#prompterhawk — Public Fediverse posts

Last year at a time when energy seemed to be waning on #TTRPG Mastodon I tried initiating a discussion-prompt activity called #PrompterHawk that I hoped would be more interesting than the typical list of "what was your first ____" and "what's your favorite _____".
Qs 1to10: https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108743069660023469
Qs 11to14: https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108799291545970269

Out of curiosity, would you want to see the Prompter Hawk return? If someone ran an activity like this, would you post in it?

Last year at a time when energy seemed to be waning on #TTRPG Mastodon I tried initiating a discussion-prompt activity called #PrompterHawk that I hoped would be more interesting than the typical list of "what was your first ____" and "what's your favorite _____".
Qs 1to10: https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108743069660023469
Qs 11to14: https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108799291545970269

Out of curiosity, would you want to see the Prompter Hawk return? If someone ran an activity like this, would you post in it?

If anyone wants any sort of TTRPG-based icebreaker questions to generate some energy or posting activity here, feel free to resurrect, reanimate, or summon the ghost of the #PrompterHawk from earlier this year.
https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108743069660023469

If anyone wants any sort of TTRPG-based icebreaker questions to generate some energy or posting activity here, feel free to resurrect, reanimate, or summon the ghost of the #PrompterHawk from earlier this year.
https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108743069660023469

If anyone wants any sort of TTRPG-based icebreaker questions to generate some energy or posting activity here, feel free to resurrect, reanimate, or summon the ghost of the #PrompterHawk from earlier this year.
https://dice.camp/@DanMaruschak/108743069660023469

This mystical bird appears to be leaving as mysteriously as it appeared, but is leaving us with at least one more prompt:

15. Post a review of the #PrompterHawk experience. What do you think about it? How do you feel about it? #PostHawkAnalysis

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14. Have you ever been completely sure about an RPG rule only to discover you were wrong after looking it up? What was the rule and what prompted looking it up? #IWasWrongRPG

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13. Is there a game or other topic that used to seem like a big deal in gaming discussions that you’ve noticed nobody seems to talk about anymore? #WhatEverHappenedTo

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13. Is there a game or other topic that used to seem like a big deal in gaming discussions that you’ve noticed nobody seems to talk about anymore? #WhatEverHappenedTo

#PrompterHawk I've done both. Like some others, I've done one-page dungeon (the one which continues to be the most visited thing on my blog), and also submitted some geomorphs for Dungeon Dice. I also organized Exquisite Corpse dungeons https://rthorm.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/exquisite-corpse-dungeon-4/

I was also just reminded that I also took part in @PaulCzege 's Threeforged. More recently, I've done some work (incomplete, currently shelved) on a variant game for the Together We Go Jam, earlier this year.
#LogJam @DanMaruschak

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12. Have you ever participated in a game jam or design contest? Why or why not? #LogJam

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12. Have you ever participated in a game jam or design contest? Why or why not? #LogJam

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12. Have you ever participated in a game jam or design contest? Why or why not? #LogJam

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11. Have you ever played an RPG character that was different enough that it felt truly other than human, beyond just wearing virtual SFX makeup? If you haven’t, do you think it’s possible and do you want to? #NonhumanRPG

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11. Have you ever played an RPG character that was different enough that it felt truly other than human, beyond just wearing virtual SFX makeup? If you haven’t, do you think it’s possible and do you want to? #NonhumanRPG

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11. Have you ever played an RPG character that was different enough that it felt truly other than human, beyond just wearing virtual SFX makeup? If you haven’t, do you think it’s possible and do you want to? #NonhumanRPG

The #PrompterHawk may be showing signs of fatigue, but this majestic yet terrifying beast will continue to hunt the area for at least four more days! #TTRPG

The #PrompterHawk may be showing signs of fatigue, but this majestic yet terrifying beast will continue to hunt the area for at least four more days! #TTRPG

The #PrompterHawk may be showing signs of fatigue, but this majestic yet terrifying beast will continue to hunt the area for at least four more days! #TTRPG

#PrompterHawk
10. Without giving it away, choose an RPG and describe how the core essence of it would appear if it manifested as an entity in a dream. #DreamRPG

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10. Without giving it away, choose an RPG and describe how the core essence of it would appear if it manifested as an entity in a dream. #DreamRPG

