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Da_Gut

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Computer geek! Over 50, Comics, nature, TTRPGs, superheroes, and stuff! I just moved to Maine.
#nobridge #ttrpg

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Da_Gut , to random
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I've reached the point where I count getting through a haircut without mention of trimming my eyebrow or ear hair as a win.

Da_Gut , to random
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He fell down an Elevator Shaft, onto some bullets...

Da_Gut OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon It was! A truly tragic one.

Da_Gut , to random
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Did you know there are multiple words that mean frog eating?

batrachophagous = frog eating
ranivorous = frog eating

And I think there are one or two more.

Da_Gut OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon I'll take that too! :)

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How long does it take superman to fly from earth to mars? asking for a friend. :p

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon @drevrpg Damnit man! You answered before me! With "my" answer!

futurebird , to random
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Exciting ant queen collecting trip in AZ. Why does it feel like all the coolest ants are in the South and South West. It's not fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1CkkkKbOM

Da_Gut ,
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@futurebird @johnefrancis @glitzersachen @dotsandlines

This is incredibly interesting! Thank you! It deserves more than a boost and a favorite, and that's what this is!

LeviKornelsen , to random
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According to Junior, squeezing a bit of every squeezy koolaid in the house into a bottle of water makes "rainbow drink".

I am surprised by how easy it is to pretend to enjoy "chemical spill at the drinks company" flavour.

Da_Gut ,
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@LeviKornelsen Dude, as a kid I happily enjoyed mayo and ketchup sandwiches, and mayo, ketchup, vienna sausage sandwiches, and mayo, ketchup, vienna sausages with potted meat sandwiches.

Kids are weird, taste wise, I'm saying.

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The time genie will bring back one (1) extinct animal from any time in all of earth's history. The animal will be integrated into an ecosystem seamlessly with no major negative consequences. You get to pick the creature.

Do you feel obligated to pick something like a sauropod just so people can experience the awe?

Do you bring back something more recent to correct the crimes of mankind?

Or are you selfish and you ask for hell ants so you can finally see how their mandibles work?

Da_Gut ,
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@futurebird passenger pigeons

Da_Gut , to random
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Just as an aside, if an NPC - or for safe measure, a PC either - try's to put a flower crown on your head at a party - don't let them.

Da_Gut OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Spoken like a player! /grins

Da_Gut , to random
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Moose sighting! Crossing the road, no picture, but it was a moose!

Da_Gut OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Me too!

Tim_Eagon , to random
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I really resent being left in charge of my son's tamagotchi. Why won't this freaking thing go to sleep?

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon I'm sorry. :(

UnlikelyLass , to random
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Seems like other instances think dice.camp is unadministered. I have no idea one way or another but has anybody heard from @sage lately?

Da_Gut ,
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@UnlikelyLass @sage I've only heard of one instance that does.... but they might be spreading that around. Dunno.

But no. I haven't seen hide nor hair of Sage.

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In my home setting, there are multiple inhabited moons orbiting the world (and other inhabited planets in the solar system). At some point, I'm going to introduce spelljamming ships, but it's already possible to walk to the other worlds. One of the big setting secrets is every world has deep caverns that connect to the Underdark―the same Underdark, which is one big extradimensional space or demiplane. You can go spelunking and come up hundreds of miles away or even on another planet!

Da_Gut ,
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@BrianBinh An interesting twist!

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This morning, as I was laying on the couch watching my son draw, I was reading a review of an adventure by Bryce Lynch. While criticizing florid prose, he wrote "Adventure writing is technical writing and has a different set of rules for how to present information." I'm inclined to agree with this statement, even though I've never really thought about it in those terms. Thoughts?

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon I've thought that for decades. Mind, I don't write adventures, but I've thought of them as technical writing for a very long time.

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan You also run into "what one person finds relevant isn't always the same as what another person does".

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I’m reading a book on Thebes, and in the chapter on religion I was struck by how weird d&d is. It treats a polytheistic world in a monotheistic way.

