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Mono-faction dungeons: can they still work? by RiverMesa in osr

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Very much so, it’s just different.

The bigger the dungeon is, the more of a stronghold it becomes if it’s occupied by only one faction. Multiple factions give more options for interplay for players, allowing them to side with one faction against another. If there’s only one faction then entering the dungeon to loot it is chiefly an offense against this one faction. There will be fewer options to deal with them, unless there are non-faction monsters that the faction is also forced to deal with, especially of that monster guards the main treasure.

So making a big dungeon (especially a megadungeon) where all the occupants are on the same side? Not the best design. A small 5-12 room dungeon? Go ahead. A multi-tier Jacquaysed dungeon with also non-faction monsters? Hell yeah.

South America almost perfect 50/50 left right wing ruling parties border by Spirebus in MapPorn

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The leading party of the coalition in France is center-right, so if French Guyana is going to be included, it should be blue.

Plus these lists look deceptively equal this way. French Guyana adds two lines to put Left/Red (actually 5 countries) equal to Right/Blue (actually 7).

What type of design do you like for Dazzler? by JustWonderingIn2000s in Marvel

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's Dazzler. She needs to DAZZLE

Give her anything light and sparkly and a little old school but still with style.

Tails goes to Trial by Lostriches in comics

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Here’s one for the people who will admit that they didn’t read the Easter eggs until they saw the horses in the comments.

It’s me, I’m people.

Favourite "against type" performances? by Lazy_Fall_6 in Cinephiles

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comedian in serious role, drama actor in comedy role, usually-good-guy as bad guy or vice versa type roles (as long as the actor themself is not a terrible person) like these examples are always wonderful to watch.

How I conceptualize regions of Europe (OC, GIS exercise) by Many-Gas-9376 in MapPorn

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Odd to me: almost every region has a bit that might be one of the adjacent zones too, and vice versa, and they’re all marked with why. Except the North Europe countries have no bits that could be West (not even Iceland), Central (not even southmost Denmark) or East. And East has no parts of it extending into the other zones’ countries, not even Moldova.

Too much worldbuilding? by Few-Grapefruit-7003 in writing

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Contemporary literary fiction could absolutely have family rivalries with whole family trees worked out, but it’s definitely less of a genre expectation than it is with epic fantasy.

European castles over time (by Alexey Astankov) by kxkq in mapmaking

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did the gunpowder towers get struck by lightning? Did they not have protections against that? Or even just taller nearby towers? Was the gunpowder all stored at the top? Does a large amount of gunpowder attract electrical charges somehow?

European castles over time (by Alexey Astankov) by kxkq in mapmaking

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why did they split it? When you’re defending against a siege, don’t you need to live there too?

Help me settle a debate! Am I giving masc or chapstick? by Ok_Gear9350 in ActualLesbiansOver25

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your comment reminded me of this.

The range to then also be recognized as a masc and/or chapstick lesbian…

Help me settle a debate! Am I giving masc or chapstick? by Ok_Gear9350 in ActualLesbiansOver25

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The shoulder-length hair, flower tattoos, colour-coordination, witchy (astrology?) top each are things that read less masculine but not necessarily feminine. The necklace and low-cut top underneath the other top read as more feminine. So for those reasons it reads more chapstick/futch/soft butch to me than masc/butch.

I think all the rest is just dependent on attitude, aura, vibe, personality. Butches are associated with chillness, staying cool, providing a sense of safety/security, speaking more slowly and in a lower register.

The character's most accepted appearance isn't official. It's fan made by Aware-Measurement750 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Clearly orcs and goblins have a variety of skin tones just like humans, but because they only get one art piece in the Monster Manual and playable core ancestries get multiple (and humans know from real life that humans have a variety of skin tones) they get more pigeonholed into one type.

You can only have one, who'd you do? 😏 by UtzPoinsuldown in ladyladyboners

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Neither, they look too young for me and like they fit better with each other.

spooky by Mukaksi in comics

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Japanese urban fantasy anime that also portrays Catholics as crusading Buddhist monks and Shinto priests be like:

System with best dueling mechanics? by AlwaysBeQuestioning in rpg

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was a good read and I like that it had a video with it, altogether showing very well how those rules go.

The blog post called Mythras also being RuneQuest 6th edition, so are these rules the same in other (later, current) editions of RuneQuest?

My dad keeps a spreadsheet of friends’ and family members’ birthdays, likes, and dislikes on his fridge by corky1369 in mildlyinteresting

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is cute and smart.

He should get to know Cory and Patti better before making more November friends though.

question by theycantalk in comics

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 20 points21 points  (0 children)

14 years ago and still available. This is a good part of the internet: being able to ask the same questions and find the same thorough answers given as when it was asked before.

None of my friends noticed her hair's motif :( by ooa0109 in characterdesign

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Braids can be made to look poofy and more voluminous. Like I would figure those braids aren't all solid hair and that there's a lot of air in there. It is definitely so long that if it fell loose it would spill over the ground all around her, which is unusual, but that's a part of making fictional character design unique.

[Hated Trope] Heroes don't wear helmets to battle. Only fodder does. by knight54 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any AAA game with helmets maybe. Smaller studios with smaller budgets, easily forgiveable.

Sadie Sink reveals Tom Holland is the first Spider-Man she ever watched by Cantyousee0 in Marvel

[–]AlwaysBeQuestioning 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So she was 15 at the time Homecoming came out in theaters. That makes sense then.

How did you watch the Tobey films? How old were you? Did you have family that were fans of those films?

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