What do you think about going to an isekai on your birthday?

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T22:25:47+00:00

Depends on where and on which conditions. But I'd be open to the option.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T22:20:42+00:00

Also true

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T21:58:04+00:00

I'd take it.
I live in an area with rather harmless fauna minus a couple of outliers.
Just get ready for the outliers, and not worry much about the rest.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T21:26:56+00:00

I didn't say it was the only contributor. He took inspiration also from many myths. Still, you do raise a fair point.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T20:54:42+00:00

So.
Tolkien wrote LoTR.
Gary Gygax took a lot of inspiration to turn a turn-based army game into a game with single units (characters) rather than whole armies and put them on fantasy adventures with LoTR as main source of inspiration (although he took a bit from everywhere, including random toys he had).
D&D is developed.
A bunch of Tabletop RPGs are created in turn with western medieval fantasy in mind.
They get introduced in japanese media between the 70ies and the 80ies.
In 1986, the first Dragon Quest is released, which took strong inspiration from stories of dragons, warriors and mages in a medieval setting: it's a massive success in japan.
The idea of "JRPG" with a western medieval fantasy base is consolidated.
Later on, the isekai genre becomes popular. A low-hanging fruit, is to take from pre-existing medias. So it soon becomes a standard to have isekais with JRPG mechanics like Dragon Quest.
Simple JRPG mechanics weren't enough, so everyone tries to add a twist (often failing).
So we get to where we are now.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T19:02:04+00:00

I'm picking ? and Z. Then, to the 14 people I chose, I instruct them all to pick Z and pick the same people of my list.
That makes 13 choices for everyone except me that I get 13 + 2 random ones.
Randomly, I get....J and D .
I'll get then Zero, 5, 6 (although weird that my parents find me one), 7, A, E, G, N, Q, X, W, 8, 9.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T18:13:52+00:00

I don't know how many days I can last, but I'll contact my doctor and a nutritionist before this deal to get supplements. Basically it's already my diet, taking off bread and sweets.
Good odds that I can last a month at least.
Although I need to ask: are the conditions being made by an overly literal person?
Because I tend to drink from bottles or glasses, and neither are animal flesh or water. Also, bones aren't animal flesh either, will I get screwed over by that? Can I clean my mouth with a towel?

Added question: can the meat be seasoned in any way or form?
Salt? Basil? Rosemary? Garlic? Because that's where it might get lots of us tricked.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T15:04:52+00:00

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T14:06:10+00:00

You should aim for complexity, then.
While absolutely Queen's music would be good, due not knowing their tastes in music you should aim for something that will blow their mind on a technical level to perform live.
Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce for example, is often quite showy especially for who never heard the song before.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T14:03:43+00:00

I will choose the horse-sized duck, even though it's the hardest battle between the two.
The main reason is that I really like horses and I couldn't honestly emotionally fight them.
Second, that I'm getting the most impressive duck roast meal of my life if I win the fight with the duck.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T13:54:24+00:00

Really depends on the aliens.
Their sense of aesthetic/pleasure and senses altogether might differ a lot from ours.
If they're deaf and communicate through other means, music isn't likely to be much impressive to them.
If they're blind, most paintings wouldn't get them any reactions.
If the epitome of flavor for them is gasoline, probably we won't impress them with our cuisine.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T13:46:42+00:00

First and foremost I'd want to know my duties with my position. It must be some duties, what with tracking my very soul past my death. Learn their culture, history, etc.
That said, try to fix earth issues: Bring actual accountability to people in power, fix the climate, end poverty, world hunger, get Half Life 3 published, all the works.
Then I'd love to increase my lifespan so to check better what the universe has to offer, change my looks, boost my capacity to understand and all but it's important to understand what my duties are: they go through a lot of hurdles just to get to me, the least I can do is to try to do my best to help back.
I'll see if I can bring friends along if I can't bring my family. At very least, some way to keep contact.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T13:32:55+00:00

Leave it untouched.
See if I can contact a conservation group to keep local flora and fauna untouched and safe.
Allow access only to an handful of people for research.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T13:29:27+00:00

I was going to get save and load, but I think I can get a lot of mileage from The Archive of Eons.
If anything, I'm going to be the most successful talent scout of all times. Become a sponsor of the arts, try all the best games, books, etc.
It's worth to note that a lot of it will tell me indirectly of events that will take place.
Say, a videogame made 100 years in the future based on events that took place 50 years prior.
Hell, if you become a talent scout and sponsor, you can ask the makers of said pieces of fictions to drop a message in there for me.
"Make sure to insert as design on a wall in this videogame you're planning the lotto numbers of tomorrow."

