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Imperor

@Imperor@mastodon.social

His highness Imperor the First. Ruler of Imps, Leader of Goblins, Player of Games, Speaker of English and German.

My goal is to teach you about the #games and things I enjoy so that you, too, may enjoy them as well!

I talk #TTRPG content, grand strategy games, 4X games, guides for all of that, some #battlemap 's, #homebrew monsters, #dnd and #dnd5e stuff, #DMAcademy and other things that interest me.

https://linktr.ee/imperorthefirst

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LeviKornelsen, to random
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This is a find-your-people post for TTRPG folk.

Please respond by saying what sorts of TTRPG things you're pretty likely to either talk about or respond to if you see them.

This can be a list of games (D&D! Tribe 8! Fate!) or categories (the weirdest of indie stuff! NSR! Anything PBtA!), topics (Worldbuilding! Publishing!), stuff you're making, meta-commentary (The State Of The Industry), and so on.

Then maybe share, and if the replies are building up, check them for new people.

Imperor,
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@LeviKornelsen

mainly and more specifically. I am also very interested in helping others become dungeonmasters via

Besides that happy to hear and learn about your experiences and getting some viability for the great artists in that space.

Also getting more into making and where I actually share some of the many maps I make for my campaigns

If anyone wants to connect / collaborate on something, absolutely hit me up!

chris, to mastodon
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I'm gonna put this out there: If you are new to and have found people to be hostile, or nitpicky, and just generally unhelpful please @ me and say hi. I am happy to walk you through this place, get you comfortable, be non-judgy about helping you, and help make this place your new home. I'm gonna call this If others want to help newbies, lets do it together!

We need to do more to make people feel welcome first, that's how you create a culture people want to be part of.

Forest Gump waving excitedly with the caption Hello

Imperor,
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@chris

Same here for anyone in the space specifically.

Let's not become random faceless entities that just yell into the void until we "hit it big". Let's connect and be social on this social media thing!

ryanhoulihan, to random
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A new skill I am learning is to not vent my problems on social media but oh boy the American healthcare system is somehow, despite everything said, still overrated.

Imperor,
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@ryanhoulihan That is disheartening to hear. Especially since there's nearly nothing good to be said about it to begin with.

I hope whatever struggles you're dealing with will resolve!

NeonInVeins, to DnD Russian

Created a wizard for the first session in my life

Imperor,
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@NeonInVeins

I like that a lot. Very cool ideas in there! Well done

Imperor,
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@NeonInVeins Have you got their background worked out and would be willing to share?

Imperor,
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@NeonInVeins oh that is so cool! Welcome to the hobby and may you have many happy adventures !

Imperor, to movies
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Been watching some older such as Cleopatra from 1963 and Ben Hur.

It's a really nice change of pace (quite literally). Movies are slower, take more time, show things and thanks to the practical effects, hold up well. I also like how "fit" and "attractive" characters were just people rather than dehydrated steroid recepticles.

I was surprised how great Cleopatra was. Very close to the amazing depcition of that time period in the marvellous by

Now on to .

Imperor,
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@Tesseks Can recommend it. It is really well made. Though you'll have to set some time aside.

Didn't realize archive.org has movies as well, but it makes sense. Public Domain is growing more and more interesting with every passing year!

Imperor,
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@Tesseks

What a cool tip! Times were so darn different back then.

Just look at this gem from The third issue of Dungeon Magazine:

anyone interested in stuff should go check that out and be made aware. Great ressource!

laidbackdm, to DnD
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Here’s some more adventures WOTC have released over the years. Do you have a particular favourite? 😊

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@cybergoths @laidbackdm

Luckily, roll20 keeps improving. I can see the appeal of Foundry and seeing what some people create with that is insane. But I do enjoy the relative ease of use with roll20

holsta, to DnD
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On the topic of D&D, do you do feedback rounds after every session?

Imperor,
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@holsta I see, yeah, that's one way to look at it.

The regular session feedback with my parties is generally very nice and supportive, which I appreciate a lot, but of course doesn't really help much in terms of trying to improve something.

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@holsta As the DM, not really.

But every now and again, when I feel some players starting to slip or become less engaged, I tend to throw in a new session 0 or something along those lines.

dutchbarracuda, to DnD

So I'm playing about with a character concept (D&D, roleplay, larp, whatever).
And I think the Farmer is a highly under utilized archetype.

Sure it gets utilized plenty for NPC's. Either as dumb peasants, ugly oafs, or old men.

But I want you to think about what it actually takes to farm. You have to be in tune with nature, be quite organized with planning the seasons and crops, physically fit, observant, etc.

They don't need to be brash, or fearful, or bigoted.

Imperor,
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@dutchbarracuda

Yeah, those elements lead me even more towards "Why or how could/would they leave?"

Generally in stories it's the farmer losing everything and having to strike out and leave.

But if they got everything running well, handing off the day to day to their heirs or something, they might seek to find new amazing crops to plant, or even becoming a teacher to others along their travels to help fend off food shortages and the like?

Imperor,
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@dutchbarracuda

I mean, a farmer could make a lot of sense in a halfway static setting, say where the party remains in the same town or place for a long time.

