arrow74

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

We're so much more as people than our biology.

My father is a "MAGA disciple" as you put it. I'm not, my uncle isn't, and his father wasn't either. Seems like neither ancestry or testosterone mattered there. Frankly I don't think anything short of a absolutely debilitating head injury could change me enough to support Trump.

I've had a few friends transition, and they're still themselves. Still the people I've always know. Sure little things can change, but your core identity as a person isn't measured by hormones.

Also worth considering you're doing this under a doctor's care. You're not an pro-athlete or bodybuilder buying testosterone from the back of a van and absolutely slaming the stuff. That's basically the only scenario where taking testosterone would really change you, but even then you'd just be angry not have a complete shift in ideology.

Either way testosterone doesn't make you or anybody else a Republican. One area Trump gained a lot of votes last year was from white women specifically.

I guess this is all to say trust that you are you and don't let Republican shitheads convince you that roughly half of the population is terrible

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'll try it so long as I don't become a sex pest or a Republican or violent.

That's just a really messed up view, and very terribly exclusionary. Even if we did abolish the concept of gender about 50% (+/- .05%) of that population will have elevated testosterone, and you've already decided the whole lot is bad just due to their bodies natural proccess.

It's like saying estrogen better not turn me into a TERF like JK Rowling or a conservative like Margaret Thatcher. It's simply a nonsensical view.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A quick greater restoration should fix that

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Cast wish

Wish for army of undead

Done

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like they cast divine guidance to me let's do this

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago

Keep the horse head

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)

At this point you're just describing the actual movie scene

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Let's say as a party you've taken down a few monsters already. Without knowing the proportional strength of a chimera to the monsters you've already faced how would you know?

Like let's say I did kill an Orca on my own. Then I see a polar bear, the Orca was a lot bigger so seems reasonable.

Now living in the age of technology, not a fantasy setting, I personally know that a polar bear would be a lot harder to beat. But how's an adventurer supposed to know that? They don't have wikipedia and national geographic in most fantasy settings. It's not unreasonable to believe when encountering a creature that no one in the party is familiar with it at all.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You missed the point those 6 to 17 percent are just regular people. They don't shoot fire from their hands.

Remember even a level two adventure is a very very small percentage of the world's population. Most people are way weaker in DND. Being a level 2 adventurer is way beyond a year of BJJ

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I don't know man I can cast fire from my hands. That's pretty over powered. Plus Steve over there can channel divine energy into their weapon. I think we can take a giant. It's just like a really big human right? And there's 4 of us.

That's not an unreasonable viewpoint for inexperienced adventurers.

Now if your character is a little more familiar with monsters and other adventures they would know better.

To your Orca example I'm just a guy. I have no abilities. A commoner wouldn't try to fight a giant. Now if you give me the ability to shoot lighting from my hands and 3 other people with similar abilities, I could reasonably believe I could fight an Orca.

Friendly reminder that 6% of Americans think they can beat a grizzly bear in a fight. A shocking 17% think they could beat a chimpanzee. These are just regular people without special skills.

https://www.newsweek.com/surprising-americans-beat-wild-animals-fight-experts-1691793

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

To be fair if you don't make it clear to the party that they can't take the creature or some other kind of warning there's no way for them to know if they can handle it without metagaming.

I the player know a level 2 can't take on a giant, but does my character know that

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