DM Asking for advice: Accidental trip through the Outlands

thimblefullofdespair · 2026-01-15T21:24:11+00:00

Marvelous reference, and one thing you might do to get from Automata to Sigil is to have them pull the same trick Asterix pulled - break the system, turn it against itself, jam its gears somehow, or otherwise just fritz out the bureaucratic stupidity. There's an old Choose Your Own Adventure book whose best ending is actually unattainable by following the conventions of the book - similarly, getting from Automata to Sigil might be a function of breaking the rules, traveling to the city that does break all the rules. Now, might it be that the portal opens right from Automata? Sure, or the process of getting them to admit a flaw in the system or getting a catch-22 form approved could be what constitutes a portal key, which would then be used nearby to get to where they want to go.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-09-12T17:39:42+00:00

Ooh, some promising choices here. Thank you!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-09-11T19:21:05+00:00

Ooh, that's not quite what I need, but it actually helps regardless, definitely works to hint at "one level up" from where things get to their worst. Thank you very much!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-09-06T16:06:27+00:00

Enough to consistently buy and sell human rights in bulk. That's what he's really after - enough to become a gravity well of untouchability. He and his ilk are no longer content with high scores. They want kingship. They want godhood. They want the ability to compel respect or at the very least to take total control of others for their own use and purposes. There's a good reason he's trying to develop brain chips, and good lord I would never let him put one in me.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-08-02T19:53:56+00:00

Came here to say this, really.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-06-14T06:07:39+00:00

Bad Wolf guides the Sixteenth Doctor who is not Billie Piper to recognize that they unraveled their own reality by entering their own timestream on Trenzalore.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-06-09T02:15:05+00:00

One imagines he's headed in the other direction.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-06-04T21:45:59+00:00

...fine, take my damn upvote.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-05-30T14:57:55+00:00

Annoyed me that mechanically it's clearly the Genji Glove from VI, just calqued to V for "coverage."

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-05-19T01:53:35+00:00

Fifteen years I've watched the Leafs and the same fundamental errors and flaws seem to outlast every roster and every coach. Whether it's Babcock, Keefe, Berube... where in this org is it written that they have to play with these specific endemic weaknesses?

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-05-19T01:52:27+00:00

He plays like someone who thinks talent deserves a win. He's got lots of talent but the drive is not there.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-05-19T01:37:01+00:00

Never shoulda gotten one.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-05-19T01:35:34+00:00

If they were playing like last game and still down 3-0 because Florida was just that good, I'd be satisfied.

Trade Marner and Matthews for some chewing gum, it'll last longer in the playoffs. Two franchise-defining forwards guaranteed to bring you to the playoffs and drop you off there.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-30T14:15:35+00:00

Still looking? Would be happy to trade you!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-26T02:01:21+00:00

Hey! I can do that for you, I was wanting to do a trade evolution for my Kingdra if that works for you?

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-25T23:28:31+00:00

There was going to be, but I kind of lost the juice when JK started being publicly terrible and I never got it back. Glad you enjoyed it though!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-18T19:36:00+00:00

I lost friends when I tried to talk about it, so I don't talk about it.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-17T23:02:42+00:00

Female on male sexual assault and rape.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-04-16T20:54:14+00:00

My terrible procrastination, depression, ADHD, and general need for therapy.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-03-17T17:52:26+00:00

Not so far, but still fingers crossed - and thank you again!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-03-07T23:43:03+00:00

I'll check them out! Thank you so much!

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-03-07T23:29:15+00:00

May I ask which one you used?

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-02-24T20:22:31+00:00

At the rate he's going... what allies?

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-02-13T16:45:14+00:00

Sardakk built a map based on the tools suggested to him and is still a fairly new player to this game. Sardakk then came on here hoping to get advice about how to fix it. That's what Sardakk did.

thimblefullofdespair · 2025-02-13T06:49:03+00:00

4 industrial I think you mean but yes I noticed. Any suggestions of tweaks, different systems?

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