we're all promoting our group's collaboration books! 100% of profit from book sales will go toward getting that ZineCon table.

Roll of the Dice is a series of anthology books where we literally roll story dice and each come up with our own take on the results. We're a fantasy, sci-fi, and horror group, so those are the genres you'll get in each volume. We're also very queer-friendly!!! 🏳️‍🌈

So if you wouldn't mind, please gambol on over to our book page there. Take a look and if you think you'd like it, or anybody you know would like it, please consider a purchase! It'll help out a small but wonderful group of writers!

Thanks, everyone!

(P.S. I have a story in Volume III !)

[sgdi]

Medusa and Larold went back to the village after chasing off the evil wizard. They were approached by an old woman.

"Can you help me?" she asked the pair. "my daughter has been kidnapped to the tower!"

Medusa and Larold agreed to help. When they walked the winding path they met a strangely dressed fellow whose eyes had a mesmerized air.

"You'll need these tools if you want the princess back." he handed Medusa a bow and arrows and Larold a sword and helmet.

They entered the tower and fought their way to the top. At the top the girl was sat.

"Princess we're here to rescue you," said Larold.

"OK, but I'm not a princess. That weirdo took me and put me here. No idea why."

[astro2astro]

art of a BIG JRWI APOTHEOSIS SPOILER ahead !

click for better quality!

"...what did I do?"

me when I listen to fucked up and evil podcast Just Roll With It. I've been fully swept away by Apotheosis... just something about it, man. Phenomenal job to everyone.

[sky-scribbles]

All right, BG3 gang, let me tell you about the incredible, accidental drama that happened when I went to save everyone in the iron Throne.

I messed up my first two attempts spectacularly, so when I reloaded for my third try, I was resolved. I was going to stick with the results of this run, no matter what. The countdown starts; Karlach runs off to grab the Gondians, my Tav Wildshapes and goes sprinting away to save Omeluum, and Gale Dimension Doors himself and Wyll right to Ulder.

As the boys take Ulder back up the corridor, Mizora appears with her exploding spiders. Gale drops a Globe of Invulnerability over Ulder, and runs off to save the last few Gondians while Wyll starts mopping up spiders. ‘This is great!’ I say to myself.

Then the last spiders run into the Globe of Invulnerability. They can’t hurt Ulder, but Wyll can’t hurt them, and if Ulder leaves the globe, they can explode him.

‘This is not great,’ I say, as Wyll spends several rounds shoving spiders out of the globe so he can kill them.

I finally kill the spiders. Wyll and Ulder sprint for the exit. It’s the final round, everybody else is safe, if they can just make it to the ladder –

They are ten feet of movement short. Everyone who could possibly help has already taken their turn in initiative – except for Omeluum.

Omeluum can teleport itself and one other person to the submersible.

And I realise what I’m going to have to do. Mechanically, the choice is clear: Withers can resurrect Wyll, but not Ulder. And from an in-universe perspective, the choice is even more obvious. Even in a world where, as in my game, Wyll has broken his pact. Even when he’s resigned himself to losing his father. Even when he signed Ulder’s life away in the hope of being free. There’s no question what he’d do in that moment, is there? When the choice is Wyll lives, but his father definitely dies or Wyll maybe dies, but his father definitely lives – with a second left to choose –

Wyll would shove his father to Omeluum and say, ‘Go.’

Omeluum teleports Ulder to safety. The submersible leaves, the facility comes crashing down, and Wyll is gone. To save his father.

And you know what absolutely destroyed me? Because the dev team can't possibly think of everything, especially this extremely specific and devastating scenario I've just landed myself in... there's no change in the dialogue with Ulder once I resurrect Wyll. He still tells Wyll he’s ashamed to have his blood run in his veins. He still accuses Wyll, who just traded his life to save him, of running off to chase a devil and her power.

I cannot even begin to describe how devastating that was to watch. Because it made me think – would Ulder change his tune in that scenario? I don’t know if he would. Oh, he’d be shaken, for certain, as he watches Tav and the gang sobbing, banging on the submersible hatch. As the tadpole’s grip loosens, the awful realisation would sink in – my son, my son – but how long before he tries to shield himself from that pain? How long before he says to himself – even says out loud, to Wyll’s grieving, furious friends, he was not my son, not anymore – I saw his face, and it was the face of a devil –

And even after he knows the truth, and Wyll is back, what then? Wyll still drowned in fire and iron and water to save his father’s life, and Ulder still said, he was a devil, as if that made Wyll deserve it – and he can never, ever take that back.

(In sleepless moments, Wyll wonders: would he?)

[nosnexus]

Up on the ramparts

[idanit]

oh, to be a fly on the wall in the mind of the artist who drew the illustration for the front cover of the first edition of "Carry on, Jeeves"

[natjennie]

what's weird about the fantasy high drama is that like. it seems to me like people forget d&d is primarily a) a game you play with your friends and also b) luck based.

