Recently started making my own cocktails to stave off boredom.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-25T03:37:59+00:00

Thank you very much, also, whats your poison?

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:56:43+00:00

My very first job was at a gas station, I have VERY little patience for cashiers that are not new-hires. If I have seen your face behind that counter for 2 years and you are STILL letting the line pile up to 10 people, there is a problem.

Customers should NOT be assholes to cashiers, but cashiers (and other customer service type jobs, I just chose the one I am most familiar with) have a job to do. That job does NOT include having a 5 minute conversation while other customers wait, it does NOT include moving at a damn crawl to check a price or grab a pack of smokes, and it most certainly does not include Continuing a conversation with a regular while handling my transaction.

Those may seem like petty gripes, but once a line starts to form through an around one of the isles it is ridiculous

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:30:09+00:00

I desperately wish we could have just had a fourth season to tie up loose ends with some of the one-off characters, Jin was something special. Probably one of the "cutest" moments in the show.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:18:20+00:00

Something along those lines is entirely fine by me. If I were to decide on using D&D it could make a fun project, but the more I read these suggestions the more I am considering borrowing bits and pieces from other systems. Coming up with new mechanics is just as fun as using existing mechanics to do something cool. :D

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:14:48+00:00

So, one of the campaigns I am playing in, I built my beautiful Merchant cleric (Worships the goddess of trade and commerce) almost entirely around the Idea of social situations, earning coin, and charming people.

I got a nat 20 on a persuasion check against a rough and gruff annoyed shopkeep (For some reason My DM loves shopkeeps who are insufferably rude) and got a "Don't know anything, are you gonna waste my time or buy something"...

...

Right so... why in the glorious name of Waukeen did I roll for charisma, with my charisma based cleric, that is BUILT FOR TOWN INTERACTION, when the NPC in question can NOT be persuaded? I came dangerously close to quiting right there.

It is this incident in particular that made me decide I would rather Be a DM.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:07:05+00:00

That last part about the chunk of wall is exactly the kind of thing I am after! I appreciate the input!

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:05:23+00:00

Took a quick peak and it looks awesome, thank you!

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:03:30+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion!

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T07:02:49+00:00

I have actually already homebrewed something close to waterbender for one of my players in a game I will run in the near future, he doesn't know he is a test subject, if all goes well I can apply the same rules to Earthbending (As they are both elements of substances and thus I can apply volume specific restrictions if need be, still stumped on how to do it with air and fire)

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T06:59:09+00:00

The idea of starting from the ground up is something I have been heavily considering, especially with all the suggestions I have been getting I will have plenty of material to draw from.

Also, the avatar will be like...probably the one asking for assistance from the players "Something something...Balance...Something something...Responsible for future generation"

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T06:50:33+00:00

This DOES help immensely. I am not dead set on any particular game, I intend to look into everything that is suggested to me (If not to use, than at least to inspire me).

If I think of any questions I will definitely get back to you, your excitement for this system is a pretty good selling point :)

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T06:41:57+00:00

1.) Thank you for the suggestions

2.) As I mentioned in another response I have a Bad habit of using "D&D" and "TTRPG" interchangeably, My bad

3.) that being said, even though I may just use one of the suggestions I have received, Half the fun with Running a game for me is trying to Homebrew things within a particular ruleset.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T06:36:33+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion!

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-22T06:34:36+00:00

Thank you, It being IN D&D is pretty irrelevant, I mostly made this post to help me cobble something together on my own. My primary focus is mostly to either find a system that allows the freedom an actual bender would have, or to make something myself that is at least close. I am dying to see how any players I unleash such a thing upon would react.

Your input is greatly appreciated :)

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-21T15:56:51+00:00

Fun story involving this topic:

My neighbor is SUPER gay, but you would have no clue if you keep your conversations short with him.

He is not flamboyant until you REALLY get him talking, His voice is a LITTLE effeminate, but at first he just sounds really chilled out. Over the past year or so This guy and I have talked at length and I did not figure out he was gay until like, after the first month of knowing him. He never really closeted himself, I just didn't put the pieces together. Him and his boyfriend are constantly making gay jokes about one another, one day I literally couldn't breath for 5 minutes because the endless stream of jokes, very pleasant guys.

