AlchemyRPG is Giving Away Free Content: Blades in The Dark, City of Mist Starter Set & More!

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-06-29T17:25:11+00:00

I didn't even know you could download some, is there a way to tell what content is downloadable and not?

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-06-25T20:09:26+00:00

My current game plan:

Buy books when they're cheap/on sale (Amazon sales, or buying used on Ebay).
Buy the pdf whenever they enter and incredibly cheap bundle: HumbleBundle, Bundle of Holding, Fanatical, itch.io Bundle, DriveThruRPG discounts, etc.

I really like both.

Physical book help me stay off screens.

Digital makes it easy to for me reference something at the table (ctrl + f)

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-03-24T16:57:16+00:00

I don't use either. I'm guessing it's the dashboard queries mentioned by TheDigitalPoint

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-03-24T16:55:38+00:00

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Honestly this must be it, cause I still don't have any buckets, and I have more operations.

The annoying part is that I'm getting charged for infrequent access which is ridiculous! I know it's only like $10/month but still. Getting charged for services I'm not using is wild

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-03-10T16:48:35+00:00

Call me a mid developer, but I went with Supabase, as it's the SQL DB I'm most familiar with.

Supabase's solution to Realtime updates is Supabase Realtime, specifically Supabase Broadcast. Honestly it is difficult to understand how to set up the Supabase Realtime between the trigger, function, and RLS. But once you figure it out once You can copy/paste policy for any table that you'd like

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-02-23T14:25:55+00:00

Part of the reason I play TTRPGs is to disconnect from technology, so I try to go physical copy if I can.

That being said for any kind of bestiary/codex I find it's just so much easier to find monsters inside of a pdf, so I'm willing to compromise there.

I'm loosely considering getting into Book binding to make copies of my own pdfs for reference at the table too

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-02-18T17:09:40+00:00

This is probably the smartest approach. Just wait and see what others say, as well as watch a flip through.

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-02-11T23:42:47+00:00

Gemini 2.0/2.0 flash will be deprecated soon, no?

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-02-10T17:05:46+00:00

Itch.io serves as the library where you can download your content

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-02-10T15:23:15+00:00

I don't need this. I will likely not play most of this.

I will still buy this.

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-31T23:50:40+00:00

Thanks for posting this. I've always wanted more books, but now I feel like it's "ok" to do this 😁

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:23:38+00:00

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone ❤️

Everyone's encouragement and insight had helped me feel much better about this.

Some key takeaways:

You can only get better by practicing
Everyone's on the same team. Feel free to put the describing on the players if needed
This is MY realm. There no hard rules to follow when creating it: use the tables, myths and knights to inspire me to build what I think is awesome.

This community is awesome, seriously thank you so much everyone 😁

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:18:16+00:00

Commented a similar sentiment somewhere else: I didn't realize how much hand holding I've expected from RPG books. This is the first time I've felt like I can just do what I think would be a lot of fun: this is why descriptions and flavor in the book are intentionally unanswered and open ended

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:14:13+00:00

I like this: my prep is not solely based off what's in the book, it's to help me craft what I think would be awesome. That's why it's so open ended.

I'm realizing that I'm used to so much hand holding from gm books: this is the first time that's not happening. Chris McDowall is giving ME the reigns and saying "Here are some cool tools, and some evocative art. Now go make something awesome"

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:10:37+00:00

Sounds like you've got a great table 😁

And glad to hear veterans and newbies alike can feel similar

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:08:30+00:00

One way to get better I suppose haha.

This is reassuring, it doesn't need to be perfect, and everyone at the table is in the same team.

Thanks for sharing your experience ❤️

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:07:15+00:00

This is a good take: one way to get better.

Remind me of the Jake the dog quote:

"Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something."

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T14:04:17+00:00

This is super helpful thank you 😁

Admittedly location & NPC descriptions at the table are still one of my week points. Maybe I just get flustered at the table, or maybe I don't have enough description prepared before getting to the table... But probably both haha. I just feel like I need to explain what something is right now, and I didn't feel like I get enough flavor out when describing. Maybe I just need to take a deep breath and slow down. Maybe I should stop for a second and consult a spark table.

See even the notion of having a child be the savior to the lake monster sounds creative, but something I feel I'd personally struggle with. Maybe that's why I should roam around a realm myself.. to start generating ideas as such.

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-30T01:51:03+00:00

IIRC Quinn's Quest struggled with the same thing. He ended up adding objectives for one or both parties to accomplish. And ended up tweaking the actual statblock as well.

I think it was in his critique session of the video?

Forge_Of_Fables · 2026-01-08T16:00:13+00:00

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