u/ProudCommunication94

How can you play a strict upholder of law and order without becoming an unbearable mood-killer?

Let me give you an example. I recently finished a short campaign where I played an Abadar warpriest. My party consisted of kineticist (a secret acolyte of Lamashtu), kleptomaniac monk, and ranger (the only sane one in that madhouse). Throughout the entire game, I followed those two around, nagging them to stop looting and stealing. When we were searching the house of a missing person as part of a quest, I forbade them from touching his money and artifacts, because they belonged to him, not to us. When we took down the gang, I turned all the loot over to the guards so they could return it to the gang’s victims. That’s the kind of thing I mean. The monk and the kinetic were getting angrier and angrier and arguing with me, so then they even started looting when my character wasn’t looking. I think they only put up with all of this because I was healing them. It all ended when they decided to break into a ship at night as part of a quest, based on very vague suspicions fueled by rumors. I was categorically against it, so they went without me. That’s when my patience snapped, and I reported them to the city guard. A predictable irl scandal ensued.

Was I in the wrong from the very beginning?

I started rereading WI from the very beginning (wish me luck and strength for the next six months), and in the first volume I came across a line from Ryoka that completely threw me off balance.

>He leans over the counter and smiles charmingly* at the receptionist.
Why are they always female? Oh, right. Feminism isn’t dead in this world; it probably never existed to begin with. Unless you count someone like Lady Magnolia, and she’s probably a rare exception due to her influence and wealth. Lovely.

What the hell? By medieval fantasy standards, women’s opportunities here are on a completely unimaginable level. The mere fact that a woman can even hold such a job is proof enough.

We have female rulers, female warriors, female mages, female workers, female scientists, and female soldiers. Throughout the entire series, there has never been a single instance where someone was barred from doing something because of their gender, with the exception of exotic cases like the education of princesses. This is such a high level of freedom that it’s hard to believe.

Quierly insane that Paba considers this situation unfair—it’s a disturbing level of self-oppression.

I lost interest in worm fanfiction for about a 1.5 - 2 years and only read old stories that were being updated. I stumbled upon Pest by chance, and my interest was reignited. I tried to find something on my own, but SB is now completely full of crossovers(not my passion) . Please recommend some good stories published during this time, without crossovers, preferably alt-power.

I'm new to the game and this is my first time playing as a Rogue. I thought it was a stealth-focused class, but it turns out that stealth requires a lot of checks and conditions, and there are plenty of easier ways to off-guard enemies.

Does stealth even make any sense in combat?

Why does Grok take 10-20 seconds to process each query, even though Fast Mode is enabled?

I read WI a few years ago; it took me the whole summer, several months of reading from morning till night.

I’ve wanted to reread the whole thing for a long time, but since then the text has grown by another quarter.

Just the thought of how much time it will take is enough to make me procrastinate.