#war roleplay

[prokopetz]

The trouble with self-consciously edgy urban fantasy RPGs which are explicitly set in the real world is that they always get fixated on the Second World War, and there's literally no good way to speculate about whether Hitler was a vampire or whatever – not only is it tasteless, it's done. It was cliché even in the 1990s, and it hasn't become any less cliché since. Like, at least switch up the war – I want to see an edgy urban fantasy RPG whose Secret History™ revolves around the proposition that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was from space.

[bee-does-art]

some (mostly head canon) stuff about mauls anatomy

[cc1010fox]

Marshal Commander Fox speaking.

Remember that your vode are to be referred to with the pronouns they prefer, whether they "look feminine" or not. Not every vod who is feminine inside feels comfortable or safe presenting as a feminine person to people who are hostile towards them. They should feel comfortable being themselves with their vode, though.

Anyone caught refusing to offer their vode that basic respect will be reprimanded.

Over.

[fantastictalesofadventure]

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞! 👀 👀 👀

[klerothesnowman]

The Sith are Nazis and it's never been subtle

This one ended up being really long. I spliced in some images when I could to break it up easier.

One of the things that causes the most friction in the world is the idea of morality. I know, that's the most water is wet statement ever said but I think people really miss just how much the nuance of morality goes over people's heads. Subjective, objective, relative, from a baseline we understand that there are different types of morality but I don't think people really grasp how much a persons personal morality can be wildly different to any another given person's, especially among people who share spaces like fandoms. Morality is shaped by personal experiences, there are personal experiences that are 99% ubiquitous among humanity like "Pain" that form the basis of everyone's moral compass, then there are the major cultural touchstones that no matter what your morality will be affected by, religion, nation, race, all that what have you. Everyone has an opinion on the Christian Church and that opinion is informed by your morals. People who have been abused by members of a church will have a very different view of the morality of a religion compared to people who have been raised Catholic compared to someone who was raised agnostic compared to someone raised agnostic and is queer compared to someone who has been raised Catholic and is queer compared to someone who has been raised Catholic and is queer and is also rich and so on and so forth you get it.

Morality is not a binary thing, and it's not a nine point grid either D&D, it's more like one of those circle charts that Jojo Stands get ranked on. You know the ones that always seem to show up in anime? I don't know what they're called. Except instead of a circle it's more like a ball, and everyone has this horrible looking 3D balls covered in bumps and spikes and dips and holes.

Why am I opening this ramble with a ramble about morality and religion? Because I'm on tumblr. When I decide I want to ramble about something I read the tags and see what the vibe is, see what people are saying about things. I'm not part of the "Fandom", I don't know the discourses, I see that there's Anti-Jedi and Pro-Jedi and "Stanikins" and all of these different labels and battlelines, and then I read about how people on either side are feeling attacked and harassed by people on other sides. I have no idea how real this is, I have no idea what kind of minefield I'm about to walk into. I'm just rambling about my thoughts and feelings about Star Wars because I like it and I'm a little extra aware that this one is going to ruffle feathers.

Because people are fuckin' worked up about Jedi. There are people who are making it part of their identity that they are anti-Jedi. And it's been happening for years, decades even. Because the experiences and trends of nerd culture has been pushing against systems and religion since I was a baby. Nerds being obnoxious atheists and smugly telling people "God isn't real" was basically the norm when I was a teenager, and before I was born nerds were dealing with being called evil and satanic. Nothing I'm rambling about here is new, in fact using D&D as a touchstone I think the current trend for nerddom's interaction with religion is ambivalence, despite faith and divine power being such an important part of D&D, there's basically zero interaction with divinities in 5e, and when there is it's hostile and has an asterisk against it. I'll do a ramble about this one day too

But the Jedi stuff is interesting to me, because there's a lot of directions people come at for it.

There's people who argue against just Jedi because they're a religion. There's people who argue the Jedi are slavers or kidnap children. People think Jedi are super beings who lord over everyone with their power. People think the Jedi force people to suppress their emotions and personhood. There are people who think Jedi are moral supremacists who silence and kill anyone who thinks about the Force differently from them.

