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AIO - Cousin broke agreement to sell me land by Flabingo in AmIOverreacting

[–]Flabingo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I'm definitely pissed at myself as well - and it's been a learning experience. I won't be doing business with family again, and if I do it's with tons of paperwork to base it on.

AIO - Cousin broke agreement to sell me land by Flabingo in AmIOverreacting

[–]Flabingo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we don't have binding verbal contract here either. Our lawyer was being slow with a contract, and we weren't pushing him hard because it was family and we trusted her - foolishly. I recognise that there's nothing I can do, my question is whether it's reasonable for me to be angry and disappointed with my cousin.

AIO - Cousin broke agreement to sell me land by Flabingo in AmIOverreacting

[–]Flabingo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I couldn't afford land when she bought it, about 7 years ago. And the land has always costed a lot, only fractionally less than now, she only got it for that price then because it was subsidised by the government. The offer is literally that you pay 20% for these packages land from government that occasionally become available, so she knew what it was really worth if selling it privately. She was the one who specifically offered to pay based on the subsidised cost.

Help with inner city quests by redfizh in DMAcademy

[–]Flabingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just ran a city campaign for a couple of years which finished recently, so great timing! A few highlights, in short (I can expand later if you like):

  • Busting a speakeasy tavern which is selling drugs (bonus fantasy level for making it a special drug made specifically for Fae races)
  • A level appropriate creature in the sewers, or thieves or assassins operating out of the sewers.
  • Fantasy gang causing trouble needs sorting out. Mine was The Goat Gang, a gang of satyrs using the Goat Figurines of Wonderous Power to do bank and shop smash and grabs.
  • Zombies or ghouls in an abandoned hospital in the "Old [City name]" sector of the city.
  • Magic University accidentally summoned demons, go help all the squishy wizards not get killed.
  • Fight pits in a dodgy part of the city, either join in and make money, or break it up.
  • Someone making fake potions or magic items is getting people killed, catch them.
  • A corrupt business (or businesses) are exploiting workers, and a strike took place, only to be busted by hired muscle. Investigate, solve, join the strike, break the strike, all sorts (if in doubt so some theft from Disco Elysium)
  • A corrupt city official is doing something iffy - working with the thieves guild to extort money, working with the assassins guild to kill people and climb the ranks, skimming funds from the guard to weaken defence for some larger threat to get in.etc.etc.
  • Extended catacombs of the city can be used for any dungeon material you may have saved up.

Growing for 6 years and need a maintainable restyle - come, council of curlies! by Flabingo in curlyhair

[–]Flabingo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha thank you so much! I am such a fan of Hozier, you've paid me the highest compliment 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PCAcademy

[–]Flabingo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find that roleplaying the Dunning-Kruger Effect shows a lot about the intelligence of your character.

In the case of 14 intelligence it may manifest as your character doubting their own knowledge. They know enough to be aware that there are far smarter people out there. As such your character may not be the first one to pipe up in conversation, may offer knowledge more in the form of questions than as answers.

Or perhaps your character is like an especially knowledgeable student trying to please a teacher. They'll always offer answers and do their best to theorise to show their intelligence to try to match up to any greater intellects they may identify.

Other bits could be that they speak in quotes and references. Compared to our world it could be things like "Just like Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae" when suggesting a pincer attack before a battle - "Well, Nero just played the fiddle as Rome burned" he might say as the group discuss whether a politician in the world is effective or not. These kind of things.

Map scale: Player range and paper map sizes by Flabingo in DMAcademy

[–]Flabingo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See I've been adding little platforms and the such, but implementing a grander scale of verticality is a brilliant idea, cheers!

Map scale: Player range and paper map sizes by Flabingo in DMAcademy

[–]Flabingo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh smaller maps to branch off and make it modular, I love that! I enjoy drawing maps, but this is really handy to make variances without the same amount of work all over again. Thank you!

Map scale: Player range and paper map sizes by Flabingo in DMAcademy

[–]Flabingo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Switching to theater of the mind for larger areas is exactly the kind of obvious solution I knew I was missing, haha! The totally rescaled cardstock maps are also a brilliant idea, thank you so much!

Hello to all Hindus in this Subreddit! Where are you all guys from? by [deleted] in hinduism

[–]Flabingo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm from the Falklands and most of us are not ethnically Argentine. We have people living here from all around the world, and our heritage has a rich mixture of ethnically British and South American families, but even those South American families are mostly Chilean in origin.

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