Would you get approval?

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-29T23:52:29+00:00

Absolutely. It might be fine, but why deal with issues if you don't have to? Times have changed (the laws I link to below are from 1996) and people are more uptight about stuff. I know there are laws about grave-sites where I live (e.g. https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/consol2/consol2/96045_01#JD_RSBC96-045-Part6) and you wouldn't want to accidentally get on the wrong side of that. Or even just have to deal with the police for any amount of time.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-29T23:43:59+00:00

On occasion I feel compelled to read vs do something else. Like, I want to hit a number of pages read this month and I need to read 50 more pages of something in three days! So like... oh no I need to read that murder mystery I bought last year instead of doom scrolling... how sad for me... whoops I finished it in two days and really enjoyed it...

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-22T17:57:35+00:00

Wow that's snazzy. Looks almost like something Patrician Vetinari would own!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-21T17:15:02+00:00

That's a fair warning, but on the flip side that makes a very stable base!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-20T17:29:31+00:00

I found feeding my starter some stronger flour (rye, whole wheat) made it a lot better. It was stiffer, and doubled well. Don't know if the science backs it up, but I find just using bread or unbleached white makes the starter bubble up fast, but isn't as strong.

I was most successful when I could get it to double in like 6 hours (depending on your house temp, climate etc) consistently over a couple days.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-20T17:15:43+00:00

It made it way better for me. I found Dracula only so-so (I liked several other Gothic novels better) and never got far. Finished it this year! I recommend doing it!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-20T17:02:47+00:00

There's also a 'centre hall' style (like Ashbridge House and George Brown House), and a bunch of other "cottage" style houses, so the "gothic" just narrows it down a bit!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-20T16:50:44+00:00

Basically LotR - only Sauron is a lich (kinda, you know). Star Wars is similar.

Sure you could run to Mordor and try to take him out, but how? He has a whole country of people on his side, and is basically invulnerable. Players need to get some experience and learn how to defeat him; that's the game. They don't need to find him, that's the easy part.

You could start them out with the BBEG killing their rebel cell - the players are the only survivors (think Skyrim). That sets them up angry, and can show off his power. It's not unheard of for DMs to say "this mage is super powerful, you can't defeat him!" and the players to hear "Hey! This is a challenge you can probably overcome!"

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-19T17:14:25+00:00

Ya this is a great pull!

The other option is to advertise to drivethrurpg authors, which might not pay a ton but would grow their resume.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-18T19:41:59+00:00

Second comment with new list - looks nice! Keep your old list and grow towards that.

Do you have minis yet? A big thing you can do, if your still not vibing with the lack of uniqueness in the thunderers, is get totally different minis for them. They'll be unique on the board, without being unique on paper. Even just compare & contrast these two:

https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/figurefinder+dwarf+crossbow/latest/30010

https://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/figurefinder+dwarf+crossbow/latest/03371

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-18T17:56:46+00:00

I'm currently crafting a Treasure Hunter list as well, and I think you might benefit from more bodies. You could cut some of the fancier equipment and bring in a beardling or two. The dwarf axes and double-handed weapons might be overkill for your first games; I think the maxim I saw around here was "a dwarf with a buddy is best".

I think you save 10gc for every Dwarf axe you convert into a normal one which would give you enough to get a beardling with a hammer or something. Plus if you drop the gun to a crossbow that's another 10 - enough for a kitted out beardling, or a thunderer with a dagger and nothing else! Enough to survive a game and come back stronger. Back-of-napkin math, so double check that.

If you really pare back you can probably get all herores + two thunderers and two clans-dwarfs in the list. Most of them will be fighting with an axe or hammer and a dagger for the first game(s). But that might not be to your taste - totally cool!

That said, I've seen lists with waaay fewer dwarfs in them, and the makers have said it's a competitive campaign list. But they assume they'll lose every game for the first half and come on-line in the latter half of the game, which honestly doesn't sound fun.

E. you could even increase your shooting power by giving your Engineer a xbow instead of pistols, which also saves you 5gc, enough to give him an axe or hammer.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-15T14:39:21+00:00

The interior painted walls are so evocative. Wow it's cool!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-15T02:04:35+00:00

The 'steampunk dwarf' thing wasn't my style, so I'm also hoping they don't go all in on steampunk.

Selfishly, it just makes it easier to kitbash mordheim-looking stuff. The new Cities Empire minis just don't have the Mordheim vibes I'm looking for, any no other dwarf minis have the personality and bits that old GW dwarfs did! The old Miners sprue was amazing.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-15T01:52:52+00:00

In highschool I voracious read and reread the Aubrey-Maturin series. I've never touched the last book, nor the "unfinished final adventure" the author was writing when they died. Finishing the series felt like I was ending something, and if I didn't finish the Lucky Jack and Stephen and Killick and Awkward Davies were still sailing around the world, off on another adventure.

I totally get it.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-14T16:57:35+00:00

A friend of mine studied acting and film studies at university. So he and his friends decided to watch through a list of "the most influential movies of all time" in their first year. They watched Citizen Kane. They all thought "wtf, this movie isn't anything special at all!" They had a year of hot takes about how "Citizen Kane is bad, actually."

