sirblastalot

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[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think TOS had as many mobster episodes as it did cowboy episodes.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 12 points 1 month ago

I would really like to commission that one artist that does the WWI kobolds to do a piece with 3 kobolds running a vintage SMG as if it were a crew served weapon. (But sadly they won't return my emails)

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't SCP public domain? You're explicitly allowed to do whatever you want with it

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

This is silly. EVERY system can be exploited, and every group should expect eachother to act in good faith. The difference between systems is what parts are done for you and what parts you do yourself, and every group is going to want a different assortment of those pieces. You're just mad that some groups get what they want out of DnD. You are the problem person in this image.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

I thought people didn't like him because he said something stupid on twitter? Can't find it now of course.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 months ago

I'm done with self care, it's time for others harm.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

People just don't like homework. (Which is perfectly understandable) And for most people most of the time, learning a new system is homework.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I'm baffled by both the fighting in these comments and the overall vehemence. If you want to put a cool cursed item in your game, just drop it when the players are still too low level to have remove curse...or make it subtle enough that they don't initially realize it's cursed.

EDIT: NVM I just realized you're all trying to ape the critical roll thing and didn't plan for getting player buy-in or homebrew

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 months ago

Ooh, I will have to check that out for my own game, thanks!

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Pointy Hat had a great video on this subject!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIKxk96ZFwg

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by sirblastalot@ttrpg.network to c/rpg@ttrpg.network
 

I recently started a new campaign. Two players (one who has played in my games before and their SO, who has been begging me for a spot for years) unexpectedly dropped out, moments before our first session. Their reason was somewhat baffling; they said they didn't want to spend "all day" on this, despite the game only going from noon to 3PM. They seemed to think this was a totally unreasonable expectation on my part, despite them previously having stated they were available during that time. This puzzled me.

I've been musing on this, and the strange paradox of people that say they want to play D&D but don't actually want to play D&D, and I've had an epiphany.

A lot of people blame Critical Role or other popular D&D shows for giving prospective players misplaced perceptions, often related to things like your DM's voice acting ability or prop budget, but I don't think that's what's going on here. My realization is that, encoded in the medium of podcasts and play videos, is another expectation: New players unconsciously expect to receive D&D the way they receive D&D shows: on-demand, at their house, able to be paused and restarted at their whim, and possibly on a second-screen while they focus on something else!

I don't know as this suggests anything we as DMs could do differently to set expectations, but it did go a long ways to helping me understand my friends, and I thought it might help someone here to share.

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

De Lancie invited the local bronies in my area to attend an opera he was narrating. I attended and he came and hung out with the bronies afterwards, saying he wanted to thank us for sharing our thing with him by sharing his thing with us. He stayed late after, signing autographs and chatting with people, for so long that I think he may actually have missed his flight. He was a super sweetheart. Maybe he needs to vent about the nasty fans behind closed doors sometimes, but I can't begrudge anyone that. I recognize that it's only one data point, but he made the effort to do something nice for us on his own initiative, was incredibly generous with his time, and was kind to me, personally. I will always appreciate that.

EDIT: Also, it was a free event so it's not like he was trying to sell tickets or anything, and there were less than a dozen of us so I doubt it was a self-serving PR move.

 

I've got an unholy-water fountain, a human chessboard, and an evil hedge maze. I need 1 more thing to put in the last corner of the square courtyard/garden thing. Any suggestions?

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