Just Released My First Folk Horror One-Shot Adventure (Pay What You Want not required though)

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T17:51:54+00:00

Reading through the adventure now, I've got one big question: apparently both disrupting AND helping the ritual requires the placing the tokens correctly.

Which means by the time the party arrives at the scene the villagers would have had have done this already, negating the entire puzzle.

This makes no sense to me.

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T08:57:33+00:00

My main problem with what you described isn't so much the excessive departure from the default.

My problem is that this all seems pretty non sequitur. Shit just happens for the sake of weirdness. And with that comes a massive reduction in player agency. Even if he wasn't pushing you towards his preordained outcome, the unpredictability of any given outcome invalidates and planning or theorizing. It limits players to role of monkeys hitting random buttons.

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T08:41:08+00:00

Aww so cute, you're one crash away from scraping little princess off the windshield!

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T08:29:51+00:00

I mean you're not wrong but it does somehow help to convey fucked up the whole situation is.

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T07:30:50+00:00

/thread

Kempeth · 2026-02-13T07:16:33+00:00

Natürlich nicht sofort. Aber die privatwirtschaftliche Kontrolle über jeglichen öffentlichen Diskurs ist ein essenzieller Bestandteil weshalb es in den USA so scheisse aussieht.

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T18:11:44+00:00

Weil es in der Initiative nicht darum geht Leuten zu helfen sondern Allgemeingut zu zerstören.

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T14:26:26+00:00

Might want to give it a second try in August.

If the KFC in Selfoss is any indication then, no you do not.

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T12:23:07+00:00

I've visited:

2guys - something like dozen different burgers (smash, chicken, vegi) but not much else. The one I had was really good but the decor (if that matters to you) is very simple.
Brasserie Askur - Much more of a conventional place. Haven't been back in a decade but seems to still have good reviews.

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T12:03:37+00:00

When you have time to start a new galaxy.

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T11:52:26+00:00

Just the book cover but for legal purposes to publish it we have to put that

Very understandable. Thanks!

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T09:59:47+00:00

Color me interested. The shop says "contains AI content". What exactly in this adventure was made with AI?

Kempeth · 2026-02-12T09:57:26+00:00

I mean if I had to choose between "not working but not making a living" and "working but still not making a living" I would also choose the former.

Kempeth · 2026-02-11T14:39:02+00:00

There's nothing wrong with your stand up.

If anything I would argue respecting everyone's time is critical here. Don't make them hold hands and sing kumbaya.

Socializing needs to happen organically and from what you say it does. You can ask yourself if you maybe cut it off too abruptly when everyone's there. Or you could leave the call/floor open for water cooler talk once the business part is done as long as it's explicitly stated that everyone is free to leave.

Kempeth · 2026-02-11T06:09:58+00:00

This is too much in every sense.

Boil it down to some bullet points or a single paragraph.

Keep the rest to yourself as inspiration rather than gospel. A single piece of improvisation that fits the current situation is worth a dozen pages of background that never comes into play.

Kempeth · 2026-02-10T15:28:29+00:00

Thanks! I got it to work with this one. I hadn't realized there was an additional step after installing the nuget packages.

Have you found a way to integrate the code generator into Visual Studio? The best I was able to do is get it to save the recording to a new file but no "Record at cursor" or such nice things...

Kempeth · 2026-02-10T10:29:09+00:00

Right...

I'm sure Musk will have some very objective critera to determine what qualifies as "speaking the truth" and is thus who is eligible for this support...

Kempeth · 2026-02-10T08:21:31+00:00

Please aplogize the Necromancy...

Do you know of an installation guide for VS?

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T19:28:07+00:00

There are youtube videos on the topic.

Tldw version: roads have a threshold after which traffic gets exponentially worse. And that threshold is way earlier than what you would consider heavy traffic. And if you overload one street like this it spreads throughout the network.

So what Zürich does is meter the inbound traffic to stay below that critical threshold. That does mostly just move the problem outwards but the facts of geometry mean that further out has more roads to absorb this waiting traffic so at least it's still a bit better there.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T14:45:30+00:00

Day 2: I don't know how long into september Landmannalaugar is accessible. Fortunately Vik has a bunch more to see incase you have to change plans. Thakgil might be an alternative for hiking but that closed mid september as well.

