❦ Per aspera ad ardua ❦ "The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten." INTERESTS: TTRPGs, art, fantasy, sci-fi, science, ancient history, weird phenomena, humor […] [bridged from https://dice.camp/@PTR_K on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mwvvi3e3n362MOVIE CONCEPT: Sleezy/craptastic portrayal of a hacker recruited into a murky scenerio involving high stakes theft, doublecrosses, and violent skullduggery. Twist: the character is doing the hacking from an virtual MMO he's been trapped in the entire time. TITLE: Swordfish Art Online […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11737249238920441402 Oct 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvvi3e3n362https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mwv74fsboio2The next fantasy heartbreaker RPG I write is going to be essentially just Daggerheart but, like, 5-10x better along every metric. Working title options: A) Swordliver B) Glaiveguts C) Khopeshbrain #NotionalGames #TTRPG #Humor #OfASort02 Oct 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv74fsboio2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mwrhavxtull2ME: [Watching Thundarr] DAUGHTER: "Those are some goofy looking snake creatures." ME: "Well, you know. It was the early 1980s. We didn't really know what snake creatures looked like at the time. We just had to make our best guess." DAUGHTER: "I guess they had […] [Original post on dice.camp]30 Sep 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrhavxtull2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mwgqn4alwdc2How a place deep in my heart secretly expects things are about to go down every time the sky gets dark cause a hurricane or Nor'easter is approaching our city. https://youtu.be/S09mEDCqSx4 #InclementWeather #MadokaMagica26 Sep 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgqn4alwdc2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mw2kyzfwrpg2Giallogist (n.) - A researcher who studies the structure and composition of the terrain at locations where Italian thriller films have been shot. #NotionalJargon #Humor #Giallo #Geology21 Sep 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2kyzfwrpg2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mvyd3uzkrmc2LotR: Return of the King [Arwen receiving a vision of having a future child with Aragorn] ME: I didn't remember this was in the movie. So this is where she "sees her unborn children in his eyes"? WIFE: Actually it's where she sees her unborn children in his *Isengard* […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11730589635405553420 Sep 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyd3uzkrmc2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mvxa27bf5ts2Extrapolating: Blind test - The person receiving the test doesn't know which is the treatment and which is the control. Double blind - The person administering the test doesn't know which is which either. Triple blind - Not even the person who designed the study knows which subjects got which […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11730343004994600020 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxa27bf5ts2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mv4ek4q6xej2Seeing this, my RPG-idea-scavenging brain immediately started churning through possible scenarios where the player characters get entangled with a cargo of illegal measuring sticks or run afoul the criminal networks that obtain and distribute them. https://youtube.com/shorts/5PEa8somntw […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11724294788309384409 Sep 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ek4q6xej2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3muxfafknpso2Putting this here as a reference for myself, but other folks might find it of interest. Based on a vague memory, @diyanddragons.bsky.social was able to track down a couple early era Old School Renaissance blog posts about secondary benefits a spellcaster might receive for simply having a spell […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11723173795360510507 Sep 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfafknpso2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3musponwxefu2Laverne & Shirley spinoff in the mode of a Korean horror/thriller series, where Lenny and Squiggy dress in faceless uniforms and force the show's other regulars to participate in a series of deadly competitions for a cash prize. TITLE: Squig Games #NotionalFiction06 Sep 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3musponwxefu2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mupi4u4qs6x2OVERDREW: Realistic fiction comic about a bank teller and events leading to her choice to break up with her boyfriend, Drew. OVERDRAWN: An author's commentary and advice based on on the making and publication of Overdrew. #NotionalFiction04 Sep 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupi4u4qs6x2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3munyzgdvlxv2Game scheduling might not have worked out, but had some great conversation instead. Hopefully next week, if the heavens are in proper alignment and the world is at rest, we can return once more to Caverns of Thracia. #DungeonCrawlClassics #ACDC #TTRPGS04 Sep 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3munyzgdvlxv2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3munyzgdvlxv2Game scheduling might not have worked out, but had some great conversation instead. Hopefully next week, if the heavens are in proper alignment and the world is at rest, we can return once more to Caverns of Thracia. #DungeonCrawlClassics #ACDC #TTRPGS04 Sep 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3munyzgdvlxv2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mukdw4b3vya2Found this beautiful Katydid near work the other day. iNaturalist identifies it as moat likely a Greater Anglewing. It was on the large side for any katydid I'd seen in the past. #Insect #Insecta #Orthoptera #Katydid02 Sep 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukdw4b3vya2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtoil2qe2b72[USPol. Here's hoping Jason's mode of presentation is an effective way to counteract the administration's "flooding the zone" tactics.] https://youtube.com/shorts/DgbwNkG8cQw #USPol #JasonSalmon #Humor22 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoil2qe2b72https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt4oy4g2sqo2As made blatantly obvious by the tense body posture and wild look in her eye: Cassie is clearly a cat with deep-seated trust issues. #Caturday #Cats15 Aug 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4oy4g2sqo2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt2uu7v3no42Ye Olde Comics If I understand correctly, the comics on this site contain only characters whose IP is no longer under copyright. However, the images have been remastered and the site claims ownership of the remastered images. https://comicbooks.com/read #Comics14 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2uu7v3no42https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msvkhlduljp2Youtube algorithm knows my interests pretty well now. So i get regular suggestions for beautiful indie video games that I don't think I'd actually enjoy playing much. Case in point: ReyPunk Which appears to be a mid-century modern/space age (think Jetsons) styled tactical beat-em-up […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11708348638180291412 Aug 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvkhlduljp2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msnzhawn2nt2Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (2026) This short series was released simultaneously as both 12 "mini-episodes" and recut into 5 slightly longer episodes. The general premise: Middle-aged, earnest but work-burdened businessman views his brief parasocial […] [Original post on dice.camp]09 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnzhawn2nt2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msons7ktj7b2Analogy that just came to me about AI companies destructively scanning old books: Because of their non-slop nature, pre-LLM texts are the "low background steel" of the current era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel #LLM #AI #AISlop09 Aug 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msons7ktj7b2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msnzhawn2nt2Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (2026) This short series was released simultaneously as both 12 "mini-episodes" and recut into 5 slightly longer episodes. The general premise: Middle-aged, earnest but work-burdened businessman views his brief parasocial […] [Original post on dice.camp]09 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnzhawn2nt2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msjzrphrtmf2I've downloaded an archive of my Mastodon content and want to read and search specific posts in the archive (presumably offline). Is anyone willing and able to recommend a Windows compatible app that makes this easily possible? I've found a few that seem to display the raw JSON files, but my […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11705754293730497308 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjzrphrtmf2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3msbv54h4ryx2Really loved the mix of animation styles in this psychedelic monster freakout. Puts me in mind of a style of acid splashed illustration I associate with Dungeon Crawl Classics and more bizarro styles of OSR-adjacent RPG adventures. #BalmingTiger #Psychedelic #Monsters https://youtu.be/XyQ45IQqtCY04 Aug 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbv54h4ryx2https://bsky.app/profile/ptr-k.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy/post/3ms7crvkcjdt2I seem to remember some debate in RPG circles about the actual nature and historicity of leather armor (e.g. what people perceive as "studded leather" was probably actually images of brigandine). But this video gave a kind of neat example of actual historical leather armor that seems to have […] https://dice.camp/@PTR_K/11703340695982059103 Aug 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:eksn3kmbypi33h4ea4v2yndv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7crvkcjdt2