Travis Talks Tabletop

I use the same method to roll NPCs that many players use: roll 4d6, drop lowest, place as desired, then just give myself the stats I wanted.

Gavin Newsom, with ZERO fucks to give, telling the European press in Davos how European leaders need to deal with America's bullying psychotic shitstain. 🙌💪👏✊👇

Excited to be the 9th 😎 on @BackerKit for Monte Cook Games' Deluxe TTRPG Market!. …s-from-monte-cook-games.backerkit.com/community_shar…

Donald Trump couldn't plan a picnic. Why is this ceasefire being called Trump's plan?

Vault of the All-Seer A five-room dungeon set around the themes of secrets, sight, and the price of knowledge. dysonlogos.blog/2025/09/25/vau…

@NecroG_ames Keep on the Borderlands

Give me a D&D adventure plot in 4 words or fewer.

Here, have an unpublished old school TSR D&D module for free! WGRX - "Ivid the Undying" by Carl Sargent. Never released to the public, this module was supposedly on the verge of publication when the project was yanked. The text of the module was released by Wizards of the Coast and is freely distributable. This particular version has been extensively edited and re-formatted by William Allman, where he has painstakingly created a well-laid-out .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file from the original text. The result is quite close to what the finished module may have looked like -- it even incorporates the maps into the module text, and features the planned cover art!  Free here - acaeum.com/library/ividun…

I’ve hit my limit. I need to share something that’s been weighing heavily on me. I've played in a DOZEN TTRPGs lately, and I can say with certainty that every single one was driven by an AI-written narrative. And you know what? It was glaringly obvious. The soul was just… gone. This isn't some "new tech is scary" rant. I've been in this hobby since 1979. My family has been in the business since the early 70s. I own an FLGS. I'm a published author. This hobby is my life. For nearly 30 years, I've poured my heart and soul into the same campaign world. It's a living tapestry woven with my players, filled with history, mistakes, triumphs, and inside jokes that no machine could ever replicate. We built that. Together. What I'm seeing now is the opposite of building. It's soulless generation. I use AI myself—as a sounding board, an editor. It’s a tool, not the artisan. But to see the core of our hobby handed over to an algorithm feels like a profound loss. It's like replacing a home-cooked meal with a nutrient paste. It might fill you up, but it will never nourish you. To all the GMs out there: I'm begging you. Don't let your creativity be outsourced. The heart of this hobby is human connection, shared imagination, the beautiful, messy, unpredictable spark that happens between people. It’s not a string of perfectly bland, algorithmically generated prompts. Your players deserve your story. Not a soulless echo. Let's champion the GMs who pour their passion into their worlds and the players who bring them to life. Our stories are worth more than that. #TTRPG #TTRPGCommunity #DND #GMLife #TabletopGames #HumanCreativity #KeepItHuman #Storytelling

Deeper Beneath The Finger There is a strange break between these two levels. We transition from the strange temple/structures of the Reverie Collective to something much older-a set of secret substructures that still have working elevators between them. dysonlogos.blog/2025/03/14/dee…

The Autumn Lands - Hex Map G We continue along the route of the Autumn River as it approaches the Mulberry Sea through the region between the Autumn Lands and the Serpent Lands to the south. This is the 8th of 9 maps of the Autumn Lands. dysonlogos.blog/2025/03/07/the…

These are not political news cycle issues. Trump is transforming what the United States is as a country in the world into a far right, authoritarian, transactional, valueless oligarchy aligned with the world's autocracies.

Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design. But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️

@roguecaliber @Waynes_Books Elves, Dwarfs, and the Gnome & Halfling books all had lots of good information and some nice kits. The thief book has some really cool stuff about designing a thieves guild, and the fighter one has lots of solid kits. I 2nd the arms & equipment and Of Ships... recommendation.

I do need to rebuild my Complete books after they were stolen many years ago. Which ones were your favorite? Which ones didn’t you like? (Swiped from @Waynes_Books: waynesbooks.games/2021/09/01/add…)

@Nobleshield @roguecaliber I liked the critical hit tables from Combat and Tactics, and virtually nothing else from any of those books.

2.5 was terrible, specifically Player's Option. Combat & Tactics moved to demanding a grid instead of theatre of the mind; Skills & Powers led to ridiculous min-maxing the likes that was eclipsed only by 3.5's ridiculousness, and Spells & Magic made magic stupidly OP with non-vancian styles that still didn't capture the sword & sorcery elements but just went full videogame with MP as I recall.

If you are looking for a fight and you are willing to dig deep, you might just find the ever elusive, rare edition wars between AD&D 2E and AD&D 2.5E…

I just backed I Made You a Mixtape on @Kickstarter ?ref=android_thanks_twitter_share

Very much enjoyed my play of I Made You a Mixtape from @michaeldilisio and Dan Hughes . Super quick to learn and play, with a great theme and fantastic look by Gary King. Recommended!

Holy sh*t. Never seen an opening to a 60 Minutes as brutal as this one. They start by exposing all the “shifting explanations” from the Trump campaign, including not wanting 60 Minutes to “fact-check” and demanding an “apology” for Trump’s 2020 interview. Watch for yourself.

Oh boy.

On January 6, the former president incited an attack on our nation's democracy because he didn't like the outcome of the election. If you stand for country, democracy, and the rule of law—our campaign has a place for you.

BREAKING: Kamala Harris supporters have taken over Palm County in Florida. This is a traditionally Republican area, so it’s clear that the campaign’s energy and enthusiasm is permeating. Retweet so all Americans and the media see this excitement.

The slumbering tombs of Arkabad. Hand-drawn with ink markers, scanned and printed on watercolor paper. What do you think about the name? I wanted it to sound like an old-school MUD from the late seventies.