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The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

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The Reverend Dak of Ultimak @reverenddak.bsky.social · Apr 11

you can pre-order Crawl! Mega-Edition, No. 1 now at the pre-orders store. In case you missed out on the crowdfunding campaign.
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Pre-order Crawl! Mega-Edition, No. 1 on BackerKit

A super-sized special collectors edition of Crawl! fanzine, no.1, the original zine for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Many editions exists but not like this one.

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The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

✊ hell yeah.

all the shit I currently make is akin to "pop" art, accessible and "friendly". when i figure my shit out, and make the game I ultimately want to make, it'll hopefully piss off a ton of normies, shitlibs and bigots alike.

Set Piece Games @setpeicegames.bsky.social · 5d

Art is inherently political.

You may not like that, but it is true.

If you make ttRPGs, you are making art.

The sooner you embrace these things, the better off you will be. Make art, change your world. THEY, are scared out of their minds by Art and Artists. Make ART, any way you can!

RESIST.

September 23, 2026 at 2:39 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

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OMG these scenes!

MadMoses @madmoses.bsky.social · 6d

Live drawings by @goblin.inker from the DCC Deathmatch game I ran at LoFi OSR Con.

September 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM

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MadMoses

@madmoses.bsky.social

For session 3 of LoFi OSR Con, I ran Beyond the Doomed Gates, a DCC Deathmatch from Crawl! #13 by @reverenddak.bsky.social

September 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM

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SprintingOwlDesigns

@sprintingowl.bsky.social

Couple days left to get this cool assortment of TTRPGs for any price you'd like.

Dinosaurs, dragons, rats, mythology, and more!

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September 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

Weston tried to tell everyone. No one believed him. Suddenly tourists were caught smuggling ranch dressing back into Europe.

subhuman @subhuman7770.bsky.social · 9d

I assume the "ranch" part there is to let you know that this is meant to be used under sweaty, dusty conditions, presumably in the presence of animals, and that there are other formulas for the beach or sporting events, for example.

September 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

i failed to mention, it's free.

free sunblock

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak @reverenddak.bsky.social · 9d

sunblock anyone?

This image shows a 12-gram single-serve packet of Heinz Ranch Dressing.

September 17, 2026 at 4:58 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

sunblock anyone?

September 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

this is dismissive as hell. these fuckers also forget that Stonewall was a riot.

Senator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 14d

The gay rights message was: "Look, we're just regular people who want to love who we love. What's so wrong with that?"

The trans rights message is: "Support us or go fuck yourself you bigoted asshole."

Guess which one is more persuasive.

Senator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 14d

They apparently took all of the wrong lessons from the wildly successful gay rights movement, choosing to be as alienating as possible. I won't be surprised if it ends up like abortion and 20 years from now public opinion is effectively frozen on the issue somewhere around 50/50.

September 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM

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Abi Stevens - comms open

@abistevensart.bsky.social

It's my birthday 🎉 so in Bluesky tradition I'd love for folks to repost my art today! 😊
#artistSupport #illustration #darkArt

September 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

🤘🤘 hell yeah

don't forget the soundtrack
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September 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM

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Goodman Games

@goodmangames.bsky.social

Celebrating 25 years of Goodman Games! Announcing our 25th anniversary crowdfunding, coming soon! New dice, an art book, new variant cover for the DCC RPG rulebook, a brand new adventure and MORE!

Follow NOW!
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#goodmangames #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #dccrpg #dnd5E

September 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM

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John Bilodeau Illustrations

@servsci.bsky.social

Support Canadian independent TTRPG creators and check out all the games in the Great Canadian Game Jam! (a pack of illustrations I made for the jam is included in the bundle… in case you need a zombie hockey player for one of your creations…)

#elbowsup #ttrpg

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September 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM

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The Verge

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As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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September 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

the bar to become an ICE or CBP agent is as low as it can go.

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ohio Immigrant Alliance’s updated “Worst of the Worst” report has identified more than 150 abusive federal immigration agents.

"... 131 (86.2%) were charged with or convicted of sex offenses, and 85 (55.9%) were charged with or convicted of crimes against children”

More from @tusk81.bsky.social ⤵️

‘Worst of the Worst’ Part II: Updated Report Reveals Even More Abusive ICE and CBP Agents

“Officers who abuse women at home are not safe to carry guns in public,” as the report says. “Officers who prey on children are not safe to interact with communities.”

