Manjushri

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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

The king doesn't give a fig what's going on in the kingdom as long as he's got his ale and whores. He does not like when politics interfere with his revels and he can be rather brutal when it happens. The prince, an adult, has a pretty free hand but wants to avoid pissing off his overbearing father. The party is a small group of the princes drinking companions that the prince sometimes pays to solve his problems that threaten to rise to the level of annoying the king.

The prince has lately been cavorting in some of the villages and claiming the right of prima nocta in his father's name. A group of villagers has decided to put an end to it. They've started ambushing patrols and maybe even made an attempt to capture the prince himself. The party needs to find and eliminate these trouble makers before his father finds out.

This would be suitable for a low level party. If the players are higher level, switch it to the villagers having pooled their money and hired some adventurers of a suitable to take out the prince.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Gods! I used to love playing GURPS Autoduel!

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Might be fun to add a check to it. Maybe something akin to a concentration check that they have to roll when they take damage to hold on to their connection to their patron. Failure means they flip.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Many years ago I was working for a company that sent me on business trips. When I left, my cat would stay with friends, whom he loved. Every time I came back from a trip, he would snub me. For two to three days, he would spend every moment sitting in the same room as me with his back to me. He wouldn't look at me. If I tried to pet him, he would run off, only to come back and resume snubbing me a few minutes later. He would take food from me, of course. He wasn't crazy. Then, after those two or three days, he would then forgive me and resume normal snuggles, but for those couple of days, I was dead to him.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Not a succudigitus?

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

But... what about demons/devils?

That's actually why orcs in D&D were an evil race in the first place. At its core, D&D is derived from Lord of the Rings. Orcs in Tolkien's world were created from elves by an evil god/demigod to be his evil army. They had no choice to be good or evil in LotR so that property was inherited into D&D.

I'm okay with this change. Orcs in D&D lore have a different origin than in LotR and I don't see why they should always be evil. I consider this just one more reasonable change from the original game which had odd rules like dwarves can't be wizards and only humans could be clerics.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nah. More like early thirties. Average life expectancy in the dark ages was 30 or something, but that's just because most people died very young, mostly as babies. If you managed to grow up at all, you could reach your 50s or 60s.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

She's lovely!

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 30 points 1 month ago

"I'll bet they're eating something. I should check."

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Can you view it at the link provided to catbox.moe directly?

https://files.catbox.moe/1a1v76.mp4

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting. I can see it fine on Firefox. I'm on version 143.0.4. Are you maybe using an extension like NoScript that might be blocking it?

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

That's a tough one. There is a spray you can get, Bitter Apple. Most cats hate the smell and will avoid it. In your shoes, I would get some and spray a little on a wash cloth or similar and tuck it in the sling. That may keep him from crowding the sling and stepping on your injury. Don't spray yourself or your sling directly though. If the odor is too offensive and makes him stay away entirely, you can toss the washcloth in the laundry and try something else.

Bitter Apple Spray - Note, this talks about the spray as a chewing deterrent, but in my experience cats will avoid areas where it's been sprayed. Just remember to start small. You wouldn't want your boy to start avoiding you completely.

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