Leaving your farm for long stretches at a time seems like a bad idea for farming overall?

I'm curious how you're aiming to bridge that gap with your concept?

Looks really cool though!

spydergrrl, to random
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I played DnD for the first time today and the nerd part of me is so fucking happy 😊 I've wanted to play for years and years. I'm nearly 50. It really is never too late to do something for your inner child.

Imperor,
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@spydergrrl

Welcome to the hobby! Embrace it! Immerse yourself in it! Think about it at 2 a.m. and feel slight signs of withdrawal after not having had a session for two weeks!

So happy to hear you've had a good start to it all!

Kara, to trans

Hii! I should probably make a here. But my name is Kara, been on Mastodon for a bit, but I've switched here to Firefish on evil.social just because I love how the website looks.
Not sure how active I'll be here, but I'm , she/her pronouns, I do once in a good blue moon. I like , looking at cool , and aspire to one day be an .
But I hope to see you cool people around 🤠✌️

Imperor,
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@Kara welcome and hello!

Got any hashtags you follow and where you will most likely hang out?

zeitiger, to pnpde German
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So, ich habe nun die Dreifaltigkeit der DnD 5e geschenkt bekommen als dieses Schuberset. Was mach ich nun damit? 😆

Bitte nur humoristische Antworten. Bin ja sonst eher Year-Zero und PbtA Spielleitung.

Imperor,
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@zeitiger Basis-Ständer um Monitor etwas höher stellen für bessere Körperhaltung.

Imperor, to neverwinternights
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How characters imagine they look like taking on that that has been harassing the party

video/mp4

Imperor,
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@t3ripley we should invest early and heavily !

OwenGlasgow, to DnD

I am not a kinda guy, but watched the last night and I thought it was cool that they tried to capture the spirit in which it's played rather than making a straight-laced adventure. Also, Hugh Grant was channeling Boris Johnson SO freaking hard. Did think the CGI looked a bit bargain-basement, and a couple of ex-machina bits in the plot. #D&D

Imperor,
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@OwenGlasgow not the best CGI and stuff go hand in hand. It is both faithful to the older movies and the effects that players and dungeon masters bring to their tables.

It works, it's serviceable and if you allow yourself to be immersed it is great. Objectively your friend Olaf humming an off key Dwarven Battlehymn is not quite as cinematic as the table collectively deludes itself into hearing it.

is fun and the movie was just the right amount of scuffed. Glad you enjoyed it!

BorderCougah, to DnD

Internet went out right after I woke up.

was supposed to be today.

Friend down the road, also in the game, is without power.

There is no D&D today, because it is an online game

Imperor,
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@BorderCougah

video/mp4

GM_Ray, to pathfinder2e

I find that a good half my game prep is me cut and pasting the campaign and any extra resources I have into a better format. I absolutely hate when there is information in the back of a book that you need in each chapter. Just put it in the damn chapter where it comes up.
Which reminds me I need to figure out the obsidian linking feature.
I heavily use 5etools for all my 5e adventures for this reason.

Imperor,
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@GM_Ray obsidian linking couldn't be simpler. Well it could, but its easy.

Just start with [[ and type what you want to link it will suggest stuff from hour vault. Then you select it and you got the link.

Add a ![[ in front and it will show the content directly in your page. Great for recurring info you want to add to multiple places but maintain in only one. Put it below a header and you can even collapse it.

For pictures maybe add ![[IMG.jig|500]] to set a size of the inserted preview.

DaveMasonDotMe, to DnD
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I haven't played in-person/table-top Dungeons & Dragons since ~1990. It still feels like part of my identity, though.

Imperor,
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@DaveMasonDotMe

My older brother once relented to my nagging and played some with me, which is the most popular in
He never really wanted to play, younger brothers are annoying.

But that one day at my grandma's table on summer vacation I still remember vividly.

Had a dwarf fighter and came up against an Aurochs. Still got the character sheet somewhere.

Then 20 years of hiatus and here I am, running three campaigns, having the best time.

These experiences stick.

Azimech, to RPG

Honest question from an ignorant newbie, can you integrate games or at least gaming elements like for unique story structures w/games like or ?

Imperor,
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@Azimech

While I am not familiar with or I do know my way around .

I'd say: Yes, absolutely. If the party and DM are up for it, you can "mod" these games all you like. It's just called on this end of things. Even if it isn't your own rules or mechanics but things lent from elsewhere.

No reason why you shouldn't if everyone at your table or is having fun!

kelidanovus, to DnD
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    Imperor,
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    @kelidanovus Fabolous!

    Imperor, to DnD
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    Party: "How will we ever get close enough to the Giant Bee Hive Queen to administer the potion to heal her and calm the hive?"

    Tabaxi Rogue: "I'll use my Disguise Kit and infiltrate the hive. They'll never see me coming!"

    Imperor, to Blizzard
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    Life changes. People change. Time moves forward.

    I used to play everything released. What a company they used to be.

    I used to play every Call of Duty.

    Now my time goes to and being a as well as my ever greens Crusader Kings 2/3.

    But now and again I just enjoy brainless fun like Goobies.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2294130/Goobies/

    Highly recommend if you just want to be an overpowered Goobie-Destruction-Force

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