Spencer Hibnick
TTRPG Writer, Designer, and Tester
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Spencer is a freelance designer and tester and is the senior contract tester for MCDM (Flee, Mortals!, Kingdoms & Warfare, Arcadia). When he’s not trying to shoehorn kobolds into perfectly respectable TTRPG projects, he works as a business analyst in Miami. He's not sure why he’s writing this autobiography in the third person. Sign up to his newsletter here.
Selected writing & design credits:
Selected testing credits:
MCDM
Other
Selected solo releases:
Available now:
Pesto's Guide to Testing
Pesto's Guide to Testing is a free, comprehensive, system-agnostic guide to TTRPG testing. Along with over 35 pages of advice, it's brimming with resources, including a bug tracker, a guide for players on how to be a good tester, and rules for building characters for testing.
All the Kobolds
A collection of 30 bizarre and bespoke kobolds based on prompts from Pesto's Guide to Testing backers. Face off against Kobold the Kid, The Great Koboldini, Hapless Space Explorer Kobold, and more.
Circle of the Owlbear
Transform into an owlbear and crush all before you with death hugs, bear-l rolls, and dive bombs in this druid subclass! The subclass includes three new forms: True Owlbear, Bear Owlbear, and Owl Owlbear, which scale as you level up, so being an owlbear always feels good.
Questmaster
Join a comedy show that pits five teams of adventurers against a series of ridiculous quests in this Taskmaster-inspired adventure. Compete against the Starscale Kobolds, Ünnëcëssäry Ümläüts, the Guild of Friends, and Cult Occult to win fantasy roleplaying's greatest prize: a large amount of gold.
Flantastic Ooze Spells
Batter your enemies with an oozy tentacle, bury them in caustic sludge, corrode their armor and weapons, or summon an oozcelot to fight at your side. Flantastic Ooze Spells is a collection of 12 ooze-themed spells for bards, druids, rangers, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards.
The Blight of Brineborough
A ghostly bird stalks a fishing village, killing its inhabitants. Solve its mystery and end the threat before it kills again! The adventure contains a terrifying new monster, two new items, and a sea shanty.
Spellshaper Wizard
Turn fireballs into cubes and bend lightning bolts around corners with this geometry-themed subclass! The supplement includes a full set of subclass abilities, helpful diagrams, an NPC stat block with battle guidance, and a simplified NPC using the Strongholds & Followers retainer system.
Looking for a writer or designer to bring your products to life?I’d love to contribute to your projects! I've written for MCDM (Flee, Mortals!, Kingdoms & Warfare: Urban Intrigue), Jeff Stevens Games (Weapons of Legend), Lone Colossus (Injuries & Vile Deeds, Wyrmlings), and more. With years of experience testing products from top designers, I bring an excellent sense for balance and clarity to the table. And kobolds. No project is complete without kobolds.
Featured Product: Flee, Mortals!
"I apologize for gushing, but @PestoEnthusiast
has delivered everything I ever wanted from Kobolds." - Matt ColvilleI designed the kobolds for Flee, Mortals!, delivering 11 stat blocks, original lore, and contributing to their art direction.
Writing & design credits:
Looking for a veteran tester to bring out the best in your work?Testing turns good products into great ones. It identifies balance issues, friction points in the gameplay, unclear language and information flow, contradictory mechanics and prose, and more.I’ve tested over 100 projects from dozens of authors and would love for your product to be next! From adventures to classes to monsters to spells, if it’s in TTRPGs, I’ve tested it. I offer both read-throughs and actual play tests at competitive rates. Put my experience to work for your next project.
Featured Product: The Wagadu Chronicles
I led testing on this 770-page Afrofantasy campaign setting for 5e! The project included two full read-throughs (development and layout) — including a new lineage and culture-based character creation system, twelve new subclasses, a hexcrawl, spells, and monsters — as well as combat playtests of the subclasses.
Testing credits:
MCDM
Other
Spencer is a freelance designer and is the senior contract tester for MCDM (Flee, Mortals!, Kingdoms & Warfare, Arcadia). When he’s not trying to shoehorn kobolds into perfectly respectable TTRPG projects, he works as a business analyst in Miami. He's not sure why he’s writing this autobiography in the third person. Sign up to his newsletter here.