(I don't know him) maybe Joe knew the end of was near but knew her unhinged overly parasocial fans would make his life hell if he did break up with her first and maybe even knew odds were he would be replaced by somebody or another and just bided time and that's his only crime (besides the marriage thing)
But also not wanting to marry someone isn't a crime either, I don't know what went on in his or her mind when they were together or how the dynamic was but swifties acting like not marrying her was offensive is so funny to me lol
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Anyway I’m a big believer in natural consequences
Like, for example, our dear rogues today
Both of them were told, separately and together, that the party would be spending the night at the ruler’s manor to discuss a job in the morning
(Drow rogue’s player missed the last two sessions so he got lost during a dramatic fight and had to be recovered, so he was told separately that his friends would be back soon and they’d all stay the night)
And, well
Our dear halfling rogue also has the ADHD, and pretty regularly forgets important details like “sneak up those stairs to whisper what we saw to the party”
(He got to the top, forgot why he came, and yelled back down the stairs to ask what he was meant to be doing
I love him with every part of my soul he’s secretly my favourite
He’s also the one who decided to assert that the ranger isn’t fucking her dire wolf companion, not because no one was, but because he personally was fucking the dire wolf and he’s not sharing
He is not fucking the dire wolf there was no need for this)
So you can guess what happened right after halfling rogue found drow rogue once the rest of the party went to bed
Halfling explained 3-4 times that the rest of the party went back to their inn, in a city they teleported from
The other players made distressed noises and tried to correct him every single time
But the rogues were ass deep in Thee most generic schlocky “your needs are more important than mine” shounen ass scene of all time, and Did Not Listen
Partner’s leaning in beside me whispering to let them just get it done and then send them to bed
But you see
I also have ADHD
And I like natural consequences
And drow rogue in particular needs to learn to pay attention beyond their current YA trope of the day, we all know halfling rogue is doing his goddamn best but he’s also down to commit to the bit with me
Literally everyone in our 8-person party tried to correct them on where to go, including me twice
We had three separate scenes about people being shown to their rooms, or asking to be led to their rooms
We described the hallway and the wing in detail, the number of doors, that all but one of them would have their own rooms (because the drow rogue got left behind and the ruler didn’t see him)
My mercy has limits and my desire for crack does not
So they go, find someone to teleport them, and go back to the inn
And don’t notice til morning that none of their friends are here cuz they rolled garbage insight and assumed their roomie probably bunked with the others instead so they wouldn’t wake him
And then got a Sending-text from the warlock asking where the heck they are since they have a job to do
The cleric had to go collect them they wanted to walk after I told them it was a full day’s ride on horseback
(To be fair this might be because their horses are eldritch abominations that our halfling rogue is fucking terrified of and the party did witness them stomping a demon that nearly killed the barbarian to death the night before)
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I do think there's a funny observation to be made as Elder Scrolls 6 becomes more of a possibility
At least in my corners of the Internet I've seen a general pessimism over it, from those who've followed the trajectory of TES as a whole, with the continued dumbing down of RPG elements into what might be a nothing burger of a game like Starfield
And I just think that's so funny because clearly someone at Bethesda thinks that simple and minimalistic is the way to go with game mechanics and story. Have a wide swimming pool, but keep it shallow
Meanwhile Baldur's Gate was made with the exact opposite ethos and not only is it one of the most critically acclaimed games ever but it also attracted a wide fan base including a good number of people who don't typically play "complicated" RPGs.
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weird request for anyone whos ever had any interest in mythical creatures or folklore monsters or cryptids;
now is your time to rant about your favorite monster. I want more mythical creatures to put in the Bet on the Crown au. So far I have humans, faes, endermen, hybrids, elves, demons, mermaids, gods, demigods, whatever tf George is (i’ll tell you about him later hes weird) and I’m probably gonna make weird shadow shapeshifter people a thing, too, but i want more. Any suggestions welcome, i will do my best to respond to all of them, and if i really like the suggestion i may pick a character for that creature and draw it lol.
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