#forg speaks

[tree-forg]

I think one main thing that let's me know I'm aroace is when I talk to my allo friends. I realize that I really don't understand romance.

I comprehend it, sure. But understand it? Hell no.

Someone will mention a crush not liking them and I'll realize that I have no idea what they are talking about. It's like when your bestie goes off on some super complex lore analysis about a character they like but you don't even know what fandom it is.

I think it's interesting. If I could study romance through a analytical lens, I would. Why? How? What's the formula? What makes it different? What is it? I don't want people to tell me, because whenever people talk about it, it doesn't make sense. But I really want to study it.

Maybe if I think and try hard enough, I'll finally understand it.

[forgwater]

what thinking about your new au lore feels like

VS.

what writing the au lore down feels like

[tree-forg]

Decades from now my kids or my nieces/nephews are gonna tell me about how theyre learning about this guy donald trump. Theyll ask if i was alive then. Theyll watch a video about january 6th. Theyll talk about his postpresidential trial, theyll talk about this attempted assassination, theyll talk about ptoject 2025, theyll talk about how he ran again, and theyll ask me "why did no one stop him, why did people like him if he sucked so bad" and ill tell them "cause he was really good at lying and kissing peoples asses, and cause some people sucked like him and thought he was cool"

[forg-hornyjail]

mishaps in masturbation update, apparently sometimes u fuck urself so good that u bruise the skin around ur groin and damn. i need to start rolling higher on con saving throws

[starry-bi-sky]

DPXDC CFAU Headcanon: Ghostspeak Edition

Ghosts in the Infinite Realms who saw Jason and Danny together called them "luzdra", a term in ghost speak that directly translates into the words "shared soul". It's literal definition is; "two ghosts with a bond so deep that it was as if they had split their souls in half and given one to the other", but in general it just means two ghosts with a profound, indescribable bond.

Luzdrus is the singular form of the word, and refers to only one ghost in the bond. While "luzdra" is plural and either refers to both of them together, or the relationship as a whole. It depends on the context of the conversation and who they're saying it to.

There is no romantic, platonic, or familial connotation behind the word. It just means "someone who shares a deep bond with someone" and can be between anyone.

It also does not mean soulmate, and if you say that you'll be corrected. Soulmates implies that their bond was destined by the universe, luzdra are two people who developed and built that bond themselves. It's a relationship forged between two (or more) people.

Some of Danny's rogues -- like Kitty and Johnny, who might've seen the two together and are possibly luzdra themselves -- still call him 'luzdrus' even after Jason's disappearance from the Zone. Danny doesn't know how to feel about it.

[otiksimr]

I whant Monster Hunter game where you can process the monster (skinning, deboning, that kind of stuff). Would there be a fun game? Probably not. Bit it’d be fun to ME therefore Capcom should spend all their time and resources making one-

[theresattrpgforthat]

@martianworder asked me about this on my Forged in the Dark post, so here we go!

Clocks

So Clocks have been a tool that have been used before and outside of Blades in the Dark, but BitD was where I think they were made really popular.

Golem Clocks designed by cmartins on Itch.io

For all intents and purposes, a Clock is just a track that you fill, but in some cases it's preferred over a track because it fills less space, and it's easy to just draw a clock on a piece of paper to help you keep track of something as you play.

A Clock can be more than just a track. It can be a countdown, a timer, or a representation of a person or faction's goals. The larger the Clock, the bigger task it is. Here are some examples of how you could use them.

A Healing project clock from Blades in the Dark.

A player could have a project Clock that they fill over the course of many sessions. Perhaps they want to research a cure for a vampire virus that is threatening a loved one. The GM would ask them to make a research roll every downtime, and how successful they are indicates how many slices they fill - effectively, how much progress they make towards finding a cure.

Rebellion and Sedition Clocks for Brinkwood: Blood of Tyrants.

A play group might use a Clock to track a common goal, such as winning over a number of anarchists to help take down a mega-corporation. If this is a campaign-long goal, you might use a series of linked clocks to represent the jailbreak you need to assist before you can win over a computer hacker, and then the massive hacking project you need to support before you can overwhelm the corpo servers.

Faction Clocks from Scum & Villainy.

A GM might use a Clock to track the work a Faction makes towards their goal. Every downtime section, they GM might roll to see how successful the Faction is, or simply tick one slice of the clock if the Faction has no reason not to be able to do what they want. If the Faction is allowed to work unimpeded by the PC's, they might eventually do something that changes the world around them, for better or worse.

Mission Clock from External Containment Bureau and Doomsday Clock from Apocalypse Keys.

Clocks might also be used as a timer, to indicate when something terrible might happen, or when the group's time is up. This might be the amount of time before a murderer next strikes, before the haunted house claims another victim, or before the world begins to end. In some games, specific points in the clock (such as halfway, or a quarter of the way through) may trigger special events that give the PC's more information, or remind the group that the pressure is really on.

Clocks for Protect the Child.

All in all, Clocks are a great visual tool to help you and your game group keep track of what's going on in the fiction, and it can also help you keep track of a number of narrative threads in a fairly condensed space. Even if they're not built into the game you're currently running or playing, I think they're a fairly easy addition, and can certainly help with bookkeeping!

[thinwhitedoc]

SHERLOCK | Martin Freeman as John Watson

[atmosghoul]

Dude is a shapeshifter honestly bc wtf is this???

[crowlore]

TriMax Volume 10 Chapter 7 and a request left behind

[tatangadragon]

obsessed with his longing stare.despite not having visible eyes

[tree-forg]

Its been one year since the October 7th attack.

The war still continues. The hostages are still in captivity. The world still seems to stand against Israel. Antisemitism is still spiking. And I am sorry. You Jewish people are so very strong. I wish for a day very soon in which you will not have to be quite as strong.

I wish I could give each and every one of you a big old hug and tell you it'll be okay.

To the rest of the world: it's been long enough. Stand against Hamas and quit this foolish hatred. You are better than this. I have seen it. Listen to your Jewish friends. Stand with your Jewish friends.

[forgwater]

for the romanian elections

let’s see if I can explain this properly

so basically the majority of my fellow romanians that voted (about 52% of voters) in the first tour/round/whatever hate the idea of human rights so much they voted on 1st place the misogynist, anti lgbtq+, russian connections guy who had a shitton of bot propaganda on tiktok

forgot to mention: apparently he got kicked out of the extremist party for being too extremist

like how the hell

we’ve still got the parliament elections

and 2nd tour/round/whatever elections to determine who the president will be. but things are looking really bleak

[copias-juicebox]

[forg-hornyjail]

y'all ever experience something so funny yet embarassing that you need to make a whole new fucking sideblog for it?😬

yeah anyways guess who just threw their fuckign back out while jacking off. THREW. their BACK. what in the fucking. IN MY 20S? IS THIS HOW I DIE? MY BACK? HELLO?

[g1ngerbeer]

pre-stream percy design thoughts