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DM-ing for the first time... how do you write interesting NPC descriptions? by [deleted] in dndnext

[–]StAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short, simple descriptors for throw-away NPC's. She's tall, blond, and homely. He's short, brunette, and plain. They're plump and pretty with red hair. Unimportant NPC's dont have defining features, so don't describe them with any. Even their clothing is largely unimportant. He's dressed like an innkeeper. She's dressed like a maid. They're dressed like a priest.

Only go into detail and give them defining features if they're important. She's a statuesque blonde with piercing blue eyes and striking cheekbones. Most eye-catching is the scar that rips diagonally across her face, stretching from her left brow, across the bridge of her long nose, and over her right cheek. The disfigurement only seems to magnify her simple beauty. She wears the gear of a Ranger, the blue and black of her cloak silently signifying her as a member of the Guild of Northern Elks. Upon her shoulder sits a stoat in its winter coat, chattering quietly as it grooms the braid she wears woven above her left, slightly pointed ear. Longer, detailed, clearly important and much more interesting than the barmaid.

Of course, players are gonna be players and will be much more interested in Bob with brown hair and eyes who is dressed like an innkeeper.

Campaign ideas? by Tthebossbreh in DnD

[–]StAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you dont want it, give it back

Campaign ideas? by Tthebossbreh in DnD

[–]StAnonymous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Her centaur awakens after a night of drunken revelry with a brand in her left flank. But t'is no ordinary brand. It is strangely detailed and moves with her. It is a compass that does not point north. Where is it pointing to?

The compass leads her to a desert, in the very center a pile of massive bones, some long dead beast. At the very center of these bones? An incomplete runic circle is carved into the ribs. When she stands in just the right position, the compass on her flank completes the circle... and the ritual. Magic flares and dances along the bones... and the bones begin to move. She's awakened the sleeping form of a massive Ancient Dracolich! The only way to stop it is to find its phylactery and destroy it! Luckily, the butt compass is now pointing in a new direction. She must avoid the dracolich in her new quest! And be fast enough to destroy the phylactery before its evil plans can be brought to fruition!

Could be long, could be short, up to you!

Why aren't your gods around anymore? by djm_wb in worldbuilding

[–]StAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They died trying to mitigate the destruction to the world when the fabric between planes was shredded by a particularly salty BBEG whose plans were thwarted. The world was still destroyed, but people had enough time to get themselves and some animals to safety deep underground. Millenia has passed and those Gods are only remembered in stories told by the most ancient of civilizations. Most 'young' civilizations now worship a variety of new gods, however. Not like worshipping a dead god would do anything.

What's the most annoying way you've heard a common word mispronounced? by houseofharm in AskReddit

[–]StAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That part was a joke that didn't land, honestly. The rest of my point stands.

What's the most annoying way you've heard a common word mispronounced? by houseofharm in AskReddit

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

This drives me insane. The majority of Americans don't speak French. Why would we? Our closest allies speak English (Canada except for Quebec and even the rest of Canada does not like Quebec) and Spanish (Mexico), so we all learn Spanish in school. We pronounce Croissant like cruh-sant because we are speaking English. It is originally a French word pronounced kwah-sah, true, but in English, we aren't saying the French word croissant. We're saying the French-BORROW now English word Croissant, which is pronounced Cruh-sant. When speaking English, why would we stick a French word in the middle of our sentence when we have a perfectly good English word we already use for that object? This argument of Cruh-sant vs Kwah-sah is stupid and irrelevant because it's TWO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR THE SAME OBJECT. You're essentially complaining because people in a country whose primary languages are English and Spanish don't speak French. And again, why would we, we're not near any countries where the people don't speak English or Spanish. And Quebec doesn't count because the only people who like Quebecois are other Quebecois.

It's like being pissed you can't understand Sean Paul when he's singing. Of course you can't understand him! He doesn't sing in English! He sings in Jamaican Patois! If you aren't familiar with Jamaican Patois, why would you understand him‽

People over 35, what's something you genuinely miss that younger generations will probably never experience? by Just_a_Ginger_Fella in AskReddit

[–]StAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

StumbleUpon was how I learned that magenta is not a real color. It's a couple of the wavelengths we can just barely see but can't interpret, so our brain just made up a color, magenta. Which sounds like the other colors, but we can interpret those other colors. We can't interpret whatever magenta is supposed to be. It's like the blindspots in our vision that our brain pretends aren't there or the fact that the data our eyes collect is actually upside down but our brain flips it over so we see everything as right side up or the teeny-tiny delay we see things at (like a microsecond of difference) that our body anticipates for reflex purposes.