I have some "Pro-Jedi" arguments to make but I'll save them for a different ramble, because this one's supposed to be about another group of people.

The people who think, from their point of view, the Jedi are evil.

The reason I rambled on so much about people being Anti-Jedi is because very often, these people end up being Pro-Sith. It's an obvious leap, if the Jedi are the problem then the people opposed to the Jedi might have the right idea. If your issue with the Jedi is that they disallow "Attachment", then here's the Sith who are all about Attachment. If your issue with the Jedi is that they suppress their emotions then here's the Sith who are always tapping into their emotions. There is an immediate appeal there.

Then there's the Sith Code, let's give it a read.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.

Pretty sweet, Passion is pretty positive, breaking chains and freedom. I can get behind that. The rest of Sith Philosophy is pretty swell too. It's about improvement through conflict. Your struggles make you stronger, makes you better, removes your shackles and lets you be free, but also recognizes that you will have to do whatever it takes to do so. The Jedi seek to wipe out the dark knowledge you attain, so you must sequester yourself and hide when you must hide, and strike when you must strike. It's stance could be summed up as something like... "The sacred mission of a Sith is to preserve the Sith Order's most valuable elements as you raise yourself to a dominant position, and all who do not are chaff."

There are people who are really into this. Like, really, really into this. They talk about how they apply this mentality to their real life. They describe themselves as Sith. There are also people who are only kind of into this, they think about positive Sith characters and make headcanons about the good things Sith do.

I need to stress, for those people, that what I am about to say is not hyperbole. I will provide sources.

The Sith Code and Philosophy is Nazi Propaganda. It is literally lifted from Mein Kampf. That quote I used to sum it up is a paraphrased quote from Britannica.com. That's Hitler.

The Sith Code was invented to be in opposition to the Jedi Code, its purpose is to twist a preexisting code to make you think the alternative isn't so bad and it uses codephrases to do so.

Passion, Strength, Victory, Chains, being Free, these are words that we have presubscribed meanings for, but what do they mean in the Sith Code? What IS Passion? What IS Strength? What IS Victory?

Most people I interact with see Passion as Love, passionate, exciting love, the exact thing the Jedi reject. But that can't be it, where's Palpatine's love? Where's Maul's? Where's Vader's?

Passion is obsession. The kind of obsession that will lead you to burning everything down if you don't get what you want. It's not letting anything stand between you and your goal, even if that thing is your goal itself.

Let's break the code down here.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion. We start with the obvious twist on the Jedi code, an immediate refutation of the Jedi's first line. It stands in opposition.

Through passion, I gain strength. We've already done Passion, it's a nice little dressing up of "Being a raging psycho"

Through strength, I gain power. Strength is often intermingled with power, but it's often spoken of interchangably with being able to set aside morals. The Sith isn't an amoral monster who just killed a bunch of kids, he's just STRONG enough to do what needed to be done

Through power, I gain victory. Power isn't a code word. Power is Power, Power is what it's all about and there's no hiding it. In the Sith way the only thing that matters is that you are powerful enough to kill your rivals and stand on top.

Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. I think the notions of breaking chains and being Free is the cleverest part of the Sith Code's propaganda kit. It's still seeing use in The Acolyte and it's still convincing people that the Sith are right, even when the guy who's calling for freedom mercs a child then and there.

The Sith are not misunderstood heroes. They're Nazis. They're facist might makes right would be autocrats trying to convince you they're right so you'll validate them and prove them right.

Sith Philosophy is self defeating. Following the Sith Code means you need to define yourself on your conflict, meaning your conflict can never end. For all its claims of being free and breaking chains you can never be free of what drives you or you will lose the strength it gives you. To break your chains you need to hold onto them tight, and you can never let them go.

