Galaxy Gaming Gear

Just your friendly neighbourhood manufacturer of gaming tokens, dungeon tiles and other gaming accessories. #dnd #ttrpg #pathfinder #rpg

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@xriskology Fear, greed and confirmation bias are great tools for running a con. I am less concerned about ASI than I am about fools making decisions based on word association programs.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@xriskology They have also said things like white collar work will be eliminated within 12 months months or that AGI is only a year or two away. Altman, Musk et al are just engaging in a Kansas City shuffle. Get folks worried about ASI while they continue to loot investors and taxpayers.

[RŌNIN @ronin21btc]

I wasted my entire life because nobody told me this as a kid

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@alexarriaga__ Also Horror in the High Desert and its sequel and Savageland.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@alexarriaga__ Noroi and Butterfly Kisses are both fun mockumentary horrors.

[Star Wars Holocron @sw_holocron]

ANDOR writer Dan Gilroy has released a statement critiquing the Trump administration and commenting on the parallels between the show and Disney’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

“As one of the writers on the Disney+ drama Andor, we spent six years thinking about a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about ordinary beings as an authoritarian regime comes in for the kill. Many people saw parallels between Andor and the real world. I see them as well, particularly in the events of the last week.

Donald Trump’s tools of governance, coercion and intimidation, have found focus on Hollywood. Faced with a social media firestorm, fear, and an FCC head threatening “they can do this the easy way or hard way,” Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel for speaking his mind. I deeply disagree but acknowledge it was a difficult decision. If you believe otherwise, wait until fate knocks on your door and demands you choose between conscience and hardship — because if you work in this industry that day is coming.

The suspension bought time, but not much. Disney now stands at a crossroads: terminate Kimmel’s contract and become pavement for the road to a brave new Trumpian world; or stand for the First Amendment and take the onslaught. There’s not much at stake, just free speech, the oxygen that sustains life in this town.

Trump’s aim is to control what we make and say. The concept seems far off and abstract. Neither is true. Is it hard to conjure a new oversight office or cabinet seat? Is it difficult to picture Trump toadies deplaning at LAX with binders of banned topics and mandated alternatives? You’ll meet them when you have to pitch for approval or get grilled about subversive co-workers.
Regardless of how the jack-booted attack on Jimmy Kimmel is resolved, this isn’t a skirmish. It’s a siege. The first thing Putin did after taking power was silence shows that criticized him. Artists are censored first because they fear us most. The fact this isn’t new doesn’t diminish the shock of the last few days. The majority in Hollywood believed their job was entertainment — the bolder souls attempted to inject theme and commentary — but for everyone this has suddenly become Westworld real.

Whether you’re reading this on line at Blue Bottle or killing time before your 3 o’clock Zoom or staring at a glowing screen unable to sleep, we have all become characters in a story where our actions carry actual weight and consequence. Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history. There’s no standing above this conflict. No impartial observers. If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it.

Their goal is to instill fear, to make you feel helpless, hopeless, to break you down. Don’t let them. Educate yourself. Organize. Speak truth to authority. Because the story’s not written — the pen is in your hand.”

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@GaryD20Games @Rasilio2112 Probably the best balance of detail versus complexity for a random sampling of players if you want to move away from more traditional D&D type of play.

Lethal as written though, definitely makes violence a choice.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@Rasilio2112 @GaryD20Games *parrying. Rolemaster does a lot of this but comes off as intimidating (it’s really not bad, just front loaded for difficulty). Harn wasn’t bad either as I recall. Basic Roleplayin/runequest et al are good for using a combination of HP/wounds.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@Rasilio2112 @GaryD20Games While not my favourite method HP work when people remember that they represent luck, strain, and defensive ability. Systems that track wounds and stress should also have active defenses like pairing and other ways to mitigate risk in combat. WFRP has handled this pretty well imo.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@uncle_deluge Apophenia probably describes the act of assigning meaning/pattern to it. don’t know if there’s a name for the actual practice/method though

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@CaptGraybeard13 A curse of correctness. Those who serve him slowly come to believe that he is right in all things, even when presented with proof he is wrong. It starts with those who spend the most time with him but spreads until he rules a kingdom of absolutely loyal but delusional subjects.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@Majora__Z Thanks for this! I wonder how often the examples people have to work from are either poorly understood replicas or ceremonial/decorative examples mistaken for the practical tool. I suspect that the style of fighting with these might have been pretty distinct as well.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@GaryD20Games Mechanics set the tone and pace of a game as well as informing players of what to expect in play. It all interacts too much to separate cleanly. I think of it more as mechanics being the bones and roleplaying provides the muscle.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@DungeonNoir Stormbringer 4th edition and Stormbringer 4th edition : )

Not RPG settings but I wish they were:

Malazan, in GURPS or Rolemaster (probably 2e, maybe RMSS)

Earwa (R Scott Bakker) in Riddle of Steel of Balde of the Iron Throne.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@ForestedDepth @Ganglosaxonnne I’m curious about the horse decap, i suspect that the story is embellished but weird things do happen when people are swinging sharp stuff.

I would love to see less dramatic demos of various unusual weapons! Most of what I can find out there is in the History Channel hype vein.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@ForestedDepth @Ganglosaxonnne So long as the wood tapers well toward the blade it might be not an issue. Blade cuts, wood acts like a wedge widening the path opened by the obsidian, like the geometry of an axe.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@A_DungeonDelver I did forget to take into account the target’s size (I’m usually a GM so default target is PC sized). In the case of the Tarrasque (50’ long, incl tail?) it’s probably around 15’ or so wide. So if the wall is centered over its body call it 20-22ft to dodge with a 3-5ft margin.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@A_DungeonDelver If the area of the wall is 135 sqare feet then i think it may not be that hard to get out of the way. A roughly square wall would be 11.6 ft on a side. The most movement you would need to dodge it would be say 7’ just to be safe. Unless I misunderstood the size.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@DungeonNoir Black Mountainside, The Empty Man, Spring are all (relatively) recent and have good cosmic/lovecraftian vibes.

From Beyond is a fun one from the 80s.

[Galaxy Gaming Gear @Galaxy_Tokens]

@Grand_DM The editions are far enough apart to be completely different systems. I would use the same approach I do with any new system: describe the tone and intent of the campaign and the system being used. Provide examples of differences in method and outcome. Run pre-gens as a tutorial.