feat: Update KCD2 Alchemy Tool post with interactive tool details and enhanced tags

Author: Streamweaver

content/posts/2025-09-12-kcd2-alchemy-tool-and-nostalgia-for-ttrpg-crafting.mdx

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-slug: "kcd2-alchemy-tool"
-title: "KCD2 Alchemy Tool and Why I Miss TTRPG Crafting"
-date: "2025-09-12"
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+slug: kcd2-alchemy-tool
+title: KCD2 Alchemy Tool and Why I Miss TTRPG Crafting
+date: '2025-09-12'
+featured_image: /images/alchemy_tool_and_crafting_nostalgia_1200x800.webp
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+excerpt: >-
+  I built an interactive KCD2 alchemy tool to manage recipes and reflect on how
+  modern TTRPG design has diminished meaningful crafting and earned progression.
+tags:
+  - RPG Resources
+  - Analysis
+  - Philosophy
 ---
 I've put up a [new interactive tool](/tools/kcd2_alchemy/) on the site to view, filter, and search alchemy recipes for the game [Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2](https://www.deepsilver.com/games/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii). As a hardcore fan of history and gritty or "realistic" TTRPGs like Harn or Pendragon, KCD2 is the kind of game I particularly enjoy. I'm diving back in with the release of the new Forge DLC and wanted a better experience with potion crafting, so I created this tool. It also got me thinking about TTRPG design and how crafting is handled, so in the tradition of creating content nobody cares about, I thought I'd write a post about it.
 
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 Heck, I've even started drinking Nettle Tea again because of it!
 
-What are your thoughts? Have you found modern TTRPGs that still capture this sense of earned progression? How do you handle crafting in your games? Or am I just a grognard romanticizing tedious bookkeeping? Hit me up on X and let me know!
+What are your thoughts? Have you found modern TTRPGs that still capture this sense of earned progression? How do you handle crafting in your games? Or am I just a grognard romanticizing tedious bookkeeping? Hit me up on X and let me know!

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