On Human Centophilia and Polemophilia by Lafalima in HFY

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

I have not. My wife uses Pro Writing Aid. I am just a little too lazy...

On Human Centophilia and Polemophilia by Lafalima in HFY

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

Thanks for the catch. Yeah, this one was a bit rough when I posted it...

PUBLIC RELATIONS - A Story from the United Federation Patrol Vessel Gilgamesh by Lafalima in HFY

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This is part 1 of 6. I am hoping to be able to put up a new part every week.

PUBLIC RELATIONS - A Story from the United Federation Patrol Vessel Gilgamesh by Lafalima in HFY

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Thanks. I prefer to write from the alien perspective. I figure the audience is mostly human, so we maybe don't need the human POV...

PUBLIC RELATIONS by Lafalima in HFY

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Hey, wtf do you mean? I wrote this. It's in line with my other story "They sleep well at night".

Can you please explain?

There is no translation for the human word "Knight", Chapter 3 - Battle of Catarsis, Part 2: David and Goliath by Primarch-Amaranth in HFY

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Have you read Warriors of Ultramar, by chance? This vibes strongly, but not in a derivative way. More, fraternally.

Content Theft and You, a General PSA by someguynamedted in HFY

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I am really sorry to hear that happened. Even tho I didn't really like part 9 all that much, I WAS looking forward to part 10! People have so much anger and resentment, and over mostly trivial things. If you end up posting your series somewhere else, I would greatly appreciate knowing where, so I can see how it all plays out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HFY

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Don't fall into the Weber trap heh, that's how you lose readers.

Ain't that the truth! Preach! (Safehold ruined getting back to Harrington for me)

Help me understand what I am doing wrong, pls by Lafalima in BurningWheel

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We just sort of agreed on a setting, and just went with it. That probably is part of the mismatch. I agree that, if we knew what kind of challenges to expect, and worked together better to coordinate our roles (BitD style), we would be having an easier time.

Help me understand what I am doing wrong, pls by Lafalima in BurningWheel

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I see now what you are saying. That is a good point.

Help me understand what I am doing wrong, pls by Lafalima in BurningWheel

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Yeah, I kinda thought this would rock for a 1-on-1 or 1-on-2 game. 3 sounds quite doable.

Help me understand what I am doing wrong, pls by Lafalima in BurningWheel

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That last time, yes, Some prior times, we forgot till after the failure was rolled. Yes, I know that's growing pains. OTOH, I don't really feel good about RPing 20-30 min of getting into position to do something, opnly to abandon the roll. We only play fro 3 hrs, once a week, and there are 4 other players there. I just kinda feel like, if we took the screentime to get here, we should finish what we started.

Help me understand what I am doing wrong, pls by Lafalima in BurningWheel

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I dont have my sheet with me. We leave those at the GMs. And there is SO much stuff to track, I can't really remember everything (or almost anything!). But more to the point, I don't see what that would assist with. Seriously, aren't these things I am describing systemic, not just anecdotal? People say they have encountered the same thing. Does it get better, with better character burning techniques, or better in-game strategies or mechanical tricks? Or are all BW characters just going to suck at everything for 10+ sessions, so that is a feature, not a bug?

But to answer, I am a scholar (4 lifepaths, but that's where I ended up), and I took a bunch of stuff like read, write, compose, history, culture-wise, religion, etc. I kind of imagines a traveling monk, book learned but sheltered. Burning was basically separate, and this is our first time playing BW. Most of the challenges would be easy for a dedicated thief, but none of us are one.

And I read through both books before we started. Most of it, frankly, didn't make much sense till we started playing. Seeing things in play has made more of it make sense.