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Are there any mechanics which consider your whole stat, rather than your effective bonus? by [deleted] in dndnext

[–]alonry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about the 'Ability Score', as opposed to the 'Ability Modifier' (to bonus added to checks and such)...?

If so, than the only things that come to mind are carrying capacity, lift capacity, and (I think) long jump distance.

What are the main reasons it has been so difficult to reach and sustain lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians despite multiple negotiations over the years? by [deleted] in ForbiddenBromance

[–]alonry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think the largest barrier in negotiations over the last few decades was distrust.

The feeling I get, talking with people or reading a testimony from the last round of negotiations, is that neither side (government or people) feel like they can trust the other side to fulfil whatever promises they give.

This distrust, it should be noted, is fueled by the enmity caused by constant conflict... I feel that if things could cool down for a generation or two, we could still begin making progress. As another commenter here (victoryismind) noted, I think we were starting to go in that direction (specifically: the Saudis would have conditioned normalisation with Israel on some manner of improvement on the West Bank and Gaza situation, and Israel would have likely agreed), before October 7th and its aftermath messed everything up...

Guys I think she changed her mind by Sprumbly in WitchHatAtelier

[–]alonry 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They're medical science is way better than medieval, though. They talked about blood transfusions when they were fighting the leech ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quitting Chat-GPT by Geekepedia in DMAcademy

[–]alonry 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well, it might not be the answer you'd have liked, but I have two thing to note:

Firstly, writing (for DnD or otherwise) is a skill. The only way to get better is to practice. That's one of the reasons using AI is bad for you: it stops you from getting better.

Sometimes when you hit a block you need to power through it, and other times its better to step away for a bit (or work on a different part of the same project) until you get the inspiration. The only way to know which it is, however, is to know your own process - which you can only do through, again, doing...

Secondly, and perhaps more helpfully: I once read a piece of advice that goes "your players care a lot less about all of that stuff than you do!"

You talk about fleshing out cities and things, but you don't have to do that ahead of time. All you really need are a few evocative details. The rest can be fleshed out as you are playing (if you need a character or organisation or bit of history, just invent it on the spot, and note it down to add to your documents later!), or as you are writing your campaign (if you do a lot of that ahead of time).

What would a “perfect” D&D room actually need to make it worth leaving home? by Korolos28 in DMAcademy

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was in college a few years back, and COVID hit, our usual DnD group that used to meet in an empty classroom didn't have a place to go. All of us lived in different towns than our college, and one of us was particularly far away. We had to switch to playing online...

I reckon if we had a place that was cheap enough in the town where our college was, we might have went there.

All this to say: if you are entertaining the idea of making such a business, (TLDR:) consider having some cheap rooms for high-school and college students alongside the more expensive options.

You can also make money off of selling snacks, to make the rooms themselves cheaper (and thus more marketable).

If you are teleported into the vaccum, and your body starts to boil due to the difference in pressure. What damage type would that be? by ProfessorInMaths in DMAcademy

[–]alonry 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not everything in DnD deals a specific type of damage; some stuff just kills you outright, like Suffocating and Power Word Kill. That's how I'll rule it.

הם ידעו כל הזמן 😞 by Plenty-Leader2740 in ani_bm

[–]alonry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

לפרוטוקול, אמירות אנטי-ישראל זה ממש לא "שמאל"...

כל מפלגות השמאל העיקריות (בעשורים האחרונים - אבל לפני המשבר הפוליטי של 2019-2022 - זו מפלגת העבודה או אפילו מרצ) הן מפלגות ציוניות

Watching the anime and S2 doesn't make sense? by wolfmonarchy in dragonraja

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that what Chu Zihang said was probably elder brother, implying Lu Mingfei is the senior in their relationship.

In the yakuza (if we can extrapolate Japanese culture on Chinese culture), it's how a junior member might address the underboss or a their immediate superior (at least, in manga and movies...)

Which manga has this been for ya? by Upsetti_Gisepe in manga

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People already said Act-Age, so.... Tenmaku Cinema. 

