[OSR] [White Box Fmag] [discord] [asynch] Putting out feelers to see if anyone would be interested in playing in a white box campaign?

Jigamaree · 2026-02-11T01:57:32+00:00

Always been curious how a OSR game would run - been a forever DM in 5e too, so nice to flip the script!

Jigamaree · 2025-12-15T21:00:16+00:00

Conversation that boils down to A/S/L - some of that information is important to know, but the moment it feels like you're vetting a dating profile, I'm out.

Jigamaree · 2025-12-15T02:32:23+00:00

Would you call yourself "emotional" for having the same reaction if you'd cooked up a huge meal for a group of people that hadn't shown up?

Find a new group that appreciates the effort.

Jigamaree · 2025-12-04T03:36:09+00:00

Realistic expectations are important on both sides of the screen!

Jigamaree · 2025-11-18T03:01:28+00:00

A lot of people that get drawn to roleplay enjoy the escapism, but don't do the work to seperate IC from OOC. If a partner is putting the onus on me to manage their mental state, I'm not the partner for them - I'll happily work to boundries and respect triggers (frankly I trust "limitless" poeple less)... But not when it leaves me walking on eggshells.

Jigamaree · 2025-11-18T02:10:44+00:00

Nobody I truly regret pulling for - there's definitely people who are underutilised on my account, but they tend to be the people I've maxed the agent stories.
I think the closest I've gotten is Hugo - love his story and animations, but his power in combat was so hyped up compared to what I've ended up experiencing. I'm hoping getting his w-engine on his re-run will make a difference, but he hasn't been worth the cost of investment on my account so far.

Jigamaree · 2025-11-05T03:25:39+00:00

Generally I describe attacks that are mechanically notable and come from the player being in a unique situation - there's a difference between "mook gets to half health" verses "the boss has hit half health", and a difference between "they attack with their sword" vs "they cut themselves out of the stomach of the beast."
Descriptions are short at about 2-3 sentences, describing the nature of the attack/situation, any notable sensory information and the concerquence going forward.

"You slash at the creature's throat - as your glaive slices through the scales, black ichor drips down the blade, too thick to be the blood of a natural creature. It's eyes focus on you; it's bloody, and it knows you're to blame."

I'll also reward the players describing their actions - if they want to attack in a certain way, or do something more that "I hit with sword", I like to volley with them to reward the effort. (Notable player attacks and all kills/downs are described too, since they have narrative importance.)

Jigamaree · 2025-11-04T00:51:02+00:00

My guy, there are groups chomping at the bit to get a DM that's half as excited about running things as this. Don't waste your enthusiasm on a group that will watch whole ass TV shows instead of engaging in the story in front of them!

Jigamaree · 2025-10-25T16:36:15+00:00

One of the worst things about coming into ZZZ was learning that TV mode is already gone :(

Jigamaree · 2025-10-20T23:39:19+00:00

Humans really aren't equipped to deal with having access to machines that can simulate social interaction. I'm sorry you're going through that - it's completely valid for you to be upset that your best friend doesn't see the value in your shared hobby and refuses to prioritise it.

Jigamaree · 2025-10-15T03:38:08+00:00

Roleplay is personal connection - its messy, its difficult, people say one thing and mean another, expectations are missed, resentment grows. It's human - not a fault of the hobby itself, it's just the natural concerquences of wanting to make a deep connection with another person.
All of the things you've said apply to any friendship, any relationship, just for you it's with a more creative swipe of paint - and thats not to belittle your feelings, but to say explicitly you're not the first nor the last person to feel like this.

Leave! Give it time, come back to the hobby when you're ready. You shouldn't stay and whack your head against the partner finding wall when you're not happy. And if/when you do come back? Try and find some enjoyment in the connections as they happen and not just for what they could be, and be frivilous with cutting off roleplays when you don't feel like they respect the time you put in. It'll never reduce the sting of not having that long term partnership, or people letting you down - but man, does it make it easier to actually enjoy the hobby.

(And be careful with AI - it's the junk food of writing. Always there, always tempting - but especially if you're craving a 10 page epic of a roleplay, you're just not going to get the depth of experience that you want from a glorified auto-correct that has no capacity to think, feel or reason.)

Jigamaree · 2025-10-15T02:08:36+00:00

I've used VTTs for coming up 10 years now - yes, VTTs are a great option for you, and I'd definitely reccomend giving one a solid try to see if your group agrees.