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FROM THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 *  assorted dialogue from the tv show, adjust as necessary

enjoy the fights.

they say it lives here. they say it sleeps.

i know you're good at killing.

where did you get the armor?

i'm sure you call the shots where you come from, but 'round here, i'm the one who tells folks what to do.

take it off. or i will.

i'm prepared to pay you for the information.

i'm not leaving my fate up to chance.

thank you for coming to me.

give it to me now, or i will peel it off your corpse.

you must promise you won't kill me.

i promise that you will not die by my hand.

that wasn't part of the deal.

you don't understand what it was like.

i've got an idea. get its attention.

maybe we can work something out.

they might be open to some fresh ideas.

i hope someday our paths will cross again.

we've heard the stories.

what am i supposed to do with this?

am i under arrest?

you might be in luck.

oh, stop your crying. you'll rust.

i'm not a taxi service.

i paraphrased.

what can i say? i'm an excellent judge of character.

i'll let you know if i see any.

how much will it cost me?

thank you for letting me know. i'll get right on it.

what the hell are you doing?

this was not a part of the deal.

if you hadn't guessed, we're in a tight spot.

that old thing's gonna break apart in this atmosphere.

are you sure you won't join us?

there's something i need to do.

this is more than i signed up for.

that planet is cursed. anyone who goes there dies.

i can lead you to one of their kind.

do you copy?

put some tea on. we'll be up in a minute.

i'll let you live.

we've been hitting them pretty hard.

this was the best you could do?

were you able to eliminate them?

looks like we made it. get ready for landing.

according to records, you're quite a soldier. we could really use you.

that was some pretty impressive flying.

can i at least buy you a drink?

i believe you two have met.

i'm surprised to see this place is still standing.

i'll take my chances down here.

we'll watch the doors.

can we talk business?

i'm only here for repairs.

you wanna come back here and try this? be my guest!

i'm sure we can work something out.

i cannot train him.

you've seen what he can do.

i must get back to the village.

i've seen him do things i can't explain.

show yourself. i've been expecting you.

you will learn nothing from me.

surrender, or face the consequences.

we must find a way to free them.

my price is high.

i believe this is your payment.

you made me a promise, and i held up my end.

your bounty hunter failed.

if you want my armor, you'll have to peel it off my dead body.

i give my allegiance to no one.

nice shot.

you look like you've just seen a ghost.

you may think you have some idea of what you're in possession of, but you do not.

it's all the same to these people.

hey, i'm just a realist. i'm a survivor, just like you.

let's get one thing straight. you and i are nothing alike.

everybody's got their line they don't cross until things get messy.

you did what you had to do.

everybody thinks they want freedom, but what they really want is order.

we got company. hang on.

you get to the roof. i'll drop in and pull you out.

hey, if you want to accuse me of something, then just say it.

let's just say they might recognize my face.

you're not going alone. i'm coming with you.

that's not how this works.

that was some nice shooting back there.

wish i could say it looked good on you, but i'd be lying.

i can't go in there.

are you a jedi?

that's who you belong with.

may the force be with you.

you're a disgrace to your armor.

i've heard your voice thousands of times.

i thought you were dead.

don't be afraid.

drop your weapon.

don't worry about me. just be careful in there.

i need your help.

you're sparing my life?

open the doors.

i suggest you shut your mouth.

[rights4allmeansall]

