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  • Landsharkgun@midwest.socialtogames*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    My tidbit to add is that when the Mongols got to Europe and encountered stone castles that were harder to siege, they solved the problem by bringing in seige engineers....from China.

    They were doing that stuff on the reg. One of their demanded tributes was, essentially, skilled workers as slaves. They were very aware that they had a very particular skillset that didn't translate well to everything. So they took what they needed to run their empire and put it wherever it was needed - even if it was someone who knew how to e.g. do algebra.




  • Enh. Just sounds like pearl clutching to me. A lot of lawmakers probably need to be cussed out more. If you can't take an insult you have no business being in politics, which is just a formalized method for handling conflict.

    MTG made it personal because she's an asshole, and Jaime clapped back to demonstrate that the committee was being biased in not censuring MTG. This happened because of willful disregard of the rules that are in place to prevent this sort of thing, and Jaime handled perfectly: she escalated instead of bowing to an unfair ruling.





  • It strikes me that this could be quite useful when used proactively.

    E.g. - Player Character Byrnwolf just got a crit on the Bandit Lord with his Greataxe. Queue the GM: "How comfortable would everybody be with a description of Byrnwolf splitting this guy in half?" All the players tap red, yellow, or green in response, and the GM can moderate from there.

    It would be good at providing ongoing feedback for the GM to guide their style over time.


  • I love the idea of the danger just being....plants. Invasive species? Although it's really the humans that are invasive. Sure, there's a BBEG to defeat, but the problem is much more n existential one of, "The climate is changing and we'll lose our home and livelihoods" rather than, 'evil monster over there'.


  • Are we talking brown bears or black bears?

    Brown bears are violently territorial and will attack you for being in eyeshot.

    Black bears are basically giant racoons and will move away from people - especially if you're making loud noises and making yourself look big - because they don't want that smoke. They'll only get aggressive if you surprise them or get anywhere near their younglings.

    I'd probably take a black bear over a lot of dudes. As long as we got a good hundred feet or so of distance, Mr Bear and I ain't gonna bother each other.