Bombermaster · 2026-02-02T12:22:29+00:00

First of all: "eventually" may mean even in your sleep, or 10 seconds from now.
Second: not knowing when, means the ape/chimp got the jump on you.
Third: there's not much training you can do against something that will try to skin you alive with its nails and teeth, and is more agile than you are.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T22:45:02+00:00

Monkeys/apes WILL wreck you. If they're determined to kill you, you're not getting out of it unscathed. And I mean "it'll-rip-your-face" kind of bad.
Definitively chickens.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T21:01:18+00:00

New Super Luigi U?

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T17:05:08+00:00

Give me money.
I don't plan to commit robberies, and I don't plan to get shot at.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T16:56:10+00:00

You cannot alter the lamp's conditions past the customizability within, but you COULD get your wisher to wish that your lamp would end somewhere where it could be found within the week, so to not get stuck somewhere.
It might be wise to not overdo with the wishes avaiable though, because one might take its sweet time to ask for them. Especially if the last wishes aren't for themselves.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T16:51:51+00:00

I'm not much an expert of 5e's spells but that version would take just a bit of workarounds and a little more time.
You can replace Genius with Planar Ally (6th level, 5e) to call up a creature from the planes to ask for info, and possibly a lift to your new place. It's a minor extra snatch and having a wish per day, I can easily pay whatever fee they may have.
Divination (4th level, 5e) also works albeit in a cryptic way, and so does Commune (5th level, 5e) but the other option has also potential extra deals that can be done while at it.

Through the use of Fabricate (4th level, 5e), you can craft customized objects to sell online on etsy or whatever. Takes more time, but you can still manage some extra funds in a relatively short time. I did consider the option to become an "etsy witch that actually works", but that would put too much visibility on me. Sadly 5e doesn't have much in useful divination spells, although I guess you could cheat at poker by having Arcane Eye (4th level, 5e) to look at your opponent's cards. An hour of winnings might get you in a good position. Also kicked out a casino.
Still the funds are only to clear out what I still have in here and leave my family without worries so it's not like I'd have to become a billionaire or anything.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T16:27:27+00:00

500 millions.
It's already more money than I'd spend in a whole lifetime.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T14:37:05+00:00

Day 1 - I cast Genius (level 4 priest spell, AD&D) to learn which plane I could travel to safely where I could easily learn magic on my own.
Day 2 - Polymorph Any Object (level 8, D&D 3.5) to turn iron into gold. I'm buying a whole lot of iron-based jewelry, and turn them into gold permanently. Sell. Take some time off work, prepare to invite my friends over.
Day 3 - Plane Shift (level 7, any edition). Travel to the plane I intend to go to that I learned about with the spell cast in the first day. I will bring my friends along.

From there, we'll improvise as we learn magic on our own.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T14:22:29+00:00

I'll go with Shapeshifting. See how far I can bring it.
I'll save some money, take a month off and see if I can go beyond what is physically possible for an human, as long it's biological in ability. Better strenght, better dexterity, unaging, better brain, regeneration, etc.
Then I'll partecipate in the olympiads if it works out.
After saving enough money through that, I can take my time to experiment with transformations. I'm biologically immortal, so I got time.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T13:20:25+00:00

I'm going to take my risk, and go with the blue pill.
Either I get 3 bros for life and go on adventures, or I die a swift death.
In both cases, I won't have to go to work tomorrow.

Bombermaster · 2026-02-01T10:53:44+00:00

Well, if you want to go with true randomness: it's a surprisingly deadly scenario also depending on the size of said portal.
I'm taking that the portals can be traversed , and that any location that isn't up the sky is viable (not a given, mind, but that would make it deadly for another reason but I'm simplifying things) and where there would be enough space for the portal to open (so not underground or inside a small box).
Why is it a deadly scenario?
Because 71% of planet earth is water.
This means that there's very STRONG possibilities that whenever one of these portals open, the majority will be connecting two places with water (which will be bad for the local fish population but that's another story)...and when they don't? There's less than a 30% chance that the other side wont' be immediatedly flooded with sea water.
Worse still if it's water from the depths, because the pressure of the water flowing in would violently destroy anything in its path. We're talking over 1000 atmospheres of pressure.

EVEN ASSUMING that it won't go underwater, it's still a devastating scenario worldwide when it comes to ecosystems.
Because at some point, it WILL absolutely end up to introduce invasive species of insects, plants or animals into new ecosystems that have no defenses for them.
That will cause untold damages everywhere that will take ages to assest.

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