#In Golden Flame

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limber fossil
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Someone said eight zero zero eight five*?*

balmy obsidian
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yes i do

west phoenix
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you want a woman with a wolf cut to beat you to death

noble ivy
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get it twisted

balmy obsidian
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i do not want to be beat to death that sounds painful

tame tide
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Wish granted, congratulations on your zero euro's an hour

lyric ivy
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you do not need a woman with a wolf cut to beat you to death you need universal basic income

balmy obsidian
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yay

lyric ivy
balmy obsidian
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for my second wish i want people to be happy

west phoenix
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NO ITS A MONKEYS PAW

balmy obsidian
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maybe the monkey is nice and a friend

lyric ivy
balmy obsidian
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i trust the monkey

west phoenix
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... idk if much can change for my situation though šŸ˜…

tame tide
lyric ivy
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i already am happy :joyous:

balmy obsidian
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yay

noble ivy
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can I wish to use this monkey's paw to beat leo to death?

tame tide
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Sure, here catch

lyric ivy
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(its called ssris you should try them chat)

west phoenix
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SSRIs fucked me up hardcore

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turns out that SSRIs and bipolar meds don't only cancel each other out, they make both worse

lyric ivy
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oh no im sorry

west phoenix
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its better now

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found something that doesn't mess with the bipolar meds

limber fossil
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OUR GM IS CRUEL

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CRUEL

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Ch2||WE ARE FIGHTING A COMBAT AFTER BUFFED ANTI-CAPITAL||

balmy obsidian
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sir a second ||ultra|| has hit grandma squad

zinc topaz
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feel this

limber fossil
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We are fighting ||Getting Railroaded||

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||WE’RE FIGHTING ON A TRAIN||

balmy obsidian
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LET'S GO

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Is the ||background animated||

limber fossil
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Yes

balmy obsidian
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This pleases my gen z brain

limber fossil
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|| Elite Breacher||
||Elite Ruiner||
||Veteran Priest||
||Pyro||
||Scout||
||Spacer Veteran Cataphract||
||Veteran Witch||

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ch2 ||getting railroaded sitrep||

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||again, after fighting BUFFED ANTI-CAPITAL||

west phoenix
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man i feel sick AF today and i have an interview in an hour and a half

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(mild CW) ||thrown up twice in the past few hours. once at 6AM and just now. probably a foodborne illness so i doubt they'd want me there anyways||

thorn hinge
somber anvil
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nope

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they got a rest

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they are in very good shape though

thorn hinge
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(ch2) ||regular Anti-Capital often has civilian casualties too but it depends on the GM's discretion and how things play out. The book makes no specific mention of civilians getting hurt though.||

limber fossil
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ALMOST ALL REPAIRS

thorn hinge
limber fossil
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EVEN THE GILLY IS DOWN HALF ITS CHARGES

somber anvil
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||at this rate this is far more of a stress test to see just how nuts grandma squad is||

zinc topaz
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(emetophobia) ||throwing up|| is the worst. i haven't done it in a long time but the last time i did i felt like i could hardly open my eyes for the rest of the day

limber fossil
west phoenix
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i at least have a phone interview later in the day, that shouldn't change

zinc topaz
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oh nice! :3 where at

west phoenix
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another cafe

zinc topaz
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very cool

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i hope that goes well :>

west phoenix
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me too. phone interviews suck though

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luckily i used to live near this place so i kind of know what to expect

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wish the other place would get back to me though :\ there's no way i can last an hour when i'm barely going 30 mins rn

lyric ivy
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but yeah no the feeling afterwards is fucking horrible

west phoenix
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especially when your upset stomach doesn't feel better

shell bison
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oh boy, we ch2 preppin

clever cloud
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im pretty deathly afraid of that. even if afterwards i may feel better, i just hate doing it

west phoenix
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yeah. especially when it happens multiple times a day

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like once is enough

lyric ivy
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then again, i do have (tw: ED mention) ||bulimia|| so idk maybe im different in this case

fast umbra
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he HATES us

thorn hinge
# somber anvil ||at this rate this is far more of a stress test to see just how nuts grandma sq...

(full ch2 spoilers wert players keep out) || I'm just concerned because the loss result for powerhouse is really bad. Also, don't underestimate how quickly a team can fall apart when they're out of repairs. Full Stress and Structure can disappear in an instant, and CP / overcharge are vital parts of the equation. Lancer tends to be a game of "everything's going find, then we all die". Losing a PC mech (which can happen off just two structurings) puts them down in the action economy, and it snowballs fast. I totally get the appeal of running the train fight and the finale, but having the worst possible result (the laser fires) when they actually were supposed to have already run is devastating||

||A full repair before Powerhouse will be great, just make sure to still let them carry on if they lose Getting Railroaded. Maybe they lose time and have one less round to finish shutting down reactors. Bonus points though if you give them the regular rules and lie and claim that it was supposed to be eight rounds but due to their delay they have six. I just don't know how you plan to justify a full repair narratively in that time frame but that's up to you. ||

limber fossil
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But it’s fine

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Cause no matter how joever it looks

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GRANDMA SQUAD ALWAYS COMES BARACK

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Can’t believe we (ch2) ||have a whole other mission after this. Goddamn missing harrison scientist||

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||if that one also an ultra I will lose it||

limber fossil
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Ch2 ||There’s two threads in this mission, we know. WE HAVE ONLY DONE ONE||

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||he’s just exacting cruelty upon us for not dying to BUFFED ANTI-CAPITAL||

thorn hinge
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ah. Well then I'm just confused and giving it all a thumbs up I'm sure it's gonna be great

zinc topaz
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benefit to living in tucson: the fangamer office is 15 minutes away from where i live

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they do a popup shop every year around this time and i just went and got a citizen sleeper physical copy, a dwarf fortress soundtrack vinyl, balatro playing cards and a spamton "big shot" shotglass :3

lyric ivy
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you cant say that without showing us the sunglasses

zinc topaz
lyric ivy
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oh im stupid and cant read LMAO

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how did i read shotglass as sunglass

zinc topaz
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small brain :(

lyric ivy
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still, HELL YEAH!!!

zinc topaz
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yea it was super cool

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i was gonna get a pair of hollow knight lounge pants but even discounted for the popup shop they were $40 😭😭😭

robust plank
lyric ivy
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beautiful, amazing, glorious car

crude granite
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A veritable Furrari

west phoenix
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interview complete. i never know how these things go but it was pleasant

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i'm worried that the other place just isn't interested in me anymore even though they rescheduled first :\

lyric ivy
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if it was pleasant then it's a good sign right

west phoenix
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yeah, i'm just bad at gauging how i do in interviews

zinc topaz
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i think everyone is. they do a really good job of being vague the entire time lol

west phoenix
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the way i've heard most people talk about interviews makes me think the opposite

lyric ivy
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you guys ever have hot chocolate with cinnamon

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its peak

west phoenix
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yes

zinc topaz
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very tasty

west phoenix
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have you ever had hot chocolate/mocha with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a lil cayenne pepper?

