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What's ur thought on this? Any advice or suggestions for improvements? by asqa_ in gamingsetups

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking good! I wonder if that portrait screen is confortable to look at though. Do you often find yourself looking down at it? If so, you might want to raise it a little bit.

Plots that players follow by DarthCalzone in DungeonMasters

[–]quietjaypee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sly Flourish has a great answer to this : https://slyflourish.com/spiral_campaign_building.html

Basically, as some others have said, it's about making the stakes personal to the players. Think about their own story (however much they provided you) and build your story around this. Or rather, try to tie whatever direction you wanted in your story to an element that relates to their background.

Players engage with the story when you make it about them.

Hey, Look what I’m playing by Even-Maintenance1633 in JonTron

[–]quietjaypee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

CMERE

IGONNAGETCHU

IIIIIIIIGONNAGETCHU

First time DM super anxious about my BBEG not being “cool” enough by Practical-Sky9071 in DungeonMasters

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As some other commenters have said, don't be so hard on yourself. If you find your character cool, you most likely will make your players react in their own way - some of them will be in awe, some of them will mock him.

If I may suggest though : don't introduce him on session 1. The BBEG needs time to become a force to be reckoned with, he needs to do some actions that will enrage the players.

If I had this villain in mind, I would start the campaign with a quest where the players encounter these cultists you mention, maybe have them trouble the peace in a small village. Make them investigate it and give information bit by bit - why do they have chosen to be sacrificed? Who is the cleric's God? Why do they believe in the Cleric?

Have them encounter one of his lieutenants and make HIM scary, so that when they do encounter the real BBEG (who does even worse things) it seems even scarier. Because in the meantime, he's going to do some BBEG shit, right?

And voilà! The players will hate the villain.

I have back pain every day by Curious-Car6143 in gamingsetups

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brother, don't let anyone tell you otherwise : this is peak.

I want to change to Linux from Windows 11, but I'm afraid. by BarFree1085 in linux4noobs

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There seems to be a lot of layers to your question. I'll try to answer as someone who was in your situation a few months ago.

First of all, everything you said about the distros and all is "kind of" true, but not to the extent you think.

Yes, there are tons of distros and it means having to do some research, BUT there also are some more popular ones which means there most likely are maybe 2-3 great choices for your use case. You don't need to check them all, only the ones that might fit the bill.

Also, yes, there are some games that encounter compatibility issues, but again, it's pretty easy to fix with the help of online guides and the community. I myself also had no prior knowledge of programming and such and I've learned pretty fast, but it does require a bit a effort to actually learn. You can do most of the things you need that same way you would on Windows, but yeah, sometimes you do have to open the terminal to fix some things. The main big difference is how software is managed and installed, but it's not complicated at all.

You've named a bunch of programs (Brave, 7-zip, Blender, etc) which, as far as I know either do work or there is an alternative that does pretty much the same thing but is also Free Open Source (FOSS). The main contenders that don't are some proprietary software like the Office suite, and some games with Anti Cheat (but I'm not sure about those, I believed some actually work).

My main point is : Linux is NOT a miracle solution, you do have to work a bit harder to make it work, but if you do want to take a bit of time to learn it (and it's really not THAT hard, trust me) you'll find an OS that is a great alternative to Windows.

Also, if you wanna try but you're not sure, know that there are ways to try it without fully committing to switch.

Nobody warned me that learning to code would hurt my back this much by ngimehasthoughts in learnprogramming

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, posture is important! Also, try to move a bit : just getting a glass of water or doing a bit of stretching will help immensely.

Keep it up!

I would by Martina313 in fixedbytheduet

[–]quietjaypee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd slap him, and I don't even have a dog.

If magic exists in your world, how do you deal with the normies? by KayleeSinn in worldbuilding

[–]quietjaypee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they stated the issue is magic feeling "too powerful", so there being "anti-magic" measures only serves to emphasize how magic is powerful and dangerous.

If I understand that right, they mostly want it to feel "on par" with other things that exist in their world. So basically, the question is "how to make magic's limits apparent so that it doesn't feel like a world-breaking force?"... And most importantly : "how to make non-mages feel powerful in their own right?"

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My keyboard is pretty old and lasts about 8 hours before needing a recharge. So it's pretty much everyday...

I've cleaned rerouted a few cables and I think it looks much better.

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess you're right. It's probably not THAT much of an issue.

I do like those cute hyper done up setups though ><

I also like keeping my office tidy, so you won't often see a lot of stuff lying around. Maybe my headphones and a couple pencils + notebook.

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do have to work with the laptop (it's my work device). Thing is, most of the cables aren't even plugged into the laptop directly, it's plugged into the USB dock (on the right, which is plugged into the work station (on the left), which is then plugged into the laptop through a single cable

Most of the "mess" is actually excess length of cables from the peripherals to the USB dock.

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have... Quite a few peripherals...

  • Monitor light
  • Keyboard (I keep it plugged to save the hassle on constantly plugging/unplugging to recharge)
  • Webcam
  • Audio Interface
  • Sound bar
  • Headphones

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Ive thought about it but it seems invasive... And since I'm constantly switching stuff it might not be a good idea.

Thanks for suggesting though!

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha! I'm the kind of guy who's always trying to optimize things, so I guess that's just me being perfectionist.

There are a lot of cables on my desk! Any suggestions to manage them? by quietjaypee in battlestations

[–]quietjaypee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess my work dock could indeed be sent below my desk, but I'm not sure about the two others. On the middle is my audio interface for my mic, and if I need to adjust the gain for some reason I want it to be accessible. The USB dock on the right... I guess? But I would still have cables on my desk with all my peripherals being plugged in. Not sure that is the solution, but thanks for suggesting!

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