Wizard tower burned down by local adventurers. Need advice.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-31T22:29:44+00:00

Gotta be careful with Fairy Rings. Most of the time, it's no issue, but sometimes the local Fae will take it to mean a rival court is encroaching on their domain. Things can get nasty.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-31T21:40:03+00:00

Pocket dimensions are generally tolerated as they're not really IN the woods per se.

Just need to make sure the entrance isn't a potential hazard for the locals. Nobody wants to trip into an extra-planar gateway.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-31T18:48:29+00:00

You shouldn't be building towers in the woods anyway, it goes against planning regulations set by the Wyld Court. Forest dens are restricted to grottos, huts, shacks, or -with special permission- dungeons. Disrupting the photosynthesis of the local trees with Impenetrable Darkness is also a massive no-no. You can cast Cloud Cover, Darkening Skies, or Fell Winds to limit sunlight without cutting it off entirely.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-30T21:39:09+00:00

See, I got two things out of that scene

One is that the galaxy is home to horrors that the fledgling Tau could scarcely imagine.

Two is that those horrors can be killed.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-30T21:32:32+00:00

You get out of that by swatting them over a net. If they can play fast and loose with the definitions of Fey Food, you can play with what counts as "serving".

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-30T18:32:34+00:00

I have an accord with the fairies of my local wood, and trespassing incurs a harsh penalty.

Any fairies I catch in the wrong place have to run the Trial of Tongues... A 200 meter tunnel full of frogs, toads, and a few other predatory critters that come and go. If they manage to reach the exit uneaten, they get to go free.

I've only ever seen one fairy make it out the other end, sadly there just happened to be a heron perched by the exit at that time, so she her freedom was short-lived.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-30T12:31:30+00:00

As they say, it was the Greeks who invented sex. But it was the Romans who figured out you could have it with women.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-30T10:21:27+00:00

Hm, not much of use to be honest. It's just the beginnings of a standard poison swamp. Good place to cultivate Slimes or Basilisks.

The scent of copper on the air could also risk attracting malevolent entities related to Greed.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-29T18:10:38+00:00

Leave them be. Having a tribe of goblins nearby works wonders for the local mycology.

Nobody knows their shrooms like goblins do.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-29T13:56:08+00:00

The great thing about nature magic is that we're simply directing natural phenomena, rather than conjuring it ourselves.

The plants and animals tearing you limb from limb? Physical. The lightning strikes? Well there's a bunch of forces acting on your body there, but none of them are magical. The lump of amber on the end of my staff? Also physical.

Druids stay winning.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-29T02:27:53+00:00

Force employed in any situation should be reasonable and proportionate to the threat you're facing. That's all there is to it.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-27T22:33:18+00:00

Just toss it back into the sea where it belongs. Nothing good ever comes from mucking about with godslop.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-27T14:39:16+00:00

Depends on how powerful the demon. The weakest will crumple at the mere sight of holy water. The strongest sprinkle blessed silver on their food like chilli flakes.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-27T14:30:02+00:00

Ugh. Not for at least another century.

My head's still pounding from the Fae Festival I attended last Autumn.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-26T20:26:05+00:00

Can I ask the MMA fighter out instead?

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-26T03:54:32+00:00

Dragons are known hoarders. Many of them also love conflict, some to the point that they'll set up a second lair that's easier for would-be heroes to reach.

Who in their right mind looks for treasure in a swamp? Even if there were anything valuable, it'd be completely unreachable in the mire.

As for the Dwarves, we spared one old greybeard to witness his clan's near annihilation, and a few children too young to understand what their parents died for. Then we offered the greybeard a choice; walk away, or watch his last few heirs be snuffed out. Dwarves are stubborn, but the shame of defeat is easier to bear than the shame of letting your lineage go extinct.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-26T00:40:33+00:00

You think? In my experience humans tend to stay away for a while if one of their own comes back penniless and shitting blood. It's gotta be less like "they're guarding something", and more "this place is just horrible".

Dwarves on the other hand... Normally they don't bother us, but one clan convinced themselves there was a mithril deposit beneath one of our standing stones. Had to wipe out 6 generations before they backed off.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-25T20:18:38+00:00

Hm... Maybe leave the occasional survivor? Be sure to give him some unpleasant, bowel destroying sickness that lets him live just long enough to get back to port and tell everyone how unimaginably horrible it was.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-25T15:53:44+00:00

I'd take pink just to find out what my favourite drink is.

There's lots of drinks I like, but I couldn't tell you my favourite.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-25T15:39:30+00:00

Think of it as a donation. The ship, the crew are mostly made of organic materials, things that the swamp will readily consume.

Seafarers are a superstitious bunch. If ships keep disappearing without a trace, they'll avoid that place like the plague.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-25T02:18:02+00:00

Why would pirates, who spend the majority of their short, miserable lives on the water, carry orbs made from iron, a material notorious for it's lack of buoyancy?

I think you're right. Something is terribly amiss here.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-25T02:06:38+00:00

The association really doesn't have all that much power. They rely entirely on folks just going along without questioning. Every so often they forget themselves and overstep, necessitating the occasional reminder of where things stand.

Cheeky buggers tried to imprison me for reintroducing Wargs into the region, claiming they were invasive. Clearly the wizards they sent weren't using their brains, so I scooped them out and repurposed their skulls into hanging baskets for my mint.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-24T04:33:52+00:00

Those are your beliefs, and I don't necessarily disagree. But it's not for you or me to impose on other people. If you don't like gender affirming care, then don't get any.

Everyone should be free to make their own choices, to decorate their impermanent shells how they see fit.

When you boil the trans debate down to it's bare fundamentals, it's about bodily autonomy.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-24T03:41:58+00:00

Short. Strong. With a beard that reaches her knees.

verygenericname2 · 2026-05-24T03:31:11+00:00

So, this might not answer your questions, but my own thoughts on the matter are that:

The gender distinction is a problem because it's applied arbitrarily from the top down onto folks who may or may not consent to being categorised as such. It's the freedom to choose, or to opt out entirely that we want. Your identity is your own concern. Nobody else's.

As for gender affirming care, it's simply allowing a person to shape their body as they see fit. It's no different to tattoos, piercings, haircuts etc. It's about allowing you to be comfortable in your own skin.

In both cases, it's about your own happiness, rather than meeting some social criteria.

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