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CLEAR SKIN IS SO ATTRACTIVE I’D CHOP A TOE OFF FOR CLEAR SKIN FOREVER

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you like me...for me..? (blushes) (cums all over the

huh

as you wish lord

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“If flowers can grow through blankets of melting snow, there is hope for me too.”

— Tyler Knott Gregson, Haiku on Love

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You should give Pathfinder 2e a shot

Given the state of everything surrounding WOTC and OneD&D, I figured that now was a good time to make a post like this. I know how things like this sound, so I’m going to promise up front that I’m not here to shit on D&D. I played 5e for years and had a lot of fun with it. This is a message from someone who decided to try out PF2e and found a new favorite system, and thinks you might enjoy it too. So without further ado, here’s a few reasons to give Pathfinder 2e a shot:

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“hey it could be worse” well i would like it not to be. how about that

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an incomplete collection of tweets i consider to be short poems

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moth wings and other things

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Wizard Council 2023 banned spell list:

Wall of Beasts

Granite Counterspell

Summon Hive of Cigarettes

Torrent of Meth

Summon Hole Elemental

Mage Fetus

Conjure Glock Gnomes

Conjure Fear Weed

Francophonize

Reverse Abortion

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What a Witch

She's a witch

They might not be black but she has two cats

One's called Abby, the other one's Max

She got a big ol' pot in her room

Potions she will brew, they'll smell like doom

She's a witch

That woman is a witch and she put a spell on me

She may not want me but I can't break free

Prayers don't work and clergymen can't solve it

The goosebumps I have when her cigar is lit

She's a witch

I already sold my soul when she scolded me 

I know that I wasn't honest when I should've been

I am just a fool, a thief and a liar

For that alone she would throw me in the fire

She's a witch

Almost as though she can read my mind

Mesmerizing words made me so blind

A curse of hers, I've never seen it coming

One word of hers made me come running

Be careful of how much you think you're in charge

You'll meet a mean witch and she'll tear you apart

From the inside without a single sound

The skeletons in her closet won't be found

She's a witch

And a whiff of her perfume makes my pulse rise

Nothing I do can take her by surprise

I'm in her clutches, I've become her thrall

Replaceable, not worth to be saved from the fall

But she thinks I'm mad, that's where she's wrong

If I was, then why would I have written this song?

She can be proud of her enchanting presence

Of her smart head and her cute presents

She's a witch

But she's not to blame for her faults

Inscribed into her brain

She's a witch

And I know it's obscene but

She is also the one who appears in my dream

She's a witch

But also the closest I'll get to heaven

If she wasn't, who knows what would happen?

She's a witch

But I wanna make her mine and make me hers

So any no from her makes my heart burst

She's a witch

How about we leave it at that?

'Cause instead of kisses, I get pats on my back

She's a witch

And with this I'll leave you here

Find your own witches, they might be very near

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You can unlove a body but not soul

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Feminism isn't "Women vs Men"

Feminism is "Us vs The Patriarchy"

And "Us" includes everyone.

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Non-English songs that I listen to

To celebrate 4,000 followers (😯, thank you so much!!), I have decided to post a list of non-English songs that I listen to. Most of them are in my target languages, but I like some songs of which I don’t understand a word 😅

Albanian

Lejla by Elvana Gjata ft. Capital T and 2PO2

Arabic

السيّدة النّصر/Doña Victoria by Raja Meziane

مية و خمسين (Miyye W Khamsin) by Nancy Ajram

يا حبيبي (Ya Habibi) by Mohamed Ramadan & Gims

Armenian

Յարխուշտա (Yarkhushta) by Sevak Amroyan

Catalan

30 dies sense cap accident by Els Amics de les Arts

Ara, aquí, present by Blaumut

Heroïnes de la fosca nit by el Diluvi

Història d’Espanya (explicada pels espanyols) by Brams

Huracà by Sense Sal amb Txarango

Jennifer by Els Catarres

Semblava que fossis tu by Els Amics de les Arts

Sóc d’un país by Brams

Telepàtic by Minova

Tornarem by Lax’n’busto

Un secret que t’havia de dir by Brams

Franco-Provençal

La Tita Eun Vacanse by Le Digourdì

French

Alien by Louane Emera

Alors on danse by Stromae

C’est la vie by Khaled

Chez nous by Patrick Fiori

Dès que le vent soufflera by Renaud

En chantant by Louane Emera

La Marseillaise (It’s the French hymn, but I love it 😂)

La vie est belle by Indochine

Je te déteste by Vianney

Je vais t’aimer by Louane Emera

Je veux by ZAZ

Je vole by Louane Emera

Jour 1 by Louane Emera

Maman by Louane Emera

Papaoutai by Stromae

Sur ma route by Black M

Tous les mêmes by Stromae

Tu vas me manquer by Maître Gims

Vois sur ton chemin by Les Choristes

Galician

Terra by Tanxugueiras

Gaulish

Epona by Eluveitie

German

99 Luftballons by NENA

194 Länder by Mark Forster

Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer

Auf uns by Andreas Bourani

Copacabana by IZAL

Die Liebe lässt mich nicht by Silbermond

Drei Uhr Nacht by Mark Forster, LEA

Feuerwerk by Wincent Weiss

Geboren um zu leben by Unheilig

Ich lass für dich das Licht an by Revolverheld

Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwie by NENA

Ist da jemand by Adel Tawil

Je ne parle pas français by Namika

Legenden by Max Giesinger

Leichtes Gepack by Silbermond

Nur ein Herzschlag entfernt by Wincent Weiss

Nur für dich by Wise Guys

Sag mir was du willst by Clueso

Schon okay by JEREMIAS

Traum by CRO

Übermorgen by Mark Forster

Wer kann da denn schon nein sagen by Feuerherz

Wir sind frei by Berge

Greek

Όνειρό μου (Oniro mou) by Γιάννα Τερζή (Yianna Terzi)

Irish

D’Aon Ghuth Amháin by Seo Linn

Italian

Non mi avete fatto niente by Ermal Meta, Fabrizio Moro

Non è vero by The Kolors

Latin

City of the Dead by Eurielle

Mandarin

作勢裝腔 by 張韶涵 Angela Zhang

倒數 by 鄧紫棋 G.E.M.

