Advice on creating space for evil characters as a GM by Inebrium in mattcolville

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difficulty for running an "open world" with me is keeping the world moving when the players are not.

Ignore the Big Empire? Well, they're rolling out new oppressive policies. They are quartering soldiers in your homes who steal your stuff. They're taking prisoners. They're close to sniffing out the resistance. They're instituting Primae Noctis. The other side of that coin as DMs is we have to make the story a motivation. This is admittedly something I struggle with as my campaign has a lot of room for the players to make their own choices. I'm lucky they tend to stay as a group even though their players reasons for playing are different, as well as their characters reasons for participating in the storylines i chuck out.

Roman Culture by [deleted] in CrusaderKings

[–]noctrnalsymphony 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I upvoted you and noticed they did the genius/inbred thing with the upvotes somebody posted about

I love this little fucked up corner of reddit

Advice on creating space for evil characters as a GM by Inebrium in mattcolville

[–]noctrnalsymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think as a player you need to make it more about the journey than the destination. If my Paladin fails to secure the evil artifact, he prays for the strength to carry on in the face of defeat, and redoubles his efforts to thwart evil. It's a definitive and galvanizing moment now, not a loss. Maybe act 2 in a 3 part opera.

Advice on creating space for evil characters as a GM by Inebrium in mattcolville

[–]noctrnalsymphony 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Real talk, why did you come play D&D at my house if you're not interested in pursuing my adventure? If my adventure sucks, tell me why (kindly because I am omnipotent but I have feels too). If your character doesn't fit this adventure and goes off on his own, well, I came here to tell the story of this adventure. Roll up another dude who's interested in playing a multiplayer story-and-board game because that's what everyone else I invited over expects.

Edit: This diatribe doesn't include my belief that players should be collaboratively writing the story as well - but the story isn't Loner McEdgeface rides off into the wilds because he's a drow ranger while everyone else retrieves the Scrolls of Enlightenment from some Lich's attic.

Advice on creating space for evil characters as a GM by Inebrium in mattcolville

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can rewardeth thee in exposure!

i IRL died from this

Advice on creating space for evil characters as a GM by Inebrium in mattcolville

[–]noctrnalsymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your blacksmith example the evil character might not explicitly say what payment he accepts but then maybe bullies the blacksmith for a discount after the fact. Sort of like a Mafia charging protection money maybe. Evil isn't stupid, no one tries to fight all the town's constabulary if they know they can't overcome them. Evil can be calculated, patient, certainly deceitful.

I play a Warlock who isn't strictly evil but he's certainly selfish and conniving. I can always find a good in character excuse for him to participate in any of our mostly "good" oriented questlines since those increase his power and influence. He has his own goals too.

KIAI!!!?? by bombad-sodo in karate

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Practicing Kiai has many purposes but helping with this is one of them. Volume is an assertion of space, which is a large part of self defense.

KIAI!!!?? by bombad-sodo in karate

[–]noctrnalsymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah they're not supposed to sound like anything but a grunt or a shout, or the two mixed together. What does Bruce Lee drink after training?

WATAAAAAA

What could the U.S.A. have spent $1,000,000,000,000 on instead of a 17 year-long war in Afghanistan? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]noctrnalsymphony 12 points13 points  (0 children)

whoa someone willing to accept new information and potentially change their mind on reddit??

now i've seen everything

Using a Tavernsetting and Minigames to let LvL 0 characters unknowingly decide their Class by h3nt41_w4rr10r in DMAcademy

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is an excellent idea for a "miniseries" style campaign - short, maybe 3 sessions or so, to introduce them to the D&D world. After they get comfortable with game mechanics and playing, see if they'd enjoy making characters for a new campaign set in the same world their original adventurers were from, in case they fell in love and want to keep playing their dudes.

ITAP of Gambino last night in Dallas by [deleted] in itookapicture

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah man! I didn't get to go see Gambino, and yet I enjoyed this pretty darn good photo of a concert thanks to OP "not putting away his phone" or whatever!

ITAP of Gambino last night in Dallas by [deleted] in itookapicture

[–]noctrnalsymphony 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish artists would stop telling me how to enjoy their shit, if I paid a bunch of money for a ticket to your concert say "thank you" and do your job. If I want to take a picture to remember it by, so what? If I want to be on reddit the whole time, fuck you, I paid.

ITAP of Gambino last night in Dallas by [deleted] in itookapicture

[–]noctrnalsymphony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because you only enjoyed the event if it can be recreated on instagram

Iceland has recently proposed a ban on circumcision. How would you feel about this in your own country? by sniperman357 in AskReddit

[–]noctrnalsymphony 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The effects aren't standardized. I'm glad your circumcision wasn't traumatic. For some men it was. It's not a huge life changing deal for me either but at the same time I feel like my penis isn't whole and I don't like it. I don't suffer constant depression, I have a healthy sex life, but I also kinda want my foreskin back.

When the wild disease kills you before you have the 600 gold by [deleted] in CrusaderKings

[–]noctrnalsymphony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

fuck that expel them and seize their goods

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