So, I spend what is objectively too much time on Kickstarter. Every couple of days, I buzz the site, primarily looking for my next fix of bestiaries for my Pathfinder 2e table (I don't know what it is about physically bound monster stat blocks on glossy paper, but I apparently need that shit hooked directly up to my veins).

This January's been a bit of a lull period for that, though. It has seen a bit of a resurgence on the D&D 5e front, though, with a bunch of interesting projects having released recently. I thought I'd pass some of them along (as well as everything else I've seen in the last couple of weeks).

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Launched w/in The Last 2 Weeks

Pip and Pawn - For D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds

• A short ebook about in-fiction games in table top RPGs. Includes history, magic, monsters, and more!

  Product Type: GM Resource, Lore & Worldbuilding, Rules Extension

  Systems: D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Savage Worlds

  Start Date: Tuesday, 28 January, 2025

  End Date: Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Glumdark

• A beautiful, grim resource for dark fantasy tabletop roleplaying games.

  Product Type: GM Resource, Lore & Worldbuilding

  Systems: System Agnostic

  Start Date: Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

  End Date: Saturday, 22 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Mjölnir, a Norse Gods Adventure

• Unleash the power of the Norse gods and forge your destiny—dive into a legendary quest to claim Mjölnir and shape the fate of realms!

  Product Type: Adventure, Adventure Path, Items & Equipment

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Monday, 20 January, 2025

  End Date: Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Shards of Corruption

• A tome of heroic adventures for 5E D&D – twisted tales of betrayal, vengeance, and redemption from indie publisher Eventyr Games!

  Product Type: Adventure, Anthology, Bestiary

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Thursday, 16 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 13 February, 2025

  Funded: true

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Ending w/in the Next 2 Weeks

50+ Random Tables

• What does that goblin have it its pockets? What's the name of that NPC? What's the MacGuffin for the next quest? Look no further!

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: System Neutral

  Start Date: Monday, 2 December, 2024

  End Date: Friday, 31 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Blights, Catastrophes & Scourges on the Realm

• A collection of global catastrophic events impacting society that can be incorporated into fantasy RPGs. Claims D&D 5e compatibility, but appears to be system neutral in practice.

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Wednesday, 1 January, 2025

  End Date: Friday, 31 January, 2025

  Funded: true

100 Amazing Events for D&D 5e

• A line-up of 100 Amazing Events, a DnD 5E supplement packed w/ 100+ unique moments, twists, and challenges to bring your World to Life!

  Product Type: GM Resource

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Thursday, 2 January, 2025

  End Date: Saturday, 1 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Gods & Avatars, Norse Gods in D&D

• 22 Norse Gods for DnD 5e. 44 Cleric Domains & Paladin Oaths. Priests, Temples & their Followers.

  Product Type: GM Resource, Character Options

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 31 December, 2024

  End Date: Thursday, 30 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Crazy Companions - 32+ complex creatures

• 70+ PDF pages with complex and unique pets, familiars, mounts and companions for your next Dungeons and Dragons 5e or other RPG session.

  Product Type: Character Options

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 7 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 6 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Carnival of Shadows

• A thrilling D&D 5e adventure set in a mysterious, story-rich carnival filled with secrets and danger!.

  Product Type: Adventure

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 7 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 6 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Aphrodite/Hera Class-ified

• Two DnD 5e Classes Inspired by the Gods of Greek Mythology: Aphrodite and Hera.

  Product Type: Character Options

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Monday, 6 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 30 January, 2025

  Funded: true

100 Amazing Events

• A supplement packed w/ 100+ unique moments, twists, and challenges to bring your World to Life! Claims to be for 5e, but appears to actually be system neutral

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Thursday, 2 January, 2025

  End Date: Saturday, 1 February, 2025

  Funded: true

100 Side Quests for D&D 5e

• Over 100 pages of D&D 5E Side Quest content with Quests, NPCs, Challenges, and Hooks for your campaign!

  Product Type: GM Reference, Items & Equipment

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Thursday, 26 December, 2024

  End Date: Sunday, 9 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Xerathor’s Grimoire of Dread

• A D&D supplement filled with new dark species, shadow classes, forbidden spells, cursed items, dread monsters and a corruption system.

