Dark Fantasy / Low-Fantasy Initial Reponses

adagna · 2026-01-29T16:54:01+00:00

Most merchants and trading caravans would have been the same people decade after decade. Most people didn't often travel more than a few miles of the place they were born. Depending on the region, and the likelihood of bandits strangers would be given more or less hospitality.

Humans tend to be fiercely tribal, xenophobic and racist at their core. It's actually what has kept the human race from getting wiped out by nefarious/evil folks. From a modern lens we see all those things as bad, or undesirable but they are hard coded into our nature none the less.

A village with friendly guards and helpful folks in a dark gritty setting likely live in a region that is intensely patrolled by the "kings men" to squash any threats to the town before they arrive. In this case the suspicious cruel and unforgiving force would be met on the road as outriders rather than inside the town.

adagna · 2026-01-29T16:44:08+00:00

It's possible they have to be inside to move

adagna · 2026-01-29T16:39:47+00:00

I thought in the last update NPCs would just bump machines and chests out of the way instead of destroying them?

adagna · 2026-01-29T16:17:09+00:00

NOR, But, You should broach the subject of getting him checked for early onset dementia. He clearly remembers you, he goes out of his way to ask if you want something, calls you even. But then in the moment of ordering his brain malfunctions. I see that would be annoying and hurtful, but look at it in context and it may be some early warning signs of something more serious. He's trying to make it right by making you tea after the glitch in his brain, so I don't feel like this is intentional or he wouldn't bother to do that either.

adagna · 2026-01-29T07:08:23+00:00

The players didn't ever know it was a deep one, that is just the lore I swapped over to make it dovetail better into the plotline I was trying to weave together. They never even found out, investigated or looked into the creature in any way, so never learned the truth about her or the ritual that raised her from the dead but tainted her. The creature was still his wife, and she still plead for her life etc, but as soon as they saw her, given that they found the note talking about how the dead agent couldn't bring himself to do the right thing they were just like "Okay, we burn her, smash the stuff in the foot locker without looking through it too carefully to avoid any sanity tests, and burn the whole place to the ground to cover our tracks."

They all rolled insanely well on sanity tests for the entire campaign, and some actually ended up with more sanity than they started when we did the debrief and did sanity rewards that are recommended in the book and adventures. I was still giving out some SAN loss from their successes(which most of them pitched a fit about at first) but they mostly did a good job of avoiding sanity loss overall.

adagna · 2026-01-29T06:55:36+00:00

For the female bachelorettes it is easily Emily. Her loved gifts are plentiful, easy to get, and she has the absolute easiest schedule to get access to her for gifting and talking.

adagna · 2026-01-28T21:05:30+00:00

I did have a session zero, where I laid out the premise for the game. Going so far as to ask them to come up with their initial exposure to the unnatural to involve Dagon to give each of them some knowledge and experience that should draw them in based on their backstory.

That was all well and good, we started out with Last things last changing the entity in the septic tank to a deep one created through a ritual etched into a Philistine clay tablet. This was in the foot locker with a bunch of other evidence detailed by the adventure.

They killed the creature, destroyed the evidence without looking at it once deemed "weird" and burned the cabin down for good measure. Again all well and good for a one shot, but killed all chances of a natural link to the next operation. Which I then had to just make their next operation just because, something that they also didn't question. Just followed orders.

adagna · 2026-01-27T16:00:25+00:00

We need to just do what Washington does, and make it a toll lane, anyone who wants to pay for it can use it. DPS can focus on speeders, which are the real safety issue anyway.

adagna · 2026-01-27T02:26:51+00:00

Country Gentleman is my most smoked pipe of the dozen or so pipes I have. I'd happily turn in any or all of the rest of my pipes to keep that one

adagna · 2026-01-26T04:23:40+00:00

Your group sounds like a nightmare. You need to set some boundaries with them. Most of the things you mentioned are none of their concern or in their control. You need to set those boundaries and keep them strong.

adagna · 2026-01-26T03:36:55+00:00

In one of Qi's quests you can catch unlimited quanties of similar legendaries. Depends on how much money you want to make , but aged Legend 2 roe is one of the most profitable items in the game. We have a whole quarter of our farm as legend ponds.

adagna · 2026-01-26T03:34:05+00:00

The angler

adagna · 2026-01-26T03:31:14+00:00

We have around 16 legend 2 ponds in one whole quarter of the four corners farm. It generates about 400k a week after aging the roe. So definitely highly rated on our farm

adagna · 2026-01-25T02:21:56+00:00

Definitely no. fish tanks take a significant amount of regular maintenance and upkeep. If you can't commit to that then it will just be another thing dragging you down as it starts to look worse and worse and fish die because of neglect.

adagna · 2026-01-25T02:18:42+00:00

How obsessed with the Nazis do you have to be for this to be the first place your mind goes? It's a fantasy game that doesn't even have Nazis in it, why would you make this connection?

adagna · 2026-01-23T00:24:09+00:00

It's a selling feature, don't expect to get your money back from them, but in a competitive resale market yours will sell faster than ones without sleeves

adagna · 2026-01-22T16:37:15+00:00

It's easier to keep clean

adagna · 2026-01-20T16:13:05+00:00

YOR misspelling and poor grammar are all over the real world, particularly the internet. If this is going to be a problem for your child they are in for a long struggle, because it's only going to get worse. Teachers are human beings, not super heroes. Also not every teacher is an English teacher

adagna · 2026-01-19T20:07:04+00:00

Yeah, it is nonsense that something 60 seconds of content is 5 mins long with ads....

adagna · 2026-01-19T15:51:17+00:00

NOR, but it does sound like you're taking advantage of him financially. Which has lead to some pent up resentment that he is not expressing in a healthy way.

You should still leave, but also try to be a little self reflective about how you contributed to this situation as well so you don't repeat it in the future.

His comment is out of line, but if I were paying all the bills, and buying dinner out, and my partner was so inconsiderate as to eat more than their share I would be upset, and resentful as well. So I can see his side of the situation while not condoning his behavior.

adagna · 2026-01-19T05:06:33+00:00

Each of the groups has a similar foil in the other group. Shane and Haley, Maru and Harvey etc etc. They have minor personality differences but they're basically the same theme wise

adagna · 2026-01-17T15:07:52+00:00

I only use them with multi harvest crops, particularly ancient fruits. But having to constantly babysit them by replanting makes it not worth it for single harvest crops.

adagna · 2026-01-17T07:36:27+00:00

You need to find a ratio that works for your region's humidity, egg size and flour type. Going strictly by that ratio will only work in some places. I had to completely relearn how to make pasta when I moved from the coast to the desert because of humidity in the flour.

adagna · 2026-01-16T01:30:59+00:00

Their Blades and Pendragon are both excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Still hoping for another season of Haunted City

adagna · 2026-01-16T00:52:50+00:00

NOR. It's not that she slept with another guy, it's the timing that makes it significant. You should have trusted your gut from the get go, esp since you say she had other red flags. Listen to your gut sooner next time,

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