Wow... what a crazy session today. I had no idea what today was going to be about. We ended up with several brain probes, paying the price for others mistakes, forgetting the whole point of getting somewhere, tiamat swallowed by a black hole, a secret oni brothel in a temple, and a player finally reading Hunger of Hadar and not realizing it made slurping noises...immediately asked to unlearn the spell.
I find that it does me no harm for the players to be successful in the game, but I do like to jab in issues to what they are doing.
For example, they were successful in leading a war against an Elder Brain, but that win allowed another evil to gain in power, and changed the political landscape in the game permanently.
So it gives them a thing to look towards, but they still succeeded in what they wanted to do.
Not to mention, when they can't find the note in someone's pocket, because their investigation roll is too low, it might be better to tilt the luck in their favor.
So degrees of success: So if a standard success is DC15, and -5 is DC10 to get it with a complication, and -10 is DC5 to mean they fail (maybe they get pointed in the opposite direction, or are given the information in a way that leaves them suspicious).
So after that what happens with the +5? I mean I succeeded already... so I like maybe adding some money into the same pocket, or something like that.
What I'm thinking (experiment I want to run) is (maybe I should key in first that in Anarchy Realms you always attack two defenses), on reflex miss you deal 50% reduced damage, on miss by 5+ (so a 10 against a reflex 15) its 75% and by 10+ it is a full miss or technically 100%.
Similarly 5 over is 25% more damage. 10 is 50%, etc.
Vs Fortitude, missing applies the armor as damage reduction, 5 below is doubled, and 10 below is tripled etc.
Fort over adds a die of base damage for each 5 over.
I want to run numbers and come up with the Willpower defense effect before I continue the thought excercise but yeah, might be good. It also means very often you don't get a nothing roll, but losing 50% plus 7 damage reduction on a hit might still feel bad? And not be worth the math.
I'm microdosing naps between real work and paid work.
Windbreaker so far feels gay ( in a baity kinda way), but I think its because of the tsundere boy, and the Gyaru-like boy, the boy with the eye-patch and earrings, the jock boy himbo, the sleepy long haired rival boy who acts like Knuckles (cause Sonic the Hedgehog series is also pretty gay).... just, so many gay boys in the anime. No kisses though. :(
Thinking is such a pain when it comes to making encounters. And 4e monster manual was so good at helping you not have to think.
I want that more as a tool, than just calculating CR experience. Cause its never right. But like, you tell me to use a Bruiser, two lurkers, and 6 artillery minions for the fight, and suddenly that's a good fight. That's what I want. The variety. Stupid ass 5e.
Dead harengon babies, d&d, cannibalism
Biggest lore change that occurred in my dnd campaign was that the players were warned that the dragonborn Empress would gain power and horrible things would occur if they killed the elder brain because it was keeping the Empress drugged up.
When they killed it anyways, the Empress became more aggressive against the Harengon, using more and more of them as food so her small island nation would not starve. So the rabbitfolk in order to not get eaten anymore turned to necromancy.
This resulted in one of the players who is stoutly against necromancy coming across harengon children playing with animated stillborn siblings as if they were baby dolls.
It is probably the most nightmare inducing visual I have ever gotten as a piece of body horror in the campaign.
Once you start playing with initiative tracking like in Anarchy Realms, suddenly you can have skill involved. My favorite is, that you can actually hit a spell back to the caster.
There is the hard way, and then there is the easy way with Shield Slam. Shield Slam lets you slam your opp with a shield, and then keep your shield raised for blocking (Pathfinder 2, is this you?).
But then, you can Shield Slam a caster to stop their spell casting (and if you do, the excess mana they were going to use deals damage to them in the form of mana burn).
But when they do target you, and you happen to be a fucking legend with a shield, you can Shield Slam the fucking spell back to them, taking only 20% of the damage, and reflecting back the other 80%!
I'm in love with this game, and honestly, the faster I can get this out to people the better, but I'm trying to get it right too.
and they said, "I feel like Spellcasting is supposed to be harder based on this context specifically."
and I said, "But the idea is there
It does mean higher level magic takes longers/costs more And it means that after some points, you need to have people blocking for you so you can cast.