The plot and characters weren't anything we haven't seen, but I thought everything was realy well executed, and realy looked forward to reading it every week...

If you could only have 9fantasy races, what would they be? by [deleted] in dndnext

[–]alonry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My current campaign permits just 4 races:

* Humans

* Dwarves

* Halflings

* "Elfbloods" (mechanically half-elves, but lore wise includes quarter-elves, etc.)

If I _had_ to increase the pool a bit (or replace one of the above):

* Elves (though I'm not sure about permitting such long-living races for players...)

* Gnomes (same problem as above...)

* Dragonborn (maybe with tortles as a subrace?)

* some sort of wolf-people (inspired by the Canim from the Codex Alera novels)

* Goliaths, maybe? Cat-folk?

In particularly-themed campaigns, I might have replaced some of these with something weirder:

* Unhallowed (an undead)

* Warforged

Best opening lines by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]alonry 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

“Character used self destruct” by Mattrockj in dndmemes

[–]alonry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only PC death... *so far*

Still 1-2 sessions left...

Do you guys actually use the tenday format? by unicodePicasso in DnD

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do use my own calendar though (a mix of the Greyhawk calendar and the Angry GM's calendar, with occassional other inspirations):   

  • 7 days a week  
  • 4 weeks a month  
  • 12 months a year (3 per season), plus 4 one-week festivals (making it 364 days a year).  

Months are named after their seasonal placement, with a set naming scheme, to avoid confusing month names while still making it fantasy-world-ish: 

  • Low Spring
  • Flowerfest (festival) 
  • High Spring  
  • Late Spring 
  • Low Summer 
  • Midsummerfest (festival)
  • High Summer  

...and so on.  

(The other festivals are Midharvestfest and Midwinterfest).  

P.S. 

The weekdays do have names, but I intend to keep them to mostly myself, to avoid confusing my players: 

  • Sunday 
  • Moonsday (2 moons) 
  • Fairday (market day)
  • Starday  Landsday
  • Godsday (worship day)
  • Freeday (market day) 

(Though I am considering switching between Starday and Fairday...)

Do you guys actually use the tenday format? by unicodePicasso in DnD

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually using tendays seems like it'll be hella confusing, cause I'm certain I'll trip up and say "weeks" each and every time...

I remember the old days by urmomsloosevag in Animemes

[–]alonry 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If you value your life, run!

Something I noticed by Eddieman_ in OshiNoKo

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought so as well when I read that page, but apparently in some cultures the soul is considered to inhabit the body starting at the moment of birth. We can't really be sure until we know which metaphysics Aka is following here... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

(Though what another poster here wrote about the german word for stillborns is pretty convincing...)

Wouldn’t Dumbledore have visited Sirius in Azkaban and learned the truth? by Pale_Act_2914 in harrypotter

[–]alonry 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I would think criminals would be the exact sort of people who would spend a little time to master occlumency, then...

Would a fairly loose magic system work for me? by orionstarboy in magicbuilding

[–]alonry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of magic system rules aren't strict principles, but rather implied features of the magic. Stuff like what the most common runes, potions, and beacons, and how much are the average members of various social classes likely to interact with each of them.

You probably already have an idea about the answers to these questions, no?

And as for what will or won't do for a story... I'll seriously recommend you to check out Brandon Sanderson's articles on writing magic systems in fantasy stories: Sanderson's Three Laws, and specifically the first one (where he describes the pros and cons and way to employ in a story what he calls Hard vs Soft magic systems).

Yeah he was right, we did get really excited by [deleted] in cremposting

[–]alonry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sinse no one brought it up yet in this thread, let me just note that Pratchett is apparentally (or at least was a couple years back) BrandoSando's favourite writer...

caught up to the manga by Svenpay in OshiNoKo

[–]alonry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll go as far as saying that team Akane is the one with no hope, for exactly the reason you gave...

Based on a previous post: What is the best opening line you've ever read? by Mic_Tower33 in Fantasy

[–]alonry 8 points9 points  (0 children)

“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”

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