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xhsvufbsosb the FACES in this chapter are SOOOO GOOOD!!!!!

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People joke about how silly the idea of being an atheist in a Dungeons & Dragons style fantasy setting is, but if you think about it, empirical proof of a supernatural being’s existence doesn’t tell you anything in particular in a setting like that, does it?

There are lots of creatures in a D&D style fantasy setting that could credibly pull off impersonating a god in a way that your average human would have no reasonable way of fact-checking – and I’m not just talking about supernatural con artists, though there is that.

D&D proposes a milieu in which there’s a whole ecosystem of things that magically pretend to be other things.

Imagine being a D&D cleric and discovering one day that the thing you’ve been worshipping and that grants you your magical powers is actually just a really big mimic, is what I mean to say.

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How to understand D&D kobolds:

You know that meme that’s like “the reason housecats are so pissy is because they’re nature’s perfect killing machine stuck in a one-foot-tall body”?

Kobolds are basically that, except instead of lions and tigers, the apex predator whose ego and killer instinct have been squished down into a tiny, faintly ridiculous form factor is a fucking dragon.

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More inadvisable ways to introduce a new player character mid-dungeon, bait and switch edition:

A new character with almost but not quite identical stats and appearance comes hurrying up to the party, insisting that you’re the real [name], and the [name] everyone knew was an imposter; when informed that they died just before you arrived, cryptically remark that this isn’t the first time they’ve pulled that trick  

A character who nobody recognises speaks up from the party’s midst, acting like they expect to be familiar to the party; if questioned, claim that you’re the deceased character’s personal assistant, and that you’ve been here the entire time, then digress into a rant about how nobody every notices the help  

Following the next encounter, the party discovers a large, ornate treasure chest, which proves to contain nothing but your character, bound and gagged; once released, any complaint regarding the lack of gold and jewels should naturally be met with dramatic indignation at the implication that you’re not treasure enough  

The target the party has been sent to slay unexpectedly greets them warmly, explaining there’s been an awful misunderstanding: you’re not the true master of the dungeon, you’ve just been mistaken for the prophesied Lord of Evil, and you’d very much like to make your exit before the monsters figure it out  

[Spellcaster only] Your original character is revealed upon death to be a fraud with no magical powers, who had merely been impersonating a member of their ostensible character class; any spell effects you seemed to produce in fact originated from a heretofore-unsuspected accomplice: your horse

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Local heartthrob (allegedly) finally realizes how many love rivals he has.

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a collection of my favorite Marinette’ superhero costumes.

I think she is the best designer, all her costume designs are just incredible and beautiful, I envy her.

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Republicans were all groomed. Epstein got them all with underage girls. Russia has the receipts.

Trump used the footage to leverage submission to MAGA. Russia leveraged, too.

How do you get so many varied conservatives from so many varied parts of the country to agree so easily? Blackmail. Billions of blackmail.

Follow the money.

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occasionally I am struck dumb by the sublime beauty of the world in the small moments, you know?

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Bestest man goes through worstest day.

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Possibly hidden room

"I mean, maybe you can see it? But maybe you can't. It's one of THOSE rooms, you know?" "What"

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