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i made that recipe at work and customers loved it but they never made it official because they wanted to make insanely sweet drinks

lyric ivy
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cayenne pepper sounds kind of mad but i've been told i have some strange tastes so it probably fucks

west phoenix
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its just a tiny bit

zinc topaz
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YES

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OMG SO GOATED i love spicy hot chocolate

west phoenix
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especially with dark chocolate

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minimal sweetness

zinc topaz
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also i have been listening to Wham all day

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i hate overly sweet beverages

noble ivy
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oooh some salted dark chocolate sounds so good right now

zinc topaz
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ouuggghh i had salted dark chocolate cupcakes one time with like big ass pieces of rock salt on top and ughahhahhh so fucking good

west phoenix
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salt lick

zinc topaz
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my throat hurts from singing along to everything she wants by wham six times in a row btw . can't tell you why i do this but sometimes if i have a song in my head i'll listen to it like a dozen times in a row

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when i was prepping for d&d every week i would sometimes just play a song i was gonna play during the session for hours on end

west phoenix
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i do that too

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i try to curate my music

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its become a little hard because i'm running out of music lmao

lyric ivy
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when i find a banger i put it on loop until i hate it

zinc topaz
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i love sharing music w people

west phoenix
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sure

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i meant for ttrpg stuff though lol

willow needle
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good night calliope!!!!!!!

opal canyon
upbeat hemlock
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Less for combat, but for non-combat stuff I rather like the OST for the video game Ixion

zinc topaz
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ace combat zero

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this song fucks

clever cloud
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god i love ac:zero

zinc topaz
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one of the npcs in my last game had a spanish guitar signature motif every time he showed up the ac:zero ost was like half of the music that played when he was there

tight pier
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Act 2 ||investigation arcs|| got us like

shell bison
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lmao

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New complications introduced :)

crude granite
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Golly, I sure wonder if these people who (Ch2) || worship someone called The One Plumed in Golden Flame|| have anything to do with the underlying plot šŸ¤”

zinc topaz
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see thats why i actually think i'm not going to tell my eventual players ||that the villains are a "doomsday cult" nor tell them the name of the module until later in||

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i know the book says to establish that before the game even starts but i think maybe allowing those lines to be connected organically may enhance the game

west phoenix
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yeah eleonor didn't say shit lmao

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(kind of ch2 spoilers) ||a player was like "what??? a death cult??? i didn't see that coming!" like did you NOT READ THE INTRO||

opal canyon
# west phoenix yeah eleonor didn't say shit lmao

She didn’t even preface it with being a real religion in game was just like ā€œyeah it’s all a cultā€ which has led to some interesting in universe world views amongst the players lol

west phoenix
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yeah now they hate serenity

opal canyon
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Yeah but we get to go through character growth of learning to love and accept religious serenity

west phoenix
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with the power of love and this cool gun i found

opal canyon
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Exactly

robust plank
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they should make savory beverages

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like a soup broth but you drjnk it from a mug

zinc topaz
zinc topaz
robust plank
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yum

shell bison
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Just rawdog the box of soup

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bruh

opal canyon
west phoenix
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easier to rawdog?

zinc topaz
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ā˜¹ļø

limber fossil
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Morning calliope

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Boo

upbeat hemlock
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gathered Lancer aficionados, I am working on a side story/mission set in Calliope, and require some opinions from people who have played more lancer than I: if I have a section of the mission where you're supposed to social engineer some info out of a freighter crew on leave on the Icebreaker, would you think it'd be better to have info available on all the crew and then you pick a target, or have the mission-giver only pick out one or two good targets from said crew?

opal canyon
opal canyon
limber fossil
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What the hell are you people rawdogging

opal canyon
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You could run parallel scenes while different squad members chat up different freighter crew members

west phoenix
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soup

zinc topaz
opal canyon
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Soup

limber fossil
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Haram

upbeat hemlock
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Evil Pirate Jerry in my case, but yeah

opal canyon
zinc topaz
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lets them sorta live out those cowboy bebop gathering info on the bounty scenes

upbeat hemlock
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okay, I was probably going to be detailing each of the freighter crew already, but the extra exuberance for that option has probably solidified that

zinc topaz
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i primarily write 5e adventures but i want to write a lancer adventure (once i've actually played in a game lol) and i am very inspired by cowboy bebop lol

west phoenix
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cowboy bebop is really igf coded

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and just long rim coded

limber fossil
zinc topaz
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:ch_catnod:

west phoenix
zinc topaz
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i love bounty hunters as an archetype

upbeat hemlock
west phoenix
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i love a woman that can just kill me

zinc topaz
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ok calliope

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i need to go to bed to get up at 4 tomorrow please if i send a single message more chase me out of here

west phoenix
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hits you with a broom

zinc topaz
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goodnight calliope

limber fossil
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Grandma squad session yday

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Didn’t do much

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But our GM is EVIL

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And CRUEL

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and a MISOGYNIST

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ch2 ||WE’RE FIGHTING A COMBAT AFTER BUFFED ANTI-CAPITAL||

limber fossil
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||The Cult hates women confirmed||

west phoenix
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omg the other place FINALLY got back to me

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its 10PM. they close at 3. wtf they been doin

thorn hinge
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you know I played ||a woman in the cult|| right

limber fossil
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||no it's canon now||