you’re valid by the way. no matter what your sex, gender, race, ethnicity, appearance, height, weight, body type, skin tone, eye color, hair color, hair texture, disabilities, or conditions are. you’re valid. no matter what your abilities, tolerance levels, energy levels, or sensory perceptions are. you’re valid. no matter what your nationality is. or your language. or your culture, religion, spiritual beliefs, traditions, rituals, holidays or political ideologies are. you’re valid. no matter what your ancestry is, or your accent, or your dialect. if you’re not hurting anyone, it doesn’t matter. there’s nothing wrong with it. it doesn’t matter what your government does. you aren’t them. you aren’t your parents’ mistakes. you shouldn’t be judged by your enemies. your personality traits are perfect the way they are unless you genuinely want to change them—not because of what anyone else says or thinks—but because you see something you want to improve for nothing other than your own well-being. your emotional expression isn’t too much or not enough, it’s just right. your stress responses are okay. your coping mechanisms are valid. if you’re not harming anyone, & that includes yourself, don’t let anyone tell you anything. no matter your humor, style, risk tolerance, decision-making abilities, leadership style, work ethic, conflict resolution skills, problem-solving abilities, communication methods or love languages. it doesn’t matter that you haven’t figured it out or that it’s different than the norms or that others don’t understand it. it doesn’t matter if you’re a lot of something, a little, both, neither, or if it fluctuates. it doesn’t matter if no label fits so you invent your own. that makes it real, & that makes it valid. your orientation is valid. however you perceive romantic, sexual, & platonic love is valid. your relationship status is valid. your family structure, birth order, socioeconomic status, migration history, interests, hobbies, & passions are valid. no matter your activism involvement, volunteering history, criminal history, or education level—you are valid. you don’t owe anyone anything. your existence isn’t a crime, so your life doesn’t need to be a punishment. anyone who cares about your learning style, intelligence, legal knowledge, digital literacy, philosophy or whatever else is the problem, not you. your job, talents, skills, diy abilities, & how much drive you have don’t matter. what you drive doesn’t matter. how “far behind” you are doesn’t matter. it’s all enough. it’s just right. if you’re not hurting anyone, your preferences are valid. your media consumption, music taste, & collecting habits are valid. your geographic location means nothing. your awareness levels can always be improved, like everyone else’s, but they don’t need to be “fixed”. you’re not an object or a project. you aren’t broken, & you don’t need fixed. you should always strive to heal, but you should never be forced. your housing doesn’t matter. your fitness levels & dietary choices are valid as long as you’re doing the best you can with what you have, where you are, & what you know. your allergies are valid. your health practices, sleep patterns, & chronotype are valid. your identity is valid. whatever you say you are, if it’s not hurting you or anyone else, it’s valid. your beliefs, values, & priorities are valid. they’re yours, not anyone else’s. your superstitions are valid. whatever you have access to or don’t have access to, in your control or not, is not anyone else’s business as long as you’re not hurting anyone. how you express yourself, whatever your writing style is, your age & memory capacity—they’re all valid. they don’t make you better or worse than anyone else. you don’t deserve anything you’ve ever been through, you weren’t asking for it, & there’s nothing you could’ve done. your trauma is valid. whether it was a one time thing, repetitive, or all the time. whether you remember it or not. whether anyone believes you or not. whether you believe yourself or not. it’s valid. your social media use is valid. your

favorites, least favorites, likes, & dislikes are yours, not theirs. they can have a say, but you have no reason to listen. whatever your hopes, fears, joys, sadnesses, regrets, & fulfillments are, you deserve every good thing that’s ever existed & i will always be begging the universe to provide those things for you. if you’ve shifted, mini-shifted, attempted to shift, or have only thought about it—you’re valid. if you cosplay or role-play, you’re valid. no matter what species you are, if you aren’t hurting anyone, you’re valid. let all judgements fall on deaf ears unless they come from people who selflessly have your best interests at heart. & even then, hear them out, but decide what’s best for yourself as the only person that truly knows you at all. no matter what your goals, dreams, ambitions, or desires are, i hope if they’re beneficial to you at no harm to others, they all come true. i hope your nightmares cease & you can look in the mirror & you can be alone in your head in silence & it’s the most comfortable & safe place you’ve ever been. if you’re plural, i hope every single being in your system is the happiest they’ve ever been. i hope you find so many people that love you for you & you cut off all people who don’t. i hope all your worries, flaws, weaknesses, obstacles, & limitations only catapult you higher than you ever thought you could soar because of them. i hope you celebrate all of your strengths & accomplishments without thinking of what you could’ve done differently. i hope you don’t worry about the future & just enjoy the present. no matter how privileged you are, i hope you never feel invalid. no matter how problematic you are, i hope you never feel unloved. your mistakes don’t define you. your thoughts don’t define you. you can always grow, change, & be better tomorrow. no matter your relationships, connections, trusts, & conflicts, you deserve a community of people who uplift you, not who bring you down. no matter your routines, reactions, or adaptations. no matter your resources & diagnosis’ or lack thereof. no matter your pasts, presents, futures, or timelines. no matter your ecosystem, genetic variation, reproductive method, or lifespan. no matter the color of your skin, the depth of your heart, how hard you work, or how well you keep up—you’re valid just as you are, & you have nothing to apologize for. whether you show up, show out, stay in, or crash out, you’re entirely valid & nobody can ever change that, take it away from you, or make you question it unless you let them. whether you read or you don’t, you’re popular or you’re not, you’re on top of the world or shouldering all of it’s weight, it’s for you or against you—it’s your world, your life, & you have full power over who are & who you become. as long as you’re not hurting anyone without their consent, your identity is yours to do what you wish with freely, always, & you haven’t done anything wrong. if you have done something wrong, or a few things, or several, or many, or the majority of everything you’ve ever done has been wrong—intentional or not—it’s not too late, you’re not too lost, & this world has not lost it’s place for you, regardless of if you’ve ever found that place to begin with. it does exist, it is yours, & you have the right to come back whenever you’re ready to stop hurting & start healing. in my journey to change the world, i’m fighting for every single one of you. even if you hate me, don’t like me, or don’t know me. i love you from the bottom of my heart with the deepest love possible, i believe in you with every ounce of my being, & i will never ever give up on you or stop fighting for you. i want you happy, healthy, & safe at all times, & i’m here for you forever. so if you ever feel like you’re alone or the world would be better off without you, you’re wrong. the world is infinitely better for having you in it, even if you haven’t found your role or purpose just yet. you will. it’ll all be okay in the end. & if it’s not okay, then it’s not the end🫂❤️‍🩹

