but I mostly just want to be along for the ride until it’s time to roll some dice to hit something and let the other players figure out what to do otherwise
I’d say all RPGs, even 5e, require players to actively engage with the game, he just wants other people to do the active engaging. Nobody wants to play with people like this, because either you want to engage and want to play with other engaged people, or you don’t want to engage and want to play with engaged people you can piggyback off.
A party of players like him wouldn’t get anything done, even in 5e, because they don’t actually want to be playing a ttrpg; they want to hang out with their friends and play something more like Ludo or Snakes And Ladders - roll some dice, move some pieces, go back to the conversation until your turn comes up again. HeroQuest if they really need the fantasy aspects.
Delete this you fucking child, it’s embarrassing that you would misinterpret their choice this much - women aren’t thinking about fucking the bear, its your obsession with fucking that threatens them - the unwillingness to see the world from any point of view but your own.
Do not think that women are thinking about a best case scenario in this question: they are very much thinking about how much they’d rather be killed quickly than raped by someone like you and left traumatised for the rest of their lives. Men like you who laugh at the idea that you’re more threatening than a bear haven’t just misunderstood their answers, you’ve fundamentally misunderstood the question.
I’m not sure if you understand that we’re comparing how long it takes a bear to kill someone to a person’s entire remaining life span. I can absolutely 100% guarantee that a bear kills you a lot faster than natural aging.
And no, obviously it isn’t because of people like me, I actually respect women and their opinions - you, on the other hand, are very happy to diminish them and tell them to shut up because you know better. You demean and objectify them like every common or garden rapist - you, specifically, are exactly the type of man they’re thinking about in the hypothetical.
dean-smile Overwhelming majority of their users are fine, so I feel it’s worth just banning the handful of assholes, even if that includes their admins.
No they most certainly are not - if I list the traits of a specific person, and you get angry that I’m generalising because you share 1 of the list of traits, you are wrong. I am not generalising, I am describing someone who isn’t you.
he was not arrested or charged but only given a criticism
This is probably something like a caution but I’d like to imagine the cops were there going “your outfit’s shit, wrong colour, face makeup sucks, 2/10”
I would usually be sad to see another original RPG go 5e compatible but Neuroshima was infamously poorly designed ruleset, possibly worse than Shadowrun. I probably won’t be running it, but may steal statblocks for my 5e game if I need weird stuff again.
Where do you want to start? The player mechanics are way outdated and overcomplicated for what it wants to be, the GM mechanics are functionally nonexistant, the lore is cliched at best and still incredibly bigoted in many areas, the better adventures are just rehashes of 2e and 3.x adventures and still need entire communities dedicated to making them runnable, it’s unbalanced until you get to about level 10 at which point it becomes unplayable, and without pirating it’s incredibly expensive.
Trying to strap every possible setting and mechanic onto a fantasy rule system was one of the issues 3.x ended up with, and 5e hasn’t been designed to solve that.
Most boring take on dragons I’ve ever seen. Dragons have pretty much never been exclusively creatures of fire, with water and acidic bile being common themes across different cultural incarnations. Dragons should be pretty rare, what with their power allowing them to make hundreds of square miles their territory, but otherwise this article is just saying to make dragons the most basic gold hoarding lizards.
I will continue to have cool interesting dragons that hoard things other than gold and have motivations beyond power through fear thank you very much.
Honestly there isn’t anything in D&D worth saving that hasn’t been done better elsewhere. Making it good requires rewriting the system and lore from the ground up - they tried with 4e, but didn’t have the time to complete either so all the classes functioned like casters and the setting was literally lifeless. 5e has just been a “best of” collection, dressing up like old favourites and reissuing classic adventures.
PF2e alone is everything 3.x, 4e, and 5e wanted to be, has a massively detailed and extensive setting that isn’t filled with cliches and problematic elements, and has only had to undergo minor canon changes rather than universe changing events between editions. It has accessibility, diversity, and inclusion out the wazoo, heavily supports the player community, and a steady supply of high quality adventures. PF2e fits the exact same niche as D&D, while being an all around improvement, even on price.
We’re getting close to a climax of our campaign, and we needed to get to the City of Temples. The issue is that the City of Temples does not have a permanent teleportation circle, under the belief that it should be some level of a pilgrimage....
