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Three modes of feelings toward characters as the writer is writing them:

These fuckers (affectionate)

These fuckers (annoyed)

These fuckers (literal)

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yeah okay sure you're a cosmic being beyond human comprehension. im a comic being beyond human comprehension. and they love me

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Showing off the baby. Photo from my collection, undated.

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When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

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I ❤️ kitten bros. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

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Look at how photogenic my friend's cat is

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Lolth and her lesser known siblings Lmaoth and Roflth

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The James

He escaped his Bonds

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I'm learning the hard way that DMs on Reddit are woefully lacking in imagination. I'm running the Tomb of Annihilation and I have a player with the Death Curse, so I'm trying to find ways to make that interesting, or at least not just kill them outright.

I'm being told that I should just let them die.

Like, really? All my instincts are screaming to me that there's a way to make this cool, even if death will be the end. They're a paladin, maybe I could get their god involved? Could lycanthropy help them out? Vampirism? Maybe I could build a magic item that would slow down the effects? How would any of this work mechanically in a way that respects how deadly the curse is while also giving the player some new options?

Is there anyone on here whose run the module and handled a similar situation, or just has a cool idea I can riff off of?

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this may shock the viewer but I actually do prefer the temporary violence the bourgeoisie will suffer in the event of a revolution over the unending and worse violence the working class suffers every day just to maintain the status quo

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Patiently waiting for bird videos to be invented. Photo from my collection, 1956.

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oopsie! You got a bit too manic about a creative project too close to bedtime and now your brain is too awake to sleep. One million dead 10 morbillion injured

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Portrait of a loaf. Ca. 1865 - 1880. Source.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF THERE IS AN ALIEN IN MY HOUSE

WHAT DO I DO

IT IS YOWLING IN A STRANGE LANGUAGE

IT IS LEAVING BITS OF ITS FUR-COVERING EVERYWHERE

IT HAS SHARP CLAWS AND IT’S USING THEM AGAINST MY SOFA

IT PERIODICALLY RUNS IN CIRCLES THROUGH ALL THE ROOMS BUT I SEE NOTHING FOR IT TO FLEE FROM

IT IS SHOWING PREDATORY BEHAVIOR TOWARD SMALL INANIMATE OBJECTS

Ahahaha just kidding I just wanted an excuse to show off a picture of my cat because I think he’s adorable! April fools!

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Bap bap bap! Ca. 1917 - 1927. Source.

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