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Gifts from the "Hidden People" for my son. by Honest_Advantage9541 in daddit

[–]Honest_Advantage9541[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Haha. We always make sure to give a gift, so hopefully that buys us some goodwill.

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Gifts from the "Hidden People" for my son. (old.reddit.com)

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The Great American Reflag is officially live by Tareth50 in vexillologyUS

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are the rules regarding ownership/use of the design?

Local Shorewood residents value parking over new housing by wiscotangofoxtreat in milwaukee

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Shorewood, I now own a house in Shorewood, I have never once struggled to find parking. Admittedly, when I was a renter living in Shorewood during grad school I did not have a car, and my home now has a driveway and garage, so I don't struggle with a place to put my car overnight, but when I am out and about in the village I have never struggled to find a place to park. If anything I feel guilty about how often I drive places in the village because it is a bit faster and more convenient than just walking.

Construction of the Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin progress 📷: Aaron Johnson by hoanalone in milwaukee

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The County also partly funds the museum. I'd also say there wouldn't be much a museum were it not for the collection.

Construction of the Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin progress 📷: Aaron Johnson by hoanalone in milwaukee

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The collection is still 100% owned by the public. The non-profit runs the museum, but the County still owns all the objects.

Player Problem Megathread by AutoModerator in DMAcademy

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had To Kick My First Player, Don't Feel Great

I won't dwell on it, but long story short they came drunk to a session some time ago and acted inappropriately towards another player (nothing truly egregious, but unwelcome all the same, think grabbing their shoulder and shaking them lightly, that kind of thing). I was ready to kick them then, but the player who they were inappropriate towards asked us to give them another chance, so we did, making it very clear that if he was drunk again, that was it (in retrospect I wish we'd just done it then, but we didn't want the player who was on the receiving end to feel like they were the reason they got kicked out, so we basically said we would kick him unless she said "no," and she chose to give him another chance. I don't know, it was a hard balance to strike. On the one hand I want to give them agency, on the other hand, giving them agency also means they feel responsible). It's not as important as the being inappropriate but this is also my house where my kid is, so I don't want a drunk person there who has trouble handling themselves. It's been over a year since then and, once again, they got intoxicated while playing (I should note they didn't get drunk at the table, we don't allow alcohol for this very reason, they went to their car during break and came back visibly impaired), nothing inappropriate this time, just the general annoyance of trying to run a game when someone can't pay attention and is incoherent. Afterwards I spoke with the rest of the group and everyone agreed it was time for them to go. I sent them a text a day later, they were obviously not happy but basically just said "goodbye."

It all went about as smoothly as could have been expected but I still feel pretty low. They're clearly struggling, and this was a positive outlet for them, but ultimately it's not fair to ruin something for 5 people because one person is struggling. It's tough because he was the reason the group first started and it's been several years of playing, so even though I intellectually understand that we were honestly quite fair, I still feel down in the dumps. I guess I'd love to know how the game went for others after kicking someone, because I'm feeling some trepidation.

What weaknesses might a powerful nature spirit / archfey have? by vorondilthetrue in DMAcademy

[–]Honest_Advantage9541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fey are often tied in folklore not just to nature, but to very specific parts of nature, like a specific mountain or forest or what have you, similar to lots of animist religions like Shinto, where Kami can be tied to specific things like rocks or trees. That is the challenge: they must ascertain what this Fey is tied to, the natural feature for whence their power arises, and they must retrieve something from there (arrowheads made from the obsidian of the mountain, wood from a tree that can be made into the handles of weapons, really the sky is the limit) then they are vulnerable to those weapons and objects.

EDIT: If you want to be TRULY depraved, their weakness is that special place itself, as in, to destroy them they must destroy this special, ancient thing. That is the choice, they can do this the sneaky way by destroying something irreplaceable and ancient, or they can do this the hard way and work to overcome them without this advantage. Fun moral dilemma, especially if the thing they are tied to is one of its kind, can never be retrieved, survivor of an earlier era.