Brett King DM

Dungeon Master, Ravenloft Author, Steampunk, Cosplayer, Convention Organizer, Artist, he/him, my views are my own

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@oldyzach @micro_prose Silent Service

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@YoDanno @GaryCon @akaWorf @ThatKevinSmith @lukegygax @matthewmercer I’m making a custom Mimic topper to donate to the auction

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@BDaveWalters @HellcowKeith @GaryCon @dndinacastle I’ll see you in your game on Friday night!

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@thiseffingm In the new rules, the ghouls will have to gang up on one PC to be scary. Paralyze with the first ghouls, the rest of the ghouls feast on the paralyzed PC with multi-attack bites

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@mikemearls I was really hoping the new MM would increase the damage by monsters, not decrease it. I’m curious whether the changes to the Cube are a design philosophy change or a one-off for that monster

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@HellcowKeith The Shards of Eberron soundtrack, of course!

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

Re: UHC investigation, from Police Chief Maddrey: “An incident like this happens, we don’t spare any expense.” In case anyone needed to see it stated out loud that with police investigations, just like insurance-based healthcare, outcomes are proportionate to incomes

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

3rd-party or non-voters - We have lived this story before. In each case, 3rd parties were enough to sway the elections. Progressive gains were rolled back, not moved forward. Please consider what you or your marginalized friends have to lose, not just what you’re failing to gain.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

I have a confession and a plea to folks who are flirting with voting Jill Stein.

When I was a 20 year old college student in 2000, I voted for Ralph Nader instead of Al Gore. I loved the progressive message Nader offered, and Bush and Gore seemed kinda the same to someone who was paying peripheral attention.

I've regretted that vote for my entire adult life.

Ultimately, George Bush won by a margin of 500+ votes in the state of Florida over Gore. And that was the ballgame. Ralph Nader peeled 97,000+ votes away from Gore. If only 600 of those 90,000 had voted for the major party candidate that more aligned with their values, things would have been very different.

When I was in my senior year of college, 9/11 happened. The country and western world rallied around Bush's resolute response to the traumatizing terror attacks. I was in NY at the time, and it was a terrifying moment for the nation.

But the consequences of Bush being in office at that moment were immense.

Bush's disdain for his dad's nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, led him to invent a rationale to invade a country that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. End result? He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people, thousands of American troops, and spent over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money in the process.

Beyond the completely immoral and indefensible Iraq War, Bush was a complete disaster as a president. His "No Child Left Behind" effort turned public schools into standardized testing centers. He tripled down on fossil fuels and ignored climate change. His tax cuts for the rich helped contribute to the 2008 economic downturn that led to the Great Recession.

He was a terrible president.

In an alternate reality, Al Gore would have been president in 2001 when terrorists attacked America. Would he have gone into Iraq? Absolutely not. Would he have ignored global warming? 100% no! Gore was perhaps the preeminent proponent of fighting climate change at that time. Would he have passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy? No way.

This is a sliding doors scenario. What would have happened? We can't be sure. But one thing is for sure: those votes for Ralph Nader (in Florida in particular) were EXCEPTIONALLY consequential for the lives of millions around the world. Gore would have offered a more forward-facing, environmentally conscious & peaceful presidency that wasn't so rooted in grievance and privilege.

My point is:

Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the election. That is a fact. You might feel the need to submit a "protest vote" as I did in 2000.

Just be ready to wear it when Donald Trump wins, strips away reproductive rights from all Americans, implements an economy-destroying tariff, dismantles the entire federal government, eliminates the Department of Education, prosecutes his perceived enemies, and devolves America into chaos.

There are no perfect choices. But rest assured, there are only two.

Trust me - I've been wearing my vote for a quarter century.

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@YoDanno And yet, I saw so many of them back in the day. Lot of lucky players back then.

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@optionalrule What this actually shows is a dwarf breaking his own jaw with the butt of a shotgun. Must have failed his Int check on using this strange unknown device.

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

I scored 16/16 on MIST-16. Test your misinformation susceptibility now! What is #YourMIST? 🧐 https://t.co/nUzcihjIDt #misinformation #fakenews

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@VP Please get to North Carolina now! We need federal help, and you need to be visible in providing it!

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@ChristianLindke @Gingerblast That’s not true. I have a copy of Braunstein rules/characters that I purchased from Wesley at Gary Con. I believe a third party licensed them from him and published them. I can look up specifics when I get home.

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

Everybody loves beholders

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

Today’s model- El modelo de hoy

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@tibermoon @arcanelibrary I got to play it at GaryCon. Very easy to pickup, and fun to play

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So excited to my new Beholder Royale game at Gary Con next weekend! Eight beholders go in, but only one can be the Ultimate Tyrant! #garycon

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@MadameDM_DND I ran one with 5th level PCs where it was basically a Godzilla movie. The party had to break a dam to wash it back down into the hole it came out of, rather than defeat it directly

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@MadameDM_DND I’m running a “Beholder Royale” game at GaryCon where everyone plays a beholder, fighting for the title of Ultimate Tyrant.

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@MelJRey My number one piece of advice to new players is find a reason for your character to work with your party on the mission. Many new players want to play the wild card, and it disrupts the experience for everyone else.

[Brett King DM @BrettKingSTEAM]

@MadameDM_DND @DriveThruRPG It’s a fantastic game - the RPGA Living Death campaign based on it was one of my favorites