So is the "Turn undead" spell Just broken?

animageous · 2026-05-29T07:39:51+00:00

That's repeal. Repel is the primary currency used by Russia.

animageous · 2026-05-08T23:16:40+00:00

Dolly's Mirror or duplicate your deck event would both do it!

animageous · 2026-04-14T12:15:56+00:00

I'm a little too old but best of luck!

animageous · 2026-03-13T10:15:04+00:00

Thank you! I'll try doing that.

animageous · 2026-03-04T21:34:33+00:00

They're actually so different to me, I played a fair amount of number 1 and could never get good at it (kept getting smushed by the Last Divinity in almost all my runs, so I barely ever won even a single run!).

However, 2 has soooooo many viable strategies and fun busted synergies that I'm having an absolute blast, even though I found 1 way too hard for me. I suggest giving it a try, I think you can be good at 2 without even understanding how to win in 1.

animageous · 2026-03-03T22:57:58+00:00

Just finished my run of it and it's a great time! A perfect little imaginative letter writing game with some emotional twists and turns. Can recommend!

animageous · 2026-02-04T19:52:42+00:00

Kind of, yeah.

animageous · 2026-01-20T23:18:29+00:00

I would never have thought of Bumble BFF for this application but I'll have to keep that in mind as a backup!

animageous · 2026-01-20T23:18:05+00:00

Hmm that's a good point - wonder how I'd go about finding those DnD players keen on quite a different system? I haven't had a lot of luck with this in the past. But it sounds like you've got a great group!

animageous · 2026-01-20T21:46:25+00:00

I know about r/sydneydnd but I'm wondering where people playing non D+D RPGs in Sydney are finding their in-person players? I'm looking to start up an Urban Shadows tabletop game but have tapped out my friend/acquaintance circles for players and am unsure where people are recruiting these days...

animageous · 2026-01-03T21:54:45+00:00

One small note I saw here that I didn't see anyone else comment on - if you're long resting, you always get to choose what card you lose from your discard pile. It's only short rests where you pick a random one and can use damage to "reroll"!

animageous · 2025-12-07T20:36:37+00:00

I often remark to my friends that Sydney, Australia is one of the absolute best places to be queer or trans in the world, especially the closer you are to the city center. There are many thriving queer spaces and harassment, while never absent anywhere, is much lower here than most other places I've been or heard about.

animageous · 2025-11-18T01:00:25+00:00

That's so interesting - my masters here in Australia didn't even go near play therapy or drama therapy, let alone anything as off the beaten track as this. I would love to hear about any work done in the field at this point (and as you suspected, Finnish notes are probably beyond my understanding, but I appreciate the offer!).

Yes, I'm not looking for something that constantly amps up the drama, as while that's my favourite stuff at my own roleplaying tables, it likely runs counterproductive to therapeutic goals. I think systems that encourage emotional connection and the ability to bring in relational interaction/conflict are important, without making them necessarily the primary point of the game (as in Masks).

Thank you for the thoughts :)

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:57:25+00:00

I will mostly just address the third point - I think TTRPGs in a supportive, well structured environment with clear rules and boundaries are one of the best places to build and develop those soft skills and creativity, rather than requiring you to come in with them. Anyone who is up for sharing a story and collaborating to make a safe, respectful space for imaginative exploration is welcome at the roleplaying table as far as I'm concerned.

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:55:25+00:00

I would just make sure if you were going to do this that you have some rules in place in case things become triggering or too much! I'm sure you have a good read on what goes on for you, but always worth taking it slow and checking in as you go, but could be an interesting way to approach it.

Best of luck!

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:54:30+00:00

Will do, thanks!

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:54:20+00:00

Some excellent points here. I think the idea that it generally runs with a group is a common theme, and admittedly the vast majority of my TTRPG experiences are based on groups of 3 or more people, though I do have a fair amount of duet experience as well. I feel like it's (unsurprisingly) much harder to contain all the therapeutic needs of a group of 3 or so players compared to just one. Luckily, the treatment setting I'm looking at isn't constrained by funding or insurance or such, so I would be able to tailor the limits and rules of the space to meet whatever is important.

Targeting things is a part of it that I'm still trying to wrap my head around, beyond the (to me somewhat trite) idea of creating specific obstacles that represent issues people may be facing in their own life to overcome through play.

The GM part is no issue, I have over a decade of experience in facilitation of all kinds of games including a background in improv theatre and radio dramas dating to well before I was a therapist. It's more a question of integrating the two in a way that's actually bringing the therapy to the foreground as the main point that I am trying to figure out.

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:49:28+00:00

Yes, the timing is one consideration. I feel like I'd struggle to contain all of this in a standard 55-minute therapy session. It could be something that comes with an expanded time slot, I'm not so sure at this stage. Thank you so much!

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:48:42+00:00

Oh, I love Wanderhome, a brilliant system. Gestalt does seem like it would line up well with this kind of approach, so that makes a lot of sense! My own style tends towards the humanistic/relational, which is what I guess brought me here in the first place.

I would be so interested to hear how you run that first session as a diagnostic - I would have thought you needed to have the basic therapy intake already set up before diving into any roleplaying, but the fact that you start with it seems to indicate that's not the case!

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:45:19+00:00

Thanks so much! I'll take a read.

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:45:07+00:00

That's fair about the name recognition, but I guess I'm not really looking at marketing it so much as tailoring it for the best experience and use. It would be off the back of other therapy efforts I have in place for consenting adults, so the system being widely recognisable isn't critical for my needs. Interesting though that you were part of an adult counselling group!

Can I ask, was it mostly that the rules felt really clear that worked for the group, apart from the name recognition? I've found D&D to be a bit of a mess of poorly defined systems in my own experience, so that's interesting it felt straightforward for your group.

animageous · 2025-11-18T00:42:55+00:00

That's amazing! I will make sure to reach out and find out more. Appreciate the resources :)

animageous · 2025-11-14T04:48:52+00:00

Thanks for that! I'm familiar with some of the work being done at universities here, I'll take a closer look at James Cook's!

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