Maatlock 🏳️🌈💖💜💙
@maatlock
Engineer, TTRPGs, Trekie, Superman, Thundercats, he/him, LGBTQ/ bi, woodworker, GM for DnD 5e, Shadowdark, and OSR, 💗 drawing old-school maps, liberal, optimistic but trying to stave off dread. I love America and what it can be but is not yet. Views my own
I ❤️including the Goddess of the Moon & Tides in my games. This is her Herald, Pathiel, an NPC from my GenCon2026 adventure, Tides of the Forgotten. Gives info & heals from an underground pool, infused w/ platinum & teal light. Loved running this adventure, light 5e, OSR driven. Will share soon.
Photos from the Big Island, Hawai’i! Here’s a couple of shots from the Bay View Farms coffee farm in the town Captain Cook, HI in the Kona area. Small farms like this are where world famous Kona coffee comes from. I tried some… I’m sure it was wonderful, but it was wasted on this tea drinker!
New TTRPG GM crafted tool! Same OSR aesthetic. New take on game tokens. Ring is solid walnut; images etched into clear cast acrylic from behind. Gives a great depth effect, and then high contrast against black. Premium feel. Tons of iteration on these! Will be making boxed sets of 12-16 tokens.
Mayor Pete reminding us all that Stephen Colbert’s time on CBS State Media is coming to a close soon. I’m sad about it. The day I heard about it, I made this magnetic pin design and 3d printed it. I hope to see Stephen go on to do great things after this.
Video shows the depth and other qualities better than the picture. Next time will use registration dowels to help with alignment, cuz I'm off by about half a mm. No bueno! But pretty good for a prototype!
Working on a new TTRPG / OSR project! A layered build of a @dysonlogos.bsky.social commercial map (link in alt), laser engraved onto maple veneered plywood, then overlayed with hatching etched and cut on black acrylic. Some imperfections, but I'm going to iron out the workflow! Video in reply
Another cutting board done! This is a smaller one, but endgrain walnut with a chaos trim (paduk, purple heart, maple, wenge). Lotsa work went into this one!
Working on a new TTRPG / OSR hobby project. This is my take on Professor DM’s Ultimate Dungeon Terrain. Gonna laser etch this onto a lazy Susan… I think it’s gonna work great. Will update!
Hey TTRPG / OSR / D&D 5e / Shadowdark friends! Been working on a map annotation app for my site, and I was just able to make this with it! Nice little dungeon if you wanna GM some goblin / cult craziness at the table! Thanks @dysonlogos.bsky.social for your awesome commercial maps!
ParamountPlus is cancelled after 8 yrs. Hard because I love Star Trek (and even NCIS, don’t judge me hahah)! But I love my country more. These people believe we don’t care about our rights. We care about them more than TV shows from companies like CBS who couldn’t care less about America.
Just delivered another set of ceramic hex tiles with flexi connectors for a GM running a Shadowdark hex crawl! If u need some great GM tools (more like GM swag) for your OSR or D&D campaign, please stop by my Etsy store! Also check out my PC and Monster tokens 🤘 🚫AI www.etsy.com/shop/maatloc...
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” Bad Bunny (giant digital billboard), Super Bowl LX
Didn’t know about the electrical grid and dirty (literally) tricks the mining companies play! One thing I will never forget about living near SLC is the mining and refining industrial skyline. Always made me think of The Fright Zone from She-Ra. Also the smell.. both pollution and rotted krill
Microsoft 365 cancelled. Inciting event was their rebranding of "Office" to "CoPilot." Throwing this (formerly) trusted brand in the 🗑️ shows their priorities. Happily there are many alternatives I'm already using. I. Don't. Want. Your. AI. SLOP. Polluting. Or Stealing. My. Work.
Human opens this for human treats! Must jump in and search for the cat treats!
Made this 9x5.5 in plaque for coworker planning to climb Mt Kilimanjaro on 50th birthday! Not TTRPG related, but a great experience. Dimensioned wood, hand draw the map from the unusable image he gave me, then sanding, chamfer, and finishing w beeswax / mineral oil. ☹️Underpriced but was learning!😄
Got a couple of orders in for my TTRPG / OSR hex tiles! Sending those out today with lots of love to some fellow GMs. They said they’re gonna be playing some Shadowdark! I’ll be running some D&D 5e and Cairn 2e this weekend with these myself www.etsy.com/shop/maatloc...
Making progress on this board! Too bad I don’t have a drum sander… but at least I know where I can go use one!
Prototyped this for a couple weeks. Friend needed to store jewelry they sell on Etsy… had to fit in a Kallex shelf cube. I designed the shelves to slide. They are clear acrylic, but still have a lot of the masking on for shipping. Held together by friction, will glue up. Super happy with this! 😺
Cutting board glue up…. just scraped the squeeze out off. Next week, gonna try to get 4 more boards in the pipeline. Will continue to update as these come together. Only problem is that these parallel clamps are so $$$!! I need at least 4 per board. Gonna need more if I’m gonna batch these