#high above them all

[dungeonofthedragon]

PCRF Tiltify Bundle: solo games

I've been checking out the solo games included in this incredible bundle. $15 for over 190 games and game supplements- and all proceeds go to the great cause of helping Palestinian kids in the aftermath of the horrors they've endured.

Early thoughts on three solo games below:

Dwelling by Seb Pines

(Reflective- Horror- Artistic)

As much an exploration of yourself as an exploration of the titular dwelling; a haunted house. The specters your draw present scenes and encourage you to explore the personal memories these bring to the forefront. It's a journalling game, played on scraps of paper and in the rules text itself. My favourite mechanic is that you mark your own body after each encounter to cement your connection to it.

High Above Them All by Damian Oddson

(Whimsical- Flexible- Low-key)

This game has a Ghibli-esque feel to it- the precise vibe I was hungering for this morning! Using a standard deck of playing cards (or a generator like this one), take on the role of a solitary individual floating high above the world and witnessing the splendor below. In the three prompts generated so far; I have saved a unicorn, observed ancient ruins, and speedrun social situations because strangers are scary (what a mood!)

In the Sacred Wood of Monsters by Stuffedtern

(Eerie- Pensive- Unhurried)

Even the introduction is so beautiful, written much like a fairytale. We are told the story of a duke whose beloved wife died, and who in his grief had a marvelous and terrible garden constructed in her memory. Hundreds of years later, this garden is a famous local attraction that the player has decided to visit. chari

The player randomly generates the features of the garden they encounter (using a d6 and a deck of playing cards), and receives impressions and sensations- inspired by the story of this place? Direct reflections of the past? Who can truly say?

[lilybug-02]

Eimmet High...temmiE high. OMG!

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[penaltyboxboxbox]

did somebody order a HIGH SCHOOL AU

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo being put into a situation where there is absolutely no fighting, just verbal manipulation and perception games, would be amazing to witness. We see a lot in the series how good he is at subterfuge and how he uses his perception to manipulate to great effect, so it’d be so cool to really see it put to the test even more.

Manipulation is one of the most effective tactical strategies of all time, so just imagine Leo putting this skillset of his to the full test. Imagine the boys slowly get up to busting bigger and more powerful criminals, including those with networks of crime under their belt, and a simple fight isn’t enough to take them down. For criminals like this, Leo’s skills in subterfuge would be deadly.

[natjennie]

what's weird about the fantasy high drama is that like. it seems to me like people forget d&d is primarily a) a game you play with your friends and also b) luck based.

I mean it's fine to say that "nothing felt like a challenge" and "they just dominated everything and there weren't any stakes" but like. it's not as if they weren't up against huge threats. they lost the mall fight. the last stand was an onslaught of enemies. they fought a dozen dragons from an airship. the fights were hard. they're just really good. they've had very good dice luck in general this season and are all very high level and highly specialized. fig is gonna beat deception and performance checks. adaine's gonna figure out the arcana. riz is gonna succeed investigations. like. for some reason their strategical competence and wisely picked abilities are. a downside? a disappointment?

the thing about d&d that you need to remember is it's first and foremost a game. it's mostly random and it takes you down weird paths and you're playing to have fun with your friends. the dice are literally telling the story that it's their time, it's their year. they've struggled enough. they've trained enough. they're good at what they do. and in my post about the academic/domestic/personal stressors being the focus, d&d doesn't have any other system to work them out than rolling different skills. that's what d&d is. brennan set specific challenge levels for different tasks and the players strategized to prioritize which abilities they were strongest in. the challenges were there. and the players rose to them. they were both smart in their delegation of responsibilities and lucky with their dice rolls. of which, both are foundations of d&d.

don't mistake them being good players and getting lucky with there being no hardship. just because they smashed through the wall, that doesn't mean the wall wasn't strong. they were just stronger.

[feelingtheaster99]

I cannot BREATHE at the Wanda Childa’s fake death performance. Everything about it was so fucking funny and peak intrepid heroes of them

[fisheito]

everyone gets a turn in the ridiculous skintight edmondsuit. or at least, .everyone SHOULD

[arainywriter]

ANYWAY, peep my favorite moment of this episode

riz and kristen (ally and murph) are SO sibling coded.

love when we get to see murph helping ally even when they've played so much dnd now

[idonthaveanyurlideas]

as a lover of the Drama, absolutely devo none of the bad kids died in the last stand because imagine the drama of kristen going to revivify and THEN getting told she couldnt find her diamonds. the chaos.

[kennyomegasweave]

Kuea grabbing Pin's arm and hand was horrifying. Not just because he did it to Pin, who we know doesn't like him at all, but because he did it to a woman at all. The men were willing to let Aon die rather than touch a lady for CPR and yet Kuea felt comfortable grabbing Pin? Notice how he dropped her hand immediately when he heard someone coming. He's way out of line, even by the standards of the time.

And then he kicked the tree when Prik was able to get Pin out of there?

[funeralflow3rs]

okay but listen,,, listen,,, are you listening,,, I cannot stop thinking about how the cauldron loves elain and its just... SO interesting to me that the MOMENT she pops out from the depths she's given a mate. there were any number of people there that could have been "assigned" to her ( if ur picking up what I'm putting down lmao ) the cauldron peered into her soul and saw all of her wants and needs and gifted her with the person that embodied all of those things and then some.

I will never stop thinking about this actually.

[the-ghost-rat]

The ppl who say g2 is better then g3 r only saying this just cause the characters stayed exctaly the same but w different faces & clothing

Im sorry but if you truly think g2 abbey looks better then g3 abbey then im just gonna assume ur a fatphobe

[apricotzel]

big fan how like half of the cos populace views rahadin & strahd as brothers the way the module described and how the other half looked at the things rahadin does for strahd and went No I’m Sorry That’s Gay

[rxttenfish]

fun fact about miranda: much like the tuatara, she has 3 eyes :3

[dailyweezer]

Day 30: Midnight Crew!!!!

(Anonymous request)

[itspileofgoodthings]

also it’s interesting because. my family is deeply unsentimental (in a very powerful way) and society is divided into the pretty heartless or the pretty sentimental (generally speaking) and I’m sort of this walking heart wound of emotion trying to straddle these lines (and having a hard time of it!) but one of the things that does guard me from being more sentimental than I am is the secret cruelty and unfairness that lurks at the bottom of all sentimentality.