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9. If there was a bizarro-world version of you, what would their favorite RPG be? #BizarroRPG

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9. If there was a bizarro-world version of you, what would their favorite RPG be? #BizarroRPG

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9. If there was a bizarro-world version of you, what would their favorite RPG be? #BizarroRPG

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8. How do you feel about the amount of gaming you’re doing these days? Are there obstacles to doing the amount of gaming you want? #QuantityQualia

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8. How do you feel about the amount of gaming you’re doing these days? Are there obstacles to doing the amount of gaming you want? #QuantityQualia

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8. How do you feel about the amount of gaming you’re doing these days? Are there obstacles to doing the amount of gaming you want? #QuantityQualia

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7. What is the biggest difference you’ve experienced between what you thought a game was like from just hearing about it to what you know a game is like from reading/playing it? #NowIKnowRPG

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7. What is the biggest difference you’ve experienced between what you thought a game was like from just hearing about it to what you know a game is like from reading/playing it? #NowIKnowRPG

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7. What is the biggest difference you’ve experienced between what you thought a game was like from just hearing about it to what you know a game is like from reading/playing it? #NowIKnowRPG

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6. If you needed to dream up a new RPG system in which one of the traditional set of gaming dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) took pride of place, which die would it be? #NeedOnePolyhedron

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6. If you needed to dream up a new RPG system in which one of the traditional set of gaming dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) took pride of place, which die would it be? #NeedOnePolyhedron

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6. If you needed to dream up a new RPG system in which one of the traditional set of gaming dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) took pride of place, which die would it be? #NeedOnePolyhedron

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5. Of RPG characters that you’ve played, which one was the wealthiest relative to a typical resident of their setting? How much power and influence did they have? #RichCharacterization

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5. Of RPG characters that you’ve played, which one was the wealthiest relative to a typical resident of their setting? How much power and influence did they have? #RichCharacterization

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5. Of RPG characters that you’ve played, which one was the wealthiest relative to a typical resident of their setting? How much power and influence did they have? #RichCharacterization

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk

Oh fuck no lmao. I don't want to be in charge of anything with a fanbase that large. I don't want to have to manage a team.

Honestly I can't think of an existing property that I'd want to be in charge of.

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk

Oh fuck no lmao. I don't want to be in charge of anything with a fanbase that large. I don't want to have to manage a team.

Honestly I can't think of an existing property that I'd want to be in charge of.

#PrompterHawk
4. If a genie offered to magically put you in charge of creating a new edition of D&D would you want the job? Why or why not? Is there a different game you’d ask to be in charge of instead? #EditionWishing

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4. If a genie offered to magically put you in charge of creating a new edition of D&D would you want the job? Why or why not? Is there a different game you’d ask to be in charge of instead? #EditionWishing

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4. If a genie offered to magically put you in charge of creating a new edition of D&D would you want the job? Why or why not? Is there a different game you’d ask to be in charge of instead? #EditionWishing

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk #Natural1

we had a Traveller adventure where, at one point, the characters were on a giant lashed-together raft of barges that comprised a city floating in the middle of an ocean on a water world, and it was struck by a hurricane .

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk #Natural1

Closest I've had was the dam burst at the start of Deep Carbon Observatory. It's quite the landscape of flooded horror with barely minutes on decide on who you can help.

For those looking for disaster ideas, here's 5
https://6d6rpg.com/tag/fantasy-apocalypse/

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk #Natural1

Closest I've had was the dam burst at the start of Deep Carbon Observatory. It's quite the landscape of flooded horror with barely minutes on decide on who you can help.

For those looking for disaster ideas, here's 5
https://6d6rpg.com/tag/fantasy-apocalypse/

@DanMaruschak
#PrompterHawk #Natural1

Closest I've had was the dam burst at the start of Deep Carbon Observatory. It's quite the landscape of flooded horror with barely minutes on decide on who you can help.

For those looking for disaster ideas, here's 5
https://6d6rpg.com/tag/fantasy-apocalypse/

My most recent characters are people with severe PTSD that either live on an island of year-round Valentine's Day or suddenly find themself in post-capitalist utopia and are unable to cope, so I think I'd do pretty well in their places.

