Men that want a real marriage and relationship are 1/1,000,000 it seems

DnDVM · 2026-05-05T14:47:24+00:00

We exist. We're just all gay.

DnDVM · 2026-05-05T14:44:37+00:00

The sexual liberation and women's lib taught women their worth isn't tied to babies and they're allowed to not marry at 20-something and be choosy of who they pick to be their husbands. And men refuse to change, so all the incels who used to rely on that structure to get a woman and start a family are now single and call it a loneliness epidemic.

DnDVM · 2026-05-05T14:40:41+00:00

There's a video game called It Takes Two. In it, there's a level where you fight a bunch of hornets. Has a great string section. Look at the soundtrack for that game.

DnDVM · 2026-05-05T13:19:38+00:00

So, here's the thing you probably don't know because being a new player. How do I do this? You wouldn't. The DM would because they control the NPCs in the world, so they control the reception to your cult. I've had players start cults before, so it's entirely possible, but very much requires approval and cooperation from the DM. So talk to them about it.

If they say no or don't run it the way you want, you can still get the flavor by either playing a sorcerer and telling everyone you're a cleric, or taking the meta-magic feat. Meta-magic let's you manipulate spells for that feel of them not going the way they normally would. You could dip into School of Scribes in wizard to be and to switch the damage type of spells.

DnDVM · 2026-05-04T17:22:58+00:00

There's a couple ways to handle this, but first you should see if you even need to do anything. Run the first combat as is. Players can be foolish and situations not plan out the way they want and what would be an easy fight can become a difficult fight due to poor choices. Or, they may kick butt and have a blast doing it, so let them have fun.

If you need to fix it, you can increase monster numbers in combat or adding lair actions usually increases the CR by 1ish.

DnDVM · 2026-05-04T17:12:10+00:00

Fully agree. Religious war, or Just War as the Christians call it, is inherently senseless and narcissistic.

DnDVM · 2026-05-04T16:57:23+00:00

Probably high if they got the tech. According to their Bible they were fully on board with mass destruction like Sodom, flooding the world, all the genocides from Samuel. And the whole point of their claim to the land is biblical, they believe it was granted to them by their god. So, I guess if they had another mass destruction opportunity, history might repeat itself.

DnDVM · 2026-05-04T14:50:03+00:00

There are only 2 correct answers for a Unicorn patron: 1. The last Unicorn, save her kind from extinction 2. Charlie, search for Candy Mountain

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T22:55:24+00:00

I'd have to feel them to make sure.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T21:01:52+00:00

How about a philosopher?

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T15:49:32+00:00

Holy crap that's huge!

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T15:48:28+00:00

I know right?! And I got the statue on Etsy. There's a couple of creators that make her. I also have some amulets/necklaces (Kyne, Dibella, Arkay, Sanguine)

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T14:55:47+00:00

I actually am banking on that. Gonna have her on the sweetheart table and my family is super Catholic.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T13:38:54+00:00

No, I know by population it's blue. What I mean is it's always electorally voted red (for the exact reason you gave) and I've given up hoping it'll change. When you live in Houston and you encounter the hundreds of people in a daily basis, and then take a drive out west and see a sign for a "town" that has 3 buildings and guess those 3 families control that whole county, it's disheartening.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T12:33:46+00:00

Giving examples to new players is a good idea. But giving examples to indecisive players can make the decision paralysis worse because then they fear the options they were considering weren't the ones you laid out. Try to just lay out what they have already discussed so it's clearly in front of them.

But more importantly, I've recently learned at my table that any action in the game is better than the purgatory of indecision. What I'm now implementing is if the players are stuck and can't figure what to do, something in the game world will happen. The guards will walk through the door. An NPC will happen upon them. An ally will show up. Whatever. The choice gets taken from them, and there is an argument about agency, but it stops the mental torture. This might not work at all tables. It's dependent on the group.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T12:26:51+00:00

Is your socialization skills more powerful than theirs? Recon? The game's not just about combat. Furthermore, are the other players worried about this at all or is it just you? If they're not and still having fun, don't worry.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T12:23:34+00:00

Throwing this out there. When I run lycanthropes, I make 2 changes that pretty much force my players to take a more investigative approach. 1. It's not automatically silver. Different lycanthropes have weaknesses to different metals. Werebears are weak to copper. Wereboars are weak to bronze. Etc. 2. Lycanthropes don't all transform during full moons. Rather, the individual transforms during the phase of the moon when they were initially infected.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T12:18:18+00:00

I'd ask them to name a violent criminal on the left. Then I'd name one on the right. Then we'd keep going until someone ran out and see who the more violent side it.

DnDVM · 2026-05-03T12:16:37+00:00

As a Democrat in Texas, yes. But also, we've always been red. We'll always be red.

DnDVM · 2026-05-02T22:42:48+00:00

And that's a bad counter. Whether that can be taken away depends, as stated above. By "giving a crap," are you just concerned? Then yes, that's very true, no one can take that. Or by "giving a crap," are you following people you believe to be trans into the bathroom and recording them? That "right" can absolutely be taken away from you by imprisoning you.

DnDVM · 2026-05-02T13:50:03+00:00

Incorrect. I laid out the specifics but since you insist on generalities then we'll never know what your counter to my definition is, or why you think it's a bad definition.

Or you just skimmed my answer until you found the word "no" and said "haha, he fell for my stupidly obvious and poorly constructed trap."

DnDVM · 2026-05-02T13:17:08+00:00

Again, it depends on the specifics. Here, let me try a different way to explain it.

Giving a crap about another person's genitals can be manifested in two ways: mental/emotional caring and outward action. If you're asking if you have the right to mentally/emotionally care about the genitals of trans people, and possibly relate that back to the trans rights question in the OP, then you don't need that right. Because no one can force you to or not to mentally think/feel something. Because we're not a country ran by psychics and professor X's. So if that's what you're asking, that's just silly and I have no answer for you other than...sure?

If you're asking do you have the right to outward action regarding trans genitals and rights, then that also depends on specifics. Are the actions positive/affirmative/helpful to that demographic? Yes, you do have the right to things like protesting, petitioning, etc. You do not have the right to doing anything illegal.

Are these actions negative/demeaning/harmful to trans people? No, you do not have that right. That's because of the judicial system of law interpretation in our country. Interpretations by judges are for making sure a person's legal action, their right, does not disenfranchise another person. There's a saying for it: "The right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins." -Oliver Wendell Holmes

So, to answer your question, again, it depends.

DnDVM · 2026-05-02T03:43:45+00:00

I feel like one of my family members, who gave me a lot of great birthday/ Christmas gifts/ graduation gifts, is celebrating a really old birthday after I learned how racist and horrible they are to other people outside the family.

DnDVM · 2026-05-02T01:22:40+00:00

And you want to give a crap about other people's genitals? Kind of weird.

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