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Teyrnon

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Starving Writer, Introverted Storyteller, Pen-and-Paper Gamer, Foolish Idealist, Far Horizon Romantic, Lover of Weird Conversations, and armchair Philosopher.

Interests include: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Space Opera, Folklore, Philosophy, Photography, Computer Graphics, Vintage Computers, Vintage Video Games

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LeviKornelsen , to random
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Heroes solve problems for local areas, and then become leaders of those they've saved. That's how the stories go!

So when the heroes show up having solved a horrifying problem... The local people might say to each other "They probably want to be in charge now, right? That's how it works?".

And some of them will want to make that happen! And some of them won't! And the ones in charge currently will have especially strong feelings on the matter.

Clearing the dungeon as political debut.

Teyrnon ,
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@LeviKornelsen Sure, this works until the heroes kill the town's favorite friendly dragon. The one who helps with clearing land for crops and redirecting rivers in times of drought. She's also actively discouraged less friendly dragons from entering the area for the past hundred years.

LeviKornelsen , to random
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An actually smart appliance would be a dishwasher that had exactly one button marked "start", and could figure out the minimum time, water and soap to do the job, and do it.

This is exactly the opposite of the "smart" we're seemingly getting.

Teyrnon ,
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@LeviKornelsen How about all the usual mode buttons to one side and a nice prominent Auto-Detect button next to an equally large start button?

Teyrnon ,
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@LeviKornelsen What? You mean you don't want your appliances to text you notices and reminders while collecting data about your activities to send to its home server?

Teyrnon , to random
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Thinking about Chaosium's Nephilim this morning got me wondering. How many of you passed on an RPG that looked interesting because your usual gaming group made it clear they wanted nothing to do with it or you otherwise knew they wouldn't go for it? For me, Nephilim, Kult, and In Nomine fell into this category. Interestingly, the group was hugely into World of Darkness and Vampire & Werewolf in particular.

Teyrnon OP ,
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@thoughtpunks Oh, the group in question was perfectly willing to try various games, just not anything with gnostic or otherwise overt religious themes and motifs.

LeviKornelsen , to random
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(Checking-out done; verdict in)

Indie RPG designers:

If you're having trouble getting feedback on your writing - and especially if it's short or setting-heavy stuff - go make an account on Scribophile, do a few critiques to get karma, then post it up.

In three days I've gotten, dead easily, the kind of critique that takes notable work to set up by other means; the platform takes that work OUT.

So, yeah; done checking it out: Now hard recommend.

https://www.scribophile.com/authors/levi-kornelsen/works/weirdglass-the-lore/part-1

Teyrnon ,
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@LeviKornelsen Hmm, how does it compare with Booksie? From what you've said it sounds more active at the very least.

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