Brazen Bard

Oh, yes, hello, I'm just a friendly squishy being. Art by @melle-d.bsky.social

Had fun helping @adronwoodland.bsky.social retrieve a kettle in Enshrouded tonight, and built a cozy little cellar apartment for myself in a corner of the base. Now my back is making grinding noises, so time to rest.

The Enshrouded support team got back to me about a bug report today, letting me know that the 1.0 release likely fixed the issue. I suspect it was a different update in the *fifteen* months since I filed the issue that resolved it, but it's nice that they wrote me back. 😅

"How's your marksmanship?" "Eh, I hun't."

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them: 1. Star Wars, West End Games version. 2. Dungeons & Dragons, BECMI version (1e). 3. Mage: the Ascension. 4. Runequest. 5. Call of Cthulhu. ...and that still puts me in the late 90s, with GURPS being next up. And then D&D 3.5 after that...

Radio is Evil... On the bus home, the DJ said something about "playing old and classic songs"... And put on fucking Masterplan with Falling Sparrow - a song from 2005... 🤬

I've seen vibe coding referred to as "cuck coding", and that seems unfair. Cucks seem more particular about and knowledgeable about what is inserted where. Paparazzi coding seems more accurate. They watch, wait, and once they have something that looks viable, they publish what they saw done.

We sell bread in a bottle at work now... So I made a tiny card to set against the bottle. 😅

Diminish an anime Helium Genesis Evangelion

Got to work this morning, found a 2FA text from TikTok on my work phone. Some poor schmuck probably has a bad time logging in to TikTok. 😅

Welp, D&D today, my satyr sorcerer got an offer from a fae noble: a mighty weapon wrought from moonlight and glass, in exchange for what he didn't yet know he had... As a fae himself, he cast one glance at his tiefling girlfriend and replied a polite OH HELL NO! That one's too old to work on him. 😅

Boostin' Brakka here - anything helps.

Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: Drag Me To Hell For Tax Purposes.

Welp, I know I occasionally gripe about my boss... But, she and her husband did me and Schnookums a solid today; they picked up the old, broken washer for disposal, retrieved the new one and helped install it, and even took along my old, broken dot matrix printer to scrap that, too. 😅

Brakka's good people, boosting the message.

Boss gave me a task with helpful advice copied and pasted from ChatGPT today. According to ChatGPT, "InDesign is not able to perform this task, and this is how you do it in InDesign"... And she wonders why I trust ChatGPT as far as I can throw a datacenter...

Welp, the new washer is paid for... I have $400 in my account that needs to last me 'til payday on the 20th... ...I have $410 in bills due up to the 19th... ...I'mma ask for an advance at work tomorrow, methinks. 😒 Not asking for handouts from friends here, it's not a crisis, just a nuisance.

How disappointing. The local grocery store sells vegan burgers, and yet they can't even reassure me they're made from real vegams...

I just looked at the Steam Autumn Sale banner. It bears a striking resemblance to @m0us3savi.bsky.social - amusingly enough.

D&D today, a regular brigand threatened my (angora) harengon swashbuckler with that "You know those furry hand things? My girlfriend has been wanting one of those." My harengon replied "I am unsurprised your girlfriend has developed an inclination for muff." The brigand was unable to retort. 🤣

Apparently, one of my colleagues was immensely disappointed watching Supergirl last night. She complained that the effects looked dreadfully dated, she was expecting to see Jason Momoa, and she didn't understand why the antagonists were witches, of all things. Hooboy, that took some explaining...

Okay, fine, I'll at least *consider* stopping referring to the change in FPS games ca. 2005-2010 as "Fifty Shades of Brown"... I make no promises beyond considering it, though... 😏

Pathfinder 1e today. Party encountered a morlock. The morlock cast eldritch blast at the party. One player squealed "HE'S A MORLOCK WARLOCK!" A second later, she said, "Oh, fuck, he's a third edition warlock..."

It's the last day of Featember, so time for unrestrained BS. 😅 #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

I'm working on an organic computer. I'll be employing bivalve molluscs for RAM. You know, mussel memory.

In Pathfinder 2e yesterday, my raven necromancer informed tge party, "I'll have you know I'm a qualified physician!" "But you're a bird!" "I said qualified, not licensed." 🐦‍⬛

Rapid Nonviolent Disassembly Time! #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Pathfinder has AC AND DC, so why not bring them together in electric harmony? #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Fire or Ice? Why not both? #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Any sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from science - the Inventor gets up in the casters' businesses. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Some days, you just wake up and choose violence. Magical, karmic violence. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Took me a while to decide on this one - Honorable or Ridiculous. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Not in top form today, but I hope this feat amuses. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Cruelty disguised as comedy? #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

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Thank you to my Patron Member @brazenbard.bsky.social Also Shout out to @safaeriegarden.bsky.social for making these cool Bases

So I missed yesterday, due to playing The Crust. I have no excuses. So, a twofer today. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

So, fight or FLIGHT time. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Sheesh, I got caught up in moonbase building... I should set a timer for these... #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Okay, I remembered at 23:00 at night, so the last-minute panic was... well, thematically appropriate, if nothing else. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Welp, this month could've been better... So far, I seem to have a dental cavity placed so that the edge of it scrapes my lip, and the washer let out rubber-smelling smoke after the last load was done. At least there's wiggle room in the budget, but it sure cuts into my fun-money... 😑

...Y'know, autocorrect can be fickle with names, but I'm fairly sure the author's name was not Piccolo Machiavelli...

On the sixteenth of Featember, we have a theological element. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

Almost missed today's entry. What you don't know won't hurt you. Or at least, there's a chance it'll hurt less. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

A person strong of faith is never unarmed. #Pathfinder2e #Featember2026

In Pathfinder 2e, you can take the form of a dragon. But it seems there are some limits for spellcasters who do so... let's release one of those limits. #Pathfinder2e #Featember