Also, sorceror equivalent of meta magic lets you swap initiative for more energy. (There is no sorceror, its just a skill you can learn)."
and so they said, "ooooooooooooooh"
And I just think that's pretty neat.
So I was talking to my friend about Anarchy Realms, and the things that I'm excited about, and they suddenly got excited about the same things, and it was like, "waaaaaaaaaaah!" Light shining and I'm like, I think people will get really excited for this!
They said, ""Reactions begin on the following initiative of the action it reacts to." So you start Countering a spell before the spell is finished casting, and if youre too slow the spell resolves before it can be countered? am i understanding that right? And even that kind of implies that Counterspells dont really exist, youre just undoing the effect created by the spell as it resolves. A Fireball would have to be countered with Healing or Protection magic - you couldnt counter a spell you didnt already have a solution to... hmm. Paying attention to this."
and I said, "Yes. So most spell cast doesn't occur until the spell initiative ends, and stronger spells use more initiative."
I have not played commander in over 4 years. Tonight I won 2 out of 3 games and received an awesome compliment from people with new shiny ultra powerful commander strategies which was, "What power level did you say your deck was again?" There's something amazing about winning when told to mill your deck, or winning because someone board wipes you. So happy my rusted bucket of a deck still does something.
Company I blocked on Facebook just gave me a "top fan" badge, that I have to unblock them to remove. What kinda bullshit is this meta (mi huevos en tu boca)?
I'm feeling horrible, but for #freerpgday you can go to https://www.anarchyrealms.com and bookmark it! I'm writing it for free!
And if you happen to want to support it, I'd appreciate it, but regardless of the support, I'm putting it out for free for people. So go an enjoy a free RPG!
https://ko-fi.com/Post/Fighting-Person-Attacks-L4L1WP45L
Older Post is now unlocked as available to everyone! And its a cry for help?! What I'm actually looking for is the kinds of stuff that you wish your martial characters could do, from other games, but now in a ttrpg!
The form is linked in the post, and I would appreciate any help in expanding my own limits of knowledge and reference!
https://ko-fi.com/post/A-Combat-Round-in-Anarchy-Realms-O4O7ZL55R
Next chapter preview topic is up on Ko-FI for all those who support me on there! The actual details will be coming out in the next update of Anarchy Realms!
Hateful targeting of lgbt communities
Facebook group I'm in had this... looks like it's been taken down, but apparently the same person keeps making new accounts and joining just to do this crap.
Comments from a complaint post about it said that this is a problem poster for 4 years. They are not removed from the group. But it also shows that none of these "same people" have posted even though they are members. So its not counting cause their posts are probably removed quickly.
But it also feels like it's leaving some 1% bacteria to grow and infect people.
My first instinct is to leave the group, because its not doing enough, but I'm not sure if there are better actions I can take to improve the results.
"Block these guys:
Rui Castro
Cátia Araujo
Anti Woke Warrior
Same person"
What in the eff is happening today. Everything was so busy!
https://clips.twitch.tv/DullAmericanEggplantNononoCat-z1NB4u2mKL4VAZ55
Henya read my comment outloud!
Questionable Content has been a staple of my bookmarks for over a decade now.
Feet
My child made Father's Day lunch for me and the family. As with all IRL photos of food I put up, I included feet for you phreaks in the audience.
I used to think Buddha was short for "Barracuda". But the largest barracuda grow only between 4 foot 9 to 5 foot 5 inches long. Siddhārtha Gautama was over 6 feet tall, so if anything, barracuda is short for Buddha.
This joke belongs to Thiiirdperson over on tiktok and youtube. Check them out for jokes, music, and over analyzing Kendrick lyrics.
I survived the night! I'm feeling a lot better this morning/afternoon! I want to thank all those who helped me through last night. Especially @OwlknightQuinn for giving me something to look forward to and virtual hugs, and @OctaviaConAmore for a wonderful stream full of beautiful music. Finally to @Bwee who was just being themselves in public and helped affirm and support me cause I happened to be standing in the love and affirmation AOE.
