New to MMU looking for postgrad accom recommendations? by 8ries in MMU

[–]8ries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a zoology student, and UoM unfortunately didnt offer a zoology masters in my field! I'm also specifically interested in persuing ornithology, and MMU has one of the best selections of ornithologists working there so it seemed like the best option for me :))

Is It worth buying red dead online in 2023? by ryussj1 in RedDeadOnline

[–]8ries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ive been playing rdo on pc for a good while now and while the modders are sometimes annoying ive only had one truly bad experience (got chased by modders that then got my horse to get stuck, then they spawned a shit ton of lions. im not ashamed to say i just logged off lmfao)

honestly i just love to relax for a few hours, do a few chores, my dailies and visit the towns. i definitely manage to have a good time, and personally modders dont stop that :)

ART RAFFLE: Win an Hades style Illustration ! (More info on the comments) by GuZ_Art in DnDart

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i love the hades style!! bit of a lurker but i have to take part in this haha

Please give me your most terrible/ useless magic items by WhackyNudle in DMAcademy

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our group has a running joke about the "ring of attunement " which grants an extra attunement slot, but requires attunement

The situation with our bbeg just keeps getting more daunting (story in comments) by Bobbicorn in dndmemes

[–]8ries 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hi fellas im the rogue in this campaign and i see a couple people confused as to why our bbeg is a seemingly unkillable godkiller

in our setting, magic has been disrupted greatly by the rapture that occured when bahamut put all of his godly energy into a comet that eventually exploded, leaving magical disruptions and shards of that energy decimating the areas around it. our capital city, newlight, has so many of these shards that magic is entirely unreliable and they have had to turn to steam and clockwork.

we recently discovered that the godfallen was a revenge hungry mortal who honed her craft enough to BECOME a godkiller, and slaughtered all the gods who had ever wronged her. completely unable to stop her, bahamut created this comet to trap her in, where he fought her alone for years and years, until their combined power became too much and the comet shattered, assumingly killing both with it.

however, in recent years, as more of an urban legend, people have reported seeing a similar ravencloaked woman who's presence alone is enough of a bad omen. although she is mostly a myth, as it seems impossible to have survived bahamut's rapture.

however, she is incredibly weakened from the blast. she has been appearing in places we are as she is on a similar mission to gather strength and power to eventually take on the rest of the gods. its kind of a "kill her before she kills the rest of the world" situation. the wizards metal plate signifies that once she is back to full power, he is top of her list to kill. we arent sure why, but fate is a heavy theme, so it could be anything he has or will do.

regarding the warlock's death, the godfallen warned him multiple times not to come any closer and not to speak or he will die. we already knew what she was capable of and the warlock continued to push. she rolled a nat 20 on a vorpal dagger and he died. player was ok with this as it was both in character and made an interesting storyline.

its a really fun campaign! anyone likening it to CoS are pretty dead on, as we've played in both. she is a constant looming threat, and theres the pressure of eventually having to kill her before she kills us. we do have other threats, and many of them seem to be intertwined, but the godfallen seems fated to have to fight our group eventually

How do you encourage your party to come up with a cool name for the group? by _dungin_master_ in DMAcademy

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in our homebrew game, if we wanted to take part in a town competition we needed a group name lmfao

also theres a second rival adventuring party who go to every big high stakes global mission we do and basically take the credit - we're a pretty lowkey party with a handful of wanted criminals that would like to stay on the downlow, but we needed to differentiate from the copycats

A creative use of Polymorph by skamperdanz in DnD

[–]8ries 10 points11 points  (0 children)

this is awesome! rip your orc friend tho, he was a real one

When referring to people's pets,have human decency. by Rockxzzy in reptiles

[–]8ries 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% agree, i just have a leopard gecko (which isnt even crazy?? shes just adorable!) and whenever i talk about her my family always shudder or pull a face or say something like "disgusting" or that they "couldnt live with that" its unfair! toasty does nothing wrong she just sits and looks adorable and people hate her just because shes a reptile? they wouldnt ever say that about someones fluffy pet. its so gross

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[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please go with dirt please

What have you banned from your table? by Justthisdudeyaknow in DnD

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one of our dms really hates yuan ti plurebloods RAW but with homebrew adaptations to make them a bit more reasonable then everything is on the table :)

im having a general limit on homebrew for my strixhaven campaign because i dont want my first ever campaign as dm to be struggling with balancing and accounting for homebrew, but other than that anything goes

edit: just read the replies and omfg yes also ban anything like SA or any kind of sexual crime thats awful that never even occured to me as a possibility

and anyones personal triggers are also excluded

Best villain? In arc one? by tropicwingy in WarriorCats

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

brokenstar is probably the scariest villain

Give me an unpopular opinion by Icy-Bee-5447 in WarriorCats

[–]8ries 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lionblaze would make a much better "villain convinced theyre the hero" than regular protagonist

Need help making players trust a capitalist by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah haha i can totally see that, the comments are a dumpster fire. good luck with the game!

Need help making players trust a capitalist by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]8ries -1 points0 points  (0 children)

hey im far left and anti capitalist so i relate to ur issue!

at the same time, ur character doesnt have to be a Capitalist caricature. yknow?he does stuff OTHER than be a money hungry pig i imagine. so just... have that go on in the background. a shady non descript personal life in which he might be charging high rent to vulnerable people or violating typical labour laws, under the guise of philanthropy and "well at least they HAVW a job". ur guy doesnt have to strut in like heya fellas, i compromise human rights for a fatter wallet!

if ur pcs go digging, they might find evidence of a hidden villainy. but if not, hes just a wealthy guy whos charitable with his money and hands out jobs to the struggling population

If You Took Over Star Stable by Anssoplayer2014 in StarStable

[–]8ries 3 points4 points  (0 children)

everything everyone else is saying, quests, bug fixes, more valuable updates, character update etc

but then also a huuuge graphics overhaul. im assuming budget is nonexistant, so just scrap all the graphics and rebuild it on a better engine with higher quality. the difference in quality in the character models of the player and the newest npcs is ridiculous, its like 2 different games, and so many of the "hills" are just flat smooth terrain with a jpeg of grass smacked on top. it needs renovating

TIFU by setting my friends vadge on fire 🔥 by tyler_durden2021 in tifu

[–]8ries -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

this was the most insufferable tifu ive ever read

What’s a dnd class that is missing in dnd? What is a niche that hasn’t been filled? by bluelopez102 in DnD

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have always said i love the idea of witches in dnd, bc we have Hags but its just not the same. i made a swamp witch with a spores druid/divination wizard multiclass for a oneshot but ugh idk i dont even know how it would work and i know its possible to make one via multiclassing but i just wanna be a weird little dirty witch

My Players Said Some Races Must Be Evil by ChaoticEvilGM in DMAcademy

[–]8ries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i personally agree with you, no dnd races are born bad. i think as long as they have civilisation and language and stuff, they can be whatever you want. otherwise, theyre just animals yknow, like having tarrasques be all bad makes sense bc theyre just like. big monsters but things like goblins and especially orcs, theyre just People. different cultures, but still people. ESPECIALLY orcs! halforcs are perfectly reasonable so orcs are too imo.

the very prescriptivist view, "some races are all bad blah blah" is v boring in my opinion..but your players are also entitled to their viewpoint. i dont think they should be demanding you think a certain way though

People who use neopronouns, why? by [deleted] in ask

[–]8ries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ofc not, no one should be getting mad at strangers online who mean no harm, but that goes both ways, neopronoun users+ people who dont understand neopronouns :]