天亮以前說再見 by 曲肖冰

我的歌聲裡 by 曲婉婷

是他不配 by 孫盛希 Shi Shi

淒美地 by 郭頂 Guo Ding

蓋亞 by 林憶蓮 Sandy Lam

裝醉 by 張惠妹 aMEI

諷刺的情書 by 田馥甄 Hebe Tien

陽光宅男 by 周杰倫 Jay Chou

Mongolian

Yuve Yuve Yu by The HU

Russian

Бадола by Альбина и Фати Царикаевы

Жить by DJ SMASH, Полина Гагарина & Егор Крид

Ищи не ищи by Ирина Круг

Когда рядом ты by Винтаж

Май by Клава Кока

На Титанике by Лолита

Не любовь by Ханна

Не пара by Потап и Настя

Небеса Европы by Александр Рыбак

Прованс by Ёлка

Прогулка by Земфира

Я свободен by Кипелов

Rusyn

Štefan by Hrdza

Slovene

Hvala, ne! by Lea Sirk

Spanish

20 de enero by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Abrázame by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Adiós by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Como un par de girasoles by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Cuéntame al oído by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Cuídate by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Deseos de cosas imposibles by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Dices by Selena Gomez

Dulce locura by La Oreja de Van Gogh

El 28 by La Oreja de Van Gogh

El mismo sol by Álvaro Soler

El universo sobre mí by Amaral

El último vals by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Él no soy yo by Blas Cantó

Geografía by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Hacia lo salvaje by Amaral

Inmortal by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Jueves by La Oreja de Van Gogh

La esperanza debida by La Oreja de Van Gogh

La playa by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Llévame muy lejos by Amaral

Marta, Guille, Sebas y los demás by Amaral

Más by Selena Gomez

Mon amour by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Moriría por vos by Amaral

París by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Pop by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Puedes contar conmigo by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Rosas by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Sirenas by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Soledad by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Te necesito by Amaral

Un año sin ver llover by Selena Gomez

Un mundo mejor by La Oreja de Van Gogh

Vestido azul by La Oreja de Van Gogh

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Poem by Lang Leav

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DM Tip: Better Loot

Treasure is ubiquitous in D&D, it’s presumed to be one of the default motivations, if not the only motivation behind many adventures, despite the fact that very little thought has been put into the systems by which the DM generates the treasure and the party plays around with it. After nearly two decades of being a DM I can’t count the number of times I’ve made a treasure horde and handed it out to the players while feeling as if the fun game we had been playing had suddenly been put on pause. 

It took me a while to realize that this was because unlike combat ( the favourite child among d&d’s many subsystems) very little attention had been made to making loot feel good at any stage of the process whether it was down to the mechanics or even the presentation. 

While below the cut I’m going to get into systems about easier ways to generate treasure,  rebalanced magic item prices, and how to get your players in on the fun, for now I want to focus on this element of presentation when it comes to handing out loot.

Here’s some of my findings, in no particular order:

Just like combat has “ Roll initiative” and “how do you want to do this?”, handing out loot should have codified phrases to indicate that the party is entering into a specific period of game time. It’s a ritual that will not only get them excited but have them in the right kind of headspace required for absorbing new information. The phrases I’ve been using are “ You spill out your plunder across the table/dungeon floor and there you find_____”  and “With that sorted, you pack away your spoils, and return to the adventure at hand”

I completely ignore art items/gems, they’re a neat idea for flavor but they slow things down at every turn ( coming up with them during loot generations, players recording them) and are almost always junked for gp at the first possible opportunity. The exception to this is valuable trade goods/collectors items, which I mention being worth X gp in value but worth MORE if the party can find an associated merchant ( as a questhook)

GP comes first, followed by the names of the items and a brief as possible physical description. Players can ask questions generally on what items do but either have to call dibs then or divy them up on their own time.  Listening to the dm dispassionately read out the stats of an item is boring as hell, only eclipsed by the dm describing the indepth  LOOK of various items and then asking the party to roll checks to identify/figure out of the items work. Speed in divvying loot keeps the momentum of the game going and you want to tap into the “OOOH, SHINY” impulse of your players before their eyes glaze over.

I HIGHLY suggest keeping a party doc with the stats of all your items copy/pasted into it. Divide the doc up by characters/in the cart, so your party can always remember where shit was. Ask one organized player to be the one to keep track of the party doc and share it with the others. Call them “quartermaster” they’ll love that shit. 

Unless the item in question needs to be used immediately “ It’ll be in the party doc” is your answer when they ask for stats. Update the partydoc after session so your group can have the whole week to look at it and get used to things between sessions. Gearing up with new loot is just as much homework as leveling up a character, and is best done away from the table.

After you’re done checking out the treasure generation rules below, also be sure to check out my systems on handling shopping trips, making identifying items more interesting, and managing party wealth. I’m sure you’ll find something there that can help improve your game.

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You can’t hurt an overthinker, they already seen it coming you’re just proving them right

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"Fear & Delight" with every second beat removed