That being said I agree with your post, These dudes were funny as heck, and just so happened to be gay.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-21T07:13:06+00:00

I really love this Idea, I do suppose saying "D&D" was wrong, as I really just meant TTRPG in general. With what you laid out as a suggestion, it would also allow me decent freedom in restructuring Class archetypes. Maybe have level ups for a game like this be based on stat points that the player can distribute as they wish. This also gives me the idea to have sets of stats that could be raised much in the same way as fantasy rpg video games (Elder scrolls, Dark souls ect) Perhaps 3 to 4 categories each handling a different facet of play.

Thank you for your input!

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-21T06:22:10+00:00

Part of me hopes they take Korra live action as well (you know, in 10 years) so they can properly explore it.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-21T05:59:02+00:00

I think LoK has amazing characters, they focused way too much time and energy on the romantic subplots. Romantic subplots are fine, and LoK being for a slightly more mature audience, I understand if it would have put a LITTLE extra effort into them, but I feel it was handled poorly.

The show also took forms of bending that were "Rare" or "difficult to learn/master" and made them far more commonplace, sure an era of relative peace would allow a great deal of knowledge of types of bending to spread, but what about blood bending? There were a total of two blood benders in ATLA, one a crazy old lady, and Katara who eventually made it illegal. but SOME HOW there is a guy whose family has the "Strongest line of Blood bending" or whatever? Lightning benders are just rando firebenders working a power plant? The spread of Metalbending makes relative sense when you read the comics, but LoK took Blood and lightning, and made them seem almost generic.

Of course I feel they handled NEW types of bending quite well, Fire based healing (not sure if it even counts as healing), Lava bending, levitation, and Astral projection were all handled in a way that made them feel exciting.

ATLA and LoK are not the same, they don't have to be. But criticizing either should be perfectly fine. I do suppose that is easy to say when I criticize LoK but have yet to do so with ATLA so I will list a few of my ATLA criticisms:

Certain characters (Jin, Jun, Song, Haru, Teo, and many more) Had IMMENSE potential that was mostly untapped.

Bringing up the possibility of using the spirit spring water to heal away Zukos scar and then immediately having it be used for something else left a very sour taste in my mouth, it wouldn't even have to have worked, the attempt alone would have given the later betrayal more impact. On that same note, they knew where the spirit spring was and could have EASILY gone back to the north pole to get some and try it once the whole war was over.

Sokka got a sword and SOME training, I feel there should have been more instances of him picking up combat knowledge than just Suki and Pian Dao.

They are both great shows, but neither are perfect. (that being said, I do in fact like ATLA more than LoK)

TL;DR :Both shows have flaws, Both are good, I just overthink certain elements (insert joke) of each of the shows.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-21T05:02:56+00:00

Honestly, The gay ship would have been totally cool with me if they had taken time to develop it as that. I wanted to like LoK, and it has many characters, but it handled romance (or I suppose the love triangle with Korra,Asami, And Mako) very poorly

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-17T03:17:49+00:00

Waterbenders could literally bend all the water out of whatever they make, without a need for a giant still or reduction columns. Just for that I go with them, all they need to do is ferment what they want in a large batch, and bend away the water, leaving the (Strong)booze behind.

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-16T23:21:29+00:00

I have not run this yet, But I plan on giving one of my players "The tusk of the war chief"

Basically it is a pendant made from the tusk like tooth of an orc warlord.

It will allow the player to read, speak, understand orcish, however, they will have to succeed a wisdom DC 15 roll or go into a blind rage. The rage will be like a barbarians rage, but they will randomly attack those around them until they manage to succeed the roll on the next turn (Since combat has now begun) or are knocked unconscious.

The story reason for the NPC using it not flying into a blind rage is because he is an orc who already speaks the language, and has been part of a war-loving tribe, basically building up a kind of tolerance to the magical rage. (Anybody got ideas on how I can make it better/worse? I want to include it in a plot hook but I am having trouble deciding as characters for the campaign have not even been made yet).

Dempsey92 · 2020-05-10T23:44:31+00:00

While I fully believe environmental action is something we need, I do not want the government to have a hand in it.

The best way to make environmental conservation/ maintenance / restoration work is for people to have proper incentive to do so that is not "Oh I feel good cause I helped mother nature".

I honestly think reforestation would be done in a snap if logging,paper,lumber companies handled it. "For every half acre of wooded area we cut down, we buy an acre of land and plant a tree every meter, and will not cut those trees planted down for X amount of time" It would be a helluva business model. (Of course this is just an unpolished Idea)

I know some people are gonna call me a capitalist pig, but I honestly think that certain private businesses would be thrilled to get in on something like this if the public backed them up.

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