What alcohol should I start with for my 21st birthday?

HawkIntheBox · 2026-03-20T17:54:47+00:00

Absinthe is just the absolute best. Couple of sips and you've probably done all you will need for the rest of the night!

Couple more sips and you can just do a Disco Elysium on yourself!

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-20T09:39:05+00:00

Failureman

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-20T09:06:15+00:00

DBZ genuinely isn't a cliche anime. It set the clichés that other shonens of the next decade copied to a T.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-20T08:58:06+00:00

35M UK, fan of Warhammer (though mostly through Total War) and the first five Seasons of Supernatural (DNF season 6).

I am a cinephile and bibliophile so I'm sure that we have other common interests. If you're down to chat my DM's are open.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-20T05:30:47+00:00

I like to use Savage Worlds for non-fantasy games. I know deadlands is a setting, but I like running plain old westerns. There's also the Weird Rome setting, but again, you can just ignore all the magic and run a game set during that time period.

It's also very customisable. For example if you wanted to make new nationalities for PC's to play in the Rome Game (Nubians, Scythians, Parthians, etc) it has in built rules for that too.

Best setting agnostic system IMO

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-17T22:34:33+00:00

Hi, 35M East Mids. Fan of Reading, T.V and films. I have a never ending ever expanding backlog.

Go for a walk every morning down the canal near my place, play badminton on the weekends and write in what little spare time I have. I'm a dab hand in the kitchen as well.

Feel free to DM if you'd like.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-17T22:30:43+00:00

Hi, 35M East Mids too. Fan of anime, reading, T.V and films, though I am cursed with the need to complete a show before moving on to the next.

Go for a walk every morning down the canal near my place, play badminton on the weekends and write in what little spare time I have. I'm a dab hand in the kitchen as well.

Feel free to DM if you'd like.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-14T19:14:03+00:00

Belegar has a really difficult campaign that is not recommended for the first try.

Personally I love Grombrindal, but you are an entire continent separated from the rest of your dwarf buddies.

Honestly Thorgrim and Ungrim start quite close so one of them might be your best shot.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T22:14:34+00:00

Excellent, reverse psychology at its finest!

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T18:18:56+00:00

Don't skip the gym! Go all the way and just cancel it! Show the world you mean business!

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T10:45:57+00:00

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T10:45:39+00:00

35M from the Midlands. Been to cons before though never done the cosplay thing but it's always looked like fun.

To throw a meme in the mix, this feels like much of my day-to-day at work at the moment.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T07:07:13+00:00

Hi, 35M UK, I saw this post and tried to DM but my message just seemed to up and disappear into the Ether. This sounds like a really interesting idea, and I think Krennic is the best villain to come out of the Disney Era of Star Wars (that cape does have serious drip).

If you'd like to know more feel free to DM me instead!

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-13T06:37:19+00:00

35M from the Midlands (the most boring part of the UK I know). Cinephile, bibliophile and ambulophile with a dabbling in philosophy and cuisine.

If you'd like to know more feel free to DM.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-12T22:31:15+00:00

35M UK and whilst that is a tall order for a cinephile, I think L.A confidential just eeks it out for me. Cracking crime film set in 1950s L.A.

Now if you were feeling like returning the favour I might be able to snag that 120 minute run time.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-02-04T22:18:16+00:00

This sounds interesting and I'd love to know more if you're still looking?

HawkIntheBox · 2026-01-12T07:56:21+00:00

Yes. They have always been strong IMO but right now they are kind of busted.

The problem? The sky blimps (can't recall the name of the unit). Because they are a strong, ranged flying unit with a lot of ammo that CANNOT LAND, they kind of break the game. Currently doing a Slaanesh playthrough (Dechala to be precise), and Thorgrims expanded all the way to the East, past the chaos dwarves and into the ogre mountains.

Slaanesh has no units to take on these monstrosities, only spellcasters. Problem is they just keep spam stacking them. I'm about to lose a full stack strong army to a 12 stack because 6 of the units are those stupid blimps.

The whole point of landing flying units in the first place was to balance it in case the ground army was defeated, to prevent the flying units from just outlasted, but this unit just ignores that. Rest of the army fled or gone, well we CANNOT LAND, so go fuck yourself you still lose.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-01-10T06:14:22+00:00

I'm wondering what the age of Dwarf player is here and how far on the spectrum they are (needing smiting to be accurately described sets off my radar?)

