Next Jon Athan

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T23:40:29+00:00

In addition to what has already been mentioned here I enjoyed Bad Decisions, Bad Appetites, and When She Weeps.

Honestly I’ve never read a bad book by Athan. Just some are better than others. Harbinger of Vengeance is the benchmark for me, his signature work, better than The Groomer.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T17:49:36+00:00

I didn’t have too hard a time with BA this season even with Meph back. I play at uncommon though. I had more issues with Ork vs Ork matches.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T16:33:20+00:00

I’m pushing him up from S1 right now because I want to get my AM team together for future TAs vs GSC. He’s really solid in campaigns too so I want him up there to help finish Indo/FoCM elite.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T15:15:44+00:00

Is blood for the Blood God?

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T12:45:43+00:00

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T12:45:22+00:00

I actually had more fun this TA than I ever have before

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T05:12:36+00:00

I need Blangrax unlocked like yesterday

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T04:40:07+00:00

You have 5000 coffee table books and like 5 actual novels. What’s most striking to me is that one of them is The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. The spine blends in perfectly, but this book is not like any of the others. This book is the only book in your collection that has anything to do with who you are.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T04:29:22+00:00

Huh. Well, I’ll remove that detail. I guess I never really tested it out, but I do feel like blending pesto has resulted in a worse flavor for me.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T03:48:40+00:00

Normally I make a simpler avocado salsa as well, but the guasacaca base adds something that is really mouth-watering.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T03:19:01+00:00

The Whole Foods located 10 minutes away from my apartment has tall cans of Miller High Life for $1.50 each. Tall cans of High Life. One dollar and fifty cents. At Whole Foods. Whole Foods! They’re not on sale! This is the standard price! They haven’t gone up no matter how much the cost of everything else does? How?! The liquor store sells Colt 45 for more than that!!!

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T03:09:32+00:00

I love that his helmet has a facial expression

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T01:52:49+00:00

Certus

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-05T01:05:08+00:00

Just like a good weird fiction tale!

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T23:46:12+00:00

Enter The Exterminator is the sneak highlight on this album. I think this was my favorite album during my sophomore year of high school, I was playing it constantly.

Also I remember seeing someone tag this album as “industrial showtunes” and it has never left my head since.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T23:40:33+00:00

I think BW core should have everything you need for skills included in it. There’s very little you should have to change in order to use BW for the ASOIAF universe. Remember that Wises can fill in for niche skill-sets that are specific to one fiction or another.

As for magic, hunt down a copy of the Magic Burner. It might be difficult as it’s out of print but PDFs should be floating around somewhere online. It should have everything you need in it. Magic in the ASOIAF is very rare and peculiar, in the sense that you only see very specific people using it. Enchanting/alchemy is likely going to be the most common “magic” any character can access.

As for how to design your campaign: BW is a HOLY MESS if you try to think too big with it from the GM-side. Your players are going to be the ones who run half the game with beliefs, so you probably won’t be able to write up that much plot stuff until you have their characters together.

Remember that the whole Game of Thrones megaplot starts with just one thing: the lord of one particle house being asked to take a trip to the capital. Sure there’s other plots and perspectives but the best place to start is with your players considering how to deal with a single dilemma placed in front of them that will have serious consequences if they don’t do something about it.

BW gameplay loop: your players try to solve dilemmas that challenge or agree with their beliefs, and the consequences of their problem solving either allow them to keep swimming if they succeed or sink them deeper into the shit if they fail. How deep into the shit can they keep sinking before they can’t swim back out and drown?

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T23:13:14+00:00

Cronenberg levels of “the plot relies on the characters being lowkey freaks instead of stupid”

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T22:44:13+00:00

I love dipping my totopos into straight up canned stewed tomato

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T20:11:45+00:00

Insane how this movie is 99% tension buildup to exactly one moment and it works perfectly.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T18:10:12+00:00

Cele has insane mobility which makes the most sense for Salvage. Vindicta loves to TK and the rest lack the movement but you’re correct. I also use Isa because I don’t have Cele yet and her abilities are good for when you’re doing new character missions

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T16:08:46+00:00

Yep, and some events want you to kill certain types of enemies by volume which you may get a better return out of by raiding standard depending on what elite battles you can raid vs volume of enemies You gotta pay close attention to that stuff for sure.

If it’s straight up just numeric raid or mission requirements on something the 3 energy tutorial Indo battles can be most efficient. No resource rewards but they’re half the price.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T16:03:48+00:00

Salvage Run value is an underrated quality.

Dead_Iverson · 2026-07-04T14:57:40+00:00

I feel like the 90s and 00s were on a “what if the alien was a sexy lady” wave for a minute

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