u/echolaliaMCCCXII

Like, I don't even wanna read the words "good girl" from any of the MCs when referring to a partner. Just looking for 2 (or more) feminine average janes falling for each other and being all vulnerable and emotional and lovey dovey. I want something that'll make me melt. Nice and straightforward. I like my spice open door and explicit, I love a good slowburn, and I prefer contemporary but would be willing to branch out. No male authors, please!

I really liked One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston to give an idea of the kind of plain relationship I like. I DNF Triple Sec by TJ Alexander. I was loving it right up until that first sex scene and then suddenly it's "be a good girl" and saying the word "cunt" in every other sentence and I just couldn't continue.

I liked the premise of Rhapsody by Molly J Bragg but the writing just didn't vibe with me, plus the LI being >!an alien and turning into an alien during the first sex scene!< just took me out of it.

I'm currently reading Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin and I love it so far. I'm at the part where >!she's installed the doorbell camera because she's convinced a bald man has been breaking into her apartment and watching her through her windows!< so please no spoilers beyond that, but the creepy suspenseful stuff in there is something I'd really like to see more of. A little bit of sci-fi or supernatural element would be okay but I'd like it to be mostly grounded. I don't read a lot of horror but to give an example, I dnf The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones. I loved the beginning part where it's just like "wait how are these kids getting around so fast" but it just ramped up way too fast from there with sooo much weirdness happening that I just couldn't keep up.

And please nothing where I'm gonna get really attached to the mc and then she dies at the end, or where cute animals get killed.

5e and a new player. I'm familiar with the rules but not enough to make this into a viable idea and didn't see an option for this type of character. I'd like to make a monk, soft-spoken and generally good natured, not a party face or a combat power house, just the one who chimes in with nuggets of wisdom and helps out with difficult situations. The part that I'm looking for help with is the fighting skill: I like the idea of throwing tiny pebbles with enough force to actually do some damage. Like the old myth of Buddhist monks being able to throw a small needle hard enough to break a window or something. The closest thing I can come up with would be to treat the pebbles as darts when I'm the one holding them but I wasn't sure. The dm is open to ideas we have that don't fit neatly in the rules and of course has final say, so I thought I'd gather some ideas here to pitch to hopefully lightening the amount of work he has to do if he goes for it.

Edit: wow was not expecting so many responses and I love the discussion. Thanks so much everyone, I think I've got what I need but am still more than happy to read anything anyone else wants to contribute.

I need a new vat for the aforementioned printer but it's been out of stock on the epax website for months and I can't find a 3rd party seller that has them in stock. Is there just no option for it anymore? Is there a different tank I could get that'll fit the profile that preferably has the film already installed?

I started playing again recently and I've got khymaera. I have a trykhymaerax and of the few games I've played with her I've won 3 where she got the assassination. I haven't done any conversions or custom work on my army yet but I'd like to start by adding trophies. So far the kill tally is kreoss, lissya, and McCoy. So how would you go about showcasing that?

My coolest idea is to actually buy the casters and then modding them to look dead and using them as base decoration, but that'd be pretty spendy. Same problem with using just a part of the model like their heads and hanging them from her spines like chains. I'm honestly coming up blank with anything else, other than freehanding their faction symbols into her armor but something about that feels wrong. What are your thoughts?