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August 31, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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Al Yankovic

@alyankovic.bsky.social

“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

August 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

in my queue, I can't wait

Amy 👾 @amythehobbitplays.bsky.social · 26d

HOLY CRAP! Infinity Castle, you were the best thing I’ve seen so far this year! Beautifully done! A LOT of tears were shed, especially for a certain demon. If you have not seen this movie and you love Demon Slayer, watch it ASAP! I’m still crying from it 😭

Akaza and Tanjiro's Intense Battle

ALT: Akaza and Tanjiro's Intense Battle

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August 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

you missed it

Scene Details
Location: A grassy park or roadside green space at night, with streetlights and parked cars visible in the background.

Bicycles: Several BMX or youth-style bicycles with colorful wheel rims (including red, white, and light blue) tangled in a heap on the grass.

This image shows a temporary memorial setup in a park across from the Bike Oven community bicycle co-op in Highland Park, Los Angeles, honoring the late local cycling fixture Paul Bacca, widely known as DJ Chicken Leather.

August 31, 2026 at 12:26 AM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

🤘

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 28d

The Wound is the first thing that character creation asks you to address. Doing this and fighting the megachurch isn't some abstract notion or higher ideal for you. It's deeply personal.

Preorder the book for a gift of $10.66+ (66 available). ko-fi.com/s/6f6b2ea3e6

You get a burner phone, a compound dossier, keys to a storage unit with mostly useless random items but a few bits of (poorly maintained and fragile) equipment as well, and a laminated card that reads:
CALL IF YOU NEED SOMETHING UNETHICAL
BUT NOT EVIL
Your job:
• Get in.
• Free Jesus.
• Get Him out.
The Cathedral's job:
• Stop you with extreme prejudice.
• Post it to their forty-million-subscriber channel.

Your Wound
The First Church of the Perpetual Tithe, or something built on the same assumptions, did very specific wrongs to you or someone you love. Not abstract notions of harm. Not hypothetical possibilities. Detailed harm, lasting harm, real harm. The kind that lives in your chest, burrows in your bones, and does not leave.
Write one or two sentences. Describe what they did. This is more than the seed of a backstory in BLOOD.MONEY.GOSPEL. It is high potency fuel. This is a key to why Lucifer chose you out of countless others. This is why the Cathedral is going to have a very bad night.
• “They took my mother's savings and called it a seed offering. She died carrying the debt.”
• “My town's only hospital became a conference annex and the annex has a Starbucks.”
• “I believed. Actually believed. For seven years I gave everything I had, and now I know what it was worth to them, what I was worth to them.”

Writing Your Wound
“They took my mother’s savings and called it a seed offering. She died carrying the debt.” This fires because the mechanism is named (seed offering), the relationship is named (mother), the outcome is named (died in debt), and the institution’s framing is named (“seed offering”).
You can draw a line from that sentence to a hundred different moments inside the Cathedral. The offering system. The rhetoric about generosity. A staffer processing donations. Whenever the Wound is directly relevant to why the Sinner is doing what they’re doing right now, the line will be obvious. Not argued for. Obvious.
“I believed. Actually believed. For seven years I gave everything I had. But now? Now I know what it was worth to them. What I was worth to them.” This mentions the financial hooks but focuses on false performances and betrayal.

Its triggers are similarly clear. A believer defending the Pastor. An Anointed member who cannot hear the question you’re asking. The hollow sound of the Cathedral’s rhetoric when you’ve heard that pretend sincerity before and paid dearly for it. The Wound doesn’t require money. It requires a betrayal you can smell in the air.
Compare: “The church hurt my family.”
This holds no fire. There is no line to draw. There is no specific loss, no clear emotional hook. It is the vague shape of possible pains, rather than a Wound.
If a Sinner writes something like this, ask directly: What specifically did they do? Not what kind of thing. What thing in itself. If anyone is stuck, work with each other to help everyone develop their story.

August 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM

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Rogue

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Rogue @rogue.site · Aug 17

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A new sale, and an update on subscriber perks

We're simplifying our benefits as we celebrate a year of life!

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August 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

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should park this in front of the Palantir offices instead

August 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM

The Reverend Dak of Ultimak

@reverenddak.bsky.social

theyr pumping the numbers to include packaging, cartons, etc. 50K cans. it's gotta be 12oz cans, because tall-cans are a pound each. It's bizarre to count beer by the pound.