#No doubt there will soon be many more

[cycas]

Some Non-D&D roleplaying games that don't use the Open Gaming Licence (v1)

RuneQuest - One of the oldest and most popular D&D alternatives, with a ruleset that its many fans swear by; now in its 7th edition

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay - now in its 4th Edition; WFRP's 'The Enemy Within' is a strong contender for the title of 'Best Fantasy RPG Campaign Ever Published.

Chivalry & Sorcery - a more realistic, crunchy and grounded take on fantasy roleplaying

Symbaroum - super-atmospheric Swedish fantasy RPG

GURPS - Generic Universal Roleplaying System, " one set of clear, comprehensive rules to cover any background"

Rolemaster and HARP (High Action Adventure Roleplaying)

Savage Worlds - another multigenre system and the rules set behind the Deadlands, Weird Wars and Monster Hunter International RPGs among others.

7th Sea - "swashbuckling & intrigue, exploration & adventure"

Cypher System - a modern multigenre system with an innovate rules set Numenera - standalone RPG but uses the Cypher System rules, "set a billion years in our future…a roleplaying game about exploration and discovery"

Troika! - a gonzo science-fantasy RPG with "built-in wonder and room for everyone at the table to go wild!"

Fantasy Age - as run by Wil Wheaton on his Tabletop show!

Earthdawn - sort of the fantasy prequel to the cyberpunk-fantasy RPG Shadowrun

The Hero System and Fantasy Hero - another multigenre ruleset, also used in the Champions super hero RPG

Legend of the Five Rings - famous RPG based roughly on feudal Japan with influences from other East Asian cultures.

The One Ring - roleplaying in Tolkien's Middle-earth

King Arthur Pendragon and Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne - roleplaying the Matter of Britain and the Matter of France

Forbidden Lands - "a new take on classic fantasy roleplaying…an open-world survival roleplaying game".

Legends of Avallen - inspired by Celtic mythology in Roman Britain

Man, Myth & Magic - a roleplaying game "set in the ancient world"

Overlight - A fantasy roleplaying game "of kaleidoscopic journeys: a visceral, dangerous and brightly coloured setting"

Paleomythic - "grim survival and mythical adventures in…a harsh prehistoric world"

Romance of the Perilous Land - "magic and adventure set in the world of British folklore"

Robert E. Howard's Conan - Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of - probably the best of several Conan RPGs, now coming towards the end of its licence.

Swords of the Serpentine - "a sword & sorcery game of daring heroism, sly politics and bloody savagery" using the investigation-focused Gumshoe system

The Black Iron - grimdark fantasy in "a world broken beyond repair"

The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game - roleplaying in the world of Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories

The Witcher - roleplaying in the world of Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher stories

[arachnidcakery]

tosses these near you like pamphlets and runs away <3

[spock-adoodledoo]

even if basen is always gonna be a side character i love him... his gimmick of herculean strength is literally always a gag and yet he struggles so much because of it. his buttons are fun to press and he doesn't have just two unlike lahans older brother (ok he has about 3). he still has a baby face and is 19 and still hasn't gotten laid in a setting where most people have at least had sex if not children a couple years earlier. guy got unwanted advances from jinshi bc he misunderstood it as some kind of normal duel instead of romance power struggles. can lecture maomao on a detailed history of li's founding (probably rote memory he was ordered to learn), but otherwise a bit too naive and oblivious and unsubtle. loyal to a fault. he described aduo as a proud hunting dog (what's jinshi then??). has a complex abt women that hes slowly working on. single dad to a duck that got his love life together and is constantly in danger of being cooked. how is it to have your dad be one of your superiors and your milk brother be another and you could beat both of them in brute strength but not in cleverness?? also how is it falling in love at first sight and sacrificing everything for someone you've barely talked to? how is it being raised by your sister bc your mom is busy with the emperor's younger brother and then serving the guy you were milk brothers w and grew up with

edit: anyways Basen likers hmu im always looking for side character enjoyers

[stfu-im-thinking-abt-blorbo]

Linkin Park replacing Chester with a person who's both a scientologist and a rape apologist that supported Danny Masters is both absolutely disgusting and not at all surprising. I have no words anymore at this point, it's unbelievable.

