Played a campaign for a year before the DM asked me if I was willing to become the big bad. After dozens of sessions of working together with the guys, I was acutely aware of their blind spots. We had a pretty tense moment where it went from 4 vs DM to 3 vs DM + me. Absolutely loved exploring the weaknesses. DM did a good job of keeping the balance too; I was only able to exploit to the best of my own abilities + what I knew about the rest of the party. We all cried at the end btw.
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I'm the proud DM of a campaign that's been ongoing for the past 2 years and lemme say that characters we've got are a chaotic mess (I wouldn't have it any other way.)
First off, we got a marionette doll falsely accused of a crime against the gods and gifted to a time demon! Now she's got amnesia and explores the world with a childlike wonder. All while trying to figure out who she is and where she's from. {Fun fact: this character is mute and speaks through a severed warforged head}
Then we have a cleric with daddy-issues! Lol, this is our pseudo-wizard, in love with research and figuring out all the lore and mysteries I have to offer. Their deity is the god of forgotten things so they get visions of things and people who are lost to time and are dedicated to remembering them.
Next up, we *had* a rogue-ish wizard with ties to a mafia family. They were suave as fuck and down to get dirty when it came to interrogations. Once we transitioned out of the underground mountain city that I based off of Las Vegas the player wanted to try smth new.
^^ Said players current character is an old-man adventurer who's trying to get back out there and find his estranged sons. Super dope concept. He's real grumpy and stubborn but goes along with the party just fine (most of the time)
And lastly....another cleric?!?! Jkjk this is my travelling NPC that's been with the party since the beginning. She's devoted to the deity of magic and moons but is grappling with her religion currently due to some past things with her church (my players don't know this yet) long story short they mightttt be looking for her.
{Yeah, that's it for now! We might have another wizard joining the party soon so that will be fun, I would add in lore for what's going on in the campaign but this post is soooo long alr lol}
Jul 6, 2024
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With that name, he's a paladin. A paladin I did not create but was cajoled into playing because my DM couldn't take the time to have me make a new character mid-quest (it was either play as Thoromyr or sit out the campaign). How bad could playing a paladin be, really? Just a few games, right?
Yet he lives. Ugh, how I loathe him. I do everything I can to kill him, but he never dies. It is as if the dice gods know what I'm about. I play him like the paladin from Honor Among Thieves, but with a touch of Zap Brannigan from Futurama.
He had a squire named Hamfast, but the poor youth died in a cave far from civilization. Now he has no one to groom him or the horses, listen to his inane ramblings about the tenets of the faith, or fetch the firewood. He is good at screwing up the shady dealings of the thief and mage in the party, which adds a nice character tension. I just wish someone else was playing him!
Jul 10, 2024
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Feb 5, 2025
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florinegrassenhopper riotgrrrl brendanooooo slowdazzle buck_mcgraw and indianjones — we did it. Not only did we successfully meet for drinks, but we also schemed the hostile takeover of this app from tyler tonight.
In all seriousness — weird that an app I downloaded in April would make genuinely want to drive back into Brooklyn during end of day traffic for a happy hour. Great app filled with great people.
Jul 20, 2024
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I feel like there’s a special connectivity on this app that I haven’t felt in a long time, maybe since early 2010’s tumblr. The fact that you can’t promote yourself like IG is wonderful. The fact that there isn’t mass video content like Tik Tok is great. It’s not this monetized / paid sponsorship app. People are here because they want to be a part of something with nothing to gain besides friendship. Seeing the URL -> IRL meetups warms my heart so much (waiting for an NYC or Brooklyn meetup).
Thanks for your participation on this niche little app. I smile reading all the recs and all the comments and all the asks. Hope we’ll all be here for a long time.
Jun 15, 2024
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I think a life rule for me is to surround myself with people who know more / are smarter / are cooler than me and just absorb their aura by listening / observing them. It’s made me the incredibly smart / cool person you all know and love.
I just never thought I’d feel the same way about URL friends. I’m constantly listening to the songs I see posted here, reading the articles, subbing to newsletters, and googling topics that get tossed onto the feed.
It’s nice to know you can become a more rounded person by just absorbing what your mutuals post on here. I’m going to sit on my couch, have a cocktail and digest my lovely feed. Happy Sunday!
Sep 15, 2024