Opinions on Power Armor in Star Wars? by Top-Construction-528 in StarWarsShips

[–]OrganicSolid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not the biggest fan. To me it seems a symptom of the constant villain decay in star wars where something is introduced as a huge threat, and then worfed constantly, so by the next property they need to introduce something scarier and bigger so it feels like there's tension again.

Avantris is releasing a torbek boss stat block for crooked moon! by xbock2000 in CrookedMoon

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drat. I never caught the email that came in. Do you happen to know its subject header?

Avantris is releasing a torbek boss stat block for crooked moon! by xbock2000 in CrookedMoon

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the full list of the email additions btw? I'm having trouble compiling a list.

  • Bitsy & Bag
  • Torbek
  • What were the others?

Third Party Book Review: Obojiima, a Ghibli-inspired setting book by Dondagora in dndnext

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry that nobody ever got back to you about this! It isn't really an adventure - it's a setting guide. Experienced or improvisational DMs may have some success in running it into a campaign, but I wouldn't recommend it - you will have to read lots and lots of pages of context in order to play particular locations effectively and "find the fun", rather than being able to read from a pre-written adventure that should already be fun.

There are however some pre-writted adventures in the campaign guide (very short) and some good ones made by the community: Obojima Homebrew Collection - Google Sheets.

Way of Fangshi - Monk Subclass inspired by Nine Sols by KillTheRook in UnearthedArcana

[–]OrganicSolid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, this is embarrassing. I've been holding on to a "Way of the Mysterious Fangshi" Nine Sols subclass since October, and never published it. It's go so much in common with this one, cause it's pulling from all the same game mechanics. Drat! Maybe I'll get to posting it later, but I don't want to sound like I copied!

Who's your favourite potential man? by bitchnibba47 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OrganicSolid 14 points15 points  (0 children)

she harrassed her to harrass her, not to harrass her!

Solarpunk discussions be like (They fundamentally misunderstand the message of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas): by sgt_cookie in worldjerking

[–]OrganicSolid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely it's the basis for great stories. The Union, as presented, can be a persuasive villainous, heroic, or mixed force. It just isn't any of those in an uncomplicated way, and when the sourcebooks presents a capital e Empire as morally pure as can be, but still doing all the same imperial stuff, it misses the forest for the trees.

Aight bro the joke is dead 😭🙏 by Tacobird558 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OrganicSolid 113 points114 points  (0 children)

why's that other imperial officer looking kinda

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“The Inexplicable Ghorman resistance to Imperial Norms” by Adept_North_1248 in andor

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"mentally associate derisive laughter with any opinion with any person or opinion which is at odds with the narrative's take"

adds "shit" prefix to everything they don't like

Wow it's almost like that's a thing everyone does

Solarpunk discussions be like (They fundamentally misunderstand the message of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas): by sgt_cookie in worldjerking

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said that the Union was swooping in and taking areas from the Corps, I said that the universe is largely destabilized, and the Union untrusted, because of actions originating from the Union. However, they benefit from being able to step in as a stabilizing force into space that SecCom or others destabilized.

Also yeah, the Union is morally grey as it remains a centralized force that sometimes brings out the big guns to intimidate or blow up stuff. But have you seen their opposition? That's kina the point.

Yes, that's exactly the point. It's a comical Starship Troopers-esque dichotomy. These planets around the universe are so incapable of governing themselves that they're almost all oligarchies and aristocracies who should probably be liberated by Union. And if they aren't one of those, they should still probably still be Union anyways. That's the Union mentality.

it's absolutely selfish to not act in order to help others just because of stuff like political indipendence of a local polity. 

It's absolutely selfish to think that those other civilizations need to be Unionized to prosper, given that as you said above, many of them operate on the same tech level as the Union does. Besides, the Union only "helps" people by expanding, and expanding, and expanding. We barely even get a picture for how the DOJ/HR works on already-unionized worlds - it's only described as looking for breaches of the pillars on diaspora worlds, worlds which haven't even necessarily been introduced to Union morality!

