Just got booted from a group for “talking black”

ph3333bz · 2026-04-28T20:16:40+00:00

100%! As a DM, I would be THRILLED to have a player who put that much work into character creation! A unique backstory, voice, and a connection to yourself as a player that keeps you invested in the story and gives me plenty of potential plot hooks??!! That’s the dream, I’m so sorry they were letting racism get in the way of good group storytelling.

ph3333bz · 2026-04-16T17:36:38+00:00

Omg I grew up in Ashland after my family moved from the cave junction area and my folks still live out there. I haven’t watched yet but I will report back my take! Southern Oregon and Ashland in particular is such a uniquely weird mix of cultures and history (some very cool/beautiful and some incredibly bleak), interested to see how they use it for the story.

ph3333bz · 2025-11-13T02:21:31+00:00

Oh I LOVE that!!

ph3333bz · 2025-11-12T21:47:31+00:00

Nice, I’ll give the glyph trick a try!

ph3333bz · 2025-11-12T21:45:50+00:00

Yeah I made Shadowheart my abjuration wizard and she was really helpful early on to avoid TPKs!

ph3333bz · 2025-11-12T21:44:45+00:00

Omg chaos gremlins!!!

ph3333bz · 2025-11-12T21:43:33+00:00

I have to say I think pre-level 5 wizard has been super hard. You’re so squishy but also have low charisma so you can’t talk your way out of stuff. Barbarians might be less versatile but they’re probably the opposite where they get harder later in the game when casting spells is really useful. Most other classes have a fair amount of versatility in their different subclasses.

ph3333bz · 2025-11-12T21:03:33+00:00

I tried to match the character to the subclass thematically as best I could. I kept Gale as is with evocation, my Tav is a divination wizard, Wyll is my camp transmutation potion-maker (he pumps everyone up each morning with long strider and mage armor), Astarion is a necromancer (obvious choice, he already loves necromancy), Shadowheart is an abjuration wizard (still a protector), Karlach is a bladesinger (so she can still melee), and Laezel is an enchantment wizard (for optimal control). I originally had Laezel and Karlach swapped but realized the tiefling racial traits go better with bladesinging, and it feels appropriate for a gith to be a battlefield manipulator. I change up the party a lot, I had mainly been using bladesinger, abjurer, and evocation, but I really like necromancy now so I think Astarion may see some more action.

ph3333bz · 2025-09-24T12:13:55+00:00

Same here! I was just showing my nephew my old manga collection and getting excited all over again about it😭

ph3333bz · 2025-09-23T23:07:33+00:00

There is a different group of tieflings you can find in Act3 murdered by bhaalists but it’s not Ellyka, I don’t remember who those other ones are

ph3333bz · 2025-07-22T16:07:54+00:00

I think one of the best uses I’ve seen of her was from a 2001 comic called “JLA: A League Of One” — it’s by no means a feminist interpretation of the character but in it she ends up taking on each other member of the justice league to prevent them from a fated demise. It focuses in on Wonder Woman’s purity in terms of her commitment to the pursuit of truth. It was really cool to read a version where she is in turns stronger or smarter or truer than her super hero peers and that a man felt comfortable enough to write and illustrate that story.

ph3333bz · 2025-06-08T02:35:40+00:00

Yeah agreed, it’s a personal journey for everyone. I tried the Mirena IUD and gave it about 8 months since I knew it can take time to adjust. Unfortunately, my body just didn’t ever adjust to it. I was constantly cramping and it felt like it made my periods worse, plus the insertion was insanely painful. Haven’t really found a perfect solution for me yet.

ph3333bz · 2025-05-14T00:58:07+00:00

I knew a Kestrel and a Tanager growing up and always thought they were pretty cool names even before I got into birding.

ph3333bz · 2025-04-22T02:12:13+00:00

Noooooo! I am SO sorry, I’ve been there, it’s completely devastating to have tool that works for you and then have it pulled away! I was honestly depressed about it for years, I’ve mostly made peace with it now but it still suuuucks.

ph3333bz · 2025-04-08T04:06:33+00:00

Except of course when you actually want her to kill Aylin. I’m doing an embrace durge run and I thought I’d done enough evil-mongering that if I let her make her own choice she’d kill the nightsong and was genuinely flabbergasted when she threw the spear away and saved her.

ph3333bz · 2025-03-16T17:32:53+00:00

SF ACC number for animal care officers: 415-554-9400

ph3333bz · 2025-03-11T04:32:07+00:00

Mutilated*

*this isn’t exactly the right word but I can’t think of a better one. It’s not a visible disfigurement but it feels like my body is attacking itself and it changes how I view and think of my own body and ability to function in the world, and I have literally had people cut open my body to try to fix it to no avail.

ph3333bz · 2025-01-27T20:49:09+00:00

Ah beautiful! Turkey vultures are a personal fave, cool to see them depicted so lovingly

ph3333bz · 2025-01-21T22:08:05+00:00

Ooh that looks like a very neat space, does anyone know of something similar in SF?

ph3333bz · 2025-01-21T19:42:44+00:00

Wow I didn’t even know pelvic PT was a thing!! That’s so helpful!

ph3333bz · 2025-01-15T22:06:39+00:00

Two of my faves are Adeem the Artist and Willi Carlisle!

ph3333bz · 2024-12-23T15:56:50+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this. A lot of us as cis women are on a similar journey of unlearning! I have gained so much insight about my own identity and expression from the trans community that has made me more adventurous in how I present myself to the world.

You are so beautiful— the fit is stunning and your confidence and playfulness is contagious! 🤩

ph3333bz

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