[Tiste Simeon]

Klopp leaving the bin dippers, here's hoping they crash and burn without him!

[Fid]

The return of Hetan (and the generous help from Imperial Historian to sort out access again
)

[Hetan]

Imperial Historian, on 18 January 2024 - 08:22 AM, said:

I got engaged 😁

Congrats Dan!
We are very happy for you both and wish all the best....
.......and I am looking at hats right now....

Thanks for the help today!

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Woo!

[Tiste Simeon]

Hetan! Jolly good to see you!

[Imperial Historian]

Welcome back!

[Abyss]

Hetan, on 01 February 2024 - 10:45 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 18 January 2024 - 08:22 AM, said:

I got engaged 😁

Congrats Dan!
We are very happy for you both and wish all the best....
.......and I am looking at hats right now....

Thanks for the help today!

Geez we're just letting anyone in these days, huh?
😁

[Hetan]

It's like an itch you can't quite reach..... Malazan.

Thank you - missed y'all, ye wee tinkers...

[Fid]

Must be time for a reunion….

[Macros]

sold

[Macros]

Making me happy

I'm DMing for our group now, still wildly inconsistent, and anyone who ever played any of my mafia games knows how heavily I like to stack the board, BUT, I had a brain fart mind blan and was convinced the encounter I was chucking them into was for level 4, and battered on, it was very combat heavy, granted the fools barged into every room and triggered every NPC attack, somehow all at once, I had to fudge off 2 or 3 vine bights to stop a TPK.....because I realised it was for Level 6 characters and felt bad

ha

but they survived

3 twig bights, 2 vine bights, 7 orcs, anchorite of talos (he didnt lightning bolt, nice DM) all at once, party of 3

"survived"

[Maark Abbott]

Macros, on 05 February 2024 - 10:23 PM, said:

Making me happy

I'm DMing for our group now, still wildly inconsistent, and anyone who ever played any of my mafia games knows how heavily I like to stack the board, BUT, I had a brain fart mind blan and was convinced the encounter I was chucking them into was for level 4, and battered on, it was very combat heavy, granted the fools barged into every room and triggered every NPC attack, somehow all at once, I had to fudge off 2 or 3 vine bights to stop a TPK.....because I realised it was for Level 6 characters and felt bad

ha

but they survived

3 twig bights, 2 vine bights, 7 orcs, anchorite of talos (he didnt lightning bolt, nice DM) all at once, party of 3

"survived"

This is good DMing. You fudged it a little, realised and didn't let the party suffer for a DM mistake. It's easily done but it's how you handle it that makes the difference.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Macros, on 05 February 2024 - 10:23 PM, said:

Making me happy

I'm DMing for our group now, still wildly inconsistent, and anyone who ever played any of my mafia games knows how heavily I like to stack the board, BUT, I had a brain fart mind blan and was convinced the encounter I was chucking them into was for level 4, and battered on, it was very combat heavy, granted the fools barged into every room and triggered every NPC attack, somehow all at once, I had to fudge off 2 or 3 vine bights to stop a TPK.....because I realised it was for Level 6 characters and felt bad

ha

but they survived

3 twig bights, 2 vine bights, 7 orcs, anchorite of talos (he didnt lightning bolt, nice DM) all at once, party of 3

"survived"

Seconding Maark's comment!

The dice may giveth and taketh away.... but so does a good DM when the circumstances warrant it. Adapting is a key skill!

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[Tsundoku]

Neeeeeerds.

In other news, wargaming has been added to the list of "sports" we can choose from for our Thursday afternoon sport at my work. A few of the guys are trying to get TTRPGs added to the list as they can represent "tactical teamwork" or some other buzzword shite. Hey, if it works, it ain't stupid.

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[Maark Abbott]

Yeah if the parties fucks it on bad dice rolls that's the game, but if you've made an oopsie as DM that could compromise the game (i.e. an overleveled encounter) then being merciful to the players is definitely a big strength.

Our DM did that a couple of times because we were a new set of players, at one point we were drowning in an undersea city that had flooded and I on the cuff said I'm gonna implore my god to help, and he'd not planned for it at all but just rolled with it (I fucked the dice roll and we drowned kek).

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Our DM is similar. He's a very "there are consequences" type because as he puts it otherwise there are no stakes, but he will give us a way to solve any big problems too.

Mind you we did wake up an undead frost giant at the end of last session. Took 55 damage from my Circle of Stars druid and the reaction was "insignificant". I may well still end up reporting back that we're all dead

[Cause]

Thought this might be the most appropriate place for this without starting a thread.

Anyone been to europe or anywhere on a contikki tour? I like that its organised, planned out and will hit a lot of highlights but it also seems maybe too fast paced and can I really see a country or even a city in a day? Should I travel all over europe for two weeks or do one week in Italy/Rome and one week in say France/Paris instead.

[Maark Abbott]

Wife started new job today.

[Hetan]

I'm planning a trip ... NZ Later this year. Looking for any recommendations that involve crispy peking duck and chicken dhansak...North or South Island

[Abyss]

Cause, on 12 February 2024 - 02:58 AM, said:

Thought this might be the most appropriate place for this without starting a thread.

Anyone been to europe or anywhere on a contikki tour? I like that its organised, planned out and will hit a lot of highlights but it also seems maybe too fast paced and can I really see a country or even a city in a day? Should I travel all over europe for two weeks or do one week in Italy/Rome and one week in say France/Paris instead.

Contiki -

Good: Near zero stress, everything is planned for you. Show up, follow group. Hang out w your sixteen new bestest friends. Get drunk. Meet the temporary love of your life. See almost everything significant in each location.

Bad: See 'everything', briefly. Want to linger? Can't, we're on a schedule, bus is leaving. Don't feel like partying every night? FOMO. Find out about a neat little side excursion off the beaten track? Nope, bus is leaving, bar at our next stop opens at 6. Want to wander and find a charming place to eat? ...k have fun everyone else is eating at the ok place that feeds the bus driver for free.

Having done solo travel and contiki-style (not specificaly contiki tho i know enough people who did that i'm comfortable w my opinion), i know that i prefer solo because i set my plan, and I can meet people almost anywhere where no one is shooting at me. W Contiki, no, you cannot see a country or a city in a day (other than Monaco), but you can see the highlights and move on, it works and it's typically fun and you know what you're getting. You will almost certainly enjoy yourself. You will see less than you expected. There are smaller tour groups that offer more flex, or shorter tours that leave you a few days to solo.

Two weeks is too short to travel 'all over Europe'. I'd pick a few countries, close together, that i really want to see and plan that. I don't think Rome needs a week, you could do Rome, Florence, and Siena very nicely in a week - Rome for a day, the Vatican for a day, Florence for two, Siena/Tuscany for two, w a brief stop in Pisa for the stupid tower. I could spend a week in Florence, but that's just me. Paris w suburbs and museums could easily fill a week.