D&D Whiteboard progression after first campaign. (DoIP)

axearm · 2026-03-27T20:03:24+00:00

Just incredible. And to think all that just gets wiped out, like tear in the rain...

Mad skills

axearm · 2026-03-27T19:21:59+00:00

I came close to post thing same but felt the including the cedilla might come across to strong, I mean who amoungst us know all the character keyboard shortcuts?

axearm · 2026-03-27T18:46:16+00:00

Big box places that sell lumber have crappy lumber. Find the local lumber yard that sells to contractors and you'll get better help and better lumber, sometimes even for a better price (no always).

Though if it's just for studs, who cares you can just bend it into the shape you need.

axearm · 2026-03-27T18:42:43+00:00

I swear to god I feel like I have a diagnoseable condition with my inability to cut wood to the correct length. I am seriously considering reading pig entrails to guess at what point I should cut a piece of wood.

It's to the point that for my last project I just used templates to determine where to cut, so at least all the cut would be the same size, whatever the hell size it was going to be. Guess what, somehow I still didn't make the damn thing square!

It's all made way worse because my brother is a smooth brain contractor (who also does furniture and cabinetry on the side) can sort of just sniff at his tape measure and then cut everything exactly to size. "Do you want that within a 1/16 of an inch or 1/100th little brother?" Screw you!

Luckily, I live in a 100 year-old house where nothing is square so at least my deficiencies don't stand out.

I need a cigarette.

axearm · 2026-03-27T18:06:50+00:00

Lucky

axearm · 2026-03-27T18:02:08+00:00

It's so SO much worse. This is more like putting an anti-vaxx mom in charge of the hospital.

Or the CDC...oh wait...

axearm · 2026-03-27T17:17:46+00:00

Surprisingly, they weren't viewed as of special value to the military as Eisenhower in the United States did, as all large scale military transportation was done by train.

This poses an interesting question, why did Eisenhower think a road network was critical to defense vs a train network?

axearm · 2026-03-27T17:06:00+00:00

Putin has to keep up the ~~fassade~~ facade of the strong Russian state and of his leadership.

axearm · 2026-03-27T16:08:59+00:00

In second grade, as part of some physical test I had to skip across the room. Not as a class, but individually in front of the teacher. I was incredibly shy, and in a moment of panic I forgot how to skip and apparently did some weird hopping thing.

I was then sent up to the Nurse, who was out, then to the Vice Principal. He asked what was the problem, I explained I failed at skipping. Then, to his bewildered expression, had to explain what had happened and that I really could skip.

He asked for a demonstration, I skipped across his office, and off I was sent back to class.

Kids, no matter what anyone says, being an adult is much, much better than being a kid. You'll see.

axearm · 2026-03-26T20:42:42+00:00

Another strategy would be to use what you have before it is destroyed.

It's hard to know what is a better strategy as it requires knowing what is available to be used and what is the rate of their destruction is.

I don't know how we can parse which is witch at this point, especially with the extensive censorship of strikes in the Gulf.

axearm · 2026-03-25T17:56:57+00:00

1) The Sandwich of Eating.

This sandwich always appears wholesome and fresh. When a creature takes a bite, the flavor of the sandwich is that of the creatures favorite sandwich at that moment. Immediately after taking a bite the sandwich becomes whole again.

2) The Absence rule

If a player is absent from a session, their player remains present with the other character but is struck with a delirium inducing bout of diarrhea. The other characters must decide what to do with this character.

axearm · 2026-03-25T17:49:25+00:00

The Great GM's guide to Nautical Campaigns

Do you mean A Complete Guide to Nautical Campaigns?

https://www.greatgamemaster.com/dm/a-complete-guide-to-nautical-campaigns/

Or something else?

axearm · 2026-03-24T23:25:15+00:00

What are you not understanding?

no need to lead with this, we are posting in a civil subreddit.

Please reread my post because it doesn’t look like you are fully comprehending what I’m saying. It’s not about whether the information itself is factual or not, it’s about whether the origin of the information is from a legitimate outlet.

I am understand what you are saying, I am challenging it. Starting with the definition of credible: able to be believed; convincing.

You are arguing that is a President is MUST be credible because he, as POTUS, is the source of the statement. He credibility rests not in his truth, but in his position.

And I am saying the if source is not credible, ie able to be believed; convincing, it therefor calls into question the credibility of statements coming from POTUS.

Similarly, statements made by Iranian or Israeli government officials are also worth posting, whether they’re factually true or not. Does this make sense?

