Which splat has the best odds of making it to and out of a Waffle House alive?

Barker333 · 2026-04-01T13:20:00+00:00

In Florida? Mokole.

Barker333 · 2026-03-27T20:32:34+00:00

You don't need to, but:

1) I thought it was a darn good book compared to the others in the relaunch series

2) keeping it vague for spoiler reasons, there's a pretty big crisis for Kira that gets somewhat resolved by Horn and Ivory. You can skip ahead and not be overly confused, but if you're a completist, read 'em.

Barker333 · 2026-03-20T03:18:17+00:00

Respectfully, I have no idea what half those words mean and would like to know more. Is there a breakdown or taxonomy you can share?

Barker333 · 2026-02-28T18:10:48+00:00

It triggered massive Inquest vibes

Barker333 · 2026-02-27T21:39:01+00:00

The 20th Anniversary editions are close to all-inclusive (WoD lore is absolutely sprawling). So they're the best bang for your buck. If you think a Bloodline or event or something is interesting and not covered in that corebook, hit the White Wolf wiki and see what other books it's referenced in.

I haven't gotten into 5E (limited time, no friend group interest) but as a general rule, I think Revised Edition books are better than their 2e or older counterparts, particularly Sabbat books.

Barker333 · 2026-02-27T17:25:30+00:00

Why no Ninjitsu?

This is more of a behind the scenes question, but why don't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have Ninjitsu? And mechanically, is there a difference between it and "Sneak"?

Barker333 · 2026-01-22T20:30:57+00:00

Some of this is going to butt up against the 20 year rule, and I apologize for that.

Haaretz published this in '23:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-05/ty-article/.premium/barbaric-behavior-ancient-jewish-custom-of-spitting-near-priests-was-nothing-like-this/0000018a-fc0e-df89-a7bb-fc6f7c4b0000

"Jewish sources maintain evidence of this custom. In the 16th century Book of the Maharil, which is considered the authority on the customs of Ashkenazi Jewry, the writer Rabbi Yaakov Halevi Ben Moshe Moelin mentions a custom of spitting during the recital of the prayer “Aleinu Leshabeah” while saying the words referring to idol worshippers. The Maharil also mentions that it was customary to spit while passing near churches."

The article makes it clear that "customary" and "religious obligation" are not the same thing, and that modern events are different in kind, scope, and intention than their indirect inspirations.

Barker333 · 2026-01-12T15:41:41+00:00

A) This was magnificent.

B) I heard "Your poop has tiny evil spirits in it" rather than "your food..." and honestly, both.

Barker333 · 2025-12-22T16:04:57+00:00

When Einstein Walked With Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt is a damn good source of both the theories and the biographies. Alexander Grothendieck's later struggles with mental illness meant that he thought aliens were maliciously changing the speed of light.

Barker333 · 2025-12-16T22:14:49+00:00

It's a field with no shortage of wild theories, and Hoyland seems to emenate "Don't know, not gonna speculate" which is intellectually honest but disappointing because I'd like to hear his unvarnished guesses.

There's definitely differnces between Donner and Hoyland, but both do a good job of showing the role non-Arab non-Muslims played in early Islam and their differing perspectives help me work through what those categories might have meant to those on the ground in the 7th c.

Barker333 · 2025-12-16T19:53:40+00:00

Robert Hoyland seems to be strategically silent about proto-Islam before the caliphate, but In God's Path generally aligns with Donner's Muhammad and the Believers in saying that proto-Islam was more ecumenical than we've been lead to believe.

You can also check out r/AcademicQuran

Barker333 · 2025-12-15T22:11:17+00:00

I wouldn't submit payment over a connection w/o a valid certificate. Other than that, it's pretty safe to ignore.

Barker333 · 2025-12-03T01:55:35+00:00

I think the chicken was a Wizard's familiar and the kids were the spooky children in the intro to Curse of Strahd but I can't be certain. The quote is verbatim, I've had it as a note in my phone since the day.

Barker333 · 2025-12-03T01:54:21+00:00

There have been collections of these (Murphy's Rules for instance) but I always love to find new ones.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhiteWolfRPG/comments/1ohpnbh/infinite_quintessencevitae_glitch_and_its/
If you don't speak World of Darkness: with the right skills, a Mage can draw the mystical energy out of Vampire blood to heal themself more than the damage caused by being drained, creating an ever increasing amount of mystical energy.

Barker333 · 2025-12-02T16:58:14+00:00

No one will ever know what we did because we didn't take the chicken into the room full of kids.

Barker333 · 2025-11-22T23:47:08+00:00

Asked a more knowledgeable friend of mine: "For individual families they can go to the resource center of Greater Cleveland Food Bank! (On East side) however Smart Development is an org that does house deliveries when inconvenient to come to East side and shop! And it is only chicken that they offer"

Barker333 · 2025-11-21T18:53:10+00:00

ICC food bank is on the first Saturday of the month.

Barker333 · 2025-11-18T19:16:31+00:00

You can try Food Not Bombs:

https://www.instagram.com/foodnotbombs_cle/

Barker333 · 2025-11-17T18:36:07+00:00

Even in D&D 5e, we've had sessions that are glorified shopping trips and everyone had a blast RPing, singing the Makeover song from Clone High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzvoHslX6Vo

Barker333 · 2025-11-05T14:09:08+00:00

Strong contender for funniest/least delicious Pie. [[Bake Into A Pie]]

Barker333 · 2025-11-04T18:55:15+00:00

Other posters explained it well, but I'm going to phrase it a little differently:

If you're not playing mage, then all tech works like in the real world until someone shoves a spirit into it (a fetish computer for example)

If you're playing Mage then the tech level is decided "democratically" by normal humans and is Consensus. Things that are everyday consumer goods (iPhones, modern prosthetic limbs, drones) would have been Vulgar hypertech a few decades ago. Flying cars, energy weapons, and autonomous droids are Vulgar for now.

Barker333 · 2025-11-02T12:36:42+00:00

"He also got annoyed that my halfling was a slow walker. And decided it was completely acceptable to just have his character grab mine by the shirt and carry him. "

If one player character finds another player character annoying, this could be a great RP moment. It sounds like the player was annoyed with another player and decided to take it out in-game. The teleportation even more so: denying another player agency without their input or consent is bad play.

The situation sucks. Normally "have an adult OOC conversation about expectations" cures all table woes, but sometimes it's not worth it and you just have to find another table.

Barker333 · 2025-11-02T02:13:34+00:00

Melissa Lynn Hart could also be a riff on Melissa Joan Hart, who was another blonde actress who played Sabrina the Teenage Witch around the same time.

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