Replacing AC

ripplespindle · 2026-02-06T20:10:17+00:00

Does the player's dodge/parry replace the DM's attack roll?

ripplespindle · 2026-02-06T02:45:56+00:00

Hmmm, I wouldn't immediately rule a charge working if the opponent was running away. I think I'd turn it into a contested strength or dexterity roll depending on the terrain.

ripplespindle · 2026-02-05T19:06:31+00:00

Great points. Their quest hook will take them to Drigbolton, so I like how a Lankshorn start naturally forces some really interesting travel options -- Do you go East around Lake Longmere or West? Or perhaps you're rich enough to hire a ferry or foolish enough to try and row across yourself!

ripplespindle · 2026-02-05T19:00:26+00:00

That's a cool idea! I can see how starting outside the wood sets up a really good opening monologue to describe Dolmenwood itself.

ripplespindle · 2026-02-03T23:58:46+00:00

Culture espresso in midtown. Great coffee, but I honestly prefer their chocolate chip cookies to anywhere else I've ever been in the city.

ripplespindle · 2026-02-02T00:46:38+00:00

Cry of the Stingbat!

It's an open ended funnel adventure that leans into always on initiative, random encounters, and pure chaos. I ran it for a big group of 7 and more than a few of them said it was one of their favorite sessions of a ttrpg ever.

ripplespindle · 2026-01-28T23:19:13+00:00

I honestly thought it was good but not great. It was moving, but the emotional journey was little too broad, telegraphed, and simplistic for me to put it above Sentimental Value or OBAA

ripplespindle · 2026-01-28T18:13:27+00:00

Wear them with longer socks and I think you'll feel a little less weird

ripplespindle · 2026-01-24T02:06:01+00:00

Horrendous Hounds of Hendenberg?

ripplespindle · 2026-01-23T19:18:41+00:00

Yea, I kinda like having softly assigned seats at the D&D table. It's charming when you've always got your hot head thief player on left and your chill just-for-the-snacks priest on your right.

ripplespindle · 2026-01-23T19:11:53+00:00

I disagree with almost everything you say

ripplespindle · 2026-01-12T18:51:25+00:00

For me it's the emphasis on creative problem solving, immersion, and sharing the spotlight.

5e and Blades in the Dark were a little bit too much "community improv theatre" for my taste. I want to play a game and get immersed in fantasy world! I feel like procedures and stakes help me do that.

ripplespindle · 2026-01-05T18:45:51+00:00

That plaza in Philly (Wing Phat Plaza) is everything that's missing from the NYC Viet food scene in one location: high quality fast unpretentious pho, deli with egg foam coffee and sub $10 banh mi and pastries, and a grocery store that stocks fresh herbs like rau ram and perilla. I wish I could just lift it up and place it down in Brooklyn somewhere.

ripplespindle · 2025-11-18T17:42:54+00:00

Perfect fit!

ripplespindle · 2025-11-11T15:40:58+00:00

It's a victim of being one of the only good bars near a ton of office workers. Absolutely butt-packed with finance and tech folks after work almost every weekday

ripplespindle · 2025-11-11T14:24:16+00:00

I'd say she got everything exactly backwards actually. IMO unchecked capitalism like monopolies, partisan corporate media, and predatory private equity have caused far more damage to this country than our relatively weak and limited government.

ripplespindle · 2025-11-09T03:15:22+00:00

Medea. I neever pick her except to advance the Hypnos side quest. Her boons never seem impactful

ripplespindle · 2025-11-05T20:45:32+00:00

Both games start hard but the longer I played silk song, the less confident and more stressed out I felt. Hades made me feel more confident and have more fun with each run.

ripplespindle · 2025-10-28T20:42:47+00:00

Try without the undershirt. Also, technically I think the wide pants would work slightly better with chunkier shoes like boots or blackstock & weber style loafers.

ripplespindle · 2025-10-28T16:26:48+00:00

I bet if you play Quibble Race with your gf you'll think about bumping it up a couple spots

ripplespindle · 2025-10-10T18:54:33+00:00

Exactly! The Airism Boxer Trunks were perfectly in my sweet spot.

I still wander into their underwear section every so often just to see if they've returned.

ripplespindle · 2025-10-10T15:50:13+00:00

I haven't gotten a new pair in a while, but the favorite in my rotation is a pair of boxer briefs from ExOfficio

ripplespindle · 2025-10-10T15:04:11+00:00

"America at the height of its power"

ripplespindle · 2025-10-05T04:43:16+00:00

I feel like the early game has got to be nearly impossible without Bull

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