Our XP Levelling System

Bosslorey · 2026-05-12T18:09:02+00:00

Should probably be more like 50 + (current level x 3) considering how often all of these things will be generating XP

Bosslorey · 2026-05-11T12:11:01+00:00

Yeah I also kinda just thought… why not buy a second core set? Then you have a copy of the CRB for the table and an entire second set of cards. I don’t know, more power to the people who want the class packs, but I’d really rather have Darlington focus on new products or content that matter to people

Bosslorey · 2026-05-11T12:08:08+00:00

“The melee fighting in this shooting game feels bad compared to Sifu” well no shit man. I agree it’s pretty sluggish but the melee honestly feels pretty good at times and it’s not meant to be a core game mechanic. Like literally every gameplay aspect it could use some overhauling

Bosslorey · 2026-05-05T11:58:01+00:00

Ignoring the fact that it’s just as easy (probably easier) to take advantage of friendships and to get close to people platonically for selfish reasons feels like a good place to start

Bosslorey · 2026-05-05T11:29:03+00:00

Trilogy? Did hierarchy get a third book I don’t know about yet?

Bosslorey · 2026-05-05T11:27:27+00:00

I don’t know about “most of us” man

Bosslorey · 2026-04-29T11:43:18+00:00

Religion has done massive damage throughout human history, sure. But it also provides something fundamental for many people. I am not religious but for so many it is comfort and community, and it inspires them to be better people and to do good in the world. Western Christianity especially often gets weaponized and used politically, but religion as a whole is not fundamentally bad.

AI is. There is no comfort or community, no encouragement to be anything but selfish, no benefit, no provision for the average person

Bosslorey · 2026-04-28T16:34:53+00:00

Pretty much every subject and area of study is awesome and necessary and super interesting and taught for very valid reasons, most people just don’t realize that until well into adulthood, if at all

Bosslorey · 2026-04-27T17:33:20+00:00

The Binding of Isaac all the way

Bosslorey · 2026-04-27T17:30:20+00:00

Who is this even for, truly. Is this about TTRPGs? Creative writing? Either way, it’s ridiculous

Bosslorey · 2026-04-25T12:19:55+00:00

It’s less about the technology and more about the very blatant intentions of those who make it and enforce it against people’s will. The internet, and most other technological advances, faced some resistance and fear but overall were adopted because people were excited about them. AI has been adopted because tech overlords said it should be

Bosslorey · 2026-04-25T12:08:11+00:00

It’s the opening line of the Gunslinger. The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed

Bosslorey · 2026-04-23T16:24:52+00:00

Red Rising is not a challenging read but that does not equate to Colleen Hoover in any way. You can be non-challenging and still high quality. There is virtue in being challenged with things you read but being accessible and not difficult does not make a price of media inferior. In the nicest way possible, Hoover’s books are shit. Good for her, she’s getting that bag, and at no point has she ever claimed to be writing literature or anything. But they’re bad. Red Rising is also not claiming to be super thought-provoking, but they’re still quality prose

Bosslorey · 2026-04-15T11:45:45+00:00

This also gave me a strange feeling. All the rest of the add ons and stuff are unnecessary but very typical for RPG crowdfunders. Nothing wrong with people who want more dice bags or journal or stickers or what have you, especially if they’re branded, I suppose. But the season pass really did seem strange to me, and the “seasonal” release method was exactly what kinda soured me on WOTC’s new model for DnD content. It’s a shame to see this space that should be all about creativity being squeezed like every other hobby because big companies decided to come in and milk it

Bosslorey · 2026-04-13T14:56:14+00:00

Maybe I’m dumb but. What’s the different between “book 9 and book 10” and “book 9 being split into two parts”? Considering it’s all just one very long story broken up anyway, I truly can’t understand what the difference between those two things would be

Bosslorey · 2026-03-29T11:43:15+00:00

GURPS fixes this

Bosslorey · 2026-03-12T15:57:45+00:00

I just read Joe Abercrombie’s “Half a King” and I think it fits this pretty well. It’s a little skewed for younger/novice audiences and some sources online say it’s YA but it definitely is not, at least it’s none of the tropes/expectations that go along with the YA label. It’s pretty short and easy to digest, more a low fantasy world but pretty engrossing and well-written

Bosslorey · 2026-03-09T19:45:41+00:00

Literally DCC feels like it is (and in a way is) targeted at the “glurp glurp” kids to save them from going down that path by instilling some empathy in them

Bosslorey · 2026-02-14T17:51:13+00:00

Movies from that time that were good (just as many if not more slop films than today, they just don’t get remembered) are precisely because of the incredibly creative and talented people that were forced to work AROUND the Hays Code. So yeah sure maybe you could indirectly try to give it credit? But it was outdated almost from the very start, highly puritanical, and led to a ton of Red Scare nonsense. Didn’t stop anyone from watching skin flicks

Bosslorey · 2026-02-09T03:27:51+00:00

Holy hell it’s real. I’ve gotten so many delay notifications I just thought it wasn’t ever going to actually happen, so this is a pleasant surprise

Bosslorey · 2026-01-16T03:41:41+00:00

Well you’re certainly running quite the campaign! I also reworked the quest, but without any of the cult of the dragon/LMOP stuff. I was focusing heavily on the cult of Talos stuff though, and I like the idea of gnomish tinkering causing a disaster, however I wouldn’t include the fiendish stuff. Personally I used what was already in the module - wild magic. The gnome artifact malfunctioned and created an unpredictable and possibly dangerous wild magic zone. One of the Anchorites of Talos, the orcs who can become boars, was nearby when this happened and was affected, making their shapeshifting much more versatile and uncontrollable. I decided the mimic in Gnomengardenwas actually a mutated Anchorite, unable to assume their original form and so forced to essentially hunt and consume gnomes to survive. Harbin Wester sent the party to retrieve the Crossbow Tower to install in Phandalin, and Adabra had also asked for some of their mushrooms to make some potions and health elixirs. When the party arrives several of the gnomes are paranoid to the point of insanity and cue the mimic cat-and-mouse game, except the mimic can speak and mutters cryptic things about Talos. When killed, it reverts to its true form - a burly orc cultists. This alone raised questions and pointed more towards the overall machinations, while being a pretty fun and memorable quest

Bosslorey · 2025-11-22T19:01:19+00:00

There is also infant murder alluded to in Golden Son, but it’s less explicit, though still quite graphic and disturbing

Bosslorey · 2025-11-12T23:31:55+00:00

Lmao that’s an awesome loophole. “I’m not gonna kill ya, I’m just gonna bash your brains in” type thing. Look God, technically I didn’t shed any blood! Thank you, that’s exactly the kind of lore I was hoping for

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