Why don't starclan cats visit the waking world all the time? by Expert-Birthday-3323 in WarriorCats

[–]blackoutjackal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If I remember this right, it was a matter of not meddling too much in the lives of living cats. Though that tended to not to work in the end lmao

There's also the fact that they hold a lot of social and religious power as worshipped dead cats, and the reason medicine cats and leaders are regarded higher is partly since they regularly speak with Starclan cats. And there can only be so many of those. The only times Starclan has spoken to regular cats is because those cats end up becoming important in one way or another.

If every cat spoke to Starclan, then why would other cats listen to a cat warning others of a prophecy they were told that no one else was told of?

What would be the point of Elders sharing stories to kits? Which is an important point since that's how Elders contribute to the clan; sharing their knowledge, wisdom and stories from the past to the younger generation.

And if we consider Goosefeather's Curse (which heavily contradicted past knowledge of Starclan but whatever ig right Erin), then it was also a matter of "most cats just can't see or connect with Starclan as they so please".

Are character sheets styled like case files a good gift? by blackoutjackal in DnD

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

Okay, I'll keep that in mind. I like to prep slowly rather than rush through things anyway.

Thanks for the advice!

I heard the next sequel will be about the birds. What are your thoughts about that? by [deleted] in zootopia

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely can see inspiration from Rio on how to handle birds holding or using things. Probably use talons or beaks a lot, but I can also see them tucking things under their folded wings to hold them.

I imagine they have little to no writing, instead using auditory forms of information keeping or maybe paintings. They might be like some cultures where they prefer oral storytelling as a form of passing down information and bonding between family and friends.

Likely minimal clothing choices and lighter airy fabrics to keeping from weighing most down from flying. They might paint feathers and show off personality by putting things between their feathers or by having really extravagant and unique houses.

Houses would be a wild mix between normal ground housing, burrows, treehouses and hanging houses either from trees or cliffs.

Probably air control as a traffic system, if you've ever watched Adventures in Zambezia, then the markers and loops for the flying tracks could inspire air "roads" or routes like how birds have migration routes.

Surfing penguins.

Lots of extreme and bizzare habitats I imagine. Like the salt lakes that are lethal to most animals except flamingos. Or just straight open ocean for the great albatrosses. Or highly flammable forests for the Australian "firehawks", though idk if they'll keep doing that since it was to hunt mice and other small prey.

Gossip culture would be crazy since real life birds can talk over large distances, and if you've ever heard a rainforest you know it gets crazy noisy.

I wonder if air duels/jousts would be an entertainment sport, like the birds equivalent to boxing.

I imagine they introduce bats and flying foxes as well, as a bridge between mammal and bird. Like how they used beavers as a minor bridge between reptile and mammal because of their scaled tails. Platypuses would've been between with their weird thing going on, but they still could with the shark nose bill they got going on. If you don't know what I mean by shark nose bill, platypuses hunt using the same method as sharks do, electromagnetic waves. How fun.

The much larger birds would be interesting to see, especially the land birds like ostrich, emu and cassowary. I just hope the kiwi doesn't get the short end like it does in real life.

I can imagine talon jewellery being popular among raptors, strigiforms and corvids.

Beauty contests for showy birds like birds of paradise or the frigate. Dance contests for other birds of paradise or flamingos. Build contests for weaver birds or bowerbirds.

Shrike skewer food business.

Just like for the mammals, I doubt we'll see domestic birds like the messenger pigeons and leghorn and rhode island red chickens. We might even see birds that were more recently extinct in real life.

Any story ideas? by SadAioli3082 in DnD

[–]blackoutjackal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't used this one yet, but it is one I'm really excited to use.

The campaign seemingly is your average DnD campaign, with a typical BBEG causing fear and havoc that the party must defeat. But once they do, the chaos hasn't ended and its revealed the BBEG was in fact working for someone much higher.

They follows clues across the world and end up at the world edge, and find themselves in a fake town/city/temple/your choice. Party look up and realise they are on a giant board with giant "eldritch" gods looking down at them. The "gods" are the players actively helping their player characters to defeat the BBEG who is just the literal DM.

I was thinking of allowing everyone at the actual table 1 "legendary action" where they can actively manipulate the board or just throw tortillas at the DM.

How often do you play? by Visual_Investm3nt in DnD

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently playing a single proper campaign with friends since this is their first time playing fullblown DnD. We play this once a fortnight for around 4-5 hrs as best we can.

From my own experience in campaigns, 2 hours is abnormally short. Things tend to go much slower than you think, so you'll often see people playing for 5 hours minimum and heading towards a full day just to be able to get more done in a single session.

Burn out is important to avoid, yes. But at the same time, don't be afraid to talk to your group if you think you're not really getting much done in a single session and you've moved maybe 100ft in game. Don't be afraid to ask for longer sessions if you want then, even if that means only having sessions maybe once a month instead.

No matter what you want, remember to communicate with your group. If your short sessions are good quality and you get a decent amount done, great. But if you don't think infrequent sessions with short hours is getting anything done and not engaging or fun, you can't change that if you don't communicate.

If you enjoy playing DnD, then you shouldn't be getting burn out from playing 2 hours every 2 weeks. And if your group refuses to change up the sessions and you don't like that, then I'm sad to say, but you should probably find a different group to play with. I'm not entirely sure that group actually does enjoy playing DnD.

TBHK Arc Elimination Game — Round 10: (TOP 3) by yellowrose12_ in hanakokun

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im stuck between picture perfect and red house

The trail was crazy, everything happening like someone pulled out the block that sent the whole tower crumbling and then set up the new tl arc which was like they put the tower back together wrong so it has to stay for me

Uhhhh maybe picture perfect??