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||the cult is full of transmisogynists||

thorn hinge
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||actually remembering how it went for Rose you might be on to something||

limber fossil
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||oh, isn't that the lady who got fire gated here or something||

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he wants his pound of flesh

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but he's not getting mine without a goddamned fight

shell bison
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good heavens

limber fossil
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||two of us have structured already||

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||me and the goblin||

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||as a reminder, we are literally down all of our repairs||

junior sky
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Decided that Calliope needed a rocker girl in a caliban so I guess that's the NPC I'm working on this weekend

limber fossil
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sweet

junior sky
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OK, yea, I love her already

west phoenix
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omg its elphelt

junior sky
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IT IS

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100% part of the design inspiration

junior sky
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The Caliban's name will be (spoilering in case any of my players are lurking) ||Heartbreaker|| and her pilot is named ||Rose||

west phoenix
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another ||rose?!||

junior sky
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She's the bard I played in BG3, but uhhh, no magic (per se) so

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Wo, gun be upon ye

limber fossil
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||heartbreaker is a cunty name for sure, but i think it would also bee funny if the callsign was heartbreaker and the mech was backbreaker||

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(noel's players no look)

thorn hinge
limber fossil
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kewl

west phoenix
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Good night chat

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Who wanna cuddle

limber fossil
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i'm ngl

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never liked the word cuddle

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snuggle is superior

west phoenix
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Ok

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writes down Ari does not want to cuddle

limber fossil
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noooooooooooo

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i've been hoisted by my own petard

robust plank
thorn hinge
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snuggles, cuddles, I don't care get over here

lunar panther
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cuddling is one of the best things that you can do ever

thorn hinge
limber fossil
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As usual I am always right

balmy obsidian
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Good morning Calliope

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The horrible horrible man has woken up

limber fossil
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Bonjour

thorn hinge
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Hey Leo

balmy obsidian
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Bonjour Arimedea

thorn hinge
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Oh, no bonjour for me. Okay. I get it.

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guess I'll just go to bed then... doroShy

balmy obsidian
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Oh, sorry I didn't realise you wanted one as well

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Bonjour Ada necoarcsalute

lyric ivy
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guten morgen

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in that weird half sleep state i thought of the phrase "Banana Heavy Machine Gun Stacks" which i dont know what that means

willow needle
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buenos dias gentecita en mi pantalla

zinc topaz
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good morning calliope

limber fossil
lyric ivy
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unethically sourced heavy machine gun

ancient crag
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Morning everyone

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I hope everyone has a good day today!!!

limber fossil
lyric ivy
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this is somewhat true

minor orchid
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Bwuh, Vermintide fucking consumed me...
I am finally out of Taal, back to Calliope shenanigans

zinc topaz
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my brother just sent me this pic of his cat, thought you guys would enjoy it

steady adder
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Tortie if im not mistaken?

zinc topaz
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nope just a black cat in the sun. both of us have black cats :>

willow needle
zinc topaz
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you guys have seen my cat freyja before many times

minor orchid
willow needle
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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JUST ONE LAST ACHIEVEMENT

west phoenix
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I just had a nightmare ugh

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But it was kind if fire tho

zinc topaz
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fire how 😭😭

west phoenix
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Interesting i guess

limber fossil
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damn

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yeah wacky nightmares are always something

supple carbon
west phoenix
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Okay i had to pop in to calm my nerves now i eep for real

zinc topaz
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goodnight again meow

limber fossil
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meow again goodnight

lyric ivy
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again meow goodnight

willow needle
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meow goodnight again

limber fossil
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We did it Calliope

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We good nighted the cat

lyric ivy
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finally

tame tide
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SIGMAR BLESS THIS SHOT

cerulean valve
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Mornin' Calliope

tame tide
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Afternoon

cerulean valve
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My body is asking for chips but my wallet keeps saying ā€œfuck youā€

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How's been your day.

tame tide
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I woke up, I forgot today was fighting people day. I ate omelette, I left my house and fought people

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Good day so far apart from the fact fighting people sapped my chores energy

lyric ivy
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why are you fighting people

zinc topaz
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they've made a lot of enemies

cerulean valve
tame tide
zinc topaz
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i have a question for those of you who work customer facing jobs

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do senior citizens usually reply to "have a good day" with "okay" or is it just the ones that live by me

limber fossil
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depends on where you live for sure

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and "how" senior they are

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usually the 70s to 80s, particularly men, just wanna fucking get on with their day

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they wanna go back home and do something boring like watch the tv or read their newspaper and then sleep

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women, in my experience, are usually more likely to hold a conversation or respond positively

zinc topaz
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it is usually the men yeah. 80+ men don't usually seem too happy to be interacting with me anyhow. but i just think "is saying 'you too' or even 'i'll try!' that hard?"

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-# idk usually i don't care but it was just that i was obviously in the middle of something and didn't notice the guy since im alone, he loudly clears his throat instead of saying "excuse me" or anything, then i say "how are you?" he replies "marlboro lights" and after i check him out i say have a good day and he hits me with ok 😭😭 sigh

limber fossil
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oh yes that is just older men

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they are just like that

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they want their beer and a football game

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honestly just men in general

zinc topaz
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i got whistled at like a dog once to get my attention and i almost leapt over the counter and strangled the guy

limber fossil
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ooh boy

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i'll never forget the first time i got catcalled

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some oaf was clearly drunk as fuck at 5 fuckin pm (normal for britain really)

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and my friend and I were walking to the park

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and this lad looks me up and down and then goes, in the most gentlemanly voice possible

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"excuse me my darling, but you look absolutely marvelous_!_"

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and I looked to my friend like "damn that's probably the nicest catcall you've ever received"

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and then she looked at me confused like "Ari... he was talking to you."

tame tide
limber fossil
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True true

limber fossil
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The first time a man approached me lmao

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So hilarious

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My friend and I were going to a sapphic social at the library (a pub. Not to be confused with the pub, which is a library) and I’ve got this sexy new number from urban outfitterd

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And i’m just about to reach for the door when some guy looking like a blond dorian gray approaches me and says ā€œYou look really good in that dressā€

And I just said ā€œthank you*!*ā€ and walked in

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And my friend (same one from the catcall incident) was staring at me slack jawed it was hilarious