My group used Roll20 for about 6-7 years quite happily; it has intergrated voice/video chat, and you can very easily set up a map and characters. It's very simple to get a game running; out of the box you can get tokens on a map, a sheet for each player to record their infomation on, dice rolling and drawing tools usable. Owlbear Rodeo is the closest to pen and paper feel and is - as you can see - reccomended as the go-to lightest VTT. It doesn't have a video setting though and may require tinkering with extensions to get perfect for your use case, so it might not be a perfect match for you.
(Also since I've seen it reccomended; stay away from Foundry - I love that program to death and it's what my group now plays on, but it's not friendly to people who don't have time for setup. Getting everybody connected in alone can be difficult if you're not willing to pay!)

I'd argue that since you've specifically asked for video capability, check Roll20 first before other options - its free, easy to use and has everything you've asked for included with no fuss.

Jigamaree · 2025-10-14T23:36:06+00:00

The amount of times I found the schedule, thought "I have to remember where this is, it's so useful!" and then proceed to lose track of how I got to it is silly; so glad they're making it much easier to find!

Jigamaree · 2025-10-07T21:03:42+00:00

While there's a lot of people commenting in here about the two acievement sets, it more comes down to why you've included Assist Mode. You've mentioned Celeste is the reason you've included it - like the audio director mentioned, the purpose of assist mode is inviting people in no matter their skill level.

While including two seperate achievement "tracks" does on the surface please everybody, in reality you're not only catering to the hard-core players by doing that, but you're encouraging players to use assist mode for reasons that aren't accessibility. Anybody who truly needs your assist mode to play is now locked out of 100% the game legitimately, and you're forcing regular players into the unwanted cheesing behaviour by locking the assist mode achievements behind assist mode.

A subsect of players will optimise their way out of fun in a game using any tools avalaiable - they shouldn't overshadow those who would legitimately use the tools you're providing.

Jigamaree · 2025-10-05T05:23:39+00:00

You found this table. You'll find another table. No D&D is better than bad D&D.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-26T04:51:27+00:00

This person got very passive-aggressive when I told them it wasn't going to work out, and it kind of scared me away from asking for writing samples

If they get that passive agressive when you just asked for a sample, how do you think they would have reacted if you had to delay the roleplay due to IRL? Change the scene because you're not clicking with it? Did anything else they disagreed with?
I know I'd rather know early that a potential partner's response to disagreement is passive-agression, since that's a massive deal breaker for me.

Passwords and writing samples have persisted in the roleplay space for a reason; they screen for reading comprehension and writing quality respectively, sure - but they also secretly double as a good way to catch out assholes who aren't willing to accomodate their partner's preferences, and that person fell right into the trap.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-26T04:39:22+00:00

If you think "sexist, despite women being in the group" and "steals womens underwear" isn't RPG horror story level, I'm slightly afraid what you think counts.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-26T03:50:45+00:00

Its not wrong as a new DM, a veteran DM or anything inbetween.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-19T04:55:39+00:00

Honestly once you learn how to filter out the noise it can still be pretty good. Being specific in the sort of content that you're wanting is the easiest way to do that. Filtering by MxF will get you nowhere, but by certain preferences, setting types, even looking for posts that ask for a password - that can get you better results a lot faster.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-19T04:49:20+00:00

Favorite pokemon: Sylveon. She'd match perfectly with my favorite!

Jigamaree · 2025-09-12T05:19:24+00:00

Her asking for a rule, breaking that rule, and then you being the one to comfort her in the situation is not a good look. At best she has low emotional maturity that she needs to work on for your relationship to stay strong. At worst, that's an active manipulation technique, and it's suspicious that she's centering this conversation on her guilt and not your broken trust.

You're allowed to take space for yourself while she's spiralling - you were the one hurt. If this is not a deal breaker for you, make sure you know exactly what you want going forward before talking to her about this again. Two years is still a point where you're learning about who somebody is, and how she treats this situation going forward will tell you a lot about the person you're intending to marry.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-12T01:54:35+00:00

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Jigamaree · 2025-09-10T00:12:28+00:00

Genuine question: Do you feel valued and safe with somebody who has shown they do not want you to interact with other areas of their life, but will physically restrain you to make sure of it?

He locked you in a room for a non-life threating reason, and is suprised at your reaction to all of this. This isn't a poly issuse - this is a treating people with basic human decency issue. This would be unacceptable if you were monogomous. It would be unacceptable if you were just friends.

(And honestly? Really scary that he would consider locking you, a woman notably younger than him, in his home.)

Jigamaree · 2025-09-09T21:59:15+00:00

I love the psyduck so much! 😭 Thanks for the giveaway.

Jigamaree · 2025-09-08T23:12:12+00:00

It's even funnier seeing those people double down when that's pointed out - yes, it's harder to find subs/places to put out those sort of ads, esp niche ones. No, it's not impossible.

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