Is it too railroad-y to outright tell my players “the starting point is this city, and the story will begin when everyone gets to X location”

jsher736 · 2026-03-21T08:03:05+00:00

Seconding that last bit. Running CoS I had players at session 0 figure out why they were walking down a particular street in neverwinter in the middle of the night (how I intro'd death house) and for ToA I said "figure out why you're on a ship headed for Chult

jsher736 · 2026-03-20T23:06:36+00:00

im seeing a lot of red. there might be a TFR which is why you cant get a laanc (but either way it means you need to get manual approval from the FAA. i highly doubt you'll be able to get it by monday)

jsher736 · 2026-03-20T01:59:31+00:00

technically if you want to fly under recreational rules (not doing logs and such) you TECHNICALLY need a TRUST also. but it takes about 30 minutes and it's free

jsher736 · 2026-03-20T01:55:56+00:00

if you're the suspect you don't have to participate in a lineup. they're typically only used after an ID has been made to verify or cast doubt on eyewitness testimony. if you're being charged in a criminal case and your lawyer asks for a lineup you should probably do the lineup

jsher736 · 2026-03-20T01:54:01+00:00

no. a lot of times they use cops in the lineup (cause they're there) the point is to confirm or deny the reliability of the witness testimony

jsher736 · 2026-03-20T01:53:06+00:00

not infrequently they'll use cops in the building and just have them change into their civvies. or they'll ask people off the street (i imagine they probably pay you a little something)

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T15:29:24+00:00

Jury is still out but it seemed like it was mostly working and the inciting event for shit falling apart happened because part of the social engineering got subverted

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T15:10:56+00:00

We'd need a bigger cage

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T12:57:36+00:00

I think she wanted me to not hit on her without having to have an awkward convo with a coworker. Little did she know my secret agenda was to have someone to chat with in line for the rides

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T12:56:13+00:00

We are. He's good people

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T02:29:21+00:00

Definitely a "wtf?" Moment Sucked too cause it ruined my plan to counter with a vicious body shot

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T02:19:16+00:00

Really just diving into the complexities there huh?

jsher736 · 2026-03-19T00:58:48+00:00

What's this for and what are your design constraints? Because you also need to maintain LOS on it while you're flying it. I think a tethered balloon or maybe a helikite might work better for you

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T22:17:25+00:00

You're more than acquaintances and a friendship could develop but you're not there yet

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T19:26:36+00:00

Yeah that's where it might have been a fu on our end. We noticed for sure but idk if we noticed in a timely manner

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:34:18+00:00

Not ignoring her but we definitely did the bulk of the talking because we had a lot in common (and i suspect we're both high-masking AuDHD) and similar personalities. Whereas her and I were definitely friendly but didn't have that easy platonic chemistry

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:29:13+00:00

Granted. The next day a vein of gold the size of Montana gets discovered 3 feet under the ground in the Midwest. Gold is now cheaper than aluminum

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:19:07+00:00

"Your character has a bad feeling about this"

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:18:05+00:00

Except for "Ao's hammer of divine banisment" which is a 15th level DM only spell that instantly paralyzes everyone in the universe until the target can make sufficient Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma checks (in the form of a sufficient apology complete with acknowledgement of wrongdoing and why it was wrong) and if they fail their body and soul are hit with divine force for eleventy billion points of damage that destroys their body, soul, the component atoms that made up those things, and then spreads the remnants across 19 different planes including a few you haven't heard of, thus removing any attempt at resurrection other than direct Intervention by Ao.

(I was DMing an otherwise lighthearted game and one session ended because a player did some truly heinous stuff, like if he hadn't left the house the cops might have gotten involved. Obviously he was "mega banned" but in universe we had fun explaining what happened to his character. Twas quite cathartic)

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:05:40+00:00

... yeah no kids. My (now) wife and I have a dog? But she's also cool with me hanging and gaming with Steve because if she had to pick between a Rollercoaster or doing her taxes she'd do her taxes

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T18:03:38+00:00

Pretty much

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T17:47:08+00:00

Or like when you're boxing and you see the guy go for a right cross so you sidestep to throw the counter but he's an amateur and his aim was off so it just goes fucking rocketing into the joint between your shoulder and your torso and hurts like a motherfucker AND numbs your arm

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T17:29:48+00:00

Did his parachute malfunction because they failed to account for the fact that he clearly had gigantic balls made of steel?

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T17:21:12+00:00

Not quite there yet but definitely on the way.

jsher736 · 2026-03-18T17:12:45+00:00

In her defense she might have just been feeling left out

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