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She was like ā€œAri a fucking greek god flirted with you and you just walked away*?*ā€

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And it just… had not hit me

junior sky
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Iconic

limber fossil
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Tbh that dress was really cunty

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Most expensive dress I own

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But goddamn if it wasn’t worth it

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Ada’s gonna be aghast that I shared a pic when she wasn’t here lmao

lyric ivy
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oh it is extremely cunty i love it

limber fossil
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Fr fr

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Best 35 pounds I ever spent

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Or was it 45

shell bison
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Hello Calliope

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I am now preping ch2 fights, and reinforcements! ||and allies :)|| my players no clickie

junior sky
limber fossil
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Ooh slay

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My backup pilot, if i’m going with a stortie or nelson, is callsign cowgirl lol

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Her mech’s name is Dancer

junior sky
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My favourite name I've come up with so far is for a ship that I christened Toward Journey's End

limber fossil
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oooh fun

junior sky
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And I've got another npc here who is ||one of the arena fighters I've set up for players to meet, who is a fortune teller with the callsign Farseer and an Amber Phantom named Heaven's Gardener||

limber fossil
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i think whhen it comes to the lancer campaign i'm in the best name i've got so far is Bartender mofo's special cannon

dire cloud
limber fossil
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the margaritoss

limber fossil
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a good three hours talking to my now-girlfriend on our first time meeting each other before I realisd she was into me

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mind you, i was so invested in our conversation that I literally forgot to get the drinks for my table

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that I had been sent to get

junior sky
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Last time I dated I was fully on a date before I realized it was a date

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And I was the one who asked

limber fossil
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😭

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how-

junior sky
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I was distracted by how pretty she was

limber fossil
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hopeless

junior sky
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Hashtag UselessLesbian

shell bison
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We'll all been there not realizing the person interested in us was interested in us

junior sky
limber fossil
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damn transbians cuddling on my phone again

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woke agenda at it again

lyric ivy
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its cold i need to absorb body heat

west phoenix
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Omw

lyric ivy
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lancer today

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if someone cancels last minute they get stabbed

shell bison
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good heavens

lyric ivy
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i take large amounts of psychic damage when the session is cancelled last minute

limber fossil
lyric ivy
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i wish someone would use me until i cant be repaired

lyric ivy
# noble ivy

i actually get hit with Coreworm Rockets irl when this happens

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oh speak of the FUCKING devil

limber fossil
thorn hinge
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And Guten Morgen, Cat

fast umbra
# limber fossil the margaritoss

wert plays a character inspired by bartender motherfucker in a minecraft rp server and he's named his primary weapon there the margaritoss

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dont let him hide this from you

lyric ivy
limber fossil
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He has stolen my IP

limber fossil
clever cloud
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ok actually, blades in the dark is actually required reading

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i was joking at first, but it really helps fill in some of the shortcomings of the ktb ruleset

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or at least understand them better

thorn hinge
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yes, if nothing else to see what inspired a lot of the choices in lancer

limber fossil
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Ooh i have to start reading bitd

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Signed up for a pbp

clever cloud
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oh shiii

lyric ivy
thorn hinge
clever cloud
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but yeah, the whole discussion about positioning & effect is reaaally applicable to lancer

thorn hinge
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It's my favorite branch of the pbta tree

lyric ivy
limber fossil
clever cloud
limber fossil
clever cloud
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i also know there's the whole Genesys tree

thorn hinge
limber fossil
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Oh I really am

clever cloud
limber fossil
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I think

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I don’t actually know what shadowrun is

clever cloud
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when you run shadowly

lyric ivy
clever cloud
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christ just kiss sloppily already

limber fossil
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You think I wouldn’t*?*

lyric ivy
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thats the plan yes

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also being real for a moment, if people are uncomfortable with me flirting in here please say it, i will stop, the last thing i want to do is make people feel bad

noble ivy
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breaking kayfabe: I'm doing the spraying bit mostly as a joke, ya know

lyric ivy
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whats a kayfabe

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if this is a deez joke im kissing you

limber fossil
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Some wrestling term

thorn hinge
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breaking keyfabe = Out of character

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setting aside the illusion of the bit for a moment

thorn hinge
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same

lyric ivy
west phoenix
ancient crag
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You can’t spray me!!! I’m the sprayer!!!

balmy obsidian
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required reading means i ain't gonna

noble ivy
limber fossil
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Know her*?* I hardly know her*!*

lyric ivy
ancient crag
west phoenix
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tbh i have really only read the important parts of the crb

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and i just use a cheat sheet

ancient crag
limber fossil
west phoenix
#

and my favorite factions don't have that much lore lmao

noble ivy
west phoenix
#

shoutout to the HA field guide never making it

limber fossil
#

One day IPS-N field guide will happen

thorn hinge
#

Knower?

ancient crag
west phoenix
limber fossil
#

Car meet*?*

#

i did actually come up with some IPS-N lore for a lancer adventure I’m writing

limber fossil
#

It’s about a bunch of mech pilots working for an up and coming shipping business who come out of stasis near some bumfuck planet to find out there’s no clue or idea where or what the fuck the package is

lyric ivy
limber fossil
#

In my Lancer IPS-N is an incredibly decentralised ā€œworkers’ co-operativeā€

clever cloud
#

I do wish tom and miguel wouldn't actually make wf 2. I wanna see some field guides instead

west phoenix
#

ok fuck me i guess

zinc topaz
#

you know what i want?