It’s amazing just how bad at lying some people are. My players were investigating a building for the mayor, and attracted attention when they just tried picking the lock on the front door. Instead of just saying they were there on the mayor’s behalf the bard decided to try to convince the guards it was “just” a piece of performance art.
I was just tryinbg to give them an in game reminder that there was a back door that would be easier to pick or force, but instead they talked their way into being dragged back in front of the mayor 15 minutes after being given the task.
Amazon has also been stealing people’s information and credit card numbers. eBay, instacart, even stores like Walmart and target. We have to stop this epidemic of people giving their addresses and paying online in exchange for items being delivered to their houses.
Welcome to Advent’s Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!...
Is this really a normal amount of prep for 5e? With Paizo adventures I’ve only ever read the adventure in advance, collated some bits of information that are spread through the adventure so I can forshadow them, and made some brief notes on NPC accents. I can’t imagine a group of players for whom prewritten dialogue would help me in the game, and I just use the book/pdf for actually running rooms and events. This is closer to the level of prep I do for adding in extra content or doing entirely homebrewed adventures.
I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here....
Gonna change your question to “dog”, as that’s what I have
I would choose basically any other life over my worst enemy’s. In a choice between them and no one, I’d save no one. I feel you don’t understand how emnity works.
Better question, dog,
because he’s a member of my family that I’m responsible for. As annoying as his theivery is and as bad as his farts are, he’s my friend. Would you choose a stranger over one of your friends?
BBC Radio 6 Music has a lot of obscure stuff, especially the DJs like Iggy Pop and Craig Charles.
Edit: also, go to a local open mic night, find someone whose music you like, and make friends with them. They’ll have loads of obscure recommendations for you.
The goal should be to open a constructive discussion and change minds
You just explained how they don’t have a logical position, just a kneejerk reaction to having their behaviour pointed out - you are only fooling yourself if you think there’s a constructive discussion available. Grow up and make them fear physical retribution if they keep spreading such abhorrent views.
the guy at your table who only wants to play D&D
Full post on Reddit. Final paragraphs:...
How are they this naive
dbzer0 defederation vote
db0 and Unruffled have both been banned for reactionary behavior and, in the case of the former, DM harassment....
This post was banned from dbzer0 for being "Tankie" lmfao what a joke of a so-called piracy instance (hexbear.net)
https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c437af3b-7c7e-40ce-b39d-e099ae471d3c.jpeg...
German art student posing as one of China's terracotta warriors (x.com)
A German art student posing as one of China’s terracotta warriors at the heritage site in Xi’an，2006....
5e has an advantage of not requiring doctorate in quantum physics to run (ttrpg.network)
I would usually be sad to see another original RPG go 5e compatible but Neuroshima was infamously poorly designed ruleset, possibly worse than Shadowrun. I probably won’t be running it, but may steal statblocks for my 5e game if I need weird stuff again.
Dragons: The Great Victims of Worldbuilding (sheepandsorcery.blogspot.com)
How would you save D&D if you were the new CEO?
The question is discussed in this podcast episode....
What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?
I hear “No problem” far more often.
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory (ttrpg.network)
We’re getting close to a climax of our campaign, and we needed to get to the City of Temples. The issue is that the City of Temples does not have a permanent teleportation circle, under the belief that it should be some level of a pilgrimage....
Surprised no one has noticed yet
Possible snipers seen at OSU. Administration says they're not snipers but should be treated like they are. (midwest.social)
Update, yes there are snipers:...
Advent's Amazing Advice: The Lost Mine of Phandelver Fully Prepped for New and Busy DM's (The Complete Collection) [DnD 5e] (ttrpg.network)
Welcome to Advent’s Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!...
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office (news.un.org)
Afghanistan interpreter told his British citizenship bars family from UK visa (www.theguardian.com)
Muhammad cannot afford legal action or £20,000 fees, with Rwanda deportation a threat if his wife and children join him...
Caption this. (mander.xyz)
How do *you* cast Mighty Fortress? (ttrpg.network)
Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here....
Is there a way to get recommendations for "underrated" songs, or music that is awesome but I might not come across? For instance, I really loved the Peacemaker soundtrack...
…but how would I have been exposed to that music without the show?...
this one goes out to the arts & humanities (mander.xyz)
Mona: Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors (www.bbc.co.uk)
An Australian museum excluded men from an exhibit to highlight misogyny. A man sued for access and won....