[sysig]

My kingdom for a "So you say” (Patreon)

[code01746]

part of me is like "i'm neglecting my boy!" but also, between talking to rabbit at length about our various takes on this guy and also writing something completely different offline that's rosinante-centric, technically i'm not.

[demonio-fleurs]

i really am curious about the current status of the big mom pirates. between linlin currently swimming in lava (in theory almost impossible to come back from), the emphasis on the cp-0 agent who apparently hasn’t been heard from since saying something about the big mom pirates ship, and pudding being kidnapped, there is so much to wonder about.

have they written off linlin as dead? if so, who has taken over? whats their plan for pudding— are they more focused on retrieving her over linlin? will they show up in some manner at hachinosu?

[welcometogrouchland]

It's either coming up to my period again OR I've just developed a disease where I get misty eyed at even the most banal sequences and scenes in ghibli movies. I was crying during the early parts of ponyo

[mindholes]

friends and  close associates -- do i apply for a medical librarian position that pays between 15K-25K more than my current job? if you think I should, can you help absolve me of the absolute guilt I feel for even considering leaving my current position?

[doodlboy]

Yahoo! GG team grub and team fun!

[whatsagirltoblogabout]

I finished watching the Mentalist yesterday and I told myself that I was going to take some time to reset my sleep schedule. It's been completely shot to pieces by my inability to resist binge watching and also my whirlwind 5-day side job as an ALM on a very messy shoot, and I kept telling myself that I would get back to normal once I finished the Mentalist. So I literally sat there, after the credits rolled on the finale, and told myself that I was going to take a break, consume some fan content at a leisurely pace and get my sleep schedule back on track before starting another show. I was being so responsible about it. And then, a few hours later, I'm lying in bed and I get curious. Curiosity killed the cat, or in this case my sleep schedule. In a meager defense, I did have to get on my computer at like 1am to deal with a work emergency. But somehow that lead to me going to sleep around 3 after watching the pilot for White Collar. Why do I have literally zero self control? Why am I like this.

[astrxealis]

i think it's just. so lovely whenever i see fanart of blue period? considering that. it's all about art. idk if my artist friend/s (either irl or online) are into blue period but i hope that if they do get into it they will enjoy it (and make pretty fanart hehe or any kind of art medium to be honest, as i think it's all beautiful) !! <3

[not-souleaterpost]

When you deleted your reddit acount because the Soul Eater reddit doesnt like your posts

Nah but for real, say what you want about tumblr, but reddit is so much more anoying - but maybe thats most social media, tried uploading videos on tiktok only to get copyright stuck the same second or just have them deleted for vague comunity guidelines shit, maybe I was too hard on youtube.

I know crying about reddit is pathetic but I dunno, just let me vent lol, idunno gotta get my shit together, too many distractions and other bullshit.

[ininsulaavalonia]

Rare personal post I'm gonna blame on the happy brain chemicals, but Green Day will always be *the* music band in my eyes and I still can't believe I got to see them prove it.

[awakefor48hours]

Shows you should save physically immediately + addition I recommend reading

Over the Garden Wall -- It's being pulled from HBO Max on August 31 and knowing HBO, there's a chance it'll be pulled sooner. *I have now made a Google Drive of all the episodes of OTGW. Please, please, please, PLEASE, save these on a physical device.

The Owl House -- Disney has tried to bury this show many times (giving it a weird release schedule, cutting the budget, etc) and has even cancelled the show. Also, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue soon and I doubt TOH will survive*I have now also saved all the episodes of TOH. Click here for the posts with all of the episodes

Amphibia -- I know less about the behind the scenes BS than TOH but Amphibia was screwed over by Disney mainly by poor promotion. Also since one of the protagonist is openly bisexual*, like TOH, I really can't imagine this would survive.*Amphibia has also been saved. Go here for the post with all the episodes.

Steven Universe -- Cartoon Network cancelled Steven Universe and gave it a weird release schedule, it has also just been pulled from HBO Max.

