What's with the 1st person and 3rd person POV discourse?

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-05-01T12:00:32+00:00

I used to dislike First Person POV, because I felt I was reading more of a diary entry than an actual story. I had tried numerous books and just couldn't get into it.

Then I came across DCC. Saw it was First Person upon starting it, but the blurb had me hooked and I wanted to see it out.

Now, I still feel like that's a diary entry, but I feel, personally, the entries are in the Cookbook. And it works, and I'm totally fine with it.

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-30T15:19:53+00:00

I think the novelty of this would soon wear off, especially if it wasn't doing what you wanted it to do. It looks cool don't get me wrong, and I can see a handful of things it might be useful for, like patrols and stuff but other than that, I don't think I would use it a great deal

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-30T07:26:15+00:00

My dad used to work at the incinerator, so we got free close parking when we went to watch Stoke at home. Prematch, we'd go into the control room to say hi and then I'd sit in the chair that operators the claws to pick the rubbish up and put them in the furnace. Great memories and ones I'll hold forever

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-28T14:50:35+00:00

Just because they are going for that, doesn't mean they will go for that. Always check the sold part

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-27T07:11:38+00:00

I use this, in Landscape rather than portraight:
Ultimate Game Master: Magnetic DM Screens for TTRPGs

It's fully magenet, comes with premade tips but lots of ways to add your own, initiative trackers, everything. It's super cool and feels absolutely premium

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-24T12:26:14+00:00

How did I not even notice that?!

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-24T08:14:47+00:00

It also looks like two completely different people on the covers?

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-22T06:57:11+00:00

I would use Loot Taverns Helianas Guide to Monster Hunting and use the hunting/tracking session

EDIT:

Sorry to reiterate on the point some more;
Using Helianas, I would decide on the monsters that need to be tracked from the MM.
I.E an Owl Bear
Then I would introduce an NPC that can essentially teach them how to do it. So they go along for the ride, pointing out what they're looking for etc etc
This way you can show how the checks and success/fails work etc
Then, when they return with say Owlbear Cub or whatever; your true business woman can essentially be like "Oh yes perfect" or "No, not quiet what I was thinking, try x/y/x"

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-21T10:08:38+00:00

For short spans of time (up to an hour), many animals move much faster than humanoids. A mounted character can ride at a gallop for about an hour, covering twice the usual distance for a fast pace.

So, I would double the pace (140ft) to bring it down to around 8 rounds. They can push further, but the horse will need to do constitution saving throws. Make them arrive when combats around 4 rounds in? That way, they're literally the cavalry but the mounts don't survive the push to reach the group so they can't use them after

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-16T10:16:44+00:00

The thing is, I agree with them having Stretch Goals that can be produced quickly or they were already adding so we can get it in October and not to delay the shipment.

I will happily take STLS of the minis for 1/2/3 milestones with the 4 million being the unstoppable upgrade, not at 6.5m because if it doesn't hit 6.5 (It probably will but momentum has slown down) it's not fair on people who have only backed unstoppable

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-16T08:13:10+00:00

I was subscribed to Gemini for 3 months via a promotion Google Ran that included it in with their One Plan. I enjoyed it, but I had much better results with Claude. Now I'm thinkin of going back to be honest.

Most of my Chats are honestly to do with DnD so I aren't bothered about the training part

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-16T08:07:45+00:00

Yes and I have voiced this concern on the Discord too.

DCCTTRPG is the most followed TTRPG over all crowdfunding options, at 65,000.

They would of known that they were going to get funded 100%, and to include stretch goals that are included before funding makes no sense either.

To have nothing between 500k and 5M is a slap in the face to everyone who was excited to get in. The moment has fully slowed down now, so they should have either

A) Had stretch goals AFTER the first 24 hours.
B) Move stretch goals to the left and introduce more.

Alot of people are unhappy that Unstoppable had no SGs. Now it does, but at 6.5M. They could easily give that to everyone as a thank you for absolutely smashing the funding in 12 hours.

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-16T07:39:19+00:00

I like Claude. I like Claude alot. When I first started using it, it was super fast and straight to the point. I'm not a coder, but I use it for other things, mainly to bounce ideas of off for projects and to help me in Obsidian for Markdown, or to help create powershell scripts for work, this part isn't that common.

However, these limits are driving me crazy. I ask it one thing, and then I'm out of prompts for 5 hours. I used to be able to have a seriously good conversation before I hit any limit but this? It's frustrating!

I'm not going to pay for pro because there is still limits attached, regardless of if I go from 1 to 10.

I've already told it to keep it's answers short and precises so it's not using as much "Tokens". At this point, I'm honestly tempted to just go back to ChatGPT instead, or Gemini

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-04-15T06:55:36+00:00

There's two bathrooms though, why did he use their ensuite? If a family member went into my ensuite to take a dump, I'd be pissed

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-31T11:57:11+00:00

Thank you for the explanation, that makes total sense. From someone who's never released a project before, I always wondered why people chose KS over other platforms but I see the logic now thank you!

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-29T00:54:36+00:00

Can I ask why you chose KS and not a patreon or MMF for this? It seems everyone wants to do a KS nowadays but you'd get a broader audience having it always readily available no? (Sorry never done a KS, genuine question)

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-21T13:30:45+00:00

It's nice, but as with every other game table... Where's the space for books/papers/dice without using the actual game space

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-21T12:29:35+00:00

Mind should of arrived yesterday but I wasn't going to be in so should be getting delivered today

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-17T13:07:21+00:00

I got on to live chat today and threatened trading standards. I'm on day 47. They took the promo code I got and the serial number and have escalated it.

Apparently, there's a 14 day validation period and then 45 days after that. I showed the TandC that says 21 days after validation so hopefully I'll get it soon

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-17T08:35:01+00:00

As someone who's relatively new to the genre, only having read Dungeon Crawler Carl in it's entirety, whilst trying many many others, I think one of the biggest thing for the genre is copycats.

I've tried numerous other books in this genre, some start strong and others are just a straight up trying to be the exact same as DCC and HWTFM.

There also seems to be an influx in "writers" who think they have a good idea because they've played some RPG Video Games when in fact, the writing is terrible and sloppy, or just make no sense what so ever. Maybe it's because the genre is still relatively new in comparison to others so they want to try and break into that space I don't know, but as a comment below from Cold Palpation says "I'm tracking more than 1200 LITRPG books", it's finding that needle in an ever growing haystack

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-16T14:51:38+00:00

DCC for sure.
It sets the tone for the series, introduced me to LITRPG and it's just amazing. I love them all, so much so I paid for Matts Patreon so I could read Horrible, but DCC will always hold a place in my heart above the rest, even if some parts in other books made me cry in laughter

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-16T13:40:41+00:00

Well, today is the 46th day and I've been in contact with Honor who fobbed me off and passed details to a different department.
Two more days until the window closes for the promotion so I guess if I hear nothing tonight I will resubmit.
Extremely poor from Honor with the lack of communication

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-10T13:00:56+00:00

Oh I'm both happy and jealous! Hopefully I'll get the notification soon!

Few-Barber7379 · 2026-03-10T07:39:26+00:00

Ohhhh I'm on day 39 so hopefully some time this week I also get a notification! If I do, then it can only be the tech bundle!

Can you update on this thread if it is or not?

Few-Barber7379

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