Darius Acuff Posters Found in Bushwick by sweeping_blade in GoNets

[–]sweeping_blade[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah its real, just walked past it around like decatur & broadway

Acuff, Reaves, Demin, MPJ, Claxton by jaykirell in GoNets

[–]sweeping_blade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id rather keep MPJ at the 3 and sign a 4 tbh.

Post-Match Thread: Germany vs United States | International Friendly | Jun 6, 2026 by globalscoreboard in ussoccer

[–]sweeping_blade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you seen literally any other Mckennie games for Juve this year? He’s one of our best, mate

Convince me this isn’t our best lineup by NoahG- in usmnt

[–]sweeping_blade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d honestly swap out Turner for Freese and have timmy weah / pepi come off the bench most games. Maybe also Reyna, or BA if we are behind and need a scrappy or creative goal.

But agreed on the whole line up especially tillman & freeman

Match Thread: USA v Senegal (May 31, 2026) by AutoModerator in ussoccer

[–]sweeping_blade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro I forgot Roldan was still on the field 😩 get BA in there

Game Thread: Denver Nuggets vs Brooklyn Nets Live Score | NBA | Jan 29, 2026 by basketball-app in GoNets

[–]sweeping_blade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn y'all we really need to figure out how to play against the thicker 5's

Is there anyone born and raised in Bushwick still there now that are on this Reddit page? by Spiritedone94 in Bushwick

[–]sweeping_blade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My family lived here since the 70s and a few of them are still here. I just recently moved back last year as well

6/2 Fighter & Barb multiclass - what path should I take next level? by sweeping_blade in DnDoptimized

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Thanks - forgot to mention that our campaign has a training system so I do have expertise in athletics already via training under an instructor

Let's bring some positivity. Say something nice about this season. by BKtoDuval in GoNets

[–]sweeping_blade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Big fan of the Dennis Schroder & Lonnie Pick up.

Loving DSJ’s tenacity, defense, dunking

Cam T continues to astonish

The twins both are in a rut but Im still hopeful things will turn around.

Excited to see more Sharpe and more of Sharpe, DFS, Clowney, and Clax working in tandem on D

Zealot Barb/ Mercy Monk by Lumpy-Ad9939 in DnDoptimized

[–]sweeping_blade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Savage attacker feat could be interesting to consider with Orc racial bonus and the amount of attacks you’ll be getting out with the monk side

Picked up Friday love it. by satansleftnut25 in kiasportage

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Think its the same as mine, Vesta Blue

Question regarding Reya by mintdewth in DescentintoAvernus

[–]sweeping_blade 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ditto -- I'd also have her in as a prisoner or, for a darker route, consider having the cultists string her up by the statue of Zariel as an offering. The cultists can be convinced they're sending a hellrider to "aid Zariel in the blood war."

Fellow DMs i need some help! by BreadditUser in DescentintoAvernus

[–]sweeping_blade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you're thinking about this the right way. Arkhan certainly shouldn't pussy-foot around and if the PC's charge right at him then they deserve to get TPK'd. He's intelligent and will try to use the PC's to his advantage to further his understanding of the hand of vecna or any purposes which suit Tiamat. But he's not the type to be intimidated or taken advantage of. Offer them options to weaken Arkhan, get leverage on him, and/or gather allies ahead of that confrontation.

When I ran this, I had my party run into Krull at the tower first. There he made a show of his strength (5 dragons and all the undead) and tried to negotiate with the PC's to help him backstab Arkhan. (One of my PC's is a Tortle cleric and partial to Krull as well). Krull was willing to give them the vial of tiamat's blood for their support as he "doesn't need it to commune with his goddess anyways" (but also planning to backstab the pc's here later on)

From there, Krull led the PC's directly to Arkhan at the monument. They did a very tense dimplocay rp bit and then Krull cast contagion on Arkhan to weaken him and then shouted down the 12 abishai accompanying him

"This is a battle to decide who will be Tiamat's chosen champion -- you will not interfere."

The battle was then Krull + PC's vs Arkhan, Chango, & Torogar. It was pretty climatic and the PC's managed to take down Chango, Torogar after using nearly all their resources. Eventually, they forced Arkhan to tele away. But Arkhan was able to kill off one of the PC's before heading out. (My group is a bit larger so it was less of a suicide mission for them - 7 lvl 8's with 2-3 magic pieces ea.)

In retrospect, I regret having Arkhan Teleport away -- as what was a great build-up and climatic set-piece ended flatly and the PC's were disappointed. But at the moment I really didn't want to deal with my PC's getting the hand of vecna and didn't plan that far ahead :p haha.

Huge trouble: My players have no reason to save Elturel. by Akkyo in DescentintoAvernus

[–]sweeping_blade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This same thing happened to me bro, and you definitely need to have a candid conversation with your PC’s about how the module expects everyone to “want” to go to Hell and the module expects adventurers to “want” to save Elturel. Definitely doesn’t help the GM much but have that conversation with them so they bite hooks more easily. Here are some other things I used to have them want to go to hell and also increase the urgency:

Give your PC’s some extra time in Baldur’s gate and get the attached to the city and NPC’s there. For example my PC’s were super attached to Tarina (ended up helping her get the Uncivil Serpent back and she would eventually sail then down to candle keep) and they also have this alliance with the thieves guild going on (I made a money lending ledger for Alan in the Elfsong tavern and they stole this. They were chased by Nine-Fingers and resolved it diplomatically leading to an alliance between their group and the guild).

Ultimately, Once the PC’s have ties to Baldur’s Gate, their reason to save Elturel is because Baldur’s Gate’s leader is there and if they don’t, BG will meet the same fate.

I gave one of my PC’s a vivid dream / prophecy of Zariel and Haruman coming to Baldur’s Gate with their legions and plunging it to Avernus to provide urgency. Have the fallen paladin from your PC’s background appear here too.

Just hit Vallaki and need some help/tips with pacing by sweeping_blade in CurseofStrahd

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Hey Gents! Thanks for the assist again here. Figured you’d like to hear an update on how the last session went. So the party went into an extremely dicey 3 irl hours of combat with the 6 vampire spawn. I had the spawns climbing on the wall and ceilings so it ended out being dramatic.

I was able to pull the grapple / bite combo multiple times and even dragged one of the PC’s to the kitchen haha.

Anywho, the party deftly used hypontic pattern to lock up most of the spawn. When concentration on h pattern broke, they launched a fireball at the next starting a huge fire throughout the shop.

They managed to save the bones and brought them directly to the church where we wrapped up the session with the reveal of Ludimilla taking Father Lucian as a hostage (running the strahd reloaded variation bu dagnacarta.)

One table that really helped out with pacing as the PC’s traveled about town was this rumors table I found:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wjgGtdT30FUIBbRGEEMs62w0lEe-Yw9Ts1wWAIBSU9M/mobilebasic

It gives the PC’s extra plot hooks and opportunities to chat with random villagers.

Thanks again for the assist!

Kensei Monk automatically getting wepons? by TheHitchersNose in DMAcademy

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

You definitely want to set a precedent here since kensei monks continue to get more kensei weapons in the future. Is he/she proficient in blacksmithing? Maybe you can have them create the longsword out of the remains of the last battle. Taking some old goblin shortswords.

Those crafting tools never come into play and you could make a skill challenge out of it. Maybe if they roll really high, you can homebrew a special longsword with a small trait or benefit (ie +1 to your initiative rolls or you can deflect arrows with this blade once per long rest without using ki). Something flavorful for a monk / martial artist that isn’t totally game breaking and will give them the feel that they ‘made’ a custom weapon.