And while it’s true that high priests of a specific cult would be focused on one god, for most people you would sacrifice or worship different gods at different times, depending on your needs at the time.

Da_Gut ,
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@deinol Yeah, thats been an oddity since the get go.

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Last day of school for my kids and it was Field Day. This parent volunteer is pooped!

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon So, they went to play in a field, right? :)

Da_Gut ,
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@Tim_Eagon It sounds like you had a good duty!

deinol , to random
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Need ideas for my next Traveller session.

They are still on The (Vargr) Great Hunt. Next stop is collecting rare plants on a swampy, xeno-alligator infested planet.

What are some interesting events or encounters I can throw at them to keep them on their toes?

Da_Gut ,
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@deinol Massive gator charging and bellowing, but not attacking. It's a parent guarding a nest mound (which gators actually do). The players spot one of the rarest plants.... at the top of the nest mound.

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@deinol Also, this is a worthy read.

https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/overloading-the-random-encounter-table

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I went on a hike this weekend, at a festival of guided walks which, it seems, is frequented by retirees. Mr Absolutive and I were the youngest by at least fifteen years. Our fellow hikers never lacked breath to chat about their grandchildren.

My feet were blistered after the single hike. I wanted nothing more than to shower and lie down.

Meanwhile, all the grannies (who'd been doing this every day for a week), were eagerly swapping plans for dancing at that evening's ceilidh.

Da_Gut ,
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@ergative

It's amusing how often this happens!

But, if your feet were blistered, you likely need better footwear!

Da_Gut ,
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@ergative I'm glad you know how to resolve it!

jencmars , (edited ) to random
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Rotten Tomatoes rates Madame Web as 11% fresh and five minutes in I think that is WAY too generous.

Da_Gut ,
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@jencmars Man, what I've heard about Madame Web is all over the map....

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Though I've been drifting away from #DND5e for a while now, it's still feels really weird to be completely uninterested in the latest releases. I mean, not even a twinge of FOMO.

Da_Gut ,
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@bedirthan @Tim_Eagon @dragoncrown Hmm, I'm going to take an alternate position - I feel you are drawing a false distinction. Character generation is part of play - it's not a separate activity.
That being said, I do think ones enjoyment of character generation as play is dependent on where one falls on the simulationist to narrative axis of TTRPGs. Which is going to be different for everyone.
Of for one person within genres (Superheroes vs Fantasy for me).

Da_Gut ,
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@bedirthan @Tim_Eagon @dragoncrown Ah okay, yeah, that is different from character generation. Point taken.

Da_Gut ,
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@libraryogre @bedirthan @Tim_Eagon @dragoncrown 3.5 was the worst. Though at one time, you could die in Travellers character generation. Which is the most extreme example of losing character generation

Da_Gut ,
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@pteryx @libraryogre @bedirthan @Tim_Eagon @dragoncrown I remember that we didn't use prestige classes much, for that reason. I understand we were an oddball group, in that regard.

Da_Gut , to random
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It's springtime in Maine. These colors won't last long.

#spring #Maine #Clouds #blueSkyPhotos #wildflowers #gravelRoad #Nature

futurebird , to random
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Everyone running around excited a non-human primate "used medicine to treat wounds"

I'm just over here looking at ants who have been doing this since before you were an inkling on the evolutionary tree and wondering what the big deal is.

Whatever it is ants did it first.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ants-can-diagnose-and-treat-their-comrades-infected-wounds-180983526/

Da_Gut ,
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@futurebird You've got a mis-spelling in that first sentence.

The article mentions that primates were doing this back 30 years ago, at least.

Still not a blot on the ant's record....

Da_Gut , to random
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My wife and I finally (finally!) had a conversation about my increasing memory loss. And growing signs of early dementia.

It's something I've been wanting to do for a couple of years. She is quite upset, but I made my peace with it a while ago. It's just getting impossible to ignore.

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    Da_Gut ,
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    @robindlaws Those suckers are all over Georgia - They just moved in within the past 5 years. I live in Maine now, for the past two years. Before I left, I went around the old homestead looking. I found double digit numbers of the things, within an hours search.
    I killed them all with salt and smushing, but realistically that didn't do squat.

