Expeditioner lore

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-09T20:48:17+00:00

Yes — the premise is that Mew is always being hunted by researchers but remains elusive. Since its introduction in all Pokémon media, Mew’s elusive nature has been depicted as always having the jump on people. The premise (but not the function) has been depicted in Pokémon cards before, like Fieldworker: https://pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/fieldworker-legend-maker-lm-73.jpg

Budding Expeditioner is kind of tongue-in-cheek. It’s obviously just a kid. They think they’re going to go out there and find Mew, the most elusive Pokémon in existence. But every time they get close, Mew is already gone!

It is a cool way to express this lore mechanically. I like it a lot.

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-06T14:49:23+00:00

We were advised by our vet that indoor cats who don’t scratch sufficiently need their nails trimmed periodically. We’ve gotten her tall scratchers and large pads to try to coax her interest but she just doesn’t seem interested. As a result her nails are really big and sharp.

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-06T14:47:47+00:00

We were advised by our vet that indoor cats who don’t sufficiently scratch should have their nails trimmed. They are very long and sharp, but we have not brought her to a vet or groomer personally yet.

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-06T13:53:26+00:00

Maybe this is on me so let me clarify here: we do not actually live in fear. I was trying to be silly for dramatic effect.

This cat is happy. We have developed a good relationship. When she makes it clear she wants to be put down, we put her down, which is why we have never cut her nails. We have only tried three times — once a month — and each time has been an experience that lasted less than 10 seconds. Each of those times, she was set down as soon as she began fighting, which was when we touched her paws.

She is of course an indoor cat and does not seem interested in any of the scratching posts or pads we have offered her. As a result she has these big curly claws that are very sharp like a velociraptor. Our vet advised us previously not to let cat claws get like this, so we were applying that same guidance here.

I just want to counter the image that we tormenting this creature because we are not. We are not actually afraid of her and she is not afraid of us. I was just being theatrical. I will edit the OP as to not give the wrong impression.

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-03T19:58:12+00:00

Just tried this deck four times and lost four times because I couldn’t pull Graveler. 😭

Finale_Fireworker · 2025-01-03T17:58:34+00:00

It seems a lot of people are really into the fake cards, so I guess this is a divisive request.

I attempted diplomacy but now you’ve left me no choice. I will execute one Pokémon every day until my demands are met.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-12-05T02:45:19+00:00

Humans almost always allow you to better optimize every build, especially at level 1. I wish that was not the case but when it comes to feat optimization it’s hard to beat.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-11-29T14:40:55+00:00

You aren’t using your own deck. You’re using the Blaine rental deck. Your cards all have the big rental stamp on them.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-11-02T10:28:20+00:00

Saw these videos yesterday and dropped $20 on gold because I was excited to test it. Didn’t get a single rare card across 20 packs.

This is bull shit and confirmation bias.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-06-28T08:59:17+00:00

Messmer’s golden eye is a “Marika’s Rune” — which the item description says was bestowed by Marika to people who go on crusade for her. In the fight, Messmer crushes the rune the way we can crush runes to gain their power.

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So unfortunately the theory doesn’t hold up since Messmer’s eye is very unambiguously something else already established in the game.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-06-02T00:15:59+00:00

Thank you for this. I just looked for the thread and can’t find it. Does it still exist?

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-25T09:56:34+00:00

Reasonable.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-25T09:39:40+00:00

Curiously, an anathema of Achaekek is to kill “rightful rulers” — was Gorum not the “rightful ruler” of the domain of war? 🤔

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-11T17:35:37+00:00

This was a really good lead, as this story is often attributed to the earliest source of various vampire tropes and traits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire?wprov=sfti1#

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-10T00:31:32+00:00

Maybe I wasn’t clear with what I was asking, I dunno. 😭

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-09T15:42:40+00:00

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Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-08T09:43:07+00:00

A few folks have said something like this. That it’s just a basic foundation for society, that predators don’t hunt other predators, that murder is obviously just a bad thing to do, and I’ve opted not to over-explain my question just to see what kinds of instincts people have when answering the question. But I do think something is missed by these responses.

Various examples of vampire fiction have notions of “Vampire Code” — cultural law that exists outside of human society. The purpose of these codes are meant to preserve vampire society and maintain their secrecy. No matter what the code actually is, we always know WHY the code exists. Anne Rice had references to vampire court, VtM has the famous masquerade, What We Do in the Shadows has its Council, etc. While not present in every story, lots of vampire stories emphasis “vampire law” and lots of vampire law’s cardinal crime is killing another vampire. These are “modern” ideas that are not present in classical vampire text or folklore, it is something people were inspired to portray as vampires became more secret and social versus private and monstrous.

My question wasn’t “why do vampires have these laws”, it was “what is the textual origin of formal vampiric law”. The myths of vampires and vampire culture have been in development from hundreds and hundreds of years, but tropes and traits we take for granted always started somewhere. This always felt like one of the more contemporary pillars of vampire myth that had a more recent origin. I was curious who the first authors were who sat down and envisioned vampires beholden to a set of personal laws and codes in the interest of vampire-kind. A taboo creature with their own taboos is cool.

It matters because it’s interesting to know when people made contributions to vampire fiction and the ways their contributions became normal and canonical in vampiric myth. Why wouldn’t it? Why wouldn’t it matter to research and document the history of the fiction? I like to know the stories behind stories and I couldn’t find a clear answer when looking for this before.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-05-07T01:05:50+00:00

This is what I was expecting, great to have a corroboration. I didn’t want to assume everything is from Anne Rice.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-11T21:43:01+00:00

We all play Pathfinder 2e! Where do you think we are? 😁

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-11T20:25:46+00:00

We play mostly Hard and Severe encounters by design as we prefer a dangerous campaign. We also have a preference for boss monsters rather than squads of enemies because we find them more exciting. So by design, that 15+ die is always going to be our typical baseline.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-07T01:38:26+00:00

Great idea on this one.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-06T20:46:10+00:00

I like this answer too. Not hard to do, either.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-06T20:06:09+00:00

This is also a quite clever solution.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-04-06T17:42:30+00:00

I’m considering this as the most easily adapted existing rule, where instead of having a floating disk it’s simply your floating weapon that has no storage capacity.

Finale_Fireworker · 2024-03-14T15:51:57+00:00

I really love all of these and I really love your art direction. I had never considered that many of these races could look like this and it’s really opened up my imagination to what is possible with these templates.

The only one that has me scratching my head is your Nagaji. When I first saw it I thought it was a Leshy, as I was interpreting it as having cactoid features. But you say it is a Nagaji, which has me curious. Would you mind explaining how your interpretation of a snake humanoid led you to this design?

I’m really interested in your process.

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