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So I'm rewatching the Darrington Brigade "Hubris" adventure from the Shirts Off Sam's Back livestream and it just got me thinking:

Some years ago I was watching one of those abridged anime shows and they made a snotty, below the belt kinda joke about how all of Sam's characters sounded the same. They even included clips. Like I said, it was kinda shitty and even at that young of an age I knew, same voice or not, it was crap.

Anyway, I couldn't tell you what the folks behind it are doing now but Sam raised a lot of money for charity and ended the day with a group hug from all of his friends.

Sam's great.​

Like it says. I'm looking to dye my hair for this first time and rather than spend triple digits at a salon, I'm thinking of doing it at home to see if I like it at all. I'm a dirty blonde and I'm aiming for a mid-tone blue. What are some good budget friendly brands? Also, any tips I oughta know beforehand? Thanks

You know the kind. The vehicle is driving down the road, night approaches, the nearest piece of civilization is a gas station that probably doesn't work anymore, and there's something (or someone) out there, ready to terrify the living daylights out of our protagonist(s).

Thanks!

As it says. Bonus question: what are some trends you'd like to see?

To all the folks posting about how y'all are canceling y'alls subscriptions, I promise you, no one cares

Like it says, looking for any books from recent years that manage to really pull off being gothic horror. Obviously that's pretty subjective but I'm open to reading pretty much anything. Thanks

Like it says. For those don't know, Haunted Hotel is an adult animated comedy in the vein of Gravity Falls, in that it's about a bunch of quirky characters living in a location full of equal parts funny and scary paranormal goings on. In this case it's a family running a hotel full of ghosts, demons, a dead uncle, and an anti-Christ.

Any genre or literary medium welcome. Thanks!

Bonus: what's the most peaceful death a Chaos Space Marine has died?

I'm wondering if there are any examples of an author or authors publishing a book or two and then opening it up to other authors to publish stories in that same world. For clarity, I don't mean tie-in fiction

Got my hands on a clay pasta roller for this first time ever and I love it. Things come out so flat and smooth I almost think you could make one of those "oddly satisfying" videos with it. I've already used it for a couple projects.

However, it didn't come with any kind of instruction manual so I'm not sure what kind of upkeep I need to do to make sure it stays working. What do I need to know to keep it clean and get the most out of it?​

What are your RPG pet peeves? Trends, player behaviors, mechanics, etc. etc. Do tell.

For me, it's how small writing space almost always is on character sheets. Seems like 90% of the time you gotta use chicken scratch to write stuff down.

Related: when a character sheet has just TONS of stuff on it. As an example, I love Pathfinder but the 2nd edition character sheet spills over four pages and they're basically walls of text and graphics even before you start writing.

Further, what effect would it have had on weather and plant life? ​

I'm thinking if homebrewing a "Wildwood Elf" kin that would essentially be an elf who is somehow more in tuned with the natural world than other elves are. To represent this I was thinking it could be as simple as giving them Companion as a Heroic Ability instead of Inner Peace, without the need to meet Companion's requirements. Just wanted to check and see if anyone thinks this would be too powerful.

Thanks

So for those who don't know, Combat Styles are a feature of Mythras, which is a roll-under system like Dragonbane, although a d100 one. Basically, instead of having individual skills for each kind of weapon, you create a kind of skill package like "Roman Legionnaire" or "Samurai" and it's assumed you have competence in every weapon that would be associated with that description. So, for the "Samurai" example, if you were to make an attack with a katana, yume bow, or naginata, instead of having separate skills for each weapon, you would just roll your "Samurai" Combat Style skill. I like them a lot personally. They can help cut down on the skill list (which I know the DB skill list in general, and the weapon skill list specifically, are small already but bear with me) and can be a spot of worldbuilding. What exactly is a "Turasian stalker" and what makes them unique? Where is Turasia? What are the people like?

I've thought of trying to adapt it to Dragonbane, but I'm not sure how to do it. In Mythras, your base chance with a skill is derived from adding two characteristics (in this case Strength and Dexterity) together, and then pouring points in to build it up. Obviously that's not how it works in Dragonbane. My initial idea is to add Strength and Dexterity, then divide it by 2 and then look at the result on the base chance table. Which sounds workable but maybe needs some refining.

Thoughts?

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I only have 90% alcohol at hand and I'm wondering if it might be too strong