Lost a programming legend.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/07/science/nasa-apollo-margaret-hamilton-software

Are you are #FantasyGrounds #vtt user? My Fantasy Grounds extensions are currently 25% off!

I have digital copies of some of my #5e books, some functionality tweaks, and some generic assets including fonts that can be used for all sorts of games.

Something for everyone!

https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/crafter/518/view-profile

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My favourite Far Side.

Myself and frequent collaborator @codemonkey_uk took part in the #1pRPGjam this weekend. My first time designing under such extreme time constraints.

It was tough, but a lot a fun!

With Strange Aeons is now available gratis.

https://jifish.itch.io/with-strange-aeons

#ttrpg #IndieRPG #gamedev #lovecraftian #lovecraft #splunking

I made a little website that lets you read the Clacks Overhead from other websites: https://clacks.jifish.co.uk/

This HTTP header is a way to remember those that have passed by encoding their names in HTTP header data, inspired by the book Going Postal by #terrypratchett

#Discworld #Clacks #XClacksOverhead #webdev

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/false-grand-rite
#DnD #5e #ttrpg #homebrew #CrapCantrips

FALSE GRAND RITE
Illusion cantrip (ritual)
CT: 1 hr
R: 30ft
C: V,S,M (incense, chalk, candles, and at least one dramatic but non-magical prop worth 1 sp)
D: Inst
You perform an elaborate ritual designed to appear arcane and mysterious. For the duration of the casting and the spell, the area within range is filled with convincing illusory effects: crackling arcs of ghostly lightning, glowing sigils that […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/gibbys-backhand
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GIBBY'S BACKHAND
Evocation cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: 30ft
C: V,S
D: Inst
A manifestation of magical force in the form of hand briefly appears in front of one creature you can see within range and strikes it with a sharp slap. The target takes 1 force damage.

Ezrin's Notes:
To the author of this spell: you are not fooling anyone with that pseudonym. You might as well step up and claim it.
The sorcerer who […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/earworm
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EARWORM
Enchantment cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: 30ft
C: V or S
D: Concent, 10 min
You implant a short, irritating tune in the mind of one creature you can see within range. As part of casting this spell, you must audibly perform the tune you wish to implant, such as by whistling, humming, singing, or playing it on a musical instrument with which you are proficient.
The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On […]

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Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/taste-test
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TASTE TEST
Divination cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: 10ft
C: V,S
D: Inst
Choose one object you can see within 10ft. For a brief moment, you experience its flavor on your tongue as though you had just tasted it. You learn the flavor as described by the GM, but are spared any effects of actually tasting the object.

Ezrin's Notes
Sent to me by a baker who uses it to try his wares. A "have your cake and eat it too" […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/egregious-punnery
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EGREGIOUS PUNNERY
Enchantment cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: Self (5-foot radius)
C: V
D: Inst
You unleash a pun so objectionable that nearby minds recoil in self-defence. Each creature within 5ft of you that can hear you, including you, must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
This spell's damage […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/zemdor/
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ZEMDOR
Conjuration cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: Touch
C: V,S
D: Inst
You touch one nonmagical page of written material, such as a letter, form, or ledger sheet, no larger than 1ft on a side. Two additional sheets of paper appear next to it. Each new sheet bears the same text, markings, layout, and blank spaces as the original at the moment you cast the spell, as well as an obvious watermark reading “Triplicate”. […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/hang-time/
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HANG TIME
Transmutation cantrip
CT: 1 reaction, which you take when you would fall
R: Self
C: V,S
D: 1 round
In a moment of cartoonish defiance, you hover weightlessly above a drop. When you would begin to fall, you instead remain suspended in the air until the spell ends at the start of your next turn.
If you try to move, or are moved by any means, or if another creature or object touches you, the spell […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/more-crap-cantrips/

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MORE CRAP CANTRIPS

When I published my previous catalogue of peculiarly pointless magic, I was confident - certain, even - that I had uncovered the very worst the arcane arts could offer. After all, how many crap cantrips can truly exist in one world? It turns out: quite a lot.
Barely a week after the book’s release, letters began arriving from across the realms. Adventurers, academics, hedge-witches, […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/spoil-food-and-drink
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SPOIL FOOD AND DRINK
1st-lvl transmutation
CT: 1 act
R: 30ft
C: V,S
D: Inst
All nonmagical food and drink within a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range becomes spoiled. Food affected by this spell is foul or rotten, and drink is sour, stagnant, or otherwise unfit for consumption. Any creature that eats or drinks the affected items must succeed on a Constitution […]

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Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/anvil-fall
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ANVIL FALL
1st-lvl transmutation
CT: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within 60ft of you falls
R: 60ft
C: V,M (a small iron weight)
D: 1 round
Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A creature affected by this spell falls normally, and if it lands before the spell ends, it takes falling damage as if it had fallen twice the distance it actually fell, to a maximum of […]

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Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/unseeming
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UNSEEMING
5th-lvl abjuration
CT: 1 act
R: 60ft
C: V,S
D: Concent, 1 hr
You create a 30-foot-radius sphere centred on a point you choose within range. Until the spell ends, the area is imbued with magic that reveals true appearances.
While a creature is in the area, the spell suppresses the following magical effects that alter that creature’s form or appearance: effects from spells of 5th level or […]

#EzrinQuale

This might be the most amazing #LEGO #MOC I have ever seen: https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1phaczz/moc_tictactoe_playing_machine_demo/

The machine's counter-moves are encoded in physical memory and the whole thing is wired with 52 mechanical logic-gates.

Unbelievable.

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/receiving
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RECEIVING
2nd-lvl evocation
CT: 1 act
R: Touch
C: V,S,M (a piece of gold wire, worth at least 20 gp, consumed)
D: Until dispelled
You touch a willing creature and bind a message to its mind. Until the spell ends, the target can cast the sending spell once, but only targeting you. When it does so, the target casts sending without expending a spell slot or requiring material components.
The spell […]

#EzrinQuale

Full text: https://blog.jifish.co.uk/ezrin/reclaim-materials
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RECLAIM MATERIALS
4th-lvl transmutation
CT: 10 min
R: 120ft
C: V,S
D: Inst
You convert a finished object into raw materials of the same kind. For example, you can reduce a wooden bridge to timber, a rope to loose hemp fibres, or clothes to raw cloth or unspun wool. This spell never creates living creatures.
Choose an object that you can see within range. The object must fit within a 10-foot cube, […]

#EzrinQuale