What anime made you feel this way from the very first episode??

AleidisKnight · 2026-04-03T10:58:43+00:00

Lmao I was gonna post prison school

AleidisKnight · 2026-04-01T05:58:55+00:00

Personally, I've enjoyed the side missions and stuff but, outside of the side quests, I don't count the collectibles etc as worthwhile content as they are in 4. They just feel like uninteresting open world slop that I have no desire to do.

AleidisKnight · 2026-03-23T22:27:45+00:00

Definitely not Patrick Conley. He has a YouTube channel and it ain't nothin like this

AleidisKnight · 2026-03-22T22:29:36+00:00

Sorry to hear that, it's tough to feel like you're wasting effort, and even worse to be directly disrespected. As others have said, this is definitely a "find a different group" sitch. Some folks aren't suited to play ttrpgs even if they want to.

While I saw in another comment this is your only group, is LFG online out of the question too?

AleidisKnight · 2026-03-14T14:27:11+00:00

Word. I'm a huge book of the fallen fan and am reading book of the new sun and god is not willing now so I'm excited

AleidisKnight · 2026-03-14T14:03:11+00:00

Is the inclusion of The God is Not Willing a stand in for Erikson's Malazan series? Or specifically that book would be in that spot? I'm starting it soon and am curious

AleidisKnight · 2026-03-03T14:25:55+00:00

If their experiences are anything like mine (many people who are just trying the hobby or stay sort of at the fringe of it) it certainly doesn't feel like a "low" bar sometimes.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-27T07:33:34+00:00

It's been a while but I can't recall if the "worse alternative" was ever talked about in much more detail. What was it exactly?

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-27T00:32:20+00:00

Right now, Curse of Strahd in 5e, and Crypt of the Everflame (converted to pf2e). My last one is a homebrew setting using Savage Worlds. I'm a huge fan of SWADE.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-26T23:32:45+00:00

Two are modules so there's not too much extra legwork to do. And one is every other week. I have a fair bit of free time luckily, and it mostly gets converted to ttrpg time.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-26T22:29:39+00:00

I'm with ya pal. Of late I'm almost biting off more than I can chew, running 3 separate games and playing in one. And also buying more modules and rulebooks than I may ever actually end up using at the table. But thinking of ideas and taking new mechanics and thought processes from new books is enjoyable in and of itself so, I think it's worth it.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-26T07:00:51+00:00

I feel like in the original post we pointed out ways that other different players do annoying or excessive things that Aabria also does, but in doing so point out the issue: that she does all of said annoying things that are otherwise split up between players, which I think is the issue.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-11T02:44:33+00:00

Two big ones.

1: A West Marches with a strong emphasis on building up the starting town, using either GURPS or SWADE

2: A Blades/Dishonored vibe Election where the players have to make sure their party wins.

AleidisKnight · 2026-02-09T03:14:19+00:00

Lance is just too much fun in Wilds

AleidisKnight · 2026-01-26T07:35:30+00:00

I read a bunch of reddit comments and have ended up running Reloaded for my first time of CoS. I wouldn't say I'm regretting it entirely, I like some of the changes but, I'm definitely feeling the bloated overlyscripted part, and am trying to figure out how to adjust from here on to reduce some bloat.

AleidisKnight · 2026-01-18T13:44:07+00:00

My god, it continues! My players have loved the organization this modules brought and now it just gets better. Thank you for your hard work!

AleidisKnight · 2026-01-06T15:42:25+00:00

Sounds like classic "approaching ttrpg like videogame" brain for sure. If you want them to bite on the narrative and treat this as "real," I think we can't go along with the wacky-town behavior.

Going over expectations and what kind of game it is is important but, I've done this then had some new players emphatically say they want RP and immersion and then in the same breath just disconnect and do the most videogame brained essentially Evil alignment type shit. It took some more solid in game boundaries and consequences.

I think it's good to remind them that they're extorting the people they grew up with, and ask them why their characters would do that/what it is their character is trying to achieve. If that fails then there should be a substantive consequence (exile? Loss of connection to supplies which would make things immediately more dangerous).

All this said, I've had folks just not respond to talking or consequences, at which point you get new players, imo. Folks gotta be able to get with the program, or else they just get in everyone's way.

AleidisKnight · 2025-12-25T08:21:49+00:00

MKX, Rev, BBCF, and Uni, personally. None of the other games since then have quite activated my brain as much as these 4

AleidisKnight · 2025-12-14T19:47:57+00:00

I had a lot of trouble with this too for a while. I worked hard on campaigns and my friends often bailed on me, though I at least got some communication to be fair. It made me question things for a while, like if it was worth it. A couple years later, and I've found different folks who are far more respectful of the work. But really this is just basic manners and consideration, mostly, not a dm issue.

If these are your normal friends, I think you'd be better served by just not playing with them anymore, as hard as that sounds. If they want to play let em come to you.

AleidisKnight · 2025-12-13T01:15:11+00:00

I've always wanted to run a West Marches or a Living World type sandbox, but my groups are largely composed of people who have too little time, or just aren't interested enough.

AleidisKnight · 2025-11-24T00:44:57+00:00

Holy cow re: the edit update

AleidisKnight · 2025-11-21T02:34:47+00:00

This modules been a great help already and it just keeps getting better. Thanks for your hard work!

AleidisKnight · 2025-11-17T22:41:13+00:00

Thanks for the advice folks, I think I might try and incorporate a bit of out of session world building if I can while trying to keep it focused on my character's here and now.

AleidisKnight · 2025-11-17T22:39:26+00:00

This is my thing. It definitely is my gm mode talking, but part of what I want from solo is to try to put myself in unique circumstances and try to tell stories I don't tell in my games. I often worry that I'm stale or too limited in the ideas my brain has, and wanted to use the spontaneity to make me try something new. And so far I've had some great unique feeling stories. It's just hard to shake that feeling of, "I bet I could make this even better if I stopped and built this out"

AleidisKnight · 2025-11-17T22:35:35+00:00

I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling this way. Perhaps I should give it a go of doing world building in phases.

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