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I translate German folk tales.

I am also interested in tabletop role-playing games.

Mastodon: @juergen_hubert

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"Consensus English" constantly changes, just like with any other language.

I hope we get Lore datafiles like the books in the Elder Scrolls games

I greatly enjoyed the books you could find in the Elder Scrolls games, and I found I missed them in the Fallout games. They do such a great job of immersing you in the lore, folklore, and mythology of the setting, and I hope that something similar is implemented in Starfield.

The Devil as a Fool

In modern media portrayals, the Devil is often portrayed as this suave mastermind who is always several steps ahead of any mortal. But in German folklore, his portrayal was rather different - quite frequently he was the butt of jokes. The following tale serves as a good example (and one which would not be out of place in an old...

DebsBookReviews, to books

📣📣 CALLING ALL AUTHORS 📣📣

Now’s your chance to tout your wares, as much as you want AS LONG AS IT’S ON THIS THREAD

@bookstodon

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@DebsBookReviews I translate old German folk tales into English! Two books have already been published under the series title "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles".

If you want to check out some of the tales before buying the books, you can listen to podcast and video adaptions of them here. I encourage such adaptions by others - I release all my translations under a Creative Commons Zero license!

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Probably not quite yet - they'll want to give Russian units time to retreat from the frontline and intervene in Russia.

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Also, if Prigozhin wins, Putin will probably end up being "killed by traitors", but Prigozhin will vow to avenge him and bring all traitors to justice.

"Russia's security forces are reported to be in disarray following the attempted mutiny by the Wagner Group." - Long update that is bonkers inside (twitter.com)

1/ Russia's security forces are reported to be in disarray following the attempted mutiny by the Wagner Group. It seems to have been perfectly timed for a moment – Friday night – when many personnel were too drunk to respond quickly, while others are refusing to fight Wagner....

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The world will be in a better position because this internal conflict dramatically weakens the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Whatever faction comes out on top will be rather busy "cleaning house" for a while - giving Ukraine more space to fight this war.

it's Friday night, what's everyone doing this weekend?

Mine is going to be laid back if all goes according to plan. I'm going to do some birding with a friend tomorrow morning, then I'm headed to a used bookstore to buy a copy of "the pricess bride" that I talked myself out of the other day (I've never read it). Then I'm hitting the farmers market and then relaxing at home for the...

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Two TTRPG sessions (Dungeons & Dragons in person, Call of Cthulhu online), going swimming at the public pool, working some more on my translations of German folk tales.

BinGanzBrav, to random German
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Dies ist hier bei mastodon die erste Blockempfehlung, weil er den "Stolzmonat" zu Mastodon bringt.

Sie betrifft: @Der_der_Boese_Nadsis_Jaut

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@phranck Ein Schwung deutscher Faschisten haben sich gedacht, ihre eigene Aktion zum durchzuziehen.

@Der_der_Boese_Nadsis_Jaut @BinGanzBrav

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A media company, to influence the world according to my political agenda.

Hey, every bilionaire's doing it!

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Ja, Rassismuserfahrungen dürften unter Schwarzen Menschen in Deutschland universell sein. Und einfach mal ein paar Stunden genießen wo man seine Ruhe davor hat ist wahrscheinlich viel wert.

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Um sicher vor Rassismus zu sein reicht es, wenn man den Umgang mir Rassisten meidet.

Schaffe das mal. "Kein Rassist zu sein" ist kein Zustand, sondern ein Prozess. Es reicht eben nicht sich nur "gegen Nazis" zu positionieren. Man muss auch ständig seine unterbewussten Denkmuster und Vorurteile hinterfragen, und das ist anstrengend.

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Wie kann man dann dafür sorgen, daß Rassismusverursacher dort nicht auftauchen und Stress produzieren?

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Außerhalb von solchen Räumen werden solche Regeln in Deutschland aber nur selten eingehalten.

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Oder wenn einen dann Personen aus dem Bekanntenkreis jedes mal erklären:

"Ich glaube, das war gar nicht rassistisch gemeint. Das hast Du bestimmt nur missverstanden!"

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Playing in a D&D 5E game, running a Scion campaign heavily inspired by German folktales and folklore.

TarkabarkaHolgy, to folklore
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Folktale opening from Romania:

"Once upon a time there was and there wasn't - but if there wasn't, we wouldn't be talking about it, because we don't make a living from storytelling."

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@TarkabarkaHolgy I feel seen.

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Ich mache diesen August wieder Urlaub im Harz. Da sah es letztes Jahr schon ziemlich verheerend aus...

TIL of a folk tale named "Death of the Seven Dwarves" (www.digitale-sammlungen.de)

Basically, in this tale a farmer's girl lost her way in the forest and stumbled across a hut inhabited by seven dwarves. She asked them for a place to stay for the night, and received it (after the dwarves argued about who would get the honor of giving up his bed for the girl)....

Venetians - The Magical Strangers

This much is real: In the late Renaissance and Early Modern era, Venetians mined in the German mountain ranges - primarily so that they could find rare minerals for their famous glass production. Since the details of these were considered state secrets, their mining operations were likewise fairly secretive....

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So each playthrough will be different because the locations of minor settlements and facilities will be placed randomly for that playthrough? Interesting!

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I am also using a D&Desque setup for my world (currently leaning towards Pathfinder 2E).

I am fully embracing both raise dead and reincarnate spell effects. This has the implication that as long as someone is rich and take precautions, they are hard to kill for good. "Raise dead" will bring them back until they reach old age, and "Reincarnate" will bring them back even if they die of old age - but with a young, healthy body from a random ancestry!

This has a number of interesting social effects:

  • Unlike in our world, bigotry against people who "look different" is not tolerated by the ultra-rich, since they might very well find themselves within a body of a marginalized minority the next time around!

  • Wealth is no longer "dynastic" (though this is still an ongoing shift in my world). Since the ultra-rich generally hope to stave off death indefinitely, they see less reason to build up "heirs". They might still have large number of descendants (often from different ancestries!), and might even be fond of them... but often, they are seen as means to an end, as (presumably) loyal servants for their financial empires.

  • There is a sharp divide between those who can afford those repeated resurrections, and those who are well-off but who still can't easily afford coming back from the dead. The competition among the latter who wish to join the former is fierce.

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Leistung lohnt sich derzeit eben nicht - die die bereits Gele haben, bekommen alles nachgeschmissen, während die die wenig haben sich ständig abrackern müssen nur um nicht noch weiter anzusinken!

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