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Don’t send me slop This is just a note to anyone considering sending in PRs for any of my github projects. Don’t send me AI slop. I will not merge it. Vibe code is not conducive to maintainable projects If you didn’t write it, you don’t understand it. If you don’t understand it, can’t point to and explain the rationale for the changes made or how they will…
[ Sojourn : Weak hit ] (Recuperate, Resupply: at max health/supply) I spent that night and the next morning resting up. Aralu’s tea seemed to be doing me a world of good and their company was soothing, but sooner than I wanted it was time to go. It was only just sinking in for me how much of my life had revolved around hating Elves for something they didn’t do. I still resented them a…
Today I had something of an epiphany. I’ve been struggling with existential dread for some time. The last 6 months or so especially. There’s been a nagging voice at the back of my head that won’t let me forget that I’m going to die one day. That everything I experience, everything I love, everything that brings me any joy will be gone. That I will cease to exist and stop…
Aralu asked me to stay in Red Home for a day or so while they made preparations for Adda’s ‘punishment’. Apparently the help I was getting was Aralu themself fighting at my side. It came as a relief, I didn’t want to face the Ghoul alone. It was terrifying and I needed a little time out of Raven Wood to process what I’d been told about dad. “So what was this…
This feels odd It turns out that my Ironsworn campaign app was a lot more popular than I was expecting which might mean I spend a bit more on hosting for this website. So to mitigate that I set up a ko-fi page . Being very British I am deeply disconcerted about people giving me anything. I blush at compliments and they warm my tiny, tea-stained heart. I also want to be 100% up front about this. It…
Sword in hand now I took stock of my bearings and decided to just start walking. [ Undertake a Journey : Strong Hit ] I quickly found my way back to the clearing where I’d killed those bandits. The bodies still littered the forest floor. No time to hang around though. I had a job to do. [ Undertake a Journey : Weak Hit ] I ate some and fed Poe. I would soon be out of food altogether. I was…
And there it was, a village grown out of the living trees. I don’t know how the Elves convince trees to grow like that but it’s a hell of a talent. Last time I saw an Elf village I was 7. Last time I entered the woods I was 7. They’ll pay for that. The village was grown around a central pillar, one of the old Iron obelisks. I’m pretty sure the pillars are older than the…
“Ok Nak, so how do I kill it?” “Search me Zan, it’s a legend. I didn’t think they even existed any more. The elves were meant to have killed ’em all off ages ago.” “Well clearly they didn’t. So, am I right in thinking I’m going to need to go talk those bloody twigs to get some information?” “Seems like it. Look, I know you…
Apps wot I made CLI SWNT - Command line tools for Stars Without Number Yapa - Command line podcast aggregator and player Web Spire Sheet - A character sheet app for the Spire RPG Spire Campaign - A campaign management app for the Spire RPG Iron Journal - An app for running solo Ironsworn campaigns Iron Journal 2 - Iron Journal 2: Perilous Boogaloo Stargazer - The Starforged Iron Journal Quest - A…
This is session 1 one of my Ironsworn playthrough. The story of Zanita, a young Warden eager to prove her worth. Zanita comes from the wealthy town of Raven Wood that sits on the crossroads of the Flooded Lands, The Deep Wilds and Southern edge of the Havens. Raven Wood has decent relations with the Elves, their hunters are allowed to enter the woods on the condition that they don’t delve…
Spire Apps, Apps for Spire I’m a massive fan of Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor’s Spire: The City Must Fall TTRPG. It’s one of my favourite games to run. Anyone that knows Spire knows that rules-as-written the GM is meant to track Stress and Fallout but that doesn’t always suit every group. For those GMs that do track stress there’s a handy app call Spire Companion…
Who am I? I’m a lefty non-binary nerd on the intertubes with terrible opinions and a penchant for writing awful code, mostly terminal utils for the myriad of TTRPGs I play. Occasionally I write other stuff that is also terrible like the Gloom Town setting for the Everywhen RPG. And just in case there are any doubts: Black Lives Matter Trans Rights are Human Rights If you disagree with either…
Why do podcast apps suck? Ok, so this is largely hyperbole. But I did get so irritated with finding a podcast app that did what I want that I ended up writing one. You can see how that project is going on my github . This post is more an overview of why I made it and what it does. What should a podcast app do? Fundamentally, at least in my opinion, a podcast is a book; a series of chapters that…
The best place to catch up with my projects is github .