vzq

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

I’m known for running mostly human campaigns, but one of my favorite tricks is to run a seemingly human villain with personality traits usually associated with an evil monster, then as the adventure goes on the learn that the heraldry features the monster etc etc.

Of course they know me, so they all think it’s metaphor and inspiration.

But at the very last minute, when they think they have him cornered and taken care of all the lackeys…. SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS! He drops his magical disguise and it’s an old fashioned D&D lair boss battle!!!!!!!

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No quarrel there. The only interesting thing about evil races is when you subvert the trope, but as we’ve all been doing that since the 80s that’s just become another tired trope.

Personally I just run campaigns where 90% of the people are humans.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 year ago

That’s creepy and weird

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago

Die mad, Giorgia.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YES, THIS!

I’m a cis guy and I had to figure all of this out by trial and error because it’s not normalized for dudes to talk about hair care routines and I grew up before Reddit was a thing. But this is almost exactly what I do, and what I’m teaching my curly haired son.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

I gm’d a Blades campaign that was basically all shenanigans all the time, and it was glorious.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Wait, is this real? Surely this is parody, right?

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Oh wow, you are right! They have civil liability for adultery. That’s wild.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did not. I said she was not having an affair.

She was in an affair, but it’s was the dude having it.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Yes. What is your point?

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a giant non sequitur.

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