I decided to write an article about my #SoloRPG mode for #Emacs.
If you're an Emacs user and want to try it out, it's on #MELPA so you can just:
M-x package-refresh-contents RET
M-x package-install RET solo-rpg RET
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Christer Enfors
@enfors@ttrpg-hangout.social
mastodon 4.7.3Tabletop roleplaying games enthusiast since the 80's. I prefer Pathfinder 2E for group games (but in an OSR-adjacent style) and Old School Essentials for solo play.
Since this is my TTPRG account, I tend to only follow people who only post about TTRPG stuff, in English, even though I'm also into #Linux, #Emacs, #Python, and #FOSS.
I also have a TTRPG site at https://ttrpg-hangout.com where I post articles related to group and solo play, sandboxes, generators, and my own little rule systems.
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People very rarely sign up for my tiny, specialized #Mastodon instance, but in the last few days I've had a string of seven accounts signing up. They all have normal-looking profile pictures and normal-sounding names, but I haven't seen much activity from them and they haven't responded to my greetings.
This makes me suspect they're bots of some kind, but I could be wrong.
#Fediverse
I just bought #Shadowdark, and reading through the PDF now. And its monster listing makes the same mistake that all other #TTRPG monster manuals seem to make - they list the monsters alphabetically.
This makes no sense. When I browse monsters, I want to browse them by level - so that I can find monsters around the same level as the PCs. If I want to look them up by name, I'll use the index.
Therefore, monsters should be sorted by level, not alphabetically.
#FightMe
Can we #SoloRPG people just take a moment to thank @TanaPigeonWMG@dice.camp for basically creating (or at least formalizing in published writing) the concept of playing any #TTRPG alone? When she released the #MythicGME many, many years ago she spawned this onderful hobby for so many of us.
Our hobby would be nothing like what it is today without her hard work. So thank you Tana for all the joy and emotional moments you've helped us create!
For readers who aren't familiar: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/422929/mythic-game-master-emulator-second-edition
I've published an article about my D12 Dungeon Crawling System. It makes dungeon crawling a bit more interesting by keeping track of a Tension value which dynamically affects how dangerous the dungeon is, providing real mechanical consequences when the party makes excessive noise or otherwise attracts attention, and so on.
It works for both group and #SoloRPG play.
https://www.ttrpg-hangout.com/d12_dungeon_crawl_system.html
#TTRPG #DnD #PathFinder
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@VisualStuart@pdx.social Pathetic. The tribal members are more justified in holding/deporting the ICE agents than the other way around.
One thing that I've noticed about my #SoloRPG #OSE sessions is they tend to end up unintentionally short. I play digitally, and I suspect what happens is I get distracted by something else on the computer.
So I'm thinking that maybe I should try playing with pen and paper only, just to try it?
But playing digitally is really convenient though, you end up with a digital, searchable record of everything... I need to think about this.
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@cyberpunklibrarian@masto.hackers.town Yes, please! I'm not going anywhere near Spotify, Itunes, or any of that stuff. I just want to use my Open Source podcatcher. I need the RSS feed, please.
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@thorsten This is something that has always annoyed me. I just don't get it. Is there a good reason why they're always listed alphabetically that I'm missing, or have the designers just not thought about this? Which sounds strange too, I experience this problem every single time I go looking through any monster manual looking for an appropriate monster.
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@lextenebris So let's say you look at the level index and find that there are 10 monsters of suitable level.
You must now flip to the first monster and check it out, then flip back to the index.
Then repeat that 9 more times, without forgetting what you had already looked up.
That would be much easier if they were all on the pages next to each other.
When you look for a monster by name, you only do it *once*. When you do it by level, you do it many times - *that* should be the easiest.
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@lextenebris Fair enough, that's the only valid counterpoint I've heard. But I still think my point is stronger. 🙂
@yhijo_iqun@ttrpg-hangout.social Hello there! Are you new on Mastodon?
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@zuho_lywak@ttrpg-hangout.social Can I ask why you signed up for this instance?
@onow_origa@ttrpg-hangout.social Hello! Is this your first time on Mastodon?
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@randomwizard Thanks. I've got a counter on my site that only counts the actual visitors (about 50 per week, tiny site), so I don't even see the bots.
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@leeleedee@mstdn.dk Hmm, interesting. Is this to encourage not spending too much time here?