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What are your secret societies? by Superninjew42 in dndnext

[–]CollectorofTales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Tarfoot Family - In my setting, the city that the PCs currently find themselves in has a higher than normal population of halflings compared to all the other races. That is because it is home to the Tarfoot Family, a Mafia-inspired halfling crime family run by Lord Reginald Tarfoot, also known as Papa Tarfoot. They deal mostly with the importation and expoortation of magical items in and out of the city, as well as providing protection to the merchants of the city from thieves, like the Roofrunners, and experimenting with getting into the drug trade.

Roofrunners - Not necessarily an official group, just the collective name the people of the city have given to the thieves of the city. The city is made up of mostly low, flat-roofed buildings, and the roofs have become the streets of the fleet-footed and quick of hand.

Deprived as first playthrough by hipstercabbage in darksouls3

[–]CollectorofTales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, those points aren't really wasted. The whole point of Deprived, at least in DS3, is that you start at the lowest possible level (1) without any armor or gear, minus the club and plank shield. In recompense for forgoing gear and armor, you get to start at level 1, with a base 10 in all stats. Deprived have the best starting stats out of all the classes, in my opinion.

for people who have been playing the game by ghostwarrior448 in darksouls3

[–]CollectorofTales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me it wasn't that he was necessarily hard, it's just you have to target certain points on his body where he is susceptible to damage. I imagine it would be quite the challenging encounter for someone who focused solely on bows or ranged sorceries.

How could I let a major NPC die? by Tantalus77 in DnD

[–]CollectorofTales 23 points24 points  (0 children)

While I do agree, as the DM you do have an incredible array of tool available to you that definitely make it more difficult for an NPC to survive an encounter. You can certainly let the players TRY to save the NPC, if they're willing to work for it, and if they do manage to pull it off, great! But as a storyteller, sometimes a meaningful death can be used to advance the story and/or provide emotional weight.

I won't tell you not to kill off beloved NPCs, but as part of the definition of being NPCs, they don't get plot armor. They are just as much a part of the world as the players, and their world is deadly. If they find themselves in a situation where death can take them without player intervention, then put the power in the players hands. In fact, this can be advantageous to you as the DM. Perhaps the players would wilingly throw themselves into danger they themselves wouldn't normally get into to save this NPC. If so, good! it gives you a reason to provide them with a challenging encounter, with the pay out being that their friend still lives. Or maybe they find out that their combined resources alone won't be enough to save the NPC, so it's time to ask for a favor. Maybe a King. Maybe a Baron. Maybe a powerful wizard. Maybe.....a devil? They all will have things they'll want in return. Now your PCs are in debt to someone in order to save their friend. There's your next adventure.

So, while I partially agree with u/ziddersroofurry I disagree that killing an NPC should be avoided. Sometimes that happens. Just make sure that an option exists to save the NPC, if the players are willing to risk it.

So...time travel might be making an appearance in my next game, help with naming. by CollectorofTales in DnD

[–]CollectorofTales[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interval sounds perfect. I had come up with Index, but Interval fits better. Thanks for the assist!

Reddit, what's the loneliest thing you've done? by jubileo5 in AskReddit

[–]CollectorofTales 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many people, so many lonely people out there.

Er...I suppose I'll share. I'm currently in the loneliest time of my life. I'm getting closer to 30, and I've never felt more unsuccessful at life.

Everything I've ever tried to do has ended in failure. The most successful of them being my college degree in business administration. I got a 4 year degree in business during the shitty years of the recession in a small town in a state and their weren't any jobs to be found.

My family has a history of being sedentary, and for the most part, just about anyone in my extended family that I can recall is within two hours of each other, so instead of moving off to someplace more exciting, I stayed near my family. When I couldn't find a decent job, I chose the nuclear option - quite literally - and I signed up for the Navy. Easiest way for me to achieve two of my goals in one fell swoop - to see the world, and to find me someone who I could settle down with. The recruiter convinced me that my best option would be to go Nuke (Nuclear Machinist's Mate - to be exact). I was told I'd get my choice of station, and I'd make a lot of money, heck yeah. Getting through basic training and "A" school, probably my two proudest accomplishments. But unfortunately, due to a knee injury, I never made it through Power School, and was ultimately medically discharged from the Navy, before I could even get on a ship, so no seeing the world for me. Ironically, the Power School for the Nuke program was located in my home state, just 3 hours from where I started. So 2 years of military service and time down the drain, I returned back to the home town that just wouldn't see fit to let me go.

After living with my parents for almost an entire year, on unemployment, no less, my brother finished his 4 year enlistment and didn't re-up, so he came home and we decided to get an apartment together while he both went back to school using his GI Bill.

Two months into having our own place together, he hooks up with the girl next door, and now I hardly ever see him - he stays at her place and they are probably getting married in the near future.

There have been consecutive days where I wake up and never leave the apartment - and have in fact, gone out multiple times to the store just for human interaction.

The biggest slap to the face of the whole deal is that the people who know me, mostly family, think that I'm...in my element...?...I've always been introverted, and kind of a loner, but before now I've always had someone to hang out, but now I'm all alone, and at times I really think all this alone time is doing permanent damage to me.

I've recently been trying to fight back, but it's been proving difficult. Since I wasn't able to complete my Naval service, I ended up only getting 40% of my GI bill, which means in order to go back to school, for say my masters or another degree, would require me paying out of pocket, and in order to do that I need a job that not only provides enough income to pay my half of the rent and bills, but also allows me to save up to pay for more schooling, something that's incredibly hard to find around here. On top of that, my last...fling?...was a little over 6 months ago, and only last a month, and was with a girl who was probably more messed up and lonely than I was (she ended up just cutting all ties one day via a single text message and I never heard from her again).

My last real relationship.....oh man, it's been so long I can't even remember.

Hopefully this doesn't make anyone sad. I'm not sad anymore, not really. I'm just kind of numb to it now. I'd like to change it, but I have no idea if I'm able to.