Gravity Falls -- Once again, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue at some point in the future and between Wendy being canonically bi, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland being in a relationship, and Alex Hirsch (being the amazing man that he is) constantly calling Disney out on their BS, I imagine that Disney would be more than willing to nuke Gravity Falls. *I’ve also saved Gravity Falls now go to the main post here to see all the episodes.

and most importantly

Every single show, book, game, fanfiction, movie, etc you've ever loved

We now know that at any moment's notice, streaming services can and will just nuke their catalogue without hesitation. If it's digital, it can be removed and there's a likely chance you'll never see it again.

So, please take some time to save anything you love on an external device. It could be a box set (it can be official or fan-made one), a USB, or anything.

If you have a physical copy of something, it's yours forever and no one can take that away from you.

*Edit because I’ve seen some confusion about this. Read this again, it’s “one of the protagonists” not “the protagonist.” Sasha is the one who’s bi, Anne’s sexuality hasn’t been confirmed.

Also in addition to this, people have reblogged this to say Steven Universe is still on HBO. Since I don’t have HBO, I’ve been going off of what people have been saying and I’ve seen it mentioned that HBO was taking off SU. You should still save it though.

*Edit 2 if any of the links here don’t work, check the original post as I might’ve changed/updated them. If that still doesn’t work, send me an ask or DM I’ll give them to you.

[astronomalyy]

Thinking about the lifespans of Dungeon Meshi elves... The fact that they're completely unnatural alters my brain chemistry, because you can tell just how haphazardly the demon implemented their wish. They live five times the length of tall-men, so they age at a fifth of their rate. It's simple maths and the implications are terrifying. No wonder their birth rate and population are declining - their early development is so slow that at the age of two, they're still unable to stand.

They don't reach adulthood until their eighties. What does the infant mortality look like? How many elves succumb to illness or injury before they're fully mature? It only takes one accident to lose the child you've been raising for decades - and could you bring yourself to care for another? Add to that the implication elf culture has no idea how to process grief... just look at the way the Canaries treat Rin after the death of her parents. They're callous and insensitive and detached - part of that's racism, but there's also an element of pure cold ignorance. They don't even recognise the emotion on her face.

And that's just scratching the surface... does elven memory accommodate their extended lifespan? Once you reach two hundred or so, do the years start blurring together? Kabru mentions that their temporal awareness is remarkably poor.

Two years feel like a few months. Their lives are longer but not fuller. They're older but not wiser than the short-lived races, and most refuse to understand this. Those that do grasp it are interesting - namely Otta, who's ostracised for pursuing half-foot women.

A 30-year old elf is a young child; a 30-year old half-foot has entered middle age. Otta is in the equivalent of her late twenties. She knows that her elven lifespan makes her no more mature than a half-foot - but she also acknowledges that it creates a rift between herself and her partners, and not just in the eyes of society. 'She dumps them as soon as they pass 30', but probably not for the reasons Lycion assumes. For this to be a pattern, decades must have passed - it's possible Otta doesn't want to watch them die as she herself barely ages. No doubt some of her previous lovers have already passed away. In the end, all living 400 years accomplishes is leaving them out of sync with the rest of humanity.

Marcille's perhaps the best example. As a half-elf, she's got 95% of her life ahead and the thought terrifies her. She's going to lose everyone she loves, over and over and over again, and this cycle has barely even started. She runs at a different pace. This context adds so much to her dynamic with Falin in earlier chapters.

Marcille loves her! She's scared for her! Maybe even of her! She's grown attached to a short-lived girl who she met as a kid when Marcille was a teaching assistant! Biologically and developmentally, they're the same age, but chronologically she's twice as old as Falin! Considering what happened to her mother, is history repeating itself? Her feelings towards Falin are tangled and messy and fascinating. They're also more than a little homoerotic, which makes Marcille's infantilization of her friend all the more interesting. It feels like her way of resolving their power imbalance, of remaining a responsible (former!) authority figure... but it's also a coping mechanism. She's frightened by the ways Falin is maturing and changing - aging - and keeping her mental image of her friend as young as possible is her way of denying the march of time that's destined to sever their bond.

Marcille's dream of lifespan extension would remove the need for this obfuscation, render them equal... only, they already are! This desire is imposed onto Falin, but it's primarily for Marcille's benefit. Watching her fight for a world nobody wants, for reasons both selfish and altruistic... it's as tragic as it is understandable. I love this manga.