@OctaviaConAmore thank you for a wonderful concerto tonight! (did I use that correctly?) That was a wonderful rendition of Snake Man's stage, and every song leading up to it was a joy! Thank you so much!
I'm just sitting here fighting the balance between inanity and insanity.
I cancelled things to go out. And I can't. Not to the event. I can head outside. I can walk. Maybe I should. But being inside crying is so much easier.
Some days I feel like I'm never going to be gay enough, trans enough, non-binary enough for people in the LGBTQIA community. For over 30 years, I've been turned away.
The most accepting person was a kid in my middle school, who noticed I always used a stall in the boys room and asked me if I was actually a girl. Which is funny cause 3 years earlier he had uppercut me because he thought I had thrown a basketball at him, even though I was holding onto a basketball. And I bled so much and walked home looking like a zombie survivor in a horror movie.
Why am I like this? Why am I only seeing all my trauma so long after it could be helped and now I'm just holding onto it all, miserable and sad, and crying alone when I was supposed to go to a pride event.
My mouse (computer) died, kind of. Wired mouse, but it started double clicking, and now the scroll wheel is not working! 6 years, and it gives up now!
Its the wildest thing, I cannot search for my content on itch.io without specically looking for myself. If I use the keywords or subjects the games are supposed to be in, I do not show up on search results.
Similarly on google and youtube. Unless I specifically look for my name, I often do not show up! Its like I'm shafow banned irl!
Last night was so hot, I almost passed out. I had to take an ice cold shower at 3am to stay cool!
Want to help me out? Read the Chapter 1 and 1.a in https://www.anarchyrealms.com and let me know what parts you would have more questions on. What interests you, or what doesn't make sense? I'm doing my best to have things feel evergreen (even reading it out of context implies the context), but that doesn't mean I'm perfect (far from it).
I'm still fleshing out a lot of the actions and things like that, and I really want the game to feel like you could play it without a class. That you could exist in this world and still do something.
After that my next step will be character creation, and there is a lot involved in that step. Essentially the entire rest of the player side of the game is character creation.
But if you read chapter 1, you'll see that for the game side of things, there is still a lot to cover.
#ttrpgdesign #rpgdesign #gamedesign #dnd5e #pathfinder #anarchyrealms #tabletop
There are flat defenses (Reflex, Fortitude, Willpower) but you can also turn those into a roll as an active defense which can translate getting hit into a critical miss even!
Because the system is more granular than take 3 actions, you end up in situations that are similar to Pathfinder 2 (you take 3 actions), you also have other valves that help control the action economy so that people don't just sit there attacking all day. This is all designed with how I misunderstood 2e initiative, 28 years ago. I've carried this torch for almost 3 decades.
Social is a bit on the tail end, of the whole thing and something I need to come back to. I have more details available when I get more of the classes and abilities written out (since it was tested in 5e and needs to be converted over to AR).
https://www.anarchyrealms.com/start-playing/chapter-1/1-a-attributes
Part 2 of chapter 1 is out now! This covers even more detail of what your attributes contribute to, so when you DO go to make your character you understand why you are putting your points into certain attributes!
Update, it was because I was trying to upload a screenshot.
The issue with AI generated content is that it is incorrect and likes to make lists.
It organizes data: Data is organized, but not in any meaningful way.
Extensive Paragraphing: There is an attempt to use space and fill in words just for there to be a paragraph. This bullet point was unnecessary and could have been just a bullet point without the paragraph.
Used by Johnny Appleseed: Johnny Appleseed used Apple Intelligence to help plan the apple planting route.
Full of Lies: AI is full of lies.
Woke up randomly, to youtube music lyrics not updating when the music changes. I tried to submit feedback, and it is not accepting feedback, and I see that there is some A/B testing BS coming, and I wonder if its because I'm on Firefox instead of a chromium based browser.
Making progress on the 2nd half of Chapter 1 of Anarchy Realms. Its covering things like Energy, Initiative, Recovery, HP, MP, Life Founts, Mana Wells, Exhaustion, Fortitude, Reflex, Willpower, Attacks, and more!
https://youtu.be/uqSmCDvrn-c?si=5tyJ4e-A7Mnc-G6f
Came across this randomly, and ended up really liking it.
