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“Powered GM”

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“Zaku II” (EFSF Version)

A mecha 50x50 every day until the next SRW game is announced:

Day 19 - GM Powered

General Motors Corp, 1951

Obviously, DnD characters are wish fulfillment and lots of people don’t want to address the slow senescence of the vulnerable human form in their fun games. That being said, narratively, I do think that levels should probably fluctuate over the course of a lifetime. The level twenty world-saver is going not going to stay level twenty into their old age—that’s not how athletes and retirement work! Wisdom and Charisma casters maybe, but your STR/CON/DEX builds are going to soften with age. They might still be the spryest bastards in the old people tai chi group, but “terrifyingly in shape 70 year old” is not the same as “deadliest man on the planet”. Drop those old folks a few levels, give them some creaky bones and presbyopia. It’s good for them, promise.

<Stim Please> and <Down With Sith Bus> is live!

Finally, you don't have to log out in an unsafe area (aka any cishet/white/ableist guild). Or log into one, for that matter.

<Stim Please> (pub) and its sister guild <Down With Sith Bus> (imp) on Star Forge dedicated to creating an actually safe space in-game -- and out.

Benefits include a discord server, the Nar Shaddaa pub side stronghold and Rishi imp side stronghold, no inactivity limits, alt toon parking, 5-10% xp bonus (depending on faction) and repair allowances (no more out of pocket like the US healthcare system \o/)! Also, you don't have to group with randos anymore?!

DM me for a discord invite!

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I like to imagine that after “The Game” Evan, John, Radek, and Rodney started playing table top games together.

A conversation Elsewhere On The Internet brought up the idea of Batfam D&D night (specifically being run by Bruce) and gave me Ideas.

Tim min-maxes his character into something narratively ridiculous but very effective.

Jason has an extremely complicated character with a 20 page backstory and he's using all of it.

Dick has a mechanically complicated character that requires a spreadsheet, and possibly props.

Both Dick and Jason are definitely Doing A Voice, and also refusing to break character, even when they devolve into fighting with each other, because they're not-so-secretly theater kids at heart

Cass is playing the game as a horror story. Cass has not informed anyone else of this fact.

Steph is playing some off the wall homebrew thing like a kobold artificer or something half because she thought it sounded neat and half because she knew it would annoy Bruce

Damian keeps getting angry when the dice prevent him from doing something that he can do in real life, it is not that hard, this is absurd, Father

Duke is playing something very Normal, and playing it very straight, and being very reasonable. Until they get to the Climactic Big Bad Fight and he reveals the villain is actually his long-lost brother and totally derails everything into chaos.

Today I learned I have a resting evil GM face (according to @katastrofish at least)

I'm in love with Aamira ❤️❤️🙏 can you give us more info about her? Some fun and maybe not so fun facts about her?

Hi Anon ! Thank you for your kind words and for your interest \o/ Aamira's side of the family is the one that Qalaa got her "Beast Curse" from. It's a bloodline hereditary curse that boosts the strength of those in good health (like Qalaari) and eats away at those that have a weak constitution... like Aamira. "Weak" members of the family are usually cast aside or cast out. Aamira ; while still quite young, 16 or so ; ran away from all of this to try to live her life following only her will and enjoy as much of it as possible. Even without the curse Aamira would have had a weak health, but think of it as her Beast basically making her immunodeficient and weaker and weaker as the years go by.

She managed to make a little life for herself in a small unremarkable place close to one of the older forest of the region. There she developed close ties with two siblings, Temhos & Olgha. Both of them members of a tribe that lives deep deep withing the old woods who come to visit the village semi frequently to trade goods and buy things to carry back where they live. Both siblings tried to court Aamira (after months of good relationship), and, eventually, Aamira chose Temhos. For two or three years things were pretty idyllic fro all of them. But then Aamira started talking about wanting a child... Temhos tried to reason with her that with her health it was really fucking dangerous for her to try and that her chances of not making it through were too high for his tastes... Aamira pretended to listen but actually didn't and things got really bad when Temhos found out she was pregnant. They argued, Aamira's health took a downside, Temhos took care of her until she got better again (and Aamira, with her rose-tinted delusional glasses, thought it meant he'd stay). When Aamira was around 7 month pregnant Temhos ran away (very very far away). It broke her heart but not her (by now frantic) determination to see her pregnancy though. She (somehow) found her away again to Temhos' village where she was taken in by Olgha (who was very confused, then very angry (at both Aamira & Temhos), then very panicked). Qalaari was born in this village. Olgha became her surrogate parent to help Aamira raise her (she was still in love with Aamira, but knew that her heart, broken as it was, would still never be hers... I think Aamira knew Olgha's feelings too and could only just be very thankful she still helped her raise Qalaari, despite how painful it must have been for her.) Aamira was very loving with her daughter, but her (now very bad) health and broken heart left her with long dissociative episodes, on top of moments where she wouldn't even managed to get out of bed. That's when Olgha would take care of Qalaari most (frustrated and heartbroken as she was over the whole situation, Olgha genuinely loves Qalaari like her own daughter.) 12 years after, the Beast finally eroded all of what Aamira was (she was still young... probably around 32 or 34 years old ??) and she passed away. Also, how Aamira survived giving birth is nothing short of a miracle. Most likely due to her will of titanium to meet and raise her daughter... Eventually the Beast got the best of her, but she managed to hold on for 12 more years !!

GM, 10:02 a.m.: You like researching things. See if you can find a way to get ahold of [the owner of this laptop turned into the lost and found]. He wasn't ever listed as a guest here. Me, 10:08 a.m.: Next time you want to take advantage of my investigative skills, could I at least have a CHALLENGE? GM: Well now you have to get ahold of him. Me: I'm looking at his phone number online right now. Me, 10:10 a.m.: Alright, so he'll be by tonight to pick it up.

Send 💭 for a thought my muse has had about yours

(I'm splitting this in 2 answers) @undyingmedium

After the sun sat, Nillan lit a small candle and meditated on the day's unexpected developments. "A medium with an ancient ghost, and a tiefling that looks like a stitched-together devil. Every ghost she spoke to here says she tried to help, and was respectful when declined. She is clearly at the start of becoming undead from her... 'dad's' influence. Whatever that ghost once was, it is clearly an ascendant of some kind... The man seemed genuine too... I must doubt that Miranda wouldn't sense any of this, but I could mask myself long enough too so far... maybe the gang wars distract her enough..." A slow deep breath, then a slow exhale. "It is worth a chance. Maybe we won't have to ambush the paladin after all. It was a terribly risky plan anyway, and now things might just line up well enough yet to make do without it. If you sent them Ginerva, I thank you." She kissed a bone on the short chain of metacarpals she held for prayers. "We will still need to be ready for it, and either way I will have to keep an eye on them. A very particular trio, with so perfect timing, and the ascendant has to be important."

"*I* did this, and I'm gonna fix it." ~Delsin Rowe; *inFamous: Second Son*