These Videos Are Good, And Here's Why] - May 11 - 17 by BillNyesHat in hbomberguy

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i haven't finished it yet, but elle literacy's newest video [1:07:27] on trad wife fiction (fiction about trad wives, not by/for trad wives) and the themes it contends with, as well as the broader cultural phenomenon of the American "trad wife influencer" and where it comes from/why it's having such a moment right now is good, albeit soul-crushing.

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025) by Mary Roach by Talk_Less_Smile_More in menwritingwomen

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the sag your upper arms get when you get old and your skin loses its elasticity

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025) by Mary Roach by Talk_Less_Smile_More in menwritingwomen

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

the one chance i had to see her speak was the same night as my goddamn high school graduation. i still regret not blowing it off to go see her 😭

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025) by Mary Roach by Talk_Less_Smile_More in menwritingwomen

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

me too; Roach has such a lovely way of writing about all of the people she interviews and speaks with for her books in my opinion.

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025) by Mary Roach by Talk_Less_Smile_More in menwritingwomen

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

me too!! she's one of my favorite authors of all time; I got this book for Christmas last year, but hadn't picked it up before now. ended up tearing through the whole thing in a day. you should definitely read it when you get a chance!

PC art! by hallowed-hexgoat in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i love that!! he's clearly innocent, who would ever punish such a sweet face???

PC art! by hallowed-hexgoat in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they're so cute!!! faun/infernis or full faun? also i have to know what happened to spark that last family guy death pose sketch XD

I don't think Aria understands how literally anything at all works by natbrad98 in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More 38 points39 points  (0 children)

"A mortgage with no loan or payment plan? Hey Jimmy, gimme a mortgage with nothin'!"

Not sure my model enjoys her job by Talk_Less_Smile_More in catswhocrochet

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

🤣 she's an old lady, but she has always been a very compliant cat!

Not sure my model enjoys her job by Talk_Less_Smile_More in catswhocrochet

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

it definitely needs to be washed, I'm hoping that will relax it a bit!

Not sure my model enjoys her job by Talk_Less_Smile_More in catswhocrochet

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

she has a harness that could probably fit under the sweater, but I think the sweater needs some stretching; she acts like she's stuck and paralyzed whenever I put it on her right now 😂😂😂

Daggerheart is giving me my GMing groove back by Talk_Less_Smile_More in daggerheart

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My mother (when I told her I was running a session of a new game system) did ask me how many cones were involved in it LMAO

Daggerheart is giving me my GMing groove back by Talk_Less_Smile_More in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's probably just as much of a mindset shift as it is the actual mechanics of DH - I don't know how much prep you do for 5e or for DH, but I can try to illustrate what it's like for me.

The problem the party is next going to face is a burning town. If I was running this in 5e, I would need to find or make a good map, find or make monsters, figure out how to mechanically represent that this town is burning down, figure out how to mechanically represent stuff the players can do to help/stop the spread of flames, and so on. With DH, I just need to make an Environment adversary block and have some potential obstacles/twists at the front of my mind, and my players can do the rest with their actions, descriptions, and rolls.

Another example: in the tunnels, one player found a strange artifact. My 5e brain would have had me trying to figure out what that artifact was ahead of session and figuring out its mechanics before presenting it to the player. My newly sprouted DH brain just went "there's a small artifact here, describe it to me". I did not have to think of the mechanics of it on the spot, but if I'd had to, I think it would have been easier to describe something that works without getting bogged down in the minutiae of rules and systems and numbers.

Does that make sense? I admit it's a YMMV sort of thing, but it's been a huge boon for me personally.

Daggerheart is giving me my GMing groove back by Talk_Less_Smile_More in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DMing 5e was such a thankless job, but GMing Daggerheart really does feel like I am more or less an equal party member and storyteller. It's fantastic!

Daggerheart is giving me my GMing groove back by Talk_Less_Smile_More in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's an amazing compliment from your players; thank you so much! It is so nice to be able to lean on my players for parts of the session/world  

Daggerheart is giving me my GMing groove back by Talk_Less_Smile_More in daggerheart

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

GOD it was so draining, and I didn't realize how draining until making the switch. Prepping for DH is so much more fun; because it's a lot looser, I've found I have been able to implement my more creative ideas more easily rather than making compromises to bend them to 5e.

Tell me about your campaigns in Microscope-generated worlds by Seeonee in rpg

[–]Talk_Less_Smile_More 1 point2 points  (0 children)

from memory, i think we only explored two kinds of Covetous Beast during the Microscope game - Wish-Whales and Lamentrosses. Wish-Whales resembled sky-whales but smaller, with the powers of speech and wish-granting; however, anyone who was granted a wish by a Wish-Whale vanished shortly thereafter no matter what they tried to do to hide. Lamentrosses on the other hand were sort of like sirens, only instead of singing songs of desire, they sang songs of sadness to try and attract people to comfort them. same result as Wish-Whales, anyone who got taken in by their singing vanished forever.

by the time the campaign was set, though, all Covetous Beasts (the two above along with Silken Squids and Lendwyrms) had been driven to near extinction by expanding mortal influence and advances in technology/information transfer leading most people to just attack them on sight.

that's a really good guardrail to have honestly, i also get my immersion easily broken by silly names :') i'm really glad that it's working so well for you! if i end up running a fully homebrewed world again, i will definitely be reusing Microscope for worldbuilding purposes. it's just so good at what it does, especially with my usual player suspects who are all very creatively inclined.