  Product Type: Bestiary, Rules Extension, Player Options, Items & Equipment, Adventure

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

  End Date: Tuesday, 11 February, 2025

  Funded: true

The Plane Walker

• Embark on a journey through time and planes in this 5e adventure for 3-5 characters level 5.

  Product Type: Adventure

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 30 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Unwrapped, A Victorian–Egyptian Horror Adventure

• Unwrapped is a Victorian-era adventure for D&D 5th Edition, blending gothic horror with ancient Egyptian mysticism.

  Product Type: Adventure

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

  End Date: Friday, 7 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Monster Vault 2: Deadly Creatures for 5E D&D and TOV

• More than 300 all-new monsters, including dangerous demons and horrifying new undead. The monster book your players fear!

  Product Type: Bestiary

  Systems: Tales of the Valiant, D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 7 January, 2025

  End Date: Thursday, 6 February, 2025

  Funded: true

Monsters at their Core: Monster Design Made Legendary!

• 300+ pages of pure 5E monster mayhem! New and old monsters to terrorize your players and the all new monster core system!

  Product Type: Bestiary, Rules Extension

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Wednesday, 15 January, 2025

  End Date: Wednesday, 5 February, 2025

  Funded: true

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Recently Completed

The Ace of Spades: A D&D drop in casino

• Gamble! Drink! Catch a band! Then heist 'em for all they've got. A drop in casino setting for your fantasy setting!

  Product Type: Adventure, Casino, Mini-Games

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Tuesday, 10 December, 2024

  End Date: Saturday, 18 January, 2025

  Funded: false

A Fetch of Ferrets

• An in depth guide to an amazing magical item and spell; an arcane bag full of magical ferrets. For 5e, and frankly all fantasy RPGs!

  Product Type: Items & Equipment

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Wednesday, 25 December, 2024

  End Date: Friday, 17 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Renegade Realms: Raven's Reach

• An endlessly expandable hex map for 5e, Pathfinder, Shadowdark, Forbidden Lands, Mörk Borg & other fantasy tabletop role-playing games!

  Product Type: GM Reference, Hexploration, Maps

  Systems: System Neutral

  Start Date: Thursday, 2 January, 2025

  End Date: Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Legends of the Ashen Shield - The Gathering Storm

• A legendary campaign of knights, witches, dragons and valour!

  Product Type: Setting, Adventure, Character Options

  Systems: D&D 5e

  Start Date: Monday, 30 December, 2024

  End Date: Saturday, 18 January, 2025

  Funded: true

100 Unique Factions

• A supplement packed with: Guilds, Clans, Cults, Orders, Houses, Leaders, 100 pages for your Campaign or Adventure! Claims to be for 5e, but doesn't appear to have any system-specific entries.

  Product Type: GM Resource, Lore & Worldbuilding

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Saturday, 4 January, 2025

  End Date: Saturday, 25 January, 2025

  Funded: true

The Pathfinder-specific space is still pretty sleepy this January, but we've started to see some action on the system-neutral side of things. Some books of GM resources and roll tables are coming up on their close date in the next week.

The 5e space is absolutely buzzing right now, though. I'm glad to have a bit of a break in terms of what I'm interested in buying, but it would be super cool if some of that energy came Paizo's way in the coming months.

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New

Pip and Pawn - For D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds

• A short ebook about in-fiction games in table top RPGs. Includes history, magic, monsters, and more!

  Product Type: GM Resource, Lore & Worldbuilding, Rules Extension

  Systems: D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Savage Worlds

  Start Date: Tuesday, 28 January, 2025

  End Date: Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

  Funded: true

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Ending Soon

50+ Random Tables

• What does that goblin have it its pockets? What's the name of that NPC? What's the MacGuffin for the next quest? Look no further!

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: System Neutral

  Start Date: Monday, 2 December, 2024

  End Date: Friday, 31 January, 2025

  Funded: true

Blights, Catastrophes & Scourges on the Realm

• A collection of global catastrophic events impacting society that can be incorporated into fantasy RPGs. Claims D&D 5e compatibility, but appears to be system neutral in practice.