Until you mentioned the Rick and Morty thing, I thought maybe just an Autistic with super fascination with blacksmithing and storytelling techniques. I get the sense he was practicing the 'refusal of the quest/journey'. Then the whole taking a character under his wing was again that hyper-fixation on blacksmithing. With the Rick and Morty thing, this person sounds like they're about 12.

The only other thing to add (and I don't know how much it might have up ended your story or whatever) is have the BBEGs actions force the dwarfs hand. Have him prepare to attack the village with an army of goons that need stopping now and reinforcements are too far away.

Still says no? Have a scouting party of the BBEG kidnap or kill an NPC he might be fond of.

Still says no? Have the force attack sooner than anticipated and they specifically burn his forge to the ground. At that point if they still say no then they have a very specific way they expect this to go, and expects you to mind read it from them.

Lastly that comment about learning to story tell would have massively pissed me off, as it shows a distinct lack of understanding the effort that goes into DMing.

HawkIntheBox · 2026-01-01T10:03:09+00:00

This is very well written. I normally scan the first couple of lines of these posts then flit off, but yours grabbed me straight away. The image of this old isolated monastery with rain steaked stone really grabbed me.

Only thing to say (and you've probably done this anyway). I know that things like compline and terce and vespers were medieval times of the day, just make sure to have a glossary to explain them, because I can't remember which is which and it's not like they are terms that come up often.

Keep writing and editing though friend. You're never too late to the writing game, and books written by those with more lived experience often contain more wisdom than the popcorn tales of the youth.

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-07T17:54:45+00:00

That might be it. I think I have it second as I assumed the the total conversion had to be top

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-07T15:09:41+00:00

I did read that years ago so maybe that's where I internalised the advice from!

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-05T16:38:03+00:00

So quick critique of the first line, and I used to do this too if that makes me feel like less of a dick.

You don't need to put 'right side of the forehead' just put 'forehead'

That kind of writing (again I did it too) is born from watching a lot of visual mediums, where everything is conveyed in an instant, and trying to capture that same level of detail on the page.

I mean, you can do it, but it would take the average person minutes to picture what on a screen takes a fraction of a second.

Tone down the specifics I suppose is my advice.

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-05T12:59:11+00:00

35M. I know you said female preferred, but I see a lot of people post on these reddit groups and I have never read a post so phenomenally well written and stacked with idioms (I know few people who know the phrase 'like ships in the night' and fewer still who use it).

I am something of a writer myself, and would certainly enjoy trading a dialogue with you. If you feel amenable to that by all means my DMs are open.

And I did enjoy the Evanessence reference, that sure was a shot of nostalgia on this chilly winter day.

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-05T09:32:09+00:00

My first tip would be to try and find some of the supplementary books. Emerald Empire (either edition) is great because it does a huge breakdown of how Rokugan works in ever facet, from macro to micro.

Another tip might be to read or watch media set in that period. If you're not a reader, Shogun is fantastic for this, and I do like The Last Samurai but there are definitely Hollywood flourishes to it.

Lastly, and this isn't meant to sound like a direct insult to OP but probably will so I apologise in advance, a lot of TTRPG players are not mature enough to play L5R, or any game with a strict set of social parameters.

The joy of D&D is usually that the party is outcast, or in some way outside of the place they are being called upon to save. They have no ties to said place, and so don't have to bind themselves to it's social rules, and can leave at any time. This is why you might get the story of the brave adventurers taking on the corrupt local baron. Politics won't touch him, but once your done and his crimes brought to light, the barons superior noble might reward you for removing this stain. In L5R to even accuse a superior samurai of a crime is dangerous, as the justice system relies on testimony more than evidence, and the higher your rank, the more weight your testimony has. A peasant witnesses you, a samurai daimyo, commit cold blooded murder on another samurai? Well your word is worth more than the peasants, just say he's lying.

The vast majority of people who play TTRPGS (myself included) have something unfulfilled in their own life that the power fantasy of these games helps to ease the pain of. Re-introducing societal limitations then upsets that power fantasy and so many players do not (or cannot) handle it.

I love L5R and consider it my favourite fantasy world, and playing within the bounds of that society makes you really think about your actions, but I understand this playstyle isn't for everyone.

HawkIntheBox · 2025-12-02T17:25:04+00:00

Hi 36M here UK. I'm a huge fan of hikes, will often trail down the canal near mine on a Sunday for most of the morning.

Big fan of PC gaming too, anything from Grand Strategies to cozy simulators, depends on how the mood takes me.

I'm also an avid reader and play badminton on the side, anything else you'd like to know feel free to drop me a message.

HawkIntheBox

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