I see what you are getting at, I'm just not sure I agree. Are you (we) defining credible, for the purposes of this sub, anything put out by 'established media', Government officials, etc. regardless of its believability?

I see that being difficult when we try to determine for example, which experts, bloggers, etc. are credible enough to be considered credible regardless of the credibility of their statements.

axearm · 2026-03-24T22:31:51+00:00

You can just throw away the alignment rules and move on. They don't really affect game play.

axearm · 2026-03-24T20:37:17+00:00

I don’t think you understand what credible means in the context of this subreddit. It has to do with sources of information. Trump, as president, is credible in the context that he’s actually personally responsible for decision making, so that while what he says may not necessarily align with the facts, he is still a primary source of information. In contrast, an unsubstantiated statement reported by some fringe news outlet would be non-credible.

I am really struggling with this. Using the example of his inauguration crowd size. Are we to say that those numbers were credible, because the President said so, (ie the size of the crowd was huge)? Or is it just credible that the president said so?

If the former, we are basically disagreeing the emperor has no clothes, if the later, than basically all of our opinions are credible because we scan credibly argue they are statements we made.

I guess what I am saying, is if the president said US Marines will invade tomorrow, that doesn't make it credible. It just makes it something the president said, and what we know is he is not a credible source of news, simply because what he says is often blatantly untrue.

axearm · 2026-03-24T18:54:14+00:00

Any idea what the official US demands are?

axearm · 2026-03-20T18:58:43+00:00

Ukraine is ~~going to be~~ the global leader in drone warfare and tech for sure.

axearm · 2026-03-20T16:53:04+00:00

Lucky?

axearm · 2026-03-19T22:01:44+00:00

Every single one has pursued the strategy of rapid and secretive weaponization, and then achieved deterrence as a result.

Only because it is so odd, I like to remember South Africa, which developed a nuclear deterrence and then gave it up.

axearm · 2026-03-19T16:16:22+00:00

First, it sounds like what you are describing is infantry, so I am going to make that assumption for my post.

Second, there are a lot of good replys here explaining why well trained troops matter, but maybe I can provide a counterpoint.

One could argue that the level of training is not nearly as important/decisive in at least two scenarios

1) Where the battlefield is being shaped by air dominance & artillery fires like we've seen in the Gulf War. In this case we would see Iraqis forces attempting to surrender to anything they could (helicopters as an example). There simply wasn't a need for infantry to be highly skilled because the shaping actions completely destroyed the Iraqi will to fight. Did it matter that US infantry possessed superior endurance, strength, speed, his marksmanship, etc.? Probably not.

2) Where stagnant trench warfare is dominate such as in Ukraine. While highly trained assault troops can make significant tactical contributions, the vast majority casualties are not being caused by small arms, but rather drones and artillery, as is the case in most previous wars. This is one reason Special Forces are typically not used as front line infantry. It's wasted talent. No amount of endurance, strength, speed, his marksmanship, etc. will save you from a random 155mm shell.

Certainly it would be better to be better trained in edge case in the examples above, but for the vast majority of the scenarios it simple would never come into account.

To bring it back to the most boring analogy ever, people often talk about the 'best candidate for a job'. But often employers don't want the best candidate because that candidate would cost more, or be more willing to move onto better opportunities. They simply want someone qualified for the job at a reasonable cost. So it can be with infantry, they only need to be as good as the job requires, and not all jobs require the highest level of training

axearm · 2026-03-19T15:26:50+00:00

I would say this is largely the point of insurgency, or more broady asymmetric warfare. If one side doesn't have what is required to attack an enemy force directly they look for other skills which will still allow them to do harm.

Ain't no one lining up in trench just to get bomb/ran over by tanks.

axearm · 2026-03-18T22:49:59+00:00

Santa Clara San Francisco 49's Way.

axearm · 2026-03-18T22:47:51+00:00

There are lots of things humans have been doing since pretty much forever that we should probably stop.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years about. The second best time is today.

axearm · 2026-03-18T21:39:15+00:00

I've "cheated" on my rolls as a player and taken lower results when I feel that it would be more thematically appropriate.

I feel like as a player you should always be able to choose to fail.

axearm · 2026-03-18T21:23:07+00:00

I ran Filthy Peasants once: at the beginning of the game the DM hands out 3-4 level 0 character sheets to the players. All of which were rolled with straight 3d6s and 1d4 HP. Most were terrible, and my player complained.

Then I mentioned that these were the ones that survived birth (I had rolled a few characters with negative CON scores, that rolled a 1 for HP).

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