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I don't believe the links are broken.

Where have you got to?

Oof! That account made me feel panicked as I read it. Visceral! Poor Lamplighter Louisianna. May the next one have better luck.

Thank you for sharing.

Apologies, you've emailed me! I will get back to it now.

Thank you very much, your words are really touching and they mean a lot. Those feelings you describe about playing pretend are all too common. I have to give myself permission to play sometimes! I'm glad Diedream resonates with you.

Yep! Drop me a message: https://www.hausofvalley.com/contact

You're on a roll. This looks great.

It's also on Bandcamp - perhaps that will do the trick? https://chalicesofthepast.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-in-a-drowning-stone-2

Hell yeah, thanks for letting me know!

Amazing, I love to hear it!

I'm so glad you like it. Thank you!

Here are some examples of Vocabliary creations.

1.

Name rolls:

• Number of words in name (d6): 1 = 2 words
• Starting letters of words in name (d20): 16 & 17 = P & Q

Name: Plague Quill

Attributes rolls:

• Number of attributes (d6): 2 = 2 attributes
• Starting letters of attributes (d20): 6 & 9 = F & S

Attributes:

• Festering warts
• Sharp spines

2.

Name rolls:

• Number of words in name (d6): 6 = 4 words
• Starting letters of words in name (d20): 5, 15, 1, 10 = E, R, A & J

Name: Earthen Red Auto Junction

Attributes rolls:

• Number of attributes (d6): 3 = 3 attributes
• Starting letters of attributes (d20): 6, 8 & 11 = F, H & K

Attributes:

• Frenzied
• Hackable
• Kills vegetation

3.

Name rolls:

• Number of words in name (d6): 4 = 3 words
• Starting letters of words in name (d20): 15, 6 & 2 = O, F & B

Name: Other-Flesh Burrower

Attributes rolls:

• Number of attributes (d6): 1 = 2 attributes
• Starting letters of attributes (d20): 4 & 2 = D & B

Attributes:

• Death-rattle
• Bloated carapace
• (Additional quirk (d6)): 5 = Young (still in larval stage) 

How do the quirks work?

Each time you roll a letter you've already rolled, you also roll a d6 for a quirk. You keep the repeated letter, it's just that you gain an additional wrinkle. This quirk may change how you form the rest of the details. Interpret it in whatever way works for you.

Example: you may get a 'g' when forming the name and then another 'g' when forming the attributes. This would trigger rolling on the quirks.

What if I get the same quirk twice (or more)?

Disregard and roll again. Or interpret it as being an extreme form of that quirk. It's up to you!

What does xenodochial mean?

It's a fancy word for friendly.

What about stats?

This is a freeform generator to get your imagination going and develop an idea of a beast or foe or whatever. If you want to have stats for it for your favourite game system, it's over to you! 

Is there an easy way to work out which numbers correspond to which letters?

If you have trouble counting out the first letters of the alphabet, here's a reference:

Can I post my creation?

Of course, anyone's welcome to share what they've made.

Is there a way I should format my forum post?

I'm making all of this up as I go, so not really. But I'd recommend putting the genre of game your creation would suit in the title in square brackets.

Example: Plague Quill [fantasy / horror]

This is great and I love it.

Understandable. Get in touch via my site and I'll set you up with a download key.

I'm hoping to get some printed early 2025.

Ha, my partner also found this and asked, "what the hell is this?"

Done!

Thank you so much for your comment. It's put a smile on my face.

Nice tip as well for keeping things fresh!

I hope the game continues to serve you well. If you do make something, I'd love to see it.

Awesome idea!

Hey! I love that idea. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding the packaging file atm. If I find it, I'll upload it and let you know.

Amazing, I love your symbols and the story that your playthrough tells through very minimal beats. Thank you for sharing!

This sounds cool, thanks for sharing. I particularly like your idea about the world facts as FKR-ish rules!

Glad you like it, thanks for the comment!

I've just made some more available.

Hey. I'd recommend something like "inspired by EXCURSE by Alfred Valley". Happy this little thing's been of use. Cheers!

Other people may be better placed to give their opinion but I believe the structure of the module lends itself to repeat plays.

The premise revolves around responding to the logs of a previous NPC and through play you are encouraged to make your own logs. The next time, when you take a new character through the module, they'll be responding to the logs of your previous character.

This is lovely to hear, thank you!

Yep, that sounds good. Drop a link here!

Page 13, the suggested responses to Ari's "Hello World" function. There's an odd one out...

Sure! Drop me a message if you haven’t already.

Your committed service has been noted - Hazmos

This is a good question without a definite answer. You can read it any time but if it’s something your character finds when they get to Section 4 that would be pretty cool. It introduces a new location that leads from there.

Wow, you’ve stumbled on a page which will become relevant when something is launched later this month!

Thank you! Using those 3 things to run something sounds really interesting. They could certainly take you somewhere. Or you could skip the self-created oracle from Hill Marks and use the one from Lay On Hands. It’s nice being able to mix and match.

Ha, you know it’s too obtuse when it baffles ‘Esoteric Knowledge’! That’s the issue with such minimalist restrictions.

This requires 3 different coins - they need to be uniquely identified, so different value coins for instance. The symbols at the top of the table just refer to these 3 different coins with unique, generic icons. One of your coins would correspond to the first icon, another to the second, and so on.

First step: flip all 3 coins. Find the corresponding shapes in the table and combine them however you see fit to make a room.

Second step: flip all 3 coins. Find the corresponding words in the table and use those to determine what’s in the room.

The process is repeated for each passage, which it defines as an offshoot of 2 or more cells.

I hope that makes a bit more sense!

I think just the player’s guide should be fine!

This is really cool - I'm impressed! Thank you for sharing with me. Have you tested it out in bed? Ha

Thank you for your comment and the kind words!

The app sounds great; making using of the haptic feedback is an inspired idea. I’m not too familiar with the capabilities of the Apple Watch, can you do something like: double tap to add a point to a counter (i.e. harm) and triple tap to get the current value of the counter (via pulses)?

That Marsaglia article sent me down a fascinating rabbit hole.

Thanks for getting in touch. I can send you a download key when you place an order. It’s useful having both!

I can give you a download key! Send me a message via my contact form.