"Understand," the magistrix intoned smoothly, "the tower does not bring students like you to perform your invocations and healings in these filthy holes purely because we are righteous. We do it to see how you like it. We do it so you can practice healing on those who will not complain. We do it so you will see how fortunate you are to live in the tower. We do it to be seen as good. And we do it to give you this speech, so that you may begin to wrestle with our - and your - hypocrisy early."
"You will have heard, and will hear from within yourself, that goodness ought not to be calculated or displayed, nor many other things. But we do calculate, and display, and much else, in the name and service of the good. And so will you. Accept this, argue with it, storm yourselves over it as you like until you have it fully."
"But for now, groups of three, each with one of the nurses" a gesture, there, to the line of nurses "who will show you to your first work as healers of the tower".
Very tempted to go to this panel. If there is a Q&A portion, what question would you ask? A legit one, not a dog pile question you savages. 😅 #dnd#ttrpg
Key-phrase-based system of negotiation that's literally and explicitly a discussion of game as story.
"I attack him! SURELY (key word; proposing outcome), the champion must vanquish this villain"
"SURELY, BUT NOT YET (key phrase, saying 'you gotta get set back and do an improvey thing first'; he thrashes you soundly and leaves you bleeding in the alley."
...This would amuse some, and repel others with great force.
@ladylakira - I hear similar, but sadly it's not supported by my mod-making doodad, and Oh Gods Coding Mods From Scratch Is Painful. Did a bunch of that for Alchemic Ash, and never again. If I want to code from scratch, I'll write my own game.
@ladylakira - I mean, yes, but, MCreator is usually seen as being for overenthusiastic kids making high-powered low-quality nonsense. So there are plenty who'd prefer to just ignore it.
@ladylakira - Ah, poop, not up to date. I has a flying broom mod (with bonus funny plants and witch hat) that's pretty much good to go; might put it out for neoforge.
@nisjasper - It's not NOT Unknown Armies, but the imagined degree of "My religion is utterly tailored and specific to me" is I think a notable departure from UA usual?
@nisjasper - In that example, Mark is a Telekinetic. He has a particular psi ability. But to use it, he needs ritual, and his various rituals need to "line up" and not confuse each other.
He engineers himself a faith, cynically,and embraces it, simultaneously earnestly and with irony.
@ladylakira - Standard therapy, likely. But just to riff a different direction, wouldn't the best personal for-your-psyche religion builders have therapy backgrounds?
Arcane therapy, fighting it's own permanent battle of vigilance against turning into Wellness Mush.
@ladylakira - Oh, yeah, the horrible shitbags of the setting (or one type at least) would almost certainly be heavy on the "bent medical abusers" family of tropes.