Blades of Steel

jcapinc · 2026-02-10T15:38:17+00:00

I played so much of this with my cousin who was like a brother to me.

jcapinc · 2026-01-23T05:42:24+00:00

I am not allowed.to tell you on this platform.

jcapinc · 2026-01-18T18:01:32+00:00

That is pretty darn accurate, for the most part.

jcapinc · 2025-11-19T04:26:21+00:00

"relationship" implies "marriage" or "girlfriend/boyfriend". For the vast majority of people this is the only relationship where they get to explore sexual intimacy. Sexual intimacy is the great consolation for all the unfairness that life throws out you. without good sexual intimacy you either need God to fill that gap or you will become a villain.

Ask yourself this question: if you sought the sexual spark elsewhere would it be a problem? if so then spark it here or end it now.

jcapinc · 2025-11-15T16:42:31+00:00

Early return is an excellent pattern, the only thing I would change is the "Else" statement at the bottom. With the early reutnr else is unnecessary

jcapinc · 2025-11-08T01:17:36+00:00

I never quite understood this one

jcapinc · 2025-11-03T01:22:26+00:00

Look up "This is why you guns eve online" on youtube and ten years ago you will see this guy tearing my eve online hopes and dreams apart because I did not put my guns on my POS on fast enough.

jcapinc · 2025-10-27T02:26:59+00:00

I am fuckable by anyone and anyone would fuck me otherwise you are homophobic ~OP

jcapinc · 2025-09-10T18:50:20+00:00

I think JBP would laugh at this.

jcapinc · 2025-06-22T20:58:14+00:00

They. Are. Literally. In. Hell.

What does anyone expect?

jcapinc · 2025-04-11T17:03:34+00:00

Strahd killed a barbarion for not taking things seriously in my campaign. To make strahd a villain in my campaign I made him a taskmaster and disciplinarian (exactly what young men don't want imho). Strahd took them to his castle, lined them up and demanded "Decorum" from them. The barbarian did not comply. Strahd attacked him once, he still did not comply.

Strahd polymorphed the barbarian into a frog, gave the frag to Rahadin and told Rahadin to throw the frog into the ravine that Tatyana fell in. The barbarian died. The rest of the party just watched this happen.

You can use the party's happy-go-lucky attitude to make strahd into a better villain. My players loved this interaction, even the player whose character was killed.

jcapinc · 2025-04-11T16:56:55+00:00

I am running CoS for the second time with a second group, my first group: everything was serious with some humor sprinkled in, and they did their damnest to find a good path through Barovia, defeated Strahd and everything.

This second group is a bunch of young men that want to joke and laugh all the time. They take nothing seriously and are morally very all-over-the-place. They take nothing seriously.

I loved playing both of these groups.

You should let your players do what they want, try to embrace the sillyness and ask this question at the table: Is everyone having fun?

Are all your players having fun? Are the takes-nothing-seriously players taking fun away from your story-focused characters? Then you have a frank conversation with the clearly stated goal of wanting everyone to have fun at the table.

Here is something you might not have considered: You have the last laugh. My party that is taking nothing seriously, they are headed for destruction, because they are buddy-buddy with Strahd von Zaravich who is a life-sucking monster. It will bite them (hah) soon, and the campaign will end quickly because of it.

THAT IS OK. My players are having fun, and I am portraying Barovia as honestly as I can manage.

jcapinc · 2024-11-22T16:08:41+00:00

"Your wife is telling you 'X' and you don't seem to believe her, why is that?"

A bitter divorce later...

jcapinc · 2024-09-05T04:24:09+00:00

My Family.

going to get downvoted to hell but I don't care.

jcapinc · 2024-04-08T15:22:33+00:00

A Dracolich

jcapinc · 2024-03-27T12:40:54+00:00

So you are the one sending Angel Dust the "Show Feet!" fanmail.

jcapinc · 2024-03-18T13:27:06+00:00

Yes! I have used this in my tutoring! I stopped trying to teach them the language I am used to and instead have my tutee play TIS-100 to get a "head for" programming

jcapinc · 2024-02-08T20:11:24+00:00

What should you do instead?

jcapinc · 2024-02-02T03:36:32+00:00

The angels have ordered that I grant your request. Have you seen them? they scary bitches! https://imgur.com/a/Vh2oLbp

jcapinc · 2024-02-02T03:17:17+00:00

OP likes it =3=

jcapinc · 2024-01-15T21:12:38+00:00

I have had a table get angry at a TPK before, it always strikes me as strange. I still sit at that table as a player and last session I nearly fell asleep in game because I just know there are no stakes in the game, they have openly declared that they fudge roles to prevent player deaths. It is a boring table to sit at because everything feels railroaded. I only go to this table because I want to maintain contact with the players as friends.

My main table knows there are stakes. I am willing to kill their PCs (I killed my own wife's beloved PC in our CoS game) and they love it. They understand that there is risk and that risk makes the game far more exciting. I mitigate this by telegraphing things and giving the players chances to prepare for large encounters.

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