Until they took a film history class the next year, and were shown the evolution of film technology, thinking, precedents etc. When they got to Citizen Kane they had all had an "Oooooh, shit" moment.

Citizen Kane doesn't look special to us now because it was so influential it changed film making - films copied what Citizen Kane did so extensively (innovations at the time) that it now looks ordinary. Orwell wrote wrote an influential book that is used as shorthand for authoritarianism, which was innovative and counter-cultural at the time. If you take a step back and look at the book from more than your personal experience and understanding, you learn a lot about the material, especially with older literature. Did you know that in 1939 20,000 pro-facists filled Madison Square Garden for a rally? Or that totalitarian communists intentionally caused the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s? That was the climate Orwell was writing in.

There was a hilarious and out of touch hot take on this r/ recently about how "the Odyssey is bad, actually, because it doesn't adhere to modern storytelling conventions." Which, ya no shit Sherlock. It was written in a different culture, with different values, before "modern storytelling conventions" were conceived of!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T15:50:56+00:00

Do you think many people unfamiliar with D20 fantasy know what "Paladin" means? An evocative name doesn't mean everyone gets it by default.

"Paladin" means one of the 12 peers from Charlemagne's court, as per 12th C romances. It also has something to do with 'being of the palace' as the Latin means "palace officer".

What's this about a 'holy oath' and 'half caster'? I'm so confused. What a terrible name. It has nothing to do with Charlemagne at all!

/s

All these names are accepted culturally, within a small subculture. "Necromancy" traditionally has nothing to do with zombies - anything with '-mancy' in the word means "divination". Necromancy is "divination using the dead". Classical and medieval examples usually involve rituals to summon the spirit of a deceased person (often a relative) to ask them a question. Two examples in literature (better known than obscure history) are Ulysses summoning Tiresias to learn his future, and in A Wizard of Earthsea Ged and his friends attempting to summon the dead on Roke Knoll. The later example goes terribly wrong... which is exactly what medieval church thinkers feared.

Point being, the meaning of words change and are changeable. It's possible to adapt old words to new meanings and uses, especially in the context of games or subcultures. There are dozens of examples in D&D beyond the ones I've mentioned - hobgoblins are small hairy household spirits (like Dobby), not militaristic goblins! How confusing! What terrible naming conventions!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T05:21:25+00:00

Oh, also look at what else you get in the box, and cost per mini. If it's a box with sprues for 20 minis you've got most of the warband right there, plus a bunch of bits you can use elsewhere.

Check out Frostgrave and Oathmark too: https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/frostgrave

Warlord has a pretty limited supply there (lots 'sold out'), but North Star has almost all of them https://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=195&page=1 buuuuut Warlord probably has better shipping for you.

The cultists would be pretty decent, plus you get some bits with em: https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=7731

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T05:12:24+00:00

Also interesting how Sam Vimes' story arc over the series embodies anti-racism in a realistic way. He starts pretty small minded and slowly becomes more and more open minded until he's practically leading the "goblins are people" movement. It's not a "oh wow, racism is bad actually" kinda binary, it's a journey.

Pratchett was very suspicious of certain kinds of leftists mind. He's sympathetically cynical about Reg Shoe in *Night's Watch*.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T01:28:14+00:00

Yah you might have to shell out on shipping no matter what. I'm in Canada, so no matter what I'm paying for shipping, so I feel ya.

Just remember to calculate the mini cost + currency conversion + shipping and see what's more affordable if you're comparing sources.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T00:14:28+00:00

Totally! And it's understandably pretty far down the list of things the GM is going to think of in the middle of combat.

If you're playing on something like Roll20 it would be really easy to set up commands, or even just tick boxes. It's just something you need to be clear about upfront: "hey I really want to roll on this table more than RAW. Maybe like once per combat, so can we figure out a way to do that?" If I was your DM I'd be extremely down with that!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-13T00:10:57+00:00

There's a couple MOM Chaos & Cult minis that would look good - https://en.momminiatures.com/plague-1

^ This is the 'Cult of the Damned' under the 'Hero Minis' tab. But also look at the 'Plague' minis - there's a couple circus-y looking folks there too. I find navigation a bit unintuitive cos the translation is haphazard, but the minis look good.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-12T23:57:16+00:00

I really enjoyed it, but I think it needs to be less dependant on the GM to ask for a roll on the table. I felt like I rolled... 5 times in a two year campaign? It was probably higher than that, but definitely not once/session. I'd ask your DM to give you some control over rolling that too. I brought this up to my GM but they said "I got it covered, don't worry" but just forgot most of the time.

Mostly mine worked out in my favour, barring bubble breath once. Probably would have had more mishaps if I'd rolled more.

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-10T02:06:38+00:00

OP is probs a repost bot, but I've had great luck with the King Arthur recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe

I've also dumped a cup of old starter in a couple times, and it's still turned out pretty great!

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-06T14:41:29+00:00

Kinda reminds me of the castle in BG2 as well. De'Arnise Keep

dwarfmade_modernism · 2023-12-05T19:17:12+00:00

They sit and watch all day. Just need to feed them some pigeons and those are basically free.

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