[catgirljaneway]

Voy + Textposts 17, Special ParisKim Showcase

(Voy + Textposts 16) + (Voy + Textposts 18)

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (WotC) - Galaxy at War - Mandalorian Protectors by Gonzalo Flores

[skullzanta]

IT HAS BEGUN. THE GREAT SKELETON WAR... AND THIS TIME... WE INTEND TO WIN... RATHER THAN LET T H E M FORGET US....

[clarisse-la-rue-now]

Open Starter

Clarisse was in the training area, practically abusing the dummies. I mean, they were LITERALLY in pieces. You walk, noticing the unfortunate... state of the area. You tap Clarisse on the shoulder, which causes her to press the tip of her spear against your neck.

"What do you need? I'm busy."

[prokopetz]

I know a lot of people didn't like it for understandable reasons but I really enjoyed 4th Ed dnds combat. Although this comes from a long time warhammer enjoyer. My current fave rpg is lancer which probabaly tells you about my proclivites

(BTW is tiny frog wizards compatible with like salamanders, newts and axolotl and other such small amphibians?)

From the perspective of pure design, Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition is probably the finest piece of work Wizards of the Coast has ever produced, and among the more accomplished examples of game design in the hobby as a whole. A certain subset of the hobby have made it a cornerstone of their personalities to performatively disapprove of what 4E does, but it does it very well.

(Also, the extent to which 4E was poorly regarded for its content is greatly exaggerated. I go into the timeline of events in some detail in this post here; the short version is that the greater part of the 4E "edition war" sprang from a marketing strategy by one of WotC's competitors, which ended up succeeding beyond their expectations due to a series of clownshoes blunders by Hasbro regarding 4E's rollout, promotion and licensing – a lot of people forget that the recent business with the OGL 1.1 isn't the first time Hasbro has attempted that particular brand of fuckery! The perception that 4E was disliked because it was badly designed is largely the product of a tiny but highly vocal core of edition-warring grognards taking advantage of the fact that most people don't remember the real reasons that 4E commercially underperformed to push a false narrative.)

[exosciences]

my favorite thing about loyalty missions in mass effect 2, aside from how absurd of a concept they are already, is that none of them are made equally

like on the one hand you have missions like mordin’s, which require you to make the extremely difficult decision of whether or not to keep the research results that could potentially cure the genophage, which will have MASSIVE implications for the inevitable clash between the krogan and turians/salarians in the near future

and on the other hand you’ve got people like jacob who show up and go “my dad sucks” and then you find his dad go “wow your dad SUCKS lol put this man UNDER the jail” and now jacob will survive the swarm of alien bees 20 hours from now

[kaaya-d]

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (FFG) - Edge of the Empire - Suns of Fortune - CR92a Assassin-class corvette attacks a Zann Consortium PB-950 patrol boat