I mean it's fine to say that "nothing felt like a challenge" and "they just dominated everything and there weren't any stakes" but like. it's not as if they weren't up against huge threats. they lost the mall fight. the last stand was an onslaught of enemies. they fought a dozen dragons from an airship. the fights were hard. they're just really good. they've had very good dice luck in general this season and are all very high level and highly specialized. fig is gonna beat deception and performance checks. adaine's gonna figure out the arcana. riz is gonna succeed investigations. like. for some reason their strategical competence and wisely picked abilities are. a downside? a disappointment?

the thing about d&d that you need to remember is it's first and foremost a game. it's mostly random and it takes you down weird paths and you're playing to have fun with your friends. the dice are literally telling the story that it's their time, it's their year. they've struggled enough. they've trained enough. they're good at what they do. and in my post about the academic/domestic/personal stressors being the focus, d&d doesn't have any other system to work them out than rolling different skills. that's what d&d is. brennan set specific challenge levels for different tasks and the players strategized to prioritize which abilities they were strongest in. the challenges were there. and the players rose to them. they were both smart in their delegation of responsibilities and lucky with their dice rolls. of which, both are foundations of d&d.

don't mistake them being good players and getting lucky with there being no hardship. just because they smashed through the wall, that doesn't mean the wall wasn't strong. they were just stronger.

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

GMMTV 2024 - PART2

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[utilitycaster]

Shout out to Aabria for playing Suvi having literally every possible negative emotion over the course of like 2 days in a fantastic manner. Like yeah that was what it feels like to be 20 and Really Good At Things and to suddenly realize that in the greater scheme of the world it really does not matter and also all authority figures are mad at you because this realization has made you make a series of Decisions and Choices that are Questionable.

[ivyithink]

CONGRATS TO ME PERSONALLY ON SEASON 2 OF TGCF

doodle for the occasion + some older pieces I’ve never posted…

[electroniccollectiondonut]

the way the nein literally met people and went 'the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that we love you.' and then they held true to that no matter how much the world pushed back against them

[haleyusesherwords]

The insight checks on Bishop Charlock are Aabria’s white whale. They are her Loose Duke.

[sgdi]

I will* write a 100 word story using these dice

There was a well in a village. It made the villagers sick.

Medusa crawled out of the well and scared everyone away except Larold the ogre.

"Hello," said Larold, leaning on his club. "Did you poison the well?"

"No," replied Medusa. "It has been cursed by an evil wizard. I need to get to the next village to catch him."

Larold smuggled Medusa into the village in a hay cart. There they saw a funny dressed man with a flute at a market stall.

"The wizard!" Medusa and Larold chased him from the village and into a maze, where he was attacked by wolves.

*I have tried once already, but forgot the word limit

[publishinggoblin]

Publishing Goblin in Review

This year already we have a flurry of new projects that are in production, and available for pre-orders now!

Right now, you can pre-order the Normal Tarot's brand new 3rd edition! This full-color take by Ezra Kimbell is an all-new vision of @cryptotheism's original tarot deck, the Normal Tarot, which has seen gorgeous renditions by @worm-dark and @charminglyantiquated, which are also being reprinted here in the 2nd edition gold and silver foil decks, as well as the 1st edition deck! We are aiming to manufacture soon and ship by October!

Or you can slip into something spookier and pre-order the ghostly story-telling game, WHAT WE POSSESS! This card-run TTRPG is made for one-shots, and allows everyone to play as ghosts as a mystery unfolds at your table. Possess the living, use ghostly powers, and discover clues as you unwind this spectral tale. These are heading to manufacturing and should be shipping in July/August.

If ghosts are too spooky, maybe you need a punk punch to your gaming table! In that case, join the ZOETROPE Time Travel Agency in ZOETROPE: DEATH DIDN'T TAKE! This card-run TTRPG is likewise a one-shot machine made to take your group on time travel shenanigans as your agents screw up time and time again, resetting time to get the job done as necessary. These are shipping out at the same time as WHAT WE POSSESS in July/August, and you can even grab all the WHAT WE POSSESS items here on this campaign!

Or if you're a pin collector, now is the time for you to delve into the Alley for Alleyman's Tarot Pins! There are sets of 3 "tarot card" pins, as well as pins of the Alleyman and Alleyway Oracle themselves! Lots of goodies to grab, as well as pins from previous projects!

And stay tuned for the space to order the Alleyway Oracles, the followup project to the Alleyman's Tarot, as there are extras of all the decks and items to grab. You'll want to be watching www.alleymantarot.com for those, or check out the Alleyman's Tarot and Publishing Goblin's Oracle dice already up on that site!

[salamispots]

mom while setting up mahjong: aren't you going to be uncomfortable sitting sideways like that in the chair?

me: do you not see me sitting like a little gargoyle in my computer chair