Simons Mith
@simons-mith.bsky.social
I may not be as colourful as my avatar, but I do have better posture.
I'm intending to post a mixture of daily lies, and whatever other stuff - serious or nonsense - comes to my attention. Obviously, my real-world name is a closely-guarded secret.
I'm intending to post a mixture of daily lies, and whatever other stuff - serious or nonsense - comes to my attention. Obviously, my real-world name is a closely-guarded secret.
I have to agree how fitting it is - and how oblivious those shown will be to the shade being thrown at them. I really do suspect this is intentionally bad.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have to agree how fitting it is - and how oblivious those shown will be to the shade being thrown at them. I really do suspect this is intentionally bad.
The new hotness is pull-string single-cylinder petrol motors, amirite?
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The new hotness is pull-string single-cylinder petrol motors, amirite?
Oh well if the chest is empty anyway (which would be pretty typical), maybe I throw the guide over the top and use the chest as a flotation device :-)
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Oh well if the chest is empty anyway (which would be pretty typical), maybe I throw the guide over the top and use the chest as a flotation device :-)
I don't think he has the mental capacity TO lie. In order to lie, you have to know what reality is, and then say something else, and you have to be intending to deceive. Trump just says whatever seems expedient at the time. If, half a sentence later, it's expedient to say the opposite, he does that.
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I don't think he has the mental capacity TO lie. In order to lie, you have to know what reality is, and then say something else, and you have to be intending to deceive. Trump just says whatever seems expedient at the time. If, half a sentence later, it's expedient to say the opposite, he does that.
By her /and/ about her. I think she's earned her own, TBH
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
By her /and/ about her. I think she's earned her own, TBH
The guide, unless I was playing someone evil and very low-wisdom. But trying to swim off with a treasure chest full of heavy gold doesn't sound like a winning strategy
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The guide, unless I was playing someone evil and very low-wisdom. But trying to swim off with a treasure chest full of heavy gold doesn't sound like a winning strategy
If she had said 'You /may/ have to go all the way down...' I'd have thought it a very wise warning. You can sometimes get a very long way before realising you're going in the wrong direction, but as soon as you've realised, you should correct.
December 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If she had said 'You /may/ have to go all the way down...' I'd have thought it a very wise warning. You can sometimes get a very long way before realising you're going in the wrong direction, but as soon as you've realised, you should correct.
Ursula's sticks hardest on me.
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ursula's sticks hardest on me.
Applies to bonuses, penalties, inspiration, XP, NPC contacts, promotions, noble titles, in-game rewards and prizes, and anything else I can think of. One of my own PCs earned the Freemanship (well, Freedwarfship) of a town. That kind of award really sticks with players.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Applies to bonuses, penalties, inspiration, XP, NPC contacts, promotions, noble titles, in-game rewards and prizes, and anything else I can think of. One of my own PCs earned the Freemanship (well, Freedwarfship) of a town. That kind of award really sticks with players.
Simple rewards, but sometimes named for flavour.
In D&D terms, you don't just hand out 1000 bonus XP, you hand out the Most Kobolds Prize, or the Tastiest Wizard Award. And if a PC does something entertainingly rubbish you can still hand out a named award for zero XP.
In D&D terms, you don't just hand out 1000 bonus XP, you hand out the Most Kobolds Prize, or the Tastiest Wizard Award. And if a PC does something entertainingly rubbish you can still hand out a named award for zero XP.
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Simple rewards, but sometimes named for flavour.
In D&D terms, you don't just hand out 1000 bonus XP, you hand out the Most Kobolds Prize, or the Tastiest Wizard Award. And if a PC does something entertainingly rubbish you can still hand out a named award for zero XP.
In D&D terms, you don't just hand out 1000 bonus XP, you hand out the Most Kobolds Prize, or the Tastiest Wizard Award. And if a PC does something entertainingly rubbish you can still hand out a named award for zero XP.
Can he imagine anything? I'm dubious
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Can he imagine anything? I'm dubious
I want his brain to rot away inside his head while he's still alive. And I'm getting my wish.
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I want his brain to rot away inside his head while he's still alive. And I'm getting my wish.
Intimidation check against the guard is probably the simplest option. If he didn't see anything, no harm, right?
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Intimidation check against the guard is probably the simplest option. If he didn't see anything, no harm, right?
'click' and I'll be able to rewrite them completely as one of the 'good' rules.
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
'click' and I'll be able to rewrite them completely as one of the 'good' rules.
off over time, and when it has dropped far enough below a threshold, I call it done. But I do have some instinct for when I have a good rule and when I have one that merely works. The good rules need far less attention. the workaday rules, I'm kind off stalling in the hope that something will
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
off over time, and when it has dropped far enough below a threshold, I call it done. But I do have some instinct for when I have a good rule and when I have one that merely works. The good rules need far less attention. the workaday rules, I'm kind off stalling in the hope that something will
I don't know. Reason I don't know is that the revisions overlap, and it's basically impossible to tell when one revision ends and the next begins. Writing, rewriting and editing are an iterative process that feed off one another. The process never fully ends, but editing activity eventually trails
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I don't know. Reason I don't know is that the revisions overlap, and it's basically impossible to tell when one revision ends and the next begins. Writing, rewriting and editing are an iterative process that feed off one another. The process never fully ends, but editing activity eventually trails
I have a partial skill list for this game already. Get Into Trouble and Get Out of Trouble were the fist two skills. I since have added Go Kerflump in the Night, Feign Starvation, Sleep Dangerously, Midnight Toe Attack! and many more
December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I have a partial skill list for this game already. Get Into Trouble and Get Out of Trouble were the fist two skills. I since have added Go Kerflump in the Night, Feign Starvation, Sleep Dangerously, Midnight Toe Attack! and many more
No doubt there's some hidden meaning to the deployment of /apple/ crumble in this situation, rather than, say, rhubarb. These gang signals can be so subtle
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
No doubt there's some hidden meaning to the deployment of /apple/ crumble in this situation, rather than, say, rhubarb. These gang signals can be so subtle
I have a late entry from a friend to submit: the D licious.
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have a late entry from a friend to submit: the D licious.
'Humble'? IIRC that was a formidable mech.
I liked the Warhammer, I think. That was the one with a PPC-10 in each arm, wasn't it? Packed a right wallop if both hit
I liked the Warhammer, I think. That was the one with a PPC-10 in each arm, wasn't it? Packed a right wallop if both hit
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'Humble'? IIRC that was a formidable mech.
I liked the Warhammer, I think. That was the one with a PPC-10 in each arm, wasn't it? Packed a right wallop if both hit
I liked the Warhammer, I think. That was the one with a PPC-10 in each arm, wasn't it? Packed a right wallop if both hit