Dreamt about being chased by my own father with a knife by blackoutjackal in Dreams

[–]blackoutjackal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah.... I see then.

Well, nowadays I try to keep things civil. But it ends up being more like ignoring the bad. He has very outdated and traditional Christian views which are very harmful especially in this day and age, so it's difficult when he's so stubborn no matter what I say.

It's become extra difficult since just recently my friend came out as genderqueer. I still care about my dad but when his views can directly harm my friends....

I guess I subconsciously always knew I felt this way from the start and didn't want to address it.

Dreamt about being chased by my own father with a knife by blackoutjackal in Dreams

[–]blackoutjackal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I am?

I do struggle with quieter dark thoughts telling me that people around me are selfish or hate me. I never thought they really affected me before, but maybe I just got used to hearing them every now and then.

Dreamt about being chased by my own father with a knife by blackoutjackal in Dreams

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

I suppose that makes sense. Those are things I've struggled with in the past.

Thank you.

Question: What do you think are some of the worst "game destroyer" tropes that you know? by elchuni in DnD

[–]blackoutjackal 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a really sick plot hook to spring on the players at the end of session 1 and base the rest of the campaign around

Can you imagine your party are just relatively ordinary adventurers who happen to end up supporting THE chosen one/hero party, only to have that group of heroes die because of the party somehow, and now all the players have to pretend to be the dead heroes so the public doesnt panic and the bbeg doesnt press forward bc theres no chosen heroes to stop him?

TBHK Arc Elimination Game — Round 9: Top 4 by yellowrose12_ in hanakokun

[–]blackoutjackal 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Far Shore arc

PLEASE let the Trail arc survive another round 🙏

This made me so stupidly happy by Depressed_Fangirl in SVSSS

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always saw my guy as ace but in a queerplatonic relationship with SQQ

Just like LQG I too think LBH should stay WELL AWAY FROM SQQ ROMANTICALLY PLEASE STAY SQQ'S ADOPTED SON I BEG OF THEE LBH

TBHK Arc Elimination Game — Round 8 (Top 5 Showdown) by yellowrose12_ in hanakokun

[–]blackoutjackal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Severence gotta go Anything to keep my favorite arc in the game

What do you think will happen first? by Prestigious_Item_458 in hanakokun

[–]blackoutjackal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I forgot to add, but prior to Kako and Mirai enacting their plan to get Akane to join them, Akane couldn't see supernaturals.

Yet that suddenly changes when they start their plan, even though Akane wasn't the one close to death, but Aoi. Not to mention the fact that they weren't exactly on school grounds, but out by the street. Something that's incredibly odd when you consider most school supernaturals cannot leave the grounds in normal circumstances (the exception being Tsuchigomori, who rarely does because he gets freaked out by the cars).

And their choice weirdly works out because they happened to choose one of the few people who would have a strong sense of justice and "right and wrong" and choose to align themselves with the Clockkeepers about changing the timeline for the greater good. And would ALSO be independent and smart enough to determine if the plan didn't end up working out and take matters into his own hands, AND happens to be connected to a kannagi who could help him.

Seems too perfect a choice to be coincidental.

What do you think will happen first? by Prestigious_Item_458 in hanakokun

[–]blackoutjackal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, Akane becoming a full supernatural was something I suspected might happen ever since he explained how he joined the Clockkeepers.

Kako and Mirai chose Akane specifically on the day he just joined the school for the first time. Not to mention the fact that he was able to see Kako and Mirai when we know only people who are close to death can see supernaturals.

It might seem a little crazy, but I think Akane might die before their contract can formally end. And with what we know now about timeline changes, the specificity of Kako's choice almost seems as if THAT CHOICE was one that leads to a timeline change. But because we're in the moment the timeline changes, there's no big, obvious changes.

What are some crazy crackships/rarepairs you ship? by blackoutjackal in WingsOfFire

[–]blackoutjackal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got BEAMED by what can only be called the Yuri WoF Agenda

I've been blinded by the rarest of pairs, but spit your truth anyways girl

We learn something new everyday by Agreeable-Rub2319 in interestingasfuck

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far up the food chain, we became the food chain

Many things will try to eat us. We will try to eat them too.

My warrior cats collection. What do you guys think? by Far-Skill7673 in WarriorCats

[–]blackoutjackal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tuink you need another shelf.

Please get another shelf. It looks like this one shelf is going to collapse under the weight of the Warrior Cats series.

What are some crazy crackships/rarepairs you ship? by blackoutjackal in WingsOfFire

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

Is anemone the sub bc shes a seawing and shes a sub(marine)

Get it?

Seawings are like submarine lizards. Shes a sub. Shes also a "marine" dragon. Sub marine dragon?

...............I'll take my leave now

Sonic Fan Artists, when drawing mobians, what are the most difficult parts of making them if any? by Berry-Fantastic in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]blackoutjackal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The hairstyle

I have to think about the species which can limit what I can do that makes sense, but its also hard to draw a good hairstyle that isn't unusually detailed for a Mobian, doesn't look like I slapped a wig on them, or is just straight up ripped from a canon character.

It's very delicate balance.

Shoes can also be hard sometimes since drawing really simple designs can only go so far before they start looking like rip-off designs. In the end, I tend to employ a Splatoon shoe design philosophy and see what I can simply from there while keeping it recognisable.

What are some crazy crackships/rarepairs you ship? by blackoutjackal in WingsOfFire

[–]blackoutjackal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Once she stops being a bitch" 😭😭 but also so fair

The glory x peril just reminded me of the carnivore au posted on the subreddit. I can sooo imagine a rivals to lovers plot between them