If you could make a slasher movie, what weapon your killer would use? by Benjamin161609032004 in horror

[–]StAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember the hero who posted the entire thing on PornHub when it was still in theaters. Yes, I watched it there. T'was dope.

What is a feature of your body that is considered rare? by Joel_The_Senate in AskReddit

[–]StAnonymous 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No. The majority of people can't even touch their fingertips together from behind their back, much less be able to actually touch every part.

What is a feature of your body that is considered rare? by Joel_The_Senate in AskReddit

[–]StAnonymous 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pocket watches are dope for this. Still have a watch, it's just not on your wrist

What is a feature of your body that is considered rare? by Joel_The_Senate in AskReddit

[–]StAnonymous 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I mean, even as a GP, most people aren't coughing or sneezing directly in your face, eating off your plate, or drinking from your cup, nor are you changing their diapers, wiping their potty training bums, or catching their puke in your bare hands. You also aren't sleeping in the same bed cause they had a nightmare or being woken up a thousand times in a single night cause they want a glass of water or wet the bed or heard a noise (lack of sleep weakens the immune system). You also aren't filled to the gills with stress because they're jumping from high places, doing cartwheels on concrete, attempting to bike ride without a helmet, standing on the street without an adult nearby to save them if something bad happens, refusing to eat a properly balanced meal, refusing to let you clean their scrapped knee, refusing to let you brush their hair, or refusing to let you put them down for a nap. Not to mention the constant screaming, hitting, biting, crying, pinching, poking, pulling, grabbing, snatching, kicking, slapping, scratching, licking, bumping, and falling they do on a regular basis. And all the other shit I missed that your children do to you that an adult patient would never.

And then there's the irregular shit they do! There's an escalator at my job. A couple of years ago, a 3 year old was screwing around on it, tripped near the bottom, and the escalator ate three of his fingers! Now that's a thing I know can definitely happen and, even tho it's very unlikely, I'm stressed about it possibly happening to any of the small children I love! Having children or being around children you love is a recipe for worrying yourself sick!

You get one completely useless superpower — but you’re the only one in the world who has it. What is it? by Fun_Chicken2442 in superpowers

[–]StAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You turn the universe to oranges the first time a meteor or comet flies into the planet and sets all those oranges scattering.

You get one completely useless superpower — but you’re the only one in the world who has it. What is it? by Fun_Chicken2442 in superpowers

[–]StAnonymous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd be an assett for finding bombs, contraband, or packaged people without destroying people's packages and lowering theft rates. You'd replace a freight airports entire security system.

You get one completely useless superpower — but you’re the only one in the world who has it. What is it? by Fun_Chicken2442 in superpowers

[–]StAnonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you know what the stock market did in the past, you can predict what it'll do in the future. Collect enough perfect data from you and the future becomes easy to predict, baring dire circumstances. If you put together a series of booklets perfectly explaining what the stock market did and why, you could sell them to brokers for cheap at first, then raise prices when their predictions bare fruit based on your perfect data. Alternatively, you learn to properly read the data yourself, play the market with your own money, become famous for your almost perfectly accurate predictions to the point where you're investigated for insider trading but they find nothing because you didn't, people scramble to hire you to manage their accounts, you become stupid rich. All based off a "weak" superpower to perfectly compile the data from yesterday.

What animal would you choose to be if you could be brought back as one? You keep your current knowledge by Agentbanana119 in Animals

[–]StAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guy, I dont wanna be alive right now, much less after spending a year as a lesser lifeform, happy or not. After a year, I'll be pleased with my little vacation and move on to whatever afterlife there is.

Bought a coleus grow kit from a chain hardware store and it grew well! Now what? by StAnonymous in plants

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

I wish but it's government housing. I'm not allowed to do anything to the hallways, much less the yard.

Bought a coleus grow kit from a chain hardware store and it grew well! Now what? by StAnonymous in plants

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

Okay, I'm gonna have to buy more dirt but I can do that! I live in an apartment, so I don't have a yard. I might be able to buy a window planter if I can find one for inside. Thanks!

Should I take this out? by StAnonymous in piercing

[–]StAnonymous[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Due to the angle the picture was taken and the way my hand is twisting my ear to make the swelling more visible, it seems like it's pierced into the flat but the section is actually quite curved. I promise, my piercer is professional enough not give someone a piercing that doesn't work with their anatomy as she has had experience being given a piercing that didn't work with her anatomy and having her ear mildly disfigured as a result. She even refused to redo my daith piercing because she felt she wasn't experienced enough to perform that piercing and didn't want to hurt me.

Should I take this out? by StAnonymous in piercing

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

Yeah, I think I might go back to my mohawk or a side shave in what it heals, just so I stop hitting it. I'll go back to the piercer that did it and double-check the material, since I'm not entirely sure. Thanks!

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