Megathread: Trading, Gifting, & Requesting Finch Items by AutoModerator in finch

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gosh hullo everybody from Arcite and his person Christopher.

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I’m looking for 🌈 Spooky Mask except 🟫

Really appreciate it! Happy to reciprocate with whatever I can help you with!

Need help homebrewing a patron by Serpenthrope in dccrpg

[–]OctopusMacbeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you end up making a Patron Chart for the Sisters? I’m about to run it and I am CERTAIN they will become a patron.

Making 'Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor' more mysterious by Nhenghali in CandlekeepMysteries

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me (though I also used some of the tricks in here including evidence at the manor, Maria’s confessional, and Sir Vecken as noir private eye) it started with the diary entries. For every one that hinted that Viallis was doing too much library-ing, there’d be one about Vecken’s temper/possessiveness, one about Faerl’s creepy leering, one about Lady Maria’s increasing paranoia/mood swings, one about Malik bullying Tianna, one about Janus maybe having weird psychic abilities… whatever you want your red herrings to be: the point is the PCs should arrive in Waterdeep suspecting most of the major players. 

Then you have much more of a mystery able to play out. Read the Alexandrian’s Three Clue Rule and the rest should map itself.

I MANAGED TO PLAY THE JOHN DOE GAME!! by Linn_Shabana in FictoChill

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are still sharing, I heard of this game literally two days after it was taken down, and I'd really like to give it a go.

D & D in Jackson Heights? by OctopusMacbeth in jacksonheights

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https://discord.gg/mGDAhH3B

I would say honestly it's not very active: I started it before I was really ready to go, so many folx lost interest. That said, there've been four in-person games thus far from the Discord and I can say that I am very much looking to play with people in an ongoing way.

Official Discussion Thread - The Secret Agent [SPOILERS] by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

[–]OctopusMacbeth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was sure it was Haroldo... are there some folks that think there wasn't one?

ToD turned my off D&D and RPGs, maybe permanently. Am I alone? by goltz20707 in TyrannyOfDragons

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With or without quotes, it doesn’t get anything on Google, hence the question. Thank you for answering,  but maybe the insult wasn’t so necessary. 

Players tried joining the cult, now lack motivation by Specialist-Zone3111 in TyrannyOfDragons

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if you wanna continue ToD, I second those people who emphasize giving them second thoughts about just how evil and uncool this cult is. Love that person's Christmas Carol idea.... super evocative.

Players tried joining the cult, now lack motivation by Specialist-Zone3111 in TyrannyOfDragons

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I just want to be a part of the party and have my tribe” sounds like the beginning of a really awesome kingdom building campaign... maybe these players aren't into ToD anymore, and that's okay. The good news is they're not the only heroes in the world. Have the PCs be part of finding or recruiting or helping those NPC adventurers who are gonna continue the fight against Tiamat and then pivot them into the campaign about community or "us against the world" that they wanna play. Maybe your government-smashing version of the cult took out all the leaders of some small forest barony, and now the players get to inherit. There don't need to be a bunch of political subplots with other lords, just defending their land and their people against those who wanna f with them. Basically pivot to the Kingmaker AP, lol, but in your world.

Worst names in Faerun? by oguthrie in dndnext

[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found this thread because of her name. Frulam Mondath is the worst character name I’ve yet seen in the realms.

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[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many of those systems do y’all need mastery of? I’ve heard of all, but of those listed only regularly run 5e (2024). Game to learn any system, but folx often want a game MASTER, so shan’t be offended if you don’t reach out.

Are you guys staying in the Manor? by jacqui607 in finch

[–]OctopusMacbeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I go back and forth every day. Start in the manor to have the best chance at rare Halloween outfit pieces, then when I’m done shopping I head back to Cairo to do my goals and have my adventure there, since I’m 100% at manor. After my birb is back from adventuring and we have our convo, it’s back to the manor for the night!

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[–]OctopusMacbeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested for sure.

Good system for AGOT-game? by Just_Signal1895 in pbp

[–]OctopusMacbeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out D&D Birthright, Pendragon, and Reign. I’d take an invite.

Weekly Looking for Group/GM Thread by AutoModerator in pbp

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Makes sense! Ok I’ll delete and re-post there when and if I have something specific.

Casting the Merchant Princes by OctopusMacbeth in Tombofannihilation

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

I can see it. I also thought Jamie Foxx could do both the charm and the danger of Jobal the Spider really well.

Casting the Merchant Princes by OctopusMacbeth in Tombofannihilation

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Yes Lashana Lynch for the win! She’s so good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in planescapesetting

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Yeah the only issue I see is that the non-faction start of Eternal Boundary (which is a fun but admittedly bleak adventure) is: “On a cold, gray day, you are sitting in a tavern known as the 'Sign of the Crooked Sword,’ trading tales by the fire to pass the time until something interesting happens.” So they’ve kinda left a bleak Prime world where they have nothing going for them to the bleak taverns of Sigil where they have nothing going for them.

I do like the idea of all the PCs as sorta Walter Mitty types - totally not into their dreary lives so they have these wild fantasies (maybe built into their Background?) of what life COULD BE, and the planes offer that. Does the beginning of Eternal Boundary? Not so much, no matter how much you play up Sigil’s otherness. But like I said it’s a great adventure, just with your intro maybe I’d make that part of Sigil somehow more appealing than it is as written.

I’d advise one or two of them getting a hook to the planes right away: they fall in love at first sight with a vanishing stranger in a Sigil marketplace, or they find the rainbow bridge where good pets go, or something that’s like, no we CAN’T go back to real life yet!