catherinekal

[catherinekal]

"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.

"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.

"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.

[catherinekal]

anonymously message me (3) things you want to know about me.

[catherinekal]

Thanks! I'll check it out after work sometime.

Running D&D in 2024 is like, the player community collectively convinced each other that dungeon crawls, resource management and attrition are bad, so now everyone runs games where characters can expect to get into one or two fights a day and characters are never stretched for resources, and most Reddit threads about D&D are GMs asking for help challenging their groups because of said ignoring of the resource management aspect and getting told that a good GM could make it work so obviously they must be a bad GM.

[catherinekal]

Thanks! I never knew about DriveThruRPG.

Now the real hard part is convincing any of my friends to not just play pathfinder or D&D since it's familiar.

"Dungeon-crawls and combat are not roleplaying" are funny cause they're like baby's first RPG elitism. Even your snobby attitudes about RPGs are basic. I have ascended to whole new levels of RPG elitism.

[catherinekal]

I agree but speaking as someone who basically just knows D&D. Where do you find these games? Where do you find them in a way that doesn't involve spending money to read the rules?

I am begging to find better games for myself as I don't like D&D but I have no clue what to do. I can read free games on itch.io I guess but idk where to really even begin beyond that and Reddit threads. Threads that usually lead to games you gotta pay to find the full rules and I need to be saving money.

"Dungeon-crawls and combat are not roleplaying" are funny cause they're like baby's first RPG elitism. Even your snobby attitudes about RPGs are basic. I have ascended to whole new levels of RPG elitism.

[catherinekal]

I see so much d&d discourse and stuff. It makes me want to talk about a unknown hidden gem of a game/show to me called Urealms Live. Fuck critical role or other ttrpg shoes, I was only watching this and loving it.

However there's no easy way to watch it now and it also never finished so it would be a lot of investing into people, lore, and a story that ultimately just goes nowhere. Internal drama, financial worries, and general bad mental health caused it to end. It really was a wonderful gem of a live ttrpg show that I wish I had a good way to recommend to people.

[catherinekal]

I know multiple people who've figured stuff out about their gender and such as a direct result of designing a weird horny indie RPG, which is fantastic for them, but from a project management standpoint I have to imagine that "right in the middle of writing a weird horny indie RPG'' is one of the less convenient times to be having that particular revelation, because there's a good chance that now you've got a whole new set of things the game's text needs to address.

[catherinekal]

New post, gonna use this to document my journey as a trans woman

[catherinekal]

I hate resource management. Fuck encumbrance and spell slots.

What are these games?

Running D&D in 2024 is like, the player community collectively convinced each other that dungeon crawls, resource management and attrition are bad, so now everyone runs games where characters can expect to get into one or two fights a day and characters are never stretched for resources, and most Reddit threads about D&D are GMs asking for help challenging their groups because of said ignoring of the resource management aspect and getting told that a good GM could make it work so obviously they must be a bad GM.

[catherinekal]

Running D&D in 2024 is like, the player community collectively convinced each other that dungeon crawls, resource management and attrition are bad, so now everyone runs games where characters can expect to get into one or two fights a day and characters are never stretched for resources, and most Reddit threads about D&D are GMs asking for help challenging their groups because of said ignoring of the resource management aspect and getting told that a good GM could make it work so obviously they must be a bad GM.

[catherinekal]

One of those goofy maid animes, except the viewpoint character isn't the hapless master or mistress of the house, but a regular-ass janitor who ended up on this crew due to a paperwork mixup at the temp agency and can't figure out what the fuck is wrong with her co-workers.

[catherinekal]

2006-03-21 思楽遊菌

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Wolves enjoy a treat-covered Christmas tree at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, Ind.

Pictures by Monty Sloan

[catherinekal]

Andrew Robinson on playing Garak for the first time. 

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mutuals look we are in the planetarium together

[catherinekal]

I've spent so long on just 1 part of my worldbuilding or I guess lore building fits better. I really am just writing a book at this point

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