#

lancer novels

west phoenix
#

i guess i'll kill myself

clever cloud
#

we already have some top tier authors for adventures

limber fossil
#

I have a little google doc if you’re interested*!*

zinc topaz
noble ivy
west phoenix
#

tbh wf act 2 has one of my favorite factions in all of lancer

shell bison
limber fossil
limber fossil
#

Haven’t touched it in a month lol

#

Slay

zinc topaz
limber fossil
zinc topaz
#

i need to read more + i love supporting my friends' art

limber fossil
#

Man i miss drawing

#

I haven’t drawn in months

west phoenix
#

my adventure/module/setting takes place in an abandoned colony in the purview

limber fossil
#

Kewl*!*

west phoenix
#

i accidently made BARGEST from cyberpunk before playing the DLC with the antagonist lmao

#

they just left all of their weapons of war and the people were like... hehe... what if we.... you know

#

and its a few decades after all that

#

ANYWAYS

noble ivy
#

ANYWAYS??!?

west phoenix
#

subtle segue

noble ivy
#

the segway in question:

west phoenix
#

IM SORRY

zinc topaz
#

igf has made me really enjoy the idea of (general igf plot i guess) ||things being out of their place in time||

noble ivy
#

No i'm sorry I'm just teasing

limber fossil
#

Oh fuck i forgot to add a few extra paragraphs to the document

#

explodes

thorn hinge
#

The prose is great, but the worldbuilding? Fuck. This is pretty much already becoming my internal canon for the corp

limber fossil
#

Oh thanks angel*!*

#

i have a little extra lore on the collective concept if you’re interested

#

But it’s very much subject to change

#

I’m always gonna be so grateful to ttrpgs for reawakening my creative spark tbh

#

I kinda just lost it for a while cuz of life and pandemic (and also not realising I was a fruit lol) and then these nerds showed up

#

Let me tell you

#

Balancing being a nerd and a whore is not for the faint of heart

zinc topaz
#

my heart is very faint and fortunately(?) i tend towards the nerd side

#

90%+ of my free time is spent on making stuff for ttrpgs lol

west phoenix
#

funny enough i want to work on my setting but wallflower and depression have taken up all of it

#

they really got my ass writing act 2

noble ivy
#

-# I have the courage of a wet hampter so I'll just hang out at the nerrd end

limber fossil
#

I have found that since I’ve been unable to engage in whore stuff i’ve been doing a lot more nerd stuff lol

west phoenix
limber fossil
#

what if we don’t wanna be saved

west phoenix
#

too bad

limber fossil
#

šŸ˜”

west phoenix
#

and honestly generic flirting fucking sucks

#

it genuinely hurts me when all mfers say is "oh really~? haha.... SEX"

#

like good one man

noble ivy
thorn hinge
#

I'll be honest the nerd stuff is how and where I indulge the whore stuff lmao

#

I flirt more on this channel than I do almost anywhere else

limber fossil
zinc topaz
#

i'm gonna be honest though as much as i joke at my own expense about being lonely and shit i am thankful for having so much free time to devote to making shit

west phoenix
zinc topaz
#

i just need the actual motivation to finish something

limber fossil
limber fossil
west phoenix
#

i know

limber fossil
#

Huh*?*

west phoenix
#

i just operate off of bits completely and most of the flirting in this channel just sounds like that

#

and its lowkey a little weird and thats coming from a freak lmao

lyric ivy
limber fossil
#

C’est la vie

lyric ivy
limber fossil
#

But this adventure’s original pitch wasn’t actually gonna be very IPS-N focused outside of the overarching antagonist, IPS-N Collective Bombay

noble ivy
limber fossil
#

But since rereading lancer lore I’ve just really wanted to develop it more

west phoenix
west phoenix
#

i'm waiting for the cat to flip me off

#

i'm so not used to the original

lyric ivy
#

šŸ–•

thorn hinge
#

good job

west phoenix
#

thanks cat

#

the cat

thorn hinge
#

perfect execution

limber fossil
lyric ivy
#

yeah i am

#

doesnt make me smart :3

west phoenix
noble ivy
limber fossil
west phoenix
#

IPSN be like "we support the workers!"
"DO NOT ASK WHERE THE MAJORITY OF PIRATE FRAMES COME FROM"

west phoenix
lyric ivy
limber fossil
#

Oh kewl*!*

west phoenix
limber fossil
#
#

You know I do wish the whole ā€œIPS-N funds piratesā€ thing was a little more uh, subtle

west phoenix
#

lancer is NOT subtle lmao

#

in any aspect

lyric ivy
#

lancer is very unsubtle yet people still see NHPs as eldritch horrors so imagine if it was

west phoenix
#

i don't want to start the NHP conversation again but the book really is like "ITS SLAVERY" and then people still argue against it

limber fossil
#

We showed this eldritch horror all of tiktok and it thought itself out of existence

limber fossil
#

Like to me it just feels like a very fucked up power dynamic

west phoenix
#

i think its fine provided the NHP get the choice

#

having an NHP co pilot just sent to you and then romancing them is... yuck

#

but i think that aspect of NHPs is REALLY outdated and just kind of sick

limber fossil
#

Ykw I should actually just go to bed

west phoenix
#

IGF does it best where your copilot NHPs are just characters chillin

limber fossil
#

but alas i’m too tired to do this topic justice

#

So adios calliope

west phoenix
#

bye bye

west phoenix
lyric ivy
west phoenix
#

wow are we talking about lancer in lancer???

thorn hinge
lyric ivy
west phoenix
#

80% of the chat being flirting is igf lore accurate

zinc topaz
zinc topaz
noble ivy
#

If I ever tried flirting, this would be the outcome

west phoenix
#

serenity core

west phoenix
zinc topaz
#

my understanding of NHPs is that they're 4th dimensional alien ghosts who are forced to act and look like humans for our sake and that's already sorta fucked up

shell bison
#

readies the "Discussions about NHP's" clock to return to zero.

west phoenix
#

better than the alternative

zinc topaz
#

and then we make them do our labor for us and that's doubly fucked up

shell bison
#

Oh it gets worse

#

Those are the prime NHP's the ones we see normally in lancer are clone copies of them in caskets

zinc topaz
#

and then we put them in a box that forces them to be happy about doing our work for us

west phoenix
#

RIGHT

zinc topaz
#

so the idea i think of like

#

"i want my nhp to be sexy and erotic with me"

west phoenix
#

but yeah all named NHPs (athena, asura, etc) are clones of an ORIGNAL version of that NHP

zinc topaz
#

is like

zinc topaz
west phoenix
#

they're all clones

lyric ivy
west phoenix
#

you get the intended result and then you clone it

#

they're probably centuries old

shell bison
#

pretty much

zinc topaz
#

i think the concept is cool but is it misunderstanding the intent to say that they're like copied off a named template and the only things that make them who they are is what happens to them afterwards

