Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

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Spider Man, Spider Man!
Does whatever a spider can
The time is out of joint, o wicked spite
That ever he was born to set it right
Look out, here comes the Spider Man!

Theoretically I just want 45 out of office, Pence out and the GOP’s reputation so ruined nobody votes for the fuckers again.

But I wish there were a way to ditch them based on shitty tax policy, trading National Park land, pushing an unmerited SCOTUS justice, turning the EPA into an anti-environment organization, siding with Nazis, elevating a relative non entity to an unchallengeable SS, etc faster than “wait for 2020.” I would like to see them go down for the real stuff.

And we say we’re in love with everything
And we say we’re in love with all of it
And we lie. Love to lie.

Somewhere in time and space there’s a boy who still looks like a teenager, fresh out of UM, who just didn’t get into Dartmouth for grad school, listening to mostly music from the seventies and unsure what might happen in the future, although he’s started drawing again for the first time since he was 10. This poor schmuck is about to be completely hammered by life.

Was I ever him? He’s like a ghost who appears whenever I listen to Elton John or Fleetwood Mac.

I suppose I should be happy doing nothing but if the database is gonna be down can I draw at my desk?

Seriously, if my schools or parents had encouraged me towards music or art, or if they’d taught me anything as assiduously as they taught me that I was trapped and so assigned being the bad person role, where would I be right now?

Seriously it’s taken so much time and energy to get this un-fucked, and I still definitely have issues. But having not fucked me up this badly would have been such a small energetic cost.

Love 2 ride BART and get that feeling of being a disposable source of someone else’s income, first thing in the morning.

Started a batch of #drawings today, but the only one I really tightened up was a Blood Bowl picture!

Speaking of songs which double as tear-jerkers;

The “Let It Be Naked” album is hugely good, it’s way better than “Let It Be.” But “Two of Us” and “Across the Universe” on that album are so much... Ann Arbor, about this time of year actually, back when I was younger, and the world seemed so completely new and full of promise.

Subtoot, pooptoot;

Popeye version of “In the Navy.” Ya can sails da seven seas, in da Navy, y’can put y’mind at ease!

Lady, couldya be less unceasingly critical or maybe tell me I’ve gotten something right for a change? My entire world before I left for college worked a lot like this so I dislike it intensely AND CONSIDERING YOUR ASS WON’T BE AROUND FOR MONTH END CLOSE, and mine will be, maybe y’can throttle back a little.

Let’s *not* listen to Modest Mouse’s “Coyotes,” and suddenly tear up at the point where, in the video, she’s on the Max dreaming about the forest.

DEATHBLEP *throws up the horns *

The Queen of Cat-kind, at the Council of All Mammals, pleaded her case that the Phorusrhacos or even a Tyrannosaurus might return if her people did not stalk birdies and beg for chicken.

When 2e came out, I was in a hybrid game for a while which used some of Unearthed Arcana's rules since we weren't that well off and getting new rules books was a slow process - I played a cavalier.

By a different definition, though I've never been in the definition "homebrew" where people used D&D rules to create a completely new battery of wildly different races or class options (f'rex, trying to make Middle Earth, the Wild West with animal people, etc).

15. This is an interesting enough question to answer on its own, since I basically *started* with homebrew content.

Almost universally as kids, we discarded AD&D's stat limits for women, the table for weapon types vs AC, and any idea of the DMG to-hit or saving throw tables being off limits for players. A house rule *everyone* used was allowing a player one 18 stat - everything else was rolled randomly - and most people allowed single-class non-human characters to gain levels indefinitely.

Let’s keep doing two for one!

13) not sure, I’m honestly not good with spells? Maybe Charm Person if I were being selfish or Cure Disease if I were being community spirited.

14) Hard to tell the most epic fail but I *do* remember the round that Cadell got four attacks AND MISSED WITH ALL OF THEM. Oh was I pissed off!

Another two for one!

11) for a while I was really enjoying WebDM on YouTube - I really think they have great ideas! I’d also recommend Richard Whitters’ Instagram (he’s a senior artist at WotC), Order of the Stick still kinda counts, and Oglaf only vaguely counts but it’s awesome! weirdly it’s usually funnier the less sexual it is.

12) idk, I logged so much time trying to get Shot On the Run, it’s hard to remember other Feats exist - but I also dunno if I’d actually want/use it IRL.

Another twofer since one question is less crunchy;

9) no favorite dice, I can roll badly on anything! I favor dice in horrible bright easy to spot under tables/on carpet colors.

10) “okay, did you like Lord of the Rings, Rogue One, Harry Potter, The Thirteenth Warrior? D&D is sort of like those, only because you’re acting and writing one of the main characters, you’re much more involved. Your friends are also writing and acting characters too, so it’s like playing any other game with friends.

7) I agree with @hyenagrin that Mending would be an absurdly useful cantrip.

8) since this is a less chunky couple of questions. I tend to wind up taking high CHA or DEX given a fondness for fast-moving “face” characters. Occasionally if I’m playing a cleric my DEX will be pretty low. And if I’m not playing a cleric WIS is often dead average if not lower.