GDPR has plenty provisions where other laws or considerations may be more relevant than it, negating it in such cases.

I still do think the GDPR is extremely important, but it is no silver bullet,sadly.

Tagesschau has a graph showing AFD being the highest % voted party all over eastern Germany and second highest voted nearly everywhere else, following CDU/CSU. You really only see green or red in the larger cities.

Great, thank you! I'll get in touch :)

That's amazing - Would it be fine if I covered this on my (very, very small) YouTube channel? My content isn't really related to anything fitness, but I am in the process of getting a bit fitter at the moment, so this could be a very fun thing to do and talk about for me, as I do have a weak spot for both RPGs and privacy respecting apps!

Alright, neat! Always happy to go for some FOSS experiments :)

So if someone has a community on lemmy.world, would they need to move to sublinks at some point? Where and how would one do that? Asking for myself.

Thanks for all your work here.

You said in another comment that you enjoy DMing a game that has unpredictable results for the DM as well. A lot of good advice has already been given, but might I suggest giving your players more agency that you'd most likely see falling into the realm of the DM usually, so they create unexpected events for you as well?

Say you have the character of your friend destroy said Annis Hag, but blast! she had a curse prepared to fall upon anyone who would dare defy her to the point of death. Now instead of throwing your idea of a punishing burden on the player, you could instead go: "You can feel an evil magic engulfing your very being. It muddles your senses and try as you might, you are incapable of escaping its grasp. As it burns itself into your very bones and soul, you feel one of your abilities weaken. Which ability is affected?"

That way the player retains agency, can pick the least punishing option (in their opinion), have consequences but it doesn't feel like they just got punished for doing well or making a choice just as much as you simply deciding "That's how it is now. Enjoy!". Could also add an element of chance and put it down to a roll of the dice, but that might again feel too arbitrarily punishing to that character.

The curse then mightn't just have that main effect, mind you. But at least the worst one is more down to what the character feels and fears rather than what the DM wants to dish out. It will also give you something to ponder and think about in how to work with whatever the player chose or came up with. You could let them describe how the curse alters their appearance, do they suddenly have a mark on their skin? If so where, what size, shape and color? Now you have a PC with an odd mark of their own imagination and you can build on that. Or the player might come up with horns sprouting from their head, etc. Using this, you can have NPCs react to these changes and really play into them.

Player Agency might help alleviate the feeling of it being a punishing campaign, by giving them some room to breathe in all the pressure and stress.

Yes, it is. Here's an upscaled version of it.

Heya!

You seem well prepared!

Something that is talked about a lot but rarely accompanied by practical advice on how to is the very crucial point of remembering:

The story you are co-creating as a DM is the story of the characters.

Want to lore dump? Tie it to one or more of your characters backgrounds. Maybe they are from the bloodline of that ancient king you want them to know about.

Not sure how to fill in the details like what does the place smell like? Ask a player "You smell something odd, describe the smell"

I am currently in the process of making some guide like posts and videos on certain topics aimed at both players and videos. Some are meant to be shared with players that are new, like the basics of tactical combat to help reduce your workload, especially with new players.

Don't try and do everything great all at once.

You will be just fine!

If you got ads, I do apologize. My channel isn't even capable of monetization as far as YouTube is concerned. I make no money off of my videos at all on any platform at the moment (or the past three years).

I appreciate the feedback.

I'm having fun fiddling with concepts of how to convey my thoughts on my hobby in a format that I find enjoyable. Given the age of my channel and the amount of subscribers or viewers, I am well aware that what I enjoy doing/watching just isn't for everyone, or even a lot of people.

As for the blog posts, I am actually working on that, but it'll take some more time since this isn't my job. It still takes time, money and effort to do. Some of which I cannot expand on this particular bit of my hobby at all times.

EDIT: Here's the relevant blog post :) https://impheim.com/2023/09/magic-items-in-ttrpgs-embrace-enchantments/

I have noticed the same and have come to the conclusion that, yes. The subscriber and follower counts are instance specific.