#

but they all start with a base mind and personality traits and stuff

west phoenix
#

so as intended with the narrative there's not really an alternative anymore. seccom just used them as tools but now there's no real way to NOT make NHPs like that, and otherwise they would just extinct. it's still fucked up how many of them are tools and i think the execution is a little lacking but i like the spirit

shell bison
#

IT's a bit of both nature and nuture. Sure they have a base template to work off of, but their experiences also mold them into who they are at a given moment

west phoenix
#

yeah they have personality traits but it's not who they are

#

like for example most asuras would probably not be as organized as shelly

zinc topaz
#

I think the reason that I engage with so much NHP talk is because I do genuinely find the idea of them fascinating and fresh in sci-fi

west phoenix
#

she just learned that and it became a part of her personality

shell bison
#

Sure, two Athena models might have the same base template but one that has been working admin duty for over a decade is vastly different to say an Athena that works in a Swallowtail in constant combat

zinc topaz
#

I think the whole rogue AI trope is really tired and boring and making them into something alien is far more interesting.

west phoenix
#

plenty of those in lancer

#

most antagonist in lancer are cascading/unshackled NHPs

#

its annoying lol

#

i want an NHP who is perfectly cycled and not cascading AND is just an asshole

#

NHPs are people and people are sometimes bad

zinc topaz
#

i want human enemies

shell bison
#

cough, Siren Song, cough

zinc topaz
#

i want to fight a bad guy

willow needle
shell bison
#

Game is about human conflict
God computers are the usual antagonists

MFW

west phoenix
#

in a game where corporations are just complete assholes and they make the computer people most of the bad guys

shell bison
#

Which, isn't me digging at lancer, it's super useful to have a cosmic level threat motivate a party to stop the problem

west phoenix
#

i want a campaign where we just fuck over SSC because fuck SSC

zinc topaz
#

the villain for that little seed of a module i have in my head i mentioned last night is not fully fleshed out at all but i wanted to write an antagonist whose motivations were just like

junior sky
shell bison
#

But small scale stories kick ass, this is why Jojo part 4 is my favorite

west phoenix
#

same bestie

shell bison
#

I see you bestie

west phoenix
#

that mfer wasn't lying that diamond IS unbreakable

shell bison
#

Okyasu, my favorite dumbass

zinc topaz
#

extreme human greed and disregard for shit like the wellbeing of a planet

west phoenix
#

my twink failson

shell bison
#

FAILSON

#

VRO

zinc topaz
#

i LOVE jjba4

shell bison
#

HE IS A SUCCESS STORY

#

SHOW HIM RESPECT

west phoenix
#

he is babygirl

zinc topaz
#

you guys are all based and awesome

west phoenix
#

nuh uh

shell bison
#

PErsonally, Okyasu is my favorite jojo character

zinc topaz
#

me too :>

shell bison
#

I love his moron ass locking in with his busted stand

zinc topaz
#

and i also love mikitaka

shell bison
#

I kept shouting "HE'S LITERALLY ME" when I first got into Sunzi not understanding my power level

zinc topaz
#

i don't love rohan but

noble ivy
west phoenix
#

i just really like josuke even if its basic

#

he is precious

#

bro has unlimited bitches and he just does the leon kennedy "no thanks bro"

noble ivy
#

"no way friend"

west phoenix
#

thanks juli you get it

noble ivy
#

My brain's fried so I'll always get it

lyric ivy
#

jojo was great

#

loved kira as a villain

#

not because he's freaky mind you

noble ivy
#

Every single person in jojo is freaky

west phoenix
#

steel ball run is my favorite and i am lowkey a little worried about the anime because the manga is just SO GORGEOUS

zinc topaz
#

i just like morioh

west phoenix
#

my original username is FROM diego brando. i love that man

zinc topaz
#

i feel like the main character of the part sort of is the town

lyric ivy
zinc topaz
#

can i be real with you meow

thorn hinge
# willow needle ||lmao wallflower and igf||

(act 1 spoilers) ||so IGF ch4 does go for the eidolon antag directly, with some flavoring that it was done deliberately by some fucked up people. But it's still "fight this unshackled NHP and it's cascading bodyguard". And then obviously there's Feather, leading the cult. BUT! She's not the antagonist in act 1! She's enabling the antagonists, and enabled by then in turn. She's not even in the story directly. We see her effects, and some of her actions, but it's always someone else that you're actually fighting.||

(act 2 vague spoilers) ||She's also not the antag of act 2. That's all people. There is a cascading NHP in one chapter but she's not the antagonist either unless certain conditions are met||

(act 3 even more vague spoilers) ||I can't say much for now, because a lot is subject to change this far out. But In the end I can make a solid argument that Feather STILL isn't the real antagonist of the story||

west phoenix
#

no

zinc topaz
#

i need to be sold on sbr

west phoenix
#

disappear

lyric ivy
west phoenix
#

jesus is a jostar

zinc topaz
#

i tried reading it and i just could not get into it

lyric ivy
noble ivy
west phoenix
#

diego can turn into a dinosaur and thats NOT a stand. he can just do that

willow needle
#

i dont think

#

i can click

west phoenix
#

lmao

#

ada dropping an SCP article in front of a D class

noble ivy
lyric ivy
#

naana noooo thats a directed anticognition hyperfractal

zinc topaz
#

the thing that makes me not really care about i think is the fact that it's a separate universe which idk why in my head almost makes it hard to care like its non canon somehow

lyric ivy
zinc topaz
#

i remember thinking part 6 wrapped up really nicely and i was like yeah that was a good ending

noble ivy
zinc topaz
#

and my friend goes "dude there's more and its so fucking sick its way better"

#

and i read like 4 volumes and was like oh

thorn hinge
# willow needle i uh

yeaaah probably not. Not till you've finished mission 5 at least, and then only the first bit

zinc topaz
#

i have to admit though the art is gorgeous

willow needle
#

we just started missions 2 so

#

gonna take a while

zinc topaz
#

and the character designs do fuck

west phoenix
#

yeah ada she doesn't even know about ||loki throwing it back quirked up white boy style||

lyric ivy
#

meow im not sure is that canon

willow needle
lyric ivy
#

its canon in my game but thats not the point

west phoenix
#

it is vex told me in a dream

zinc topaz
#

that was your nightmare

west phoenix
#

nightmare?!