#yukkoEX #transgender #storytime #transwoman #pridemonth
https://en.pronouns.page/@pangoriaf
I thought I had done this, but I can't find it, so I'm doing it again!
I tried to warn someone that the advertisement for Gripnr was an NFT scam and they tried to claim I was a shill!
I'm literally saying do not support them, block them, beware!
WARNING!!!
Gripnr is making its way around advertising FREE characters and adventures you can run on their platform. They are an NFT scam company. They put your character sheet on the blockchain, so you have to pay to update it after a session, this includes your magic items, which are also NFTs.
Do not support them, block them in your ads. They are literally trying to mess with your ability to play dnd for free!
I passed my job training (I mean, this is the 2nd time they did rehire me), and its interesting to see how much the training changed (some genuine changes to job expectations as well). I start soon.
If I saw ads on youtube, I would not use youtube. It is NOT worth the ads.
"I replaced the lube by the bed with hand sanitizer after the breakup."
https://ko-fi.com/polls/or-for-Energy-and-Initiative-Divider-Q5Q2Z1VL3
Got a poll up on Ko-Fi for how to display action cards in Anarchy Realms ( https://www.anarchyrealms.com ) and was hoping to get some votes on there, all centralized like!
#poll #anarchyrealms #TTRPG #gamedesign #gamedev
Last Wednesday d&d night before I start my new job.
#genderfluid #dnd5e #monsterenergydrinks
It's not that I like Digimon, specifically. Hell, I don't even like Pokemon anymore.
But, Digimon is very high on a list that includes Monster Rancher and .... so anyways, its like 2nd place for me.
Don't listen to me about MTG. I was asked to teach someone how to play, and I taught them by going infinite on them with a 30 minute combo, that slowly mills and exiles their deck, their board state, and their hand before passing to them and having them die.
I was told, "This is why you don't have any friends."
But, I saved them from ever buying magic cards. It is a heavy burden I bear.
I'm gay. I'm trans. I'm non-binary. I'm autistic. I have adhd.
I was trying to write something funny with this, but like... I have to sleep soon so I can be up for training at my job (stupid 8am training for an afternoon job).
With this job, I will hopefully stop having to use a credit card to pay my rent (I owe 12,000 in just 6 months of trying to get a job). I was doing what I could to pay it off etc, but ... life sucks you know?
But now I have a job again, and maybe with it I'll be able to pay the rent and get things organized... but I think I'll still need help. I think I need help.
I feel like I'm being eaten alive by debt.
Capitalism is cannibalism.
https://anarchyrealms.etsy.com/listing/1713751994/capitalism-is-cannibalism
Are you Asexual and don't want lapdances?
Do you live in Los Angeles and don't want the LAPD?
Well, good news!
https://anarchyrealms.etsy.com/listing/1711511558
#asexual #lapd #SelfPromoSaturday #begaydocrimes
Because it places value judgement on others, who culturally have a reason for how they speak (Sunn m'Cheaux covers this in better detail than I ever good, considering he teaches about it as well as the Gullah language at harvard: https://alp.fas.harvard.edu/people/sunn-mcheaux)
All this is to say, that what I am saying here is a small thing. One aspect, and if you find yourself feeling upset about hearing it, maybe its because you don't know enough. I recommend you go and find some information yourself. Since you're such an individual and all.....
The problem with White Supremacy is that it believes in individualism. So each white bodied person of European descent must be addressed and worked with individually to get them through and out of the miasma of white supremacy they were born into. It is a deep and cultural instilling of white supremacy that pervades the culture of my fellow European Americans.
Things that we take as being quirks or positive traits are things that white supremacy uses to instill a separation in us from our cousins in the global majority. Examples of this are things like, "Its okay, I hate everyone equally" or even perfectionism.
An example is precise speech when it comes to how someone other than a white person speaks, versus acceptance of changed words and patterns when a white person says it. You may not realize you are doing it, or judging someone for it, because, "haha they said aks instead of ask" but you accept assassination as a word and that is more made up than the metathesis of ask.