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When you're the only secondary character who's maleand have no choice but to be yaoi bait.Returning to the topic of Sword Art Online! A couple months ago, I watched the last...
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Smaller post!I've made a deranged change to the structure of Resourciv. Every team now acts at random intervals; initially, this can be once every 1 to 20 years, but the...
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What the hell happened to this, right?I think I like to rotate my hobbies every couple of weeks, so I've been back on this. I'm just going to walk through what it all looks...
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From my personal play packet! Possibly the laziest setting ever, but it’s honest. All the gorgeous art shown here is by the delightful Norn Noszka! World of Faia Faia is the...Linked by the ring
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Free adventure or whatever? This is my prep for the first two proper sessions of Turtle Island (S1, S2).There's only one statistic of note: that Bokor is a "champion". In my...
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Zombies and vodou and marital drama oh my!Crew Roster Participants this session are in bold! Nicole: Elf arrested for bodysnatching, now a knife-hoarding edgelord; 4...
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No one understands Euphoria like I do.Obviously, I'm exaggerating haha. It was one of the most popular prestige television shows of the late 2010s / early 2020s. I actually...
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I read so many books that I enjoy that sometimes I wonder, or worry, whether I just accept whatever I read. Thankfully, I’ve had critical reactions to certain books for which I...
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Hashtag OSRisOverParty, Hashtag RIPBozo, etc etc. The initial… “edition” of Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition tried to present itself as a reactionary return to some ideal past...Linked by the ring
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The official “first”, i.e. non-introductory, session of Turtle Island! Unfortunately, Makandal (played by Ènziramire) couldn’t make it this time, but Xen joined us for the...
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Started my long-awaited pirate campaign! I don't know if I've mentioned it here, although I've definitely talked about it in conversations with some of y'all. The basic premise...
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This is a spiel. A good and proper ramble. I didn't go back over this. I don't like you that much, except for you.Taylor Swift is—was?—the biggest pop star of the years...
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It's been really fun working on Resourciv! A lot has happened since my first post: wrapping maps with proper continents and climate simulation; combat between meeples;...
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Told y'all I wouldn't be gone-gone! Sorry for not responding to anyone anywhere yet. I so appreciate y'all's encouragement and support, especially in wanting to shift gears...
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Prereq.: Why Am I Here? The booklet versions of Fantastic Medieval Campaigns are out now (at-cost as per usual)! Links below:Volume 0: Chain of Command (U$3.37)Volume 1:...Linked by the ring
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I've spent the last two weeks making a super basic Civ-like. You can see in the picture how far I've gotten: units, cities, research, fog of war. At this point it's so...
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I watched a video that YouTube recommended like a cat dragging a dead mouse onto my front porch. I don't usually watch videos like these, and I knew that I would especially...Linked by the ring
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I have been writing and printing one-page leaflets. Above is a template; basically you fold the page into eighths, and cut along the dotted line; then you can re-fold and...Linked by the ring
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People have praised the bastion rules from the One D&D playtest materials for massively simplifying the complexity of building and running strongholds or other establishments...
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We got 100 responses! This makes it very convenient for us, so let's work with it. Bitch.Results & AnalysisBelow are the five basic tiers or grades of results: Grade 50C 67C...Linked by the ring
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This is a little silly, but:Often when I run little dragon games, I will ask people to roll D20 without a specific DC in mind. I feel like usually the result of the roll will...
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Remixing pieces from "Genders Without Number" in a non-game context. This is a blog, not a published work; don't expect it to be perfect or for it to cover every conceivable...
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There is a weird gap between armor proficiency and everything else. Armor proficiency just means you get to use the armor without getting disadvantaged on whatever saving...
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A bit of a mouthful!I had the thought: why not give each instance of a weapon constant damage, but roll to determine that constant amount? For example, a D6 weapon can deal...Linked by the ring
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Need to write something to stay in the habit. Story's going well, just trying to avoid burnout.There are three separate "problems" I have: making attack and damage rolls...Linked by the ring
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My friend Ènziramire shared a paper with me, "Wages against Artwork: The Social Practice of Decommodification" by Leigh Claire La Berge. The author explores decommodification...
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Over the last couple of weeks.Features? I'm not confident that features are, in the end, very interesting relative to the 'weight' of understanding and using them. The basic...
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Sooooooooooo. Hi!I feel like my brain was fixed. Haven't thought about this stuff for a minute. Been writing fiction, like real actual fiction, plus reading books (lately: The...
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I like the 1:1:1 odds of success, bargain, and failure much better than the 1:2:3 odds. Besides being more appropriate for heroically competent characters, the d6 pool in...
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Aspect bonuses put players in an awkward position. You could want a new aspect, but starting a new one with +1 or even +2 will be less helpful than investing in one of your...