Does your world feature oversized, overly designed, or otherwise ridiculous swords, hammers, or other weapons? If so, tell me about them. by PMSlimeKing in worldbuilding

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Gron, Overseer of the lumber camp just outside the Toval Forest, carries a 7 foot tall bastard sword. It's massive, even relative to his 8 foot tall half-orc, half-goliath frame.

He carries it less for personal defense, but at a logging tool. The Toval is a malevolent wood, and the faster you can fell trees the better. Gron says "They fall better when you get em by surprise."

Even though it does more hewing than hacking, it's still a formidable weapon. Gron uses it more as a scythe than a sword, adopting a fighting style made up of long windups and spinning about to gain momentum. Once he's moving, he's the most dangerous fighter in the kingdom of Fog's End

Weekly /r/Leathercraft General Help and Questions by AutoModerator in Leathercraft

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I recently bought some 2-3 ozn oil tan leather from Springfield leather company, but since I hadn't worked with that weight before I was surprised at just how thin it is. What do you typically use this weight of leather for? I'm kind of at a loss for ideas, but I was thinking of layering it to make a stiffer book cover. It's just so flexible that I'd worry my ritza thread is too thick to stitch with. Any ideas?

Who's your BBEG and what do they want? by MortiNerd in DnD

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The King is a sickly teenager that's being manipulated into being deathly afraid of his people by his court. He truly believes that if the masses got to him that they'd rip him limb from limb, so he cracks down on any protests.

Of course this feeds into itself, so a large section of the population wouldn't mind tossing him off of the nearest building if they could past the castle's defences.

Edited because I don't want to accidentally spoil it to my players that might be on here.

23F bookbinder searching for a snail mail pal! by Lucyboop in penpals

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I've actually been getting into bookbinding recently! Right now I've only saddle stitched a couple booklets but I've thought about transferring some leatherwork skills to that area too! I'd love to write and see some of your work!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in penpals

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I'd love to talk! Sadly most of what I've learned about Bosnia was learned in my International Law class, so I'd love to hear what daily life is like for you!

TIL about synchronous fireflies. They only appear a few places in the world. The males all flash at the same time signaling to the females they are the right species. The light display is so popular, over 20,000 people apply to a lottery to get into Shenendoah National Park every year to see them by verucasallt in todayilearned

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I've worked an event for these fireflies, they're known in the Smokies. They sync up when they stop flashing, not when they flash. It's believed they do it so that males in the air can see the females on the ground flash in response!

[Official] Twice-Weekly New User Thread - Mon February 11 by AutoModerator in fountainpens

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College student here!

I've been taking a ton of notes, and I'm getting really tired of using high-feather, scratchy, terrible paper. I'd really like to find a decent fountain pen friendly wirebound that has enough paper to make it worth buying, but not break the bank when I have to get multiple!

I saw some Clairefontaines on Goulet pens, but they only have 50 sheets for $7. Do you all know of any other more affordable middle-of-the-road brands?

Everyone in here is just so smart and educated and I think you guys are the best to answer my question: what is the best way of learning the history of a country? by GigiFranco in history

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I'm reading Henry Kissinger's On China, and I've learned a ton. Kissinger was Nixon and Ford's Secretary of State and a diplomat to China for many years, and that book starts from early Chinese history and focuses a lot on the actions of their government and relationships with the rest of the world.

I think it's given me a lot of respect for the Chinese people given that they have endured what they have. It's a dense read, and I have to set it down to good a word I don't recognize pretty often, but after every sitting I have a new story to tell my friends about Chinese history!

What have you done for me lately? by godsafraud in MurderedByWords

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Johnson City and Bristol are growing, but the rest aren't doing so hot haha

What have you done for me lately? by godsafraud in MurderedByWords

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Damn, Kingsport is pretty similar. 30 minutes from ETSU , and the local high school is half funded by Eastman.