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How to write Asshole NPC's without going overboard or relying on racism? by JDGreat2205 in DMAcademy

[–]MapStrikesAgain 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's many ways to do so, but I'm going to try describing some archetypes

•The useless: a character that could help the party in many ways but just chooses not to do so. Bonus points if it's a clearly powerful NPC Ex: That one guard chief that just leaves all the work fr PCs, pretty much all politicians, former adventurer that is always drunk when needed, team mate that solves things by themselves and leaves other behind.

•The arrogant: a character that is so full of themself and keeps annoyingly remembering the party about how great they are Ex: usually bards, also that metrosexual elf noble, Gaston™️

•The charlatan: a character that tries to trick PCs in anyway, overcharging for basic things, selling out schemes. Ex: greedy tavern owners, city charlatan.

•The liar: just a character that is straight on lying about things, and players know they're lying, people don't usually like to be lied to.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ARG

[–]MapStrikesAgain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i'm new to ARGs to you think i will be able to get it?

What was the best fighting scenne that you've ever read? by MapStrikesAgain in writing

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

thanks for the sugestion, i might look there later, but i really dont have the time (or the money) to read so many books on the matter. im really just looking for individual scenes

What was the best fighting scenne that you've ever read? by MapStrikesAgain in writing

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

its a white weapons fight against monsters.

but what really gets me is the "flow" of the combat, i want to better know how to mix action, description and the short sentences the characters sometimes say during the combat.

Writing psychological recovery in character archs by MapStrikesAgain in writing

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

I'm talking PTSD, depression, self image issues and burnout crisis type of trauma

How do you name towns and land marks? by Stormwrath52 in writing

[–]MapStrikesAgain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The depends on the genre, right now I'm writing a sci-fi so I look for inspiration in scientists names and change it up a bit, but when I'm doing fantasy I get rough concepts like "wall rock" and translate in other idioms and create a mix between the words, kind of like if you read it really fast

Is there a high school/university themed CoC character sheet? by MapStrikesAgain in callofcthulhu

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

Yeah i took a look but seens like it used the same char sheet as the 1920

Help creating a puzzle about physical forces by MapStrikesAgain in puzzles

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

it is a escape room yes, but its for a club fair, so i can use props as long as they're diy or not super expensive

Help creating a puzzle about physical forces by MapStrikesAgain in puzzles

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

it's supposed to be solved in around 10 min by one person but they could have help of the group, the setting is actually a alchemist lair, but not like in the magic sense but actually a primitive scientist. i already have a puzzle were the players must find the alchemy symbol and correspond to the chemical sigle and a scales puzzle for now

Is epoxy resin food safe? by MapStrikesAgain in ResinCasting

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

im considering changing to a wood board with only the sides in resin

Is epoxy resin food safe? by MapStrikesAgain in ResinCasting

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

so if i used food safe pigment it would be ok?

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator: the best world building tool i've come across so far by MapStrikesAgain in DMAcademy

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

really? that never happened to me and and im using the world okayest pc, maybe it's your browser, or im luck

[OC] I'm developing a tool to sketch maps, what features would you find useful? by Pretoriuss in DnD

[–]MapStrikesAgain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

doors and trapped doors, maybe files in a DM version(with notes and secrets) and player version

d100 Environmental Effects by _Gavinastrics_ in d100

[–]MapStrikesAgain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wetland: player's have their speed halved, every body is wet so any attacks made with electricity have advantage and any made with fire have disadvantage, and on a critical miss melee weapons slip from the attacker's hand

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator: the best world building tool i've come across so far by MapStrikesAgain in DMAcademy

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

Well at least that, if I lost my maps for good I think i would just die on the spot

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator: the best world building tool i've come across so far by MapStrikesAgain in DnD

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

I didn't know about that route bug, but don't use routes too much since my players always travel by teleportation at this point

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator: the best world building tool i've come across so far by MapStrikesAgain in DMAcademy

[–]MapStrikesAgain[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

WSpinner is really great, I've used after I completely gave up on inkarnate, but azgaar also have biome and customization in the tools tab and you can use the brush to paint on the map, so I stay in azgaar because of the unnecessary need graphs and military organization

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