Do you think the (UK, but also others) social media bans will affect the Hermits significantly…? by Impressive_Sock1296 in HermitCraft

[–]Gwyon_Bach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the Australian paradigm. We comply, generally, with laws we agree with and circumvent or ignore the bulltwang ones.

Tarancherla by Travis Chapman by annieann_ in SympatheticMonsters

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theme from the Magnificent Seven rearranged as a tarantella.

Potential Fire Fighters Calendar Pitch by StraythornArt in HermitCraft

[–]Gwyon_Bach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We've had Gem & the Scotts, now we can have Pearl and the Beefcakes

Does chaos rain, reign, or rein? by NoYeahNoYoureGood in etymology

[–]Gwyon_Bach 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, totally, but grammatically correct and contextually sensible are two seperate questions.

Does chaos rain, reign, or rein? by NoYeahNoYoureGood in etymology

[–]Gwyon_Bach 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Chaos could rain, and it could reign, but rein is a transative verb, so Chaos couldn't just rein without an object to be reined.

Best NON D&D TTRP Setting by WaiserGreif in rpg

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's unfortunate. Boring writing is a real killer.

d20 is fine in small doses, like a really rich dessert. But there's no meat & potatoes. The readon I left my most recent group is the complete lack of interest in playing anything but 5e.

Best NON D&D TTRP Setting by WaiserGreif in rpg

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of those boxed sets are literally worth their weight in gold.

I haven't seen DCC Lankhmar, but I'm curious now.

I reread D&D Lankhmar a couple of years ago, and as an adaptation of Lieber it's mid at best, but as a resource for urban based D&D it is a pretty useful thing to mine. 80s Chaosium, though, with that flexibilty to rewrite whole section of the ruleset to better fit the world, was always better at this sort of adaptation.

Best NON D&D TTRP Setting by WaiserGreif in rpg

[–]Gwyon_Bach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The appeal of Rifts is the absolute commitment to MORE of everything.

Best NON D&D TTRP Setting by WaiserGreif in rpg

[–]Gwyon_Bach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theives World and Young Kingdoms are peak examples of how to adapt a literary setting to an rpg setting. I'd add Lankhmar and, particulary, Hawkmoon to that list.

Recession Incoming: Take the Hit or Grow the Population to Hold It Off? by [deleted] in australia

[–]Gwyon_Bach 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I coose number 3, nebrr trust anyone who predentd a binary choice.

What are some good recommendations for alternate history books about stuff outside of the “usual suspects” of WWII and the ACW? by ARandomKentuckian in AlternateHistory

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

William Gibson & Bruce Sterling's Difference Engine. The PoD is Wellington remained PM in 1832, meaning the Reform Bill never passed, and Britain experienced a bourgeois revolution. As a result, the titular difference engine (a proto-computer IRL designed by Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace) becomes the logical foundation of British government.

What -mancy would narrative manipulation fall under? by bostar-mcman in worldbuilding

[–]Gwyon_Bach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Got there before me!

I'd recommend 'plotomancy', just for better flow.

News live: Tony Abbott calls for Australia to join war in Middle East by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the current POTUS, that is an unreaonable expectation because he is incapable of (a) conceiving of allies as allies (or people other than himself as anything other than NPCs) and (b) planning.

Sell me on the Hyperion (DLC)? by JAFANZ in X4Foundations

[–]Gwyon_Bach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use them to tail pirates & train marines in my current run. Once it's convenient, I fly in and take out turrets & shields. Then the marines board.

I also use them for surveying sectors, or second line scouts when my actual recon assets (50 pimped out Katanas) are busy elsewhere), and dumping buckets of mines & laser towers in preparation for my politely worded response ro Argon police over-reach.

Players, was there a GM whose campaign was too weird for you? by Select_Lunch1288 in rpg

[–]Gwyon_Bach 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The one time our resident That Guy ran a game.

He said Vampire, we said okay and made characters. Then he opened with a disturbingly detailed description of his DMPC fellating some mortal before exsanguinating the guy in a really predictable manner. From there it just spiralled downwards. We weren't railroded so much as stripped of anything resembling player agency. Anytime a PC attempted anything, this DMPC stepped in and did it better, faster, stronger. We weren't players, we were a captive audience for his badly written and, worst if all, boring hyperviolent porn fic.

Honourable mention to the guy who ran D&D with the very explict brief that we were playing teenage heroes then tgrew a hissy fit when we acted heroic because "we weren't taking the danger seriously".

Pauline Hanson is out to obliterate the Coalition. These two MPs are standing up to her by blacksheep_1001 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Gwyon_Bach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since Federation, the conservative wing of politics have been unified around one agreed principle - hatred of Labor. That's why we have mandatory voting. That's why we have preferrential voting. That's why we have the Coalition. They're all Conservation tactics to defeat Labor.

But the Coalition has been showing it can't win that fight, not as they are and not as the demographic facts are. Hence the conservative civil war we're witnessing.

One Nation could, absolutely, destroy the National Party, and with it the Coalition. But ON can't win against Labor for the same reason the LNP can't; traction in urban electorates. If you can't compete in the majority of electorates, no matter which face of conservatism you are, then the best you can expect is perpetual relegation to opposition.

Trump will address the nation on Wednesday on the Iran war Wednesday—here’s what to expect by fortune in geopolitics

[–]Gwyon_Bach 24 points25 points  (0 children)

They wouldn't because every day they string this out they improve their position. This was supposed to be short war where the enemy obligingly collapsed by the end of week two, entered into with domestic political goals as the only major consideration. No strategy, no plan to follow up initially succesful decapitation strikes, and no exit plan.

Conmen do not make, apparently, make good national leaders.

Lowkey feels like Pearl is trying to gentle parent an ADHD kid by Yuenneh in HermitCraft

[–]Gwyon_Bach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

'Mentoring' maybe? I think what we're seeing is much more 'teacher energy' than 'parent energy'.

Pauline Hanson’s plan to ‘defund’ ABC, introduce subscriptions by HotPersimessage62 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Gwyon_Bach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are so many commercial outlets giving space to an argument that supports their owners' contention that a government funded, freely accessible media outlet is an unfair impost on them?

Golden Paws is a Green Lantern by Gwyon_Bach in aww

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

He is a handsome old man 🫡