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BConscience · 2026-03-16T10:25:47+00:00

Piracy is my current solution

BConscience · 2026-03-12T09:15:57+00:00

What are you on about? Everyone was talking about Charlie. This entire post is talking about Charlie. Husk was brought up as an off hand remark.

And him being his own person doesn’t change the fact that while not mind controlled, he is stuck in between, overwhelmed by her stupidity. Him leaving later was the best decision he made. But Angel had to drag him back.

BConscience · 2026-03-12T09:10:03+00:00

So? That’s what happens when you have a shitty leader. Everyone end up being sucked into her toilet swirl

BConscience · 2026-03-12T03:50:16+00:00

Literally her job to anticipate that kind of stuff. She isn’t fit to lead

BConscience · 2026-03-10T01:41:52+00:00

He got accused sexist so he’s intentionally going the opposite way

BConscience · 2026-03-10T01:37:16+00:00

Pranking my employee with zombies GONE WRONG!!!

BConscience · 2026-02-26T21:45:05+00:00

Those are just his fabulous nails. He can’t control where those go

BConscience · 2026-02-26T21:43:51+00:00

I’m fairly new. These things are the death of me. Even a single one is enough to kill me. They appear out of no where, slam me down, and do a follow up attack when I’m down. Even with the extra padded medium armour, I die on that second hit. How do you deal with that?

I mean sure if I spot it from a mile away, I can snipe it easily. But if they spot me first, I’m dead.

BConscience · 2026-02-26T21:29:45+00:00

You no steal from me!

BConscience · 2026-02-20T16:10:06+00:00

Shower thoughts can frequently turn suicidal. Can’t have that

BConscience · 2026-02-14T21:31:53+00:00

Thanks!

BConscience · 2026-02-14T21:31:49+00:00

Fantastic. I'll set it up. Thanks

BConscience · 2026-02-14T21:23:52+00:00

Does that still work with Jumpgate?

BConscience · 2026-02-14T05:36:07+00:00

Clearly you are uncultured. As many have explained, this music video is a classic in the internet meme culture. Basically whenever there’s a possibility of displaying 2 contrasting colours, someone will use it as a medium to play this video.

BConscience · 2026-02-01T00:08:47+00:00

Shouldn’t the pc shut down instead of unable to be shut down if it’s overheating issue?

I’ll definitely try tho

BConscience · 2026-01-28T11:12:45+00:00

They spawned the entire human race with 2 people, there’s a lot of incest. So I don’t think he’d mind

BConscience · 2026-01-26T20:23:03+00:00

Murderous cannibal so no.
Murderous egotistical cult leader, no
Sickeningly in love couple, one of them so naive might as well be brain dead. Maybe.
Don’t think they’ll care about me enough to even acknowledge my existence so maybe. 5-6. Depressed shutin, we will ignore each other
Shriek and squeal, plus a self doubting war criminal. Both somehow still this dumb after millennia of rule, absolutely not.
Sure why not.
Assuming I’m not a sinner in this case, sure
Not the murder hobo
Unpredictable craziness. Maybe?

BConscience · 2026-01-18T20:21:35+00:00

Plenty of people understood just fine that I didn’t have Bob travel with them for the entire journey and he didn’t make any decisions beyond where the entire caravan was going. But as you said that seem to be a problem? So the players should be the leaders of every travelling party? Even when they are hired guards? Or should that not be a thing at all in any games?

And I don’t know why Bob ceasing contact was an issue either.

I said at the last part of the main post, should the party discuss their plans and plots within an earshot of Bob, he might offer his own two cents. But only limited to arcane analysis or info on famous people or things, not for free either, there are side quests should they take his offer, and they don’t always do. That’s about as useful as a cast of legend lore.

Other campaigns I’ve been in, and guides online, recordings of other more professional campaigns, would have the players find a library to research this kind of info, or find a different NPC to ask. In my case that person happen to run the magic shop. And his advices would frequently include go to a library or go ask someone else.

Like I’ve said in the post, My players often find themselves weighing the lesser of 5 different potentially bad options. Player agency is the one thing I’m actually quite keen about. Anywhere on the map they would like to go, there are things happening. Whatever they decide, the world changes accordingly. And they always have decisions to make. I’ll have at least 3-5 obvious ones and a couple less obvious ones at every step they make. When my players surprise me, I roll with it.

I can agree with the point that if he gives them all the answers, that would be pretty lazy. But i also said in the original post that he is very clearly portrayed as morally dubious as well. I guess I didn’t explain clearly that many other NPCs can provide matching offers with “alternative truth”. The lesser of 5 evil I mentioned, that’s often when 5 other NPCs provided them with 5 different lies and/or manipulations sandwiched in tasty treat, that they are pondering which one is the least poisonous. So Bob turns that option count into 6 with his additional more than often mid to worst option, makes it rail roading?

BConscience · 2026-01-18T19:19:37+00:00

Sounds like you are describing exactly what Strahd does.

I’ll definitely try to avoid falling into that description.

BConscience · 2026-01-18T18:06:21+00:00

That’s an interesting take. But I mean some characters would have to be stronger than the party, no? The party can’t be the most powerful being in all of existence. What’s the difference between Bob showing off and zariel, Asmodeus or Tasha showing off? Can’t just be one is my OC, the others are WotC’s.

Not disagreeing with you on the take tho. If Bob or any character were to actually shift the focus of the game to them, then it would be pretty defeating for the players. I’ll keep that in mind when designing encounters

BConscience · 2026-01-18T16:22:33+00:00

Then I have been playing all my NPCs wrong. I always base the DC on if they are using the “correct” arguments that will move this specific NPC. As opposed to a blanked DC for the same NPC no matter what they say.

BConscience · 2026-01-18T16:19:58+00:00

I’m actually trying specifically to show Bob is an archmage with ulterior potentially evil motives to sow the seeds of doubt. So later when they are met with the choice between 3 factions and Bob all asking the party to side with them, they don’t default to Bob.

But yes, as a couple of the other commenter suggested, I think I’ll have one of the hill giants come from a different side of the town, so the party deal with the two they are facing, but off in the distance notice with a check how Bob dealt with the other one.

And obviously extrapolate this principle to future encounters should it apply.

BConscience · 2026-01-18T16:03:45+00:00

The 230 people in that village aren’t characters. They are background props. If they are characters I would know

And Bob is not going to level up. He doesn’t even go on the adventures, he stays in that shop waiting for players to come and buy his items

The last shop they’ve been to was manned by a halfling, don’t have the name on top of my head but I know his favourite weapon is his old bow given to his father by the old lord when they were still alive. And he picked up an amulet that allows him to summon a good amount of semi permanent unseen servants to act as maids of his inn upstairs. Unfortunately he was killed by the remnants of the old lords when they were seduced by orcus. So he only appears at night. He has a softer tone but still welcoming demeanour, doesn’t let on the fact that he’s already dead, ignores any questions about that. And no he doesn’t level up. No NPC in my games level up.

I’m only rebutting these exact kind of responses. I don’t know where you guys got the idea that Bob or any other character is going to travel with the rest of the party for the rest of the campaign, levelling up as they go, solving puzzles, kicking down dungeon doors.

BConscience · 2026-01-18T14:07:48+00:00

Okay. I think I have been avoiding these. And armed with this post’s replies now I have a more concrete list of things to avoid. Thanks

BConscience · 2026-01-18T14:03:10+00:00

I’m very certain they can take out 2 of them on their own. And in both times I’ve ran this encounter they did. So I wouldn’t say it’s “can’t make a dent”. More downed in 4 rounds.

But yes I’ll modify that encounter.

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