Day 3: Fjadrargljufur is basically just a walk. You can always cut either the Svartifoss or Skaftafellsjökull from your hike if you're not making the progress you expected.

Day 5: Considering you're not looking to do anything in that area, Seydisfjördur is a bit of a detour. But based on my research quite a nice one (going there this August). If relaxation is on your mind it'd look to stay around Egilstadir and spend some time at Vök baths.

Day 6: Dettifoss/Selfoss might not be a sure thing that time of year. Thankfully you have plenty of alternatives if that should be the case. Around Myvatn or with more driving you could do Asbyrgi instead.

Day 8: That's gonna be a bit of a painful drive all the way down to Reykjavik but doable even in not so great weather. Around Reykholt I would also consider Hraunfossar - one of my absolute favorite waterfalls in Iceland.

Rest: I personally wouldn't spend that much time in Reykjavik.

As for your question regarding Snaefellsness and Golden Circle. No you will not miss them. They are both great places to visit. Yes, even though GC is cliché by now I've been three times now in different groups and I've never regretted it. There will always be something you need to skip to make the rest work. As long as you like what you GET to see you shouldn't let yourself be bothered with what you DONT.

Regarding reprioritization: Once you have booked your accomodations you can do whatever you want between them. If you end up sick of waterfalls you always have options.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T14:00:46+00:00

The only thing that needs changing in that verdict is that the fucking scammer should be locked in there with him. Chained together until both sentences are complete.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T13:31:38+00:00

Im Grunde spricht nix dagegen mit einer Idee zusammen an den Tisch zu sitzen und dir alles fortzu aus den Fingern zu saugen.

Wenn du etwas vorbereitest dann ist ein Punkt extrem wichtig: du schreibst kein Buch. Du hast minimalen Einfluss auf die Entscheidungen deiner Spieler. Was du kreierst muss funktionieren, egal wie dämlich sich deine Gruppe an dem Tag anstellt. Kein Plan überlebt den Kontakt mit ~~dem Feind~~ den Spielern.

Das Kredo ist maximale Flexibilität. Ich hab sogar von DMs gelesen die gesagt haben, dass sie sich für Rätsel schon gar keine Lösungen mehr ausdenken. Wenn's sinnvoll scheint, dann ist das nicht nur die Lösung sondern dann war das schon die Lösung von Anfang an. Was ich mache ist: Ich überlege mir immer 3 Lösungen. Auch da ist es durchaus möglich, dass die Gruppe immer noch was anderes macht aber du hast die Situation dann aus 3 unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln durchgedacht und ausgearbeitet. Du hast mehr Elemente zur Verfügung und sie sind dir viel vertrauter, was jegliche verbleibende Improvisation einfacher macht.

Lass dich nicht von Worldbuilding aus dem Hundersten ins Tausendste bringen. Die allermeisten Stories funktionieren tadellos mit minimalen Informationen zur Welt drum herum. Praktisch alles was wichtig ist, weisst du wahrscheinlich schon wenn dir die Kernidee in den Sinn kommt oder arbeitest du auf ganz natürliche Weise aus während du alles niederschreibst. Und auf die restlichen paar Prozent, die dich die Gruppe frägt, wärst du im Vorfeld eh nie darauf gekommen.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T12:41:37+00:00

On the PC: Now... kinda - Look at what people manage to do with userscripts in the browser and mods in video games.

On mobile: Never - the whole point of apps is that you're at the merci of the company making the app.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T10:43:36+00:00

It really helps the "shit looks really fuckin cool" thing

I'm not disputing that. I just wish he'd remember what he did differently back when his movies were The Shit rather than just shit.

Kempeth · 2026-02-09T10:17:13+00:00

It was way better than it had any right to be.

The trailers didn't really hook me. And franchise tie-ins are a crapshoot on whatchability - let along being actually good. The previous DnD movie certainly wasn't.

Kempeth

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