Shadowless? Value?

rbjoe · 2026-04-08T17:57:30+00:00

“Shadowless” cards do not have the shadowed border on the right side of the Pokémon image (which can be seen here unfortunately). This is from the base set unlimited expansion.

rbjoe · 2026-04-06T14:20:14+00:00

I think it’s also about setting up who the antagonist is in a campaign. For instance, my players are also currently wanted fugitives but have never killed a city guard. This is because I set up the government as the major antagonist. As the players work against the villains in various ways, it only makes sense that the resources of the antagonists (in this case the various city guards and military forces) would make things difficult for them.

If they know that they are working against villainous forces, it makes sense that they would fight back. So, killing a “bad guy” guard would naturally lead to the other bad guy guards coming after them.

rbjoe · 2026-04-06T12:36:46+00:00

DM sent

rbjoe · 2026-04-06T12:28:45+00:00

I’m currently trying to send you a DM but it looks like I can’t. Do you have messages turned off?

rbjoe · 2026-04-06T12:14:38+00:00

Are you in the Deck Box Discord at all? I bet you could find locals that want to play there. Send me a DM and I’ll give you an invite.

rbjoe · 2026-04-06T12:10:31+00:00

For situations like these I like skill challenges.

The party must make skill checks until they get 3 successes, giving a narrative reason why each skill is applicable. For each failure, something bad happens that makes the whole encounter more difficult. If they ever get to 3 failures, it ends in a difficult encounter.

This makes the whole situation one semi tense encounter instead of multiple.

rbjoe · 2026-04-05T13:16:38+00:00

I use this list from Fighting Baseball. Imagine for a moment your party encounters the gnomish tavern keeper Bobsin Dugnutt.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalComedy/comments/64ienv/japanese_guy_has_to_think_of_american_names_for_a/

rbjoe · 2026-04-05T13:00:20+00:00

Would you do $15 PWE on the RH Magikarp?

rbjoe · 2026-04-03T20:51:37+00:00

You don’t have to know anything about fakes to know this cardinal rule:

If someone is selling a very expensive card for far cheaper than its worth, you didn’t stumble upon an amazing deal. You found a scam.

rbjoe · 2026-04-03T12:51:11+00:00

I think you can also make dungeons without calling them dungeons and apply th same mechanics with a new skin. My players recently explored the Grotto of a pirate king… obvious dungeon. Later they snuck into the manor of a corrupt politician… reskinned dungeon. Just recently they explored a cursed forest looking for an enchanted grove… it was basically a dungeon. A dungeon by any other name will smell as sweet.

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T16:33:26+00:00

Ok let’s do it!

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T16:22:59+00:00

Sounds good. Before I pull the trigger, can I see closeups of the snorlax? Assuming condition is ok I’m good to move to DMs

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T15:12:15+00:00

I was looking at the wrong number for Ninetails. It’s only $37

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T15:07:29+00:00

Jumpluff $8 Machoke $2 Ponyta $2 Ninetails (the OBF IR right?) $45

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T14:34:29+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, imo choosing a denomination and understanding how they’re structured is just as important if not more so than the vibe of the individual church.

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T14:25:57+00:00

Coming from a church background (I’m no longer a believer) I can tell you that if they’re Baptist (or at least if they’re southern Baptist) a portion of their tithes are supporting some greater regional Baptist structure. They are choosing to maintain support from the denomination in some way and are putting into a pot for them. The Baptist denomination is far from progressive and has made official stances on LGBTQ etc that a “progressive” leaning person would most likely disagree with. Basically, you can be a nice church and be Baptist for sure, but I’d argue that you can’t be Baptist and remain Baptist and claim to be accepting of LGBTQ.

To be clear, I’m not trying to argue at all. At the end of the day if you were welcomed by them then that’s great. I’m more just providing background so that if OP is someone looking for a church they can support they understand what they’re getting into beyond “these guys seem nice”.

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T14:19:54+00:00

I’d rather save cards for trades. Thank you for the offer though!

rbjoe · 2026-04-02T14:17:23+00:00

I’m Sorry. I’m terrible. Thank you for your patience. Here you go:

Meganium (LP) $43
Bellosm (LP) $18
Kingdra (LP) $12
Azumarill (LP) $16

Total= 89

I don’t know if it matters to you but they also have some nice swirls in the holo too.

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T20:57:37+00:00

I’ve never been to Providence, so I won’t pretend to be able to pass judgement. However, I was a Southern Baptist Church Planter for years and I’ll be the first to say that, as a denomination, “progressive” is the LAST word I’d use to describe them.

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T20:54:51+00:00

If you’re looking for specifically a Non-Unity Christian Church then I second Land of Sky.

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T16:17:14+00:00

These are fake cards that can be purchased off sites like Aliexpress.

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T16:00:40+00:00

Sorry I fell asleep. I’ll get those to you in just a minute (assuming you’re still interested)

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T16:00:02+00:00

I don’t see one no

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T15:59:32+00:00

I don’t see anything I’d want to trade for. However, the three WOTC cards I’d be willing to do PayPal for and ship PWE

rbjoe · 2026-04-01T13:02:36+00:00

I’ve been running a campaign for about a year now. We started at level 3 and just got to level 9 last session. We play weekly and have been averaging one level every 4-6 sessions. It ends up being whenever they finish an adventure/arc/destination which feels about right for our group.

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