An important question I've learned designing monsters: how much bug do I want in here?

Le Guin's Language of the Night dispensing bangers: I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, they would grow up to be an eggplant.

I'm always skeptical of people asking for money for a thing that isn't a thing yet

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Take a look at the dev notes for Runemaker's first patch and enjoy a tease of my upcoming novel: Goodfellows' Manor of Tinctures and Tricks

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I feel like I've aged a few years this January. Fuck ICE.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

I cannot impress enough on people who are outside of this state:

They are inflicting daily physical harm and emotional terror on Minnesotans.

They want nothing more than to watch our Twin Cities burn on national television.

But we keep showing up with care, compassion, & defiant determination.

the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died

Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. Deployments span land, sea, and air, including protection of critical infrastructure, fighter jets, and naval operations. Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow

Tomorrow's SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights Though much of the reporting on the Little v. Hecox court case is about transgender sports participation, the SCOTUS ruling could impact all rights of transgender people.

Tomorrow, there will be oral arguments in a major SCOTUS case on transgender sports.

At least, that's how it's being reported everywhere.

But it's not just about sports. The ruling could change transgender rights for a generation, and impacts EVERYTHING.

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Folks on the ground are asking me to lift this up because the need is still growing, all around Minnesota.

If you can give, please do, and if you can't, please amplify!

Whatever you do, you mustn't slay queen

ICE are domestic terrorists. Pass it on.

ICE can get the fuck out of my city right the fuck now

Author pro tip: if you keep writing and scrapping the first 1000 words to a novel, you will eventually write the first 1000 words to a novel

Hamnet reminded me how important it is to frolic witch-ily in the woods

Cowards

When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride are among my very favorite movies. Rob Reiner made some great art that will bring joy to many for years to come.

Creating puzzles and non-combat encounters for theatre of the mind play session-to-session is an interesting challenge. Not having a visual 3D space is limiting in terms of the types of hooks your can provide, but players can also interact with your encounter in ways you can't possibly account for

Hatchling dragon being petted.

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I haven't been keeping up with the Civ games since Civ 5, but if they had a progression tree that was more like Digimon instead of Pokemon, we may fundamentally change our relationship to history forever. In this essay...

It's a perfect snowy day to throw on the youtube fireplace and do some writing

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What's everyone's favorite #DnD monster that has nothing to do with the creature it's named after? Mine's the gorgon. Why have a scary snake-haired lady when you can have some bull?

it's remarkable to me how many potential creature designs so far for the Bestiary could be described as "power ranger with extra steps"

Gave a PowerPoint for an entire brewery of people last night, and let me tell you, the people love a well placed transition, almost as much as a cheeky gif

What a W this week has been

Hell yeah Zohran!

Do let the door hit your ass on the way out, Dick

Sol the black cat sleeping in a curly ball

Happy Halloween friends 🎃