The first of them is a gondolier, so I don't think she'd do well at my software engineering job, but the other is basically from now-but-even-worse and has quantum powers, so I think she'd figure it out and do alright
#PrompterHawk #ttrpg #RPGSwitcheroo

My most recent characters are people with severe PTSD that either live on an island of year-round Valentine's Day or suddenly find themself in post-capitalist utopia and are unable to cope, so I think I'd do pretty well in their places.

The first of them is a gondolier, so I don't think she'd do well at my software engineering job, but the other is basically from now-but-even-worse and has quantum powers, so I think she'd figure it out and do alright
#PrompterHawk #ttrpg #RPGSwitcheroo

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3. Have you ever had an RPG session where the characters experienced a natural disaster like a flood, earthquake, or hurricane? If so, how did it go? If not, what’s the closest equivalent you have experienced? #Natural1

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3. Have you ever had an RPG session where the characters experienced a natural disaster like a flood, earthquake, or hurricane? If so, how did it go? If not, what’s the closest equivalent you have experienced? #Natural1

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3. Have you ever had an RPG session where the characters experienced a natural disaster like a flood, earthquake, or hurricane? If so, how did it go? If not, what’s the closest equivalent you have experienced? #Natural1

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2. Due to some multiverse shenanigans, the real you and one of your RPG characters switch places. Which character, and how would that go for each of you? #RPGSwitcheroo

So the first character that sprang to mind was Perenell Kiwu, my castrato magnet school boarding student from a Burning Wheel game. He's a flamboyant narcissist who is all about making a scene and showing off his talent and wit. One time he had the Belief of "Violence is exhilarating! I shall start a fight."

#PrompterHawk
2. Due to some multiverse shenanigans, the real you and one of your RPG characters switch places. Which character, and how would that go for each of you? #RPGSwitcheroo

So the first character that sprang to mind was Perenell Kiwu, my castrato magnet school boarding student from a Burning Wheel game. He's a flamboyant narcissist who is all about making a scene and showing off his talent and wit. One time he had the Belief of "Violence is exhilarating! I shall start a fight."

#PrompterHawk
2. Due to some multiverse shenanigans, the real you and one of your RPG characters switch places. Which character, and how would that go for each of you? #RPGSwitcheroo

#PrompterHawk
2. Due to some multiverse shenanigans, the real you and one of your RPG characters switch places. Which character, and how would that go for each of you? #RPGSwitcheroo

#PrompterHawk
2. Due to some multiverse shenanigans, the real you and one of your RPG characters switch places. Which character, and how would that go for each of you? #RPGSwitcheroo

@DanMaruschak

I do go on sometimes. I JABBER.

Justicar
ARC
Banda's Grove
Beyond! The Hypertrench
Exceptionals
Raccoon Sky Pirates

#BackronymGaming #PrompterHawk #TTRPG

I'm

LacKADAISICal

LACuna
Kobolds Ate my baby
Dark Ages (white wolf)
InSpectres
It was a mutual decision
CALl of cthulhu

#BackronymGaming #PrompterHawk #TTRPG

I'm

LacKADAISICal

LACuna
Kobolds Ate my baby
Dark Ages (white wolf)
InSpectres
It was a mutual decision
CALl of cthulhu

#BackronymGaming #PrompterHawk #TTRPG

#PrompterHawk
1. Describe yourself with a word that’s actually a backronym made up of TTRPGs you’ve played or games you want to play. Like:

I’m a CoMMaNDo
Cold City
Mouse Guard
Marvel Heroic RPG
Night’s Black Agents
Dogs in the Vineyard

or

I want to be S.T.A.T.I.C.
Sorcerer
Traveller
Apocalypse World
Torchbearer
InSpectres
Cortex Prime

#BackronymGaming

#PrompterHawk
1. Describe yourself with a word that’s actually a backronym made up of TTRPGs you’ve played or games you want to play. Like:

I’m a CoMMaNDo
Cold City
Mouse Guard
Marvel Heroic RPG
Night’s Black Agents
Dogs in the Vineyard

or

I want to be S.T.A.T.I.C.
Sorcerer
Traveller
Apocalypse World
Torchbearer
InSpectres
Cortex Prime

#BackronymGaming