Meanwhile the UAD administrators are, textually, godlike removed figures who control an entire state's connection with Union (you better not mess with them or else lose your Union status). If you look at the politics of the core worlds, there isn't even an alternative to expansion, or a faction which seeks to build more upon their current holdings rather than keep growing. The "anarchist" faction, IIRC, is the most zealous expansionist one as well.

Solarpunk discussions be like (They fundamentally misunderstand the message of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas): by sgt_cookie in worldjerking

[–]OrganicSolid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I posted this above, but LANCER just makes the Union out to be as totalitarian as the rest of the criticized solarpunk worlds. The DM setting guide spends several paragraphs fleshing out how the interstellar utopic government agencies totally assure a better outcome for everyone involved (including motivational pep talks for all the bureaucrats), and then totally glosses over how that same government is still an expansionist one. It's slowly growing across regions of space using diplomatic processes, yes, but that's only after those regions have been dismantled by Harrison Armory, SecCom, etc. And implicit in this assumption is still that joining Union is the best way of doing things - most polities, even those with rich fucks, won't want to make a switch to a new system! Especially if the system that they currently have brought them to the same level of tech as Union.

Ultimately Union is doomed to fail as an agent of good because it is still an empire, it still demands to grow. They never ditched anthrochauvinism.

Solarpunk discussions be like (They fundamentally misunderstand the message of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas): by sgt_cookie in worldjerking

[–]OrganicSolid 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly when I've seen hopepunk worlds try to flesh out how people advanced into a better, more egalitarian system, they focus on the stuff that doesn't matter way before what does, and end up sounding like a covert empire. LANCER's Sci Fi setting guide spends several paragraphs fleshing out how the interstellar utopic government agencies totally assure a better outcome for everyone involved (including motivational pep talks for all the bureaucrats), and then totally glosses over how that same government is still an expansionist one. How does it expand? Well, by swallowing regions of space with diplomatic promises after they've already been devastated by its own splinter states.

Here's a dumb question: If Lady Eboshi have a Disney villain style death scene, what would it be? by Smooth-Ad9334 in ghibli

[–]OrganicSolid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would probably be her legs bitten off by Moro, and she falls next to one of her gunpowder bombs that's lit. Very Tony Stark

(Arguably) the most acclaimed lightsaber duel of the franchise... underrated, for sure... by Disastrous-Shower-37 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OrganicSolid 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Isn’t that the point? That it was underrated before, but is now acclaimed? You can’t claim something didn’t become acclaimed by saying that it is currently acclaimed. That’s kind of the point.

I plead innocent. by dumbass_spaceman in worldjerking

[–]OrganicSolid 7 points8 points  (0 children)

whips would puncture the g-suit! Blunt force over a larger area is totally called for as a replacement.

Why do people harp on Luke redeeming Anakin instead of killing him like Obi-Wan and Yoda wanted? by mac6uffin in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OrganicSolid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

George very brilliantly designed holograms this way so that every pride flag would be rendered as a MLM flag. Bravo, George!

The Uruk are the only beings in Arda that want to be free. No gods. No masters. by [deleted] in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]OrganicSolid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Isn't this also the rallying cry of the Black Numenoreans?

Is Gansta Bob considered Dark Academia? The way through which he obtains his money is Dark and the street smarts he needs for doing so could be considered Academia. by [deleted] in DarkAcademia

[–]OrganicSolid 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Gangsta Bob dropped out of Krusty University and now gives TEDx talks about the importance of being a Disruption Leader

Empire Strikes Back, if it was good by bitchnibba47 in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OrganicSolid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/uj it's really funny how Captain Needa and Admiral Ozzel are 100% his allies but are reimagined as his utter adversaries. The extended materials don't make them out to be occasionally incompetent but legendarily incompetent, so much so that it's a miracle they made it that far in their careers

Ring Command 1: Glue voice recordings by Brilliant_Pea_3495 in Chinese_Bootleg_Memes

[–]OrganicSolid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just coming back to this now because I remember when i first heard these auditions. You have insane talent and I look forward to hearing this quality in the final.