noble ivy
west phoenix
#

thats a dream

thorn hinge
shell bison
#

I look away for 5 minutes

willow needle
#

bunny!

west phoenix
#

sorry mom

shell bison
#

Hi naana

willow needle
#

hiiiiiiii

west phoenix
#

we'll behave we won't

shell bison
#

offers huggie

willow needle
noble ivy
#

sorry, mr void hopper...

willow needle
noble ivy
west phoenix
#

the autism creature

shell bison
#

ME watching this chat sometimes

clever cloud
#

I'd like to add an inconsequential point to the nhp convo without reviving it
> Heroic Difficult

west phoenix
#

silence

willow needle
west phoenix
#

bunbert has something to say

noble ivy
#

only sometimes?

clever cloud
#

NHPs enable blinkspace travel, but also are susceptible to "hallucinations" and stress related to blink exposure

west phoenix
#

just download an NHP

#

whats the worst that can happen

west phoenix
#

but its going to be a didymos anyways can they really have more hallucinations

noble ivy
#

what's the worse that can happen?

noble ivy
#

Holy shit ||joe rogen|| jumpscare

west phoenix
zinc topaz
#

cancelled

willow needle
#

sikdbusiadjbvsauj

west phoenix
noble ivy
#

FLEEEN
STOONES!!!?!??!

thorn hinge
#

I will say several of our IGF act 2 writers meetings have been derailed by the NHP topic. We've spent multiple sessions just discussing NHPs, how they work, how we want them to work, what sort of story we want to tell, what the metaphors are for it. And we haven't solved anything there either. There's still some debate and questions we're working out. It's a hard thing to deal with in Lancer and most stories in the setting will have to do all that work if they don't want to fall into one of the many traps and issues tehy can bring up.

west phoenix
#

remove NHPs

willow needle
#

nOOOOOOOOOO

west phoenix
#

i'm pretty happy with what i've settled on for NHPs in my campaign which is ironic considering that wallflower paints them in a really bad light

willow needle
#

smiles

thorn hinge
willow needle
#

yeah, i dont super like how NHPs are written in wallflower, but thats the good part of campaigns, the DM can just put whatever they prefer, and that becomes canon for the table :D

shell bison
west phoenix
#

(BIG WF SPOILERS)
||beggar- accepting that he's just a 'tool' but yearning for more
mendicant- lashing out against his purpose and deciding to conquer to prove that he is MORE than a tool
hierophant- accepting her purpose but moving past it for the greater good
wonder- despite being an eidolon they want to protect their family and planet
O/K- forced to relive every tragic moment in its life to find a way to 'win the war' in a time loop||

willow needle
zinc topaz
#

I personally think that NHP's are really interesting as a sort of vehicle for telling stories about humans playing god

noble ivy
# shell bison

now I need to see either Jerry or [CH3 spoiler] ||Ignatius|| in the befuddled joe rogan pose

willow needle
west phoenix
#

you press the enter key
like this
and put the brackets around the first and then last line

#

idk

willow needle
#

||hello
i am
gay||

#

oH

west phoenix
#

whoooaaaa naana big spoilers

willow needle
#

oidhsaudiobsagudiasbgdujsai

noble ivy
#

||hello
gay
I am
Juli||

willow needle
#

thank you thank you

lyric ivy
#

i thought you were Ace naana

willow needle
willow needle
#

asexual homorromantic

west phoenix
zinc topaz
#

sometimes I wonder how it would be as a fly on the wall of the room IGF gets written in

west phoenix
#

lots of barking

willow needle
#

sometimes i wonder how it would be as a fly

zinc topaz
#

I wonder what it would be like to be fly

noble ivy
#

I would prefer to be a bird, if given the chance

west phoenix
#

not a bat?

zinc topaz
#

ok

noble ivy
#

šŸ¤”

lyric ivy
willow needle
#

can i be an owl then

zinc topaz
#

i'm so glad that my microphone works

noble ivy
willow needle
#

hey rood

lyric ivy
willow needle
#

i offered you smooches and you answer flattening me face

zinc topaz
#

that's my birth surname lol

willow needle
#

oh lmao

west phoenix
noble ivy
willow needle
# shell bison

GUH SHE IS SAS DJSASA KOSADNASDNASOJKDB ASJHDASSVA TOO PRETTY sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob sob

noble ivy
# shell bison

The fucking carrot in the ashtray is peak
also, who's the tanuki(?) there

zinc topaz
#

im sure this is common knowledge bunzi but i'm new here forgive me

#

where does charlotte originate from

shell bison
#

OH god, you are asking for the bun lore?

zinc topaz
west phoenix
#

yeah now we beat you to death

#

you fell right into our trap

shell bison
#

Meow no

#

I just get amazed whenever anyone asks for bun lore

west phoenix
#

me when my character is cool

#

:O

shell bison
#

But, I'm happy to share if you want me to yap for a hot minute

lyric ivy
noble ivy
# zinc topaz should i not have

of course you can ask about the bnuuy lore
it's just that there's a lot of charlotte lore since she's been around since the beginning of Lancer

lyric ivy
zinc topaz
west phoenix
#

helicoper

lyric ivy
#

ready for takeoff

noble ivy
west phoenix
#

holy shit its miles morales

shell bison
#

Alright, did you want the Lancer origin or just the orgin of the character cause I can go into detail or give the TLDR

zinc topaz
lyric ivy
#

i imagined so haha, but i think the gif is funny

shell bison
#

Well damn, I guess I got a large lore dump to drop

lyric ivy
#

fuck yeah

#

char lore

thorn hinge
lyric ivy
#

also, no lancer, im taking 1d6 energy damage + 1 burn now

thorn hinge
lyric ivy
#

and cant be used until repaired ofc

thorn hinge
#

we gotta get you repaired quick then

lyric ivy
#

at least it was a very valid reason for the guy not to show up but eh

#

im still a bit bummed but i'd feel genuinely worse making the guy participate knowing the context

thorn hinge
#

yeah

#

The latest session of my game's been delayed like. four times now

shell bison
# zinc topaz https://tenor.com/view/harrisonford-hansolo-starwars-allofit-greedy-gif-4616549

So, Charlotte originally comes from a really, really old DnD Campaign I was a part of with an old group of friends back in my twenties. We were all really hype to be a part of a campaign that our good buddy wanted to run where he told us by the time we hit level 5 he had a big plot reveal for us. We were all stoked and we aksed the general vibe of the land and he said we were loving on what we were told was "A lush green version of Australia. Think Old Elder scrolls lore of marshes and swam lands with forests and mountains on a large island mass."

