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Greg: What’s next?

Alex: Well, sometimes we like to set a task for just one of our contestants. Or, in this case, twelve different tasks.

Hercules: Oh for f -

Greg: Roll VT!

Imagine how much better Mage could have been if it was more lkke Ars Magica :)

Vital work discussions: the pronunciation of "moor" in the context of "a tract of open land maybe with heather." We are *mostly* in agreement that it is pronounced with a w in the middle and people who say otherwise are uncultured.

... I mean who doesn't love rotten swordfish spells?

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12 hours left on this #ttrpg bundle. I have fond memories of playing a short campaign of this that @stevecooke.org ran which combined awful corporate dystopia with a virus based on Ed Sheenan and a batshit plan to clone Hitler bodies for alt-right wankers.

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In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel

If I run it I think my players will pick the stuff that is cool, for the most part, and we'll worry about balance later. I'm blessed like that, thank goodness.

I have a weird half recollection that in Shadow of the Demon Lord isn't the High One equivalent actually the Devil in a fancy
hat or something?

I call this piece of *deathless art* "Overheard in the Quiet Carriage"

"Yeah, but no. I'm meant to be doing some slouching this weekend. Yeah, yeah. Bethlehem. Yeah. But honestly mate, the news! Yeah, yeah. No. Total shitshow. Yeah. Cancelled the tickets. Gonna spend some time in bed watching the TikToks or sutin. Yeah, yeah. Self care, lol. Love to the falcon. B'bye."

Sure, we all make fun of Lovecraft, but have YOU ever been so startled by a Spaniard that you invented a whole new type of fiction?

Given "God the Creator" has gone mad and is the Demon Lord in the previous game, I tend to take Schwalbite religion stuff with a pinch of "he's working through some stuff" salt anyway.

The "no balance" thing felt inevitable given the number of career paths.

I am also catastrophic at pacing one-shots incidentally, but happy with three-four session adventures.

(Also Spectaculars or maybe Dusk City Outlaws are very much on my want-to-try list, side-eying me. I'm just not convinced it will play well with an online gang.)

Cheers, this is the pretty comprehensive expectation management I was looking for. I'll maybe grab some of the adventures and see how much prep I would want to do to string them together into an adventure - the fact the Goblin King campaign isn't finished yet puts me off a bit.

Cheers. I'm trying to find a low prep game we can do some dungeoncrawling in, ideally with some pre-written campaigns and wotnot. Or at least robust enough bear stats that I can just wing it.

Hey @thedicemechanic.bsky.social, @sashette.bsky.social you played SHADOW OF THE WEIRD WIZARD #ttrpg right? Any comments, review, notes about how it runs online, good campaigns to crib from etc etc? How crunchy was it fer zample?

Anyone else with opinions also feel free to weigh in.

Hence the well known design adage:

DON'T GIVE CATS STATS

Jesus.

We all know the only way to defeat fascists is to offer to give them everything they want! Then they will definitely vote for us, and not for the people who are already offering them everything they want and are much more open about hating strangers.

I'm still at the circus and having just the best time. I'm so sure nothing bad can happen that I am taking a big mouthful of coffee before getting on this Ferris wheel.

“Nobody wants to play WH40k with me, it’s because of girls, liberals, & foreigners.”
“No Greg, it’s because you always cheat, insult the people playing with you, and have a Nazi tattoo.”

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election:

1. Denton Kebab House
2. The Crispy Cod, Denton
3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton
4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton
5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

To be serious for a moment, I'm kind of less excited that the Greens "kept Reform out" than I am that theres another apparentky progressive, leftish MP. But I'm a naive fool who likes the idea of voting *for* rather than *against*.

anyone familiar with British politics will know that any news that isn't entirely negative will be closely followed by a sustained bombardment of misery that will make you want to fucking die. but currently it's Friday, it's payday, and the fascists have lost

My optimistic, new era hope is that Labour take the lesson that they'll get more votes if they're like the winner (progressive, left) but my sad cynic assumption is they'll just decide to be more like the people on the rung above them (hateful, fascists).

Allister heath headline generator: Allister Heath The catastrophic reality of manchester losing another plumber is finally dawning on the British public

This is exactly the sort of stumpy-leg chunky-guy-with-a-seed-on-his-back erasure I've come to expect from the beautiful people. I bet you'd think he was hot if he smiled more or sutin.

Wow.

Just.... wow.

a painting of trees with a blue sky and clouds behind them Alt: Bulbasaur bouncing in and out of shot

Am concerned that there seems to be some sort of Pokemon discourse going on and nobody is talking about how hot Bulbasaur is.

This'll either make my attempt to do a marsh-themed hexcrawl easier or harder.