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#war flashbacks

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Everything passes

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happy pride ft maybe my favorite month of the d20 calendar (art by @sydsketch)

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*beginning to suspect my roommate is a pulley* hey man would you mind picking up this big crate by changing the direction of applied force, thereby reducing the force needed? no reason

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I want to talk about one specific thing the intrepid heroes are killing it at in this first episode. Now, there's absolutely no problem with information in-story being presented by the DM, as in "you remember that.." "you know that this is.." "you've done this before and.." because you aren't ACTUALLY your character and do not have all information about the world in your memory. But in this first episode, the intrepid heroes have shown that they KNOW this world. Sure, Brennan gives information, but a not insignificant amount of the exposition in this episode was delivered BY THE PLAYERS, IN-CHARACTER. Titles of Monty's books are said out loud with ease. Daisuke organically suggests "Do you think he's in Bellenuit?" already with preexisting knowledge about him, and they have an in-character conversations about Bellenuit with complete familiarity of the place and what it's like. When Monty hears that there's a ship, he asks "Is it the Kingfisher?" because he already knows that that's a ship Marya has, which HASN'T been mentioned by name yet. In-character, this is PERFECT in how effortlessly it establishes their knowledge, and makes character naturally feel like real people living in this world; and out of character, it's a testament to the effort and enthusiasm and skill put into it.

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If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn't get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can't make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).

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happy pride to olethra macleod we need more tgirls in steampunk

🌧️ kofi link in bio if you’re feeling generous 🌧️

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love olethra so much she's just happy to be there

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what do you mean you havent used mindfulness techniques to accept the state of the torture labyrinth as is yet. its like youre not even trying

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how to live a life for beginners

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It is actually crazy how being an ugly middle school girl impacts you forever. Like for years you believe that if you have a crush on someone you are evil and you’re making them uncomfortable. And that’s even BEFORE you realize you’re a lesbian.

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HUGE episode for Murph stans right out the gate. He's a bitchy child. He's the youngest brother. He's repeating things about NPCs until their canon. His wife hates his real name.

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i'm going to cry. so true allaboutbirds.org. he is so little and so handsome

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its TMI tuesday (tuck me in tuesday)