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Heir of Smoke - D&D twine supplement

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I watched my kid struggle running D&D for their friends and I thought "How can I make this easier?" I present the Heir of Smoke. Heir of Smoke is a D&D adventure or supplement written in Twine, with some cool features. It has HP tracking javascript sliders, right there in line. This way you don't have to keep a separate piece of scratch paper. Random Encounters built into the twine logic Attack macros, so you can just tap the button and get a random D20 value and damage, custom tailored to the monster of course. A little 'read aloud' css style that puts text in a nice tan box. Check out the project here: https://emmettbaber.itch.io/heir-of-smoke Heir of Smoke by EmmettBaber and if you want to make your own check out the repo here:  https://github.com/CaptainEmber/TwineTracker I have a template file uploaded there that showcases all the features, and it already has the five rooms outlined!

Fuck your Metaverse and fuck your tokens

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Man I am sick of hearing about this shit. I do think the metaverse is inevitable (and I am stoked for it) but the way everyone is talking about it is all wrong. Why buy things in the metaverse? Firstly let's talk about real estate. places like Metaverse Properties have begun brokering real estate deals in people's various platforms. This is stupid for three reasons. Being in a space in the real world has value for a number of reasons. You'll have a presence that people can see from the street. People will see you exist getting dog-food, on their commutes or hanging out downtown on late nights. You could be next to other cool businesses or locations and the cross-polination of foot traffic could benefit you both. Lastly the exclusivity of space that means your competitor can't inhabit that spot. In existing metaverse type platforms it operates far more like a game than real life. If you want to go someplace you open up a search bar, type the place you wanna go, select ...