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Tweak says, "BIG O! And ACTION!"

Billy Kaplan (demiurging) wrote in valloic,
@ 2023-08-24 10:20:00

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!: network post, critical role: caleb widogast, fantasy high: adaine abernant, marvel: billy kaplan, marvel: kamala khan, marvel: teddy kaplan-altman, original character: cayden yarrow, original character: deleneios armen, original character: eliphas grimsbane, the raven cycle: adam parrish, ₴ inactive: kellach donallen, ₴ inactive: mike wheeler, ₴ inactive: tommy shepherd, ₴ inactive: wanda maximoff

So, right, I run a Dungeons and Dragons group that's been going on for awhile (it's a tabletop role-playing game) (which is basically storytelling while getting into conflicts) (we're always taking new players, I can teach you, go to Mike's store for dice) but sometimes I like trying new games because one sheet games are easier for everyone to learn as there's literally like, three rules to learn and it's a good way to get started or try a new genre. I tried to play Lasers & Feelings with Teddy, but it turns out that when you're the long prophesized ruler of two forever warring races (thank you Kree, thank you Skrulls) who actually has to sit through hours long meetings with diplomatic envoys, it takes the fun out of roleplaying in space.

So, Feng Shui 2 is like playing a character in the most Michael Bay John Cena Dwayne The Rock Johnson Jason Momoa Jason Statham Whoever is the New James Bond John Wick Hey We Need Other Gender Representation Up In Action Movies cinematic masterpiece of all time. Think every action star cliché you can think of, and then put all of those characters in a movie with an unlimited CGI budget. Who are you? The grizzled veteran sucked in one last time? The child of a recently deceased famous parent come to make your parent proud?

For everyone who has always wanted to put on sunglasses while slo-mo walking away from an exploding building or pulled a helicopter out of the air by sheer brute strength, or said a quippy one liner before becoming a blur of martial arts, this is the game for you. Give me your action star name, your cliche/trope, and your signature move/catchphrase, and let's go save the world.

I don't have an official day yet, I figure when I find out who's interested I'll send out a few dates and we can pick whatever works best--and if there's a big demand we can make different groups by who is available when, I don't mind. As per usual, there will be snacks because if there's not food, Tommy will riot.

Teds

So the fighting made me think

Do you miss

Or maybe you don't miss because you're doing it

You were a better superhero than me

But maybe I sort of

What if

Hi.

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demiurging
2023-08-24 04:54 pm UTC (link)

Sure, so, okay, hold on, I'm getting really excited about TTRPG history and I need to breathe.

So before there was this system, there were (and still are) other role-playing games, and the creator of D&D played and he played in a group that called themselves the Castle & Crusade Society. When this guy went to create a more elaborate storytelling system, to honor his original group (and to make it more fantasy appropriate), he tweaked the name to be Dungeons and Dragons--the first adventures were all about those two things. Now, they're about basically everything, sometimes there are no dungeons and no dragons, sometimes there are only dungeons and dragons, but that's the short story.

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	hellstrider 2023-08-24 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	Please, do not pass out on my account. Is there a place I can read the long story? And it is always this role-playing game? You can imagine I am a little disappointed about the lack of actual dragons. We have a very rich and complicated history. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bendreality 2023-08-24 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	Usually, you have to fight the dragons. Sometimes you hide from them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hellstrider 2023-08-24 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, see. Not loving the fighting them part. We're usually nice until provoked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bendreality 2023-08-24 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Do you speak for all dragons, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hellstrider 2023-08-24 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	As one, I think I can make a good case for a lot of them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bendreality 2023-08-24 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	Are you a shapeshifter? Metallic dragon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hellstrider 2023-08-24 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	A shapeshifter implies I had a choice. But nothing metallic about me. Is that something from your world? Are your dragons for some reason shiny? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bendreality 2023-08-24 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Forced polymorph? Ja - gold, brass, bronze, silver, copper dragons. They all have shapeshifting abilities when they age. Red, white, blue, black, and green dragons tend to be more combative on the whole, but cannot shapeshift. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hellstrider 2023-08-24 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	Going to assume polymorph is a form of shapeshifting for you. But forced, sure. It's my punishment for some uncouth behavior in my youth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bendreality 2023-08-24 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	That is how I turn into one occasionally, ja. It is learned magic. You pissed off the wrong person? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mutable 2023-08-24 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	~~After all this tim~~ Even human prisons have access to libraries, Deleneios. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)