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    I'm beat. Night all.

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    Da_Gut ,
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    @epidiah I've had that a few times.

    Da_Gut , to random
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    Kill Bill was a TTRPG scenario a husband ran for his wife. Prove me wrong!

    Da_Gut , to random
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    What is your favorite ttrpg supplement for playing con men? System doesn't matter!
    (I would imagine Leverage would have had a lot to say about that, but I've got zero % chance to get my hands on that gem!)

    Backup question: What is your favorite con game movie to watch for inspiration?

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    Can I have some fleeting passions with a somewhat changeable base of continuity? Please, and thank you... 😂

    @bookquote @bookstodon @bookbubble @books

    Tumblr conversation: Memeufacturing: A person from 150 years ago would be terrified by modern stuff. However , a duck from 150 years ago would just be all like, still got lakes? Yes? Okay cool Elodieunderglass: “How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks” — Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935) Chatdometique: Reblogging again because I thought they changed the quote so I decided to look up the actual quote and it's not fake that is very much the actual quote
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    @kyonshi @NickEast @bookquote @bookstodon @bookbubble @books

    What's amusing is I just snagged a copy of that book to read!

    Da_Gut , to random
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    Mind you, my wife had never seen an episode of Columbo. She has now.

    #tv #Columbo #peterFalk

    Da_Gut OP ,
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    @Printdevil @Taskerland @Tim_Eagon hehehe.... Man, that wouldn't be to my eternal shame....

    That reminds me, I need to make a detective in one of my games very Columbo esq....

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    Like, I don't want to be judgy, but the owners of an RPG with a 40yo publishing history, explaining to me why they can't afford good cover art for the latest edition, makes me a little agitated.

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    @pawsplay @Tim_Eagon Well, its Rolemaster. I didn't realize they were still in business..... I never played, but created a lot of characters quite a few decades ago.
    Is it anywhere near as detailed as I remember it being?

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    This Belted Kingfisher hunted for a while off Jericho Pier. He didn't seem to care that people were around, so i managed to get much closer than usual.
    #nikon Z5 200-500mm F5.6 1/1000s iso3600
    #birds #nature #photography #wildlife #Vancouver

    Da_Gut ,
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    @rodbotic @louisffourie congrats! Normally those guys are so touchy that you glance at them side eyed from 50 foot away and they are gone!

    futurebird , to random
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    In other "news" Tucker Carlson went on "The Rogan Experience" and denied that evolution by means of natural selection explained the diversity & history of living things on earth.

    Said there was "no evidence" humans could have evolved "from a single cell organism"

    It's impossible to know if he's just saying this for attention.

    I've always said science would be next. Tucker is the vanguard of the far right. Give it five years and you'll have congress members wanting this in your schools.

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    @futurebird

    Da_Gut , to random
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    the giant Bolverk tells Skafloc,... “Many heroes have owned this sword, because it brings victory to the wielder. There is naught on which it does not bite, nor does it ever grow dull of edge. Venom is in the steel, and the wounds it gives cannot be healed by leechcraft or magic or prayer. Yet this is the curse on it: that every time it is drawn it must drink blood, and that in the end, somehow, it brings the bane of him who uses it.”

    Anderson, Poul The Broken Sword

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    tip from the archive: Charmed enemies are a great way to reveal secrets and clues to the characters.

    Da_Gut ,
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    @slyflourish "tell me something I don't know"

    Purple man, Jessica Jones Season 1

    Da_Gut , to random
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    Overall, I see the attraction in the roll under mechanic for attributes, after playing some Black Sword Hack. I would like a bit more nuance to the results, so I'm pondering ways to homebrew that. But I've not played enough to be sure that I want to do that.

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    Quick lunchtime TTRPG challenge!

    Give a name, author, and 1 sentence synopsis of a book that exists in your game world!

    Forgotten Capes of the Blip!

    A quick overview of the early "one hit wonders" of the Meta world! Where are they now?

    By James Chowdermilk.

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