Mental health stuff and some bodily-function wonkiness under the cut
So Zoloft seems to work pretty nicely for my brain when I’m not super stressed. Been on it about a month.
However.
It may also be what has been causing me to have diarhea–and nothing bowel-movement-wise BUT diarhea–for a week now. The there-is-a-real-danger-of-shitting-your-pants-if-you-don’t-get-to-a-toilet-ASAP kind of diarhea. Which means I can’t really leave the house after I eat anything.
It’s a beautiful moment in every aspiring DM’s gaming career: the first time you run your own game. But no matter how long you’ve been playing, that first session on the other side of the DM screen can be pretty scary. Let’s lift the proverbial construction paper on this dungeon and take a…
Running an adventure with a gothic or lovecraftian core has crossed the mind of most DMs, but effectively incorporating this type of narrative to D&D games has it’s own challenges. Humor and the parodying fantasy tropes are a fundamental part of most fantasy RPG tables, and this clashes with the intended tone of such campaigns. Asking for the player’s cooperation in carrying the mood before starting
is important, but the heavy lifting will have to be done by the DM. Kobold Press posted a series of articles with suggestions on how to manage the mood at a table, Don’t Look Now: Handling Fear and Suspense in Fifth Edition:
Good discussion among forumers in the Minmaxboards,
touching on topics like the problem with powerful characters where
helplessness is desired, the need for players cooperation towards the mood, and the
possibility of the DM rolling Stealth rolls to promote uncertainty.
And of course, a good soundtrack can make the difference, so check out my Sounds and Music post with tips for that.
the comic book industry was built on the back of jewish creators, superhero comics were pioneered by jewish creators. everything we have today from superman to captain america, is down to the creativity of jewish artists and writers. and todays comics do nothing but spit on that legacy
Our culture and experiences shaped these characters. Shaped this legacy.
Superman is living embodiment of tikkun olam. Kal-El is literally Hebrew, he is given a gentile name (Clark Kent) on Earth because he is based on the Jewish immigrant experience. The hope of two Jewish boys during the depression.
Captain America is literally Erskine’s golem. Erskine is a Jewish man who was forced out Germany, and he gave a good man the ability to become a super soldier. Because Jews needed hope.
Ripping characters away from their Jewish roots is an incredible disrespect to the people who built the universes we’ve grown to love.
Erik Lehnsherr is a jewish man. He was created by Jewish people. He’s the survivor of the holocaust. Nazis killed our people. They murdered us. They murdered his family, they murdered his wife’s family. He’s a jewish man created by jewish people. He’s jewish rage incarnate. Making him work for Hydra is incredibly disrespectful to us and everything he stands for.
And I know it’s probably been done a thousand times, but I think it would be fun to play as an awoken dog. Do whatever to determine stats, but I think it would be fun to play like a Fighter or, DM permitting which at this point I’m probably stretching it, a Paladin. The idea of my character either holding a blade in their mouth or just straight up biting someone and dealing smite damage.
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Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 