Adrius

joined 2 years ago
[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wow yikes. You sound like fun at parties. Go find someone to care about.

For the record, I think there is a loneliness epidemic for both genders.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The worst part of this is the "This is part of the story"

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 27 points 2 days ago (8 children)

This is just a toxic gender wars meme. Go outside, touch some grass, meet someone nice and move on with life. Memes like this come from and perpetuate the loneliness epidemic.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds horrible tbh. A big part of the hobby is meeting new friends. This sounds like a good way to become socially isolated and depressed.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In my personal experience that's much more difficult

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If this happens, the RPG is too complex for that player. Play a simpler system.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago

B/X is good. When characters have d6 hp and it's instant death at 0 the combat becomes way more serious and tense.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 weeks ago

Great to know thanks! Sad to say but this is much less of a news story. China doesn't care about dual citizenship, this would have been a huge escalation if they hadn't been and it's click-bait that the article title doesn't mention it.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wish they would tell us if the Canadians also had Chinese citizenship since China doesn't recognise dual nationals.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Project Gutenberg and librivox are decent resources for free older books. The author needs to have been dead for 70 years, so they are old but I've enjoyed "The Lost World" and "The hour of the dragon"

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 7 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

If you're going to die, better to die on the main quest. I avoid side quest distractions.

[–] Adrius@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The vvitch was a pretty decent horror movie. Kind of slow and atmospheric.

 

Upcoming Print-on-Demand Book Price Changes – Effective April 1, 2025

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I've read "The Way of Kings" and I really didn't enjoy it. Before I discovered that I didn't like it, I bought Dawnshard while it was on sale. I'm too cheap to not read a book I've bought so I am planning on reading it.

What lore or spoilers should I know to catch me up from tWoK to DS?

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