The gang all had a fun idea cause we had a player that wanted to play this new simion monkey race thing he found as part of some Unearthed arcana at the time. I remember he wanted to play it to do monkey man hijinks with boxing gloves. We thought that was rad and it gave us the idea of what if we did a theme of us all being animal coded or hybrids. So in general we had a monkey, a crocodile, an eagle and Char as the rabbit.

We had
Monkey Monk
Crocodile Barbarian
Eagle Ranger
Bunny Warlock pretending to be a cleric

#

My love for D&D god ilmater stems a long time

zinc topaz
#

that's such a good piece of art btw

shell bison
zinc topaz
#

do you make the charlotte art or do you have an artist on payroll or something lmao

shell bison
#

I have had periods in my life where I had a lot of disposable income and wanted to pay cool artists I found

#

Moving on, when I was listening to a lot of podcasts I listened to the super best friends cast a lot and Woolie had a segment of people shouting out the Lancer kickstarter back in the day about tabletop with mechs. I thought it was rad as shit so I decided why not take a look?
I joined pnet and noticed people in the oc cantina seemed alright so I plugged the idea of save importing Char into lancer and a lot of peeps were cool about it

shell bison
#

So yes, you can blame this goof for being the reason bunny sunzi meme is a thing

noble ivy
#

I forget if it was the sbfc that introduced be to Lancer
but I can say for certain that those shitlord have irreparably damaged my sense of humor and hype (for the better)

west phoenix
#

i remember them talking about it but i just kind of ignored it since i had my own game to run lmao

#

and here i am...

noble ivy
#

Doing everything I can...

#

holding on to what I am...

#

-# (waiting until someone finishes the bit)

clever cloud
#

The Pitt is really fucking good

#

holy hell

robust plank
#

good morning hells gate

noble ivy
#

looks at clock
2:00pm pst
good morning to you too, Lamp

zinc topaz
#

good 3pm lamp

west phoenix
#

good lamping

zinc topaz
#

guys idk what to do i feel so sapped today

west phoenix
#

cuddle

#

me

#

NOW

zinc topaz
#

i got off work 2 hours ago and all i have done is sit in my car for 30 minutes and then lay in bed for an hour and a half

zinc topaz
west phoenix
#

i had the urge to just write

#

not lancer, not ttrpg, just.... something

#

a short story

clever cloud
#

sappy yuri

noble ivy
#

-# goopy yuri...

west phoenix
#

creamy yuri

noble ivy
west phoenix
clever cloud
#

savory yuri

west phoenix
#

you know what i like writing lmao

clever cloud
#

halo fanfic

west phoenix
#

OKAY

#

WELL

#

GENRE NOT SUBJECT

#

THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO

noble ivy
#

Arbiter? I hardly kno-

west phoenix
#

sanghelussy

lyric ivy
lyric ivy
west phoenix
#

goo girl yuri

noble ivy
lyric ivy
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woah hey

zinc topaz
west phoenix
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eeeehhh maybe not here i'm self conscious

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but i can dm you

robust plank
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i have woken up again

thorn hinge
willow needle
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omg women

west phoenix
clever cloud
tame tide
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Hey can someone share the misgendered fire text

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I need to post it to #1216805351488356353

tame tide
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Thanks

upbeat hemlock
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I met a lovely trans girl at a con who goes by Mist Gendered.

noble ivy
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now that's a calliopean name

west phoenix
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estrogen mist

west phoenix
noble ivy
west phoenix
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you ok?

noble ivy
lyric ivy
west phoenix
noble ivy
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maybe

lyric ivy
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why would you want to dejuli anything i love juli shes awesome

west phoenix
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waft the juli mist over me

limber fossil
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Fascinating return

limber fossil
west phoenix
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i am

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i choose not to

limber fossil
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Chacun son truc*!*

shell bison
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Hello Calliope, we at the gym

limber fossil
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Ooh slay

thorn hinge
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I have no idea how I am at flirting IRL

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I'm rarely ever in a position to engage in flirting

shell bison
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I just say compliments and it's up to the recipient to consider it flirting

west phoenix
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i can flirt but have no idea if someone is flirting back

west phoenix
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and, if it wasn't obvious, when people come on too strong it just annoys me lol

west phoenix
noble ivy
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I never lie when I'm being kind

robust plank
west phoenix
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so therefore you are lying

noble ivy
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you think I'm mean?...

robust plank
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people are captivated by my strange and unsettling demeanor irl

west phoenix
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only to say you hate me, yes

robust plank
limber fossil
west phoenix
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gn catliope

thorn hinge
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eep well

zinc topaz
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good catning meowlliope

lyric ivy
limber fossil
limber fossil
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pretty funny that you ask that as I was about to greet June

zinc topaz
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i wish i had kept up with learning french

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hi lƩo

limber fossil
tame tide
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Bonjour

limber fossil
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Salut*!*

lyric ivy
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i too speak french albeit i am a bit rusty now

limber fossil
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I have to start learning Spanish

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Cuz i’m moving to spain

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It’s funny i used to get mistaken for catalan a lot when I was on HRT

lyric ivy
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specifically on hrt? did that have some influence on it?

limber fossil
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Oh my skin was kinda just getting lighter

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  • yk, being in vritain
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It was glowing more

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I was also like weighing a lot less

lyric ivy
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how is life in britain nowadays

limber fossil
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I wouldn’t know, I’m not in it

lyric ivy
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i thought you were studying in england no?

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am i mistaken

limber fossil
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I am. I’m not currently studying there

balmy obsidian
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well this is an unexpected turn of events

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My players ACTUALLY took (ch3) ||Ignatius's help|| in chapter 3

limber fossil
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i assume this is an

limber fossil
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I cannot wait to fucking ||blow up this goddamned cult||

balmy obsidian
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I was entirely expecting them to tell them to fuck off but no