Were (some) Court Jesters really fullfilling the Role of friend to the monarch as opposed to just entertainment?

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Im basing this assumption largely off of stories regarding Henry VIIIs depressive moods and his reliance on the jester Sommers(?) to life his spirits.

Given how relentlessly stressful the medieval period was for rulers, and the formalised and largely transactional relationships between European crowns and their lords, it made me question where did the monarchs get real human connection?

Was it the court fool, who could get away with speaking truth to power?

Because they were after all, the same kind of humans as we are. But with more gout.

Thanks anyway - im sure this question will end up being nonsense

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u/Dap-aha — 10 days ago

Finally got the terrain sorted

Next purchase will be a 3 x 3 battle mat, and mission specific terrain. Whats here is intended as the 'base' terrain set

u/Dap-aha — 13 days ago

Help - Campaign shopping list

Hi im going to be putting together a club campaign having finally created a tables worth of terrain

Can anyone with campaign experience please advise of what additional things are worth investing in, i.e. a modelled train, model for the Dragon etc

Im keen for the initial campaign to be a hit given the steady proliferation of plastic models that are peaking interest

Any help is gratefully received thank you

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u/Dap-aha — 14 days ago

Court Complete

Theres another pit locust and wretched i didnt want to try and wedge in

Any advice on further additions welcome

u/Dap-aha — 14 days ago

Desecrated Saint for the Court

One of my favourite models in the game, in terms of aesthetic and lore

u/Dap-aha — 18 days ago

Humane Mouse Traps are bullshit

Talking about any fancy trap that captures mice without hurting them.

Where i live there are distinct species of house mice and woodland/outdoor mice, i assume this is universal?

These 'humane' traps only works with some mice, sometimes - depending on how reliant they are on your home for food and how many other mice are nearby (source - 7 or so exterminators ive had over the years)

If your home is not the only food source, and theres not a lot of mice nearby and the mouse is of average intelligience you are SOL.

If you release the mouse nearby it will come back.

And if you _do_ use those traps, you have to drive the house mouse miles away to either

  1. Leave it to die in the wild

  2. Make it someone elses problem (thanks for leaving it to me to murder it)

These arent humane traps - they are humane for **you** because you want someone else to do your dirty work and you want to live im a fantasy where mice magically change their ways and live happily ever after

Sticky traps are bleak, but they are often the only thing that works, unfortunately.

I hate murdering them, but im not running a mouse hostel

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u/Dap-aha — 21 days ago

Burning Stake - im doing it wrong, but i dont know why

Hi, im level 58, Gnpsis IV, and burnign stake seems rubbish. A lot of people sing its praises so clearly im doing something wrong - could a kind soul please guide my hand with some advice?

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u/Dap-aha — 29 days ago

Treasure hunting red cross, scarlet coast

Hey everyone, ive tried google but i cant find an answer to this - apologies if its really obvious

I just did a run on SC and there was a big red cross on the map and a grey cross marker on my mini map.

I went there, both crosses dissapeared and there was nothing to interact with

Can anyone help?

Many thanks

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u/Dap-aha — 1 month ago

What do i do now its over

Looking for any recommendations. Ideally audio books, im a lit grad and love to read but free reading time is minimal. Sound booth theatre have also opened my ears/eyes to how great audio books can be.

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I must have read thousands of books over my life time, ive enjoyed everything from (some) pretentious classics to barely chat bot worthy pulp page turners.

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Ive never enjoyed any book, film, show or game like DCC. For me its on an entirely different level. The fact Matt was able to consistently make me laugh out loud, be horrified, be inspired to reflect on life and the universe....

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I could write my own book on how incredible an author hes been with this series.

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How do you guys do it? 2 years ish of void to fill

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I imagine theres a lot of posts like this, but advice gratefully received.

u/Dap-aha — 2 months ago