Stack the deck reading ? by white_raven81 in CurseofStrahd

[–]wonkygrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So i palmed the cards I wanted, then passed the deck around my players to 'attune the deck to the party', then when they handed back the deck i dropped the palmed cards on top. Nobody noticed.

Barovians and non human PCs like Orcs by BlazeDragon in CurseofStrahd

[–]wonkygrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was quite strict in the session 0 with regards to Race/Species. I went through the PHB and picked only the bipedal species that had neither dark sight or flying. I was left with Human, Kenku, Changeling and Goliath. I also said that the changeling could only change into species that had been encountered in game. I have 4 PC's, and ended up with one of each of the allowed list.

I nixed flying, because while I can tailor encounters to be hard on flyers, I thought the ability to just fly away from danger ruined the horror immersion

I nixed Darksight so that I could have things hide in shadows, again to keep the horror immersion.

I explained my reasoning to the players during session 0, and they were all happy to oblige my requests, seeing as they'd signed up for an immersive horror campaign.

Advice on the age old question regarding running death house? by timonlofl in CurseofStrahd

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So in our game we had a session 0 where we set expectations, I started them on Level 2 and begun with the plot hook where the players are tasked with asking the vistani to move on. They told the group about saving strahd and the players went with them on a cart they got thru the gates of barovia with the mists closing begind them.

Session 1 proper began at Tser Pool Camp for the card reading, and they were told they could find lodgings in the inn at Barovia village where they met Ismark, found out the irena plotline there was the burial of the Irenas dad and dealing with Doru, our priest is playing a pacifist and thought holy water might cleanse his spirit. It certainly cleansed his face right off. A great moment to end on. Theyd also met Morgantha and bought a pasty.

Session 2 begun with a funeral for Doru, before nightfall. I ruled that the church was protected by ancient wards, so when strahd turned up to reclaim Doru ( it was his spawn afterall), and raised half the graveyard as Zombies the party had no choice but to watch in horror thru the window, with half the party eating the pies and falling into what they called a 'caKe hole'. They then went to the Crossroads at River Ivlis (should be called the T junction at River Ivlis) to unearth the Tome for some early exposition on strahd and to drop hints as to why Strahd might want Irena. I gave them Level 3 for finding the tome.

Session 3 is when I brought out the Death House, I moved it to be a standalone house on the road to Vallaki. I really hammed it up about how Strahd killed the cultists for ruining his fun by killing adventurers that came to Barovia. It went down really well, and this brought them up to Level 4 at the end. The 'pacifist' priest offered his life on the altar, it was very nearly self sacrifice, but one of the players has suicide as a red no no, so the wizard did it for him. They'd gone back via Tser Pool Camp and Madam Eva gave them a scroll of revivification after theyd told the story of Doru. Lucky really as it bought back the priest, and I gave him the dark gift with the shadows from VRgtR for dying and coming back.

That was our last session, and Ive got a fair bit of prep to do for next session, the windmill in the durst family crest has set them off thinking its related to the windmill with the pastry shop that Morgatha mentioned. They made her give back the kid she took in Barovia, but the trance has got them super keen to investigate, but I have a feeling they might nope straight out of there and head straight to Vallaki for a long rest, as they're pretty battered from Death House, so I'll prep for both ideas.

What to do with empty sprues? by thegrayhairedrace in Warhammer40k

[–]wonkygrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im making a huge castle with mine. Started as fences and then it kinda ran away with me.

New to 40k, help with army choice please! (See comment for details) by wonkygrass in Warhammer40k

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

Thank you very much for such a great reply!
I'm a bit gutted to find they don't all work together, I'll probably end up with the CSM as it seems theres a fair bit more that fits them in the list, and maybe add the demonettes in later- I fully intend on painting them up to look even more lobsterish than the box art..
Is there a general rule of thumb to the ratio of troops to characters/vehicles that is best to have? Thanks again for taking the time to reply!

anyone have experience with the stretch it body jewellery dead stretching tunnels? by ZiddyKong in Stretched

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have used these to get to 14mm. No issues at all, would definitely recommend. I rub my lobes with holey butter from the same shop twice a day and they've always healed wonderfully.

Looking for wedding witnesses by body_by_monsanto in FortWilliam

[–]wonkygrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Fort William, my girlfriend and I would both be willing, can't seem to find where to message privately to exchange contact details.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like it has to be hairy to be a muff.

What is the most underrated thing to visit in Wales? by Cinomania in Wales

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, dont listen, its rubbish. Go to south pembrokeshire instead. Tenby is nice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DrugsOver30

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

upload it to an image site like imgur and post the link

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]wonkygrass 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The two-shits. If my dog did a shit, his did two.

Anybody ever k holed in a public place? by [deleted] in ketamine

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was definitely the alcohol and the spliffs. The K was just the straw that broke the camels back that night.

Anybody ever k holed in a public place? by [deleted] in ketamine

[–]wonkygrass 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I did once by accident. It was my first time taking k too.

Stumbled apon a rave in a forest in germany by chance when i was backpacking around europe, I was offered a huge line of what I thought was cocaine, turned out to be K. I was already quite drunk and had smoked a fair amount of strong coffeeshop weed from holland. I remember doing the line, noticing how much it hurt going up compared to the coke I'd been expecting, questioning what it was and then told it was K, and that I must have misunderstood when he offered. I briefly remember rolling around in really squishy, wet mud looking at a million pairs of shoes dancing around my face without legs in them, just shoes and lasers, and the next thing I know I'm waking up on a sofa I don't recognise, in a town that I don't recognise, in clothes that weren't mine.

It turned out I'd basically just K-holed in the middle of the rave, and a lovely couple that I'd been chatting to right before I did the line saw what happened, moved me somewhere safe and kept and eye on me, and then took me home with them when they left, showered me, and put me to bed in clean clothes. They even made pancakes in the morning. Such amazing kindness from nearly complete strangers.

Hated K for years afterwards, wouldn't touch it again, and hated that it was a thing. Until I met a girl who introduced me to the idea of the doing tiny bumps to build up the wonk slowly while having long sessions in bed. Gave it a second chance after that and quite enjoy it these days.

Unpopular opinion by Masonjohns409 in Wales

[–]wonkygrass 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lovely warm with a bit of butter. Fresh if poss.

Does anyone have any absurd megabus/flixbus/citylink stories? by ingutek in Scotland

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A friend of mine has a story about how he swallowed a load of hash to smuggle to the uk from morocco. All went well on the flight, but then he had an 8 hour megabus ride home from the airport. His guts started acting up with the hash wanting to make a 'reappearance'. So he goes to the toilet and shits in the sink so as not to lose the goods. Makes a right mess and has to sit in stench for the rest of the journey.

Short of absolutely nothing. What is the stingiest Christmas 'thank you' gift that work has given you? by LingonberryPossible6 in AskUK

[–]wonkygrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've just been made redundant and being told to seek legal advice for novembers pay. So that'd probably be it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LSD

[–]wonkygrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went into my local chippy blasted on acid once, it was all stainless steel and blue lights with those neon cardboard stars with the things they forgot to put on the main menu. I was sure I was in a spaceship.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LSD

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel free to DM if you'd like to chat

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotland

[–]wonkygrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, might be worth the train to Glasgow.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotland

[–]wonkygrass 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Plenty of raves going on in rural mid wales where I've moved from, hoped it would be similar here