Does anyone think that Iran will respond to the re-continued genocide or no?
Nyarlathotep7
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bumping whataboutism volcel police
bumping whataboutism volcel police
Is it possible to just move away and start over in an entirely different city/country with like 1k lol? I've been in like a really dark place these past few years, instead of doing anything rash, I was thinking of just leaving, somewhere entirely new...I just have no idea how to do so
Hey so I have a question as someone who was morbidly obese last year, around 260 pounds, and I'm now currently at 190. I'm still overweight and I don't view being "thin" as some optimal goal or anything especially nowadays, in where body standards are more open.
Anyway, my question is more about acceptance, I'm lucky enough to never deal with anything explictily fatphobic, though I think we have a different definition of what fatphobic is. Is a CW on discussions of how to lose weight, dieting, calorie deficits really necessary? By all means, none of us should be forced into one body type but I think we already see a growing acceptance of said body types. In the sense that, since we won't likely see the systemic change needed to address all the corn syrup in our food, isn't it on us as a community to support each other to be healthier? Not for an ideal aesthetic but for us to avoid the negative effects of obesity.
Hey everyone, looking to do a test session 0 for the ttrpg I've been working on. If you're interested in volunteering, here's the post with the info, or just reach out to me via DM!
What you call dooming I see as mourning, people are giving their lives out there. In the case where they aren't, everything in their life is going to change. Maybe some of us are more in touch with what is happening than others. Like holy fuck, you think Afghanistan falling wasn't fucking terrible for everybody living there?
proper perspective of the communist position
"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love."
I think China has been made toothless by the powerful liberal faction within its government.
I love your posts and I think you one of the posters I most ideologically agree with, so let me try to clarify my position a bit. My initial post was a rant entirely fueled by the increasingly dire state of the world, a world that doesn't have a US counterweight. No country is currently attempting to bring about any form of revolution except maybe our Burkino Faso/Mali/Niger alliance. In the past, admittedly one that we lost, the movement was carried by a strong international sense of love and anger. When barbarity like what we are seeing came about, some countries (Cuba in Angola) actively gave lives fighting wars they had no part in. There WAS an era of real revolutionary retribution, it feels like it died along with the USSR. Seeing how passive current countries are in comparison to their history has me viewing them in a not-so-positive light.
Yeah, it's an emotional rant and analysis, I know that.
Two things. First, could we not see the US do the same thing they did with SK? They can fund and essentially Marshall Plan certain countries who would be hurt by the impact. Second, this is the US, it's allies are very specifically military bases. Each one of those countries would be flooded with troops as soon as they wanted to.
I said vice-versa, specifically because my whole point is that China would let a close ally be wiped with their passivity. Doesn't matter who attacks who, just saying the way Mao helped the DPRK during the Civil War would not happen again.
I've been working on CID for quite some time. This is my first real project and I'm about 50-60% through it right now, mostly having done the lore/classes side of things. CID is inspired by the movie, the Craft, the 1980s counterculture scene of East Germany and WOD (gameplay wise). I've been using Affinity to design the project so far, with 48 pages done and looking at around 70-80 in the finished project. I'm trying to gauge everybody's interest in what I've got so far mechanically.
CID, like WOD, is an RPG with a strong narrative focus. Now let's talk about character creation, we start by choosing between 5 Upbringings, which is essentially how you became a witch. Each comes with a unique passive and functions as 'origin' stories, so each character should have a starting goal related to said Upbringing. We then have a choice of 8 classes, called Cliques. I'm really happy with them so far. They all come with a special ability that affects play and changes how others react to your character. They are inspired by this document that was posted here from the GDR, I saw it and thought that it looked like a character select screen and that's what led to me starting this project in the first place lol.
Gameplay-wise, I'm still working out the dice mechanics (least engaging thing for me to work on).
We have 11 Magic Branches, each Upbringing is locked to 4 specific branches (unless you're playing a Goth). At character creation, you choose two branches to start and can unlock two more via level-up later on. You choose a Major (lvl 2) and Minor (lvl 1) Branch, the only difference being the starting level. Max level being 5. Every level unlocks a passive/ability and a group of Words of Power. We also have two other groups of Words, Binding and Free-form words. Binding words are acquired once per level up (but we chose two in char creation) and through various other means, such as ancient tomes and spirits/entities. Free-form words are rewards given to players upon completion of a major goal, task, trial, campaign, or ordeal, it's a word chosen by the player and then approved by our FT.
Hope that sounds clear, now, how does actual magic work in CID? There are two types of spell casting, ritual casting and quick-casting (need a better word for it). Ritual casting guarantees intent but sacrifices time and convenience, quick-casting is what most players will be using during play. I'll only be going over quick-casting rn, these spells are cast by using three Words of Power to construct a sentence.
When performing a spell, intent is what matters most and is what you are rolling to achieve. So the more vague one's spell is, the harder it is to achieve one's desired result, it's best to get creative with whatever Words of Power you currently know. Let's start with an example. I've just created my character, let's say I chose False Witch as my upbringing, and Tramp as my clique. From False Witch, I can choose between, Empathy, Astral, Hexing, and Ars Goetia. I've chosen Empathy and Hexing, with Hexing as my major and Empathy as my minor.
Now I can chose between 4 words in Hexing and two in Empathy. I've chosen from Hexing, Woe, Omen, Secret, Invite. From Empathy, Share and Despair. My two binding words are Bring and May. To finish, let's say my free-form word is Shrink. So with that being all my current words, let's cast a quick spell.
'Secret May Share', my target is someone who I've just caught following me around town, he seems entirely unaware of anything magical and most definitely following me on the orders of someone else. I failed a persuasion roll against him and he's clammed up on me, so I cast the spell, relay the intent of the spell to my FT. The spell has a very defined purpose and so my FT gives me advantage and one easy roll later, I very easily carry out said goal.
'Omen Invites Despair', my target is a rival from an opposing coven, she's recently come after one of my sisters in a attack against our coven. In retaliation, I cast the spell, relaying my intent to my FT. The intent being to be darken her future, that the next time something goes wrong for her, it goes wrong. The spell has an intent that is kinda open ended and is open to lots of interpretation so my FT gives me no advantage or disadvantage. My roll is a success and I successfully hex my rival.
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the fact that there's a non-zero percent chance that Vietnam is one of those countries is so sad