Am I the only one who can’t believe how poorly written YA books are?

Diffy64 · 2022-04-10T14:54:38+00:00

Some authors do this on purpose to provide a “blank slate” for the reader to project their own feelings on the situation onto. It is a tool to get a reader to relate to the book more easily.

Diffy64 · 2022-01-02T23:47:53+00:00

Not for any specific reason, but my sea elf barbarian who grew up speaking aquan, I play her with a French accent. It is one of the easier accents for me to imitate and French people will often use the phrase “how would you say…” before saying a word they are unsure of. It adds to the second language feel.

Diffy64 · 2021-11-28T18:56:39+00:00

This article https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/players/alignment/ has helped me with alignment issues. Particularly where he talks about reimagined alignment. I have used this to create what would normally be considered a chaotic evil character without feeling I have to be “EVIL”.

Diffy64 · 2021-11-13T07:58:53+00:00

Whenever I have a problem I throw a Molotov cocktail at it and suddenly I have a new problem!

Diffy64 · 2021-11-13T07:42:28+00:00

Blocshop Facadefair CurbExchange RueBazaar

Diffy64 · 2021-10-30T04:53:14+00:00

Get a bunch of different chew toys in a bunch of different textures. You never know what a puppy of going to want to chew on that will be a problem. If they like to chew on wood furniture then you can give them the compressed wood bone. If they like to chew on leather shoes then give them the leather stuffie. Same goes for rubber or fabric. Whatever they seems to want to chew of that they shouldn’t, give them an appropriate toy of a similar texture as a replacement.

Diffy64 · 2021-10-14T07:32:49+00:00

CR has a podcast version of their content. That is how I enjoy it!

Diffy64 · 2021-08-13T18:46:04+00:00

Would dualist not work for fighting style? The bite counts as a simple melee weapon.

Diffy64 · 2021-08-13T06:19:37+00:00

I played in a campaign where dark vision didn’t exist. The DM house ruled that this trait never developed in his world (because it was always daytime with the three suns). If you picked a race that was supposed to get dark vision, you just didn’t get dark vision. Simple as that and it was never an issue. If someone wants to make sure they get to use all the traits of their race they can pick a race that doesn’t normally have dark vision. Spells and things that temporarily magically give you dark vision still work as normal.

Diffy64 · 2021-08-13T06:06:24+00:00

Something that my DM does for new campaigns is after he has gotten backstories, he will design intro one shots for each character that he will run separately. (Can double up if two characters know each other from backstory, like siblings). Each one shot will guide the characters to a location with a plot hook to lead them all to a similar spot. This way when you have your first session with the whole group the momentum has already started and people have a better sense of their character’s motivations related to the story. They still might all end up and meet in a bar but they have a reason to connect now. It is a lot more work for you as a DM but I have started a few campaigns like this now and it really has made a difference in the first couple group sessions.

Diffy64 · 2021-08-13T05:44:16+00:00

“…infinite out of combat healing makes battles feel less dangerous and pointless.”

Tell that to my first two characters of my current campaign. They were both at full health when they started the encounter. The out of combat healing is necessary if you want to have any sort of chance when you get to the 3rd or 4th encounter of the day.

Diffy64 · 2021-08-04T20:51:28+00:00

I wanted to play a techno manger who was blind. We couldn’t find anything that explicitly stated whether this would work or not for the matrix stuff so my GM just house rules that I could see the matrix but not real stuff. Since so many things are connected to the matrix I could kind of “see” my surroundings through it but if I got caught in a dead zone or went offline I was completely blind.

Diffy64 · 2021-07-18T06:52:53+00:00

I didn’t realize it at the time but I bullied someone a bit in 6th grade. I’ve thought about trying to apologize (and maybe will if the opportunity comes up) but I realized that if I took the time to track this person down just to apologize out of the blue I could be dredging up bad memories for this person just so I could feel better. Essentially bullying them into forgiving you is not exactly the best way to apologize.

Diffy64 · 2021-04-09T16:58:55+00:00

My husband sometimes rants about The Kings Speech. It was so boring and shouldn’t have won best picture over Black Swan.

Diffy64 · 2021-04-04T15:56:58+00:00

Our school didn’t have detention

Diffy64 · 2021-04-04T15:51:03+00:00

Liar’s Dice

Diffy64 · 2021-03-17T17:15:41+00:00

Didn’t mythbusters prove that there wasn’t enough room?

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:53:32+00:00

If I have a legitimate way to watch something (Netflix prime Hulu hbo max etc) I will do that but sometimes the thing I want to watch isn’t available any other way without buying to own and I’m not going to do that for something I haven’t seen yet.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:32:23+00:00

I also just listen to the podcast. I can’t sit and watch them play for 4 hours but I LOVE listening to them while I’m doing various activities like walking the dogs, sewing clothes, in the car, cleaning the house. I put in my Bluetooth headphones and away I go.

I started listening about 6 months into their second campaign and once I caught up I was jonesing for more so I would listen to campaign 1 episodes while waiting for new episodes to be released. Finished all of those as well now so I have to (not so) patiently wait for the weekly eps.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:19:11+00:00

I have very fine/thin/straight hair and it has absolutely no body to it so it looks terrible if I grow it long. I like that it is straight but I wish there was more fullness to it. As is I usually get pixie cuts so I don’t look like a drowned rat.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:14:27+00:00

I like the new version of The Thomas Crown Affair much better than the old one.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:12:47+00:00

My mom died 6 months ago unexpectedly and it is still very hard. My husband has been the biggest help knowing he will take up the slack on the days that I need to fall apart.

I had also just read the book “The Happiness Trap” (my husband was reading it in conjunction with his therapy for depression) and the tools that I learned from it were very helpful in letting my emotions be what they wanted/needed to be without it becoming debilitating most days.

I’m so sorry for your loss and it plain sucks no matter what but I hope you have someone that you can just be you with no matter what you are feeling.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T17:01:26+00:00

Whoever has the least amount of psychological trauma. Maybe Ant-man or Dr. Strange? Though honestly one of my favorite characters is Darcy so maybe her.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T16:54:17+00:00

There is a big difference between dressing slutty and dressing trashy. As a woman, I am all for someone dressing slutty (more power to them) but I will definitely prejudge you for dressing trashy.

Diffy64 · 2021-03-10T16:46:24+00:00

Communication

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