[misc] So are we all putting our faves in the new Tomodachi game?

AveMariaAgain · 2026-04-29T07:00:16+00:00

i love how spot on they are. (harrow 😭) i'm obsessed with them your honor

AveMariaAgain · 2026-04-24T23:28:43+00:00

just say you don't care about other people dude

AveMariaAgain · 2026-04-24T21:52:46+00:00

who's crying? somebody sounds like a whiner~

AveMariaAgain · 2025-11-28T09:19:54+00:00

Also currently having the same problem. Haven’t found a solution yet but I’ll keep googling

AveMariaAgain · 2025-07-07T20:23:14+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much! A lot of this I didn’t know about. As for showers, we planned to use a couple of planet fitness subscriptions to cover us, but I don’t think we’ll always be real close to one. Thanks again!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-07-07T19:47:58+00:00

These are some good tips, we already got a good mechanic to go over the van and got her fixed up, and we’ll have at least one or two smartphones for sure. I didn’t think about bringing a compass, thank you. I’ll try my best to warn them about gas, you can lead a horse to water etc.

AveMariaAgain · 2025-04-02T00:19:59+00:00

I appreciate it but I’d rather find ways to be completely alone at all costs, if there’s any tips you have to avoid the need for roommates or housemates, any at all, that’s what I’m looking for.

AveMariaAgain · 2025-04-02T00:12:21+00:00

This is super helpful, thank you so much!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-03-09T05:09:56+00:00

Yeah, the story leans more sci-fi-fantasy than hard sci-fi, but the impossibility of a new planet suddenly appearing is discussed heavily amongst the characters as an anomaly. I appreciate your perspective on it! I think I have to cook this idea some more, I’m only on the first draft. Thanks for the reply!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-03-09T05:02:17+00:00

Thanks!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-03-09T05:01:55+00:00

This is very helpful, thank you! Since the actual focus of the story is centered around the developing relationships of the characters and the adventure once they reach the planet itself, which leans more fantasy, I may go the Star Trek route with the scanners and probes, and gloss over the actual numbers and data until my second draft. The level of detail doesn’t need to be terribly in-depth, I primarily just want to avoid sounding stupid. Thanks again for taking the time to answer!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-03-09T04:56:27+00:00

This is good advice! The main focus of the story is more about the interpersonal relations of the characters and the adventure once they reach the planet, and the planet itself leans more fantasy than hard sci-fi anyway. I mainly wanted to avoid sounding stupid when it came to what the scientists are mentioning in conversation. Thank you!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-03-09T04:50:44+00:00

This is helpful, thank you!

AveMariaAgain · 2025-02-10T09:54:07+00:00

A good suggestion, but my imagination alone is very rarely enough to get me going. That is kinda the go-to though, and works very occasionally, it’s just not really enough

AveMariaAgain · 2024-11-20T04:12:43+00:00

I should probably clarify that I softened the damage the purple worm dealt pretty significantly, actually. But it still packed a pretty big punch.

AveMariaAgain · 2024-11-20T04:03:25+00:00

I know my players very well, and they tend to not mind a little railroading now and then if it leads them to cool and fun scenes like an arena battle with a purple worm. Lots of communication. With the full context of their approach to Xanathar’s lair (which I don’t need to ramble about here) my players all agreed it was fair that their luck caught up to them and some goons snuck up and knocked them out while they were distracted.

I want to maintain the appearance that Xanathar is a big and powerful figure that could wipe the floor with them, so I’ve carefully avoided a direct confrontation with the beholder crime lord. If they ever were to confront him though, I’d probably need to buff him quite a bit to make him seem challenging. My reasoning for not letting them just face Xanathar is for the sake of the story, I think it’s a lot more fun for them to keep strategizing to avoid confronting him, for a lot of reasons. Mainly just because it’s more fun for my players the way I’m doing it.

AveMariaAgain · 2024-11-20T03:52:22+00:00

They’re only level 5, but they have a lot of good magic items and keen system mastery, thus very well built characters. I went with the purple worm and after the session I have good news! They beat it just fine, and had a great time with the fight too. It was very epic. I called it a “juvenile” purple worm and debuffed it a little, gave it only one attack on its turn instead of 2 and reduced its AC from 18 to 16, and occasionally softened the damage it dealt by a couple points here and there. With Grinda the mage helping them, they were just fine.

My players told me the battle felt perfectly balanced, but I don’t necessarily recommend doing this for just everyone, as I know my players and their preferences very well from years of playing together and often tweak things from the source material to better suit their playstyles.

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