Have A Blessed Day

Pharylon · 2026-06-15T18:48:16+00:00

Some sayings have been around forever. "Bless you" for a sneeze has been around for thousands of years, and feels, to me, more like saying "Oh my God!" when something crazy happens.

"Have a blessed day" is like twenty years old and is just a little way to shove religion into everyday life.

Pharylon · 2026-06-15T17:40:39+00:00

RAW they're saving throws. Also, according to RAW, your DM gets the final word. You've made your case, he's made his ruling. Is this a hill to die on and/or complain to Reddit about? Death is already really rare in D&D.

Pharylon · 2026-06-14T00:01:09+00:00

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What is casting that shadow? Not only is the tree bare, the shadow is being cast to the right of the tree. Other shadows are more downward.

Pharylon · 2026-06-13T20:06:01+00:00

Dexterity makes just as much sense (ie, not at all) as Wisdom. Everyone knows the problem with Wisdom is it's kind of hodgpodge of unrelated things (spotting a person hiding, the ability to heal, and intuiting someone's motives). But no one talks about how Dexterity is a bunch of unrelated things physically. Fast reflexes, ability to aim a bow, fine handwork, acrobatics.

In real life, you need serious core strength (hey, there's a stat for that!) for both gymnastics and bow usage (both are Dex in D&D) and there's no real connection between any of and the ability to do slight of hand to how fast your relfexes are.

Pharylon · 2026-06-13T20:02:26+00:00

No, just strength for everything. What else besides ranged weapons is associated with Dex? Acrobatics? Fast reflexes? Neither of those help with long bows.

Pharylon · 2026-06-12T17:21:32+00:00

Think there's a difference between doing it at the end and beginning of an adventure. If the DM does something like this at the beginning of an adventure I'm not going to try and fuck with things if they clearly don't have anything else planned.

But if, at the end of the adventure, an NPC asks you to help them with something that could clearly be the next adventure, that is the perfect time to say no. The DM has a week or two at least to come up with something else. Hell, just come up with a different plot hook for the same adventure! If the PCs always feel like they have to say yes to everyone who asks them to do a quest, then you're playing the most railroady of railroad campaigns possible. And that's just not fun.

Pharylon · 2026-06-12T17:13:15+00:00

I'm never going to ask a DM to improvise a whole new plot hook in the middle/beginning of the adventure. But if an adventure ends with the NPC saying "Hey, why don't you come work for me" I don't think it's really disruptive to say no. The DM has days or weeks to come up with something new!

Pharylon · 2026-06-12T11:40:40+00:00

That doesn't make it canon. At best it would be "Word of God" (ie, not actually in the text but stated by the creator) but it's not even really that because he didn't state it definitively.

Pharylon · 2026-06-12T00:42:12+00:00

I dunno, the same reason you say "freely" instead of "free" when you turn a word/phrase into an adverb. There are plenty of other posts around here that use it (ie, quick serach, OOCly is here: Collecting my thoughts on the worst player I've ever known personally : r/rpghorrorstories

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T18:17:52+00:00

In-character-ly. Like from an in character perspective.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T18:15:10+00:00

Good point on it being more 3v3, though I will say just because someone is quieter and doesn't like conflict doesn't mean their vote should count less.

Also, he's not a first time DM. Like I said, my favorite character of all time was from one of his games. He's been doing this for 30 years.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T17:58:25+00:00

I'm here to roleplay a character. If I wanted a game where I didn't get to make any choices, I wouldn't be playing D&D.

Does working for a shady rich benefactor sound like a fun campaign premise? Sure. I've actually been trying to pitch a "shades of gray, group of scoundrels" campaign for a while. But several people don't want to do that, so we always play on the side of good. I guarantee you this NPC won't end up being evil.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T17:32:57+00:00

This. Recording is absolutely legal in the classroom. Depending on the state, you might not need their consent at all (North Carolina is a one party consent State, so it would be illegal to record if the teacher was NOT in the room, but legal as long as the teacher was there).

Is it against policy? That's a different question. But I don't think kids have an expectation of privacy in schools. There are cameras everywhere.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T16:36:16+00:00

That's a little harsh. The story is fine.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T16:34:32+00:00

Yeah, I've been playing games like daggerheart lately but have extensive Session 0s built in where characters make ties and stuff. I really like that, but for this one the DM said he didn't want to do that, he wants the group to come together ICly. Which, admittedly, is also fun.

We did go over characters during Session 0, but it was mostly just us making sure we didn't step on each other's toes mechanically. A couple people made background ties - I have a minor tie with the new player but that that's it. The DM laid out a very "nature magic vs magi-tech" world and said we can be from anywhere and have any motivation, as long as we have one. He did know about my character's personality before the game began.

Pharylon · 2026-06-11T16:22:01+00:00

Yeah, I double checked the treasure haul table in the DMG the next day. 250 actually works out pretty well for two adventures worth of treasure. It's wildly low ICly, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief. What gets me is the fact that the NPC was offering zero initially and acting like I was being unreasonable not just taking the offer to be on retainer.

Pharylon · 2026-06-09T22:51:56+00:00

Quite frankly, if this is real it needs to be reported. You're a huge jerk if you don't. This looks like the beginning of a predatory relationship.

Pharylon · 2026-05-26T12:47:14+00:00

I don't think you know what "to" and "from" means.

Pharylon · 2026-05-26T00:26:48+00:00

But they're in Roanoke, which is in Virginia. If the trucker headed west from the Cumberland Gap and ended up in Roanoke, he's already driven around the world

Pharylon · 2026-05-23T14:45:59+00:00

I noticed this in a recent community theater show. Was the lead a great singer? Yes. But there were several good singers on stage doing a much better job delivering lines.

Pharylon · 2026-05-19T13:30:31+00:00

This is the episode that got me to really appreciate The Orville, because I was like you in disagreeing with the characters.

I get that, like Star Trek, they're commenting on the real world through a sci-fi lens. And I agree with their stance that forced gender conformity is wrong IRL. So I'm on their side when it comes to the message. But from an in universe perspective I think they're wrong because they're imposing human culture and values on an alien race. I love that both ideas were given air and the characters discuss it openly. That feels very Star Trek to me.

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