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Wednesday, 1 January, 2025

  End Date: Friday, 31 January, 2025

  Funded: true

100 Amazing Events

• A supplement packed w/ 100+ unique moments, twists, and challenges to bring your World to Life! Claims to be for 5e, but appears to actually be system neutral

  Product Type: GM Reference

  Systems: D&D 5e, System Neutral

  Start Date: Thursday, 2 January, 2025

  End Date: Saturday, 1 February, 2025

  Funded: true

At some point in the past, I noticed that I had a strong tendency to make NPCs male, even though there wasn't any good story or setting-specific reason to do so. From gods to villains to random shopkeepers - most of these were assigned male without me even realizing that I have been doing it.

Thus, I started to assign genders by the roll of a dice - and I am fairly pleased with the results as this made the world significantly more diverse.

How about you? Have you noticed any similar biases in your own NPCs - and if so, what did you do about this?

Since November 2023, when Russia’s Supreme Court designated the non-existent “international LGBT social movement” as an “extremist organization,” police departments across the country have executed a full-scale crackdown on the queer community. Officers have raided clubs and parties and placed LGBTQ+ people under surveillance while bigots harass queer community members and try to expose them to employers and parents. Wherever the authorities go, they collect evidence that facilitates monitoring, from video footage and business records to fingerprints and even mouth swabs. Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova has learned that Russian officials are also discussing overhauling the country’s data-collection practices to create a single electronic registry for monitoring LGBTQ+ individuals — a database that would make blackmailing and persecuting queer people vastly easier.

If you're out of the loop or intentionally avoiding social media and the news cycle, then I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this. Two executive orders were written yesterday by Donald Trump that specifically target transgender rights and freedoms. One targeting the rights of transgender members of the military, another targeting the healthcare rights of transgender youth. These orders state in no uncertain terms that trans people are unsafe evil liars deserving of contempt and exclusion. This is not an exaggeration, and the shift in the narrative behind these executive orders is extremely alarming and likely to be seen again as the basis for further attacks against us.

There is a narrative created by these two orders. A narrative that trans people are dishonorable, that trans people lack selflessness and humility, and that we are liars. That we are wrong that our existence is wrong. That it doesn't matter whether transition decreases our suicide rate, whether it allows us to live happy, fulfilling lives. That death itself is preferable to the existence of an adult trans person. That being transgender is by itself wrong and makes us worth less than cisgender people. A narrative that children must be protected from becoming transgender people, even if it means they die. That no one can be allowed to think that being transgender is alright, that it's okay to be a transgender person.

This cannot go unchallenged. It's not enough for trans people to resist alone. This has to come from as man voices as possible. The writing is on the wall. This amounts to dehumanizing persecution intended to foster perceptions of us as inhuman. It is going to get worse. This is week 2. What awaits us in a year no one can say for sure. We need protests we need civil disobedience. We need to help our most vulnerable get out. We need to protect trans youth.

Please refer to the transgender resistance network for mutual aid and help. I had tried last year to organize something here but was not capable of it due to problems in my own personal life.

We need solidarity. We need to help each other. And we have to resist. Not just these orders, not just this narrative, but we have to resist the fall into hopelessness and acceptance. We have to fight. Our lives have value. Our lives are worth the same as anyone else. Don't let them get to you, don't believe in the narrative. Transition saved my life, maybe it saved yours too. Transitioning and seeing others transition has been the most beautiful and rewarding experience of my life. I refuse to accept a reality in which we are forced into closets, forced into hiding. I beg of everyone to join me in refusing that outcome.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30957233

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30957135

Just preliminary reports, but after efforts to rush it through before any reaction were delayed, legal backlash may have forced inmates to be returned to the right gen pop.

No guarantee it holds, be ready and organized to move if you live in a few hours drive from Fort Worth, legal funds are still going to need help, etc… but for now they might be safe.

I think the color is similar enough to them that I look more sucklable than I did before I bought it. And I know people are gonna come in here and be all like "If your kitten suckles it means you took them from their mom too early" but their mom abandoned them in my neighbors yard so I don't exactly feel at fault for that lol