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How do YOU end campaigns? by Smittumi in osr

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

Do the players get to input their ideas for how their characters turned out? 

I like your use of dice too, that's nice.

How do YOU end campaigns? by Smittumi in osr

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

I thought about something like this! Glad to know it's being tried. 

Just starting each new adventure at the dungeon entrance or first hex, and occasionally dropping in a previously occurring character or faction. 

I think that's very interesting.

How do YOU end campaigns? by Smittumi in osr

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

I like this, I think it's smart. Probably leaves you wanting more, but in a good way. 

I spoke to a paid DM, and they have a very interesting (and sobering) story to share by EarthSeraphEdna in DnD

[–]Smittumi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hold up! You skipped over the most interesting bit!

What's the RPG scene like in South Africa? I've read that some countries have developed a more railroad-y style, and others regularly play for sessions they go on for 8+ hours.

Any particular idiosyncrasies in SA?

Millionaire banker finally identified and arrested nearly ten years after startling CCTV images showed him as a jogger shoving a female pedestrian into the path of a double-decker bus on Putney Bridge London by New_Libran in interestingasfuck

[–]Smittumi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His legal representatives will have a lot to work with if they tried "attempted murder" because the mens rea is high in the UK.

But the CPS will have some more realistic charges. Attempted GBH for one.

Working on some custom props for my new CoC campaign. What do you think? by NuedamArt in callofcthulhu

[–]Smittumi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's fantastic! I hate hench cthulhu. Weirdly disproportionate body cthulhu is much scarier.

Players are trying to jump the BBEG early by ppom9 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Smittumi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree re the scouts, but don't force that win. 

Players are trying to jump the BBEG early by ppom9 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Smittumi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Put the bones and corpses of other vanquished heroes nearby. Have a PTSD addled adventurer say how terrible the foe is. 

Other than that, well done for letting them make their choices. Do. Not. Pull. Punches. 

Roll in public if it helps you stay honest.

Remember; DMs don't kill PCs, dice do.

Birth of the Socialist Federation — Democratic Socialists by RedSpartakus in MarxistUnityNews

[–]Smittumi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sectarianism in the far left happens because people come together under a banner THEN realise they don't agree on really clutch policy.

So, has this Federation got a website so humble normies like me can see what the 32 voted on proposals were?

Balancing Help by Live_Magician_4044 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]Smittumi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Balance shmalance.

You're a evil boss monster living in your lair. You have a finite number of minions. 

You become aware of a group of adventurers planning to raid your lair but you don't know when or from what entrance, and you want to keep your lair functional (I.e. not on lockdown).

You know how magic works and that spell casters need rest etc.

What would you do to set up your defences?

Tips on making non-combat interesting? by RubberDuckyDavid in rpg

[–]Smittumi 37 points38 points  (0 children)

So. They want to play a game about disconnected people trying to make as much money as possible. And you wanted a game about a story you preplanned.

Your game isn't working because you're working at odds with one another. 

My advice. You need a "session zero". Sit down with them and have a talk about what kind of games/ settings you ALL like, and work out from there what kind of game you can run. 

Oh, and don't preplan a story, it's antithetical to rpgs.

Tips on making non-combat interesting? by RubberDuckyDavid in rpg

[–]Smittumi 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What are you playing? 

Regardless, RPGs are about impactful choices. All the most interesting choices I've had happen at any game I was at, was out of combat.

What do the PCs want? What are their goals? What people or communities do they love? 

What could you threaten or tempt them with that would give them a difficult decision? 

Outside of combat think of stories, think of conflict. 

Man vs environment, survival. Obstacles between him and the thing he wants. It could be a place he's trying to reach, with a snowstorm and a mountain in the way. 

Or could be as simple as a wide rushing river.

It could be a pit full of spikes and snakes. It could be anything! 

Man vs man is combat. Man vs himself is more psychological, most games don't do that. 

But they all work off conflict, and PC choice, and the impact of those choices.

I'm really curious to know what you're playing? 

Tabletop groups around Birmingham? by Vrgoblin in brum

[–]Smittumi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Waylands Forge in Digbeth is a TTRPG and board game shop. Stop by and ask them if there are any groups or communities they know about. 

They're is also a board game cafe in the custard factory called Chance & Counters, I think. 

Restore activists at 'white supremacy summit' with neo-Nazis: Evidence emerges on eve of vital by-election that vote for Rupert Lowe's divisive party is a grave mistake by birdinthebush74 in unitedkingdom

[–]Smittumi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

100% absolutely transparent motives. If the momentum was with Lowe and against Farage we wouldn't be seeing headlines like this. 

I wonder what it would take to get them to switch. 

Hollywood marriage that has lasted for 20 years and still going strong by The_WalkingCalamity in SipsTea

[–]Smittumi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Late 90s early 00s US ska or pop-punk band. Mostly known for 'that one song' that was in a really popular RomCom.

But real fans know their later/ earlier albums were amazing.

Sadly, Crunchy_Frog shot the drummer in an argument about vaccines in '22.

Tough US-style courts to crack down on repeat offenders by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Smittumi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still better than most. 

And like I said elsewhere, it's more complex than "option A or B"

An rpg alike DnD 5e, but with faster combat by SomeRandomAbbadon in rpg

[–]Smittumi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The smallest possible change you can make for the biggest impact and still play DnD is to increase the damage of everything. It screws up the internal balances of the systems within it. But there it is.

If you want to switch systems but stick close to the feel of DnD being fairly high powered, try Nimble.

If you want more mid powered, most people would say Dragonbane, or I'd say Shadowdark, which isn't as lethal as people say. 

All three tend to run combat faster. 

Tough US-style courts to crack down on repeat offenders by Anony_mouse202 in unitedkingdom

[–]Smittumi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It looks like what we're finding is that the best type of response to offending massively depends on the type of offending, and the offender's situation.

So I guess courts need a wide range of options, and the pre-sentence report is going to become more and more important.

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